Blow-in

You think juventus were 100% sure they could sign Ronaldo? Maybe they should have made all their signings so they were guaranteed to get them rather then taking a chance on s9meone good

I can see what you mean, but Croatia are all over the place.

I am starting to think England are not playing against bad teams, they are just making them look bad. Scary, you might just do it.

Will you live to regret Sterling not squaring it to the unmarked top goal scorer in the world cup?? I must admit it doesn't look like it, Sweden look shambolic. The only thing going for them in this match was a solid defense but they look all over the place at the moment.

You got me.

Didnt Woy have a successful career all over europe?

In fairness England seem to be lethal from set pieces and crosses and I think that would be the undoing of a lot of the weaker teams in the last 16. You would have destroyed Japan. I also think Belgium would have an easier time against Columbia then they did with the Japanese. A lot of the teams are defending narrow but noone seems brave enough to play with real width except Mexico against the Germans.

You have to feel for the Japanese, they were immense, defended superbly for most of the game without sitting at the edge of the box. In fairness I think their legs had gone and they would have lost it in extra time and that's why they took a chance with the corner.

The question has to be asked, why would you start a game against the worlds shortest defense with Fellaini on the bench?

What exactly did he do to warrant being put in charge of one of the best groups of players in the world????

Didi Hamaan working on Irish TV predicted this before the game, said Japan would be too committed for the Belgians.

Maybe Tony Mowbray has said its been a poor world cup?

Thought id struggle to have much interest with neither Ireland or Italy involved but it has still been pretty good.

Wonder how many world cups Yugoslavia would have won if they had stayed together. Think of a mix of the Serbian and Croatian teams with some of the best players from Switzerland (assuming their families had stayed)

Thats incredibly harsh.

Serious work ethic from their two superstar forwards too.

Agree completely needs to get a move away from PSG. No doubt Madrid will be circling soon. Would prefer embappe to neymar ever day of the week and twice on Sundays

My skybox is refusing to play the national broadcaster to so i am stuck watching the coverage on the BBC. My God you have my sympathies it is awful, from the inane muttering of the studio to the absolute bullshit of having to listen to Danny Murphy. Think i will get up on the roof and risk a Rod Hull.

We did.

Thats like being the worlds tallest dwarf. A tall dwarf i grant you but still not tall enough to be an owner occupier of an enchanted beanstalk.

1 team in the competition is nice to see, but it gets old fast.

Then you should be careful how you phrase things. For what its worth Argentina are as good as gone, literally any team in the last 16 will put them to the sword unless there is a marked improvement. For what its worth I think you are stuck with Germany till the semis

You old romantic

Would be lovely to see him match Maradona by single handedly winning a wold cup by himself. Also who do you want to watch play France Nigeria or Iceland or Argentina though I fear I already know the answer to that.

Also England won the world cup at home, it hardly diminishes the achievement.