I don't know about you always being right since this is the first time I personally have seen a prediction by you but I will take your word for it
Nope. Alli still starts despite being awful.
Left me speechless. Should copyright that as soon as possible.
There was one just 24 hours ago.
The gulf in class between those two and the Russian squad or the Danish squad (Eriksen excepted) is even more enormous and it didn’t translate into on-field dominance. Croatia are a good side and should start as marginal favourites on Wednesday but we shouldn’t build them up into something they are not. Or rather we should start giving this version of England some more credit and acknowledge they are tough opponents.
The thing for Croatia is England should approach the game differently. Whereas Russia and Denmark sat in, England have so far always tried to play football. They are also unlikely to make many personnel changes and with how high Alli and Lingard push up, Henderson is vulnerable in the area where Croatia are the strongest. Rebic and Perisic will also give the England full-backs something to think about. The big problem for Croatia is their weakness from defending set-pieces. Croatia with a 4-3-3 will be very tough.
And?
Just like English CBs too.
Why ?
In previous world cups we've drawn with Algeria, USA, Costa Rica. We lost to Uruguay at the last. So yes, it is very different to previous world cups , even if we have faced 'easy opposition ' , because normally, we don't win
Haven’t noticed either dive in the World Cup
Nothing against France, like many of their players. But:
We're playing in white and we're on ITV... though why are Croatia in black when they're the 'home' team? I guess since they also wear red and white it'd clash either way if they weren't...
Ah, thought so. I actually prefer when we play in red and when the BBC cover it, but there you go...
Yeah, fans are blind when their team is in question.
Yes it will have to be white kit as Croatia can't wear their red and white due to the obvious clash of colours.
Well the penalty voodoo has been broken as least, so bad omens are maybe a positive..
He does go down easily. He just waits to go down. But as i said, strange situation all this. United fans loving spurs and liverpool players. On the other side, united fans dislike more than ever those players.
. For me you are going down more than city players. For you, you are fighters and other teams are dirty cnuts. Emotions....Drawing in contact isn't diving though?He does go down easily. He just waits to go down. But as i said, strange situation all this. United fans loving spurs and liverpool players. On the other side, united fans dislike more than ever those players.
When season starts and kane wears spurs shirt, then we will talk about kane. Emotions are to high now
Yeah, ok.
Yes very strange people supporting their national team. Whatever next. It's so truly baffling.He does go down easily. He just waits to go down. But as i said, strange situation all this. United fans loving spurs and liverpool players. On the other side, united fans dislike more than ever those players.
When season starts and kane wears spurs shirt, then we will talk about kane. Emotions are to high now
Didn't the scousers start it? He was meant to have dived against them. Can't even remember if he really did or not.
You misread my post
He got booted in the leg last minute of the game; got a penalty scored to level it as I remember. Just typical scousers that one I think.
Ugh! Not more omens that indicate the universe has somehow chosen us over lesser mortals. Things like 'the last time england scored more than ten goals at the world cup we won it' don't mean that destiny is calling. They just mean we've been consistently pants for most of our history.
Thought I'd seen most of the anti england slurs but this is a new one. Has no reputation for diving but yh go on then, pedal this narrative. Should have at least picked Young and had a story with some semblance of believability.He does go down easily. He just waits to go down. But as i said, strange situation all this. United fans loving spurs and liverpool players. On the other side, united fans dislike more than ever those players.
When season starts and kane wears spurs shirt, then we will talk about kane. Emotions are to high now
No there wouldn't I agree. I do think that how strong the defence is in possession mitigates the lack of orthodox midfielders in the middle of the park though. We're essentially just holding deeper. And the mobility and guile of the extra attacking midfielders makes us less predictable than we've tended to be in the past. We've been damned by overly orthodox tactics from managers afraid of the media response for far too long and southgates willingness to try new strategies has been the big highlight of our world cup for me.
