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LOL. Messi behind all that lot?! Just watch the bloke.

You’re writing off Argentina too easily there (by not even mentioning them!). They’re probably slight favourites against Holland, whilst Brazil haven’t beaten them in the past three meetings (including the Copa America final last year). Brazil do look extremely decent tonight, mind!

Gonna have to hope Kyle Walker has his ready brek that day if we beat Senegal.

Takes the expression ‘explosive’ to a new level! The power he gets behind is shots is quite phenomenal.

He’s an arrogant and petulant toad, but Mbappé is going to go on to break some serious records if he doesn’t sustain a big injury.

For many he’s the greatest to have ever played the game, and he’s playing his last WC - the one prize which has evaded him to date. The media frenzy was always going to be there. It’s the same for Ronaldo in this tournament (perhaps ever so slightly less as his powers are fading quicker). Enjoy it for one final time.

Absolutely. Brazil won’t have a sure run to the final either on the ‘easier’ side - they’ll likely have to play Argentina in the semis and they haven’t beaten them in the last three attempts. That’s if the Aussies et al. don’t have something to say about it too. All to play for!

Exactly. Just watch the bloke. His vision and dribbling is just sublime - he’s been awesome tonight, apart from the missed penalty.

A few too quick to write off the Argies. They look very good tonight. Poland have been woeful.

If you’d not known any different, you’d have thought Di Maria only ever played for Man Utd.

That’s unfair IMO. We’re seeing with Ecuador that the South American sides are no mugs. Games against them (especially away), Uruguay, Colombia, Chile are far from easy. As for Messi, the punditry at half time was embarrassing from Keane and Neville. ‘All he does is walk around’. That’s what he’s done his whole career. Jesus Christ. I’m pleased he shoved it right down their throats by full time.

God we look awful. A rovers away esque performance. Far too much confidence on here the other day. Southgate sitting on his hands like Mowbray.

Indeed. I'll wager that Pedri will be the best midfielder in the tournament, as he was at the Euros too. Brazil Serbia should be a great game this evening.

I wish this jumped up pr*ck had tried this in the days of an Andy Todd being in our side. He’d be eating through a straw for the foreseeable.

Quickest people moving in blue and white today were the fans. Bunch of rubber dinghy men on the pitch. An embarrassment to the famous shirt.

(Yet another) shocking decision from Tomasson. Let’s save him for England and youth competitions. Makes sense.

Any news on if Adam Wharton was injured, or being saved for some youth competition? I really hope it’s the former, but I wouldn’t be surprised with Tomasson in charge if it were the latter.

I’m sure we had just 1 shot in another of our away matches this season too. We have form. It’s unnaceptable.

Yep. What is it with these away matches where we don’t even create one chance? It’s happened 5-6 times now. It’s not acceptable. And against our local rivals. As you say, how on earth can we not be Motivated for today? If Tomasson comes on all grinning after the game, I think I’ll go insane.

ONE shot in 90 minutes. Seething doesn’t cut it.

Unforgivable from Tomasson and the players today. Simply unforgivable.

Jesus Christ. Shocking from Tomasson (and players) today. We may as well just forfeit away games. We’re f*going terrible at them in the league at least.

We never ever come back from a losing position. Make me eat my words, Rovers. I beg you!

Blimey. He’s absolutely terrible, Chaddy.

He was infuriating last night. I genuinely don’t think he made one forward pass all night. He was easier to read than the Beano…get the ball, hold onto it, turn inside, pass either backwards or sideways. I think I’ll just go to bed next time I see him line up at right back, let alone wing back where he simply has to contribute going forwards. I’m still seething at JDT this morning. So many basic errors with his line up and system, not to mention his stubbornness not to change things much earlier. It’s frightening how bad he got it.