July 11, 20187 yr There’s really nothing to be discouraged about at all - we did all we could and dispelled a lot of myths and got England truly united for the first time in a long time, we weren’t at our best this game and Croatia were never to be underestimated and were clearly used to extra time playoffs! I’m really pleased with our team and just hope they keep this up for future tournaments. It makes a change not being ashamed of them for once. Anyway, Croatia were actually a hell of a lot better than their last games and deserved to win, I’d like if they could challenge France (though I’m still rooting for them primarily to win me money :kink:), must be absolutely SHATTERED with all their games going to extra time though!
July 11, 20187 yr I think I fancy Croatia to win on Sunday now, I did say at the start of the tournament they were one of my favourite teams to win, plus it be a new country that has never won a major competition.
July 11, 20187 yr A real shame, but Croatia were the better side. Unfortunately the game showed two things; we are not quite good enough (we made sloppy mistakes for both goals which were easily avoidable) and the squad isn’t there. We were knackered and could have done with a couple of changes pre-game.. unfortunately we still have players like Jones and Welbeck stinking out the squad. Good thing is we have some good players inured and some great ones coming through. Kane was 100% injured tonight. But that’s a problem with the squad, as we don’t have anyone to replace him.
July 11, 20187 yr Hopefully France go on to win now. And I think that they would have done so regardless of who won tonight. England should be proud of what they've achieved at this World Cup even if they took a shortcut to get there.
July 11, 20187 yr We should have really finished them off in the first half, we just missed 2 golden opportunities. Can I blame Sterling for that, I do find Sterling rather useless on the pitch.
July 11, 20187 yr Who was the one who said it was their destiny for England to play Belgium again?? Who was the one who said something rather enlightening about stopped clocks? Oh well, bang goes the extra bank holiday. Still, I'm still on for Croatia in my work sweepstake, so if they win, I'm pledging to spent all £70 on Battenberg cake.
July 11, 20187 yr Who was the one who said something rather enlightening about stopped clocks? Oh well, bang goes the extra bank holiday. Still, I'm still on for Croatia in my work sweepstake, so if they win, I'm pledging to spent all £70 on Battenberg cake. No it wasn't me, someone else said it!
July 11, 20187 yr We should have really finished them off in the first half, we just missed 2 golden opportunities. Can I blame Sterling for that, I do find Sterling rather useless on the pitch. It was nothing to do with Sterling. Kane was atrocious in that first half and Lingard missed the target from a great chance. The problem is if you don't take your chances at this level you will struggle. Our problem in the match was our wingbacks became fullbacks and it hampered us massively. That's ultimately where the game was lost.
July 11, 20187 yr I'm gutted tbh. I don't think we'll ever have a better chance of reaching a World Cup final ever again. :cry:
July 11, 20187 yr I think I fancy Croatia to win on Sunday now, I did say at the start of the tournament they were one of my favourite teams to win, plus it be a new country that has never won a major competition. I think France will be far too strong for them.
July 11, 20187 yr For all those too young to remember, I say welcome to the true reality of being an England fan - it's not about the abject failure of the last 20 years - it's about glorious failure.
July 11, 20187 yr They were unlucky there England I actually couldn't believe Croatia won as I just didn't think Croatia had enough upfront. But Modric, Brizovic, Ratikic and especillay Perisic were immense. I doubt again it will happen but I would dearly love is to have a new winner on Sunday and Croatia beat France Deschamps has created an effective but bloody boring side in the image of himself - so many amazing players who's technical abilities are a lot of the time put in a box for the importance of the team.
July 11, 20187 yr Rugby worldcup soon! That's a big thing ... right?? The World Cup is the one tournament that gets everyone going! That first half we should have buried them, Henderson totally nullified Modric. Kane needed to square the ball.. if that was Sterling in that position he would have been slaughtered. Unpopular opinion but the subs we brought on really didn't help us either, but proves there is a way to go with the squad. Interesting to think Gomez, Lallana, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Winks could all have made the squad if it weren't for injuries. Then you have the likes of Lookman, Sancho, Bailey (potentially), Foden, Solanke coming through.
July 12, 20187 yr England won a couple of under age tournaments recently so there's plenty of optimism for the future! Anyone else seen Mandzukic play live before?
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