World Cup 2018

[tc2324]

I could probably find all sorts if I went back through my family tree

Go back far enough, we are all related to Banana's......

[Blackcat1]

I can't stand football, so doesn't bother me, I'm glad England are doing well, it's the football hooligans acting like arses that spoil it. The 1 thing that really annoys me though is the football coming home bit!! ;-)

[slogen51]

It sounds now like an arrogant lyric but it's really about "thirty years of hurt" (over 50 years now!) and still having hope.

Don't let a few drunken idiots spoil it.

[Nighthawke]

Like the ones that trashed a taxi and worse an ambulance vehicle

[Blackcat1]

Exactly Nighthawke!!

[reheat module]

Well, the dream is over for my battling little Belgium for another 4yrs.
I had them in the sweepstake to get to the Semi's, so I'm a little in profit.
I would have loved them to have been at the Final against England.
France are a decent side, and not one for England to fear, although that Mbappe looks decent.
One more hurdle to climb...

[slogen51]

Are England on TV tonight? All I am seeing are ITV adverts and a grumpy looking Roy Keane!

Oh yes and a load of w*%ky celebrities wishing England well and 'singing' it's coming home
(Excluding Jonny Wilkinson from the above collection of W)

Why is Slavan Bilic on British TV, has he not got somewhere to be on night like tonight i.e Croatia?

C'mon England

[reheat module]

It seems we had a major change at half time, with a different team coming out for the second 45.
The inevitable occurred and we now have another 30 mins to endure.
England could and should have wrapped it up in the first half.
Come on boys!

[Mike]

It seems we had a major change at half time, with a different team coming out for the second 45.
The inevitable occurred and we now have another 30 mins to endure.
England could and should have wrapped it up in the first half.
Come on boys!

I agree, I always said that the first 90 minutes would be a game of two halves.

[herc15]

oops i think england will be coming home after this unless there is a last minute miracle

[Nighthawke]

No - they'll stay to play Belgium on Saturday for third place.

[herc15]

Ah ok, sorry not a massive football fan so dont know the in's and out's. well done england though a fantastic effort to get so far

[reheat module]

Well there we go, it's not coming home... not this time.
Huge kudos for the full squad throughout this competition.
Croatia didn't win, we lost it; it should have been over after 45 mins.
Arise Sir Gareth.

Ah well, not long before the 6 Nations Rugby.

[Glide Slope]

Sorry but England were very poor tonight but will have to stay and play Belgium. After all the media hype and belief that this was going to be England in the final and win let's get over it and we will soon forget the "footballs coming home" song " .

[herc15]

Well there we go, it's not coming home... not this time.
Huge kudos for the full squad throughout this competition.
Croatia didn't win, we lost it; it should have been over after 45 mins.
Arise Sir Gareth.

Ah well, not long before the 6 Nations Rugby.

Yes and the Rugby world cup also England V New Zealand, Australia and Japan in the autumn internationals

[slogen51]

It was a game of two halves , Croatia played well in the second half but we had chances and that's all you can wish for.

That is football.

Well done to to Croatia for reaching the finals - A great achievement for a country with a small population ( Especially since much of it was ethically cleansed in the '90s)

[Nighthawke]

Mike - I think you meant "ethnically cleansed" - huge difference in meaning!

[The Phantom]

England did well overall - and huge improvement over the disaster of the Rooney years!

[slogen51]

Mike - I think you meant "ethnically cleansed" - huge difference in meaning!

I did - thanks . I didn't notice that Google autosuggestion had not read my mind!

[deerhunter]

Now its over I can get back to my exciting sport of watching submarine racing!!