Nice to hear Ally McCoist saying in the commentary of the Croatia v Russia game.

That he had been supporting England during the earlier quarter final v Sweden.

32 minutes ago, erskblue said:

Nice to hear Ally McCoist saying in the commentary of the Croatia v Russia game.

That he had been supporting England during the earlier quarter final v Sweden.

Andy Murray has gone quite though. 

12 hours ago, Zeta said:

Vida has such strange hair.

Not as strange as Fellani. I think he’s had a metal plate grafted in on top of his forehead, and he’s cultivated a frizzy Afro to conceal it. That’s why he’s unbeatable in the air.

1 hour ago, Giordano_Bruno said:

Modric, Rakitic and Brozovic vs... Henderson. God save the Queen, indeed.

Lovren v Kane....my money firmly on Harry there.

26 minutes ago, Blue Exile said:

Lovren v Kane....my money firmly on Harry there.

Great, Liverpool v Spurs. As if I needed a reason to hit the bottle. 

1 hour ago, coco said:

Andy Murray has gone quite though. 

You can forgive Murray he should have been a victim at Dunblane as it was his class mates that were shot, how that feels...………...

Some excerpts from football365, these I found interesting:

• Raymond Domenech - C’est Sterling qu’il faut protéger pour les Anglais il est le dynamiteur l’accélérateur de cette équipe , pas Dele Ali

• Pep Guardiola - Sometimes we judge Sterling on ‘he missed that goal, he missed that shot,’ but the amount of actions he creates, assists, he creates fouls, penalties… His understanding of the game is global: he can create inside, outside, dribbling, runs in behind.”

• 365 on Henderson,  he is having an excellent tournament and covering so much ground in central midfield. When a pass needs playing forward, it’s him. When a ball needs taking from a central defender, it’s him. When the wing-back is under pressure and needs an option, it’s him. When a shot needs blocking or charging down, it’s him.

Cant always see what Sterling does yet he terrifies defenders and Southgate gives him the biggest hug when he comes off almost like a cuddle. I do see him running up front and sometimes coming into midfield. Loved him running against those Swedish 'giants'.

Agree with 365 on Henderson, he is the engine that keeps up recycling the ball and driving us up the pitch when we are slacking and he occasionally makes a good pass rather than just a safe one.

 

 

You could get any athlete to run around hassling people though, doesn't even need to be a footballer. Sterling is f**king woeful with the ball. If we got to the world cup final and we needed a goal late on and the ball fell to Sterling, i'd just switch the tv off, because it's not going in.

Sterling is what happens if you play Kante on the wing except Kante probably has a better shot on him.

23 hours ago, Munkworth said:

She should go watch it with @yorkleyblue, his tv is still in black & white...

 

23 hours ago, coco said:

plus if he does invite you round to watch footy you end up standing behind the TV holding the analogue aerial.

I haven't had a TV for over 35 years.  He/she was very cute, almost convincing and very affable.  AndyMandy didn't need anyone standing behind holding what you euphemistically refer to as an "aerial"

Edited July 8, 20188 yr by yorkleyblue

5 hours ago, Strider6003 said:

Some excerpts from football365, these I found interesting:

• Raymond Domenech - C’est Sterling qu’il faut protéger pour les Anglais il est le dynamiteur l’accélérateur de cette équipe , pas Dele Ali

• Pep Guardiola - Sometimes we judge Sterling on ‘he missed that goal, he missed that shot,’ but the amount of actions he creates, assists, he creates fouls, penalties… His understanding of the game is global: he can create inside, outside, dribbling, runs in behind.”

Spot om from Pep. He also creates a lot of room from Kane by moving his movements. He is constantly going for 90 minutes and his offensive runs are class and not something thats easy to replace, so far he had been a bit unlucky for me, Im fairly confident he will get his goal in of the coming games, for me he is an absolute must start and one of the first names Iv had on the sheet, even if he has to play out of position as he does

Edited July 8, 20188 yr by Xfaxtor

4 minutes ago, Xfaxtor said:

Spot om from Pep. He also creates a lot of room from Kane by moving his movements. He is constantly going for 90 minutes and his offensive runs are class and not something thats easy to replace, so far he had been a bit unlucky for me, Im fairly confident he will get his goal in of the coming games.

