World Cup

[wull]

They are playing really well now, not sure why they didn’t play like this from the start instead of that dirty diving pish.

[Yorick]

We were great till goal

Then they went up a gear.

Brought on super subs and up another gear.

We had no response

Enough clichés?

[MrLongbeard]

You can't win if you play in your own half..

[Taipan]

Bollocks! Of all the people to lose to! Still, no shame in our achievement. We made the semi finals, and many didn't! I think Tutchel got it wrong with playing defensive, as was proved by the final attacking, but hey ho...

[Felix]

Bollocks! Of all the people to lose to! Still, no shame in our achievement. We made the semi finals, and many didn't! I think Tutchel got it wrong with playing defensive, as was proved by the final attacking, but hey ho...

Agree. Its all fine if you were two or three up but not at 1 - 0. Pickford was outstanding in the 2nd half.

[Felix]

They are playing really well now, not sure why they didn’t play like this from the start instead of that dirty diving pish.

To rile the English and it was working to a point.

[Felix]

Argentina are everything I hate in international football. Nowt but a bunch of fouling, cheating, screaming, petulant, cry baby children.

Add Spain and Portugal to that list.

[Nobby]

We still own the grazing land in the south Atlantic.

[Taipan]

Argentina are everything I hate in international football. Nowt but a bunch of fouling, cheating, screaming, petulant, cry baby children.

Add Spain and Portugal to that list.

And the Italians!

[Taipan]

My own family!

[Felix]

Argentina are everything I hate in international football. Nowt but a bunch of fouling, cheating, screaming, petulant, cry baby children.

Add Spain and Portugal to that list.

And the Italians!

Whole of south America as well.

[Supermofo]

We were great till goal

Then they went up a gear.

Brought on super subs and up another gear.

We had no response

Enough clichés?

I think sitting back and trying to defend the 1 goal lead with 35 mins left was a huge mistake. We invited them on to us and they punished us.

[Dodgy69]

Rooney summed it up perfectly.

[Felix]

FFS this is costing me a fortune on paint

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Whew

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[gremlin]

S'only a game.

[Count Steer]

If it had gone to extra time at 1-1 with Argentina fully stocked with attacking players and England with what seemed like 10 defenders + a keeper...

...things could have got worse.

Pretty dim to try and defend a 1-0 lead against a team like that, in a knockout game, for that length of time.

Hey ho....come on you Spaniards!!

PS For once the match for 3rd might be interesting.

[Taipan]

Rooney summed it up perfectly.

What did he say?

[Taipan]

[Noggin]

Rooney summed it up perfectly.

What did he say?

Think it's this -

England players will have lost belief at Thomas Tuchel's second-half substitutions in the World Cup semifinal defeat to Argentina, according to former captain Wayne Rooney.

Anthony Gordon put England ahead early in the second half but was soon withdrawn by Tuchel, who brought defenders Ezri Konsa, Dan Burn and Nico O'Reilly in the final 20 minutes.


His changes backfired as Enzo Fernández equalised in the 85th minute before Lautaro Martínez struck a stoppage-time winner to seal Argentina's spot in Sunday's final.

England's defensive approach to holding a lead carried eerie echoes of their Euro 2020 final loss to Italy, with former boss Sir Gareth Southgate criticised in some circles for his tactical approach.

They fell on their swords again under Southgate in the the Euro 2024 final against Spain, with the manager again criticised for his tactics.

Speaking on the BBC, former England and Manchester united forward Rooney said: "If you're an attacking player on that pitch and you go 1-0 up and you see the changes which the manager's making, you're losing belief, there's only so many times you can get away with it.

"Then you start thinking: 'Oh no, we're going to sit back for this long, how are we going to get through this?'"

Former England goalkeeper Joe Hart also drew tactical comparisons between Southgate and Tuchel.

He said: "I think Gareth Southgate will be at home watching this game, he took a lot of criticism when it came to the big moments with England when they had the lead and when they were in big games about shutting up shop.

"I don't see anything's changed in that big moment out there.

"Thomas Tuchel, for as much praise as we've given him, for him to change it as soon as he did, I think he realised that's him saying he didn't believe in his team, he didn't think they could land any more punches on Argentina."

[JackyJoll]

My own family!

Smart family you’ve got there.

Money’s thicker than blood.