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When England Scored, there was a Stick or Twist option - they Stuck when they should have twisted.

After that, it's not just the subs, which was definitely part of the problem not ideal and didn't support Twist but what they did and how they positioned themselves.

time and time again, they just sat back, 10 years from the Argentine player giving them all the time and space to plan their attack.

Like this - (ignore Kane - he wasn't usually that far up)

Argentina have a choice of 5 players to pass to without an England Player within 10 yards- makes it far too easy

I don't know much about football but it looked like a very high risk strategy when the opponents have Lionel Messi on their right wing

It’s very stereotypically British that this thread was pretty quiet until yous all get to moan about how shite yous did in your best performance in 60 years

I once picked my BIL up from a Peterborough game. They won 7:0 at home and the police stopped the lights over town bridge so all the fans could get into town.

I repeatedly heard them moaning it should have been 8 or 9 etc

Also as half my family support West Ham, it's mainly a different type of anger or depression depending on the game.

Dave!

ZedLeg wrote: Thu Jul 16, 2026 10:46 am yous

Thought this told it rather well:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... dApp_Other

dinny_g wrote: Thu Jul 16, 2026 11:18 am

ZedLeg wrote: Thu Jul 16, 2026 10:46 am yous

It’s a valid regional variation

We can all get behind Argentina now in the final.

Rumour has it there's a few Welsh descendant's in the squad from Patagonian stock.

ZedLeg wrote: Thu Jul 16, 2026 10:46 am It’s very stereotypically British that this thread was pretty quiet until yous all get to moan about how shite yous did in your best performance in 60 years

Looks like exactly the same result as 2018 to me… losing 2-1 in the semis

Oh yeah, jumped the gun with that. If they beat France it’ll be their best result in 60 years

Either way, I think they did well.

I find the British urge to give our sportspeople a kicking no matter how well they do a bit counterproductive tbh.

ZedLeg wrote: Thu Jul 16, 2026 7:00 am This is why I don’t gamble

ZedLeg wrote: Sun Jul 12, 2026 7:20 am Yeah, I could really see it being a France England final tbh

I mean, it could be worse.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq616emqr51o

"An England fanatic is so convinced the Three Lions are set for World Cup glory he has already had a foot-long tattoo inked on his leg celebrating the "win".

Sean Carrington said he has been sure of victory ever since Thomas Tuchel's men beat DR Congo 2-1 in the round of 32 clash.

He is now proudly showing off his huge £550 tribute to the trophy, with the words "England World Cup Winner 2026" etched in capitals underneath."

ZedLeg wrote: Thu Jul 16, 2026 11:24 am

dinny_g wrote: Thu Jul 16, 2026 11:18 am

ZedLeg wrote: Thu Jul 16, 2026 10:46 am yous

It’s a valid regional variation

But you're better than that...

Carlos wrote: Thu Jul 16, 2026 11:45 am Rumour has it there's a few Welsh descendant's in the squad from Patagonian stock.

Largest population of non-English speaking Welsh descendants anywhere in the world

Carlos wrote: Thu Jul 16, 2026 11:45 am We can all get behind Argentina now in the final.

Rumour has it there's a few Welsh descendant's in the squad from Patagonian stock.

Aside from the fact i have Spain in a sweepstake, there won’t be a single Englishman supporting Argentina after that…

Well, accept the red half of Liverpool because they don't think of themselves as English

ZedLeg wrote: Thu Jul 16, 2026 12:36 pm
I find the British urge to give our sportspeople a kicking no matter how well they do a bit counterproductive tbh.

Of course it is, I don't think we're by any stretch the only nation that do it mind you.

I just want us to over achieve for once. It might be up there with our better world cup results, but in the context of our ranking it's par, and the fact that since 2018 we've had semi, final, quarter, final, semi, in major tournaments and not taken any silverware should be pretty disappointing for any sports team.

Yeah I guess, I’m more of a “I hope everyone has a good time” sports watcher

Matty wrote: Wed Jul 15, 2026 11:14 pm I mean, we've still got 3rd place to play for on Saturday! No idea why...but...3rd place!

(Even though I suspect we'll get embarrassed by France).

ZedLeg wrote: Thu Jul 16, 2026 4:33 pm Yeah I guess, I’m more of a “I hope everyone has a good time” sports watcher

I hope all the pricks rolling out of pubs and shouting and laughing as they walked past my house at fucking-hell o' clock had a shit time, and shat their pants in the night, the cunts.

I'm more an aggrieved sports experiencer.

I’m not a great sleeper so I’m usually up and around at like 3 or 4 in the morning anyway