Official: POSITIVE England Thread

Originally Posted by MonkeyOnMyBack

Will be watching the semi-final at my mates' gaff. There will be fine food and plenty of booze. She is English - not usually into the football but has come down with coming home fever. He is from Donegal and a red but is happy to see his missus happy as long as England dont win the whole £#%&!ing thing.

There'll be a decent mix of irish and english there - good atmos but the madness kept in check - i will not be covered in beer.

An England Belgium final with United players getting all the goals would be the ideal.

He just wants his hole. 😁

Originally Posted by otbarney

He just wants his hole. 😁

Dont we all.

Originally Posted by MonkeyOnMyBack

Dont we all.

We do indeed.

Really enjoyed the tournament and been more then pleasantly surprised that England have got this far. I think they will win Wednesday as well but regardless now they have, for once, overachieved (in respect of how far they have gotten into the tournament not the sides they have played to get there).

Win or lose Wednesday there is still another game to enjoy with family and mates at the weekend be it 3rd/4th place playoff or the biggest game there is. Red hot weather forecast again as well. whats not to like.

Originally Posted by atticusgrinch

I don't really get the issue with celebrations. Were old @#%&!s moaning about the Sharpey shuffle? Or that thing Giggs and Ince did?

Only scorers of goals can criticise imo, which is none of us puddings

Originally Posted by nick henry

Really enjoyed the tournament and been more then pleasantly surprised that England have got this far. I think they will win Wednesday as well but regardless now they have, for once, overachieved (in respect of how far they have gotten into the tournament not the sides they have played to get there).

Win or lose Wednesday there is still another game to enjoy with family and mates at the weekend be it 3rd/4th place playoff or the biggest game there is. Red hot weather forecast again as well. whats not to like.

It's been £#%&!ing brilliant tbf, far exceeded how I thought it would go- both England and the tournament as a whole. Weather over here has helped aswell. 2022 is in £#%&!ing December isn't it?

Do goals in the 3rd place play off contribute to the Goalden Boot?

Kane has to be a favourite for that now?

Teenage Mutant Ninja Mbappe and 24 inch TV will struggle to catch up to him now surely?

Originally Posted by My Name is Heath

Do goals in the 3rd place play off contribute to the Goalden Boot?

Kane has to be a favourite for that now?

Teenage Mutant Ninja Mbappe and 24 inch TV will struggle to catch up to him now surely?

yeah they do according to BBC

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44712435

In the process he also equalled Gary Lineker's England record for number of goals in a tournament, set in 1986, and became the first Englishman to score in six consecutive internationals since Tommy Lawton in 1939.

With Croatia to come in the semi-finals on Wednesday (and either a final or a third-fourth place play-off after that), Kane may not be finished yet.

Shouldn’t count imo....

It’s a losers fixture.

Originally Posted by Bunker Buster

Shouldn’t count imo....

It’s a losers fixture.

Agreed. Should be scrapped altogether. Not like The Olympics where there needs to be a bronze medal given out.

cam on Ingland innit?

Originally Posted by S/Side.Red

Croatia aren't actually that good. I had been giving them the benefit of the doubt because they have some great players and they kinda keep getting through, but it's clear that this is a beatable team. Only fear is that England probably aren't really that good either.

Oh and their absolutely eviscerating Argentina, but never mind that

Originally Posted by red in cumbria

Oh and their absolutely eviscerating Argentina, but never mind that

The Argies have made a few teams look good this WC.

Iceland
Croatia
France

Originally Posted by red in cumbria

Oh and their absolutely eviscerating Argentina, but never mind that

To be fair, that was all about the Argie midfield. They were £#%&!ing dire and, to their credit, Croatia’s midfield were ruthless with how they punished them.

Just read who the ref is for Wednesday. Not good news for football fans unfortunately.

Anyone remember Nani against Real? It's that fella.

Originally Posted by Big Norm

Just read who the ref is for Wednesday. Not good news for football fans unfortunately.

Anyone remember Nani against Real? It's that fella.

The Turkish bloke, oh dear.

Originally Posted by otbarney

The Turkish bloke, oh dear.

Yep.

Blaming the ref already

Originally Posted by Big Norm

Just read who the ref is for Wednesday. Not good news for football fans unfortunately.

Anyone remember Nani against Real? It's that fella.

£#%&!ing diddums

Originally Posted by red in cumbria

Oh and their absolutely eviscerating Argentina, but never mind that

That's taking the scoreline and working backwards tbf.

With ten minutes to go the only thing that separated the sides was a major goalkeeping mistake.

They have great quality in midfield, but they have looked far from impressive to me.