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  1. Otis

    The World Cup Thread

    Yep. Great to get to a semi-final, but we haven't been brilliant by a long chalk. Kane looked completely shot tonight and so many players looked tired. That needs looking into, because the assumption was that Croatia would be the tiring side, not us, but they just kept going and going and...
  2. Otis

    The World Cup Thread

    We have to keep things in perspective. Yes, the future is now beginning to look a bit rosier, but we are not as good as some have been making out. Take out that easy path and we would above been on the plane home much sooner. We were always in a chance of winning it. France haven't been that...
  3. Otis

    The World Cup Thread

    Ha, shows my memory. Then, no. Don't think we would.
  4. Otis

    In The Times today

    Ha, nice wind up.
  5. Otis

    The World Cup Thread

    Who was that again? Croatia, Russia, Egypt and Saudi Arabia was it? Who is left out of the 4? If it is Croatia, then certainly, if Egypt or the Saudis, not so sure. Russia rode on a wave of patriotism and luck and a couple of wonder goals.
  6. Otis

    The World Cup Thread

    And the other thing, which makes your idiotic comment look idiotic, is the teams you mention regularly beat the best teams in the world. We don't. When is the last time we beat a really good team in a tournament? Germany in the Euros when Shearer scored with that header?
  7. Otis

    The World Cup Thread

    Of course it's not an idiotic thing to say. So many people were saying how much better a team we are this time round and it has proven not to be the case. As soon as we met a good team the same old failings were there. Without the 'easier path' we would probably have been knocked out ages ago...
  8. Otis

    The World Cup Thread

    Been saying for the whole tournament that you have to take your chances.
  9. Otis

    The World Cup Thread

    Don't ask me to think that far back. I really can't remember who we played past Cameroon, Belgium and Germany.
  10. Otis

    The World Cup Thread

    Well beaten in the end. No excuses.
  11. Otis

    The World Cup Thread

    Be reserves. Almost certainly. Pointless game.
  12. Otis

    The World Cup Thread

    Anyone else not going to bother watching the final on Sunday now? Don't think I could stand all the diving and feigning injury and time wasting etc. It's not sour grapes, I just don't think I could stomach it.
  13. Otis

    The World Cup Thread

    But without pissing on any chips, we only came up against one half decent side, who a lot of pundits and ex England players were saying we not that good a side. We were beaten embarrassingly easy in the end tonight.
  14. Otis

    The World Cup Thread

    Alli was indeed anonymous. Poor tournament from him overall.
  15. Otis

    The World Cup Thread

    We gave up on the cavalier play we have shown at times and went back to the old conservative England. The game was there for the taking and we blew it.
  16. Otis

    The World Cup Thread

    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...
  17. Otis

    The World Cup Thread

    We looked like the team that was shattered. Croatia just kept running and running all night long. Put us to shame with their energy and stamina.
  18. Otis

    The World Cup Thread

    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.
  19. Otis

    The World Cup Thread

    This is it I think. Croatia will time waste and time waste and time waste.
  20. Otis

    The World Cup Thread

    Kane looks shot.
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