Tunisia v England, 19:00 BST, BBC.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I think a 0-2 crawl but Tunisia are little bit well organised.

[Mac76]

0-0 or 1-1

Alli sent off

K**t plays like a c**t

[Master Splinter]

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/live-experience/cps/624/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2018/6/18/e5a3939a-bb58-4338-8438-db085432c087.png

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/live-experience/cps/624/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2018/6/18/5fff4aec-539a-4694-802c-7b98979a8ffd.png

[The Emirates Gallactico]

2 - 0 England.

Tunisia are a bit shit.

[Master Splinter]

Bronn playing in defence for Tunisia.


https://got2016-nocompany1458150561.netdna-ssl.com/Cast/bronn-360.jpg


:bow: :bow:

[The Emirates Gallactico]

The Queen dabbing ... :unsure:

[GP]

That's Ser Bronn to you, peasant.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

BBC should have Cesc on instead of Fatty Lampard. He's been the best pundit at the WC so far.

[Master Splinter]

BBC should have Cesc on instead of Fatty Lampard. He's been the best pundit at the WC so far.

Lampard's by far the most tolerable English pundit. He can string sentences together as a bonus.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Would have started Loftus-Cheek instead of Henderson at the base of the midfield tbh. Henderson is going to be completely redundant in a game like this.


Lampard's by far the most tolerable English pundit. He can string sentences together as a bonus.

Fair enough. Instead of "I don't know much about them" Shearer then.

[Master Splinter]

England are number one in the Preparation world rankings.

They also top the 'Best Press Conference Soundbites' and 'Most Happy And Relaxed Squad' rankings.

Not sure what relevance that has to substance on a football pitch though.

[Master Splinter]

Would have started Loftus-Cheek instead of Henderson at the base of the midfield tbh. Henderson is going to be completely redundant in a game like this. .

He's already got enough attacking players there. Loftus-Cheek plays a similar role to Alli.

If your point is that England don't have a midfield anyway so they might as well throw all the attackers on, then you're probably right.




Fair enough. Instead of "I don't know much about them" Shearer then

Rio is the most irredeemably stupid man I've ever seen on TV, so I expected him to be the first target of anyone's ire.

[Goonermerree]

Time for the Champions elect to open their campaign. It's the year of the under dog.:cheer:

[The Emirates Gallactico]

He's already got enough attacking players there. Loftus-Cheek plays a similar role to Alli.

If your point is that England don't have a midfield anyway so they might as well throw all the attackers on, then you're probably right.





Rio is the most irredeemably stupid man I've ever seen on TV, so I expected him to be the first target of anyone's ire.

More that Tunisia aren't going to offer much going forwards and you much rather have a technically superior player like Loftus-Cheek who can unlock a defence there instead of a clogger like Henderson.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Maguire as in Harry Maguire? :haha:

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Maguire as in Harry Maguire? :haha:

Yes that's the one. Actually prefer him to Cahill tbh tbf.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great save to deny Lingard!

[Master Splinter]

Tunisia willing England to score.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ser Bronn of the Black Sea. :bow:

[Master Splinter]

Sterling :haha: :haha:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

https://www.thesun.co.uk/world-cup-2018/6553177/now-wetherspoons-bans-staff-from-putting-up-st-george-flags-during-world-cup-in-pc-meltdown/

The Sun. :haha:

:pal:

[The Emirates Gallactico]

England dominating

[Marc Overmars]

Getting through with ease, we better make the most of this pressure :doh:

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Fuckig hell. We should be up by 2 at least already.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kane shot blocked.

[Marc Overmars]

KANE!!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Tunisia 0-1 England, Kane.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Brilliant save before that too. :lol:

[Cripps]

:faint:

[Goonermerree]

Love him or hate him, he scores.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Least of what they deserved.

