GWT: World Cup - Quarterfinals - England v. France

[robertmac43]

That's got to be it for Southgate. I hope the next manager can come in and play some more fluid football. Lot's of talent on this English team, they should use it more.

 

[Evilo]

Watching the replays of the second French goal and it's crazy how bad Rice and Stones were. Rice had no one above him and just let Giroud run off him and Stones had no one in front of him but didn't collapse back at all and just casually let the ball go over his head.

Nah Rice is sooooo good, remember. He was perfect this game.
Contrary to Tchouameni who did give up a goal, but scored a screamer, tackled everywhere, blocked the whole midfield and covered the right side to help Kounde all game long.

 

[Karterthadon]

True. Not on his color though

Ya, but knobs are knobs. Just go take a look at Disasi's Instagram page, tons of Moroccans have flooded his pictures with monkey emoji's and nasty comments because he injured Harit.

Social media basically handed a megaphone to the lowest of the low in society. It is what it is.

 

[hatterson]

I would’ve liked to have seen England vs Argentina just for the storylines. Too bad.

Watch the two GOATs go at it in Messi and Maguire. Yea that would be good.

 

[Evilo]

Ya, but knobs are knobs. Just go take a look at Disasi's Instagram page, tons of Moroccans have flooded his pictures with monkey emoji's and nasty comments because he injured Harit.

I know and I specifically said it wasn't an english only thing. Mbappe got abused last Euro.

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

Kane will absolutely catch a ton of heat. Especially since he hasn't won shit at a club level either. The whole "Kane has a loser mentality" thing will become an even bigger thing. Some people already talked about it in this thread.

 

[Evilo]

Kane had a wonderful game. His only fault was the missed penalty. Rest was damn near perfect.

But as I said, Giroud torches him career wise.

 

[robertmac43]

 

[Jersey Fresh]

Watching the replays of the second French goal and it's crazy how bad Rice and Stones were. Rice had no one above him and just let Giroud run off him and Stones had no one in front of him but didn't collapse back at all and just casually let the ball go over his head.

Trying to pin that goal on Rice is insanity. It's not his mark and he's expecting either Stones to read the ball at his near post or Maguire to if not outright win the ball, at least put off the man he's tracking. Instead, Stones doesn't challenge for the ball whatsoever. The path of the ball literally isn't even in his path to cut it off as he's turning towards his goal. If it goes over anyone's head it's Stone's.

(sorry I got the players backwards, it was Stones in that position)

 

[NyQuil]

Kane will absolutely catch a ton of heat. Especially since he hasn't won shit at a club level either. The whole "Kane has a loser mentality" thing will become an even bigger thing. Some people already talked about it in this thread.

Who has missed PKs this tournament?

Messi, Lewandowski, Davies, Kane, Busquets…

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

Thing is, if he replicates his 1st penalty exactly, it's in again. Lloris can't stop that shot. I thought Kane was in trouble when I saw his walk-up wasn't the same as his 1st one.

 

[gary69]

Watching the replays of the second French goal and it's crazy how bad Rice and Stones were. Rice had no one above him and just let Giroud run off him and Stones had no one in front of him but didn't collapse back at all and just casually let the ball go over his head.

Rice got schooled on the first goal as well, Mbappe dragging Rice away from his central position allowed Tchouameni the time to get his shot off and score.

 

[Evilo]

Rice got schooled on the first goal as well, Mbappe dragging Rice away from his central position allowed Tchouameni the time to get his shot off and score.

And he actually fouled Mbappe because he couldn't take the ball from him, nor even slow him down.

 

[Adele Dazeem]

I wasn't a big believer in Saka, but man did he have a game.

It was incredibly stupid to take him off.

Congratulations to France, they were an inch better. Well deserved.

 

[gary69]

That's got to be it for Southgate. I hope the next manager can come in and play some more fluid football. Lot's of talent on this English team, they should use it more.

England's strength is their attacking talent, who are still young enough for a few more tournaments, so the manager should certainly make his tactics take full advantage of that.

 

[Jersey Fresh]

Rice got schooled on the first goal as well, Mbappe dragging Rice away from his central position allowed Tchouameni the time to get his shot off and score.

If you're going to go that far back to assign blame for a shot from 30 yards out, you may as well go even further back and say it's on Bellingham for whiffing on the tackle on Upamecano and then running to cover in central defense when they already had four guys covering Giroud, which made him late to rotate. Picking either of those is overthinking it, IMO.

 

[Cloned]

Would have been a lot more awkward had Lloris actually been forced to save it.

The mind games tho

 

[Shrimper]

Saka was fouled in the buildup but you play to the whistle, our own fault to concede

 

[Cloned]

Watch the two GOATs go at it in Messi and Maguire. Yea that would be good.

Has anyone on social media noticed Maguire’s role in the winning goal yet? lol.

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

On the first goal, I feel like a top keeper saves that. That shot is in the air for a pretty long time.

 

[gary69]

If you're going to go that far back to assign blame for a shot from 30 yards out, you may as well go even further back and say it's on Bellingham for whiffing on the tackle on Upamecano and then running to cover in central defense when they already had four guys covering Giroud, which made him late to rotate. Picking either of those is overthinking it, IMO.

Not IMO, creating space is often crucial for scoring. Bellingham certainly deserves some flack for that too. It's like kids running after the ball and watching only where the ball is.

But you often see this happening, players not anticipating enough and only ball watching, instead of figuring out where the surrounding players are or where the late runs might be coming into.

I often wonder if the teams don't practice this enough. Especially for short tournaments this type of combination play should be priority, since manager/coaches don't have to worry about developing individual players, their technique etc.

So in this sense, it's good to see a team like Morocco, who clearly have invested a lot of effort and time to work on their teamwork.

 

[Savant]

Giroud has had a better career than Kane.

I don’t even think this is a hot take

 

[Evilo]

On the first goal, I feel like a top keeper saves that. That shot is in the air for a pretty long time.

104 km/h though.

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

104 km/h though.

Yeah but he gets there. It's actually under his glove. I think part of the problem is that he's a bit too short to be an elite GK.

 

[hatterson]

On the first goal, I feel like a top keeper saves that. That shot is in the air for a pretty long time.

He moved late and he doesn't have great range anyway. He was partly blocked off by Bellingham, but still didn't react well.