World Cup 2018 | 28th June | England vs Belgium Match Thread, KO 19:00 (BST)

[Bill Walker]

Yep. I get your point. There is clearly media bias for Rashford over Sterling.
But my way round it. Is to totally ignore the media. Why does it matter what they think ?

Also Ive read on here many times that the media are racist and therefore unfair to Sterling due to the colour of his skin, if this is a valid reason then why are they kind to Rashford ?

 

[Kinkys Left Foot]

What the actual tuck was Dier's job tonight?
Pickford was what I expected him to be. Poor. As was Roses half arsed defending on Jizzy jazz. He will cost us again. He's not good enough a goalkeeper at this level. Southgate should see it and put Butland back in.
No midfield so we created not a lot. Chances like crashford got have to be finished at this level.
Think we'll beat ColumbIa. No James for them would be a welcome shame.

 

[CityInWashingtonState]

Coming 2nd in the group is a much easier route on paper.

This.

Uruguay, Portugal, France, Argentina, Brazil and now Belgium on the same side of the bracket - some of those team are head-to-head and haven't been playing well; nonetheless this side of the bracket is stacked compared to...

Spain, Croatia (have been strong but are they really a huge threat?), Sweden (another team looking good at times, but not a huge threat for me) and now England.

Losing may well prove to be a blessing in disguise.

 

[SkyBlueTX]

Just saw the highlights. Just can’t believe how poor a shot that was of Rashford’s that Sterling missed.

 

[NZBlue]

I honestly couldn't tell if England were deliberately trying not to win. Nappy Rash's shot only reinforced my doubts

 

[Dewey6]

As reported in Australia.....

“Both countries were assured of progressing to the knockout stages and made a raft of changes to put out what were largely second-string sides. Eden Hazard and Romelu Lukaku were missing for Belgium while England captain Harry Kane was benched.”

I thought Kev and Raz must have played. But no alas just more of the same shit anti City journalism.

I’m quite shocked that Rashcream didn’t set the whole world alight though.

 

[Metalartin]

Kind of glad it's Columbia, gotta love Narcos! Probably not right to say that to a Columbian but all the same:

Nos vemos el martes muchachos!

 

[SWP's back]

Except we play against Colombia who I'd argue are a better team than us

All the more reason to avoid the Brazilian, French, Argentinian side of the draw.

 

[SWP's back]

Also Ive read on here many times that the media are racist and therefore unfair to Sterling due to the colour of his skin, if this is a valid reason then why are they kind to Rashford ?

He didn’t fuck over Liverpool. The press were fine with Sterling before he did.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

I honestly couldn't tell if England were deliberately trying not to win. Nappy Rash's shot only reinforced my doubts

I’m certain we were playing at about 45%