Football World Cup - Russia 2018

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Bollo

Failed Tech Bro
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I fear this also
I'm also intrigued by what seems to happen to England after the hour mark. Same against Tunisia, Panama and now Colombia... looking good, creating chances. Then in the last half hour we seem to lose composure.
If we put away the chances a la Panama then no problem. But if we don't then it becomes very difficult
It doesn't look like we play an exhausting, ultra high pressing game but it does look like we start to run out of gas after sixty minutes

Having said that, Sweden rely on pressing the ball so maybe both sides will be like punch drunk boxers come the last few minutes on Saturday
I don't think you can read too much into the Colombia game. They came out to play anti-football that was designed to disrupt our game and by their own measure it was largely successful.

I know Sterling takes some crap and he didn't play particularly well last night, but it was almost impossible to break at speed against team that fouled and cheated to that extent and more or less got away with it. Vardy and Rashford didn't have much success either, although both are better suited to the physical game.

Sweden will be very tough but they'll play a game that will resemble football as understood by most of our players. I predict we'll waste multiple chances and Sweden will sucker punch us for a 1-0 win. Or we'll win 5-0. It's coming home. Or not.
 
It's coming home. Or not.
Well at least you're hedging your bets now, it's a step in the right direction.
 
Wow, I’ve just woken up with quite a shameful school night hangover and this thread has turned into Question Time. Lighten up folks, we’re still in it.

It definitely probably isn’t coming home!
This ^^^

In a WC where the least skilful and least fancied teams seem to be doing better than those full of individual stars, I can only dream how well Scotland, the most hopeless and mundane of footballing nations, would be doing - perhaps a final against Russia would have been a realistic option...
 

Stephenite

Membå
Location
OslO
There's a good chance they won't get past Sweden, who've put the Dutch, the Italians and indirectly, Germany, out. Another potentially turgid game settled by penalties.
And Sweden have just beaten Switzerland head-to-head - a team ranked 6th, and 6 places higher than England, in the FIFA rankings.
 
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User6179

Guest
Last 8 of the World cup, top scorer, I wish Scotland was this shoot,, time to start believing!


View: https://twitter.com/lucy_victoria24/status/1014260549675253760
 

matiz

Guru
Location
weymouth
Can't foresee any problems with Sweden their match against the Swiss was very poor the shooting was awful the passing average at best,think Stoke v W.B.A ,I reckon we are strong favourites for this one
 

nickyboy

Norven Mankey

Rankings seem to count for very little. Teams come into form, teams go out of form. Some wilt under the pressure of tournament football. Managers come, managers go

Above England were Peru and Poland who were useless. Below them are Croatia who look like a good side

From the last 8, I reckon there are only a couple of teams that don't have a realistic chance of winning the World Cup (Sweden and Russia). From the other 6 it's who plays to their capabilities and has a bit of luck
 
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