World Cup

[speedingfine]

Got to admit I'll feel a bit cheated if it doesn't go to pens

[JLv3.0]

1st half of extra time wasn't inspiring was it.....

[Simon]

Hard to watch. Hate seeing England 'kick it about a bit' amongst themselves, then promptly lose the ball.

[speedingfine]

Get that team bus ready at Heathrow

[JLv3.0]

Get that team bus ready at Heathrow

Typical pessimistic Brit

[Mito Man]

[evostick]

Onwards

[mik]

That was entertaining

Well done Ingerland (YCs).

[speedingfine]

Yet another good game and got to feel pleased for Southgate

[16vCento]

I'm so happy I could shit.

[Simon]

Thank Christ that curse is gone.

[Maurice]

Most enjoyable. Colombia’s pantomime villain act for the first half was great.

[duncs500]

Too much stress , but thank fuck. For me it's as much about being able to enjoy the world cup for a couple more days than anything, once England go out I get pissed of and don't watch many games. I'll now be able to watch the other games thinking about the possibilities.

I think Sweden will be tough as the team has to be tired and they've shown they're a good side already.

[NotoriousREV]

I almost feel I’ve taught my boys what it truly means to watch an England game, except we won.

[unzippy]

Yet another good game and got to feel pleased for Southgate

Good as in we won? Agreed.

But come on, during 90 mins the only goal scored is due to a penalty because the opponents are a bunch of ill disciplined savages...?

[dinny_g]

Worst part of living here for 20 odd years - you find yourself becoming an England fan..,

That was torture - herself and the boy can’t take it - they went for a walk round the block..

[speedingfine]

Yet another good game and got to feel pleased for Southgate

Good as in we won? Agreed.

But come on, during 90 mins the only goal scored is due to a penalty because the opponents are a bunch of ill disciplined savages...?

I thought we played entertainingly well for the majority of the game and the Columbian dirty players only added to the drama

[GG.]

Most enjoyable. Colombia’s pantomime villain act for the first half was great.

Such a convincing act even the back room staff played their part

[duncs500]

Unfortunately world cup refereeing is generally a bit poor, many of the referees are not experienced enough to deal with it. Colombia were just ridiculous after the award of the penalty, I've never seen anything like it.

I did think our players dived around a bit more than usual which I don't like to see, but it seems like if you don't the referees will take the easy way out. It was an unpleasant but perhaps smart thing to do in this game when you're in the business of winning and the ref can't control things.

[JLv3.0]

It really was a disgusting performance from the Colombians, wasn't it - the irony being that when they turned off all the cheating Latin shit, they were more than capable of outplaying England. And yes, the lack of control from the ref was absolutely appalling.

But hey - Sweden next - a nice, clean, successful country that has taken the time to learn some fucking manners over the years, unlike these dirty cheating South American pricks - I thought Panama were bad but Colombia were a whole new level.

I'm actually quietly confident about Eng vs Sweden - the Sweden v Switzerland didn't contain anything to be too concerned about. As ever this will probably be meaningless on the day.