Reply With QuoteIvory Coast are terrible
Looks like Ghana have given up?
Someone who lies about the little things will lie about the big things too.
Ivory Coast are terrible
Have you tried to learn abut football from a book?Originally Posted by ryanb741
I'd finish it if I were you lol.
Apologies, I don't have the time nor crayons to explain to you. X
Could of been should have been
At the end of the day, it is the result that counts
3-0
France will be an interesting game for sure.
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What about this Bellingham lad ,the reds will love him
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Don't know but each match he plays at the WC the asking price goes up £20m. Suspect only City, PSG and Newcastle could afford him now.
Superb result. Bring on the polish
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He's better off where he is for now, he's getting regular starts.
🤣 lol
Three Lions against a Rooster next. Doesn't seem like a fair match.
I bet Southgate is already plotting his 5 at the back line up against France. If we fail to turn up for 30 mins, we'll get our arses handed to us on a plate.
Looking forward to next weekend.
France weren’t great tonight in the opening exchanges. In fact they could have been behind.
Of course high chance England will be out but there is a fighting chance of getting through the tie which would be fantastic.
I don’t follow football, but can follow easily enough those who support the England team members who play for their own local (or not local!) clubs with a dying passion.
As an outsider it’s amusing given they could be sold at the drop of a hat for the next season.
Bottom line is that tonight was an excellent performance. Everyone played well. I get sick and tired of the negativity. We’re in the last eight of another World Cup with a squad of frightening ability.
They will all play in Newcastle next year.
Someone who lies about the little things will lie about the big things too.
Well said
Henderson was very impressive .
He was. His influence is massive.
Hoping Sterling recovers OK. Nobody should go through that and the scum who did that to his family should face the harshest punishment.
Matt Lawton
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Horrible news about Raheem Sterling. His home was raided by armed invaders while his partner and young children were in the house on Saturday night.
https://twitter.com/lawton_times/sta...FjF6Wk65AJ4wiQ
French polish?
The French? Nothing to worry about. Keep Mbappe quiet and there’s not much to fear. Looking forward to seeing Kyle Walker in a race with Mbappe.
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It's a 50/50 match for me. We look vulnerable on the counter against pace and so do they.
Maguire vs Giroud might be interesting too. Both turn like oil tankers and both great in the air.
They won’t be looking forward to the game. We’ve enough to beat them. Key for me is us taking the lead not having to come from behind
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Agreed
If France score first and England have to press then they could get cut through on the counter.
France are favourites but wouldn't be surprised to see England prevail.
Giroud now France all time goal scorer.
Very underrated as a player.
Its a big test for our defence.
Again, didn’t see the game yesterday but seeing some of the comments here about we have to score first against France, yep it’s obvious they do but if they do score first then just hope they do not do what they did against Croatia and Italy in the semi and final, they just drop deeper and deeper allowing the opponent into them until they concede then go on to lose…
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Good point. We'd need more than one goal to beat France so sitting on an early lead would be fatal.
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From a French newspaper - translates as 'ready to eat Lion'
I guess a suitable riposte from our side would be 'ready to eat cock'
Take out Mbappe and not many of the French would get into this England team. Their defence is just as suspect as ours and we have more weapons. All their goals have come from 3 players, ours is like 8 or 9?
I wonder if Southgate will man-mark Mbappe or go with 3 at the back.
Weak link #1 is Harry Maguire. He's a total liability with anything that isn't a header.
Weak link #2. Never rated Walker in the slightest and he's done nothing to change my view in this world cup. He's not fast (and he won't see which way Mbappe has gone) and gets far too physical if he doesn't make the first tackle work.
I agree that outside of 2/3 players that France are not all that but those same 2/3 players (we all know who!) can tear our defence apart if they don't snuff them out from the start. And agree again that it's vital we score first and continue to build on that as we have done in the games so far once we have got our nose ahead. Our finishing has been clinical and throughout the team sheet so that needs to continue on Saturday night.
Fragility of our defence was, for me, shown last night by how often they passed it back/between to each each with no one prepared to run forward at the opposition in the slightest. That was epecially true in the dreary first 35 minutes that had shades of the US game until Foden and Henderson opened up the game for England.
