adrian lord

FFS…

Can he keep his nerve

Crikey

Yep. Had Peretz suffered a similar foul in the league we’d be baying for referee/VAR to intervene. The tater with Shearer is very biased towards Germany

No goalie would go down like that to simulate being fouled because the risks are far too great. Shearer is talking bollox

Ruled out

The female narrator on ITV sport saying there’s been a record number of goals in this World Cup so far. That’s hardly surprising given the massively expanded group stage.

Bellingham and Kane aside, this squad is merely last 32 material not even quarters. Saka and Rashford stunk out the wings last night, crossing so badly, and the defence was hair-raising. Midfield anonymous with no movement in front of them to pass into.

Blaming the pitch. Jesus.

Indeed. He even described Panama is ‘dangerous’. They haven’t scored a goal yet in this World Cup and they never win games. How dangerous does he think are the likes of France, Argentina, and Spain?

Both Saka and Rashford are playing diabolically on the wings

Zero movement off the ball. Agricultural crosses.

What are the studio pundits on? Because I’d like some of it.

Awful

Police, I suspect, love a Bubble - means lots and lots of cushy overtime, with reduced risk of actually having to intervene in disorder. Win - win for them.

The tail end of the group stage tends to lots of dull dead rubbers and B teams. France or Argentina for the title.

Something tells me that this ref won’t get the final.

Ffs Kane

I thought Ghana were supposed to tire out and collapse?

The truth is we have got three or four, maybe five or six, very ordinary players.

This is even worse than the first half. You can’t imagine France or Spain or Argentina serving up such unimaginative dross faced with a team like Ghana.

Shaping up to be one of those days

Someone needs to run at players and dribble, it will draw fouls and maybe a penalty even if it doesn’t work in terms of creating open play chances.

Hasn’t someone written a book on how to breakdown obdurate defences?

This half is not ending very well for England at this rate…