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Basically the frothers won’t settle for anything less than the following from Southgate: 1) He says politics needs to stay out of football and puts a total stop any mention of discrimination 2) He commands the team to both not take the knee but also denounce it

How likeable are some of these players? Saka is one of my favourite England players ever for how easy he is to get behind

That is an outstanding goal

Kane is like a passing cyborg, does he ever mess up a forward pass in terms of weighting?

Bellingham is everywhere

So would Trippier, no idea what England do to contain him

Senegal are so well organised across the middle and the back, couple that with their quality and pace on the ball and they’ve looked a lot more fluid than we have. We’re so ponderous in possession

That’s such a good save like

Goes without saying that i feel physically sick that Henderson is on the pitch

El Hadji-Diouf, looks like he’s ready to scrap and brawl should the need arise

Watched a bit of Ndiaye at Sheff Utd, really exciting player who will be playing in a top league soon

Hideous performance from Lewa

Fuck off VAR, what a waste of everyone’s time

Messi’s overall game is still the best in the world I think although he’s closing in on the end of his career and he can’t influence games with his dribbling like he used to. I prefer Mbappe to Neymar but obviously I know who you’ll prefer

Always get the feeling he has a big chip on his shoulder despite being just about the best footballer in the world right now

Mbappe dropped the shoulder so well there that he tricked even the ball

Poland have lost control here, Mbappe looks absolutely desperate to get the golden boot

Lloris neck his typical bottle of pills before the match again?

Such a simple finish. He’s a dependable player, some record to have that

Dion Dublin is the Peter Walton of football commentators

Rio was saying that Álvarez reminds him of Tevez. Am I missing something, I never would have made that comparison

Is Sports media reactionary in every country? Seems like most nations’ press swing from loving a player to hating a player based on tiny sample sizes, e.g. one really good or bad game

Would have been beautiful for Garang but he can save those goals up for when he comes to the Toon

Once that game opened up, Messi was so sharp. Would love to see a compilation of all the goals he’s put on a plate for teammates only for them to sky them

Hmm. Probably not, watching on an iPad with iPlayer. Just seems weird that the close ups seem very good quality but the wider pitch shots are awful