The 2018 World Cup Superthread

StringerBell

Oh **** off lovren

StringerBell

Ha, set piece at the death?

StringerBell

Harry Kane has had a **** world cup you know. I know, penalties and that but he genuinely has been very underwhelming in every game.

Dave0301

StringerBell wrote: »

Why?

Looked bolloxed towards the end of extra time in their last match. Having said that, England stood off them and let Croatia dictate the pace in that second half. If England don't up their intensity in extra time, they might be in for a bad time!

StringerBell

Dave0301 wrote: »

Looked bolloxed towards the end of extra time in their last match. Having said that, England stood off them and let Croatia dictate the pace in that second half. If England don't up their intensity in extra time, they might be in for a bad time!

Ah yeah but they've looked bollixed here for the whole time I've been watching anyway

Mentality is huge here, France be delighted anyway.

StringerBell

Is that Croatian left back always **** or is he just tired?

An Ciarraioch

Croatia barely hanging in there now.

StringerBell

An Ciarraioch wrote: »

Croatia barely hanging in there now.

Yep good positive changes from Southgate swung the momentum agajn

Hitchens

Deli Ali gone missing.

Lingard not up to it

StringerBell

That left back bothers me

StringerBell

Well done Pickford!

Stayed big, that defence is very loose

gimli2112

It's a reality check for people who thought England could win the world cup says Eamon. Eh, they very much still could.

StringerBell

Such poor quality

StringerBell

BOOM

That was coming

StringerBell

Stones, what a defender.

Billy86

Feck Balotelli, THAT is a Super Mario!

Turtyturd

Brilliant.

Pity Manzukic didn’t celebrate by running over and shouting in Pickford’s face in return for Pickford doing it while he was down injured.

gimli2112

yeah shocking defending for both Crotia goals

Cantona's Collars

What was that stat about Stones making mistakes that lead to big chances or goals?

He looked away instead of doing his job by the time he copped on to where Mandzukic was,the ball was in the net.

eigrod

Lovren’s been excellent

An Ciarraioch

Fully deserved on the balance of play in the last 10-15 minutes.

pjohnson

Croatia have 2 subs left now? Get on Kovacic and Corluka to see it out.

Dave0301

Turtyturd wrote: »

Brilliant.

Pity Manzukic didn’t celebrate by running over and shouting in Pickford’s face in return for Pickford doing it while he was down injured.

That was a ****ty thing that Pickford did alright, after clearly catching Manzukic as well.

Dave0301

Dave0301 wrote: »

That was a ****ty thing that Pickford did alright, after clearly catching Manzukic as well.

He cleaned him out of it, nowhere near the ball ! "Great tackle" though on ITV

pjohnson

Trippier has torn his hamstring

StringerBell

Square
The
****ing
Ball

Billy86

Kramaric you idiot!

Turtyturd

Diving by English players seems to be ok according to ITV if they don’t appeal or halfheartedly appeal at the most after the ref doesn’t fall for it.

pjohnson

4 Minutes WTF?

An Ciarraioch

They look safe enough now.

gimli2112

why aren't Croatia in the corner flag building a fort?

StringerBell

Needless

England found out.

Turtyturd

That’s the end of that.

gimli2112

Dunphy's now going to claim credit for something we've known since the tournament began

jebidiah

Sad for England and Trippier...

Shots on target. Croatia 7 - 1 England.

FourFourRED

RoboKlopp wrote: »

England found out.

They hadn’t beaten anyone of note to this point anyway.

eigrod

Having not a lot beyond a strong set piece caught up with them in the end.

castletownman

Dolazi Kući

One_Of_Shanks

One_Of_Shanks wrote: »

Croatia are gonna win this

Survived Russia and England since so it's still on

Billy86

Why was Pickford not up there for the last free kick?

Game over, g'wan Croatia! Think they've got the be nearly every neutral's pick for the final. Some job for a country with barely above 4mn people in it.

Hitchens

Croatia - 4 million population

Thepoet85

Think when the dust settles they'll (England) be happy with their performance in the tournament.

For such a young side they did well. Fair play to Croatia, but I'd fancy France to take them on Sunday.

eigrod

He left Kane on in case of pens - for the main striker, he was extremely poor all night. Vardy should’ve been on at 65 mins.

eigrod

eigrod wrote: »

He left Kane on in case of pens - for the main striker, he was extremely poor all night. Vardy should’ve been on at 65 mins.

Kane was poor tonight, passenger.

ThunbergsAreGo

eigrod wrote: »

He left Kane on in case of pens - for the main striker, he was extremely poor all night. Vardy should’ve been on at 65 mins.

Despite not playing well Sterling was givin them something to worry about with his pace

They lost alot when he came off

naughtb4

naughtb4 wrote: »

Despite not playing well Sterling was givin them something to worry about with his pace

They lost alot when he came off

1st half yes, not the 2nd. He was out of steam I thought.

England just booted a lot of balls aimlessly up top. Terrible tactics.

blueser

I said I wouldn't post in this thread again. I'll break my word to simply say well done to Croatia. Very disappointing as an England fan, but we seemed to stop doing what we did pretty well in the first half. Ah well. Hopefully not another 28 years to wait for a s/f. I'm pretty sure I won't still be around in 2046.

pjohnson

blueser wrote: »

I said I wouldn't post in this thread again. I'll break my word to simply say well done to Croatia. Very disappointing as an England fan, but we seemed to stop doing what we did pretty well in the first half. Ah well. Hopefully not another 28 years to wait for a s/f. I'm pretty sure I won't still be around in 2036.

Jeez man dont take it that badly!