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World Cup 2018

Wilpshire Blue

Wilpshire Blue

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Amo said:
Said England would struggle against the first decent team they played. Tunisia & Panama were piss-easy games, they scraped through on pens against Columbia, and Sweden were pedestrian. They never would've even got to the semis if not for such an easy run.
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I didn’t see a struggle.
Pity we didn’t score more than 1 goal in the first half when your super-Croats were struggling.
The rest of the match was edged by Croatia but - struggling - come on, it was a 1 goal margin :rolleyes:
 
OnlyOneTugay

OnlyOneTugay

Prediction Champion 2019 & 2020
It’s a young England team , that up to tonight did what they had to do . You can only beat what’s put in front of you . The Rovers had some average opponents in an average division last season, but it didn’t make our achievement any less enjoyable , even though we didn’t win the league .

Tonight England gave everything and left it all on the pitch . We won the first half and could have been 3 up . Croatia switched their approach in the second half and England never coped/recovered . Croatia are a decent team with some decent players , but young England weren’t far behind them .

For the first time in ages I think we can all be proud of an England football team ( except Amo ) . Yep the team has its limitations but it’s the first time they’ve overachieved since ‘66

Croatia has a population of 4 million . That should give the Scotch and the Welsh hope . There must be more to football for them than delighting in English misfortune
 
Drog

Drog

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Amo said:
Said England would struggle against the first decent team they played. Tunisia & Panama were piss-easy games, they scraped through on pens against Columbia, and Sweden were pedestrian. They never would've even got to the semis if not for such an easy run.
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You have a valid point amo but there is no need to celebrate it like some wronged embittered lover.

Impressions
1. Stupid public have been whipped up by the press and media for days to believe that we'd already won through to the final. I hated all that shyte. Roy Keane had it right.

2. Might sound daft but I commented to the room that we had scored too early. Doing that in an important match nearly always leads to a stilted performance.

3.2. Croatia (Pop just 4.5 million) were the best team on the night and pinned us back by overcoming our 3 at the back by simply using the width of the pitch. Southgate has done well but his tactical naivety showed tonight by not having a plan B. My solution would have been to take off the anonymous and ineffective Alle during the second half and replace him with Rose and pushing Young into the left side of midfield.

4. Too many of our players simply didn't turn up. Kane for one and he was closely followed by Alli and Lingard. Trippier and Henderson too were way below par. Again much credit to the opposition Manager.

5. Deleting posts simply because they have an alternative view to your own is is bang out of order and from your previous stance out of character too.
 
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ABBEY

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Amo said:
Ref has given everything to England. Wouldn’t be surprised if these officials have been bought off.
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Wind up 1...and you hide posts hitting back at you ..this is not the other board
 
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chor808

Senior Member
Far better world cup than we could have hoped for. I was not confident at all last night even the first half they looked the better team. I think the effort was great from England but we are lacking all over in skill. I really don't understand all the nonsense about this being a young team and that they will grow etc,,when have we ever seen that before, they just get more battle scars and lose pace. None of our lot are kids they are all grow men and I don't expect we will improve at all, this is the level we are at without different players.

Alli, Ligard looked really poor last night and other just seemed to lose their way. Anyway great effort and enjoyed the world cup for once. Would have hated to get a hammering from France..
 
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ABBEY

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Amo said:
Despite the smug, entitled punditry from the talking heads at half-time that Croatia were a "poor team" they schooled England in the second half and into extra time, where they ran out deserved winners. It would've been a travesty for a team as bad as England to make it to the final.
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Wind up 4 and you delete replies
 
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ABBEY

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chor808 said:
Far better world cup than we could have hoped for. I was not confident at all last night even the first half they looked the better team. I think the effort was great from England but we are lacking all over in skill. I really don't understand all the nonsense about this being a young team and that they will grow etc,,when have we ever seen that before, they just get more battle scars and lose pace. None of our lot are kids they are all grow men and I don't expect we will improve at all, this is the level we are at without different players.

Alli, Ligard looked really poor last night and other just seemed to lose their way. Anyway great effort and enjoyed the world cup for once. Would have hated to get a hammering from France..
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The thing that disappointed was Southgate had no plan B when under the cosh
 
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