Columbia were not "niggly"; they were a f***ing disgrace that made Argentina look like the pure driven snow. Disgusting display.

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Agree. 11 dirty f*cking scumbags that got what they deserve , my little girl summed it up with “they just try to bully us and still end up losing, that’s why you shouldn’t be a bully”.
Lot more polite than I was , dirty 2 bob sh*t bags.
Thought we were a lot better over 90 minutes, dominated the first 60.
Look comfortable at the back.
They were all over us for the first half of injury time, we were better in the second, but looked knackered at the end, Kane needs to go to bed and wake up Saturday morning.
Thought McGuire, Trippier , Pickford and Kane (great at drawing a foul ‘Glenn Murrayesque), were great. Although Dele (been pony all season) and Lingard didn’t offer enough.
Need walker to play in the 3 as he is lightning fast, just need him to concentrate all game.
In reality they should have been down to 10 in the first half and that would have probably been that.
At times it was like watching a cartoon with good verses evil, loved seeing them all upset at the end.
Overall well happy. Roll on Saturday

Can't dismiss Sweden so readily, they are very good defensively, apart from that late Kroos winner, they have won their other 3 matches without conceding, plus our record against Sweden is poor.

I think we will need a massive performance to beat them

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I agree that Colombia were a horrible, dirty side and should have had at least 1 player sent off but England were no angels. Henderson used the back of his head to headbutt a player and Young could easily have gone for the tackle he did where he got injured (somehow the ref gave the foul in his favour??).

I thought the ref was quite poor and could have done a Cartman and asserted his authority much earlier in the match.

I should add that I'm not knocking England but those incidents could have cost them the match with another ref so they need to be careful.

Edited by johnno42000 (04 Jul 2018 10.41am)

'Lies to the masses as are like fly's to mollasses...they want more and more and more'

It's a results business, and that'll do for me.

In the face of non-stop provocation only Henderson and Lingard had a moment where they reacted badly. McGuire nearly did but I think it needed an occasion or two where we simply stood up to them.

In Kane we finally seem to have a player that the refs want to protect.

Optimistic as ever

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