World Cup 2018 | 3rd July | R16: Colombia vs England Match Thread, KO 19:00 (BST)

[Deleted member 81382]

Unsurprisingly Sterling is being absolutely slaughtered by keyboard warriors on Twitter.

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

Henderson meant to be pulling the strings of this team. Yeah right. Young is gash too. Ref doesnt have a grip on the game at all. Anything could happen here. I wouldnt be surprised to see England playing with 10 men here

 

[Metalartin]

Lingard is pretty quiet tonight, if Rashford as to come on let it be for him.

 

[RandomJ]

Unsurprisingly Sterling is being absolutely slaughtered by keyboard warriors on Twitter.

Despite being the only one to actually run towards their goal. He will always have a target on his back.

 

[citytill1die84]

Anyway Come on England.

 

[Gray]

How can a team of eleven journeymen footballers be expected to win the World Cup.

Where is our match winning flair player, who can produce a moment of magic.

 

[Manchester_lalala]

Got a feeling this is going to be a typical England let down performance. Colombia look shite without James. It will be dissapointing to be knocked out by these seeing as the whole country have found some new faith behind them.

 

[BlueAnorak]

VAR works but clearly not when England are the aggrieved party. As per Tunisia.

 

[yeseye]

Some Colombian coach having it with Sterling

Tbf it was only a shoulder barge..

 

[Tricky_Trev]

As I said, WC VAR strikes again.

It’s not that much better than no-VAR with this implementation, even if it has gotten a few things right, as there is no way to predict the outcomes of similar incidents due to an utter lack of consistency. If anything, it is merely a way of legitimising suspect calls.

VAR could be great for the game, but there does not seem to be an impetus to implement in a manner where it will be as impartial and consistent as is possible.

Too many people rely on the ‘inconsistency’ for a living. It’ll never change.