Yeah at least we could laugh at liveroool without people taking it to heart. Some in here lost their booody marbles.
Both teams might play the guys who didnt get a chance. So could be a same affair as the group match
COme on, Liverpool did beat City. Give them some credit. England was more like MU to Europa final.
I supported England throughout the tournament, but the delusion in this thread almost made me reconsider.
They really should. It's a waste of a match. This loss should hurt. I can't remember a side leading in semi-finals losing, the last time I remember one was Argentina vs Italy in 90 with Canniggia scoring a late, late, late goal vs Zenga. IT's like Arsenal/Spurs fecking up against Leicester. Best chance to win the WC and they stumbled after leading.
I still can't tell if people were laughing or being serious.
Yup I’ve nothing against the England side, though some of their players have become pretty overrated. It was the fans on here that me rooting against them. Some absolute madness ensued in this thread.
It's the English media love in that does it for me. We'd never hear the fecking end of it if they did win it.
Fair comment. Good individual players, just need to work on MF department. England only had 2 goals on target (official said 1, but I thought Kane's weak attempt was on target). This is even worse than MU on our off day.
Me Too.
Wasn't Stones header on target?
Well yeah, I was kind of alluding to that, with the overrating of players. I have read some serious guff about the likes of Henderson over recent weeks. All of a sudden he’s hot shit. I can’t remember which group game, but after one of them, one of the red top rags went with a headline along the lines of “eleven reasons why England will win the WC”.
Probably, yeah. Ultimately though, England buckled at the first good team so a 'world cup Semi Final' flatters a bit.
Totally. But then, that's what you'd expect from any media trying to still be relevant in the internet I guess.
I have no idea how they recorded shots on targets in this tournament. I've just seen Duncan Castles tweeted drawing the game saying England had only had 5 shots on target all tournament, clarifying that one was a penalty, despite them scoring 8 goals in the group stage alone. Maybe he meant the knockout round, which seems slightly more plausible, but he said something like "so far" or "up to this point" with no mention that it was only the knockouts he was referring to.
Totally like a Glaston post after Spurs failed to win the league capitulating to Leicester. I vaguely remember you fought for the right to call them bottlers.
I've always supported England at tournaments, bar Euro 2016. The utter delusion in this thread turned me right off. I still supported them tonight and I'm pretty gutted they went out tonight.I find it hilarious the cnuts on here claiming they wanted England to do well, but a few posts turned them off the idea.
Yeah right you bellends
Totally. But then, that's what you'd expect from any media trying to still be relevant in the internet I guess.
It's just more fun to see England lose, basically. It's not because I hate English people or the English team or anything, it's just... It's football, and football is all about letting your inner child out and my inner child always finds it hilarious to see England fail!I find it hilarious the cnuts on here claiming they wanted England to do well, but a few posts turned them off the idea.
Yeah right you bellends
Totally. But then, that's what you'd expect from any media trying to still be relevant in the internet I guess.
I used to quite like Spurs till I met Glaston. Don't underestimate the power of AlexI find it hilarious the cnuts on here claiming they wanted England to do well, but a few posts turned them off the idea.
Yeah right you bellends
Totally. But then, that's what you'd expect from any media trying to still be relevant in the internet I guess.
The England lads weren't as experienced as Croatia though.
Fair play lads.
You should be, I don't think anyone expected that at the start. It definitely puts England in good stead for the Euros. I really like Southgate as well.
Nah, ultimately England did bottle it tonight, but I still think they did themselves proud to be in a position to do so. Never seen them come through a penalty shoot-out and I'm only really old enough to have seen them win one knockout game, never mind breezing through a quarter-final.
Great point, finally had as much as 5 players on the field.Nah, ultimately England did bottle it tonight, but I still think they did themselves proud to be in a position to do so. Never seen them come through a penalty shoot-out and I'm only really old enough to have seen them win one knockout game, never mind breezing through a quarter-final.
Game should have been over at half-time, plenty of chances to extend the lead, Croatia didn't look settled at all, and we even got a good chunk of luck with that VAR decision right on half-time going our way after Maguire and Stones got the wrong side.
Croatia came out the second half looking a more settled side, which unnerved England, and went from strength to strength from there really. England struggled to keep the ball, playing loose passes, running into blind alleys, and on a couple of occasions causing their own problems with horrendous miscommunication at the back. They ended up relying on long balls up for someone to chase or flick on, almost playing for territory at times, while Croatia started to carve out actual chances. Big slice of luck again with the Perisic chance coming off the post and Rebic fluffing the rebound, and were even presented with a slight reprieve when they were chasing the equaliser when Kramaric(?) tried to shoot instead of squaring it to Perisic to make it 3-1.
At a time when they needed to perform for the whole game, there were too many moments where tiredness or uncertainty shone through. Young was completely bossed on his flank, Walker and Stones in particular looked very shaky, Alli was absent once again, Sterling was still lacking any end product, and even Kane, who'd I'd have banked on above anyone else in the side to score, bottled his one big chance.
Any international squad more represented by Spurs players than players from other clubs was going to bottle it eventually
No, for me it was the failure to actually change anything. It was so clear what was happening early in the second half, yet it was just like for like changes.
They would never have gotten past Brazil imo. Brazil was better than Belgium tbf, would've been much more acceptable to go out against them than against those French cnuts.
Not as bad as not qualifying though... That stings much more.Decent team, but they’re never going to that close to a major final in years. Has to sting
I can absolutely guarantee it doesn’t.Not as bad as not qualifying though... That stings much more.
No. The two goals were conceded because of defensive laps as there was no one who was experienced and a leader. Both were very avoidable goals. Both were conceded because they went to sleep.
Having experienced both scenarios. I disagree.
So you ignore the game and focus on two mistakes only?
