World cup 2026

[Dogburger]

Madueke has been terrible. How the hell did he get in the team ? Oh wait a minute, he plays for Arsenal.
He really offers nothing.

Its Tuchels choice to have wide attackers and he obviously saw more in Madueke than say Palmer or Foden .Saka was obviously the plan but it doesn't seem he is 100%

 

[TheBigToePunt]

The Ref had a decent game I had no problems with the big decisions and it wasn't a penalty. Sorry Shearer "where was he supposed to put his leg" Err how about in front of himself and not to the side to trip up the defender.

Shearer has long been the worst of pundits when it comes to defending the modern form of diving. Call it 'initiating contact' or whatever you like, it's cheating by throwing yourself to the floor in the pretence something has happened to you. It's a c**** trick, and England has become it's home, both at club and national team level.

I was fascinated by the Embolo sending off in the other game. Quite clearly an act of shameless cheating. When called out for it the player was outraged and devastated, but not at his own behaviour and it's consequences for the team. He seemed genuinely to feel the victim of an unbelievable miscarriage of justice.

That's the state of modern footballers. This form of cheating is so hardwired into them that they can't even see it as wrong.

I find it really hard to care if England win when I see Kane diving around everywhere, rolling around holding his head. What a c***.

Still, it's no wonder he does it. He's never known any different and never, ever, been called out for it. And he won't all the time dickheads like Shearer are left unchallenged on TV.

 

[chris123]

Just reading that Antonio Rattin the Argentine captain in 1966 died yesterday aged 89, animal for those that remember the match.

 

[Teddy Eagle]

Shearer has long been the worst of pundits when it comes to defending the modern form of diving. Call it 'initiating contact' or whatever you like, it's cheating by throwing yourself to the floor in the pretence something has happened to you. It's a c**** trick, and England has become it's home, both at club and national team level.

I was fascinated by the Embolo sending off in the other game. Quite clearly an act of shameless cheating. When called out for it the player was outraged and devastated, but not at his own behaviour and it's consequences for the team. He seemed genuinely to feel the victim of an unbelievable miscarriage of justice.

That's the state of modern footballers. This form of cheating is so hardwired into them that they can't even see it as wrong.

I find it really hard to care if England win when I see Kane diving around everywhere, rolling around holding his head. What a c***.

Still, it's no wonder he does it. He's never known any different and never, ever, been called out for it. And he won't all the time dickheads like Shearer are left unchallenged on TV.

Absolutely. The expression "entitled to go down" should be limited to more social occasions.
Footballers are hardwired to "look for an advantage" (cheat) nick a few feet for a throw and have an inability to put the ball down in the right place for a free kick or a corner - I'll put this down an inch away from where I'm supposed to then over hit it by 5 yards.
A lot of the exaggeration (diving) is excused as a way of bringing things to VARs attention which is a bit ironic but referees have been less easily conned up to now in this World Cup.