Prior to today people on social media were telling us all that Iran were going to be no pushovers, and that England might struggle to get out of the group, that of course being based on the results of Englands Nations League campaign, of which people really should be basing World Cup performances on - most players focus during these games are still with their respective clubs and seasons. A World Cup and Euro tournaments are a different beast altogether.
Now England have smashed Iran people now saying how Iran are poor. Maybe we should reserve judgement until the final game of the group has been played? Maybe England just set up right and played good football, which made Iran look piss poor.
To be fair, I think today was a really good performance by England, probably one of the best group stage performances I’ve seen in a long, long time. Bellingham is going to be a different gravy this tournament.