The 2018 World Cup Superthread

castletownman

A defensively suspect full-back converted into a centre-back being culpable for conceding a (albeit soft) penalty? Whuda thunk it!

BenK

It was soft but was silly from Walker

BenK

Maguire has been poor in possession so far.

ERG89

awful play all-around there

Trigger

****in hell :pac:

sligeach

Nothing soft about the penalty. It was the right call and VAR backed the referee. It was stupid by Walker.

AidoEirE

razorblunt wrote: »

Once you hear Keown's sharp intake of breath at the end of everything he says you can't unhear it.

I just said the same on the match thread, its like its through his teeth.

TheCitizen

Tunisia all over the place at set pieces

Trigger

Should have been a Pen on Kane there, wonder why the ref refused to check it after being notified to do so

blueser

How is that not a penalty on Kane? If Walker's "offence" was a foul, that certainly was.

raiders11

Keown wants a peno for Engalnd as Kane is being wrestled yet he doesnt see Stones clearly pushing the Tunisian before that..,

razorblunt

ERG89 wrote: »

I'm reminded of someone on here last week describing him quote "slurping his drool" which is obviously disgusting

Yeah, I think that was me! I had headphones on then too so it was right in my ear.

razorblunt

Maguire making a right nuisance of himself from crosses and corners.
Need to make more of that.

Dick phelan

Tunisia look really open can't see England not scoring again soon 3-1 final score i reckon

osarusan

You have to wonder about Ronnie Whelan sometimes.

"England don't look like breaking them down, apart from a long ball."

What does he see when he watches matches?

blueser

Why did the ref stop the game for that? He was winded, that's all. Get on with it.

ThunbergsAreGo

osarusan wrote: »

You have to wonder about Ronnie Whelan sometimes.

"England don't look like breaking them down, apart from a long ball."

What does he see when he watches matches?

Was just about to post them same think

Mind boggling

Really enjoying England

razorblunt

The Beeb think before the equaliser "we might not have seen a team play better".
This is why you cant have nice things.

blueser

osarusan wrote: »

You have to wonder about Ronnie Whelan sometimes.

"England don't look like breaking them down, apart from a long ball."

What does he see when he watches matches?

And people were/are knocking Martin Keown. He's a novice compared to Whelan.

AidoEirE

Tripper looks like he get a few assists tonight. Has looked very well and has been one of the better players in the opening 45

Stephen15

It was all too predictable that Tunisia would equalise as soon England I was kinda waiting for it

Dick phelan

Despite the score England have played well, can't see it not being Belgium and England who get out of that group, Panama and Tunisia are very ordinary.

PhlegmyMoses

Super soft pen. England should be out of sight though

Drumpot

razorblunt wrote: »

The Beeb think before the equaliser "we might not have seen a team play better".
This is why you cant have nice things.

I think they are just pleasantly surprised at how well England started...

blueser

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

Super soft pen. England should be out of sight though

It was soft. But you can see why the ref gave it. Just a pity the ref didn't see Kane being hauled to the ground later on.

Corholio

Don't think Tunisia are all that bad. I think they might cause England a few more problems, especially if England frustrated.

Stephen15

blueser wrote: »

It was soft. But you can see why the ref gave it. Just a pity the ref didn't see Kane being hauled to the ground later on.

Soft penalty but a stupid one to give away he hadn't a chance of scoring all he had to do was get a head to it.

blueser

Kane bundled to the ground again there.

marklazarcovic

Tunisia are gonna get a pen coz one of their players is been held in the box aren't they

blueser

blueser wrote: »

Kane bundled to the ground again there.

My suspicions are growing that this ref is a Scottish secret agent....

Trigger

This guy has been the worst ref so far

Will I Am Not

The RTE Player app is such a prick. You exit to read a text and then you have to sit through all the ads again to rejoin the stream :mad:

Dick phelan

Tunisia are playing some crazy football, playing stupid passes at the back could get caught out if England can win it back high up the pitch

ctrl-alt-delete

Corner to England, will they get a penalty from this one?

Utopia Parkway

Have Tunisia won a defensive header from a set piece yet? England winning everything in the air.

Loafing Oaf

Have England got anyone to bring on here to gee things up? Vardy is the only one I can think of...

Dick phelan

England can play some good stuff going forward, it's when they get tested at the back where i'd worry for them.

Stephen15

It's almost like the Tunisian defence are doing all they can to let England score but England are making stupid mistakes every time

Dick phelan

They should bring on Rashford he could hurt them

Loafing Oaf

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

Have England got anyone to bring on here to gee things up? Vardy is the only one I can think of...

Speaking of 'geeing up', Keown just pointed out that England could do with a bit more animation from their uber-calm manager. What was that line about getting Ian Duncan-Smith when you needed Winston Churchill?

Dick phelan

Tunisia are very ordinary cannot hold on to the ball at all.

Utopia Parkway

Dont even know what Tunisia are doing with some of these passes out of defence.

ERG89

Apologies for the poor picture quality???
Is it sub HD or just cause the second half has been so poor?

Must be someone better than Young at frees? In fairness he wasn't too far away with that one

Corholio

Englands best hope is a set piece, been clueless from open play in the second half

5star02707

England needs to win this can't see how they can draw with this Tunisia team

osarusan

Corholio wrote: »

Don't think Tunisia are all that bad. I think they might cause England a few more problems, especially if England frustrated.

I actually think they are terrible - trying all these crazy passing triangles and flicks to try and get out of defence, and giving it away all the time.

But England have completely run out of ideas now that there is no space in behind the defence to run into.

Best chance now is to nick something from a free or corner.

NoviGlitzko

Goalkeepers get far too much protection. That was a simple 50-50 call there.

Van.Bosch

NoviGlitzko wrote: »

Goalkeepers get far too much protection. That was a simple 50-50 call there.

If anything the keeper carried through into stones

blueser

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