STEVIE B

I don't care.

This was such an England DNA performance. Be brave for a change.

Definitely. Also being rumoured that Spence & James are now the full backs.

......All we need now are some teeth.

Don't discount Kane after his hat-trick in the final.

I really don't like the 3 country WC. I've loved the football & obviously kick off times are very varied. Spain/Portugal would work well, as would similar joint efforts. Moving forward, we will get more of this type of WC tournament, unfortunately, especially when it expands to 64 teams. 'The Global Game'.

I think Spain have just gone under the radar. They've just got on with their work quietly. They haven't got a prolific, headline making striker like Mbappe, or Messi (they have Yamal, but he's done nothing & the press have left him alone), who get all of the plaudits & ego boosts. Spain are just so good at what they do, playing as a team. They are together.

....if they let is have the ball, you may be right.

Possibly, yes. England's record against 'good' sides in tournaments at KO stages isn't that spectacular. I reckon Spain are very good. All about opinions though.

We've only beaten Spain 3 times this century, drew 1 & lost 6.

England only have one way of playing. Getting bored of T20 mode in all formats now.

I think most of us are very aware of how poor most of our signings have been since we won The Prem tbf. experienced player's, or not. That's a major reason why we are, where we are. It's also common knowledge, the hierarchy haven't got a clue, whether it's giving long overpaid contracts to poor/average player's, a business plan, Managerial appointments, the list is almost endless. This has been pointed out for some time now, by many many people.

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 ?