[Marc Overmars]

Their keeper injured and taken off :lol:

[Goonermerree]

https://www.thesun.co.uk/world-cup-2018/6553177/now-wetherspoons-bans-staff-from-putting-up-st-george-flags-during-world-cup-in-pc-meltdown/

The Sun. :haha:

:pal:

That's ridiculous, can't we have any patriotism?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Henderson smacks it, Mufasa saves. :bow:

[Master Splinter]

Bronn :bow:.

[Master Splinter]

Sliti :haha:.

Truly awlful.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dele Alli was a little bit mugged there.

Sooty or whoever sends it sky high though.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Shinguard. :haha:

Awful.

[Master Splinter]

Lingard :haha:.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Lingaard :doh:

They better not regret these missed chances.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Deflected shot for a corner!

Walker nervous kitten.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pelanty to Tunisia! :haha:

[Master Splinter]

Pelanty!!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Walker. :haha:

What a berk.

[Marc Overmars]

Walker you fucking idiot

[Marc Overmars]

1-1 :haha:

[Master Splinter]

SASSI!!!!!

[GP]

Walker is lucky to stay on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Tunisia 1-1 England, Sassy!

:bow:

:haha:

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Does this idiot not realise we have VAR now?

[Cripps]

Penalty my arse :lol:

[Master Splinter]

You never lose that inner Spurs thug.

Walker the CB :bow:.

[Marc Overmars]

You always see little tangles like that in the box but they’re rarely given.

[Goonermerree]

Keep your arm trailing like that and you make it an easy decision. I thought he was going to be sent off.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Khazri just saved England by going full Welbeck.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Yeah it was ridcously harsh but you can't even risk that these days.

[Master Splinter]

Khazri slips. :doh:

[Cripps]

Sterling is crap :lol:

[Cripps]

Maguire looks a bag of nerves.

[Cripps]

Stones :haha:

[Marc Overmars]

How haven’t we scored?!!!

[Cripps]

So how's that not a penalty then? :lol:

[Master Splinter]

Should be a pel for England.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

That was worse than what Walker did.

[Cripps]

Lingaard :haha:

[Master Splinter]

Maaloul doing a Bif.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Tunisia 1-1 England, HT. :popcorn:

[Cripps]

Quite impressed tbf :blink:

[Master Splinter]

Bronn has been really good.

He'll probably be quite expensive now though.

[Marc Overmars]

Played fairly well, just a moment of stupidity from Walker costs us.

Should still win as long as we don’t shit ourselves.

[Goonermerree]

VAR pulled the game back to give Sweden a penalty, how did VAR not see that rugby tackle on Kane? Lingard, get the ball in the back of the net. Sterling, not bad but not good. Need to keep the temp up second half. Oh an Young, keep your arms to yourself

[The Emirates Gallactico]

You can take the player out of Spurs but you can't take the Spurs out of the player.

Walker :doh:

[Goonermerree]

Who are our subs? Been looking, but I can't find the info. I hope England don't drop their levels like they did against Nigeria.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

England looked world class going forward, alright Logan, tone it down a bit.

[Marc Overmars]

So why wasn’t VAR used after Kane was speared inside the box?

[Master Splinter]

At least ITV have a mix of pundits.

The BBC is the same old jingoistic old boys club. A really hateful collection of cunts.

[Marc Overmars]

Kane put in a chokehold this time. :lol:

[LDG]

More wrestling moves on Kane.

What the fuck!

[Marc Overmars]

Get Welbz on

[LDG]

Young and Sterling are so B-Class.

[Marc Overmars]

This is a bit shit now.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Fellaini in the crowd. :bow:

[LDG]

Trippier is alright actually.

[Cripps]

Wasted 15 chances and now we've lost our rhythm.

[Master Splinter]

I think Southgate is the first person in history to recieve outlandish praise for just his beige existence.

[Cripps]

Tbf we've played better than previous tournaments. Gotta make it count though.

[Marc Overmars]

Confidence gone and now they’re afraid of over-committing and conceding a second.

Typical England.

[Cripps]

Good sub

Southgate :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sterling hauled off, Rashford on.

[Marc Overmars]

Rashford on. Sterling well and truly hauled off.

[LDG]

Good. Sterling is all huff and puff.