Unlucky between him and Kane not to create one yesterday it seemed as their timing was off yet on another day a good goal.

I'm hoping the way Alli, Lingard and Young appeared to freeze in the first 20 mins is a one-off.

37 minutes ago, yorkleyblue said:

 

I haven't had a TV for over 35 years.  He/she was very cute, almost convincing and very affable.  AndyMandy didn't need anyone standing behind holding what you euphemistically refer to as an "aerial"

Wha?

16 minutes ago, Valerie said:

Wha?

He's playing on words, TV = transvestite. He's trying to get out of the situation with his sick humour, take no notice, he's that far behind the rest of us, he thinks stereo is the Brazillian saint.

22 minutes ago, coco said:

He's playing on words, TV = transvestite. He's trying to get out of the situation with his sick humour, take no notice, he's that far behind the rest of us, he thinks stereo is the Brazillian saint.

Ahhhhh 

What would I do without you, Coco 

The best thing the FA did was appoint Alladyce. 

Got himself sacked through his own incompetence and Southgate got to take over.

I liked the Southgate appointment when it happened because I liked the idea of promoting internally within the FA because it helps have a consistency of footballing identity... thought given a few years he’d get us playing competently if nothing else, would never have expected him to get us punching above our weight and be angling for a knighthood! 

Dele Alli has been truly shocking this tournament. Not sure how he's still getting a game in the middle for us. A goal yesterday doesn't change anything imo.

2 hours ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Dele Alli has been truly shocking this tournament. Not sure how he's still getting a game in the middle for us. A goal yesterday doesn't change anything imo.

Thats exactly why hes playing, hes a goal threat and when he is on hes brilliant. Had a rough go so far, but killed the game yesterday with great movement and an excellent finish. Its not like theres anyone better sitting om the bench

With Kane being heavily marked we needed a good mobile finisher and Alli ticks the box. Hopefully he picks up his game next match as we are up against a decent team and probably the underdogs.

The potential Finals with England v France/Belgium sounds so exciting, but Croatia have showed a lot of character so far, very tough semi-finals ahead.

 

 

 nutter !!

12 hours ago, Xfaxtor said:

Thats exactly why hes playing, hes a goal threat and when he is on hes brilliant. Had a rough go so far, but killed the game yesterday with great movement and an excellent finish. Its not like theres anyone better sitting om the bench

Goal threat? The lads scored 3 goals in 28 games for England. Could drop Sterling deeper into Alli's role and have Rashford/Vardy take up his position. At least Sterling offers something in his game with the ball at his feet. Christ, even RLC and Welbeck could do more with the ball. 

12 hours ago, Strider6003 said:

With Kane being heavily marked we needed a good mobile finisher and Alli ticks the box. Hopefully he picks up his game next match as we are up against a decent team and probably the underdogs.

Ticks the box of never being a goal scorer for England. 3 in 28 is shocking for where he plays. 

43 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Goal threat? The lads scored 3 goals in 28 games for England. Could drop Sterling deeper into Alli's role and have Rashford/Vardy take up his position. At least Sterling offers something in his game with the ball at his feet. Christ, even RLC and Welbeck could do more with the ball. 

Ticks the box of never being a goal scorer for England. 3 in 28 is shocking for where he plays. 

Perhaps we has turned a corner for England and scoring in his last match suggests it would be wise to start him in another to see if it continues.

You raise fair questions around the strikers not for me to answer though cannot say I have been impressed by the alternatives when they have appeared as subs and was surprised Welbeck did not appear against Belgium.

Hope Belgium win tomorrow night and then England win on Wednesday night.

I sign!

Immediately!