World Cup 2018 | 24th June | England vs Panama Match Thread, KO 13:00 (BST)

kalouk said:
You lot really are a bunch of miserable bastards ;) You just demolished a team to go through to the next round and some people are moaning. I thought you played well against a dirty team. There's only a couple of teams that have played better than you and they also have vulnerabilities. You've got goals being scored from different players in the team so all the pressure isn't on Kane but even if does nothing but score off his arse cheek they all count. Why not lighten up and enjoy a perfect start you never know you could be the surprise package. They look like a team who are playing for each other and that can give you an edge. Lets not forget many of the favourites before the tournament are struggling and haven't started like you have. Well done on your perfect start.
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Some see the bigger picture.
 
EL APACHE TEVEZ said:
The agenda we have it at city aswell
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I know and sometimes its justified, but so far at the world cup it hasn't been They have been pretty fair about all our players.You said if Stone had got a hat trick it wouldnt have been mentioned, I pointed out he got lots of mentions and would have got even more with a hat trick.
 
quiet_riot said:
As others have said, 6-1 win papers over the cracks massively. The midefield is utterly none existent, and over 2 games, Henderson, Alli, Loftus-Cheek have offered nothing either defensively (not really need to) or offensively.

Watching City under Pep has shown that just scoring goals isn't good enough for a forward, and despite having 5 goals already, Kane is offering very very little in terms of movement, holding the ball up, or bringing others into the game.

The back line is fine I feel, but the wing backs, Young specifically, aren't offering the threat going forward - and Tripper's delivery is his best asset atm.
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Totally agree.

How many shots did we actually have, let alone on target?

From open play we scored 1 and the fluked deflection off Kane. Against truly dismal opposition. Sterling missed his usual sitter, can't knock him for being inconsistent.

We'll get through the group of course and then as soon as we meet anyone half decent we'll get shown up for being bang average or worse, which we are.
 
93.01 said:
Whilst its fair and important to enjoy a victory equally i think its important to have some perspective by examining what it is you have actually seen, which includes weighing up the opposition.
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There didn't seem to be much perspective applied yesterday when Belgium scored five against Tunisia.
 
blueparrot said:
I know and sometimes its justified, but so far at the world cup it hasn't been They have been pretty fair about all our players.You said if Stone had got a hat trick it wouldnt have been mentioned, I pointed out he got lots of mentions and would have got even more with a hat trick.
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Just heard stonesy as got more goals in the World Cup finals than Rooney.
 
True, but they are another team, yet to be tested and despite their riches in talent, in terms of performances, particularly when it matters very very overrated.
 
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