Ethel The Tree Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 9 minutes ago, OWLERTON GHOST said: Everything bang on except that one Ethel? Makes the eyes water thinking about it mate ... Given those four examples, I thought that one was the least preposterous 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethel The Tree Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 England 6-1 Panama ... Don't wish to pick holes in a 6-1 win, but maybe it's easier to assess games when you're a neutral It was hot out there. A win was all that mattered. At 5-0 it was no longer a contest, blah blah. Fair enough But that 2nd half was dreadful IMO - I'm sorry, it's no good me having a go at the French and then saying that was okay Statistically, Panama might prove to be the weakest side in the competition, for about 30mins I reckon we made 'em look good Japan 2-2 Senegal ... By contrast, this was a game that remained competitive for the whole 90+ minutes It was good to watch and generally played in a good spirit throughout There's a good chance we might play one of them in the next round but that's okay, we're up against Belgium before then Poland 0-3 Colombia ... With so much at stake, I was amazed just how scrappy this one started out. Niggly fouls, phantom injuries But then Colombia scored and the longer it went on the more it became clear Poland had no answer 3-0 wasn't flattering in the end, because Poland were so poor So how about Colombia in the next round? Hope not. Too much like Panama, except with skill and experience that actually know what they're doing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiejohn Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 For me Southgate has done the first part of his job he’s made watching England enjoyable and given us hope . Going forward we need to cut out the sloppiness we’re great going forward but we create problems for ourselves, I’d bring rose in for young and Rashford for sterling but I suspect he won’t the only change I can see for the second round is alli coming back but I’m still hopeful we can get to the quarterfinals and have a chance of going further due to our attacking threat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethel The Tree Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 On to the final round of group games then I'm still sticking with seven out of ten for the tournament so far This isn't a prediction by the way, more like a guarantee ... Saudi v Egypt Spain v Morocco Denmark v France Iceland v Croatia *S Korea v Germany Switzerland v Costa Rica *Japan v Poland Panama v Tunisia ... will all be highly entertaining, action-packed thrillers filled with goals, incident and controversy That's because I'll be watching the other games * might involve channel hopping 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Errol Flashman Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Back at work today after two rota weeks off. Gutted. Been loving watching all the games. Just a bloke. Being dragged along in a world that moves too quick for it's own good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shezzas left peg Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 As the old saying goes, you can only beat what's put in front of you, and if we're honest it was like Accrington lining up against manachester City. The first half we were solid, professional and did what we needed to do and did it well. The second half, well this is where we were lacking, the good sides keep pushing and finish the job to the 90th minute, we didn't do that we took the foot off the pedal and instead of completely brushing them aside, we let them play and drew 1-1. Winners ARE RUTHLESS! and for me it's part of our game we do need to improve on, we nearly fluffed our lines against Tunisia becouse we didn't finish our early chances. All in all though, can't knock them too much, but room for improvement, which is going to be needed starting with Belgium Thursday, let's see what they're really made of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethel The Tree Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 I would always assume there's an advantage in topping the group We had a golden opportunity to ensure we went into the Belgium game with a superior goal difference We held our discipline, and that's good because some of the stuff that went off (particularly in the 1st half) was disgraceful and went largely unpunished I'm also guessing we came through the game relatively unscathed, injury wise, with no thanks to yet another weak referee ... it's okay to award two penalties, but why allow them to delay each kick for about two minutes or more? But our lack of ambition/invention in those last twenty minutes or so was beyond disappointing IMO We didn't need to bust a gut second half, just maintain a six-goal lead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIGHERSTATE Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 (edited) "What I always find a little uncomfortable is that the German organization, discipline and teamwork we're familiar with - "ants in a colony" - is a legacy of the Nazi period. Although The Nazis were defeated, that mentality lived on. Paradoxically, as a nation we used to be much more like that in character, but then had the sixties revolution - "let it all hang out" - and we're where we are. I'm no imperialist, and we were right to withdraw from empire, but clearly we couldn't now govern half the world's population. We can scarcely govern ourselves these days." We've got very little to sell to the world and we can't just sail around taking anything we want now just by planting our flag there. All we've got is call centres...and some of the poorest countries in the world are even better at that than us. Edited June 25, 2018 by HIGHERSTATE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethel The Tree Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 38 minutes ago, HIGHERSTATE said: Paradoxically, as a nation we used to be much more like that in character, but then had the sixties revolution - "let it all hang out" - and we're where we are. I'm fairly sure the 60s revolution affected the rest of the continent too - especially Germany, France etc I'd also argue that that ol' British Bulldog spirit is still pretty much in evidence today, it's just that maybe we've become more tolerant as a nation ... and perhaps that's because all our 60s peaceniks/revolutionaries are now running Westminster, Whitehall etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgmetcalf Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Personally I don’t like to set myself up for a massive fall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
room0035 Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 On 24/06/2018 at 07:27, Ethel The Tree said: I have no doubt teams reflect their national identity - they're there to represent their nation after all In our case, that's what makes losing so hard to swallow (imo) - especially when defeat so often comes down to individual errors, curious referee decisions, having our star players sent off or screwing up in a penalty shoot-out - we generally like to see things done fair and square Never been to Germany (missus has) and apparently, they're big on efficiency and organization - their tournament record is quite amazing But there's no denying they were under pressure to succeed last night and the cracks were starting to show I don't think elimination would see them metaphorically shipped off to secret camps ... just as I wouldn't expect the Russian squad to wind up in a salt mine, the Egyptians to make a start on that new pyramid, or the Saudi to take up new posts as eunuchs in a royal palace somewhere ... But they would get hammered in the national press, just like us The difference being - we're well used to it by now I have been to Berlin and to say everything runs to the second would be an understatement, when you see the complete clusterfuck that is our public transport network you look at their and it runs spot on and at my time there (3 years ago) only 4 euro for full days travel in Berlin and the last subway train runs till 3am spot on - Not to mention the Beers and the birds were not bad and most spoke better English that all of us there. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethel The Tree Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Uruguay 3-0 Russia ... No, that's not the sound of Russia's balloon bursting. Probably have to wait until Sunday for that But Suarez & co always seemed like a reliable bet to pee on their barbecue They didn't get the breaks - wicked deflection for the second goal, down to 10 men before half time But they wasted their own chances and looked second best from the start, meanwhile ... Saudi 2-1 Egypt ... Saudi level in 1st half injury time and then win it in the 95th minute Not enough perhaps to restore national pride, but it's sure to earn their players some local anaesthetic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@owlstalk Posted June 25, 2018 Author Share Posted June 25, 2018 Russia have done such an amazing job with this World Cup havent' they? Trump's right to be mates with them instead of going to war with them like all those other world leaders who benefit financially from selling arms etc Loving this world cup - it's the best in living memory Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgmetcalf Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 "His arm's not in a natural position, it's still attached to his body?" Commentator also calling Iran by Iraq. How much money are these people on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@owlstalk Posted June 25, 2018 Author Share Posted June 25, 2018 Iran - they're playing amazing considering Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgmetcalf Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Reet save Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@owlstalk Posted June 25, 2018 Author Share Posted June 25, 2018 Getting tasty now Can see red cards and penalties and free kicks galore coming up Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgmetcalf Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 7 minutes ago, @owlstalk said: Getting tasty now Can see red cards and penalties and free kicks galore coming up Even old Necky had a go at diving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@owlstalk Posted June 25, 2018 Author Share Posted June 25, 2018 he's got a right adam's apple Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgmetcalf Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Just tried an elbow smash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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