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I hope refs do something about all the pissing about off the ball.
What a strike there!! Good to see one from open play
Blimey! Pick that out!
Oh my.. .
training ground special!!
If Sterling doesn't get one today
Nice to see them have confidence albeit vs. A rubbish team.
Come on Ingurlund!
you can only play who you're playing.
If Sterling doesn’t get one today
He is having a good game, always hustling around making options for the player on the ball, watch the 30 seconds before Lingards goal, he makes the goal by his constant movement creating spaces.
I think England might nip this one
That he did but I do think he is in to get over the line and wake up his confidence, the subs will be itching to get in amongst this, Going to be very few first choice players for Panama in their last game
Who is going to be first to a hattrick, Stones or Kane?
Are we Germany in disguise?
I normally have sympathy for the smaller teams, underdog & all that, but frankly Panama deserve to be humiliated. Appalling behaviour from them.
Totally agree with imnotverygood.
we want 8!
Ok, I feel like at some point I'll wake up from this dream and wonder what I'm having for breakfast.
Panama deserve to be humiliated. Appalling behaviour from them
They are behaving the same as Tunisia did in the first game, but the refs in this second round of matches are wise to it.
Just gone to put a bet on at least one red card in the second half and the bookies aren’t taking bets on that. They’re not daft! 😂
...and Stirling still doesn’t score.
Ive seen less celibate popes
But he is playing well, his movement and link play has been good. I'll take a lack of goals if he enables the better finishers (like John Stones;-) to finish.
Come on, that has been 15mins without a goal here, Boring Dull England
Whoops
Well that was probably coming, energy and concentration was dropping over the last 15 there
I know it's a weak group, but I think that expectations have been so low this year that it's takes the pressure off them.
Also has this been done ?
https://twitter.com/MrJamesHodari/status/1009351251056787459?s=19
Re: Russian doping, that did cross my mind too...
Its not the doping they should worry about, its Novichock and Polonium in the opposition team's hotel...
All those empty seats. The tattooed gammon frightened of getting their beer bellies punched by the big boys 😀
Who are ya, hoo are ya, ooo argh ya.
Free Tommy Robinson Free Tommy Robinson. Shithouses 😀
I had joked with colleagues that this was the one WC when players might actually have an excuse for falling over like they’ve been shot by a sniper
I’m back, what did I miss ?
🧚♀️☀️
Great result ..apart from that I had a lot of fun once I realised that my son was watching it through his PS4 upstairs in his room with two other lads and four lasses ..which was running a full 90 seconds behind the tv ...he was going nuts when I let him know in advance of the third & fourth goals ...
Well that's what dad's are for ..innit 😂
If anyone wants to see Sam Allardyce watching England in a pub, eating a burger, please, feel free
Good to see quite how far you can fall, I mean what was Robbie Savage thinking!!
Anyway on with the real show, hoping for a good game with everything riding on it
Here’s a concept..
If you are to represent your Country, you must play in your Countries domestic leagues...
Boom 🥊☄️
Ha!
Boom 💥💥🥊
Interesting concept but we’re in the European Union and you’re not allowed to restrict workers and all that.....hang on ....
😉 bloody brexit.
🙂
Btw ,Kimbers’ “stats” are alarming.
Poland out. Some 'decent' sides struggling....... decent on paper at least.
Here’s a concept..
If you are to represent your Country, you must play in your Countries domestic leagues…
Is that cause it's how we won it in 66?
Sorry bit worst idea since Fat Sham was given the England job
Big stuff up for grabs in the last group here
Here’s a concept..
If you are to represent your Country, you must play in your Countries domestic leagues
What a completely shit concept, it will concentrate power even more in the richer footballing nations, who will be the only ones able to afford to keep their best players in their domestic leagues. Do we really want to bring moronic Trump style protectionism to sport?
Anyway, 3 games today and 14 goals, it has largely been a great world cup so far.
and the live updates where it matters for 7 of us....
Despite a bit of a rally BFC have dropped back down to last and I'm happy to be edging the battle of the Mike Smiths 😉
Just an idea... all we heard in the Pol-Col match was xxx plays for West Ham and xxx plays for Sotty..
Anyway, you’ve all heard it before and probably had the same reaction then.
Just a thought regarding England, is this going to be one of those tournaments where an injury allows a manager to stumble across their best team/formation. Without Deli Alli yesterday England did look much more balanced. Wonder if he'll be back when he recovers.
Well, brings a new reference term “innov the red”
💪☄️🤣
Uru - Rus 2.0
Mitro ..please zip it !
Demanding a move to Fulham as being your only destination will get you absolutely nowhere ..you won't get a game again anyway for Newcastle and as has been proven in the past delivering ultimatums to this regime only works against you .
You will be sold when the club's asking price is met ..otherwise you will rot in the reserves ( u23's)..
I'm slightly disappointed by this outburst as up to this point I was one of your fans who believed you deserved more of a chance than you have had .
No longer ..
Well the more he does in this WC the easier it will be to flog him, some people have short memories of the grumpy hot head.
Meanwhile I've gone all VAR here with a couple of screens on, come on Iran!!
and come on Iran, you still have a chance here!!
Take that Ronaldo!
I'd love to see Iran score a couple of goals...
