mjmooney Posted June 18, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 18, 2018 Having seen that second Kane 'penalty' claim, I'm not so sure. Kane actually grabbed the guy's arm and held it around his own neck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villakram Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Bravo chaps. First games are so tough as we have already seen so don't be so hard on yourselves. Sterling out for the next day, rubbish ball control and looked miles off the pace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted June 18, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 18, 2018 Who signed Southgate for Villa - was it Big Ron or Little? Trying to work out which managers he's played under. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Good first half and should’ve been out sight. Second was poor. Can’t believe Ali stayed on so long, should’ve been off at half time as obviously got a knock. Loftus cheek had a decent cameo. Harder games to come, but you can only beat who is in front of you. Vital to get a winning start. Get another result against Panama and that’s us through Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 It is coming home boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HongKongVillan Posted June 18, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 18, 2018 1 minute ago, TheAuthority said: Who signed Southgate for Villa - was it Big Ron or Little? Trying to work out which managers he's played under. Little 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imavillan Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 4 minutes ago, TheAuthority said: Who signed Southgate for Villa - was it Big Ron or Little? Trying to work out which managers he's played under. 2 minutes ago, kwoktolai said: Sir Brian corrected for you 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Good start, terrible second half. Rashford was great when we finally gave him the ball. Lingaard should have finished it by the 20th minute. Stupid elbow from Walker, unbelievable Kane didn't get a couple of penalties. Right team won. Worst day of the World Cup football wise. First time we've scored 2 goals in a game at the world cup since the 2-2 draw with Sweden under Sven (2006) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted June 18, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 18, 2018 You can see that the team is new, no one to lean on for the young guys yet. Looks like Kane is filling that role though. And Rashford will be a handfull when he gets comfortable with his role in the team. Sterling offers nothing more that headless runs in this setup. He needs acers of space like he gets at City. Will not work here. Encouraging from a very inexperienced team. Ordering wins is a difficult thing, and they pulled it off 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykeyb Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 He pinched 3-5-2 straight from Sir Brian 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted June 18, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 18, 2018 1 minute ago, mykeyb said: He pinched 3-5-2 straight from Sir Brian Yeah on that BBC program about the England managers someone was saying how ahead of his time Hoddle was because he played 3-5-2. Well Sir BL played it at Villa before Hoddle 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HanoiVillan Posted June 18, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 18, 2018 When that one Tunisian had the ball kicked into his side in first half injury time, he fell to the ground and flopped around like a dying fish, then paused, rolled over to check if anyone was looking, saw that they were, rolled back over and started flopping again. That took more than 90 seconds, and the referee extended first half injury time by 9 seconds. We weren't great, but I think for a performance against 11 players determined to do nothing, a hopeless referee and bad VAR decisions it could have been a lot worse. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Personally don’t get the rashford hype. Just like sterling he has no final ball... went on a few runs tonight but then ran into people and lost the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 18, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 18, 2018 Just now, HanoiVillan said: When that one Tunisian had the ball kicked into his side in first half injury time, he fell to the ground and flopped around like a dying fish, then paused, rolled over to check if anyone was looking, saw that they were, rolled back over and started flopping again. That took more than 90 seconds, and the referee extended first half injury time by 9 seconds. One of my pet hates in football. You could say the same about the end of the game. Kane scored in injury time. Yet the ref blew up on exactly 4 minutes of injury time played. The celebrations for the goal must have taken at least a minute. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyVillan Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Even the VAR translation into Braille showed that England were denied two clear penalties. Ridiculous. Luckily justice prevailed. England played well, for England, totally dominated the game and justifiably won the game. The mighty Tunisia have been conquered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 33 minutes ago, TheAuthority said: Who signed Southgate for Villa - was it Big Ron or Little? Trying to work out which managers he's played under. Not only was it Brian Little, he also converted him from midfield to central defence, and instituted 3 at the back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PompeyVillan Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 I think Harry Kane is the best out and out, orthodox striker in the world. As in, a striker who stays mostly centrally, up front, holds up the ball, brings others into play and and scores goals. Could be the difference between England going out in the group stages and the knockout stages. Nah, honeslty, I think any country in the world would love him in their team. Strangely he strikes me as a German player in style. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Good result and plenty of positives considering we were up against 13 men. Need more clinical finishing. Drop young and sterling for rose and rashford. Positive stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted June 18, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 18, 2018 Good stuff and job well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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