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2018 FIFA WORLD CUP RUSSIA 14th June - 15th July

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GaulPascoigne said:
Look pal, I rate Croatia but you were outplayed by Denmark and barely scrapped past Russia. Before those two games I was scared of your team.

We have Harry Kane, and you have Lovren in defence.
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Not true. We were much better than Denmark, 1st half against them was great, second not so much. We didn't scrapped past Russia, they scrapped to penalties somehow, even we had better chances (Perisic for example).
Lovren is playing best football of his career, I get that you're still mocking him, but I'm more worried about our left side against Trippier and Sterling.

I hope Southgate put the same team against us. But I expect Dier to play.
 
I'm doing my damnedest, genuinely, to understand why people think Sterling is a great asset to this England team, just like I did with Sissoko.
But just like Sissoko (and indeed Lukaku for that matter) I just see a liability. England would be better with someone else in the starting eleven.
Two caveats:
I suspect the rest of the country is saying the same about Dele
I think it's a confidence thing with Sterling atm rather than a lack of talent, and he'd be a great sub.
 
Mick Cooper said:
His moment of failure is epitomised by the long ball from Henderson where he ignored two unmarked strikers and ran round in a circle until he blew the chance.
That video is 50% bullshit because whilst he does do a lot of good his decision making under pressure is abysmal
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LOL, So the Manager of England who has guided this team, the most inexperienced and 2nd youngest side in the competition, to a semi-final of the World Cup is utterly shit then? I mean why oh why does he pick him? He knows absolutely fuck all about football, doesn't he? Why no derision towards him for selecting him?

(Completely unrelated, so feel free to skip over it has the potential to be boring, so apologies but I use this story to try to explain how a player can be effective in a team, because it is a TEAM GAME. I going to use an example from a Sunday League team I used to run with some mates.
We had a mate who was built like a brick shithouse, he was a PT instructor in the Royal Marines, he couldn't play football, he had never played it before in his life and at the age of 26 he played for the first time as our Centre Forward. I kid you not he couldn't kick a ball, you could put the ball on the penalty spot with no 'keeper and he will still miss, think of a 5yr old kicking a ball in your back garden, this was him.
But his instructions were simple, chase after the ball, get there before the defenders, don't let a defender touch the ball. He would run for 90mins, he battered and bullied the defence. We still had the problem that once he had beaten the defenders, he couldn't pass for shit. So we would send in 2 players behind him to pick up 2nd ball opportunities to counter-press. We won the League four years in a row, during which time he scored 1 goal (he played every single game), we were top goal scores (2nd season scored double the amount of goals to the team who was next best scorers).
 
Just listened to the football podcasts, and there wasn't a hint of praise for Dele or Kane. A tiny bit for Trippier maybe, but that's it. The most they talked about our players, was to shit on Dele's overall performance and keep harping on about him giving the ball away as if he is the only player ever to have committed that crime.

You know who did get plenty of praise? Henderson, for his leadership and organisation, you know cause he is the real captain. And of course everyone's favourite, dear Raheem Sterling, who apparently is crucial to England with his 'runs'. I can only assume by the 'runs' they mean the fact that he shits himself in front of goal every time.
I'm honestly baffled why the media are so big on this guy. His 'runs' only create chances for himself, which he then fluffs. He is not creating anything for the team, he is not part of some intricate system that is disrupting the opposition defence. England's goals are coming from set pieces and penalties, and the rare cross from wide or long range effort. None of which has anything to do with Sterling running in straight lines right into a wall.
It feels like a lot of left wing media feel obliged to keep defending him and hoping for him to do well cause they don't want to seem to be in line with the right wing papers who were writing about his personal life or whatever. And if you do say anything critical about him then you are immediately being racist. It's fucking ridiculous.
 
CroSpurs said:
Not true. We were much better than Denmark, 1st half against them was great, second not so much. We didn't scrapped past Russia, they scrapped to penalties somehow, even we had better chances (Perisic for example).
Lovren is playing best football of his career, I get that you're still mocking him, but I'm more worried about our left side against Trippier and Sterling.

I hope Southgate put the same team against us. But I expect Dier to play.
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Agree about the left side, Strinic was really struggling last night.
 
What a knob.

A caller said that he thought the England football team should lose the World Cup because it has 'black footballers'.

Ian told Kevin Maguire that "totally disapproves" of Britain's multiracial society, and that the England team "doesn't represent" him.

"In fact, it represents everything I'm against," he said.

He also said that there were "far too many" black people on television.

But Kevin wasn't going to let him off that easily...

The Caller Who Says England Should Lose World Cup Because Of Multiracial Squad - LBC
 
I really hope Modric & Co or Belgium (in the finals) beat this English side. Although I wish for the Spurs lads to do well, the English meltdown will be hilarious. I also fear this is the last chance for GOAT Dembélé, Toby and SuperJan and and not for the likes of Dele, Dier, Trippier and Kane. Many more chances will come for them I am certain. England is, after all, a superpower in international football. Just look at the mighty nations they have beaten in qualification and tournament.
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Guido said:
100% disagree he's had a poor World Cup, in fact quite the opposite, that's the absolute point of the video, what he does for the team is very good. Again the video shows he's playing a completely different role than he does for City, yet you are still expecting the "form" he shows for City??!!? How does that work?

He's missed some sitters. But I remember Dele missing even more two seasons ago, proper open goal sitters, but he got 38 games to put in a hatful and ended the season with 18 league goals. Just think people are screaming at the TV when he misses and that then sticks in their mind, forgetting the the opportunity was probably created in the first instance by him.
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Not necessarily expecting the same form but i.m not expecting him to lose the basics of football, ie dribbling the ball and beating a player. It doesn't matter where on a pitch you are playing, that basic skill doesn't change. The same for scoring, if you are clean through with only the keeper to beat, it doesn't matter what system you are playing in, that shouldn't change.
I think it's more a mental thing with him, I don't think the bull crap surrounding his tattoo and the slating of him helped.
Like I say, I just hope he turns up in the next game because he can be the difference.
 
Antoonj said:
I really hope Modric & Co or Belgium (in the finals) beat this English side. Although I wish for the Spurs lads to do well, the English meltdown will be hilarious. I also fear this is the last chance for GOAT Dembélé, Toby and SuperJan and and not for the likes of Dele, Dier, Trippier and Kane. Many more chances will come for them I am certain. England is, after all, a superpower in international football. Just look at the mighty nations they have beaten in qualification and tournament.
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Sooo bitter. :dembelelol:
 
Antoonj said:
I really hope Modric & Co or Belgium (in the finals) beat this English side. Although I wish for the Spurs lads to do well, the English meltdown will be hilarious. I also fear this is the last chance for GOAT Dembélé, Toby and SuperJan and and not for the likes of Dele, Dier, Trippier and Kane. Many more chances will come for them I am certain. England is, after all, a superpower in international football. Just look at the mighty nations they have beaten in qualification and tournament.
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Meltdown?

We're in a World Cup semi. Even if we lose we'll be proud as fuck. There will be no meltdown.
 
Antoonj said:
I really hope Modric & Co or Belgium (in the finals) beat this English side. Although I wish for the Spurs lads to do well, the English meltdown will be hilarious. I also fear this is the last chance for GOAT Dembélé, Toby and SuperJan and and not for the likes of Dele, Dier, Trippier and Kane. Many more chances will come for them I am certain. England is, after all, a superpower in international football. Just look at the mighty nations they have beaten in qualification and tournament.
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Dick.
 
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