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What on earth is Sterling doing in this team, he is utter rubbish we deserve to lose to this Tunisian team.

It could have been embarrassing without Saint Harry Kane showing the other forwards how to do the job properly.

Come on Oz!!!!

Having watched a few games I am disappointed in the standard.
I am begining to hate this passing back to the goalkeeper (not as bqd as that horrible noise at the "cup" in SA). Could this be the result of changing the rules how the keeper can hande the ball?

Belgium 1 England 1 ........... you heard it here first!

Steve you will have to come to Canada after October when weed will be legal!!!

Belgium 1, England 0, and that was a fair result.

As both teams had qualiied for the final 16 they did not try too hard in my opinion especially when some of England's best players sat on the bench!!!!

Hi Deckie 71
Aussies are now out thanks to the coach who never played the best man we had. For me there were to many Hollywood stars involved, I think they should have had the red card at the beginning it would have stopped all the shenanigans.
Tugger

"The Beautiful Game" as it is referred to is turning out to be far from it. The antics of some of the players who are or think they have been fouled and are down writhing in agony are a few secods later up and running about. The argueing with the referee on his descisions and the clls for him to look at the video replays. Many of these things to make the game better are havng the opposite effect. I feel sorry for fans who have travelled great distances and high ticket prices to see their team and end up seeing the second squad (England and Belgium). I always was under the impression they had to field their best possible team.
I used to watch one game and record the other game being played at the same time for later viewing but I am now very diillusioned and will be selective in my viewing!!!

England 0 Columbia 3 you heard it here first !

That would be nice

is the World cup ever shown on Scottish TV ?

Columbia have brought a whole new meaning to the phrase, "Holding Midfielder.":wink:

Penalty shootout. No problem. Easy cool. England win. See you on Saturday.:thumb:

Some sort of penalty should be given to that referee as well, he should be given a shoo off from where important games are played. It was misery to watch the game turn into a pushing, showing, butting, climbing, rolling, screaming, cursing and gesticulating match.

I agree with S.J.B. as this was the worst game I watched in the iternational game. The Ref lost control and all the fouls and rough play should never been allowed. This constant arguing with him should not have been allowed and if it had persited a red card would have been the result.
When it is brought down to this performance by a bunch of prema donna's it shows lack of respect for the fans who have travelled for a long way and paid lots of money so see this disgusting performance. I have watched nearly evey game (i record the one if two are on at the same time) and have to give kudos to the host nation for the magnificnt venues and organisation. OUTSTANDING RUSSIA

England 1 Sweden 3 you heard it here first!

You must be losing plenty of money Steve. :jester:. England 2 Sweden 0. :bounce:

Yeah I'm hopeless but i'll get one soon!

I thought I was watching Liverpool v Torquay United.

The result would have been the same!

It's NOT coming home.:very_sad:

You did not quite make it, but you were close. And small comfort that it may be, it was an entertaining game played by two teams that played daringly and with full effort. Let us hope the English will give their team the welcome home that other teams who got this far usually gets.

I didn't/ don't watch these games although I am interested in the result...I have just been told I was responsible for the result of this game tonight...as I said 2-1 a few days ago......can't win!

geoff

Football in the game that I particularly follow but I do like it when any of the home Nations have a success and if my memory serves me correct all the pundits said the guy who wore the paper bag over his head and wears a waistcoat and missed the penalty as a team of inexperienced young men and will get nowhere well he got the last 4 so I think he's done a pretty good job

England did well, but were beaten by a better team in the second half, next time.....!!.

I agree now check out the Croation president in a bikini and forgive them.

See what you mean JG - certainly in a different league to our Theresa May! :shock:

They revived the "Football's Coming Home " Three Lions thing by The Lightning Seeds and two comic blokes for this World Cup.


I think they would have done better with this song, and some of these goals. :jump:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCm3bS6wXvk

Thank gawd it's all over! well it is now!


Why on earth would you get a welcome home for coming fourth and all this tosh about heroics and being heroes, yer avin a laff ain't yer! away from home for a month, best food, good hotels, certainly well paid, have WAGS in attendance, sometimes parents, best physio and docs in attendance, and even given rubber ducks to play with.


