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Curse you Gareth Southgate for replacing my jaded cynicism about the national team with some waistcoat-wearing hope
"It's not the despair, Laura. I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand."
At the risk of sounding terribly cocky - both Colombia & England must be thinking that a win tonight essentially puts them in the semi, especially after that first half...
I reckon they would both concede a few with a better attack
About time!
both were well organized Sweden got the luck otherwise they both looked pretty woeful in attack.
Beers in,Radio on and hoping 5 live sync with ITV for a bit
Who is ready to go
Just wish it wasn't on ITV. England has a very poor record when ITV cover the games...
But, same here - beers cracked open and hoping for a good match 🙂
Ready and nervous
If we lose, I'm ready to rip up my wife's copy of 100 years of solitude
Dear god! Our national anthem really is a dreary dirge!
We should definitely replace it, for the duration of the World Cup with Kicky-kicky-kick-kick! 😃
Just don't freeze is all I ask. Play to your potential and if they're better, so be it.
Just to add I got Columbia in the office sweep stake....
1:30 in and no goals ??
As a scot I'm debating who to support. Have I forgiven the English enough for brexit yet..?
Born in York though, so I think I need to really.
Judging by how dire Sweden were this is pretty much for a place in the semis..
Jeeez, Sterling gets into so many good positions. End product so inconsistent.
It's consistently awful.
I reckon we're going out.
Dangerous position, come on!
My granny could head butt harder than that
Oh, a brush with a dreadlock is enough to knock anyone over! Soft gets
wasted chance there
Can see why a player would go down tho, it's foul play that would never have been spotted else.
mystified how once it has been seen it wasn't considered violent?
Why the hell is the VAR not intervening here?
What's going on here now...
Well done Jordan, hardly had the ball in his hands all night.
I can smell penalties
So... Tell me again why the south American teams have a reputation for dirty tricks?
American official to ignore Columbia’s misdemeanours??????
I’d put a big strong lad on for Sterling... Welbeck or Vardy....
How about a rule where if a player is deemed to have faked an injury inflicted by the opposition, the ref does not just give out a card but also dishes out physical punishment commensurate with the initial pain reaction.
Well done Jordan, hardly had the ball in his hands all night.
let him get back to the hotel at least
well england the best team there but no goals to show which has been a problem for a few, Young asking some questions of the ref for things to check up on need to see Sterling swapped out there by the hour, loftus cheek for ali too
England have mainly had the better of the game, would be no loss for Ali to be replaced by Loftus-Cheek, he again has offered very little.
WTF - just seen the Colombian coach putting the shoulder in on Sterling
Small boys in the park never been so appropriate, the Columbians are like a bunch of kids!
colombia not really playing too much, more about containing and I guess also frustrating youse a bit, can see them getting more dirty 2nd half.
defo a red btw.
The ref isn't good enough. He's losing control
you just need to watch you don't bite, that's what the colombians are after, england red.
Alli is a passenger. I'd take him off.
100% ..total liability
Is Tom Daily coaching the England strikers 😉
kane drags him first, no penalty for me tbh.
Ref needs to book em for the back chat too
Whole new level of cheating! What a mess
How are all these protests allowed? Bloody ridiculous.
I'm outraged.
There’s been some great football, but overall this tournament has been pretty shameful for the sport.
Don't normally do football. Thought I'd watch tonight's a bit. Wow. Just pathetic.
, but overall this tournament has been pretty shameful for the sport.
eh? you gibbering about.
Some form of justice at least.
Makes me realise why I don't watch football much.. bunch of pansies.
Don’t normally do football. Thought I’d watch tonight’s a bit. Wow. Just pathetic.
You just got unlucky. Should have watched Japan v Belgium or Argentina v France. Personally, I have lost my love of football of late, but I do like these threads as, like Apple threads, it smokes out those who engage with something despite knowing they don't like it, and then moaning about it.
The diving and simulation is at a new level, it's just too much especially when the quality gulf is there, the coach was disgraceful especially the little s**** after
The Columbians would probably be pretty good at rugby
I've seen much worse, stop being so dramatic! 😆 They're just an average team that know they will be outplayed in a game.
Thought I’d watch tonight’s a bit. Wow. Just pathetic.
Only one team turned up to play tonight
I’ve see much worse, stop being so dramatic!
you live in Scotland where quality is optional
This is proper handbags. It needs a red
you live in Scotland where quality is optional
You have seen some of the shit that calls it's self fitba in the premier league right? 😆
All I heard on 5live this afternoon was how England needn’t fear either Switzerland or Sweden. I imagine there’s a Swedish commentator somewhere this evening saying the same about England and Colombia.
Surely a red card has to be close for a Colombian. How many of their team have been booked now?
EDIT: Cripes, only five??
Columbia won't have anyone left if they get through this.. Cheating xxxxs
Mrs M (ex teacher) has said that she would have the whole Columbian team in for detention and missing at least one playtime for they’re poor sportsmanship.
Mate messaged me at 5pm asking if if I fancied a pootle, never again will you hear me say no I'm watching the football
eh? you gibbering about.
No gibbering, I’ll leave that to you football fans - just seeing Saturday mornings, the Under 11s all surrounding the ref trying to get in his face, pushing each other around, while their parents stand behind the ‘Respect’ tape, screaming their heads off 😆
threatening to turn in to a game, colombia obv need to go for it now.
eh? you gibbering about.
No gibbering, I’ll leave that to you football fans – just seeing Saturday mornings, the Under 11s all surrounding the ref trying to get in his face, pushing each other around, while their parents stand behind the ‘Respect’ tape, screaming their heads off
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We really need a world class ball player in midfield. Plenty of good runs and no Scholes to thread the ball through 😢
Impressed with the composure of the defence when they have the ball and some pressure though. They seem more willing to play a through ball than the midfield.
and breath everybody
Football on ice.
Commentators curse... Oh dear.
OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don't like the way we are trying to see this out ...attack ffs
We will come unstuck !
it's not a good game..... not a lot of football being played. Game management now and staying switched on.
If they had tried to play from the start we could have had a decent game here
There's a game of football breaking out here
Vardy's a good call.....quick, busy hold the ball up and run over the top option.
England World Cup results by TV channel since 1988: BBC: Played 13 W9 D1 L3 (win ratio 69%) ITV: Played 11 W1 D5 L5 (win ratio 9%)
England have got this. 😀
first match I’ve watched of this tournament, this isn’t the World Cup winning team you are looking for...
5 minutes - I'll accept that. I had 7 down.......