I can't imagine the french , the germans , the spanish , the brazilians and other top nations behaving like we did here in England during this world cup.
Two wins against Tunisia and Panama and suddenly "it's coming home"
All that talk about the players not being under too much pressure in this wirld cup from the media and fans sure didn't last too long , dit it?
And then there's Alan "it's coming home" Shearer.
You'd hope he'd have learned from his infamous "no german player could get into the England side" during the 2010 world cup but noooo ... Not our Alan!!!
The team did the nation proud. Well done to the boys.
I just hope next time we start well in a major tournament , we'll actually behave in a more matured way as a nation and just let the team take it step by step like all the other countries do ... Instead of giving ourselves a false sense of hope with stupid songs.
The "It's coming home" embarrassment
posted on 12/7/18
comment by Busby (U19985)
posted 3 minutes ago
Feck me. How dare England fans have fun and optimism.
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It’s just not on, I blame brexit.
posted on 12/7/18
The coming home stuff went a bit OTT for me.
England beat poor sides and then struggled against a couple of decent sides. Set piece play masked how average the England team are. They dont create much at all in open play.
posted on 12/7/18
OP doing a stellar job of looking like a massive tuat
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posted on 12/7/18
comment by _Viva_Vida (U6044)
posted 43 minutes ago
The coming home stuff went a bit OTT for me.
England beat poor sides and then struggled against a couple of decent sides. Set piece play masked how average the England team are. They dont create much at all in open play.
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Thing is though Vida Southgate targeted set plays for a reason - he looked att he last winners of the World Cup and they scored the most goals - from set pieces.
Funnily enough it then got us to a semi-final and 1-0 up after 5 mins so who knows, might be something in it?
posted on 12/7/18
Mexicans are cool.
posted on 12/7/18
England have a good young side now. Just need to kick on (unlike after 1990).
I’d like to see a bit more guile in midfield. They did brilliant, but huff and puffs only going to get you so far, we need someone with a bit more about them in there for me.
posted on 12/7/18
comment by Republik of Mancunia (U6779)
posted 17 minutes ago
comment by _Viva_Vida (U6044)
posted 43 minutes ago
The coming home stuff went a bit OTT for me.
England beat poor sides and then struggled against a couple of decent sides. Set piece play masked how average the England team are. They dont create much at all in open play.
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Thing is though Vida Southgate targeted set plays for a reason - he looked att he last winners of the World Cup and they scored the most goals - from set pieces.
Funnily enough it then got us to a semi-final and 1-0 up after 5 mins so who knows, might be something in it?
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Indeed, Southgate targeted set pieces and it worked.
However, the best sides can defend set pieces and thats when you need talent in open play to cause problems, that is what England lacked for me.
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