[Football] World Cup - Day Twenty One... Time for the boys to do us proud.

[NorthstandRacoon]

The ref has been very good. The VAR decision suggests outside the box (although it was a foul). But refs, however good they are, get it wrong sometimes. Not convinced the Saka incident was a foul.

You are blind surely?

 

[Swansman]

Definite penalty on Kane

Definitely outside

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Maddison for Henderson
Rashford for Saka

 

[NorthstandRacoon]

Awful ref. You do question it when blindingly obvious fouls arent given. Smells dodgy.

 

[NorthstandRacoon]

Weve played well tho and I’m not disheartened..yet.

 

[Eeyore]

Very Southgate so far. Ref poor.

How did he stop play at the end there for a perfectly ok tackle!?

Replay showed it was a foul.

Kane was fouled in the box, fact.

Giving us a wonderful opportunity to go in at HT level.

It was a foul, but VAR said not inside. So no going back. During a game micro analysis often shows decisions, or non decisions, weren't correct. Has to be sucked up. I think the ref is fine.

 

[pb21]

Definitely outside

Really, where the contact happens?

 

[virtual22]

We have to put up with the total wank that is VAR as it’s meant to reduce inaccuracies and then they get that so wrong! I’d rather they just binned it off cos when the ref doesn’t see it, then VAR fails to give it, it feels like a double kick in the bollocks.

 

[Swansman]

Maddison for Henderson
Rashford for Saka

Saka has been great imo. Should have had a couple of free kicks he didn't get.

Henderson not great... but see no real need for half-time subs. Looking ok.

 

[Shooting Star]

Just proves what a useless waste of time VAR is. Penalty decision very, very marginal - those are the kind of decisions the ref should be sent to the screen for. Not the ones where VAR have already made their mind up and ask the ref to go to the screen to basically confirm the decision they’ve already made. Retarded.

 

[Eric the meek]

Really, where the contact happens?

He's being @Swansman

 

[Weststander]

Replay showed it was a foul.

It was a foul, but VAR said not inside. So no going back. During a game micro analysis often shows decisions, or non decisions, weren't correct. Has to be sucked up. I think the ref is fine.

Micro analysis?

It was a clear foul within the box in real time and in every replay.

 

[Farehamseagull]

Rashford for Saka
Mount / Maddison for Rice

Bit more direct, but stronger, better control of midfield

Taking Rice off would be suicidal! You can’t leave Henderson and Bellingham to deal with Griezmann and the rest of the French midfield, England would be totally over run! Plus you would totally neutralise England’s best player in Bellingham.

 

[allystrat]

And we all know that if that foul was on mbappe or messi it would be given

 

[Stato]

If that goal had been against Sanchez for the Albion, he would have got pelters on here

He would have saved it. He's 4 or 5 inches taller than Pickford.

 

[kevo]

Replay just showed a) it was a foul b) it was inside the box - or at the very least carried on inside the box. It only has to be on the line to count. Defo pen.

 

[jcdenton08]

Even the troll posters have a little sympathy with some of the decisions, which have been terrible.

 

[Muzzman]

Awful ref. You do question it when blindingly obvious fouls arent given. Smells dodgy.

Just a Brazilian giving the current World Champs a little love…

 

[Auckland seagull]

We're doing okay. No subs yet for me. Just need to take more risks going forward.

 

[Eeyore]

You are blind surely?

No, just not blinded by George Cross specs. Just enjoying a game of football, hoping England can win it, but not letting that spoil my view of it. England missed out on a couple of 50/50s, that happens all the time. Not worth getting stressed about it. It's a 90 minutes game (or 100 minutes or more in this tournament).