Come on Marcus :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Trippier freekick, not really close.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Drop toe hold on Kane

[Cripps]

Officials having a nightmare :lol:

[LDG]

Kane has spent more time on the floor than his tongue usually does

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dele Alli can't control it.

Mustafi to the rescue. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Not close from Sissi this time.

:haha:

[Marc Overmars]

Get Ali off

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sliti off, Ben Amor on.

[LDG]

Get Young off ffs. He’s so shit.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Definitely time for Welbeck's energy, chaos and lovely smile.

[Master Splinter]

Will England release a DVD of the first 20 minutes?

[Marc Overmars]

Panama will probably cause Tunisia more problems than England have in this half.

[Master Splinter]

Youngy :haha:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

A long time for Youngy to take aim and belt it over.

[Cripps]

Are we actually gonna draw after creating 200 chances :haha:

[Master Splinter]

Alli hauled off.

Loftus-Nedved on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dele Alli off, Loftus-Cheek on.

[Marc Overmars]

Loftus-Cheek?

I’m done.

[Marc Overmars]

Loftus-Nedved on.

:lol:

[LDG]

Rashford :bow:

[LDG]

Jaws is down

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Khazri off, Khalifa on.

[I am invisible]

A long time for Youngy to take aim and belt it over.
The worst part is he actually placed it there!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Whack it Rashford!

[Marc Overmars]

Why didn’t Rashford shoot? :blink:

[Master Splinter]

Saber Khalifa :bow:.

Best name of the World Cup?

Fidel Escobar was the previous best.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Loftus-Cheek. :haha:

[The Emirates Gallactico]

FFS Rashford.

[I am invisible]

Ah, it's the heat, of course! That's why we're not winning. Russia is too hot.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Ah, it's the heat, of course! That's why we're not winning. Russia is too hot.

And the heat only affects us! Not the other team!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Four added minutes.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Tunisia 1-2 England, Kane again.

[Marc Overmars]

KANE!!!!

[Master Splinter]

Tunisia :doh:.

[LDG]

Get in!

[Cripps]

It's ours :bow:

[Marc Overmars]

Southgate showing some emotion :wacko:

[I am invisible]

There must have been a cooling breeze just then, thank god!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Tunisia 1-2 England, FT!

It's on its way!

[Master Splinter]

Did Loftus-Rivaldo win the corner?

Southgate's subs :bow:.

[Cripps]

Made hard work of it but all the other top teams haven't set the tournament alight either

Southgate :bow:

[Marc Overmars]

Football’s coming home :bow:

[Cripps]

Southgate's got us playing some sort of system tbf

Just make sure Alli doesn't start again

[LDG]

Rashford has to start the next match.

I’m sorry but Sterling and Young are shit. At least Rashford has some intellegence to go with the balance and skill.

[Goonermerree]

I think VAR is against us as well. Kane and Henderson were being rugby tackled in the penalty area. Anyhoo, we won, we won.

[Master Splinter]

Africa :haha:.

Having a shocker.

Senegal to complete the set?

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

That's exactly why Kane should be on corners.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

This BBC coverage. :haha:

It makes me so resentful.

[Cripps]

Who decided Kane wasn't good enough for Arsenal? :doh:

Wenger :doh:

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Who decided Kane wasn't good enough for Arsenal? :doh:

Wenger :doh:

tbf he was pretty shit at Spurs as a youth player until he suddenly had that breakthrough year under Pochettino.

[Cripps]

tbf he was pretty shit at Spurs as a youth player until he suddenly had that breakthrough year under Pochettino.

Before the game tonight they were saying he was a stand out youth player and scored a bucket load.

[Marc Overmars]

Christ that second half was a slog but to be fair that was mainly because Tunisia well and truly parked the bus. It was a deserved win.

Another fast start against Panama hopefully and this time kill the game off early to spare us the excruciating viewing.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Before the game tonight they were saying he was a stand out youth player and scored a bucket load.

Nah he was sent out on loan numerous times to lower league teams and never impressed at any of them.

