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Post by richhtfc on Nov 21, 2022 21:22:34 GMT 1
Jude Bellingham has given a different dimension to the England midfield. It was all sideways, backwards & rigid before but JB is on another level, the lad has everything in his locker. Brilliant player. He was fantastic today, really looks like he could be the difference for us. Amazing to think he was in a Birmingham side Town beat 0-3 less than 3 years ago. |
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Post by Porrohman on Nov 21, 2022 21:34:24 GMT 1
Jude Bellingham has given a different dimension to the England midfield. It was all sideways, backwards & rigid before but JB is on another level, the lad has everything in his locker. Brilliant player. He was fantastic today, really looks like he could be the difference for us. Amazing to think he was in a Birmingham side Town beat 0-3 less than 3 years ago. Apparently he hadn't made his Brum debut when England's last played a WC game. |
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Post by Sparrow on Nov 21, 2022 22:12:38 GMT 1
Jude Bellingham has given a different dimension to the England midfield. It was all sideways, backwards & rigid before but JB is on another level, the lad has everything in his locker. Brilliant player. Only 6 years older than my eldest son………who’s only recently turned 13!!!! Incredible. What a player he is at such a young age |
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Post by sabailand on Nov 21, 2022 22:59:18 GMT 1
Anyone see the massive town banner on the telly? I’d post a pic but can’t work out how Never saw it and i watched the whole game, be good if someone could get a pic up. |
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Post by captainblack on Nov 22, 2022 7:57:38 GMT 1
Great performance from England yesterday , but Iran were very
disappointing. Iran may have scored two but were never in the game,
so to speak. I was very impressed with Saka and Bellingham who
were outstanding, but everyone played well.
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Post by mosher on Nov 22, 2022 11:10:07 GMT 1
Agree that foden should start.. But more likely in sterling’s position not mount.. 5subs as well so will get some game time.. You often find that a team evolves through the tournament.. When we were robbed in Argentina the team didn’t start to play until hoddle got picked.. 🍻 England didn’t qualify for Argentina I was thinking "You're bloody wrong, the cheating cokehead knocked us out". Then realised that was in Mexico, weird how a lot of people misremember it as being in Argentina, but that was 78  |
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Post by mosher on Nov 22, 2022 11:21:00 GMT 1
Fantastic overall performance, I just hope Southgate trusts our attacking players & stays 433. Southgate got his subs spot on too, in all fairness, a lot of the squad will feel a real part of the tournament already. One big negative, VAR is a joke, I hope they don't rob someone when it really matters,You mean like a £200m play off final? Still bitter? Fuck yes |
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Post by Captainslapper on Nov 22, 2022 11:28:45 GMT 1
England didn’t qualify for Argentina I was thinking "You're bloody wrong, the cheating cokehead knocked us out". Then realised that was in Mexico, weird how a lot of people misremember is as being in Argentina, but that was 78 First World Cup I can remember, Argentina 78. Another World Cup tarnished by blatant corruption but the more traditional on-pitch kind as appose to this current one. |
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Post by mosher on Nov 22, 2022 11:31:24 GMT 1
I was thinking "You're bloody wrong, the cheating cokehead knocked us out". Then realised that was in Mexico, weird how a lot of people misremember is as being in Argentina, but that was 78 First World Cup I can remember, Argentina 78. Another World Cup tarnished by blatant corruption but the more traditional on-pitch kind as appose to this current one. Was living in Germany in 78 and hadn't quite got the football bug yet. What was the corruption in 78? Or did you mean the hands-on, on-field corruption in Mexico? |
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Post by ram on Nov 22, 2022 11:40:51 GMT 1
Anyone see the massive town banner on the telly? I’d post a pic but can’t work out how Never saw it and i watched the whole game, be good if someone could get a pic up. Not surprised you missed it,right at the top of the screen for about a millisecond |
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Post by Captainslapper on Nov 22, 2022 11:41:08 GMT 1
Without looking it up, Argentina delayed their second round game for spurious reasons so they would know the result of a Brazil game and therefore know exactly what they needed to do to go through ( at the expense of Brazil )
It turned out they needed to beat Peru something like 6-0.
Lo and behold, they beat Peru 6-0, with the Peruvian keeper having a performance so dubious it was a joke. And Peru were a decent team, only coming 2nd in South American qualifying after a 1-0 loss to Brazil ( I did look that bit up! ) .
