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World Cup England V France Match thread...

Discussion in 'General Football' started by king karl, Dec 10, 2022.

  1. Chris Redfield

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    England were the better side. Disappointing to lose to the French.
     
  2. Onside

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    I think the Corrupt FIFA want Morroco. They have obviously paid the correct amount.
     
  3. Get Rid Of It

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    Saka was a real handful today, really stepped up for us but shame the ref couldn't see that.

    Just need England to toughen up like the Croats as we still have some talented players there
     
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  4. The Original EB

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    Despite the defeat the future is bright with those young players. They play far better football than the ones that won the World Cup.
     
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  5. Manningham bantam

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    France players /Fans won’t be bothered about that,they have a chance of winning another World Cup and we on our way home on another brave failure.
     
  6. Manningham bantam

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    Agree,I just hope Saka was injured with our best player been subbed,you didn’t see France take any of they best players off,Rashford should have come on with 30 mins left not 4mins left.
     
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  7. SimonW

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    Saka does annoy me at times though, he can be great on the ball but he does often run into cul-de-sacs when someone has made a great run outside him and he also can be a bit lazy when it comes to tracking back, especially early on in the first half tonight.

    Hopefully, he can improve in both areas as he could be immense
     
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    What were the wrong tactics that he put right in the second half?

    For me they played pretty much the same throughout the whole time since France opened the scoring.
     
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    Who should he have come on for? Foden and Saka were dominating their full backs.
     
  10. Faithful Bantam

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    Why anyone rates Southgate is beyond me.
     
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    Foden,he had a average game in my opinion.
     
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  12. SimonW

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    Foden is often average for England especially, his style suits the way Pep plays but less so the way England under Southgate plays. Feel Southgate needs some real pace out of the two wide attackers. He would maybe do better behind the striker but feel Bellingham is better there in general if we are going with two more defensive mids behind rather than a em and a B2B
     
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  13. WilsdenBantam

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    Agree didn’t see anything stand out from him, would have subbed him much earlier and he was again a CB by trade. Saka on the other hand was fantastic and I don’t think he should have gone off unless injured.
     
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  14. WilsdenBantam

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    Really enjoyable game, I’m not overly bother by international football compared to club so didn’t feel dejected just enjoyed a very good game. I don’t particularly rate Southgate but we’ve come such a long way since the dark days of Roy, although the players are far better.

    Feels like a waste as France were without 6 first team regulars and with a chance of playing Morocco in the semis you have to wonder if a better chance will ever come.

    England were the far better team second half, but didn’t create enough from open play for me and Giroud could have had a hatrick so it’s a bit ott to say we totally dominated and France got lucky. Football is all about creating and taking chances, poor ref or not France showed why they’re world champions with two fantastic goals. No player really had a bad game and Saka was fantastic. Kane will be 4 years older next World Cup, I do wonder where the next number 9 will come from because at the moment I can’t see someone who’ll replace him.

    Hope it’s a France V Argentina final will be a more interesting one for the neutral.
     
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    I was pleased with the England performance overall. I would have had Grealish on for Foden at the 60 minute mark. I assume Saka picked up a knock from the treatment given him, mainly by Upemecano, and that was why he went off. Aside from awarding the first penalty the ref gave Saka no protection at all.
    Southgate needs to keep club managers on side, so won't have risked further injury to Saka.
     
  16. Bronco

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    Have FIFA changed the last man rule, because Mount was the last man when one on one with Lloris when Hernandez fouled him from behind red card and penalty I thought ?.
     
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  17. king karl

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    Same
     
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  18. ahar964

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    I do get your point, but it was the quarter final of the world cup. If the England manager is taking our best player off because he is worried about keeping club managers happy, then something is sadly wrong.
     
  19. Idlebantam

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    Getting us to final of Euro 2021. Getting us to semi final of World Cup 2018. Had a good chance of getting us to final of World Cup 2022 if Kane hadn't have lost his nerve with that awful penalty.

    A better record than any English manager since Sir Alf
     
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    Mount wasn’t in possession of the ball so it isn’t classed as a clear goal scoring opportunity.
     

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