01 Jul 2026 10:36:05
Question is if we will get as far as facing Mexico? Our toothless wonders could go out on penalties to DRC - not long before we find out though.

1.) 01 Jul 2026
01 Jul 2026 12:31:37
That is exactly the worst case scenario I'm kind of expecting '70!

2.) 01 Jul 2026
01 Jul 2026 12:46:28
Yep could easily happen. We have been tragic so far and there are no easy games. Hopefully, we start to find out form.

3.) 01 Jul 2026
01 Jul 2026 14:16:27
Hopefully, we get what we deserve. A mauling. So many teams have entertained and scored spectacular goals. We just bore. Only team in the World Cup that has the dehydration break in their match highlights. Move on. Nothing to see here.

4.) 01 Jul 2026
01 Jul 2026 14:31:48
Bit harsh, guys - I think Germany, Holland, Italy, and Uruguay would swap with us right now. No prizes for winning your group games in style. No excuse for not beating DRC, though - their best player, Wissa, can barely get in the Newcastle team. I expect a much improved display and result.

5.) 01 Jul 2026
01 Jul 2026 19:16:36
Well, as the Duke of Wellington famously said after the Battle of Waterloo, "that was a damned close run thing." The most appropriate phrase I can think of is "lucky, lucky, lucky." And to Harry Kane, sorry, that was not a penalty; you were on your way down before the goalie touched you.

6.) 01 Jul 2026
01 Jul 2026 19:20:50
XG 2.04 v 0.8 - seems like a fair result to me, rather than lucky lucky lucky.

7.) 01 Jul 2026
01 Jul 2026 19:37:03
With JR on everything.

8.) 01 Jul 2026
01 Jul 2026 20:00:48
England being carried by Kane. If DRC had made it 2 - 0, it could have been curtains. Big improvement required against Mexico.

9.) 01 Jul 2026
01 Jul 2026 20:13:11
Kane is a bit like Sheringham. No pace, but his brain is two steps ahead of the opposition. Remarkable season for him. No wonder Barcelona are interested in signing him, but seemingly Kane and his family are happy in Munich.

10.) 01 Jul 2026
01 Jul 2026 21:03:10
We were woeful imo. Their keeper played a blinder, and they looked to take the game to us, which was refreshing. Bellingham, Kane, and that Irish man, Rice, are carrying us. The rest have zero bite, and zero creativity, and our defence takes the breath away for the wrong reasons!

11.) 02 Jul 2026
02 Jul 2026 10:17:11
How contradictory is that? We were woeful, yet we forced their goalie into playing a blinder to keep them in the game. We were woeful for 23 minutes, then TT tore into them, and we were by far the better side for the last 3 quarters. Not a Gordon fan, but thought he was excellent when he came on - lovely weighted cross for the first, rode 2 tackles, and slipped a lovely ball to Kane for the second rather than taking the easy option and playing backwards as Gashford did for the first hour.

12.) 02 Jul 2026
02 Jul 2026 12:31:51
So, we should be the better side! It's on that basis that my "woeful" descriptor stands! Probably, a billion quids worth of "talent" on that oak, and only 3 of them showed anything! Yes, their keeper had a blinder, but we were still crap!