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PostRe: World Cup 2018 - CRO-ENG
by KK » Wed Jul 11, 2018 9:44 pm

But Rio Ferdinand and Alan £400,000 Shearer were so confident.

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PostRe: World Cup 2018 - CRO-ENG
by andretmzt » Wed Jul 11, 2018 9:45 pm

Not the way I wanted England to go out, making mistakes and looking tired early on. But some of the players have been fairly poor throughout the tournament and we've just not been good enough in the final third. Still, good core team to work with for the next few years.

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PostRe: World Cup 2018 - CRO-ENG
by the eponymous bollock » Wed Jul 11, 2018 9:45 pm

Well played lads. Over achieved in terms of distance we made it in but not really in the teams we beat. First real game you would expect us to lose we did and deservedly so against a better side, who at the end of the day aren’t that great themselves.

I’m proud of this team, have enjoyed the way they’ve played, I look forward to what we can do in the future which is a way better place than I expected to be at the end of this tournament. I don’t think there’s much ‘pushing on’ to be done though.

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PostRe: World Cup 2018 - CRO-ENG
by Meep » Wed Jul 11, 2018 9:45 pm

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KK wrote:3rd place, it is.

:dread:

They have to play Belgium again. :lol:

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PostRe: World Cup 2018 - CRO-ENG
by Return_of_the_STAR » Wed Jul 11, 2018 9:45 pm

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PES Fan wrote:I think we were awful once Sterling went off. He was the only one causing them problems. Should have taken Lingard or Alli off.


Yep, we've said this before but he caused problems as long as he's on the pitch. Alli hasn't really done anything bar the Sweden goal. He's not looked right and I don't really know why he stated on the pitch for the full 120 mins.


It was perfect for a Loftus cheek substitution. We needed some new energy in midfield. It’s no good ending the game with three strikers if everyone behind is too knackered to get the ball to them.

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by 7256930752 » Wed Jul 11, 2018 9:45 pm

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TigaSefi wrote:Didn’t create anything with any urgency in the last 10 mins. Piss poor really.


To be fair, there was about two minutes of actual football after Mandzukic scored.

But that's always going to happen. Obviously that moment was when the game was "lost" for us, and their two goals were bad defending from us. But what cost us was our creativity over 120 mins, not the final 10. One shot.

You're not wrong but it's hard to criticise the defence when they've played so well throughout the tournament.

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PostRe: World Cup 2018 - CRO-ENG
by Death's Head » Wed Jul 11, 2018 9:46 pm

The most disappointing thing about all of this is that was our best chance of winning the world cup and we may never get such a good chance again.

tl;dr: I may not see England win the world cup in my lifetime. :(

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PostRe: World Cup 2018 - CRO-ENG
by Corazon de Leon » Wed Jul 11, 2018 9:46 pm

Pathetic in the end.

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PostRe: World Cup 2018 - CRO-ENG
by Irene Demova » Wed Jul 11, 2018 9:46 pm

PES Fan wrote:I think we were awful once Sterling went off. He was the only one causing them problems. Should have taken Lingard or Alli off.

Every single game England have looked slightly worse after the sterling sub and drastically worse after the henderson for dier sub.
If they're going to stick with this formation they really need backups who have been taught this system

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PostRe: World Cup 2018 - CRO-ENG
by Mafro » Wed Jul 11, 2018 9:46 pm

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PostRe: World Cup 2018 - CRO-ENG
by darksideby182 » Wed Jul 11, 2018 9:46 pm

Well done England.

I mean this in good way.

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PostRe: World Cup 2018 - CRO-ENG
by Return_of_the_STAR » Wed Jul 11, 2018 9:46 pm

I feel a bit better as now everyone else knows what it’s like to be a spurs fan.

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PostRe: World Cup 2018 - CRO-ENG
by 7256930752 » Wed Jul 11, 2018 9:47 pm

Return_of_the_STAR wrote:
Parksey wrote:
PES Fan wrote:I think we were awful once Sterling went off. He was the only one causing them problems. Should have taken Lingard or Alli off.


Yep, we've said this before but he caused problems as long as he's on the pitch. Alli hasn't really done anything bar the Sweden goal. He's not looked right and I don't really know why he stated on the pitch for the full 120 mins.


It was perfect for a Loftus cheek substitution. We needed some new energy in midfield. It’s no good ending the game with three strikers if everyone behind is too knackered to get the ball to them.

I think bringing on Vardy and Rashford could have changed things. I've been very critical of Sterling but every time he's gone off we looked completely flat.

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PostRe: World Cup 2018 - CRO-ENG
by PES Fan » Wed Jul 11, 2018 9:48 pm

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Somebody Else's Problem wrote:Bring on Euro 2020!

Which we’re partially hosting too (Semis and Final).


I’d rather england won the world cup as the euros is pointless. Feel sick.


Euros isn’t pointless. Considering the last four teams in this competition were from Europe. 5 of the last 6 winners have been from Europe.

Spain would never have won the World Cup if they hadn’t won the euros. They had a taste of winning.

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PostRe: World Cup 2018 - CRO-ENG
by KK » Wed Jul 11, 2018 9:50 pm

This is all ITV’s fault.

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PostRe: World Cup 2018 - CRO-ENG
by the eponymous bollock » Wed Jul 11, 2018 9:50 pm

I’ll be cheering on Croatia and Modric on Sunday, would be great to see a new winner but it’s hard to see past France’s quality.


I can’t believe in 2018 the 3rd place playoff is still a thing.

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PostRe: World Cup 2018 - CRO-ENG
by Preezy » Wed Jul 11, 2018 9:50 pm

Have to say the better team won. Yes it’s disappointing but they did us proud, just didn’t have the quality or guile in the end to hurt Croatia.

Will be cheering on Croatia in the final, would be nice to have a new winner.

Never mind, eh?

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PostRe: World Cup 2018 - CRO-ENG
by Lotus » Wed Jul 11, 2018 9:50 pm

I don't actually feel that bad - probably because the defeat was coming and it wasn't a last-minute goal or exit on penalties. And mainly because who ever thought we'd ever be in the SFs.

Completely surreal to be even in the semis, let alone being not that far from the final. The team over-achieved by far. We would've lost to France for sure, so probably saved ourselves some disappointment there. Worst thing is that we easily could've won it - didn't take our chances, lost concentration, got careless and gave away a cheap goal.

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PostRe: World Cup 2018 - CRO-ENG
by BOR » Wed Jul 11, 2018 9:50 pm

I don’t know what to say as England have surprised me in this tournament and did it better than what I expected. Gareth Southgate did very good and I hope the future is brighter for the squad.

Croatia - strawberry float you. Before World Cup, I thought France will win it and I hope they will destroy Croatia!

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PostRe: World Cup 2018 - CRO-ENG
by Death's Head » Wed Jul 11, 2018 9:51 pm

PES Fan wrote:Spain would never have won the World Cup if they hadn’t won the euros. They had a taste of winning.

Then we should have won because we are strawberry floating starving.

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