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Astonishes me when people slag off Kane like he's very easily England's best player and almost everything he does in a match is perfect. Scores loads of goals and then you get games like today when he assists a couple instead.

Makes such a big difference watching England with a couple of Toon players in the picture. Was buzzing every time they got involved today. Players I really like as well, unlike the likes of Owen and Dyer who really pissed me off towards the end of their time at NUFC.

Yep, and so do the US for inexplicably sitting back all half.

This ref is a total fanny.

Can somebody check on Mike pls

fucking hell. Fifa bans love and rainbows.

Yanks go close twice.

Doesn't make a blind bit of difference. Innnn-gerrrr-luuund

fair do's man, just a bit of mild piss-taking. Unsurprised you were on your bike after that Nigerian Space Program business tbf.

The stripped down Adidas symbol looks really smart on kits like

Least 2-0 2-0 I've seen in a while. Hugely flattering.

It's not that strange a thought from BG given that in the aftermath of the last England tournament game several of our players were racially abused.

It's Iran. Plus there's more than one way to win a football match. People are within their rights to question selections etc based on what they've seen previously, unless they're supposed to just not watch any football in between tournaments? We have been pretty good so far though, against poor opposition

Was mostly a back 4 in the Euros and he was alright. The WC in Russia was a back 5 the whole time I think.

Well this place is pulsating with excitement

Presumably Maguire's horror show vs Germany wasn't enough to leave him out then. Southgate waiting for him to fuck up in a big game instead. Generally the lineup looks OK but Mount has a lot to do to persuade me he's not a waste of a shirt for England, and hoping we see something beyond sideways passing from our 2 defensive midfielders. Same old, basically

probs the best one yet tbh

Good job Qatar got the opening day to themselves

Qatar 1-2 Ecuador Senegal 1-2 Netherlands England 3-0 Iran USA 1-1 Wales Argentina 4-0 Saudi Arabia (double) Denmark 2-0 Tunisia Mexico 2-1 Poland France 2-0 Australia Morocco 0-2 Croatia Germany 2-0 Japan Spain 3-0 Costa Rica Belgium 3-0 Canada Switzerland 2-1 Cameroon Uruguay 2-1 South Korea Portgual 2-0 Ghana Brazil 3-1 Serbia Winner - Argentina Runner up - France Top scorer - Mbappe Total number of red cards throughout the tournament - 8 At which round will England be eliminated - Quarter Finals

I'm curious about what the atmospheres will be like at the games now. If the vibe is proper flat then I doubt it'll be a very good tournament.

Didn't realise he was a Qatari, Arab, African, gay, disabled migrant worker tbh. Fair do's.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/nov/18/fans-paid-to-attend-world-cup-by-qatar-have-daily-allowance-cancelled

Pele doesn't seem to get mentioned that much these days, there was intense debate back in the 90s when I was growing up about who was the GOAT and most said Pele but Maradona seems the main one mentioned now. Definitely must be an era thing where the voices in the media now weren't alive to see Pele, similar to how 66 isn't mentioned so much these days when it used to come up in British popular culture constantly.