World Cup 2026

[Dr Who?]

Even though offside that finish from Kane was cute as…

[Turkish]

Just now, egg said:

Definitely not. He must have a knock. I'd be surprised if we see him second half.

Rumours that he’s been ill this week which must be rough in that humidity 

[benjii]

Let's be honest, Norway are shite.

We should win this.

Rice for Mainoo on 52. Saka for Madueke on 60. 

3-1.

[Turkish]

Just now, benjii said:

Let's be honest, Norway are shite.

We should win this.

Rice for Mainoo on 52. Saka for Madueke on 60. 

3-1.

When they upped the tempo a bit were were hanging on. They’re not that bad 

[Gloucester Saint]

1 minute ago, egg said:

Definitely not. He must have a knock. I'd be surprised if we see him second half.

Had a sickness bug apparently Weds/Thursday. Trained yesterday but that and the heat definitely taken it out of him. Caught on the counter so many times which is unusual. 

Edited 10 hours ago by Gloucester Saint
And

[egg]

Just now, Turkish said:

Rumours that he’s been ill this week which must be rough in that humidity 

Ah ok, makes sense. They're not the conditions you want if you're unwell. 

[SNSUN]

Just now, Colinjb said:

Same. Judging from the cheers around the village, not alone.

Yeah my neighbours have a projector in their back garden and their whole family is there, but I know there is a feed delay from the first Bellingham goal, so i cheered extra loud when Kane put it in. 

[SNSUN]

1 minute ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Had a sickness bug apparently Weds/Thursday. Trained yesterday but that and the heat definitely taken it out of him. Caught on the counter so many times which is unusual. 

Yep. And with Henderson with a broken arm we only have Mainoo to cover. Who hasn't had a minute of action yet. 

[benjii]

1 minute ago, SNSUN said:

Yep. And with Henderson with a broken arm we only have Mainoo to cover. Who hasn't had a minute of action yet. 

This is the sort of match where someone like Palmer would be a great option....

[Colinjb]

2 minutes ago, benjii said:

Let's be honest, Norway are shite.

We should win this.

Rice for Mainoo on 52. Saka for Madueke on 60. 

3-1.

No, they are playing smart. They go toe to toe with us in this heat they'll be knackered. 

We underestimated them after that first 20 minutes. Cannot do it again.

[Colinjb]

Just now, benjii said:

This is the sort of match where someone like Palmer would be a great option....

If only we had someone who could cover every blade of grass.

(Sorry, was expecting a Carlton Palmer reference.....)

[Gloucester Saint]

Just now, SNSUN said:

Yep. And with Henderson with a broken arm we only have Mainoo to cover. Who hasn't had a minute of action yet. 

He might be needed shortly as can’t see Rice going beyond 60 mins and Anderson very sluggish. 

[obelisk]

If Rice isn't fit enough then he shouldn't be on the pitch. He definitely looks off the pace and his dead balls have been pants.

[Gloucester Saint]

1 minute ago, benjii said:

This is the sort of match where someone like Palmer would be a great option....

Or Gibbs-White.

[egg]

Just now, benjii said:

This is the sort of match where someone like Palmer would be a great option....

Was about to type that. Bellingham deeper, Rice off, Palmer or Gibbs-White in behind Kane. But we have Mainoo to look forward to. 

[Gloucester Saint]

Pickford getting clog off the ITV panel at HT on the cross-shot goal.

Really daft from Sorloth not to square to Haaland at 1-0 when the world’s best centre forward is free in acres of space. 

Edited 10 hours ago by Gloucester Saint

[SNSUN]

2 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Or Gibbs-White.

Good shout that. 

[whelk]

12 minutes ago, RedArmy said:

Might be the best player this country has ever produced. 

Have you got a QR code so we can vote?

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

12 minutes ago, RedArmy said:

Might be the best player this country has ever produced. 

Steady on, what about Matt Le Tiss? 

[RedArmy]

Just now, whelk said:

Have you got a QR code so we can vote?

u wot m8 

[SNSUN]

Eze can play centrally if needed. Maybe see how Rice gets on second half and hope for the best before we have to make a change. 

[SNSUN]

1 minute ago, SNSUN said:

Eze can play centrally if needed. Maybe see how Rice gets on second half and hope for the best before we have to make a change. 

Eze and Saka on for Madueke and Rice

[SNSUN]

Free kick England. Good from Gordon again.

[Gloucester Saint]

2 minutes ago, SNSUN said:

Eze and Saka on for Madueke and Rice

Madueke would struggle if Russell Martin took him on loan to Leicester next season in L1. Makes Andros Townsend look like Marc Overmars by comparison.

Rice clearly not well so not his fault.

[obelisk]

I assume that the plan was for Gordon to get out of the way of that free kick rather than to let it hit him.

[benjii]

Don't really get why you would drop Bellingham deeper to accommodate Eze. Should have put Mainoo on or else played Eze deeper. Leave Bellingham alone.

[SNSUN]

1 minute ago, benjii said:

Don't really get why you would drop Bellingham deeper to accommodate Eze. Should have put Mainoo on or else played Eze deeper. Leave Bellingham alone.

Doesn't seem to trust Mainoo... so why take him! 

Bit dodgy from Pickford there...

[obelisk]

England playing with fire here. 

[adrian lord]

Pickford is having one of his nervy games

[SNSUN]

Crap.

[whelk]

Just now, adrian lord said:

Pickford is having one of his nervy games

Looks so fucking dodgy

[SNSUN]

Come on VAR...

[obelisk]

England all over the place defending that corner.

[Gloucester Saint]

Going to be ruled out, Haaland would be lucky to escape a full push when he subsequently scores. 

[SNSUN]

Just now, obelisk said:

England all over the place defending that corner.

Shocking

[obelisk]

England have invited pressure and are lucky to get away with that.

[SNSUN]

Retaken corner!  No goal

[obelisk]

A retake of the corner?

[Colinjb]

Another let off.

Come on England. Wise up.

[skintsaint]

its a foul?

 

[egg]

Why's the corner being retaken? It was a foul...free kick. 

That said, push, yep, weak AF, yep. 

[SNSUN]

Just now, obelisk said:

A retake of the corner?

Probably score from it again. We need to sort shit out again. 

[PerthshireSaint]

WTF

[Sheaf Saint]

So the goal gets overturned and the corner is to be retaken. But it shouldn't have been a corner in the first place because the ball came off a Norway player last and it wasn't checked.

[Turkish]

Retaken corner after a foul is committed wtf? 😂😂

[SNSUN]

Just now, egg said:

Why's the corner being retaken? It was a foul...free kick. 

That said, push, yep, weak AF, yep. 

It was before the corner was taken. Hence retaken corner. New rule apparently.

[Gloucester Saint]

England might as well go on the offensive as not set up to defend with Rice off and Eze better going forward than tracking back.

[SNSUN]

I'll say this for nothing, if we want to have a chance tonight, we need to score next. 

[Gloucester Saint]

Just now, SNSUN said:

It was before the corner was taken. Hence retaken corner. New rule apparently.

Quite a good rule change surprisingly.

[benjii]

1 minute ago, Sheaf Saint said:

So the goal gets overturned and the corner is to be retaken. But it shouldn't have been a corner in the first place because the ball came off a Norway player last and it wasn't checked.

No, it came off Stones