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.
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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.
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:
Oi, Tunisia...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctAf6Xsy9j4
Couldn’t finish watching that.
FFS. Kill them all.
:lol: I know. Toe curling.
Thanks for posting it.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Goonermerree
They'd fluffed their lines all match.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Goonermerree
He's a spud cuntQuote:
Originally Posted by Goonermerree
Did Lineker call that exceptional last night or was I hallucinating?
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by 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.
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:
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.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Unaibomber