this never gets old.

gotta actually turn up and beat the trash tho or else you risk going out of the group stage in last position eg germany or not even qualifying eg yanks

Literally a single goal victory against South Korea guaranteed them this half of the draw. Just a single goal victory; the minimum requirement for victory.

Actually I'm wrong, they would've got brazil. Who cares, distant memories.

getting 70/1 (before the tournament started) on Betfair for Kane top scorer and England to win is looking pretty damn good now

(it's coming home)

I assume this is why Southgate is the manager and I'm not

I was praying for Vardy to take one from the get go. ****ting myself when Dier stepped up at the end!

This was the best replay I could find, still isn't very obvious whether or not it's going in:

https://streamable.com/i0ml0



This photo makes it look like it was probably going in though, although it's still not conclusive. Regardless it was a pretty incredible effort and would definitely have been shown repeatedly had they not conceded immediately afterwards.

ridiculous save

Where is 1945 on that graph?

The second part of this video makes it seem like it was going slightly wide. Still incredible: https://streamable.com/mfj07

It was absolutely going in, Pickford made a great save. If you don't think the shot was going in - just look at Pickford and realize he wasn't saving one that was going wide

UEFA already guaranteed to make the final. UEFA GOAT (I know we suffered humiliating defeats to CONCACAF and AFC but hey every confederation has its minnöws)

Even if we do go out to Sweden, just to have that one moment of penalty shootout elation is the most joy England have given me in 22 years. The route to the final is obviously the stuff of dreams but we are a young team and really didn't create that many clear chances despite dominating the first half. I think we may come unstuck against Croatia but you never know.

Considering how dour the national team have been to watch for years this is so refreshing to see, playing it out from the back, cool heads in defence, assured possession football. Coupled with the most un-British weather it has been a glorious few weeks for us English folk, despite the absolute shambles we're in politically.

Here's to 3 more wins. It's coming home. What an incredible WC it's been.

This is the GÖAT ÖAT World Cup, whatever happens from here. We are 100% making the final tho, it’s coming home.

I'd bet on going wide. Closer than I originally thought tho .

You're welcome.

I could not watch the game live, and the efforts of the England football team almost match my own in successfully not hearing an info on the match until well after 10PM, when I could finally watch the game.

I am not actually sure whether I enjoyed it. It was pure brutality. I guess I feel better now than I would have done if we lost, but jfc my nervous system could not take another battering like that.

My top 4 for Semis:

France
Brazil
England
Russia

I am hoping that the English team will be able to bag-away the championship title this year.

We legit cannot play a team better than us on the route to the World Cup final. Unbelievable Jeff. It’s coming home!

If you think so, give me some odds on Croatia vs. England and we have another bet.

Love the fact that we are freerolling

I’ll do market odds to advance if we meet, £200 max my side

Whoever in this forum bet on England to win tournament against any team of choice (neither win = void bet) @ EVENS is a genius and I'd like their advice on life choices.

That was me lol, it wasn’t a team of their choice though, had to be their nation. It’s a fun sweat for me as I lurk here often, and free money for them (well unless someone with worse odds than us took it but I knew that wasn’t gonna happen lol, prob should have excluded brasil tho)

IT’S COMING HOME!!!!!!