East Kent Saint

I don’t think the corrupt UEFA blazers read the Guardian . Football authorities, even at non league level happily slap on fines for red cards and also charge an admin fee for doing it , they also “sell” compulsory annual dinner tickets to clubs etc . Anything to make money for “themselves “ sorry the football family Ha Ha !

He has on occasion lost his head before and he certainly looked jittery last night . Some clearances to touch or totally mishit led to alot of gesturing etc . He did have some issue off field and he was supposed to have sorted his problem out but it started to show again .

Hmmm Walker , the weakest line , still in tonight ................

Prem clubs owned by people from abroad , teams put out that have 11 players from abroad , so why not ?

At Real he is said to be on a £600k a week , £31.2M a year for 6 years ,which comes to £187.2 M just at Real . I think he can afford to play for us for free or even buy the Saints ! Ha Ha .

Look he wants to go , if he stayed we would get a Mane style season from him , play well against potential buyers then go through the motions to avoid injury in the rest ....................

I think Bobby had hit the wall , Bonetti took the flack but it was the game that did my head in !

We’ll just have to see how he does this season , if no progress then he’ll have to go …

JWP would be good to have in the squad but the squad is ok anyway . They are playing as a team and Southgate has deployed subs and the team seem to have accepted that so team selection has been good for each match . If England beat Denmark then it was the right decision. Will Walker keep his place ?

Getting slightly less pessimistic after tonight’s showing 🙂

That’s 2 errors by Walker so far that gave Ukraine goal chances !

I expect Jack has had a word with him , “I’ll get the free kicks , you can bang them in , then we’ll go for a Balti”

Will he get playing time ? Who is he replacing ?

As said before this is the modern coaching method, it seems this is what they learn when getting their coaching badges !

Players look good in a team that suits their style of play , the new manager gives him a new role and they look poor and lose confidence then only pick up at a new club . Jose being a master of destroying a player .

Both goals were excellent, great finishes after quick passing in the final third , well done both !

The cat threw up just before Kane scored ! Brilliant result anyway this is a high point for England supporters after all those years of disappointment.

I thought walking football was for the over sixties ! FFS put some pace in the final third ….

Going by yesterday it’s early days yet ! Leave Kane alone he will score as soon as Son comes on .

In cricket the Umpires decision was final but there were plenty of examples where they were wrong or homers etc . Internationals then introduced neutral umpires and dissent was clamped down on , then came technology . I have no idea how accurate it actually is but it seems to be widely accepted as OK by the teams . Snicko shows how wrong you can be and the ball tracking seems to be a good guide . When it was introduced it was thought the Umpires were reluctant to take the decision and refered it to the third umpire too often . It has settled down well now and only area of issue tend to be catches where it may have touched the ground and run outs where it is very close but generally works OK compared to the old days. Rugby has more issues as it is difficult to see sometimes if a try has been touched down and the same issues with say a foot touching the white line by millimetres so given as in touch and no try . Refs do tend to have their reputations for whistle blowing or letting the game flow and dissent has been clamped down on as well. So football needs to up it's game on VAR and how it's used and Refs need better oversight , too many have reps for cards or getting it wrong but are still given matches.

I thought he has skill but his constant fouling , protestations and diving plus smirking face put him in the Ronaldo category ie good player but I find him very irritating !!

In the past outstanding players in a tournament don't flourish after their subsequent transfer !

Fantastic second half , most exciting 45 mins this tournament!

He didn’t seem to cut across the ball , perhaps it’s the ball but no one has complained about the tournament ball ?

They say it is because the home advantage has been reduced by decent pitches , improved travel for away teams etc so the statistical advantage has reduced , It is also said that for Women's football there is still an advantage but they have to come in line anyway !