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It's a fair cop. I hadn't followed the thread and didn't realise he was talking about previous England teams.

Not sure what this means other than you seem to be saying no Saints defenders would get into the England team. Hardly surprising seeing as we are a Championship side.

England tend to grow into tournaments. They rarely perform in the group stages as has been the case here. I am hoping we will click now it's a knock-out competition but can't see us getting any further than quarter finals at best unless there is a drastic improvement and a few more players step up to the plate. Saka and Rashford constantly failed to beat their man last night and Anderson was left to do too much in midfield. Morgan Rogers was disappointing and the less said about the defence the better. I like Eze but not sure how he fits into the side. Let's be honest we don't have the elite superstars that other nations are blessed with, too many road sweepers not enough lead violinists.

That old chestnut, 'there's no easy games in the world cup' Cop out.

Maybe he could do it again tonight.

Agree it might be time to take off Kane and give Watkins a go. Kane is struggling to make an impact - he'll probably score a hattrick now 🙂

Roy Keane telling the truth and saying this is no better than Scotland.

If this goes to 60-70 minutes Panama will start to fancy their chances. Where are our top quality players because everyone looks ordinary again.

Same performance we've seen a million times. Need to up it in the second half.

He's no Rodri.

I think he's a bit over rated to be honest. Does his job which is a pretty basic one. For over 100 mill you'd want someone really dynamic who goes past opponents and causes havoc. Anderson is not a player who gets bums off seats.

Fortunately not.

Only if we aren't serious about making a go of getting promoted. Fine if we're aiming for a mid/lower league finishing position. It's a resounding no from me.

You mean cheating then 🙂

Possibly. It's good that he won't cost much but he still has to fit what we need and I'm not convinced that he does.