And he only got his opportunity because Soldadao (remember him :lol:) got injured and turned utter shit. :lol:

Apart from Pochettino no one can honestly claim that Kane would turn out to be the beast he is right now.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Never would have been so tense without Walker's bit of stupidity. Once a spud....

[Coney]

This BBC coverage. :haha:

It makes me so resentful.

Bloody dire. I just turned it on mute at half time - Shearer is just painful.

[Cripps]

Nah he was sent out on loan numerous times to lower league teams and never impressed at any of them.

And he only got his opportunity because Soldadao (remember him :lol:) got injured and turned utter shit. :lol:

Apart from Pochettino no one can honestly claim that Kane would turn out to be the beast he is right now.

Well I'd rather believe football coaches over some guy on the internet :unsure:

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Well I'd rather believe football coaches over some guy on the internet :unsure:

Which football coach correctly predicted that Kane would turn out to be a world class striker when he was still a kid?

[Master Splinter]

Does Maguire call himself 'H' as well?

But there's only one H for me.

[Cripps]

Which football coach correctly predicted that Kane would turn out to be a world class striker when he was still a kid?

I'm referring to the first part of your post.

[Cripps]

Does Maguire call himself 'H' as well?

But there's only one H for me.

Triple H :bow:

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Does Maguire call himself 'H' as well?

But there's only one H for me.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_%22H%22_Watkins

:unsure:

[Master Splinter]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_%22H%22_Watkins

:unsure:

Was in two of the greatest groups of all time.

H :bow:.

[Özim]

Who decided Kane wasn't good enough for Arsenal? :doh:

Wenger :doh:

This was a shocker, his job was to spot talent, no young player is a world beater but you should be able to spot a talented player, Spurs stuck with him so can't have been as bad a TEG said, yes he went on loan but most young players go on loan to get experience when they're young.

Saw Wenger was criticising the defending in the Brazil match, makes me laugh the guy doesn't have a clue about defending as demonstrated by the teams he built and yet he sees himself as some sort of expert, can't take him seriously, if he knew anything abot defending we wouldn't have been such an embarrassment at the back.

He only bought Stepanovs after his players played a practical joke on him :lol:

[Xhaka Can’t]

That was a good performance by England. They came out on fire and kept plugging away after the penalty right to the end.

That will give them confidence and a young team with confidence makes for dangerous opposition.

[Cripps]

Saw Wenger was criticising the defending in the Brazil match, makes me laugh the guy doesn't have a clue about defending as demonstrated by the teams he built and yet he sees himself as some sort of expert, can't take him seriously, if he knew anything abot defending we wouldn't have been such an embarrassment at the back.

He only bought Stepanovs after his players played a practical joke on him :lol:

:lol:

[WMUG]

This was a shocker, his job was to spot talent, no young player is a world beater but you should be able to spot a talented player, Spurs stuck with him so can't have been as bad a TEG said, yes he went on loan but most young players go on loan to get experience when they're young.

Saw Wenger was criticising the defending in the Brazil match, makes me laugh the guy doesn't have a clue about defending as demonstrated by the teams he built and yet he sees himself as some sort of expert, can't take him seriously, if he knew anything abot defending we wouldn't have been such an embarrassment at the back.

He only bought Stepanovs after his players played a practical joke on him :lol:

Give it a fucking rest mate. It's coming home.

[Letters]

Give it a fucking rest mate.

:gp:


It's coming home.

:shitpost:

[LDG]

From the news reports this morning, I can tell you that we are definitely going to win the World Cup.

[Niall_Quinn]

That was a good performance by England. They came out on fire and kept plugging away after the penalty right to the end.

That will give them confidence and a young team with confidence makes for dangerous opposition.

They did well to cope with the heat. Supposedly it was over 20 degrees. What England totally lacked in technical ability they more than made up for in tattoos. Some fine examples on display last night. Some of the best you'll see in the modern game. Sterling was maybe the one outstanding disappointment. He set his stall out and ran his socks off with pace and power, but only managed to get not one single thing right on the night.

