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Waving your elbows about like that should always be penalised. Doing right in front of goal is moronic and definitely a pen.
At least I know I'm watching England . I was wondering for first 20 min..
I'd have red carded the tunisian boy for being a bawbag tbh! 😆
Quite surprised Kane being rugby tackled wasn’t a penalty then?
So the first was a penalty, the rugby tackle in the box was fine??
That was a penalty. The rugby tackle on Kane...
aye should have been.
Ok ..I get the fact that he has made the runs to get there ..but how many more chances is Lingard going to waste ..?
😆 should be 3 or 4 up btw. You'll come out and hammer them 2nd half i reckon, easily better team. chill then go about your normal game.
but how many more chances is Lingard going to waste ..?
Not as many as Sterling?
Thanks folks, F5 did do the job.
Aside from that, I really enjoyed that half!
Lets hope Dele Ali makes it out for the second half ... and no mention of the Postie ... Tripper.... that lad can deliver a ball.
(Yes Im a spurs fan 🙂 )
Why TF do people still do that stupid heart sign. Stay calm England, far superior team so turn that screw
Jenas at pitchside counted three Lingard misses ..I saw four ..not noticed any from Sterling yet though.
You reckon that penalty would have been given if var didn't exist? Ie.. Refs are more happy to blow knowing that they can reverse the decision and it won't ruin the game.
I know that's not happened in other games, but that was a ridiculously soft penalty
If you squander this many chances you are inviting trouble.......
Rugby tackles on Kane are now officially fair game, obviously
How many ties can you wrestle the England lads to the floor in the box?
Right Sterling off now please Vardy or Rashford time
Vardy & Rashford asap
Looks like we’ve reverted back to ‘being england’. Sideways/sideways/backwards.
get Sterling off and get Rashford on.
aye been running out of ideas a bit, need to step it up, tunisia settling in a bit. stuggling to get chances now.
there is a bald lad in Newcastle who could work some magic out of midfield here
Nailed on 1-1:-(
glad Raheem was taken off.
id put vardy on for Ali .
i wish someone would have a bloody shot
Christ all bloody mighty. Final ball. Awful, get pissing Ashley Young off, never any product. Gah I hate being an england fan!
Loftus-Cheek. Should have a good 10 minutes before the fear gets him.
So this ref for the final then?
don't worry lads, I'm only waiting on england for my first treble win of the world cup today! 😆 This is a stick on!
So typical of England - no one who can unlock a defence which given the talent is pretty shocking.
First 25 - 30 mins were encouraging but as usual we’re struggling when we don’t have it our own way. Decisions not going our way should be no excuse - but I think they will be once the game has finished.
Belgium showed how to finish earlier on - and can’t see England putting up a fight against them
We might as well just fully revert to type, get Andy Carroll on a flight and hoof long balls up to the big man.
****ing woeful! As always!
Yeah it's crying out for a quarter-back type of midfielder..someone who can put the ball on a plate from 60 yds.. is always looking to play a forward pass ..shame we left him behind ..
The ref is just out of his depth, no idea how to handle the players.
A draw, a win and a loss then sent home by a proper contender. Anyone dreaming of something different is going to be very disappointed (again)
Has Arsene Wenger been giving advice on passing the ball in to the net?
edit ...phew!
Finally!!! Kane doesn't get bundled to the floor
Brilliant, never doubted them. 😆😜
That's plastered over the cracks
Thank **** for that ..talk about making it hard work...
Just logged on to type '****'s sake England!'
But still - ****'s sake England only now with a slightly different tone of voice.
To be fair - they looked a lot more positive than usual, they have had nearly all the ball fluffed a fair few shots that should've been nailed on.
Steady , still 3 mins to go Pete tong....
there ye go, bit laboured this half! but deserved overall.
Tunisia - the Motherwell of the world cup.
Couldn't quite see the match out. Still, entertaining to hear the commentators losing their shit.
Still time to screw this up. At least on iPlayer, there is.
The final whistle line up might be the starting line up against Belgium
Double post ...
honestly if the Tunisian one was a penalty then we deserved about 3
I was falling asleep 😀
Tunis defended really rather well TBF.... not sure they had a shot on goal.... but defend well as individuals and as a team.
England need to learn how to play a ref, especially one so easily lead.
Weird game to dissect. We were really good, but also shite . I'm so confused
That will do those players the world of good. Deserved win and a good performance apart from some players finishing.
we were lucky... the manager is as hopeless as all the others Kyle walker as the last man in a back three nope, deli ali playing 50 mins with a thigh strain thats clever... bunch of clowns.
Danny Murphy and Alan Shearer are painful. Give the jobs to some sports journos.
I'm struggling to see what part was so terrible, they played well in honesty. Made chance, passing, pressure.
Fortunate to get the win, but well deserved
I’m struggling to see what part was so terrible,
throwing your elbow into the face of an opponent on the penalty spot right in front of the ref is pretty stupid don't ya think ?
I love it. Every Englishman is born with the ability to manage the national team, drive an F1 car and run the country, yet when any of them get the job they forget how. It's only the blokes in the pub or on the internet that can do it.
Maybe we should let the next manager do it from home via texts.
Agree Tails! Shearer and Murphy should be dropped.
