East Kent Saint

Made me smile!

1. first half was more like cage fighting , sliding tackles followed by other leg swiping England players leg 2. Use of flailing arms at close quarters 3. fore arm smash to England players neck 4. constant pushing even when ball gone 5. Shirt pulling and grappling etc etc and what happened one yellow card . On here and the press it's like it never happened !!!! Not surprisingly Argentina actually have skilful players , when they want to be . As said previously England needed a fit squad and the best players but it didn't happen . I have learnt since 1970 3-2 loss after being 2 goals up against West Germany that it's best to not to get intense when watching England 😄

The Argies were obviously told to start playing a bit of football at half time , which they did . Messi may have slowed up but he still surprises the opposition by taking a different route than expected . Threading a ball between 2 defenders and receiving the ball back at the edge of the penalty area or mixing up corner routines.

Kane played his part as usual , dropping back and firing a few long balls to Rogers etc . The only reason to sub him would have been to get fresh legs on up front . He has done well in his last WC.

Thats his management style a bit like Brearley making Bob Willis bowl up the slope at Lords who then got fired up and took a load of wickets

I think the problems stem from taking players who were not 100% fit plus possibly a couple of players who weren't as good as those left behind . Saka , Rice , James all had injuries that affected their performance . OK Rice did well enough . Last nights match , the ref needed to get the cards out early on for Argentina and what's the point in VAR if it allows the level of cheating to carry on throughout the first half ? It wasn't just the blatant fouling , pushing , shirt pulling , use of arms , forearm smash to head even etc but the throwing themselves to the ground having committed the foul play to try and con the ref. Their manager obviously told them to try playing a bit of football at half time ! FIFA needs to improve the control of the game , take action against teams like Argentina who constantly harass the ref and commit endless fouls and cheat .

He's given Simone 3 good talkings to 😄

I just hope it's not another boring game , ok top skill levels and movement but a couple of shots on target in 100 mins of football ? Nearly as bad as Russball at it's worst 😄

Olise usually unplayable subbed off

Only2 shots on goal all game , that's why it's boring and one of them a dubious penalty ! England penalty not given for leg guarding the ball , Spanish player jumps in front of french player , collision and Spain get free kick ?

Some good skill but a bit boring I’m feeling …..

Thanks , I have to stay out of the sun , apart from fair skin , because I can’t function at 30 C plus ! My concern is mainly for the players at any sport in 40 C such as tennis and Tour de France , but a winter game such as football or rugby is a bit bonkers . Being 71 I remember 1962 / 63 winter where the ice floes piled up on camber sands , 1976 when the pavement was almost too hot to walk on ! but mainly the 4 seasons that we used to have in the UK . so lets hope we get 2 semi finals to remember and perhaps a decent final .

You can't bury your head in the sand , climate change is real and has got worse during my 71 years . I could say WC should be in Europe but it has been over 40C in Spain , France etc Yes, Miami is getting significantly hotter due to climate change. The city now experiences over 40 more days per year with above-normal summer temperatures than it did in 1970, with heat index values frequently soaring into the triple digits. This is from Google . My point is about playing sport in adverse conditions , remember the Australian tennis open where players were retiring due to the heat ? To continue with WC it may be necessary to reschedule from the summer months , it may be that all stadiums have to be covered and air conditioned ! As you say , come on England , let's hope they stay the course .

Yes, Miami is getting significantly hotter due to climate change. The city now experiences over 40 more days per year with above-normal summer temperatures than it did in 1970, with heat index values frequently soaring into the triple digits. Yes, Qatar is heating up much faster than most of the world. Because the country is a peninsula surrounded by rapidly warming seas, its average temperatures have already jumped more than 2° C above pre-industrial levels. etc etc quotes from Google