SEE YOU! A brand spanking new modern fitba thread 2023/2024

Can you not record it and then watch it when you get back home? Just try to not find out the result.

 

Ugh, kid's birthday parties. Events where everybody present has to pretend they want to be there.

 

This match is gonna be intense.

 

England will be happy with this. Held the initial attack and now have a toehold.

 

If I get a wedge of cake I can just about tolerate it....

 

Based on early play it would seem set pieces are going to be very imporant for England.

This not the tiki taka Spain but you still don't get a lot of the ball.

 

Stones has been good so far.

 

Yep England have 3 routes:

Spain somehow allow them.long enough on the ball to work Saka into it or Bellingham has time to engineer something

They get a corner /penaltyand Kane etc get on it

They get something from broken play and it's fed on by Watkins who routinely feeds off test sort of thing in the PL

 

Bellingham is marked man.

 

Walker got to do better in open space

 

Wasted corner. Low ball into a thicket of legs when you have 3 big men to aim for???

 

England have the idea but they're snatching at key moments.

 

Shaw having game of his life so far,up front and at the back. Can he keep it up for 90?

 

Do you think they should skip all this passing and kicking the ball aboot and go straight to business with penalties?

 

Aimless pump into box from Spain. Not their game at all........Shaw is a clear outlet but I wonder if he won't be caught out up front when Spain break.

 

All jokes aside they are openly mooting the doing away with extra time and going straight to penalties.

 

Morata has to be one of the most immobile do noting strikers I’ve ever seen. I don’t think he’s made one run up the middle.

 

And that's key because Spain are trying to go up the centre of a very crowded middle.

 

Very bad idea. Although based upon what happened between Germany and Spain i would go with it.

I do think they should not settle finals by penalties. Have less players, allow sub-offs to come back in. Something.

 

Even more than this guy?

 

Saka fell over there of his own volition once he realised he was losing his balance. Ref bought it.

 

Kane booked and it's his own fault. He got in the refs ear asking for a booking for Carvajal earlier.

 

Where all the limey posters? They all have kid's birthday parties too?

 

You try typing from behind a sofa.....

 

Kane's not gonna last 90 out there.

 

I've made an interesting observation at this party: Like 1 in 5 kids is wearing a Messi, Ronald, or Vini jersey. Not single basketball or NFL jersey in sight. There's definitely a shift coming in the States among the next gen.

 

Gomez about to come on.

For England..

Lol

 

My old man used to say that if THE USA ever gets it's ass in gear ,soccer-wise, they'll dominate.

 

You should go to the pub and tell the tender to change the channel, there's a women's golf tournament you want to watch. Get back to us on how that goes ...

 

Honestly Lamal is doing fuck all defensive work. Not committing to tackles.