Very glad to be proven wrong. I thought overall England deserved that win. Agree about Columbia being cynical, there were very lucky not to get a red for that headbutt, if the ref had called that it may have stopped all the other stuff. I thought Sterling was starting to come good in that game, he at least kept going at players despite it not working most of the time, I suspect Alli is carrying an injury, he just seems half a step off the pace the whole time. The issue is Alli is someone who has a bit of creativity in their game and can make things happen when he's on song, he's just not firing on any cylinders at this cup, I'd replace him with Loftus cheek for the next game, especially as I think the Swedes will be fairly physical.
Since I predicted we'd lose to Columbia and we won I'm going to predict Sweden will win this game! Jezza ________________________________ From: John Lee <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 4, 2018 5:54:17 AM To: Jeremy Adams; Brendan McWilliams; [email protected] Subject: Not so much coming home, more thinking about whether to ring first (was Re: [LU] Tippy Tappy) Very glad you were incorrect Jez re Ingerland, although that was one hell of a tough watch. What a bunch of cynical c***s Colombia were - credit England for, in the main, not getting involved. Refs need to get on top of the whole team compaining thing too. It should be like it Rugby League, when only the captain has direct speaking rights unless called over. Anyway, the sheer relief of Dier's penalty, and I thought he'd been rubbish the whole time he was on, was ecstasy. It was exactly what Colombia deserved. There were flashes of decent play in England's performance, but some big issues too - Stirling and Alli have been complete passengers and I'd switch that around. Plus Ashley Young - he's really not a left back. At least we can't play against another S American team until the final, but I'm hoping Belgium will sort Brazil out. John Best team for me right now is France. Girouard starting up front seems to keep the defenders busy and that creates space for Mbappe to exploit (and exploit it he did against the Argies!) The you have Griezeman's intelligent play, and Kante's intelligent play and breaking up of attacks. Pogba, when he can be arsed and plays further up the field can unlock defences with a great pass. Defensively they are a tad weak but I suspect they'll continue to outscore their opponents. Uruguay look very organized and in Suarez have a game changer so they could be a real challenger too. Brazil are starting to click but I still suspect they have a bad game in them if something starts to go wrong. Belgium were a little lucky with the first goal against Japan ( i really dont believe that was anything other than a header back into the box) which completely changed the momentum in that game but they also look pretty strong. England to go out to Columbia today I'm afraid. _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ RIP Jimmy WAC-COE
