Its strange how all of your lineups and most of your decisions leak hours or days before the games. Only thing they got wrong was TAA being out of the squad but other than that the information seems to be accurate almost every time. Someone in the NT takes pleasure leaking things.
Tbf I think the wisest thing against Croatia would be to start with two central defenders and instead go for another midfielder, or you'll lose that midfield battle and spend too much time defending.
:shrug: What can I say? English people hoping a lot just to get their dreams destroyed is a nice football tradition. Its like the Dutch losing finals or the Germans winning in extra-time or Italy winning 1-0 without having the ball. Of course a lot of people outside England want you to fail, it...