England v Croatia

[S7DiscoDown]

Only need a point to qualify

I believe not winning the group could work out better? Not that you'd play for that.

 

[Mr.DerbyCountyFC]

What a great day. Buzzing. Roll on Friday bring it on Jocks.

 

[Frozen Horse]

Only need a point to qualify

I believe not winning the group could work out better? Not that you'd play for that.

Technically you can go home with 4 points.

If all 4 teams in a group win one draw one and lose one, someone will finish bottom with 4 points.

Im pretty sure a 3rd place team with 3 points would qualify ahead of a 4th place team with 4 points.

I don't think this is at all likely, but it is possible.

 

[jimmyjazz]

Look Teacider Teessides number one plastic far right Tory…..
Stick to subbuteo Bonny lad and I’ll keep you right on team selection and tactics, however (unlike you) if England do well I’ll be back on here to say ‘fair play’
Of that there is no doubt however I suspect I won’t be…..and we’ll be discussing how the game passed us by as we ran around chasing an average Croatia side made to look better by a poor England manager
Nothing much changes

Southgate is the modern Ron greenwood

Say it then...

 

[BoroMart]

Say it then...

his stance looks really bitter and confused

As I pointed out yesterday, Southgate has now got more competitive match wins than ANY other manager. 23 compared to Robson's 22 and achieved in 3 less matches (EDIT: it's 28 wins not 23 and Hodgson did have the record with 26).

Yet, someone has the audacity to compare him to Ron Greenwood. Southgate has a world cup semi and a Nations league semi on his record compared to Ron's two group stage knock outs. Honestly some people need to put the spade down, or climb out the hole they dug and fill it back in by saying fair pay Southgate got it right yesterday, very right.

 

[Laughing]

his stance looks really bitter and confused

As I pointed out yesterday, Southgate has now got more competitive match wins than ANY other manager. 23 compared to Robson's 22 and achieved in 3 less matches.

Yet, someone has the audacity to compare him to Ron Greenwood. Southgate has a world cup semi and a Nations league semi on his record compared to Ron's two group stage knock outs. Honestly some people need to put the spade down, or climb out the hole they dug and fill it back in by saying fair pay Southgate got it right yesterday, very right.

To a certain extent its just post match entertainment bm picking the nonsense apart.

 

[Muttley]

On a related subject. Watching a few of the other games and the "atmosphere" generated by the 22k fans in Wembley was poor. Watching with my son we noticed that there were areas where the crowd was very sparse yet the expensive seats were much more fully occupied. The FA have obviously sold the Club Wembley seats to maximise their take. The reward for that was the library like silence at times. The Riverside was noisier for the two kickabouts.

 

[NYboro]

his stance looks really bitter and confused

As I pointed out yesterday, Southgate has now got more competitive match wins than ANY other manager. 23 compared to Robson's 22 and achieved in 3 less matches (EDIT: it's 28 wins not 23 and Hodgson did have the record with 26).

Yet, someone has the audacity to compare him to Ron Greenwood. Southgate has a world cup semi and a Nations league semi on his record compared to Ron's two group stage knock outs. Honestly some people need to put the spade down, or climb out the hole they dug and fill it back in by saying fair pay Southgate got it right yesterday, very right.

Don't remind me of Greenwood please! The only match I've ever left at half time was England v Spain at Wembley. My mate and I just looked at each other and said "pub"?