World Cup 2018 thread

[Ontarian1981]

It's like watching Wolves beat Rotherham, and I don't just mean the colours of the strips. That is how far apart these two teams look today.

[MAC33]

England suffer their third loss.

 

Bereft of vision and passing technique in the final third.

 

Dier showed a bit of those qualities though.

 

Kane has those qualities but looks so unfit stamina wise.

 

Lindgard is another headless chicken like Sterling. Rashford promised much but again the final ball from him was lacking,like nearly all the other England players.

 

This England team is no better than the rest.

[Bob Arctor]

England suffer their third loss.

 

Bereft of vision and passing technique in the final third.

 

Dier showed a bit of those qualities though.

 

Kane has those qualities but looks so unfit stamina wise.

 

Lindgard is another headless chicken like Sterling. Rashford promised much but again the final ball from him was lacking,like nearly all the other England players.

 

This England team is no better than the rest.

 

If only all the World Cup managers had let you choose the teams eh?

[Padders]

Same old England for me, no disrespect to the lads they gave their everything, but as I"ve said before, we don"t have world class players..

[blake]

I'm over 6 feet but always seem to be a bit short.

 

are you always surrounded by taller than average soldier escorts/bodyguards like Napoleon was? That sometimes made bystanders in crowds, etc, think that Napoleon was shorter than he actually was. Many of the people around him were selected for their large size.

 

later, in the age of photography, leaders who really are short, like Russia's Stalin, Putin and France's Sahkozy always take care to surround themselves with no-so-tall people so they don't look like a midget. Trudeau's a bit short, for a Canadian these days, isn't he. Only 5.8. I bet he doesn't have too many really tall bodyguards.

[nikki-red]

Back on topic please.

[ALAN 58]

England have come a long way since the last Euro,s , but they still have a long way to go before we start winning competitions. We have far exceeded expectations for this WC lets see what happens in the future.

[tinfoilhat]

Same old England for me, no disrespect to the lads they gave their everything, but as I"ve said before, we don"t have world class players..

 

You aren't wrong. We've done really well, and the whole management of tournament football is light years ahead of what it was a decade ago. But we lack a modric or a pogba to push things along from central midfield. Souness had right the other day - I sort of said as much at the top of this thread - lingard and alli want to be on the end of things, not really driving forward or ticking things things over. It showed against Croatia and it showed against Belgium.

[hackey lad]

Said it all before . They've played a decent team 3 times (Croatia and Belgium twice ) and lost all 3 . Its all good beating Panama , Tunisia and a very poor Colombia but when the good teams come they have no answer. And Kanes goals were all against very poor opposition

Edited July 14, 2018 by hackey lad

[tinfoilhat]

Said it all before . They've played a decent team 3 times (Croatia and Belgium twice ) and lost all 3 . Its all good beating Panama , Tunisia and a very poor Colombia but when the good teams come they have no answer. And Kanes goals were all against very poor opposition

 

But we've been up against poor opposition in the last euros and a couple of world cups and have come undone. This is definitely a step up.