All players were talking the party line after the game. "We are in a good position" etc etc.A truly dismal performance by England, is it Southgate or the players that are at fault?
Have a sin bin for divers and playing dead, players who exceed 6 roll over's along the ground , 10 mins in the bin.I was pleased to see Lewandowski having his penalty saved, 6 of 1, half a dozen of the other. Watching him during the game, he fakes injuries and goes over far too easy, of course many players do this. It is time FIFA stamped out all this play acting, especially now they have VAR. Ok it would stop games more often, but giving a card or even sending off for blatant cheating would soon put an end to this farse, and be better for the game in the long run.
Foden starts Mike , the call for him in the last match was over the top , the way USA set up he probably wouldn't have made any difference . Wales brought on a big fella up front in the s/h against USA and went route one , USA's midfield needing by-passing but Southgate couldn't see it , our midfield did nowt .Already my enjoyment of this world cup is being spoilt by comments from the tv and press media who constantly undermine the England team and try and manipulate and influence their views on the manager.
Constructive comments would be acceptable if they came from say a respected successful previous manager but pundits and failed ex managers such as Neville, Shearer & Keene are definately not this and as regards the press hacks; forget it.
Phil Fodens name has been constantly mentioned and highlighted. The resultant pressure this will put on him should he be picked to play will, through no fault of his own, be enormous. Just hope the lad can handle it, slot into the team and do the job asked of him to the best of his ability.
I was pleased to see Lewandowski having his penalty saved, 6 of 1, half a dozen of the other. Watching him during the game, he fakes injuries and goes over far too easy, of course many players do this. It is time FIFA stamped out all this play acting, especially now they have VAR. Ok it would stop games more often, but giving a card or even sending off for blatant cheating would soon put an end to this farse, and be better for the game in the long run.
Yup Tis not the beautiful game, it is the ugly game. A scrabble by a rabble.I have a hard time watching football. Unlike golf and snooker it's a completely dishonest game. Constant faking, cynical fouls, pulling shirts. It's not sport really, it's politics. Win an advantage and then waste time until the final whistle, and frustrate the other team as much as possible. Just a blatant spectacle of "win at all costs". Even the commentators are in collusion with the fouling and say out loud "he had to foul him or he could have scored". It's just completely dishonest these days. Referees don't dare to penalise each and every foul because there would probably only be 5 or 6 left on the pitch. I don't think there's any possible way back to an honest game. Just won't happen.
He's very slow these days and needs the rest for the up and coming games - hopefullyKane was substituted - ouch!
Jack NSM
I happen to be in Japan at the moment. I woke up and saw the score. I haven’t turned on the TV yet. I can imagine it’s all that I’ll see for a while.Japan win their group which had both Spain and Germany double wow .