STEVIE B

I like the positivity, as in 'we'll win comfortably'.......but it's a WC semi-final, it rarely happens that way, plus there's bound to be a controversy at some point, it's Argentina after all. We need to be 8 out of 10, minimum, to win this, which we've struggled to do regularly.

I imagine the player of the tournament will come from the team that wins it : France - Mbappe. Argentina- Messi. England - Kane/Bellingham. Spain - ?

Absolutely spot on. Lots of modern football, sporting facts & figures in general need an asterisk next to them.

Do they go back to Andy Flower ? I wonder whether Jonathan Trott is worth a go, he worked under Flower when he played.

I think Baz & Brook are a good combination in the white ball game. Would've been a disaster at Test level, if it had happened.

.......That when England won the 1966 World Cup, only 16 teams took part.

Wasn't the infamous 1971 Leeds v Chelsea cup final replay, recently re-refereed ? I think there was 7 red cards, by modern day standards.

…..You could say the same about 90% of our squad, after the past couple of seasons, tbf.

It's about time one of the 3 super powers suffered a bit. The game would be far better & more competitive if the cash cows didn't hold all of the cards.

I think even that's way above his capabilities !

Definitely. I think they've only added 5 to the squad, 2 of those are from the U21s & a couple have left. A bit surprising, unless they have an eye on others.

Absolutely, hopefully he says fit.

Are they possibly spoilt for choice ? Maybe the IPL has created so many good players, they chop & change too much ?

Reece James is expected to be fit apparently v Norway.

Archer & Curren's combined 8 overs only going for 44 is very impressive. If England get through the powerfully relatively unscathed, should be fairly straightforward.