What a performance this is by Georgia
How many months (or years) do you reckon Ronnie is going to sulk for about being subbed?
I'm loving the desire from Georgia - absolutely brilliant 😍
What a performance! Well played Georgia.
Tough gig as well for the commentator with all those syllables!
You wouldn't want to be sleeping in the room below Ronaldo tonight.
How on earth did they keep the ball out in those last few minutes.
Well played Georgia
Love it, what an unbelievable performance that was. Go on Georgia 😁
Nice to see a team giving it a real go. Hopefully they can go further.
Edit: They're getting Spain. Should be a belter. We've got Slovakia apparently. Rinse and repeat.
Spain next for them so quite a challenge
It seems that Slovenia failed to progress because they had one more yellow than Denmark - the yellow given to their assistant coach!
Sakartvelos Gaumarjos!
Fabulous performance and result for Georgia. Tbilisi is going bonkers right now!
I've just realised that Southgate is actually a tactical genius. He's been saving the better players for the knockout phases.
Now that everything is in motion...
Playing knock-out football is almost a different sport. Hanging on for a draw is no longer a realistic game-plan.
With the exception of Spain and possibly Germany, everyone has looked at least a little bit shonky in the Group stage.
England were noticeably better in the last game, in the second half at least, though obvs it would have been almost impossible to have been worse.
Personally think England will actually perform better against teams out to beat them - and let's face it, no team will be in fear of them.
Funny that when Southgate first came in, his defining approach was to play players who could be fit into a 'team', not just be there because of their name, and it seemed like a proper 'new broom'. Now we have the exact same x, y, and z are automatically on the teamsheet because they are Bellingham, Saka, and Kane.
can’t imagine having had that much life (professional and personal) by my 24th birthday.
You probably didn't have as much financial security either!
Missed this evening's games, but now wishing I had watched the Portugal Georgia match.
If you substitute England for Portugal you get pretty much the exact same criticisms.
How do you play football against a team that is set up to stop you playing football?
Georgia were much better than just a team trying to stop Portugal playing to their strengths.
They genuinely could have had 5 or 6 goals. Portugal were awful for 75 mins. They rested half the team but they are supposed to have one of the best squads in the tournament with strength across the bench.
True re: Portugal but they'd already qualified as winners of the groups and they seemed not to bothered in the first half, by the second it was too late and Georgia had too much momentum. I still think they are very strong contenders along with Germany and Austria.
The draw is crazy. England should be eyeing getting to the final as a minimum but on those last performances confidence isn't high
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Italy doing a superb impression of England. Almost like there’s a competition to be the shortest team in the tournament.
I can’t believe how bad Italy are. I should do really, because I’ve been working with an Italian guy for the last few weeks who can work himself up into a state of near apoplexy when he starts talking about how awful their present squad is.
Switzerland look really good though
It’s like watching a match at Old Trafford 😂
Italy were woeful. Germany match a little better but the ghost of Timo Werner haunts Havertz.
Has Michael Oliver got German grandparents?
Denmark not helped by their chances falling to Hojlund.
Have the Danes hired Mark Clattenberg yet?
Lively start, not sure this will end 11 v 11 the way the ref is giving out yellows
That shot by Trippier 😂 🏉
That ref is a nutcase. Its not even a very physical game, 3 yellows already.
Lively start, not sure this will end 11 v 11 the way the ref is giving out yellows
I’ve just bet on a red card being shown. It was only 3/1
Haha, I just came on to ask you whether you'd got that bet on!
Bellingham getting a red might improve our shape!
4 yellows now. Jaysus.
Oh dear!
Bwauahaha!
Oh dear. +1
That’s a cracking goal.
Positive high tempo football. It'll never catch on.
Think i'd put money on an england penalty, Kane or Saka.
England looking completely disorganised - too many sideways passes, front 3 hardly involved and nothing learned from the previous games.
The long balls into the box are not working.Englands players are better than that…..pretty woeful so far TBH.
The Tories called the election relying on footie feel-good factor to give them a boost. Is there anything they can't screw up?
Jesus, they’re woeful! It reminds me of watching United under Maureen.
Sideways - sideways - backwards - sideways - sideways - back to the keeper
As usual I expect Southgate won’t make any changes until Slovakia are 3-0 up with 2 minutes to go
Kyle Walker is mince isn’t he? He’s got pace. That’s it. Positional play, distribution, poor.
I’m not blaming the ref for England being behind but I can see why the Turkish coach attacked him.
It’s not been a physical game, but I think the players he’s carded probably deserved their cards, in isolation.
England would come up short against any really good team.
If by some remote chance Engerland make it through, they’ll get absolutely battered by Switzerland!
NO SUBS. Enjoy, everyone!
The atmosphere is turning nasty...
Utter dross, why the hell does pickford need to be in possession. The goal is at the other end of the pitch ffs...
The Tories called the election relying on footie feel-good factor to give them a boost. Is there anything they can’t screw up?
Perhaps some of the Labour campaign funds went to Gareth to make sure there was no feel good factor 🤔
That's daft from Foden, no football intelligence to run offside there.
Nice to see him not on the wing though. Needs to be alongside Kane.
That nearly summed the tournament up. A free kick devised by CCHQ
The Slovaks are sitting back to far now.
If by some remote chance Engerland make it through, they’ll get absolutely battered by Switzerland!
fine by me, I have Switzerland in the office sweepstake
The Slovaks are sitting back to far now.
It's called 'doing an England'
Meh, long time left and the Slovaks are faltering a bit, can see 2-1 engerland
Yeah they look knackered.
Thing that is noticeable this tournament is players who naturally like taking a shot at goal aren't, it all seems to be about getting the ball into the box, and mainly in-swingers, wonder if that's the actual tactic, kind of takes a bit off Bellingham and Foden, as well as Rice.
Pickford must have had more touches than all the Engerland forwards combined
I put my evening ride off for this. If England equalise and it goes to extra time I won't get a ride in at all.
Does anyone know if the Coldplay Glastonbury highlights are up on iPlayer yet..? 😴
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I put my evening ride off for this
Utter madness. Get out there, roads will be nice and quiet.
Has he forgotten he can make tactical substitutions? 😳
75 minutes and one substitute whose made a difference.Why isn't Southgate bringing on Gordon and Watkins? And why can't they get to the byline and put a decent cross in?
We're coming home, we're coming home, England's coming home...
Not going England’s way today
I'm listening to 5 live commentary and heard the comment if it goes to extra time we will win it, yet they still haven't equalised
A wee bit arrogant
And he's just subbed Mainoo who has been one of the better players🤬 And why isn't Gordon on?
Not going England’s way today
It's not being going Englands way since the start of this tournament.... Look at the other European countries with competitive leagues - France, Spain, Italy & Germany, all have very super successful over the last 20 years, but England are stuck with no tournament trophy for the last 58 Years!!
Is that so?
It's just comical now. None of it makes any sense, he's trolling the nation!
Ivan Toney with a minute left...
If Slovakia see this out, I’m not sure anyone is prepared for the level of booing we’re going to hear.
EDIT: they’ll win it now. 😂
Oh my god
