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twist Flag Miami, Florida 16 Nov 20 1.17am Send a Private Message to twist Add twist as a friend

I am irked. Not about performance or result or anything like that.

Belgium's second goal. De Bryne goes to shoot, but our guy manages to kick the ball away first, and de bryne ends up kicking our guy. No studs showing, he kicks him in the leg. Ref gives free kick, ok wtf, goal scored, VAR doesnt check the free kick, or decides it was a foul.

Im totally losing faith in football when you can put in a tackle like that, clean, and still give up a foul. Sure the ref might get it wrong, but when goal is scored is it not checked ?

 

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palace chick Flag South Croydon 16 Nov 20 8.02am Send a Private Message to palace chick Add palace chick as a friend

Originally posted by twist

I am irked. Not about performance or result or anything like that.

Belgium's second goal. De Bryne goes to shoot, but our guy manages to kick the ball away first, and de bryne ends up kicking our guy. No studs showing, he kicks him in the leg. Ref gives free kick, ok wtf, goal scored, VAR doesnt check the free kick, or decides it was a foul.

Im totally losing faith in football when you can put in a tackle like that, clean, and still give up a foul. Sure the ref might get it wrong, but when goal is scored is it not checked ?

Thought it was an entertaining match and other than the bad pass which gave Belgium the first goal, England’s performance was great. Finishing/final ball let us down but Belgium defended well. Agree about free kick, outrageous decision. Not sure what ref can do after giving it though - is he allowed to use VAR and give drop ball if wrong?

 

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steeleye20 Flag Croydon 16 Nov 20 9.27am Send a Private Message to steeleye20 Add steeleye20 as a friend

Nothing like leaving Europe, is there?

Back to the 70's and seeing England getting hammered all over the place.

 

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Willo Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 16 Nov 20 9.37am Send a Private Message to Willo Add Willo as a friend

Originally posted by palace chick

Thought it was an entertaining match and other than the bad pass which gave Belgium the first goal, England’s performance was great. Finishing/final ball let us down but Belgium defended well. Agree about free kick, outrageous decision. Not sure what ref can do after giving it though - is he allowed to use VAR and give drop ball if wrong?

I never viewed the performance in such glowing terms.
Courtois never had a serious save to make and I don't think there was a shot on target in the second half.

Admittedly England had a great deal of the ball in the second period but by then Belgium were 2-0 to the good and appeared content to sit in and hit England on the break.
In the main,England never threatened in behind the Belgian defence and all the football was played to feet in front of them.

 

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ASCPFC Flag Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 16 Nov 20 11.01am Send a Private Message to ASCPFC Add ASCPFC as a friend

Belgium got lucky, both teams were OK - nothing special. The funniest part was the ref allowing Belgium to foul as much as they liked with impunity. Had even 50% of the fouls or cards been given England may have got something from the match. Kane is looking tired. Should have started with Calvert-Lewin. Plus there was no way England were going to win with Walker in defence - failed tactic, please move on.

 


Red and Blue Army!

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palace chick Flag South Croydon 16 Nov 20 11.36am Send a Private Message to palace chick Add palace chick as a friend

Originally posted by Willo

I never viewed the performance in such glowing terms.
Courtois never had a serious save to make and I don't think there was a shot on target in the second half.

Admittedly England had a great deal of the ball in the second period but by then Belgium were 2-0 to the good and appeared content to sit in and hit England on the break.
In the main,England never threatened in behind the Belgian defence and all the football was played to feet in front of them.

In hindsight “great” was a bit over the top :-) However, I was for a change entertained watching an England match.

 

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Willo Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 16 Nov 20 11.49am Send a Private Message to Willo Add Willo as a friend

Pickford was not criticised by the pundits for failing to prevent the opening goal even though he got a hand to it,because of the slight deflection it took en-route to him.

Over the years I have heard goalkeepers who have got a hand to the ball but failed to keep out the shot criticised with comments such as "He will be disappointed...."
Perhaps there are some who felt he could have done better.

 

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Eaglecoops Flag CR3 16 Nov 20 3.02pm Send a Private Message to Eaglecoops Add Eaglecoops as a friend

It appears that at free kicks now, goal keepers show the shooter more of one side of the goal than the other presumably because they hope they can’t get it up and over the wall. Given that most dead ball specialists can now do exactly that why the hell don’t the keepers stand in the middle of the goal. Had Pickford stood in the middle he would have saved that free kick because it wasn’t the standard of Eze’s at Leeds which to be fair no-one could have stopped.

 

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kingdowieonthewall Flag Sussex, ex-Cronx. 16 Nov 20 3.40pm Send a Private Message to kingdowieonthewall Add kingdowieonthewall as a friend

whilst i find southgate annoying
(more of a politician)
at least he gives younger players a run out & does not stick with the same regulars game in game out.
hopefully we'll get a bit of payback with some good luck at next years euro finals

 


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Then leave home, get a job & pay your own bills, while you still know everything.

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Badger11 Flag Beckenham 16 Nov 20 3.54pm Send a Private Message to Badger11 Add Badger11 as a friend

Originally posted by kingdowieonthewall

whilst i find southgate annoying
(more of a politician)
at least he gives younger players a run out & does not stick with the same regulars game in game out.
hopefully we'll get a bit of payback with some good luck at next years euro finals

It maybe that a future better manager reaps the rewards of his blooding the younger players.

 


One more point

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esox lucius Flag Deal 16 Nov 20 6.05pm Send a Private Message to esox lucius Add esox lucius as a friend

Originally posted by twist

I am irked. Not about performance or result or anything like that.

Belgium's second goal. De Bryne goes to shoot, but our guy manages to kick the ball away first, and de bryne ends up kicking our guy. No studs showing, he kicks him in the leg. Ref gives free kick, ok wtf, goal scored, VAR doesnt check the free kick, or decides it was a foul.

Im totally losing faith in football when you can put in a tackle like that, clean, and still give up a foul. Sure the ref might get it wrong, but when goal is scored is it not checked ?

Agreed, seen it happening more and more these days and it always puzzles me, you kick the underside of someone’s boot who’s just taken the ball, and you get a free kick, bizarre.

 

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