Stick on to get out the group now anyhow, fixtures working well for you, could go through at the weekend, 3 pts against panama, belgium win or draw against tunisia is all you need.
Easy route to the knock out stages if youse want it. then plenty of time to kick on.
Danny Murphy and Alan Shearer are painful. Give the jobs to some sports journos.
Honestly Shearer is blunt, honest and knows a game really well
As for what went wrong, they played the ref better than us
Exceptional first 30 min.. Then reve2to type
But they pulled the win out the bag.. Deservedly so
throwing your elbow into the face of an opponent on the penalty spot right in front of the ref is pretty stupid don’t ya think ?
I meant from the perspective of the overall performance.
There wasn't much in it for the pen.
He has to start Rashford next game. Sterling is hopeless!! Couldn’t hit a barn door with a shovel. And never seems bothered when he skies another sitter into row Z
I like lampard and fabregas. They used to have leonardo a few years ago he was good. Not keen on evra or Keane.
Sterling is hopeless!! Couldn’t hit a barn door with a shovel.
think you'll find thats lingard on tonights performance
That was uncomfortable...
Shame Scotland didn't qualify they'd have been at home in the midge-fest
think you’ll find thats lingard on tonights performance
Sterling would have missed more if he had some shots....
I think the winner on the night was the Ref, one Stevie Wonder. How on earth with VAR they missed two blatant pens I do not know. England struggle a bit when they get on the back foot and that's the one thing they need to get over. And that's from a Scotsman as well, I'd really like them to do well this tourney.
would have been nice to have at least one "non partisan" pundit on tonights panel
Shearer
As our record goalscorer and someone who is idolized by most Newcastle fans ..it pains me to say that having met the bloke ..I found him to be a first class dick..
There are certainly two centre forwards who had they played the same number of games at Newcastle would have outscored him ..and were vastly superior in their all round play..
Malcolm MacDonald & Andy Cole .
And as a tv pundit ..boring as shit !
The choice in that position is Sterling or Rashford. For me it’s Rashford every single time.
and tonight just confirmed that
Sterling got 17 goals this season. How many did he put into row Z? If Rashford had the service Sterling has had at City all season he’d have got a lot more than 17, and he’d have a bucket-load of assists to back it up.
If Tunisia can find another 4 players they could do quite well in the 6 nations.
What the rugby tackles on Kane shows tonight is that the opposition are scared shitless of him. Two in your opening game? When you’re being clobbered like that. Bodes well.
There wasn’t much in it for the pen
Indeed. There was no elbow thrown because he didn't know the forward was there. They came together accidentally as he was shielding the ball and it caused the forward's legs to magically stop working. Happens all the time in the box but Stevie Wonder bought the scream and collapse.
Problem with the first rugby tackle on Kane was that Stones also clearly pushes his man negating the whole thing. Otherwise a clear pen.
The second one on Kane leaves no excuses re VAR. I'm not sure this Colombian officiating team are going to feature much in the tournament...
This should have been a red flag about this lot.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/var-confusion-confederations-cup-referee-10686798
(oh, and Andy Cole > Shearer, bejesus)
throwing your elbow into the face of an opponent on the penalty spot right in front of the ref is pretty stupid don’t ya think ?
It was poor defending but overall England were the better team, and were denied two clear penalties.
Don't you think they are different rashford needs to be running to come alive where as sterling works in tighter spaces arriving to get those important tap ins. You don't get in that city squad if you are shit.
As our record goalscorer and someone who is idolized by most Newcastle fans ..it pains me to say that having met the bloke ..I found him to be a first class dick..
My uncle met him at the airport one day, slight misunderstanding about who had the most priority check in and he said Shearer was a proper gent, modest and invited him up to the NUFC lounge at to apologise. This was just after we got beat by Man U too.
All of them are miles ahead of ITV though, which is a shame as they have the Belgium game, hopefully I can sync 5live and the TV for that one.
@tails Sterling gets the chances they way Man City are playing, he isn't working in this team by the look of things so either he needs to adapt or hit the bench which is a shame, Southgate obviously sees something we all don't here but maybe he would work better as a late arrival when the opposition is tiring. The young lads could really have ripped into this lot
Sterling works great with Silva and De Bruyne sat behind him, feeding him gilt edged passes
Unfortunately he’s presently playing for England, so chances will be comparitavely limited. And he just doesn’t finish enough of them.
Rashford should start every game. He’s a natural finisher. Sterling is far from that.
if lingard had squared that ball across the box to Rashford rather than Sterling it would have been game over
It was poor defending
LOL it was poor, defending though I don't think so. Moronic yes.
but overall England were the better team
Tunisia and Saudi Arabia are the two worst teams i have seen so far in the competion so England would be better by default
LOL it was poor, defending though I don’t think so. Moronic yes.
Not really. His position was all wrong when he was trying to win the ball. Ultimately it was a pretty soft penalty but he didn't help himself.
Tunisia and Saudi Arabia are the two worst teams i have seen so far in the competion so England would be better by default
Your point escapes me.
I (due to travelling) have been listening to 5live all day big up the game, the overriding message every pundit seemed to put forward was “just let them play without the pressure the English media put upon them”
Every 3 bloody minutes, all bloody day.
So, what will be the headlines in the red tops tomorrow ? Southgate the next GOAT ??