Three-in-seven
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He might have said “we might have more corners than the other team”
He is talking utter pish if he honestly thinks Scotland can go all the way.
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He is talking utter pish if he honestly thinks Scotland can go all the way.
Raymondgers
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Sometimes I wish I was Australian or something Jesus man. Must be something in the water around the british Isles lol
bilkobear
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Not in my sixty-odd years of life they haven't.
But I suppose you could be onto something for the preceding hundred which I never saw.
That is also a problem. England haven’t had 2 good international quality centre halves since Terry and Ferdinand.
Hopefully Dykes can put himself about a bit on Friday.
Blippi
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Pope is superior to both imo
ProspectLoyal
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Ferdinand creating new idioms there when talking about Mings' defending skills, he said "that is food and drink for him" I think he meant to say "that is bread and butter for him".
Valley Bluenose
RTV? Completed it mate!
I have them finishing bottom!
Skoosh1872
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I have a feeling they will struggle. I have them finishing bottom of the group on my predictor! (Sorry Borna
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Likewise
Ray Von
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Actually that's exactly the kind of thing I'd expect Craig Brown to come out with.
Sheik Ma Shammy
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Croatia looked poor, England didn't look too good either but some clever work from Phillips to Sterling got them a very good goal.
Did Barisic have a injury?
Did Barisic have a injury?
Think they want him backAt least the Croat fans on twitter can't moan about Barisic this time.
MCMLXXXI
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Maguire is obviously the best bet but even he's not anywhere near good enough IMHO.
England have some excellent attacking options but the defence will be their undoing.
TheDerryend
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Maybe some gers fans should turn up with a similar flag.Southampton Union Flag with a Gers crest!
Seen a few flags at england games with Rangers on them. Not bad, considering our players get booed from their own.
Oh ffs, the irony. For years that so called Tartan Army have been making Scottish people cringe every time they're at an away game especially. They are an embarrassment to Scotland.
Agree. Maguire is another bombscare that is only hyped as he is because he is English and had the best 6 games of his life during the World Cup. Nowhere near a £80 million defender
Blippi
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I don’t agree at all . In my time I’ve seen Clemence , shilton , woods , Seamen, Play for England . Only Goram and mcgregor in that league for Scotland .
Smkz23
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But injured unfortunately
They'll finish with 9 points, England have no chance against Scotland, especially with the Tartan Army behind them. Clarke has it well sussedReading through this thread they are winning the group and all three games
Such as?
giogaddi
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Andy Goram.
Wonder if that is for the rest of the tourney
A kind of blue
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Yes that'd do it mate. Australian supporters and commentators are famously modest and self effacing when it comes to talking up their national teams.
Sheik Ma Shammy
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Oh, right I don't think the young boy had a good game at all but Croatia as a team didn't really play well.
Barisic will be gutted after such a great season.
TheDerryend
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What's with the anti english rage about talking up their teams chances. Or should they go down the scottish route of being a miserable c**t ? Inferiority complex is strong on here, or the nats have came out their shell.
Didn’t say it wasn’t close, but as much as we might like to have a go at them if they were English Gordon, Marshall, McLaughlin, Rough, Leighton and others would all have England caps.
I’ll give you Banks and Shilton though. Woods as well maybe but his career for me is too close to Goram and as great as Woods was Goram was better.
Answered a couple posts up
That's one keeper, the post quoted historically, so we have Goram, who else historically against English keepers. I'll give you Banks, Bonetti, Shilton,Clemence, Woods, Seaman in my time
Arkanoid
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Good find, turns out he's not 3rd pick LB and not rated by his manager or at International level after all
. Good old FF 
Texas ranger
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I can go back just a little bit further and throw Banks into the mix as well. No question in my mind, at least since 1970, England have had the better keepers all in all.
giogaddi
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I wasn't agreeing, was just giving an example
DelPiero
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They donate considerable amounts to a children’s charity in every country they visit.
They might not be everyone’s cup of tea but they’re certainly not “an embarrassment to Scotland”.
You answer, you posted it. Let's hear these Scots keepers that are better historically than English keepers
Arkanoid
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I always thought the running joke was the English mocked the Scottish GKs but that might be 60s 70s or even 80s
Or even all 3 decades!
Throw in Bobby Brown for the time before Banks. My knowledge starts dropping off around then though.
ProspectLoyal
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Croatia played with a much lower tempo than they did at the last world cup, they played with a very high level of intensity at the 2018 world cup, I seem to remember that there were conspiracy theories that they could have been using performance enhancing drugs because they seemed to have so much energy and hardly seemed to tire.
They are to me and many other Scots.
Sheik Ma Shammy
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That's celtic that takes that honour.
A kind of blue
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It's always like this when England play. It's like they think that English commentators broadcasting to an 80% English audience shouldn't have the effrontery to celebrate any English success for fear of offending the serial under achievers.
Scaramanga
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I think some people think this is the same side that went to the World Cup final.
Some aged players, the loss of their second best player, but they’ve regressed big time since then. Also as pathetic as it sounds I feel like I don’t like them anymore for leaving Borna on the bench
DelPiero
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They’re really not anything like that to as many, as people on here would have you believe.
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Only real class one we really had at international level was Bill Brown, maybe Bobby Clark at a push, we never had a true top class keeper until Goram I would sayI always thought the running joke was the English mocked the Scottish GKs but that might be 60s 70s or even 80s
Or even all 3 decades!
Queenstreetloyal
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Watching the pundits on ITV and discussing the atmosphere saying it was excellent
I thought it was quite quiet in comparison to some of the other games I’ve seen with limited crowds
Croatia were poor
Gary lineker said we can’t play this result down as Croatia have some of the best players in the world
%^*& knows who he was talking about except from Modric
I thought it was quite quiet in comparison to some of the other games I’ve seen with limited crowds
Croatia were poor
Gary lineker said we can’t play this result down as Croatia have some of the best players in the world
%^*& knows who he was talking about except from Modric
Sheik Ma Shammy
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Unfortunately for England they also fit that category I can see why they bum them up they support them but they actually put more pressure on a team who clearly never handle pressure well.
Mabearette
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Things should improve as the tournament progresses
Tbf to good old FF that is the opinion of the twitter fansGood find, turns out he's not 3rd pick LB and not rated by his manager or at International level after all