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Post by ambryboy on Nov 22, 2022 11:45:59 GMT 1
Without looking it up, Argentina delayed their second round game for spurious reasons so they would know the result of a Brazil game and therefore know exactly what they needed to do to go through ( at the expense of Brazil ) It turned out they needed to beat Peru something like 6-0. Lo and behold, they beat Peru 6-0, with the Peruvian keeper having a performance so dubious it was a joke. And Peru were a decent team, only coming 2nd in South American qualifying after a 1-0 loss to Brazil ( I did look that bit up! ) . I didn't follow '78 too closely as England weren't there and the sweaty socks were  |
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Post by yorik on Nov 22, 2022 12:07:14 GMT 1
The story I heard was the Argentinian dictatorship threatened the Peru player's
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Post by Porrohman on Nov 22, 2022 12:13:58 GMT 1
Fantastic overall performance, I just hope Southgate trusts our attacking players & stays 433. Southgate got his subs spot on too, in all fairness, a lot of the squad will feel a real part of the tournament already. One big negative, VAR is a joke, I hope they don't rob someone when it really matters,You mean like a £200m play off final? Still bitter? Fuck yes VAR still looking after teams in red |
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Post by 3Pipe on Nov 22, 2022 12:14:58 GMT 1
Argentina 78 was the toilet paper world cup, Mario Kempes and Ossie Ardilles, Ally's army, but fucking toilet paper everywhere, every match but especially the Argentina games.
And Slapps is spot on about that Peruvian side being far too good to lose 6-0. Terrible corruption.
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Post by Porrohman on Nov 22, 2022 13:52:10 GMT 1
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Post by mosher on Nov 22, 2022 14:02:01 GMT 1
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Post by Porrohman on Nov 23, 2022 8:24:33 GMT 1
😲😲😲😲😲👏👏👏👏👏👏
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Post by Captainslapper on Nov 23, 2022 11:12:55 GMT 1
Like watching Pat Scully and Kev Grey warming up.
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Post by galpharm2400 on Nov 23, 2022 11:34:52 GMT 1
Like watching Pat Scully and Kev Grey warming up. Kev.. The ball might go past, you might go past, but not both..☠ |
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Post by VLP Fan Club on Nov 23, 2022 11:36:46 GMT 1
Kane having a scan is a worry - I was shouting at the TV at the time for Southgate to take him off.
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Post by 3Pipe on Nov 23, 2022 11:58:02 GMT 1
Kane having a scan is a worry - I was shouting at the TV at the time for Southgate to take him off. He's not going to hear you all the way over in Qatar, mate. |
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Post by VLP Fan Club on Nov 23, 2022 12:46:37 GMT 1
Kane having a scan is a worry - I was shouting at the TV at the time for Southgate to take him off. He's not going to hear you all the way over in Qatar, mate. Not sure about that mate I'm pretty loud. |
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Post by Porrohman on Nov 23, 2022 13:11:46 GMT 1
World Cup 2022: Gareth Southgate 'worried' England used as example in referee video - www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63721852Us again, they used to use clips of Crouch to show refs what to look for, as fouls, we got bugger all then too. |
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Post by mosher on Nov 23, 2022 13:17:01 GMT 1
World Cup 2022: Gareth Southgate 'worried' England used as example in referee video - www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63721852Us again, they used to use clips of Crouch to show refs what to look for, as fouls, we got bugger all then too. It's always a worry when you (not you Porroh) are used as an example of something bad that it's going to cause preconceptions further down the road. Hence Nicholls getting warnings for timewasting more often and earlier (apparently) than other keepers and time-wasters. It's why players who are known for diving eventually get decisions going against them even when they HAVE been fouled. It's why Zaha got so much short shrift from refs, because he was at it all game in their ear, moaning about perfectly good tackles and then not getting the foul when he's been hacked. |
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Post by est1908 on Nov 25, 2022 16:07:38 GMT 1
I hope we get a decent pair of commentators for this one....
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Post by aksaiblue on Nov 25, 2022 17:30:34 GMT 1
Tough one this evening,having never beaten the USA in the WC, but I expect us to win, these games are never easy and are the type of game England have struggled in, in the past.
This team however is good enough to go all the way. France, Spain, Brasil have all looked good, a convincing win for England will make them all want to miss us in the KO stages
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Post by incognito on Nov 25, 2022 18:01:00 GMT 1
I hope we get a decent pair of commentators for this one.... It's Matterface I'm afraid. |
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Post by 3Pipe on Nov 25, 2022 18:03:37 GMT 1
I thought a decent pair was banned in Qatar anyway.
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Post by themanfromatlantis on Nov 25, 2022 18:49:10 GMT 1
I hope we get a decent pair of commentators for this one.... Unfortunately John Helm retired a while ago... |
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