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In my experience, it's only the Dippers from the Glorious Socialist Republic of Liverpool that have a problem with England. They're just a bunch of navel gazing wierdos.
All my mates that are Gooners, Chavs and Spanners were going apeshit for England last night. And I know they're obviously wallies, but I quite liked the video of Woolwich Fan TV screaming for Kane at the end of the Tunisia game. They're doing it right - supporting their country. Still obviously dickheads though
Russia in the semi could be proper tasty
Are Sweden any good? They were lucky against South Korea, bottled it against Germany and edged past the Swiss.
Yes they beat Mexico 3-0 but let's be honest they'd basically qualified that point and mentally weren't at it.
Anyone can win any given game but I'm not quite sure why certain sections of the media are making them to be favourites.
Yes they beat Mexico 3-0 but let's be honest they'd basically qualified that point and mentally weren't at it.
Anyone can win any given game but I'm not quite sure why certain sections of the media are making them to be favourites.
England have a history of having a problem with Sweden. Only won one competitive game since 1968. 9 wins for England vs 7 for Sweden since the two started facing off. So I guess they want to paint us up as a boogey man team.
But I think the main thing that the media is playing at is that we have developed a bit of a giant slayer moniker throughout this campaign. We don't have the same individual talent that England have (and should not be expected to, the infrastructure and budget for football in our two countries cannot be compared). But we are tactically astute and go into every game with a plan that we try to pull off.
But the edge is obviously with England and as much as I want Sweden to win I give England a 95% chance of winning.
That's very modest of you, but this isn't Man. City playing Grimsby Town. I think it's more like 70-30 on Saturday and you certainly have got a chance.
Dele?
It's actually Walker...
I love Southgate's reaction as well.
Are England any good? They were lucky against Tunisia, bottled it against Belgium and edged past Columbia.
Yes they beat Panama 6-1 but let's be honest they were the whipping boys of the group and still managed to score despite mentally not at it.
Anyone can win any given game but I'm not quite sure why certain sections of the media are making them to be favourites.
Bottled against Germany? Hardly.
And beating the group leaders after the Germany game showed great mental strength in my opinion. And Mexico hadn't qualified at that point. They needed help from Sonny and his chums even to get out of the group.
It'll be tight, but I think England will go through.
They cant be favorites . Its got to be close to 50-50 but slightly in our favour.
Still the only two games against teams that are any decent, weve scored zero goals that werent penalties. If the somehow get a lucky goal, then its going to be difficult. Our attack needs to raise its game because Swedes dont concede much. At least its an easier game than having to face Brazil.
Fascinating game on Saturday. Though likely to be just as frustrating. From what I've seen, Sweden aren't as dirty and disgusting as Colombia so hopefully it'll be the football doing the talking.
It does have the stench of penalty shootouts again. But with Kane in our team, I think a moment of magic will win it for us.
It does have the stench of penalty shootouts again. But with Kane in our team, I think a moment of magic will win it for us.