England v Tunisia

Lingard squandered at least 3 good chances if not 4. Sterling is more of a nuisance than an asset and Young is worse than that.

 

Young started the game by trying to get himself sent off and if he had been, there should have been no complaint.

Why is it always United players? Beckham in 1998, Rooney on Ronaldo and tonight, Young tries to do the same. So ****ing ridiculous.

 

Mostly because they can get away with that **** in front of Premier League referees, not so much referees from anywhere else - which is why Paul Scholes isn't featured in any highlight reels of the 1999 Champions League final.

 

Caps needed to score 15 International Goals:

KANE (25)
Klose (29)
Villa (32)
Zlatan (33)
Van Persie (42)
Henry (44)
Lukaku (46)
Bale (49)
Messi (54)

 

Without him, England can pack their bags and come home. England really is 'The Harry Kane Team' Pep referred to.

 

Watching the South Korea game, I realized one thing I liked with VAR is more defenders getting penalized for fouls in the box. That leads to better, more entertaining, and more honest football.

Then I saw Kane rugby tackled twice. A Danish player suffered a similar fate. The officials seem to be saying "Well, we can't sort out what happens on set pieces." Except that you can, actually. Give a pen or two for wrestling and the players will sort themselves out. If you say you're going to correct obviously wrong decisions, why not correct obviously wrong decisions?

Also, not only has Kane now doubled Wayne Rooney's total of World Cup goals in a single game, he's doubled Wayne Rooney's plus Frank Lampard's (2 in 1 vs. 1 in 21).

Also, there have been worse times to get a player's signature on a new contract.

 

Harry's 2nd goal gets better with every watch. He had to do so much with that in terms of generating power and precision location inside the post to beat the keeper

Now watch us feck it up against Panama and need a draw against Belgium to qualify......

 

Caption Competition time.....

 

We now come to the bit I suspected might happen. Sterling shows he adds little to the team, but plays against Panama anyway. One day, maybe against Panama, he might actually score - which of course will justify his thousand misses in all the previous games - and then get picked for the next five years on the strength of that. The miss following the "offside" (I didn't think it was offside) is typical Sterling - very few players would get away with that, but for some reason Sterling is untouchable. Mind you, on the strength of last night, Lingard was worse - teams don't get to miss that many chances at the WC and still win.

 

With some "morning after" pondering, that was an
excellent performance by Kane. Specifically, demonstrating :

1. the predatory positioning top strikers have (to be in the
right place for both his goals)

2. restraint in the face of the Tunisia penalty box judo.
Easy to get wound up, feel hard done by etc, but he got
up and got on with it (and Nemesis paid her due) .

 

Sterling: He runs a bit Yeah! And?

Not since Carlton Palmer have I seen such an undeserving player in the England side.

 

There are vast numbers to choose from too!

 

...but in the media and from the pundits, all you hear is how great he plays for his club and how many goals he's scored and how much Lord Pep's improved him. Ask the fans and they know. Most posters on here have been saying for weeks..."He'll be a ****ing liability for England"...and hey presto, he's exactly that.

Yes, he's very good with De Bruyne, David Silva, Sergio Aguero, Leroy Sane and the rest pulling defenders out of position for him all game and giving him infinite chances. Stick me up front for Citeh with that lot and I'll get you 15-20 per season, guaranteed.

The fact of the matter is the bloke's a ****ing choker in front of goal...and we're playing him up front? I'd honestly prefer Welbeck up there in the next game and he's complete dogshit.

 

I struggle to see how the ex pros arrive at some of their opinions. Is it because they see some minute details of a players' technique that I fail to understand or do they just miss the bigger picture.
Answers on a post card!

 

Most of them have been trained to speak but thought escapes them all. They all mouth the same nonsense. It's like The Emperor's New Clothes...

"Pep's really improved him"

"You can see the change in him from playing for Pep"

"Pep's taught him to be a much better player"

Not one of them can see that, taken away from the great players at Citeh, in an England shirt, he's as awful as he's ever been. One day, one of them will point out how **** he is for the national team. Of course, then they'll all be pointing out that the Emperor's in the buff. You won't be able to stop them.

 

First post has arrived. Your answers are :

1. Bias (for/against players and/or their club -
especially if they are former players at the same club)

2. The Narrative (TM) .

Pep the messiah (reviving player abilities from the dead
etc) at Citeh being this seasons' one.

Spurs players not being "winners" etc being an
attempted one.

 

And the winner is!


Spurs! because he plays for City.

 

****, so hungover.

Pub went mental when Harry got that second. Best mate's a gooner so it's a rare occasion we can go batshit mental and celebrate a goal together.

We looked class in the first half, could - and should - have been 4 or 5 up but too many fluffed chances. Walker an idiot for raising his arms like that, contact was pathetic but it was obvious Tunisia would make the most of it. Though **** knows how we didn't get two pens ourselves for the ****ing MMA takedowns on Harry.

Trippier MOTM for me, proud of the lad. Maguire also really good, big fan of his, easily England's best CB at the moment. Alli started brightly but the injury ****ed him from 30 mins. Sterling utter ****. Lingard ****ed up too many chances but his movement caused Tunisia loads of problems. Young kept slowing down play by cutting inside all the time, Rose or Delph should start the next game. RLC looked quality when he came on, shame he only had 10 mins, start him over Sterling in the next game. Henderson played one nice pass but was then a passenger, would much rather Dier as he does everything Henderson can do and add protection for the back line. Think Harry only touched the ball about 5 times but still managed 2 goals, clinical as ****.

Fully deserved win.

 

Football..........Bloody hell.

 

Somehow this didn't end up injuring two Spurs players in one match...