sadoldgit

Apologies if this had already been posted. Apparently Bowen is staying at WHU this season.

Especially if the were standing behind a tree with an iPhone.

I don’t disagree that he is good to watch but the end product is often frustrating. If it wasn’t though he would have been playing at a higher level than ours last season.

Not true though. Argentina showed signs of stepping up a gear before we scored. In the first half they seemed content to put us off our stride with lots of niggly fouls. They came out in the second half and started to play football. They did the same against Egypt and will probably to the same against Spain. They were written off early on as too old and past it. Clearly they are not. As for us, did anyone really think we would make the semis before a ball was kicked in this competition? What did Lineker say about Tuchel? “60% genius, 40% psychopath.” I think we have seen that over the last few weeks!

I don’t disagree that he made tactical errors after we scored but he has to be given credit for taking a slightly above average team to the semi finals of the World Cup. We rode our luck in the earlier rounds and that was always going to run out. Several posters made the pont that we were the fourth best team in the semis, and so it proved. Yes, he has overall responsibility for the loss, but he should also be given credit for getting that far in the first place. Better teams than us went out in earlier rounds.

We must have been watching a different game. Argentina have shown time and again that they are a machine. They clearly had a lot more in their locker than we did and were the better team on the night. Yes, the subs and the tactics didn’t help, but we couldn’t match them when they stepped up a gear, and that was clear before we scored.

I agree about Tuchel tonight, but to be fair to him he has taken an average team to the semi finals. As for Spain, yes, I think they will win, but I don’t think that it will be easy for them.

I’ve been watching them screw up since 1968.

Argentina were able to go up several gears while we were stuck in reverse. As for those who think that Messi is crap, give your head a wobble.

We over performed to get to the semis but bottled it in this game. The best team won but we made it easy for them by inviting them on.

Game over

Shutting up shop with 30 mins to go against Argentina? Really?

I wasn’t expecting too much against Mexico and Norway so I will stick with the pessimism in the hope that England will put in a decent performance this evening. I expect it will be a bit livelier than last night, maybe one or two red cards? France showed last night that previous performances do not necessarily translate to form in a semi final. Here’s hoping!

Do other teams scout football forums to look for potential signings? If so, putting off potential suitors seem like a good idea 😉

Brings back memories. The changing rooms used to reek of embrocation in my day. Fortunately the studs had changed to screw in by then though. Another plus was the introduction in the country of the “continental” style boot. At school the boots were like workmen’s hobnail boots with big toe caps and high over the ankle with laces about 6ft long. The “continental” boot was cut below the ankle, had a long tongue which folded down over the tied lace and had a softer toe. My Dad referred to them as slippers but they, along with the footballs that replaced the old leather lace ups, made playing the game a much better experience.