rjw63 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Is it not coming home then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Blew it, the approach since half time was a shambles. Just sat back and waited for the inevitiable. Best chance they are probably going to get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Fuckall’s coming home 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted July 11, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted July 11, 2018 Just now, rjw63 said: Is it not coming home then? Close. Just across the channel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Just now, rjw63 said: Is it not coming home then? Well, it's coming pretty bloody close. It'll be in France, we can pop over and see it at the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 They stepped up a gear, we couldn't. Ah well. One day. One day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 It’s odd that Kane will probably win golden boot but was very quiet this tournament. He was always very deep leaving Sterling who is a poor finisher up top alone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Croatia deserved the result after a poor first half. They have the players to win it all but France will probably control the final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Arseballs. Croatia were just miles better than us after half time, we showed our naivety. Shame a defensive error settled the game too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 That 2nd goal isn't a defensive mistake you see at Sunday league level. Why are they not charging out as it's cleared!? Manzukic was literally dying on his feet and if you watch the replay, Stones is too busy blowing out of his arse to give a shit. Proud of how far we came but can't forgive that defending. Pathetic. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Just now, Genie said: It’s odd that Kane will probably win golden boot but was very quiet this tournament. He was always very deep leaving Sterling who is a poor finisher up top alone We were Kane's composure away from being in the final. The team have been practising penalties. Was it all Kane practised? Some penalties, a goal deflected off his heel, and one goal in open play against Panama. His # of goals scored certainly don't tell the whole story, he's been disappointing in open play. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Allez Les Bleus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Croatia were better from 2nd half onwards. We should have been 3-0 up, instead we lacked clinical finishing again, and were punished. It was a very tired disappointing second half onwards really, but there we go. Onwards to the most pointless match in history, the 3rd or 4th place match. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Just now, Davkaus said: We were Kane's composure away from being in the final. The team have been practising penalties. Was it all Kane practised? Some penalties, a goal deflected off his heel, and one goal in open play against Panama. His # of goals scored certainly don't tell the whole story, he's been disappointing in open play. Agreed. And, bottom line, had he lifted his head up and realised Sterling had a tap-in in the first half we wouldn't be out now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 1 minute ago, StefanAVFC said: That 2nd goal isn't a defensive mistake you see at Sunday league level. Why are they not charging out as it's cleared!? Manzukic was literally dying on his feet and if you watch the replay, Stones is too busy blowing out of his arse to give a shit. Proud of how far we came but can't forgive that defending. Pathetic. It was the worst of both worlds, didn’t push out and didn’t react to the run. Caught napping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Shows we need better technical players to compete against the best. Pace and energy gets you so far, but the lack of composure in the final 3rd from the likes of lingard and sterling is always going to hold you back, although you cant fault their effort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted July 11, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted July 11, 2018 That'll be 4th then. Still far in advance of what anyone thought this team would do. It's not a great squad at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 3 minutes ago, Davkaus said: Well, it's coming pretty bloody close. It'll be in France, we can pop over and see it at the weekend. In a we're leaving the EU but not leaving Europe style? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lichfield Dean Posted July 11, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted July 11, 2018 Not a surprise to me. But we have shown the beginnings of a potentially very good team - with another 4 years of experience and some of the excellent youngsters coming through to bolster the team, maybe next time we can mount a real challenge? I am not disappointed at all with this result. I just hope we can see it as a great starting point and build on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 (edited) 3 minutes ago, StefanAVFC said: That 2nd goal isn't a defensive mistake you see at Sunday league level. Why are they not charging out as it's cleared!? Manzukic was literally dying on his feet and if you watch the replay, Stones is too busy blowing out of his arse to give a shit. Proud of how far we came but can't forgive that defending. Pathetic. To be fair I thought Maguire had Mandzukic when the ball got cleared and when it came back in he'd moved onto Stones' shoulder so they're equally to blame. I'd put it down to mental fatigue as much as anything. Edited July 11, 2018 by sharkyvilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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