Cheeky Monkey
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[Football] World Cup - Day Twenty One... Time for the boys to do us proud.
- Thread starter Mortdecai
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- Apr 5, 2014
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Yeah, but you know that cream crackers are great comfort food and the Sunday roast is always full of expectation but comes out with burnt potatoes and rotten meat.
brighton terra
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At least Mac Allister can now score the winning goal in the final, without getting lambasted at every football ground in England!
Auckland seagull
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We played well and it was possibly the game of the tournament. I can't blame Southgate for losing. It could have gone either way as it was end to end throughout. Doesn't stop me feeling gutted though. I'm old enough to remember '66 and I'm beginning to think we'll never win another tournament in my lifetime...
France were the better team. They won because they crafted two good goals whereas England didn’t.
We were not, played well but definitely not the better team.
- Apr 5, 2014
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I think there is less burden of expectation and you know that you only have to wait a week for the next disappointment.
I don’t get the we played well, we were OK at best.
The contained us with ease and after we scored upped it another level
AmexRuislip
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Exactly this, also when a team misses a penalty at a crucial time in the game it’s over, the penalty was shite and the game was lost then.
- Apr 5, 2014
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Agree with this. England played some good football but relied on two penalties from nothing situations as a prospect of extra time.
We can feel disappointed as England is our home, but not hard done by.
AmexRuislip
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Exactly Sir, more important.
Thought we played well.
Moments of brilliance win games, fantastic ball of Griezmann - the cross was the goal.
Great first pen by Kane, second unfortunate, but that’s not the reason we didn’t win, we just needed a little bit more. Great saves Lloris.
My only criticism is the Sterling sub, genuinely don’t understand bringing on a player who is in poor form.
Well played England…..
Moments of brilliance win games, fantastic ball of Griezmann - the cross was the goal.
Great first pen by Kane, second unfortunate, but that’s not the reason we didn’t win, we just needed a little bit more. Great saves Lloris.
My only criticism is the Sterling sub, genuinely don’t understand bringing on a player who is in poor form.
Well played England…..
Agree. England had a few good spells but didn’t really worry France.
No reason to dump the manager. After all, who looks like a better prospect?
It is what it is.
It is what it is.
dejavuatbtn
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I’ve said it before, Giroud is one of the best centre forwards in the world. I remember him taking us to the cleaners when playing for Arsenal at the Amex. They were better than us in important positions. We might have got away with it with a decent ref but we probably have little argument with the result.
Clinical finishing vs not….we should be used it.
US Seagull
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Brightside, despite the one booking, I think we are guaranteed to win the fair play award now!
Fair play's coming home!
Fair play's coming home!
- Oct 20, 2022
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Maybe France annihilating Croatia in the first half of the final with a 20:1 lead and then both teams being disqualified from the tournament because they’d been smoking weed in the dressing rooms at half time and came out of the tunnel in rainbow shirts in much too much of a benevolent mood with each other to play the second half.
Otherwise, I’d be really happy to see a Morocco v Argentina final.
Pondicherry
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Croatia semi final, Italy final and tonight were all games we could have won but didn't. We need to find a way to win big games rather than being plucky losers. We played as well as France tonight but as per Gary, Roy and Jordan, this was an opportunity missed.