The word 'hero' has been defaced too much by all and sundry. Real heroes are people like my deceased friend Lou who was still only nineteen and a half after spending three and a half years in a Japanese P O W Camp having lied about his age to join the MN at the outbreak of war, spent months on a German ship after being captured and transferred to a Japanese ship, but still had a sense of humour and didn't hate anyone, even though he had to wait for over three months after the war finished before being shipped home DBS, because they couldn't find any paperwork, he was only 16 when captured, doubt he had a lot of paperwork.

We live in the modern times where hero no longer means that exceptional brave man , and like " star " and "celebrity " is a shadow of the original , I am not a football fan on a good day , and think the England team did OK but heroes no !

I never used the word hero, and I would not complain at all if the English ignored their national football team, wins or losses. But the English, unlike any other nation I can think of, seem to feel that they are entitled to a historical greatness, which, when it fails to manifest itself, indicates someones betrayal somewhere. True enough - we others blame the referees, illness in the team, rotten luck and whatever we can thing of in that line for our losses. But the English blame their own players. Or have until now done so; an article I read a couple of days ago, illustrated by some ugly defamations on the front page of English tabloids, claims that a change in attitude can be noticed in the treatment this World Cup team has received. And to my mind, they did well, fought bravely, played a fair game entertainingly, had a star that actually shone, and could with a bit more luck have gone even further than they did.

the media , press and TV , including BBC , love to build someone up , then revel in knocking them down

S J B, never mentioned that you mentioned 'Heroes' I was referring to all forms of Media that bombarded us daily with the word heroes, they wouldn't even be heroes if they won. They are expected to win, they are well paid sportsmen and that's all, and when you represent your country you expect to give the best for the privilege of representing said country, whichever country it is, just my simplistic view

I doubt that what is important can be decided upon. It may be something that can be influenced by ones declarations of a high level of importance for this and that activity, but mostly it can only be found. There is actually no basic premise for arguing the importance of anything; you have to start with the agreed upon importance of something else. Something that will gain by that what you want to prove is of importance. Therefore, you may claim that the British sailor was of great importance, but this only successfully within a group of people who agrees upon world trade, or something equally needful of sailors, being important.

Now, let us admit it, football is the most important thing in the world for quite a lot of people. They say that a World Cup win for a nation will assure the incumbent political leader a re-election, and no sane democratic leader will publicly admit a lack of interest in the game. Thus, the man who has no comment on the latest development in football is a quiet and lonely man in most late evening social gatherings as well. And this whatever rock-splitting philosophical discoveries he may present to himself on the top of the Matterhorn, or locked in the loo. Therefore, within that wide-gaping agreement on the preeminent importance of football, many more morally deserving “heroes” just naturally fades away.

When we move around so half seriously, what about the “footballer tattoos”? What sociological readings can we find in that? It looks as if a complete fill-up is the trend, a change of skin colour rather than depictions and verbal declarations :)

France won but in my humble opinion they were not the best team. Croatia played a great game with all their hearts but did not get the breaks. This lacksidasical way the ball is passed back to the goalkeeper drives me to distraction and it backfired on France.
Russia did a magnificant job hosting and shudder to think how we in North America will compare when we host it in eight years time.
I will be 90 then if still arround!!!!

We love losers!

Apparently TFL have temporarily renamed Londons Southgate tube Station 'Gareth Southgate' in honour of the waistcoat wearing bloke!

Well I can assure you SJ that I have never been lonely because I don't like football, dancing got me more companionship than football and certainly more side benefits!! and this octagenarian is still dancing and rock n rolling.


Yes I do support the English team in their endeavours and cheer them on, but 'heroes' naw!

You're right, it is where the males cannot dance that they congregate in male dominated groups and discuss the possible need for a new trainer for the local team. But all in all, to be completely ignorant of what is being meant when your neighbor leans over the fence and asks you - "was that hands?", "did he take a dive over his own crossed feet?" or, "what would you give me for murdering that ref?" is certainly not the way to win friends and influence people.