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On a sidenote, what are the general expectations of the England fans following the draw?

 

With England you just never know, it could go several ways but we will most likely play poorly and scrape through as runners up before reaching the quarters where we will get a thumping from one of the big boys.

 

That said, again you never know with this England team, we could be dark horses for the tournament. We are more of a possession team under Southgate, or rather we are less direct and panicky in defence and we seem to have a solid enough team with Ali and Kane in particular very good.

 

It depends on our better players not being shagged after the season ends which is often the case with England players come tournament time.

 

I rate our chances of good progress higher than under the last few managers...

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Plenty of jokes how it would actually benefit the national team if these "masters" of the game would be banned. At least there are finally some youngsters who may benefit. Some of the names on that list are not to be missed in a big game, to put it mildly. The epic midweek performance by that lot, who I like just about as much, as you adore Sunderland, a decent proof of that :D Following the complete embarrassment with the Winter Olympics, considering that nobody in position of power and authority even got fired (at least not as of today), would not surprise me one bit if we become the first ever nation to actually host the big thing and not participate. Paving the way for Qatar or something :lol:

 

Fortunately, I did not even try to obtain the tickets for the national team matches, so cannae be arsed to even worry about it. Too much sick sh!t going on all over the world now, it's only a game and all.

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FIFA to hold press conference regarding 34 Russian players apparently involved in the state doping programme.

 

If they get banned from their own tournament [emoji38]

Yeah, imagine that conversation.

 

Hai guys, you know that tournament you bribed the shit out of us to get? Weeellll I've got some bad news.

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Russian sportswear manufacturer Bosco are supposedly replacing Nike as the official supplier of IOC. Couldn't make it up :D

 

Now some kindergarten reporters have found out that men in positions of power and influence get tickets without any queue. Imagine that. Never happened at any other FIFA tournament, presumably :lol:

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Butland (no one is making it their own shirt mind)

Walker

Rose

Stones

Cahill

Dier

Wilshere

Lingard

Alli

Rashford

Kane

 

Probably missed some obvious wingers but had a mind blank.

 

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Butland (no one is making it their own shirt mind)

Walker

Rose

Stones

Cahill

Dier

Wilshere

Lingard

Alli

Rashford

Kane

 

Probably missed some obvious wingers but had a mind blank.

Sterling

 

Aye. Probably one of the only definite starters for me. The rest are all shrugtastic.

 

???

Walker      ???        ???          ???

???          ???

???                Alli        Sterling

Kane

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Butland (no one is making it their own shirt mind)

Walker

Rose

Stones

Cahill

Dier

Wilshere

Lingard

Alli

Rashford

Kane

 

Probably missed some obvious wingers but had a mind blank.

Sterling

 

Aye. Probably one of the only definite starters for me. The rest are all shrugtastic.

 

???

Walker      ???        ???          ???

???          ???

???                Alli        Sterling

Kane

If he can recover properly, a front 4 of Lallana, Alli and Sterling just behind Kane. Could be pretty threatening.

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Really hope he's on the plane.

That's kind of football these days though isn't it, people like Lascelles who are honest and have worked their knackers off to improve but he doesn't play for a top team so he'll be overlooked. Players at top clubs in the same positions who've failed time after time will be picked regardless. Modern football.
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Really hope he's on the plane.

That's kind of football these days though isn't it, people like Lascelles who are honest and have worked their knackers off to improve but he doesn't play for a top team so he'll be overlooked. Players at top clubs in the same positions who've failed time after time will be picked regardless. Modern football.

 

I feel like that’s always been the case though.

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