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 Stuk  Top half 11 Jul 18 11.31am |
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Originally posted by bexleydave
Please respond without the use of personal abuse. Ha ha. You've read his posts.
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europalace  Europe 11 Jul 18 9.57pm |
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Great final lined up for Sunday.
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| Tom-the-eagle Croydon 11 Jul 18 10.35pm |
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On reflection it has been a good world cup for England but no more than that. We beat 3 teams we should have beat. Drew with a half decent team and then won on penalties. And lost to the two teams who were better than us. In many ways we did what we should have done. That said, we have all seen England lose to teams who we should have beaten before, many times, hence why we believe we have done well. I think its been a great tournament this year. From an England perspective I think we now have a foundation to build upon. My biggest regret is that Wilf is not playing for us. I truly think he would have been our stand out player. Whilst all the England players are decent, none are really world class which I believe Wilf is. For anyone who disagrees and does not believe Wilf could do it at international level check out the below link to the goal he scored against Russia and tell me how many England players could do that!
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| Superhorns3 Harpdenden 12 Jul 18 10.31am |
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I think the more positive attitude is helped by the fact the media seemed to enjoy talking to Southgate and the players as they were more open and honest than pervious groups. Sure that will all change if we get a few bad results though!
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| Rudi Hedman Caterham 12 Jul 18 11.52am |
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Originally posted by europalace
Great final lined up for Sunday. I thought you viewed it as a poor World Cup with all South American teams knocked out. I would’ve thought Croatia don’t live up to your expectations, although it means England, who you despise, won’t be there, so you must be elated.
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kenbarr  Jackson Heights, Queens, New York ... 12 Jul 18 2.34pm |
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Originally posted by Superhorns3
I think the more positive attitude is helped by the fact the media seemed to enjoy talking to Southgate and the players as they were more open and honest than pervious groups. Sure that will all change if we get a few bad results though! In all the years since I first saw him at Mitcham Training Ground (how many of those ago is it), Gareth Southgate has not changed. He remains an unassuming and polite person. I don't think this job will change any more than anything else did, including being captain of Crystal Palace the night of kung fu fighting.
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| Superhorns3 Harpdenden 12 Jul 18 2.55pm |
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Yes - he has hardly going to get into full rant mode against the press or manage to offend a group of people over a totally un-football related issue. Probably won't be seen trying to pick up bungs in private (but get caught doing it..) Very safe pair of hands both in terms of management and PR wise. Edited by Superhorns3 (12 Jul 2018 2.56pm)
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johnno42000  12 Jul 18 4.13pm |
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Crash helmet on but this is my opinion on Englands World Cup: I think people are going a little overboard about the England side. They beat Panama, Tunisia Colombia and Sweden and lost to Belgium and Croatia. That is not that encouraging. They are young (which is good) but most have been playing at the highest level in packed stadiums for several years. They are not complete newcomers. They have scored 12 goals but 6 of them came against a very poor Panama side. I'm not sure how many of the 6 remaining came from open play but I don't think it was very many. The set pieces were good but should supplement your goals from open play, not the other way round. The England defence looks pretty poor to me and has been exposed at times. The midfield still has no-one like an Iniesta or Modric. Sterling does divide opinions but look at Mbappe for a player with pace, just like Sterling, but with so much more on top. England did better than I thought they would but they are nowhere near as good as what some people are suggesting. Edited by johnno42000 (12 Jul 2018 6.05pm)
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chateauferret  12 Jul 18 5.29pm |
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Originally posted by johnno42000
Crash helmet on but this is my opinion on Englands World Cup: I think people are going a little overboard about the England side. They beat Panama, Tunisia and Sweden and lost to Belgium and Croatia. That is not that encouraging. They are young (which is good) but most have been playing at the highest level in packed stadiums for several years. They are not complete newcomers. They have scored 12 goals but 6 of them came against a very poor Panama side. I'm not sure how many of the 6 remaining came from open play but I don't think it was very many. The set pieces were good but should supplement your goals from open play, not the other way round. The England defence looks pretty poor to me and has been exposed at times. The midfield still has no-one like an Iniesta or Modric. Sterling does divide opinions but look at Mbappe for a player with pace, just like Sterling, but with so much more on top. England did better than I thought they would but they are nowhere near as good as what some people are suggesting. Yes. Better application and teamwork (not hard). Technically: s***e. Tactics: s***e. And still basically a bunch of bottlers. Pickford was excellent though. Edited by chateauferret (12 Jul 2018 5.30pm)
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| steeleye20 Croydon 12 Jul 18 6.00pm |
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Originally posted by chateauferret
Yes. Better application and teamwork (not hard). Technically: s***e. Tactics: s***e. And still basically a bunch of bottlers. Pickford was excellent though. Edited by chateauferret (12 Jul 2018 5.30pm) S***e is about the only thing a Scottish person could write about football. Because that's what they are...........
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| chateauferret 12 Jul 18 9.34pm |
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Originally posted by steeleye20
S***e is about the only thing a Scottish person could write about football. Because that's what they are........... I wouldn't know, I'm not a Scottish person. HTH.
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| Eustace H. Plimsoll Aldershot 12 Jul 18 9.36pm |
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Originally posted by Tom-the-eagle
On reflection it has been a good world cup for England but no more than that. We beat 3 teams we should have beat. Drew with a half decent team and then won on penalties. And lost to the two teams who were better than us. In many ways we did what we should have done. That said, we have all seen England lose to teams who we should have beaten before, many times, hence why we believe we have done well. I think its been a great tournament this year. From an England perspective I think we now have a foundation to build upon. My biggest regret is that Wilf is not playing for us. I truly think he would have been our stand out player. Whilst all the England players are decent, none are really world class which I believe Wilf is. For anyone who disagrees and does not believe Wilf could do it at international level check out the below link to the goal he scored against Russia and tell me how many England players could do that! Excluding tournaments held at home - which of course skews matters hugely - in ALL of our tournament history (WCs AND Euros), England has NEVER beaten a single top-tier team we've faced at knockout stage. That's "NEVER beaten a single top-tier team we've faced at knockout stage". Never. In all of our history. Ever. We're simply not very good. Never really have been.
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