World Cup

[Alan]

Glad to see penalties given for grabbing in the box. I hope it reflects in domestic football afterwards.

 

[Husky]

Sounds like Bale was a passenger the whole game. Having a player sent off meant Iran played nine men at the end.

Iran hit the woodwork twice. Wales were lucky to stay in with chance of winning for so long.

 

[Drog]

63 mins and England are crap and in danger of conceding. Sterling Saka and Bellingham have been poor. With grealush and foden gathering splinters how long will it take for Southgate to act?

 

[Drog]

Ft 0-0. England never looked up for the challenge and gave a slow ponderous performance. USA gave them a real fright.

 

[Husky]

Too much energy wasted on wokethink and not enough on football.

That was as drab as it gets.

Still, it makes the games on Tuesday more exciting.
Strange to think that Iran still have a decent chance of topping the group.

 

[blueandwhitehalves]

I agree not enjoyable but to be fair Southgate understands what winning tournament football is all about. Media tournament football is about Ivory Coast beating Mexico 3-2 or some such romantic, exotic experience. Winning tournament football is about clean sheet after clean sheet. You'll never fail to get through the group if you don't concede, then you're very unlikely to get knocked out (particularly if you're good at penalties) if you don't concede.

So I don't blame him for playing the percentages. If we get to the final again, today's result will be remembered the same as the Scotland result in Euro 2020, i.e. barely at all.

 

[Drog]

USA are like Australia and Sweden to us.. Difficult to beat unless you are at the top of your game. today we wern't.

 

[Robin]

Still singing the same old blues….

 

[Drog]

Even more stupid when one takes into account that George floyd was an American.
Southgate out!

 

[davebirch]

I have watched one game.
Yesssss!
A proper football match, end to end.
Great team effort from the Aussies.
Harry Souttar MOM for me, followed by Mooy.

edit:
Souttar had had one game in the last 12 months, and to play the way he did was fantastic.

 

[Husky]

Dammit!

Just when you were looking forward to seeing Germany possibly getting knocked out this evening, Japan go and cock it all up

 

[Barmitzvah Boy]

 

[Drog]

 

[Drog]

 

[Drog]

 

[Drog]

I doubt we'll see this sort of thing at Ewood very often in January

 

[Old Darwen Blue]

I doubt we'll see this sort of thing at Ewood very often in January

Won’t play on iPad.

 

[Drog]

Nor my iphone but it plays ok on windows.

 

[Old Darwen Blue]

Windows?

 

[Drog]