England v Belgium

[oxtonfox]

love the scramble real under 6s stuff that. 

[Izzy]

Just now, Col city fan said:

I don’t like the thought of playing Columbia one bit. Very tough game

If James Rodriquez is missing (he went off injured today I think) then we’ve got nothing to worry about mate 

[Max Wall]

2 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

The stadium pa actually playing freed from desire

Hahahaha

[yorkie1999]

2 minutes ago, ozleicester said:

Well, the belgiums are anyway. They don’t seem too fussed about who they face, it’s only the nerds in this country who worry about who we’re going to play in 2 or 3 games time.

[Crispin LA]

I think Vardy is to nice playing for England, f**k passing it to Rashford should have tried to go on goal by himself. 

[purpleronnie]

5 minutes ago, TeePee said:

Phil Jones: Surrounded by 4 Belgians facing his own goal 5 yards out with the keeper stranded.

 

"TIME TO TRY A TURN!"

I saw that, so stupid.

Edited 28 June 2018 by purpleronnie

[Guest ttfn]

6 minutes ago, TeePee said:

I think the big takeaway from this is that Vardy and Rashford don't work well together - they're both looking to move away from the ball rather than come to it to pick it up. That's all well and good if you've got a number 10 in the hole, but when you don't, there's a real noticeable gap between the midfield and the front two, and you end up creating very little.

Which is why it’s all the more amazing that people think that Rashford is a viable alternative for Sterling.

 

If you want the second striker to link with midfield, Sterling is the only choice unless you put Alli there. If you want an out-and-out striker instead Vardy should be absolutely miles ahead of Rashford.

[GeorgeTheFox]

Don't think we learn anything from that game apart from that our starting 11 should remain our starting 11. Don't feel any more or less positive after that. We were never going to do anything with that midfield trio let's be honest! Jones, Dier, RLC, TAA, Rose and Rashford all pretty poor and not given any reason why they should be playing. What's important is that we are through and knockouts are a fresh start. We have absolutely no reason to be scared of Colombia

[Tielemans63]

1 minute ago, martyn said:

This game exposed Eric Dier massively. Not mobile enough to be effective defensively in that role, nor dynamic or progressive enough with his distribution to affect the game going forward.

 

That midfield 3 was never going to get the job done.

 

Positive is that Maguire showed how important his ability to break the lines with his distribution is, especially with the lack of creativity the squad has.

Agree with all of this. Dier was awful. Hope we're not relying on him at any point later on in the tournament.

[Max Wall]

2 minutes ago, Vacamion said:

 

Our B Team phoned it in.

 

We're gonna look stupid if we lose to Colombia, aren't we?

No one is pretending that'll be easy Vac, but if we can get through it an eminently winnable game stands between us and a semi final. 

[don_danbury]

surprised everyone thinks that's a good result. i don't see us beating Colombia

[Kendal Fox]

28 minutes ago, ozleicester said:

We are going to look fvcking stupid when we lose 3-0 to Colombia

I know right?! Whilst we're at it, do people seriously think Japan would have been harder than Colombia?

Edited 28 June 2018 by Kendal Fox

[Strokes]

2 minutes ago, Webbo said:

Strange, I would have been glad to win the game but I didn't want to top the group with a draw, if that makes sense? Vardy worked hard Maguire had a good half. England have never lost a game before where I've been so not bothered.

Third place playoff 1990?

[Guest Col city fan]

I think many are under-estimating Columbia personally.

[Webbo]

Just now, Strokes said:

Third place playoff 1990?

I was gutted. 

[Chester Dontlie]

Harry Maguire best England midfielder by a mile. Also a future England captain in the making

Vards grew into this game did all he could but as with Leicester, it's hard to score if nobody can make a decent pass

 

[Nickfosse]

2 minutes ago, Paddy. said:

Agree with all of this. Dier was awful. Hope we're not relying on him at any point later on in the tournament.

I agree, if Dier played for Bournemouth or Burnley he’d be nowhere near the England squad. Was shocking at our place last season too. 

Edited 28 June 2018 by Nickfosse

[BlueSi13]

Just now, don_danbury said:

surprised everyone thinks that's a good result. i don't see us beating Colombia

Me neither.  We never play well when we're favourites.

 

Pressure will be huge and Columbia will pick us off.

 

Can't see Southgate surviving the hounding after that.  

 

A huge mistake iMO.

[Russell sprout]

Even if we get past Colombia Sweden will beat us,

its embarrasing that as a nation we don’t have a to win at all expenses attitude,

really pisses me off,

lets get to the quarters or semis for it to be a success????

i would rather go out in the groups,

as for the lack of service vardy gets it discussing,he created our best chance,

ran his socks off,yet it’s as if the prefer to not pass to him,

rashfords a greedy twat and how welbeck is a footballer,

only junior Lewis can answer that 

[Guest Manini]

28 minutes ago, Izzy Muzzett said:

Nah. We’ll still be confident even if we lose this. It’s clear we’re not arsed about winning this and really want second spot.

 

When we go deep into the comp we’ll be delighted he made all these changes and we came second in the group.

 

Its all part of the master plan 

Love your confidence Izz, I hope you’re right! 

[steveherbe]

Them Spurs lads ars bloody good - if you're Belgian,. Rose was dogshit  Dier was fookin dire. Loftus Cheek  useless. Trouble is, they are all playing for themselves, not the team.

[purpleronnie]

After watching that let's hope we don't get too many injuries.

[TheSomersetFox]

Just now, Col city fan said:

I think many are under-estimating Columbia personally.

Who’s underestimating them? I’ve seen no one call the game a walkover. They’ve got some good footballers, they were outplayed for most of their game against Senegal today. We’ve got enough to beat them. 

[Strokes]

1 minute ago, Webbo said:

I was gutted. 

Really? I was 9 years old and was like. meh!

[Corky]

Dier was shit, Vardy worked hard and could've had two assists if Rashford had been better in front of goal, Maguire the best hope for a creative pass in the second half.