Where does City signing Mahrez leave the likes of Phil Foden ? Young English players in key positions who won't be getting game time at the expense of foreign players.

They had skilful guys who also don't take a backward step. They got in our faces in the second half and we couldn't handle it.

Like you say we are knocked off the ball much too easily. You've got used watching football over here. I saw incidents that would have definitely been free kicks in our football. The thing is, we're not playing in our leagues, we're playing in a World Cup. It was obvious to me after watching the early games that you could expect to get away with a lot more in this World Cup. How many red cards were handed out compared with games in England ? We never came to terms with that fact. I got tired of seeing our guys on the floor appealing for free kicks we were never ever going to get.

I've been saying it for weeks, it's not hindsight. Our lads allowed themselves to be pushed around physically by Croatia tonight. It's all very well being nice boys but there are times when you have to fight fire with fire. We've nobody who has a reputation for being a hard case out there. The Premier League is a league for wimps and divers I'm afraid.

The teams that started the second half were exactly the same as the team's in the first half. We were dominant in the first half. Then they changed their way of playing and we didn't deal with it until it was too late.

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.