England Vs France - Saturday 10th Dec - 19:00

[HighPeakFox]

Will miss this due to playing The Messiah in Derby. 

 

Well, it's not The Messiah, in actual fact. It's a very naughty boy... 

[Chester Dontlie]

No worries everyone, England will piss all over France then get banged by Leicester Morocco in the semis

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

Anyone else watching Jingle All the Way instead of the build up

[MattFox]

If we don’t win this World Cup we never will tbf

[Leeds Fox]

6 minutes ago, taupe said:

France (supporters) thinking the same thing no doubt. Great motivation for both teams. I shan't be watching. Of all the ties in the quarters, it's the one I was least interested in. Winner is much of a muchness in my book.

 

 

 

 

 

Two good sides playing each other? Probably will be a good one to watch, it’ll be cagey, it’ll end up an open game. That’s knockout football, it’s brilliant. The last few games, I’ve said… ‘I’m glad I’m not Croatian, Dutch, Morrocan in the final 5 mins’. It’s so intense, it’s absolutely brilliant to watch.

[foxes_rule1978]

15 minutes ago, MattFox said:

If we don’t win this World Cup we never will tbf

That’s what I heard in 2018 too, the talent we are bringing through now is only getting better in my view… young team and growing 

Edited 10 December 2022 by foxes_rule1978

[RumbleFox]

I honestly don’t think a midfield containing Rice and Henderson can win against the elite teams. 

[Raj]

35 minutes ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

Anyone else watching Jingle All the Way instead of the build up

Avoiding the build up at all costs.

Will switch on to see the England  players bumbling through the national anthem...

[Raj]

33 minutes ago, MattFox said:

If we don’t win this World Cup we never will tbf

Ain't this been said EVERY tournament...

[Jattdogg]

5 minutes ago, Raj said:

Avoiding the build up at all costs.

Will switch on to see the England  players bumbling through the national anthem...

God save harry?

[taupe]

28 minutes ago, Leeds Fox said:

Two good sides playing each other? Probably will be a good one to watch, it’ll be cagey, it’ll end up an open game.

Undoubtedly two good sides. Maybe it's that and the potential for the caginess, the stalemate, that leaves me uninterested.  Hard to call and equally no shock involved whoever wins/loses. Both sides have defensive weakness but my feel is that France have more talent in the middle and up front (Mbappe is a handful, and lightening fast) and that could make the difference. 

 

More importantly, it's Satdeh night and other things for me and my wife to watch on the tele. I get enough football during the day/week!

[whoareyaaa]

 

England to win 2-1 

Edited 10 December 2022 by whoareyaaa

[Sly]

26 minutes ago, RumbleFox said:

I honestly don’t think a midfield containing Rice and Henderson can win against the elite teams. 

Henderson is criminally underrated as a leader. If he was Spanish, Brazilian etc, he’d be thought of so much more.  

[RumbleFox]

Just now, Sly said:

Henderson is criminally underrated as a leader. If he was Spanish, Brazilian etc, he’d be thought of so much more.  

I don’t think he’s a bad player at all, in fact I think he’s very very good. I don’t think he’s world class though. 

[purpleronnie]

12 minutes ago, Raj said:

Ain't this been said EVERY tournament...

Yep and we'll be saying it again in 4 years.

[Sly]

Just now, RumbleFox said:

I don’t think he’s a bad player at all, in fact I think he’s very very good. I don’t think he’s world class though. 

I wouldn’t choose him in my World XI, however it depends on your definition of World Class I suppose. I wouldn’t either, however he’s an experienced leader and I think you need the big game experience in a game like this.
 

We can go all out attack, or we’ll end up going the same way as Brazil, Spain, Portugal etc 

[Dames]

This is it. Southgates not bottled the line up. Its our biggest chance to reach a WC final in my lifetime, even better than 2018. 

[Sly]

Henderson looks like he’s been in with Tyson Fury. 

[RumbleFox]

4 minutes ago, Sly said:

I wouldn’t choose him in my World XI, however it depends on your definition of World Class I suppose. I wouldn’t either, however he’s an experienced leader and I think you need the big game experience in a game like this.
 

We can go all out attack, or we’ll end up going the same way as Brazil, Spain, Portugal etc 

I don’t disagree I just think when you look at it, a midfield of those two, just doesn’t stack up against the elite. Although I hope I’m wrong. 

[weller54]

[Sly]

Just now, RumbleFox said:

I don’t disagree I just think when you look at it, a midfield of those two, just doesn’t stack up against the elite. Although I hope I’m wrong. 

We’ll see. 
 

I think if he’s the type of player, that only his own club appreciates. 
 

Rice I’d agree, however I think he’s still learning. By having the pivot of Henderson / Rice, Bellingham can play further forward. 

[weller54]

24 minutes ago, Jattdogg said:

God save harry?

...and Meghan.

[Sly]

How many of the French starting XI, would you have in a combined England / France XI of todays starting lineups? 
 

Mbappe is the obvious one? Would anyone have anyone else? 

[SkidsFox]

43 minutes ago, RumbleFox said:

I honestly don’t think a midfield containing Rice and Henderson can win against the elite teams. 

Are we going to be playing elite teams? Not sure even France qualify in that respect, but they must be the strongest team left in the competition.

 

[whoareyaaa]

1 minute ago, SkidsFox said:

Are we going to be playing elite teams? Not sure even France qualify in that respect, but they must be the strongest team left in the competition.

 

England are the strongest team left imo let's see if they can handle the pressure