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Brilliant goal that, Brazil look ruthless.

4 minutes ago, Django_Zooms said:

Agreed. Name an England manager who has gone further in tournament football, apart from Sir Alf.

What an incredibly simplistic way of viewing things. 

You must have been over the moon when Villa appointed Roberto Di Matteo 

2 minutes ago, Django_Zooms said:

I am so happy for you that you desperately want England to lose. I, on the other hand, have waded through decades of pain and desperately want them to win.

Well hopefully the power of your hopes and dreams will finally propel us to international honours. I personally would put more faith in us actually making the most of a talented generation with a decent manager.

1 minute ago, Django_Zooms said:

Shame for all of you Southgate haters that England will thrash Senegal. To win the World Cup, England will probably have to beat the 3 best teams in the World, all World Champions this century. An almost impossible task. But, no blame to Gareth Southgate, if they do not manage it.

Well yes, you do normally need to beat the top sides to win a major tournament. Despite our comically easy runs in both prior competitions, looks like even the forums resident number one Southgate fan is under no illusions we'll do anything but revert to type and fall short once we face someone we aren't a clear favourite over.

Bellingham is something special, very naive from Senegal over committing so early.

1 minute ago, foreveryoung said:

Tactics, force them into a false sense of security that we are shit, slow the game down to as good as a standstill, then fire in some pace and score.

Can’t wait to see this genius in action against France.

Ah so we’ve just being lulling them into a false sense of security to hit them on the break. Southgate playing 4-d chess 

Game needs a Senegal goal. Would force us to actually play with some tempo, embarrassing performance 

Surely a yellow for Walker there, very lucky. 

Rice, Henderson and Kane as an auxiliary CM, the un-dynamic trio.

England must play some of the lowest tempo, uninspired football of any “top teams”.

Maguire is so **** shit

Just now, sne said:

This aged terribly  

ffs 

Mbappe's had a stinker today, looks like he can't be arsed.

Giroud denied a beauty there due to head injury stoppage

8 minutes ago, messi11 said:

France are soooooooo scary

Aged well.

6 minutes ago, messi11 said:

Senegal, Japan, Morocco and South Korea will be licking their lips thinking they can beat this French team in the quarters and semis if France somehow fluke a win against Poland 

Absolute nonsense.

6 minutes ago, messi11 said:

Huh? They look average and suspect at the back. 

Not sure how that french midfielder is getting away playing with a gold chain on his neck

Average? C’mon now…

This France team is scary.

Can’t see anyone living with it, this World Cup winners for me. 

Argentina have been distinctly unimpressive every-time I’ve seen them. Can’t see them being Brazil and the finalists.

21 minutes ago, tonyh29 said:

People pay taxes , it’s that governments then waste that money , that causes the problem isn’t it ?

Maybe that why the government have cut police funding , fewer arrests and thus fewer people in prison so save on the prison and rehab budget .

My simplistic take on it is that governments knee jerk based on what’s making the most noise , when the voters start saying we want prison reform, rehabilitation and psychiatric care , then the government will find the money for it … and probably have a mate who just so happens to have a contract in place 

 

One of the drawbacks of short-term government election cycles. It encourages these knee-jerk policies, and a host of empty promises, to win the next election whilst unpopular but necessary actions are incentivised to be left to the next guy or simply left to rot.

What an alternative would be though, I don't know.

Since I’ve started mentally treating Souness as a parody he’s gone from unbearable bellend to hilarious 

**** milking this goal aren’t.

Not arsed in the slightest to hear Peter Walton talk about it, just show us the video when you have it and stfu about it in the meantime.

Who’d have thought the only points Japan would drop in this group would be against the whipping boys, Costa Rica.

Such a likeable team as well.

Spain and Japan just going through the motions now