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Reply | England Thread 🏴
at 16:37 20 Jul 2026
I did enjoy it on the whole but yeah too many teams, the round of 32 really wasn't necessary.
Will only get worse from here on in, ruined by money like everything else. |
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Reply | ITV's coverage last night...
at 14:06 20 Jul 2026
I like McCoist but he can't make up for the awfulness of Matterface and Dixon.
Mowbray and Shearer did a good job I think.
As for the pundits I couldn't really care less, I just tune in for the actual football. |
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Reply | The ultimate World Cup thread
at 13:34 20 Jul 2026
I rewatched the 1990 final recently and it wasn't as bad as people make out, Argentina did attempt to go forwards and it was a fairly even game.
Argentina were far more negative last night, it was the most one sided World Cup final I can remember. |
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Reply | The ultimate World Cup thread
at 10:26 20 Jul 2026
Indeed - much as we moaned about England at 1-0 up but Spain very nearly did the same against a team with ten men, Argentina had two very presentable chances but missed them both (or well, one was very well cleared behind for a corner). With an extra man Spain just stopped keeping the ball and let Argentina come at them. It was very odd to be honest.
Anyway the best team in the tournament won so we can all be grateful for that.
England would definitely have given Spain more of a game but we'd still have lost.
The Argentina tactics were a bit mystifying (arguably in keeping with most of their games of only coming alive once they were behind). But they played the role of pantomime villains to a tee  |
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Reply | Random irritations..
at 09:39 20 Jul 2026
Anything advertised by David fkin Beckham.
The money grabbing cnt.
Makes Harry Redknobb look shy and retiring. |
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Reply | England Thread 🏴
at 15:22 17 Jul 2026
And I'm not even sure Tuchel was, er, that much of a flavour anyway.
As mentioned, the FA just not fit for purpose like so many other UK organisations, sporting or otherwise. Starting at the top with our so called government.
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Reply | England Thread 🏴
at 15:13 17 Jul 2026
Who both should have stayed in their jobs (and built some form of dynasty?) but got done over by off the field activities which barely had anything to do with football.
FWIW I'd have happily kept Carsley on (I don't think he'd have done any worse than Tuchel) but the FA are always obsessed on spending money on big names, just because.
Talk about Pep just because he's available is absolute nonsense; his wages would be stupid and I don't think he's suited to international football anyway. Would be Capello all over again.
Look at the two head coaches for Sunday's final - neither are top performing club managers, both have earned their experience in coaching and being close to the national team across the age levels. De La Fuente worked with Spain U19s since 2013 and worked his way up from there. Scaloni started with Argentina U20s in 2018 before getting the senior role. You think there might be something in that? |
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Reply | England Thread 🏴
at 10:59 17 Jul 2026
Well given they renewed his contract before the tournament, if they sacked him it would be a huge payout which I don't think even the FA could swallow. |
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Reply | Celar €1.5 million
at 10:58 17 Jul 2026
Madsen barely did much either in his first six months (or more).
Sorry but I think you're just being harsh on him. |
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Reply | Celar €1.5 million
at 10:08 17 Jul 2026
Again some posters being very harsh about him.
Maybe he was similar to Madsen in taking time to adapt to a new country, new league, new place of work, new boss. It doesn't happen overnight. Scored two great goals against Cardiff and looked like he was turning a corner, then was very unlucky to get a serious injury.
I'm not saying he was likely to be a QPR legend, maybe it was never going to happen for him here. But some of our fans just look at the player on the pitch and don't think about the human being off it, and what they might be going through. |
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Reply | Celar €1.5 million
at 09:58 17 Jul 2026
Bit harsh.
Anyway let's be grateful we got Kone and Burrell. |
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Reply | England Thread 🏴
at 09:49 17 Jul 2026
Well true but at the end of the day the manager can only say so much, it's up to the players once they cross that white line (as we QPR fans well know!)
Having said that I am curious as to what Tuchel said in that hydration break. |
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Reply | England Thread 🏴
at 09:17 17 Jul 2026
Like I said Infantino had clearly got on the blower to Tuchel
But regardless of the subs it is still a mentality issue with England players - you're leading against the World Champions, of course they're going to come at you to turn the game around. But you still need to find a way to manage the game and most importantly manage possession of the ball. They must have sports psychologists coming out their ar$e but it seems it's still an issue they haven't yet resolved.
The fact Argentina have never lost a World Cup semi final speaks volumes for their mentality (skill/talent aside). [Post edited 17 Jul 9:23]
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