The World Cup Thread (2 Viewers)

Gazolba

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Need to get Welbeck on now and pump balls into the box.
 

Paul Anthony

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If you don't take your chances, chances are you will be punished. We should have been 3 up at half time, and that would have been game over.And as for criminally going to sleep so often at the back, well, how many wake up calls do you need?
 

Johnnythespider

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We've probably over achieved if we're honest. 3 or 4 players short of a top class international team.
 

Otis

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This makes Rio Ferdinand and Gary Neville look like mugs saying Croatia are a very poor side.

They have been far, far better than us since the first half.
 

Nick

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Oh well, sterling ran a lot, kane held it up to nobody, lingard did nothing and Alli anonymous.

Midfield didn't do much and young awful.

Absolutely schooled :(
 

Gazolba

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We had more than enough chances to win it but couldn't muster a single shot on goal (apart from the free kick) in 125 minutes of play.
We'll never have a better chance of making the final.
 

Sky Blue Harry H

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Oh well, sterling ran a lot, kane held it up to nobody, lingard did nothing and Alli anonymous.

Midfield didn't do much and young awful.

Absolutely schooled :(
Agree. A lot of average and below average performances. Lack of nous versus streetwise players. First 25mins great. Then Croatia bossed us. Defence comes away with some credit and the likes of Foden to come!
 

Otis

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First sniff of quality opponent and we are done. It's been fun but only been allowed to happen cos of the gently journey through
Yep, agree.

First good team we came up against (forget Belgium, that was reserves v reserves) and we lose.

We were very much second best in the end and I know Southgate has had a lot of praise, but he got it wrong today.

Kane was too deep, Rose for Young should have been earlier and we needed to not play so deep as a unit in the second half. We let them dictate play and push us back and we let Modric play without anyone within 5-10 yards of him.

Too many times we were in good positions only to then take the ball all the way backwards and pass back to Pickford.

Very disappointing, because we threw the game.
 

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