Super Duper Branko Strupar

They're packing the middle well and we can't get through. Amazed neither Walker nor Tripper are overlapping to stretch them. Especially as we have 2 holding CMs to help cover.

Pickford nailed on to make a mistake with how much of the ball he's seeing.

Pickford is such an idiot.

Brozovic is a fucking nightmare.

Av it

Good start.

Fuuuuuuck

Always crazy to think how well Croatia do at International level given how new the country is and how small the population is. And how little flat land they seem to have.

How are they always behind?

England fans waving Union flags annoys me immensely.

You are simply an idiot. You're going to have to own that, unfortunately. What the fuck does peoples' decision to make a stand against particular actions got anything to do with how you feel it makes a collective appear?! We have innumerous people going in to their fucking job, wholly expecting to receive abuse at the end of it for simply being who they are. Would you not feel aggrieved if you got home every day to a barrage of personal abuse because of who you are and what you do?! And dismissing the abuse these players receive so easily with your lazy explanations is tantamount to supporting those who are guilty of it. It's wilful ignorance and its fucking disgusting. "not saying it doesnt happen but...". Ah, sweet mate, areet then. Lets all fucking forget about it shall we eh? Fuck off. You dont agree with taking a knee because you dont agree that the racism that is clear to anyone of sound mind so rampant and quite clearly increasing is something to be offended at. Not something you see, eh? The fuck are people so offended at, yeah? Moron

It was truly awful, like. I think twice the camera zoomed in on his face through the legs whilst on the floor and he was lifeless. And the CPR was canny furious. It was horrible to see and the people in charge of bringing those images want a stern talking to. People are obviously going to continue watching through the hope of witnessing him bounce back up. To continue to show that level of desperation to those looking for hope was shameful. The zooming in. The aerial shots. His wife... The most important thing right now is that the lad is well, all things considered. But some are going to be very fucking happy they didnt televise the death of someone live on tv whilst fucking zooming in, Really shook me having to see that, earlier. As I'm sure it did a lot of people. It wasn't right. And hopefully this will bring about some positive changes with regards to process for dealing with this kind of thing and player monitoring to avoid it.

Convenient.

How is Mazepin racing then? It start next year?

Ah is that right? Maybe it depends on the governing body's decision. Hang on Mazepin is Russian you doylum.

Aye theyre banned from international athletics because of doping. But that's not extended to other Sports.

Will be top scorer I reckon.

Do you agree with players being racially abused? All the shite that is aimed at black players on social media and the like?

True, but Im glad they're being so proactive with it. And how willing they are to repeat it.

https://www.thepetitionsite.com/en-gb/677/314/880/getting-defibulators-to-all-football-grounds/ Should be at all sports venues imo. 5 a side pitches, gyms, sports centres, golf courses etc etc. It is good to see them dotted around in public in some places in this country already. I know there is one in Wylam and one in Otley, for example. Not seen one in a city centre but I'm sure there must be. Maybe Ive walked past some and not registered. The more the better obviously.

It's such a simple rule to implement. Sewelly got it bang on when he said the offside rule was designed to stop players hanging high up and not to stop an attacker's toe being an inch or two ahead of a defender's. I remember when we used to have conversations about "daylight" between the players. We should go back to that then VAR's job is simple.

Terrible decision, even worse penalty.

Awful decision.