Croatia vs England - (SF) - 19:00 - 11/07/2018

[ddraig]

So what on earth is the point of your many posts on this thread? Blowed if I can figure it out. Is it an attempt to get as many people as possible to find you irritating?

I've just explained i've been responding to many people and now another including yourself, that adds up to many posts
Surely easy to understand for a maths whizz such as yourself

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Top of the league on 71 posts in this thread at the moment, ddraig.

 

[kabbes]

I've just explained i've been responding to many people and now another including yourself, that adds up to many posts
Easy to understand for a maths whizz such as yourself

You have indeed been having to respond to many, many, many people, all of whom seem to be finding you incredibly irritating for some reason. Now, either that's because everybody else is wrong that you are being irritating. Or it's because you are actually being irritating. I'm not going to argue the toss with you which way round it is. If you want to insist in your virtuousness in the light of everybody else simply misunderstanding your intent... well, good luck to you.

 

[ddraig]

Top of the league on 71 posts in this thread at the moment, ddraig.

see my response to kabbes for the reason, chalk me down for another one boss

 

[ddraig]

You have indeed been having to respond to many, many, many people, all of whom seem to be finding you incredibly irritating for some reason. Now, either that's because everybody else is wrong that you are being irritating. Or it's because you are actually being irritating. I'm not going to argue the toss with you which way round it is. If you want to insist in your virtuousness in the light of everybody else simply misunderstanding your intent... well, good luck to you.

So gracious, thanks ever so

 

[Pickman's model]

Top of the league on 71 posts in this thread at the moment, ddraig.

you're obsessed

 

[Wilf]

Woken after too little sleep to think of what might have beens. One of those chances first half goes in and maybe Croatia wouldn't have got going fast enough. Still surprising ungutted if disappointed.

Yeah, this. Definitely a better feeling than after the last Euros/Iceland.

 

[Wilf]

I don't really understand why Southgate only made 1 sub in the 90 minutes, even that was late on and was a like for like.

Croatia had so much space in midfield you could see the equaliser coming a mile away. Would have liked to have seen Delph get some game time last night - would have been able to help Henderson out and think he's very underrated in midfield.

Also think the correct call would have been Vardy for Kane just after HT. Thought he was meant to be plan B. Admittedly a very brave decision to take off England's captain and best player (although not in form)

Just think Southgate was too stubborn with how he wanted to play and which players to use. He just wouldn't change his system when it obviously wasn't working and stuck with underperforming players (Young, Dele, Kane) when there were options on the bench. Will never understand Young over Rose.

Agree with all that. Sometimes it's hard watching a match on telly to see what's going on, but it looked like Kane had just disappeared after Rashford came on. Rashford was popping up on both wings and in the centre, admittedly to not much effect as he wasn't getting any support. For a 34 year old I thought Young did okay, largely taking the safe option, but in the knockout phase that wasn't enough. Sterling did well first half, hustling, moving and sprinting but it just didn't produce anything. Kane was the biggest disappointment (very poor this game, but hasn't shown much the last couple) and as Gary Neville was saying on the telly an injury might emerge in the next couple of days. But yeah, even though he did well throughout the tournament, last night was probably about Southgate's inability to adapt when things weren't working.

 

[magneze]

Did anyone else think Kane looked absolutely knackered in the tunnel before kickoff? Dark circles under the eyes.

 

[Wilf]

Did anyone else think Kane looked absolutely knackered in the tunnel before kickoff? Dark circles under the eyes.

Who does he room with, I could imagine Lingard would be quite annoying. Sleep depravation.

 

[hot air baboon]

Did anyone else think Kane looked absolutely knackered in the tunnel before kickoff? Dark circles under the eyes.

...not up all night playing video games I hope...

 

[magneze]

...not up all night playing video games I hope...

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Is it significant that the picture shows an eyeless man?

 

[hot air baboon]

 

[editor]

I thought the unseemly haste in which the pub emptied out last night right after the final whistle was a bit disappointing. To my eyes, England getting to the semi finals of the World Cup and only narrowly losing out on the final was surely something worse celebrating if you're an England fan?

Or maybe I've just got used to the Dulwich Hamlet attitude towards defeat.

 

[editor]

Who does he room with, I could imagine Lingard would be quite annoying. Sleep depravation.

They surely don't share rooms at this level? I always get my own hotel room with the band and we're getting about 0.001% of their fees!

 

[SpookyFrank]

I thought the unseemly haste in which the pub emptied out last night right after the final whistle was a bit disappointing. To my eyes, England getting to the semi finals of the World Cup and only narrowly losing out on the final was surely something worse celebrating if you're an England fan?

Or maybe I've just got used to the Dulwich Hamlet attitude towards defeat.

Some of us had work in the morning you know.

 

[colacubes]

Some of us had work in the morning you know.

^^This. I started drinking at 6pm and the bar was so busy was forced to get 2 pints at a time. I felt like shite this morning as it was and can’t imagine how much worse it would have been if I’d stayed till last orders!

 

[fizzerbird]

You're getting trolled ddraig Just ignore it. Report the fuck out of it if you must but stop responding and maybe the trolling might stop.

This

It's the only way

 

[Shechemite]

Bye thread. It was nice to have known you. Sorry about how it all ended.

It was a young thread. Showed lots of potential. It will mature into a world beater

 

[Ralph Llama]

No
glad englund are out and Sunday can be more enjoyable now
Also said already that Wales weren't good enough to qualify so not there, did you miss that??
Welsh fans can handle it see, there's a difference

What a lovely man.

 

[Steel Icarus]