1/2 Final: England v Croatia Wed @ 7 pm

The irony is that Butcher was born in Singapore.

 

The whole thing was bizarre because the linesman gave a goal kick when it was a corner and the ref gave offside thinking he linesman had flagged but he was flagging for a goal kick.

Somehow managed to hit the post - might have deflected on to the keeper then after that.

 Utterly embarrassing. Fame hungry sap as are all the acoustic guitar bashers who put this guff online. Listen they would have been insufferable if they won it we all know that.

I will not be gloating about them losing a semi given how utterly sh*t we are currently and the atrocious style of hoofball we play. We play the worst football of any international side at any level i have seen over the last 24 month.  

England were deservedly beaten by a very good experienced side in their last chance saloon at a major competition. Think they will push France all the way on Sunday night. Good luck to them i say. Thought their unsung players were good last night, both fullbacks and the pony tailed weirdo at the back were excellent. Add that to top players like Modric and Rakitic waking up after half time and Perisic finding some form. They are a decent side. Mandzukic may not be top drawer but he certainly gets some important goals.

At least England have some young players coming through, a well coached young side who give their all and a manager who tries to play football and comes across as a very decent well spoken forward thinking fella, unlike the cantankerous old prick we have with his cantankerous slightly younger prick accomplice. 

England were found wanting in midfield and i don't think their formation in the middle helped at all, Southgate should have changed to a more conventional midfield shape when the pressure came. Lingard and Ali were pulled wide leaving Henderson swamped in the middle. They are moving in the right direction but really need a player in the mould of Modric, as do many teams to be fair, to get to the next level. Kane was rubbish last two games and looked like he was running in treacle. Wonder what the issue was there. Be curious to see if Southgate will learn from the second half as their tactical changes made a big difference. 

England have plenty of skillful footballers with the exception of midfield where they are lacking class. Plenty of footballing ability in their centre halves, hopefully rice can add the same for us.  Wouldnt mind Henderson being Irish that being said.  

 

There's a million more examples like the above in many different sports. It's not enough your own team does well, your rivals must suffer!

Modric was off form?! 

I said the same thing at the time.

Back in the day there was no subs.