Beren

1. Pavard 2. Messi 3. Quaresma

Still feel like his hands were headed in that direction before the ball even changed direction. Fuck, I just saw the 10th replay and I just realized the France player misses the ball immediately before it hits his arm. He didn’t expect it to come there, so his arm was naturally moving towards his side as he was landing. Hmmmm. Feels like 12 Angry Men, this. Shout

that's what i thought actually, he didn't expect the france player to miss it and if it had flicked it would have been up in the air where his hands were Yup, trying to whip it back to his side if anything. Unless he missed his calling as a goalkeeper to save that with half a yard reflexes on a ball coming in at pace.

Prick mouthbreathing ref can't even work a whistle, how has he got this game

His hand very easily could have been coming down to his side to avoid handball. No way you can get the mens rea from that footage.

This ref is fucking shite.

Yeah I can't see in what world that is clear and obvious.

Shittest celebration.

FML

Not a pen.

Gerrin

Another set piece to give France a lead to sit on and counter. Woof.

Howay Croatia!

Fucking ITV and their saccharine glorification of defeats.

Real Madrid are gonna love him. He deserves to play for them.

Hazard, man

Shola-esque power on that shot from Rashford.

Bet365 offer on for the final.

For Man City he is, but that's for Man City with a different set of players and tactics. Even for Man City he wastes countless chances. Rashford may not have some of Sterling's strong points, but he's more positive-minded in that he likes to run at people, doesn't give the ball away so much and can actually beat a man, which in turn allows us to create more chances in front of goal. You mean apart from the one he put on a plate for Kane? Needle in a haystack, sure. What else has he done? He gives possession away more than anybody else in the team. How many assists does he have in this tournament? One? How many shots did we have on target against Croatia? How many times has he given away possession and sparked counter attacks for the opposition? I never said he doesn't have impressive work-rate or movement because he does. He can use his pace to beat someone TO the ball. It's once he GETS the ball that we're in trouble. It's not pursuing an agenda or any of that nonsense. It's saying what we're all seeing on our TV for goodness sake. Is it part of our tactical set-up for him to lose the ball so much or miss golden chances? Suggest an alternative then. He's clearly more effective than Rashford in that role. I already said Jamie Vardy offers much more in that role. He's just as pacey as Sterling and works just as hard for the team. He chases down lost causes and even wins possession back for us at times as he's shown in this tournament. He's very unfashionable, sadly.

Forgot all about that! Does he still get a World Cup medal, or nah?

So the Premier League will end in May or June that season then?

Wheels up to meet this guy: http://www.nufcblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Hatem-Ben-Arfa-airport.jpg

He's a Boro guy. Nee way Shelvey gets a look in.

I'm inclined to agree with tmonkey. The bar has been set so horrifically low by previous managers that Southgate is getting a rimming for not much. He fell short in a lot of key areas IMO.

Howay Croatia