We looked much better when we lost the ball and we suddenly pressed with intensity, played a few quick passes and ran at them. Having tons of the ball against a team set up to not conceade just wasn't good to watch and we created very little. With the players we've got we could really hurt teams on the break which will hopefully help us against better teams. I'm just praying we don't score early in an important game as that's when it all goes wrong for us.

Threads gone quiet since we scored

If its a back 5, for the love of God play TAA

Have you watched 'we are Wrexham' (i think thats what its called) on Disney+. Its made me keep an eye out for their results

James Milner Ryan Nelsen

Didn't watch it but did VAR not spot it?

I get the frustration at not letting the handbrake off with our attacking talent but there's no guarantee that trying to out score opponents would work. Liverpool won Jack with that approach until VVD and Allison came in. We don't have that calibre of player to choose from in the squad imo. Maybe after this tournament it's worth a try though

Especially in this world cup with all the technology. The linesmen are essentually pointless, the tech can do it all with precision and instantaneously. It should / could be an alert to the ref like goal line technology

And I don't get why. He's not a sexy name but he's our most successful manager in tournament football since we won it. He's got a squad of England players who want to play for England and actually look interested in it which was a big complaint for years. We don't have a good crop of defenders to chose from yet had one of the best defences at the last euros. That said there comes a time in football where things come to an end and it's time for a change. We'll see what he does at this tournament then reassess.

This Belgium squad should have won something. They'll be remembered in a similar way as our 2002-2006 squad

Saiss(?) was interfering

Realistically a draw for England tonight should see us through? Albeit not mathematically

It was worth catching up on this thread just for this sentence

I mean it was you who responded to my post (that wasn't even directed at anyone) and signed off with an arrogant "Not really difficult to grasp is it.". Don't get shirty cos I had a dig back.

Sounds more like making it up as you go along to be honest

It's only the miserable minority to be fair

I've no problem with the one at the end being given as a pen but as ever with VAR it's the consistency that let's it down

It was only Iran, the same as it was only Algeria and it was only Iceland. "It was only XYZ" has tripped us up or led to dull 1 goal wins for all of my life time. Interesting how Iran went from a robust team who could easily cause England problems to "just Iran" in about 90 (or 110) minutes.

That is outrageous use of VAR

Even Roy Keane likes Richards

At least Iran got a goal back to keep some on here happy.

Every man and his dog could see his gloves shouldn't have gone back on.

Only until Wharton comes and benches one of them

Jordan imo made a very good point that Morgan went all gooey eyed and didn't challenge anything Ronaldo said

Such a shame Scotland haven't qualified. I was look forward to a crowd of Qatari men earing one of these