If you'd missed the game last night and catching up on social media, then you might think England's exit from the WC was entirely the fault of THFC!
The reality is that England have long been around WC QF standard, and any ventures further forward than that have been few (no shame in that) . Comparing Kane and Giroud in WC 2022 is however significant. Southgate did not set his teams to play to the strengths of Kane, who is the top performance England forward this season alone in club football (without even considering his overall proven pedigree) . France OTOH hindered Giroud in no such way His team mates have been providing the service he desires, and he has been delivering accordingly.
The fact that Croatia have been in as many WC semi finals since 1998 as England have been in since 1950 is one of those facts you'd think would get brought up more often
Well for one thing, to stop all that "small countries" bollocks people use to patronise nations other than Ingerlund Croatia has a population of under 4m, yet has been more consistent in World Cups while also not topping up Baddiel's pension fund
Of course, the real question is how many of their readership blew a gasket upon reading the phrase "King Harry"?
I am not sure how many refs are still left at the World Cup, but 3 of the 4 quarter finals were refereed badly and Englands departure leaves one Michael Oliver in with a chance of getting the final!
Totally agree. An awful commentator. His comment last night about Lineker and Waddle was disgraceful. It was also very disrespectful to both, plus of course to Harry Kane.
The first thing arriving 'home' promises to be the ball from Harry's penalty. It was last seen heading North West at speed above Italy....
Just before France scored their first goal,England were at this sideways,backwards business again.It was goalie to right fielder who then passed it bckwards then it went sideways,,2 feet feet forwards before it went sideways etc etc before it was sent up the field to a Frenchman who then passed forward then forward at speed then forward,forward,shot....GOAL!...It was old time football v. new ideas football.....and I'm bloody glad old time football came through! Even though we lost.Our right winger didn't help either.Always double marked every time he got the ball. Someone show these players of Cliff Jones in action!
I am sorry to disagree smithy but our right winger (Saka) was our best player by a distance, he was constantly bought down trying to beat his man including in the build up to the goal that you mention above.
