ViewsFromTheMiddle Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Initial penalty to Senegal ruled after a VAR check. Brilliant challenge by Sanchez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimmu Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 6 minutes ago, ViewsFromTheMiddle said: Initial penalty to Senegal ruled after a VAR check. Brilliant challenge by Sanchez. Tackle of the tournament so far. Simply perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andicis Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Colombia might not be awful to get in the next round for England if they made it through, if James Rodriguez isn't fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Vegas Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Poland seem to be throwing this Japan game on purpose. Are they bitter over Colombia thrashing them? Everytime Poland look to get the ball in a good position, they knock it backwards and then back to the goalkeeper again. They don't want to make it obvious, by just allowing Japan to run riot, but this seems poor sportsmanship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Vegas Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 And as I say that, Poland finally score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViewsFromTheMiddle Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 That goal puts Colombia second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topram Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Top group we play Japan as it stands second we’d face Columbia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Let's win this group. Japan next..... Their game seems to have descended into farce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRam Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Just now, Wolfie said: Let's win this group. Japan next..... Their game seems to have descended into farce That was utterly bizarre. They couldnt risk letting Poland have the ball so they wouldnt get a yellow card. Proves how suboptimal the rule is. Im with Danny Murphy, make it shots on target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnero Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Isn't it 16 groups of 3 in the 2026 world cup, with only the top team making round 2? If so at least it'll stop dead final group games, trying to "fix" your route through the latter stages and going out of the tournament based on bloomin yellow cards! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViewsFromTheMiddle Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 So England are reportedly making 8 changes tonight. Bit drastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andicis Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 3 minutes ago, ViewsFromTheMiddle said: So England are reportedly making 8 changes tonight. Bit drastic. Utterly ludicrous decision from Southgate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ketteringram Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 18 minutes ago, SaintRam said: That was utterly bizarre. They couldnt risk letting Poland have the ball so they wouldnt get a yellow card. Proves how suboptimal the rule is. Im with Danny Murphy, make it shots on target. As was said on the radio. Columbia could have scored a deliberate own goal. Would have sent Japan out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rample Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 5 minutes ago, ViewsFromTheMiddle said: So England are reportedly making 8 changes tonight. Bit drastic. Only Pickford, Stones and Lingard keeping their places. Such a weird situation - the teams we avoid by finishing second are pretty formidable on paper so you can see a logic in throwing the game. I do think we have integrity enough to go out and play but I can see Belgium playing a training match and not having a shot second half unless they're a few goals down. I think Gareth has made a sensible choice. Don't risk anyone unnecessarily, but I presume he will tell the one's who do play to make a case for inclusion down the line. Imagine Vardy and Rashford netting goals and the impact they could have off the bench later as a result. I think we'll only know next game if it worked, you do have to worry about being sluggish. Personally I would have kept Stirling in and seen if he could break his duck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Shades of us v Kuwait in 1982 WC Personally I think it’s wise on this occasion to give some of the rest of the squad game time. Most of them have played before for the first team and probably have similar appearances so I don’t see it as weakening the team. and we may need some of them to be match sharp later on (hopefully). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViewsFromTheMiddle Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViewsFromTheMiddle Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 That Belgium team makes England's changes look not so bad. Both teams still have quite a bit of quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRam Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 1 hour ago, ketteringram said: As was said on the radio. Columbia could have scored a deliberate own goal. Would have sent Japan out. Why would they have done that? They had nothing to gain from knocking Japan out In fact wouldn't that have seen Senegal finish above them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millenniumram Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Can understand making changes but that’s quite an extreme from both sides. Rest a few players fo the knockouts but you should still keep the core together to get some rhythm going imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Was obvious both sides were going to make a load of changes, like it or not, rightly or wrongly. I can understand it, you have momentum v fresher legs, some believe players can play 90 minutes everyday, need to get a proper job but they can’t. Bloody warm out there, night off, I get it, and 2 managers made the same call. Bit crap on the fans mind you that may have travelled and can only make this game, not like it’s a bunch of duffers out there though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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