Russia World Cup 18

[Strontium]

In the end England really missed the Ox.

[J-V]

What a waste Loftus-Cheek was.  Poor management.  He's the best Midfielder England have.

[Ne Moe Imya]

He's coming home, he's coming home, he's coming ...

Trent is coming home!

[General Dryness]

Does anyone else reckon Ian Wright is racist?

Why whats he said mate?

[deiseach]

ITV. Here endeth the lesson.

[El Rojo]

From the time they equalised, it was the performance of the tournament.

That or their crushing of Argentina.

 

Don’t you have Croatian blood? Congrats, mate.

[TheDrowningMan]

I'd rest players for the third place match - it's not worth taking seriously and shouldn't exist.

[A_S]

From the time they equalised, it was the performance of the tournament.

Happy for you, mate. Just looking forward to the behind-the-scenes cam in the SBS studio for the winner. Lucy celebrating is a beautiful thing!

[AngryOfTuebrook]

France will beat Croatia handy me thinks. They'd have beaten England handy too. Delighted for lovren.

Imagine- in the space of a couple of months he could put in towering performances and end up with shit-all in both the biggest club competition and the biggest international competition.

[Strontium]

Croatia just had that extra bit of nous. Not surprising since they're all about 10 years older than the England players.

[moof]

Does anyone else reckon Ian Wright is racist?

Haha! I was getting Brexit vibes when he was having a barney with Bilic earlier in the tournament

[A_S]

I'd rest players for the third place match - it's not worth taking seriously and shouldn't exist.

Yep, the only tournament it belongs at is the Olympics.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Huge advantage to France in terms of recovery, but the Croats are tough bastards. Hope they finish it out.

 

Pickford’s great. We should throw in a big bid for him.

£90m?

[1892-LFCWasBorn]

What happened to Sky Sports News prediction of Kane tearing Lovren a new one?

 

Lolz.

[El Rojo]

£90m?

£87m.

[s(k)aturation]

Lovren is going to have quite the collection of runners up medals.

 

 

That's the spirit.

 

A gracious English loser.

[A_S]

Imagine- in the space of a couple of months he could put in towering performances and end up with shit-all in both the biggest club competition and the biggest international competition.

He's added a fair bit of value to his contract/price tag. I get what you're saying though.

[General Dryness]

£90m?

Id want him to come up for corners and free kicks in the last minute of vital matches for that kind of money.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Kane was far, far more defensive than I've ever seen Javier Mascherano play, including when he played at CB.

I've seen teenage Thai footballers less deep than Kane tonight.

[s(k)aturation]

What happened to Sky Sports News prediction of Kane tearing Lovren a new one?

 

Lolz.

 

 

They're only just catching up on 2017 club football obviously.

[clangers]

Croatia just had that extra bit of nous. Not surprising since they're all about 10 years older than the England players.

Yeah just too much quality ultimately, Modric etc. England just don't have that level in the squad. Under pressure they just give up the ball too easily, they don't have anyone with enough quality to retain it. The likes of Lindgard and Alli are vastly overrated.

[Strontium]

That's the spirit.

 

A gracious English loser.

Just don't see them beating France. Sorry.

[TheDrowningMan]

What happened to Sky Sports News prediction of Kane tearing Lovren a new one?

 

Lolz.

 

 

To be fair, Kane plays up-front for Spurs and deeper than the CBs for England.

[A_S]

What happened to Sky Sports News prediction of Kane tearing Lovren a new one?

 

Lolz.

Martin Tyler only mentioned it several times.

[Einch]

All gone a bit Spursy. Well it was bound to happen when you fill your team with them.