World Cup KO: En-ger-land, En-ger-land, En-ger-land (was 'Group G')

thornburyiron

Obstruction is a foul.

MrsGrey

I wouldn't be gutted if it was given against us. I'd be furious with our defender. I would, though, be equally furious at the inconsistency of not getting the Kane one.

buffybegood

Regardless, was still a very soft pen imo. He ran into Walkers arm when he wasn't getting to the ball, never a pen for me.

buffybegood

MrsGrey said:

I wouldn't be gutted if it was given against us. I'd be furious with our defender. I would, though, be equally furious at the inconsistency of not getting the Kane one.

But surely if that should be given the VAR would have got the ref to look at it ;wink

thornburyiron

Tunisia and Panama are cannon fodder and there’s no real excuse if we don’t beat both of them fairly comfortably.
Tunisia don’t have a defence of any kind and just rely on our missing or their making interceptions.

Hammerwombat

I’m amazed the var team didn’t call that.


Corrupt. #everyonehatesuswedontcare

SuzanneClaret

Have they turned VAR off?

buffybegood

Poor ball in by Young with his left, surely Rose is a better option down the left.

MIAHammer

Tunisia’s defence looking very suspect but they have shown signs that our defence can’t afford to become complacent either.

MrsGrey

buffybegood said:

MrsGrey said:

I wouldn't be gutted if it was given against us. I'd be furious with our defender. I would, though, be equally furious at the inconsistency of not getting the Kane one.

But surely if that should be given the VAR would have got the ref to look at it ;wink

OK, forget VAR. It was still a penalty. I don't need any backup.

SuzanneClaret

I’d bring Rashford and Vardy on

thornburyiron

High balls into the box should do it as their players don’t like to leave the ground.

OldCastleSwift

So what's our Plan B here ;hmm

The pace of Vardy? The pace of Sterling isn't working so maybe not.

Welbeck?

This second half has been rather turgid and I can't see what we have on the bench to change it up

Hammerwombat

A little bit of urgency would be handy chaps. They are there for the taking, but we are a little naive.

SuzanneClaret

Good substitution.

I like Rashford.

thornburyiron

Tunisia v Panama is going to be a classic.

Hammerwombat

This ref really is quite poor.

MrsGrey

Bring on Big Andy.

SuzanneClaret

He’s an utter joke ;angry

OldCastleSwift

MrsGrey said:

Bring on Big Andy.

Would absolutely have taken him for this very situation. Kane has been anonymous since the 11th minute

OldCastleSwift

OldCastleSwift said:

MrsGrey said:

Bring on Big Andy.

Would absolutely have taken him for this very situation. Kane has been anonymous since the 11th minute

As I was saying...

buffybegood

Thank goodness.

Poor display overall but seems like Kane may have snuck us a win.

thornburyiron

As I said. Not one defender jumped.

MrsGrey

So lucky. If we'd ended up with a point, we might not have got out of the group.

SuzanneClaret

GET IN.

A lot easier to score when you’re not being wrestled to the floor.

Hammerwombat

Tunisians and their kids crying.


;biggrin

thornburyiron

England won’t beat any of the better teams. We struggled against a non tackling, non jumping below average players.

thornburyiron

Pundits gushing about us as usual but we beat a team who’d struggle in our national league.

SuzanneClaret

I chose to see the positives from the game.

A much better display than I’ve see in a tournament for a long time.

Well done lads ;clap

MrsGrey

We made heavy weather of that. Really important cos we're getting nothing out of the Belgium game. And Panama v Tunisia could end up with 3 points for one of them