A bit sad to see Tunisia resort to diving. Keown did very well to spot this and comment on it regularly throughout the match. A big improvement as he's missed this in every other game he's ever commentated on.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

It is interesting that just before kick off it was apparently "perfect weather for football" but by the time these professional athletes were struggling to move, after 50 minutes, it was impossible heat and humidity.

[Marc Overmars]

There’s no excuse they won’t stoop to.

I thought after the Iceland disaster it was commonly accepted that we’re just not very good. Clearly not. :lol:

[Letters]

Oi, Tunisia...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctAf6Xsy9j4

[Marc Overmars]

Couldn’t finish watching that.

FFS. Kill them all.

[Letters]

:lol: I know. Toe curling.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Thanks for posting it.

[Goonermerree]

Yuk to that video. Fair play to Kane though, if that late chance had dropped to either Sterling or Lingard neither would have scored. He took it calmly with a cool head.

[Niall_Quinn]

Yuk to that video. Fair play to Kane though, if that late chance had dropped to either Sterling or Lingard neither would have scored. He took it calmly with a cool head.

Sterling became far more influential after 68 mins. And there could be a very good reason why Lingard is playing at this level, it's possible.

[Goonermerree]

Sterling became far more influential after 68 mins. And there could be a very good reason why Lingard is playing at this level, it's possible.

They'd fluffed their lines all match.

[Niall_Quinn]

They'd fluffed their lines all match.

I knew in advance the match would be dire beyond compare, so I amused myself by watching Sterling. Quite literally, he got nothing right. Nothing. It's hard to imagine there's nobody knocking around the country who is better than this guy. Every time he got the ball or took up his goal-hanging position he fucked it up. The first goal should have been disallowed because he was offside, so he could have fucked up the result too. His one strength is his comprehensive technical inability. He's so useless on the ball he ends up being super unpredictable. He doesn't have a clue what to do, so nobody else has a clue either. His passes deflect all over the place, his random running could see him end up anywhere, his clinical lack of ability in front of goal means anything could happen - usually something very funny but also unintended consequences like mis-hitting the ball vaguely towards the goal, close enough so there's a statistical possibility of it going in. The most hopeless player I have ever seen in an England shirt.

[GP]

Yuk to that video. Fair play to Kane though, if that late chance had dropped to either Sterling or Lingard neither would have scored. He took it calmly with a cool head.

He's a spud cunt

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Did Lineker call that exceptional last night or was I hallucinating?

[Letters]

Finally seen some highlights although edited so annoyingly it was impossible to get much of a feel for how we played. Looked like we made enough decent chances.
Lingard though :doh:
Embarrassing.

Meh. We so rarely win the first game of a major tournament, I'll take it.

[WMUG]

Finally seen some highlights although edited so annoyingly it was impossible to get much of a feel for how we played. Looked like we made enough decent chances.
Lingard though :doh:
Embarrassing.

Meh. We so rarely win the first game of a major tournament, I'll take it.

What was embarrassing about Lingard? Had one snapshot brilliantly saved, was unlucky with the one that hit the post. Sterling was the embarrassing one, I thought.

[Letters]

As discussed the highlights were edited in a way which makes it hard to evaluate performances well, but one assessment of his performance was:

"Lively on the ball but missed an abundance of chances"

Sounds about right from what I saw, some of the finishing looked...Welbeckesque.

[WMUG]

That describes a lot of players, but I think it's harsh to tar Lingard with that particular brush. Stones, Sterling and Rashford all missed easier chances than he did, like I said he was quite unlucky as opposed to incompetent like the rest :lol:

[Letters]

Fair enough. I just noticed it more with Lingard from the rubbish highlights I saw.
It seemed liked a pretty incompetent display up front, otherwise looked like a #decent performance.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Sterling missed the easiest chance of them all.

[WMUG]

Sterling missed the easiest chance of them all.

Yeah, looked like he didn't know what foot to go with then decided neither and just let it hit him.