I’m watching the Spain game. Mainly as Mark Lawrenson is commentating on the Portugal match
Morocco aren’t half giving them a game they weren’t expecting! They’re so fast on the counter. Spain look half asleep. Amrabat just absolutely rattled the woodwork with what would have been a content for goal of the tournament if it had been an inch or two lower.
Come on Morocco!!!
Or just a good fight. Not seen any ridiculously bad tempered matches yet.
& what's happened to De Gea? Doesn't look half as good at international level
Ghoddos on for Iran. Östersund hero against Arsenal
a good fight? that is the Portugal game, it's about as good tempered as if Iran were playing the USA at the moment!!
and Ronaldo getting reviewed for possible red card
Game on !!!
GET IN!!!! 😂
fantastic finish!!!!
Looking at VAR for a red card for Ronaldo....
After a few mins,....
Yellow.
What did I miss?
What is going on with the so called big sides?
Regarding Ronnie - no worse than a yellow & that's debatable
If I was Portugal & I knew conceding a goal would put me through & knock spain out... I'd ask what corner do they want to put the shot.
Iran need 2 to get through but VAR for the penalty appeal, WTF this group was always going to be a bit special
Somebody from portugal could walk before this is over
That's not a good advert for VAR.
Lawro is not amused.
Morocco were robbed! And it’s absolute chaos in amongst the VAR
and Iran nearly put Portugal out
What an awful game. Terrible use / misuse of VAR. Both teams just looking for free kicks and bookings. Referee getting mobbed. Woeful game.
Well that was the most bizarre end of the game there, no idea that was the final whistle the 2 coaches just looking at each other before a hug and off they go. Portugal look vulnerable though Uruguay could have fun with them.
This one and the England Tunisia game were the bad adverts for VAR, there have been some good examples out there. BUT they need to take a look at some of those dives after the event a lot of bad simulation there.
Ha!
It was close no?
Every Portuguese player deserves some AmDram award. Constant whining and falling over themselves.
Its a shame Iran are out, it would have made a good story.
You watched the wrong game. Spain v Morocco was an absolute blinder! Proper manic last ten minutes. Catch the highlights to watch Ramos get skinned in the air with a proper thumping header from Morocco. Spain should have been down to ten men from the first half
Quite amusing Pablo Zabaleta bemoaning diving and play acting players while sat next to Drogba.
You watched the wrong game. Spain v Morocco was an absolute blinder! Proper manic last ten minutes
LOL we all need to see both, the Iran Portugal just for the farce and the Ronaldo slapped arse face
I need to get a Donald Trump style bank of big telly’s 😀
This World Cup has been absolutely bloody brilliant so far!!!
The VAR stuff is becoming a bit of a farce. Maybe it's just the refs needing more training, but the Portugal game was silly. Players rolling around and exaggerating reactions more than ever before, it's getting out of hand. Do we need to use a system like the NFL where the coach or the captain gets a certain number of challengers per game so we a) don't waste time and b) players stop play acting quite so much?
The VAR stuff is becoming a bit of a farce. Maybe it’s just the refs needing more training, but the Portugal game was silly.
I'd go with Liniker's assesment that it's more right than wrong and it's finding some of that in the box set play stuff that was being missed. I heard this ref was complained about by Egypt, he would probably have been fine when this was going to be a dead rubber but Iran got up for it, both sides lost it and it needed a top level official to sort it out.
A simple review of the footage after the game would have told FIFA who to be checked, booked and spoken too.
Well, that was uncomfortable watching (Por-irn) the Iranian bench trying to whip up the crowd during the ref inspecting the replays, and then the constant looking for fouls and goading players into reacting.
my view for VAR is that the ref should get one view, at full speed, and if he can’t see the issue, he can’t give the penalty/card/whatever. Players suggesting he check the VAR should be booked, as they are for suggesting a player be carded.
As an aside, who found a shipping crate full of vuvuzelas before the game?
I’d go with Liniker’s assesment that it’s more right than wrong and it’s finding some of that in the box set play stuff that was being missed.
It is, but we're going there far too often. And the Por pen should never of been given, again, this is maybe a case for more training, but I don't think the system is adding much. The offside call in the other game - perfect use.
I think there should be a ref in the stands with the monitor who can advise the pitch ref, should he request it. Like rugger I guess - there is so much time wasted with the red trotting over to the pitch side monitor.
Players should also be booked if they do the VAR symbol thing and coaches sent to the stands.
Yep much prefer the Rugby/Cricket version making the Ref do the recheck is just football trying to invent things themselves rather than just accepting stuff was better.
A heap of stuff on appealing, goading and diving needs to be done in Football but it would result in needing a 30 man squad for the group stages at this one
The VAR stuff is becoming a bit of a farce. Maybe it’s just the refs needing more training
Var has been fine, it's still open to interpretation and clownshow refs though, so it won't completely irradicate the controversy!
Var has been fine, it’s still open to interpretation and clownshow refs though
The two are pretty inseparable, no? Throw in the behaviour of the players who now have an incentive to over act to get things reviewed and I see potential issues. Rugby doesn't seem to have these issues, but maybe it's just the mentality of the players in both sports.
Certainly an interesting couple of games for mostly the wrong reasons, but plenty of drama. How long will that Iranian who had the chance to score at the end rue his miss. All his life? 😮