Day 24: Sweden vs England and Russia vs Croatia

What is 'coming home'?


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Tiber

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You don't get it. He is performing at a high level in a quarter final of a world cup. There are no easy games at this level. He is better than any of your centre backs.
Meh. Kleberson won the world cup. Not disputing that he is a good player, but playing well in a world cup game doesn't mean anyone is the real deal
 

AndyJ1985

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I'll actually be slightly disappointed if we only win 2-0. I think we're capable of winning by 3 or 4 here.
 

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England been comfortable. That said once Sweden have actually got it down they've bypassed the England midfield and ran at back 4 pretty easily.

So have to think likes of Hazard, Mbappe, Pogba, KDB all taking note of the space being offered in that part of the pitch.
 

marlowe78

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England have done well going forward for the most part but this defence is incredibly dodgy. Maguire and Trippier have done well, Stones, Walker, and Young are all poor. They might do well to switch to a back 4 but I don't know if they have the players to do that.
 

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This is exactly why I can't stand England winning. The superlatives, the it's coming home bit, the knightings in the future, the labelling of the best team of all time (you know it's gonna happen if England win it), the labelling of the greatest manager of all time, the greatest keeper of all time has already been confirmed. It's like a teenage girls' or Trumps' Instagram dream.
Guy, the English on here aren't buying all that BBC shite, why are you?
 

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Commentators need to shut the feck up. Acting as if we are beating the greatest team of all time here
 

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What is Keown on? Now Dele has supposedly been magnificent tonight
 

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Trippier has been very good again
 

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This commentators frying my head. If he's not comparing this result to myths and legends he's telling us how much he can't believe this is happening
 

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Not all Irish are bitter. I'm Irish and couldn't care less if they win today . They have done well up to here, will they beat possibly Croatia France or Belgium I wouldn't be so sure .but their fans should be proud of them they have done very well .
 

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This is exactly why I can't stand England winning. The superlatives, the it's coming home bit, the knightings in the future, the labelling of the best team of all time (you know it's gonna happen if England win it), the labelling of the greatest manager of all time, the greatest keeper of all time has already been confirmed. It's like a teenage girls' or Trumps' Instagram dream.
Where are you from?
 

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Sweden only got this far because they faced the likes of Mexico and Switzerland. First decent team they play and they look limited technically.

Sterling will become a byword for bad decision making in the future. “He did a Sterling there”
 

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Come on Southgreat, give us a bit of Rashford and sub of that shit Sterling.
 

Tiber

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Despite my point about an easy path to the final (it really shouldnt even be open to debate) I am actually glad to see England doing well for once, id be glad to see any of the home nations in the final. But jesus the commentators are hard to listen to. "Is someone reading a book? get a life" feck off