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Post by duckling on Jun 28, 2018 20:20:06 GMT
I'll get this thread started to ensure that Colombia is spelled correctly in the title  If James Rodriguez is healthy (he went out injured in the 30th minute today), I'm going with Colombia. |
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Post by Mr_DaftBurger on Jun 28, 2018 20:25:37 GMT
I'll get this thread started to ensure that Colombia is spelled correctly in the title If James Rodriguez is healthy (he went out injured in the 30th minute today), I'm going with Colombia. Well that's a good omen Jonah!  |
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Post by GeneralFaye on Jun 28, 2018 20:27:06 GMT
I've made my feelings about Colombia abundantly clear earlier so i'll be going with an England win. Bring on Shaq in the quarters.
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Post by duckling on Jun 28, 2018 20:30:11 GMT
I've watched Colombia a fair bit the last 4 years. They are a team that, if they get their flow, they're very dangerous. But if they don't get a good flow going, they're not good
The best English tactic may actually be to hack them to pieces to cause many stoppages in play. A bonus is that some of their players don't respond well to provocation, and you could force a second yellow/red. You saw what happened when they went down to 10 men against Japan.
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Post by Mint Berry Barks on Jun 28, 2018 20:34:45 GMT
Colombia are good, but so are Japan and every other team left.
I didn't agree with wholesale changes and resting our first team, but when our first team has played we've looked as good (going forward at least) as anyone so far in the tournament.
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Post by WhyDelilah on Jun 28, 2018 20:43:46 GMT
It should be an easy 5-0 win after everybody seems happy at our ineptitude and defeat today.
Everyone is already looking at the quarter final and semi finals.
What could possibly go wrong?
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Post by boskampsflaps on Jun 28, 2018 20:53:45 GMT
Win the midfield, win the game.
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Post by boskampsflaps on Jun 28, 2018 20:54:43 GMT
It should be an easy 5-0 win after everybody seems happy at our ineptitude and defeat today. Everyone is already looking at the quarter final and semi finals. What could possibly go wrong? Plenty but today was a nothing game, we played the B team and it showed, thankfully that won't be the team that starts the next one. |
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Post by WhyDelilah on Jun 28, 2018 20:55:31 GMT
It should be an easy 5-0 win after everybody seems happy at our ineptitude and defeat today. Everyone is already looking at the quarter final and semi finals. What could possibly go wrong? Plenty but today was a nothing game, we played the B team and it showed, thankfully that won't be the team that starts the next one. Correct. Momentum lost. |
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Post by liam007 on Jun 28, 2018 20:55:54 GMT
For those old enough this has got England V Cameroon about it in 1990,we will get through but only just.
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Post by liam007 on Jun 28, 2018 21:00:10 GMT
It should be an easy 5-0 win after everybody seems happy at our ineptitude and defeat today. Everyone is already looking at the quarter final and semi finals. What could possibly go wrong? Why do you think everybody is happy.I am looking at the semi final because i am a optimist,enjoy being a tit Tom youth. |
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Post by boskampsflaps on Jun 28, 2018 21:04:44 GMT
Plenty but today was a nothing game, we played the B team and it showed, thankfully that won't be the team that starts the next one. Correct. Momentum lost. Its overrated, either way the momentum was lost by having to play a pointless game neither side cared about, we'll gain much better and meaningful momentum by doing well in the next two games, hopefully. |
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Post by duckling on Jun 28, 2018 21:05:23 GMT
Plenty but today was a nothing game, we played the B team and it showed, thankfully that won't be the team that starts the next one. Correct. Momentum lost. Momentum hasn't counted for much this tournament. Loads of teams have won one game and lost the next. You'd think that momentum would have been with Germany and Mexico yesterday and against South Korea and Sweden. Only 3 teams won all their group games. |
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Post by WhyDelilah on Jun 28, 2018 21:07:33 GMT
Momentum hasn't counted for much this tournament. Loads of teams have won one game and lost the next. You'd think that momentum would have been with Germany and Mexico yesterday and against South Korea and Sweden. Only 3 teams won all their group games. I hope I'm wrong. I really do. I just don't get this happiness over a defeat and a game against Colombia in the next round, like it's some kind of gimme. Most are talking about the quarters and semis already. I just prefer to take it one game at a time and be positive in every one. |
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Post by ab61 on Jun 28, 2018 21:08:47 GMT
Wonder how many players will be thinking about momentum as we kick off in the last 16 🤔🙄
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Post by liam007 on Jun 28, 2018 21:10:32 GMT
Momentum hasn't counted for much this tournament. Loads of teams have won one game and lost the next. You'd think that momentum would have been with Germany and Mexico yesterday and against South Korea and Sweden. Only 3 teams won all their group games. I hope I'm wrong. I really do. I just don't get this happiness over a defeat and a game against Colombia in the next round, like it's some kind of gimme. Most are talking about the quarters and semis already. I just prefer to take it one game at a time and be positive in every one. Dunna worry young man,you should worry more about Lyndsey is cheating on you kidda and it's someone you know. |
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Post by ct1 on Jun 28, 2018 21:10:51 GMT
Well we’ve never lost to Colombia - just saying!
