I thought Southgate got out thought by the Croatian coach in the second half. When plan A stopped working we had no plan B , they had.

Yeah, I agree. Rose got forward more in the little cameos he had than Young did in all the time he had out there. Regarding Henderson my son said to me - " Garry Flitcroft was better ".

I'd like to think we'd be a bit more ambitious after getting promoted.

He needs to offer more than Alli or Lingard, Dier was an Henderson replacement.

Cover for Nuttall ? Is that what we've come to ?

I just get the feeling with Lingard that if he played for Southampton or Newcastle he'd never have got near an England cap.

Yeah Trippier was poor after half time, I can only assume the injury that drove him off was already starting to affect him. For those old enough to remember tonight's game put me in the mind of the England v West Germany quarter final in 1970.

If Modric had have played for us and Alli or Lingard for Croatia we would have won by a couple of goals.

Sorry mate, we were outmuscled lots of times in the second half and extra time. Our lads are used to Premier League refereeing were it's getting to be almost a non contact sport. Every little touch is a free kick. In this comp referees have been letting lots go and to win the ball you've got to put a foot in.

Not enough creativity. We only made half chances after half time. Just as well we're out, France would have battered us.

We're getting bullied out of this, they are stronger.

Really poor second half. This lot are giving us a passing lesson. Alli, Lingard are just lightweights in a game like this. We're taking a knife to a gun fight. They keep appealing for fouls that aren't , this is World Cup semi final not Man U v Spurs. We'll see what we're made of now.

The chance that Lingard missed was a bad miss. Imagine what would happen if a ball like that fell to Modric.

Perhaps Giroud should look like an international class footballer, then he might get positive reviews. He sticks out like a sore thumb in that team. How he gets in past Benzema I'll never know.

Santos were beating the best European teams easily in the play off games where the South American champions played the European Cup winners back in the day.

In those " friendlies " everybody was busting a gut to beat Santos and keep Pele quiet. Not many did.

Technically maybe he could. Where Mbappe stands out is his imagination and ability to see passes and moves were nobody else can. That's why he reminds me of Pele.

Sad to see two great players down there at the bottom. Didi and Gerson were two of the best midfield playmakers I ever saw. Like our Tugay in style, they could run the show without ever having to bust a gut and their range of passes was tremendous.

I was really impressed with what I saw last night. He has everything that the young Pele had plus explosive pace and a bit more size. It's really up to him how far he goes in the game. If he looks after himself he could be right up there with Pele. He needs to cut out the play acting though. The other Ronaldo was some player as a kid, only injuries hampered his career.

Yeah Varane was outstanding, he got his head onto everything at the back. He had Lukaku in his back pocket all night. Watching him and the other centre back if we were to play them we wouldn't have it all our own way at set pieces. They're strong all over the park, only Giroud is a weak link.

That's what you get with Lukaku. He's either devasting or completely anonymous. Tonight what the latter. DeBruyne was pretty poor also. Chadli was no substitute for the usual fullback. Hazard ran all night but you can't beat teams on your own. Mbappe looks to have the makings of a real player if he can keep his ego in check

Just look at his career progression, or lack of it, since he left Ewood. He was bobbins for us. I would have thought we'd enough back up for Nyambe already. What I'd like to see is us sign is players that are better than what we already have not more fringe players.

He was garbage at Rovers and he's gone backwards since then.

True, but that was then, subsequently they've changed their system.

They've been trying to get Modric further forward because he can really hurt teams. They've brought in Brozovic as a defensive midfielder so they can do this but it means they have to play with one striker instead of two. If Southgate can come up with a plan to negate their midfield I'll really be impressed.