World Cup 2022 - Team and Match Discussion

Yeah he moved to PSV after that World Cup.

Tony Cascarino wondered whether Trent should have being brought on for FK’s and crosses. I think he said England had about 10 crosses at the end of the game. Lloris claimed all of them.

Yeah Southgate doesn’t change things enough and is reactive rather than proactive. He has the squad if he wanted to make changes.

LVG for Holland is always thinking of tweaks and changes in contrast to Southgate.

I would say Southgate is a great fella for the man management. But would be tactically inflexible.

The Japanese are another crowd that showed tactically flexibility. I found a video here which describes how it helped Japan beat Germany and Spain.

Well if Iran v USA could pass off with no tension spilling over between opposing fans. You would have hoped Argentina v England would have went OK.

I wouldn’t have put it past Morocco beating England though.

That’s one point of view. Another one could be: maybe the English players shouldn’t have rolled on the floor at every occasion they could. It didn’t contribute to the referee trusting them. how many times they fell in the box during the match?

American soccer fans aren't exactly "die hards" and we saw how liberal the Iran fans were.

Argentina v England is a different tension entirely, just look at the Top Gear Patagonia incident a few years ago.

Mind, as you said, Morocco won't be pushovers either having conquered 99% of Iberia. (Damn you Gibraltar)

The Macaulay Culkin impersonations from the English players was embarrassing.

Or a poor reflection of the terrible tactics at Atleti. His transfer situation is also a joke with him banned from playing full games for ages.

And I think it would be an excuse to avoid talking about a weakness in the English team.

Um not convinced that's a foul on Saka at all. Itv showed one replay after of it, and it was six of one/half dozen of the other at best, Saka likes falling if you ask me.

My opinion of it is that the refs in the EPL have teams spoiled. Penalties are handed out very easily, and the likes of Saka and Kane have enhanced their numbers by buying frees and penalties from compliant referees.

The World Cup, and often the Champions League refs, have a higher bar for the fouls, and England didn't adapt.

Like I said last night, someone has to take the blame, this time it's the ref.

And could have had a fourth if there were any handballs. Maybe a fifth if someone was blatantly kicked. A sixth for a rugby tackle possibly. Did you see what I did there.