I think if we can get past France all bets are off and we have as good chance as anyone else in the tournament.
I'll admit that I've doubted Southgate at times but given how poor England's record is in major tournaments since 1966 (except those held in England) he deserves huge praise for the following:
- getting players to perform better for England than they do for their clubs (when did that last happen?!).
- installing a great team ethic and winning mentality.
- Burying some of the ghosts of the past (for example winning a penalty shoot out, winning knock out games, beating Germany, reaching a final).
- hitting peak form in tournaments not in qualifiers and meaningless friendlies.
- Beating the teams we're expected to beat and often in style (how many times in the past have we seen England struggling against supposedly weaker opposition?).
- a prolific attack and miserly defence. 11 goals scored to 2 conceaded in Euro 21 and 12 scored and 2 conceaded so far this World Cup.
Of course he has benefited from a flood of young talent coming through and a strength in depth in certain areas that hasn't been seen before in an England squad. Previous managers have failed miserably with talented squads though and Southgate still has to overcome weakness in some key positions.
England now have to prove they are not just flat track bullies and defeat a top team in a knock out game on foreign soil for the first time. In the past we've sometimes been unlucky, sometimes cheated but often outclassed in these situations.
We can't just rely on a favourable draw to reach the later stages of tournaments like we did in 1990, 2018 and (partly) 2021. To have a chance of winning a major tournament England have got to start beating the best teams.
Saturdays game will show either how far this Engalnd team have come or how far away they still are.
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At both previous tournaments Southgates been in charge, England have only played one team where England weren’t favourites, Belgium group stage 2018 and Belgium won.
Every other game they have played England have been favourites. Croatia put them out in 2018 and Italy beat them in 2021.
France are heavy favourites Saturday, with England at 21/10 with bet 365, that is a big price for a football match. I hope they are wrong but you don’t come across many poor bookies.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-63858882Surrey Police said no-one was at home at the time and no threats of violence were involved
On a French forum there will likewise be an arrogant Frenchman with the opposite view.
News at lunchtime today seems unsure about this reporting.
I think England will struggle against France. If England score first they will simply try to hang onto it for 90 mins. France scoring first will force them to play and make an infinitely better game. Personally I'd like to see a great game.
Walker is coming back from a serious injury / operation and it was touch and go as to whether he would be fit enough. Take it from me, he is very underrated and has been a mainstay of our success since he came to city. He has won many people over who didn’t rate him when we got him and you won’t find any city supporters criticising this lad. He is less fashionable than Reece James and Trent, but I would have a fit walker over those two any day of the week. Having said that I have a feeling that Reece James will become world class in a year or so. Trent should be in midfield. He is that good attacking wise.
Could go either way, just hope he plays Saka and Foden again. France should win really, as the England back 4 will struggle with the French attacking players.
Sterling heading home is a blessing in disguise as he would have started yesterday and he is way below the standard of Foden and Saka.
The French back 4 is almost as woeful as ours - Varane isn't fully fit and they're playing him....
I think we are so used to an England who don't believe they can win and so desperately try to hold on to what they've got that we (or at least I) forget that this England team are capable of carrying on chasing a game with passion, coherence and flair even when they are ahead against difficult opponents. France are, without doubt, the hardest team for them to get past if we don't factor in temperatures, but in an environment where using all your subs can make a bigger difference than usual, England have a deeper choice of quality than France, and that could make a difference. However, if we should win this match then we are in with the best chance in a couple of generations to win the whole thing.
Can't argue with either of those comments. Your logic is flawless! Also, don't forget it's a game of two halves.
I think any team left in the tournament will struggle against France. Doesn't mean you can't beat them.
Someone who lies about the little things will lie about the big things too.
It may seem obvious but the point I'm making is that England haven't ever (or at least post 66) defeated a top team in the knock out phase of a World Cup or European Championship on foreign soil. People forget that.Can't argue with either of those comments. Your logic is flawless! Also, don't forget it's a game of two halves.
There's a lot of focus on we got to a final, semi final etc, but we got there without playing the best teams. This time we can't rely on an easy draw to progress.
Japan. Even worse than England with penalties !
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Brazil have woke up!
How on earth was that a penalty?! Aside from the usual Brazil “I’ve been shot from the grassy knoll” theatrics?
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