Every England player is looking for somebody to do something instead of forcing it themselves.

Both Gordon and Madueke have been sh*t all night. This game is going nowhere unless they are both changed

Wasting a squad spot on Jordan Henderson just to be a cheerleader is such a low IQ move. If he’s that good for the dressing room appoint him on the staff for the summer and take CP who can actually affect a game!

This is why I said England won't win it. They lack those players that will make something happen. Spain, France, Argentina, Portugal, Brazil, Germany, they all have those players.

Madueke is f**king sh*t. He's constantly looking for the ref to help him. It's like he thinks he is playing for Arsenal.

I love Tuchel for that UCL trophy, but he made a mess of this selection. Nothing justifies the absence of Palmer. England do not have a player like him in the squad.

Kane stat padding in the Bundesliga but bottles the big moments for England.

Just now, Scott Harris said:

Kane stat padding in the Bundesliga but bottles the big moments for England.

How the hell did he get picked over Jackson every week? Crazy!!!

Highlight of the match; Baba Rahman is still playing somewhere.

Edited June 23Jun 23 by Munkunku

14 minutes ago, petre ispirescu said:

I love Tuchel for that UCL trophy, but he made a mess of this selection. Nothing justifies the absence of Palmer. England do not have a player like him in the squad.

Agreed. You have to call a player like that even if not to start every match.
Now, none of this matters... 😁 WC starts in the knockout stage where not conceding becomes extremely important. Leaky defenses go home early.

Edited June 23Jun 23 by acaeus

And that game is why you bring a Palmer or Foden to open up a defence

Same sh*t from England. One good half against Croatia and then it's back to the same crap. We can have the best coach in the world leading this team, but it won't make a difference. This country produces and hypes up too many cowardly players and bottlers. They pretend that players like Saka are these generational talents when they're not. Imagine how deluded some fans have to be to think this team is on the same level as France, and Kane the same level as Mbappe. I would trust Haaland to drag his team over the line more than I would with Kane.

Edited June 23Jun 23 by Scott Harris

Rogers and Rashford did well on coming on, Kane missed a gilt edged chance.

The ref did not add time for the last sub.

Pickford could have seen red he did not play the ball, turned his back, he panicked.

The other incident with Rogers, he did not get the ball though less likely to have impeded the player like Pickford did.

Start the tournament with a win.

Shaky result.

Batter a lesser opponent to bring back optimism.

Sneak through first knock out round via ET/Pens.

It’s coming home.

Lose to Portugal on penalties.

People are taking the piss claiming Madueke played well, right?

54 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

Kane stat padding in the Bundesliga but bottles the big moments for England.

Swear he's cost you that last two World Cups

19 minutes ago, dkw said:

People are taking the piss claiming Madueke played well, right?

The only people thinking he played well are those that only watch football when England play. They must have thought just seeing most of the ball means he played well. The only player on the pitch who was worse was Gordon.

1 minute ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Swear he's cost you that last two World Cups

The poor shot against Croatia that went straight to the keeper in the semi final in 2018. He could have passed that one for a tap in for Sterling. I know it's always a risk with Sterling, but even so, the pass should have been made. Bottled a penalty against France in 2022. He's definitely a Spud, that's for sure.

Then when it's all over, the country feels sorry for themselves and pats themselves on the back for being losers. We're embarrassed further when bottlers like Southgate are treated like the greatest this country has ever produced. If anything, Southgate is the poster boy of failure.

Heard a stat before the match when we have won the first match we never win the second, so true to form.

Upon reflection, how on earth wasn’t that Konsa challenge a penalty and how did Pickford stay on the pitch after wiping out that poor forward?

Got away with one massively last night.

8 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Swear he's cost you that last two World Cups

Trouble with criticising Kane is it can make you look silly.

Times I've done it in the past only for him to then score a goal or two. But the fact is, at times he is a complete passenger. The whole side was poor last night and he was up there with the worst performers (although surely that has to be Madueke).

But like Ronaldo for Portugal, will TT ever take him off when we need a goal as he scores goals even when playing badly?

Edited June 24Jun 24 by Nibs

I think we got away with one.

Still in a good place though we need to win the next one because if Ghana beats Croatia we might just go into a harder path in the tournament.

I thought Madueke did ok, better than Gordon though still not as effective as we might have hoped, put in a great cross once on the left.

What got me was why we did not put in more crosses with having both Kane with Bellingham running into support. Instead Kane was surrounded by three defenders.

Got more exciting with Rogers and Saka on as they moved the defenders around more though possibly this was also because Ghana was more stretched by trying to score themselves.

We also need to sort out free-kick specialists, James struggled with nearly all his crosses and Rice did not impress either.We also need some variation to test them not the same repeatedly being headed away.

This Canada v Switzerland game has been largely terrible, but Canada’s goal to reduce the deficit to 2-1 was maybe the goal of the tournament so far.

18 minutes ago, Snedger said:

This Canada v Switzerland game has been largely terrible, but Canada’s goal to reduce the deficit to 2-1 was maybe the goal of the tournament so far.

Not the best of teams but i quite enjoyed it.