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It was a selfless performance, but it’s pretty fair to say he’s not been at his vintage best as he is for Spurs. He’s taking half the shots he does for Spurs and when take into account just half his shots have been penalties... That is something that Southgate has to address. We’re getting...

Ofc everyone is entitled to their opinions, but it’s annoying when my opinions are deliberately misrepresented. I’m not bothered about team selection as long as results follow. So far, they’ve been the best in a generation and with Croatia in the semi-final, an opportunity to reach the final...

No. You’re wrong. I’ve very clearly stated on numerous occasions that he should’ve done better.

It depends on the context. A lot of England games mean nothing, friendlies and qualification against teams against small nations that shouldn’t be a contest. So day-to-day, Cov makes me far more emotiona and meaning because each game has something on the line. But, the World Cup and Euros come...

England winning the World Cup is bigger than Cov getting promoted from League 2. It’s not even close.

It’s pretty obvious managers make mistakes. But when most of the people who actually know their football (managers, analysts and so on) are supporting Sterling, it should at least make you see the other side of the argument and to drop the egotism. When I was 15, I held the attitude that certain...

This has been one of the most juvenile discussion I’ve had on here. There’s zero acceptance of the merits Sterling brings to the team. None whatsoever. There’s an ignorance of other people’s opinions, and of the statistics put forward too. The argument reeks of arrogance too, because as you...

‘Her stated evidence’ vs ‘his [Evans] stated evidence’ is basically someone’s word against another — that wouldn’t be enough evidence for a conviction in most court cases. There’s a lot more pressure on the police to increase convictions for charges relating to sexual assault crimes. In part...

The only way was up after Hodgson (whom I backed). I fancied Southgate to be a good manager because he was successful with the younger age groups. But success this tournament was making the quarter finals and restoring a bit pride back in the national team. After the World Cup kicked off and...

He was also convicted on very murky evidence in the first place. To prove the victim was drunk, they used CCTV of her stumbling at a takeaway IIRC. He went through the hassle of a retrial after he was convicted and served his jail time. That to me, at least says he was desperate to clear his...

Some potentially good news, the likelihood of a team winning the next round after penalties is 25% when they’re ranked lower than their next opponent (power rankings not FIFA). Croatia have got a good midfield, so it can be a tough game, but I think two penalty shootout wins in a row will be two...

When you phrase it like that, of course not. But, you’ve got to have faith in the process Robins is implementing. He and the club have said promotion is the goal, and bar a sale forced by our star player’s agent, that’s looked to be the case. We got a good deal for a player who’s only really...

France were my pick before the tournament, but if England get to the final, I’m flipping that because I’m not capable of going against my team!

The bolded part of your quote shows the irrationality of your argument if you truly believe that. Sterling wasn’t the only one to receive criticism. Lingard was criticised v Tunisia for his misses, Pickford was criticised v Belgium, Dele was dismissed as ‘unfit’ and calls for Loftus-Cheek were...

The Netherlands (3rd place in 2014) and Italy are teams who routinely do well at major tournaments, and have winning records against ourselves, were beaten by Sweden. They cannot be anywhere near as bad as you make out to do that. I like how you dismiss Switzerland as easy opponents, a team...

- Stones scored it, so does it matter? No. - The ‘first chance’ that was offside? You can clearly see he knew he was offside, at one point he basically stopped, the commentators noticed it too, he was well offside and he knew it. Either way, he could’ve made the slickest finish and it wouldn’t...

To say Sweden are rubbish just demonstrates how little you know about football. That mindset reeks of the arrogant and ignorant approach we had to ‘lesser’ nations in the past and got shown up for. As another poster pointed out, they beat Italy and the Netherlands to even get to a World Cup...

What? 1 chance against Panama which Stones followed up? He missed a couple of offside chances, so what? They wouldn't have counted anyway.

What would you like me to expand upon haha

I agree with the Biamou points because goals aren’t necessarily the be all and end all. Much like when Rashford missed a clear 1v1 with plenty of time and space? For Sterling’s chance, it was good goalkeeping and recovery defence. Should’ve done better, but his options were cut off very quickly...