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Come on Croatia.

That final ball has got to be better if Croatia want to get back in this.

Didier Deschdew.

Come on Croatia. Absolute fix this, so far.

Fuck off man.

Atmosphere sounds flat

Would love to know how many viewers Clive and iTV are getting vs BBC

Instead of Townsend I’d imagine?

This. Has absolutely no place in international football. Fucking donkey.

Won’t be disappointed not to hear that fucking band in a while. Nobody likes your shit fucking dirges. Fuck off.

Landed on his feet there, the little troll.

This.

The fat cunt needs to get his hand in his wallet. Looking at the PL table, the sides that we’re realistically competing with are all improving. It’s also hard to pick a bottom 3 from that lot. Cardiff, Huddersfield and Brighton/Bournemouth/Southampton at first look but beyond that...

Aye. France have really reminded me of the international Man U. Bags of talent and potential, though never really going for it. Functional and reliant upon individual magic to finish teams off.

100% this. Think it was actually unfortunate that the pretournament realism had been blown away after Panama. If Southgate can in some way influence expectations we’ll be able to better reflect on tournament performances. If we see this WC for what it is, some progress has defo been made in terms of reinvigorating support for England - dare I say making the efforts of the players more honest? They’ve done well, but the ‘it’s coming home’ nonsense should be put into context.

He’s undoubtedly an articulate chap with good ideas. But the reality is that the formation he wants to play with will be quickly sussed by the better sides who can play around it - especially with the number of square pegs in round holes. Lingard is obviously a useful player, as is Alli, but neither are really central midfielders in the same way that Walker isn’t a centre back. It’ll be a learning curve for him for sure, I just hope he tries to find players that better suit his system.

Would love Croatia to get a result here. What an achievement it would be.

Modric is a phenomenal player, like. Glides across the pitch and drags his team forward. Hope Croatia go on to win it.

Heroes, ffs. They played ok against two decent sides and managed to break down a toothless Sweden team.

Thought Seri and Plea were also in talks with Dortmund?

Scummy cunts are West Ham. I see absolutely no reason why he’d leave us to go there.

Great news. He’ll rot there for the remainder of his contract I reckon. He’s on too big a wage for Champo clubs to take him.

Please never change, HTT

Is he likely to be their no.1?

Aye, he’s been really good. Frees up De Bruyne to move up the pitch - much better in that position than as some sort of quarter back.