Our goals, if they come, will be from McGinn or McTominay.

Shankland is the most natural goalscorer we have and he won't get a sniff because he doesn't run about a lot.

Take yer balls out your Wife's purse Stevie, set up to run over the top of Haiti, a win there and you're almost out the group, then you can play your favoured defend the Alamo tactics in the other two games trying to spawn a point and prey the 2-0 we get v Haiti is enough.

Only 103 games left. Fill yer boots 🥳

lifesanocean wrote:

South Africa looked dreadful.

 
They did, they offered nothing and it was like a borefest training game attack v defence.
In the Engerland ITV studio all that was missing was a rerun of Captain Tom and a Spitfire fly past as they reminisced about 1966.

Surely Canada/Bosnia will be better tonight.

RogerTheAlien wrote:

Goal Canada. 1-1

 

Final score Canada 1-1 Bosnia

A high energy physical contest full of niggly blatant fouls stoppages and surprisingly low on quality. A bit like watching Watford against Barnsley.
Meh. I'm not staying up for the late games that don't involve us.

Bring on Scotland ....

But Brazil v Morocco could be good too.

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2 months ago I would've fancied Japan to get to the quarters or maybe sneak the semis but injuries might be the beating of them. Mitoma is a huge miss.

japanarab wrote:

2 months ago I would've fancied Japan to get to the quarters or maybe sneak the semis but injuries might be the beating of them. Mitoma is a huge miss.

 
Thought Japan looked very decent against Scotland and especially England in their warm up games. They'll be a handful for any opponent.

We already knew it but Morocco are a very tidy side.

I've found myself increasingly looking at my phone during some of these early group games. Belgium v Egypt was a good watch last night though.
As was Spain failing to break down the plucky Cape Verde.
Some pundits are pronouncing them Verd some Verdy, I wonder which it is.
Such is the World Cup trivia that keeps us riveted during the competition.


Rodri getting bent and twisted bitter post match again was great.

Bellingham goal 3-2 as i post ffs.

Croatia are nowhere near the force they were, and their defending was atrocious at 3 of the goals.

The pundits are doing it already though, asking how England might fare v France, 2 more group games, 2 knockout ties before they might even face the French.

Take away Kane, and Bellingham when he decides to show up and they're bang average, nobody is fearing them.

Tek wrote:

England conceded two tonight and undoubtedly got lucky with the penalty re-take.

But they also looked frightening in attack at times tonight. Hunting in packs and at real pace.

I fancied them to win it before the tournament started and tonight only cements my fears.

I think if a team scores two, they can score three.

One thing though, they played in the air conditioned Dallas stadium tonight (temp never above 20c apparently). Be interesting how they fare when playing in a hotter city/stadium, as i think it's been a real leveller for some nations.

 
I would concur with that.

They will need luck (injuries, dodgy VAR decisions, freak weather), but I think the biggest challenge is creating a cocoon around the squad, so that, they are oblivious of the adrenaline infrastructure of pundits, media and expectations.

I think Tuchel can build on what Southgate achieved. Make no mistake, this tournament is a marathon, even the best teams are going to need luck.