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Jun 28, 2018 21:12:30 GMT
Wonder how many players will be thinking about momentum as we kick off in the last 16 🤔🙄 Momentum is an intangible though. It’s not something you think about while you’ve got it. But it counts for a lot. |
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Jun 28, 2018 21:14:24 GMT
We will do em in a one off game , wouldn’t fancy our lot to do it in on a wet Wednesday In Medallin but one off game it’s a stroll .
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2018 21:18:36 GMT
Southgate made a huge mistake tonight IMO. Colombia are a dangerous side and they have players in their natural positions that will cause us problems.
Cuadradro will cause our extremely slow and cumbersome left hand side no end of bother. James plays in a position that will really occupy Henderson, or god forbid Dier. They have movement in abundance up front and they have a fair bit of mobility at the back that COULD negate our youthful pace and movement.
They are a very well balanced side and I think we are in for a game and a half. Winnable? Absolutely. Tough? Most definitely.
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Post by barmystokie1 on Jun 28, 2018 22:04:28 GMT
As somebody representing The Mighty Potters and England in Colombia at present I am absolutely bricking this game, we cannot afford to overlook them otherwise I will never hear the end of it! Please Harry bring your striking boots on Tuesday !!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2018 22:47:52 GMT
As somebody representing The Mighty Potters and England in Colombia at present I am absolutely bricking this game, we cannot afford to overlook them otherwise I will never hear the end of it! Please Harry bring your striking boots on Tuesday !! Dunna worry duck. I will be wearing my 1966 lucky underpants and vest. Midg you I always wear them, not been able to get them off since '66 |
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Post by JoeinOz on Jun 28, 2018 23:08:57 GMT
This is where it ends for us. They are simply better than we are.
Although last time we were the final second round game we beat Belgium. But omens are a load of crap. So we are going out in five days
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Post by tony1234 on Jun 28, 2018 23:10:42 GMT
1-1 aet
Behind after 15 mins.
Equalise in second half
Sending off / ref controversy.
Dramatic ET.
Exhaustion.
Peno shoot out.
"One of them!"
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Post by ohbottom on Jun 28, 2018 23:15:30 GMT
Win the midfield, win the game. Hmm - I think I've spotted the flaw in that plan  |
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Post by stayingupfor GermanStokie on Jun 29, 2018 3:58:31 GMT
I didn’t watch your last game against Belgium as it seemed to be a dead rubber.
From what I saw the previous two, you shouldn’t be overtly worried. Colombia’s defence is shaky too, but in the battle of the forwards I think you’ll be more deadly and accurate. Kane will be wanting to prove that he shouldn’t have been dropped and it just seems to drop for him at the moment.
I think you may win this 2-1 or 3-1.
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Post by Northy on Jun 29, 2018 4:52:17 GMT
Wonder how many players will be thinking about momentum as we kick off in the last 16 🤔🙄 Momentum is an intangible though. It’s not something you think about while you’ve got it. But it counts for a lot. So the starting 11 will have momentum as most of their last game they won 6-1 |
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Post by JoeinOz on Jun 29, 2018 5:27:13 GMT
We will do em in a one off game , wouldn’t fancy our lot to do it in on a wet Wednesday In Medallin but one off game it’s a stroll . A 'stroll' ?? Really? England strolling to victory in a knockout game? What's that all about? Stroll from the troll. |
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Jun 29, 2018 7:06:01 GMT
Momentum is an intangible though. It’s not something you think about while you’ve got it. But it counts for a lot. So the starting 11 will have momentum as most of their last game they won 6-1 That isn't how it works. Some of them have now been involved in a defeat, the others won't have played for 8-9 days, which is a long time in tournament football. |
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Post by FullerMagic on Jun 29, 2018 7:19:10 GMT
I agree with this line of thinking.
Neville has often pointed to our players blowing up in the QF due to lack of rotation.
I think stuff like 'momentum' is retrofitted onto narratives after the event, just like 'clever resting' will be retrofitted onto the story if the Colombia game goes well.
It's probably all bollocks.
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