2018 FIFA World Cup thread

Discussion in 'England' started by BarryfromEastenders, Nov 16, 2017.

  1. Naughtius Maximus

    Jul 10, 2001
    Shropshire
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    Jones and Rose dozing off according to the ITV commentary fwiw.
     
  2. Naughtius Maximus

    Jul 10, 2001
    Shropshire
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    Hasn't Delph been playing as a left back for citeh? He looks better there.
     
  3. Naughtius Maximus

    Jul 10, 2001
    Shropshire
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    There is absolutely ZERO movement from our players.
     
  4. Naughtius Maximus

    Jul 10, 2001
    Shropshire
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    Soooooo... we're having to rely on our defensive midfielder to try and create something? :(
     
  5. burning247

    burning247 Member+

    Liverpool FC
    England
    Sep 16, 2000
    Dallas
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    We just have no threats in the final third.
     
  6. Naughtius Maximus

    Jul 10, 2001
    Shropshire
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    RLC's done a LOT more in this game than Deli did in most of his.
     
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  7. Naughtius Maximus

    Jul 10, 2001
    Shropshire
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    Good play from the Belgians there and good save by Pickford.
     
  8. Naughtius Maximus

    Jul 10, 2001
    Shropshire
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    If you keep not having a threat on goal the other side might just show you how it's done.
     
  9. LorneMarvello

    LorneMarvello Member+

    Jul 1, 2014
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    atleast we have given it ago second half
    and we can all see why hendo started ahead of dire
     
  10. Naughtius Maximus

    Jul 10, 2001
    Shropshire
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    It's like netball, usually a schoolgirls game back in the day, which is like basketball but where you're not allowed to move with the ball. Our players are like that but where NOBODY is allowed to move. They're like a lot of traffic comes.
     
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  11. burning247

    burning247 Member+

    Liverpool FC
    England
    Sep 16, 2000
    Dallas
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    Rashford has been especially poor this tournament. Very disappointing.
     
  12. Naughtius Maximus

    Jul 10, 2001
    Shropshire
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    I would have said Jones and Walker but maybe your example works too.
     
  13. Naughtius Maximus

    Jul 10, 2001
    Shropshire
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    He hasn't played that much and coming on as a sub is probably hard in massive games like these, (well... not this one so much), but he hasn't looked like he has much to offer if he did.
     
  14. Naughtius Maximus

    Jul 10, 2001
    Shropshire
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    Some of these fellas need to leave their respective clubs or get loans to get games.

    They need to be playing EVERY week, not once in a while.
     
  15. Wendigo7

    Wendigo7 Member+

    Bournemouth
    England
    Mar 31, 2015
    Poole
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    Rashford just isn't very instinctive in the box.

    He doesn't seem to look comfortable or excited that he has the chance to shoot. Quite worrying actually. Haven't been enamoured with him for a while.
     
  16. Marcho Gamgee

    Marcho Gamgee Member+

    England
    Apr 25, 2015
    Somewhere in English Arrogance land
    Club:
    Manchester City FC
    I didn’t think we played that bad to be honest, just lacked that cutting edge in the final third. We desperately need our next generation of attacking midfielders to come forward as soon as possible. RLC I thought was good, not really sure why he was brought off tbh. Need to take our chances in these games, Belguim showed how to do it.
     
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  17. kent paul

    kent paul Member

    Jan 2, 2004
    england
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    #2767 kent paul, Jul 14, 2018
    Last edited: Jul 14, 2018
    Maybe he is just not good enough.
     
  18. Naughtius Maximus

    Jul 10, 2001
    Shropshire
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    Roy Keane saying that Phil Jones just isn't a good enough defender who will cost teams, BIG time.
     
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  19. Manchester21

    Manchester21 Member

    Manchester City
    England
    Jun 17, 2017
    we are crying out for a link in midfield to the attack. players like foden, maddison and winks are very much need in this side.

    i thought the defense was the best part of our team. pickford, stones, maguire and trippier in particular were class. overall its been a great tournament for us and something to build on.
     
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  20. Naughtius Maximus

    Jul 10, 2001
    Shropshire
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    Just discussing elsewhere about our kids coming through.

    I was just saying that lads like young Foden need to get a decent loan move to get some first team football every week.

    I checked and wiki said he only made 5 appearances and all bar one was a very late subs appearance.

    I doubt he'd start instead of David Silva or whatever, would he?

    I dunno... what do you think.
     
  21. kent paul

    kent paul Member

    Jan 2, 2004
    england
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    If the FA have any sense Foden should be fast tracked to the U21's this season with a view to getting him in the full England squad buy the time the Euros come around, same goes for Sancho as well.
     
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  22. Naughtius Maximus

    Jul 10, 2001
    Shropshire
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    Can yer see the flaw in that argument? Can yer???
     
  23. kent paul

    kent paul Member

    Jan 2, 2004
    england
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    But this is the new FA :)
     
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  24. Phillyspur

    Phillyspur Member+

    Tottenham Hotspur
    England
    Mar 18, 2007
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    I agree completely, but I don't know if a young lad would rather stay on the bench at a Premier League club or start every week for Millwall or Eintracht Frankfurt. I doubt that doing what is best long-term for the national team comes into their thinking.

    I'm hopeful for this nations league thing, that internationals will become more meaningful and players will take them more seriously. Being competitive in tournaments like we've done in Russia helps, too.
     
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  25. The Potter

    The Potter Member+

    Aug 26, 2004
    England
    Club:
    Stoke City FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    I missed the march, totally forgot about it tbh, is is worth watching the replay.
     

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