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Lol I am just spending time online before tonight's game, that is the reason for the fast replies. I am posting intensively as I have nothing else on today. I will probably post regularly though as most people on here seem friendly, even when I disagree with them, so it could be a good place to...

There's a big conversation about this on Redcafe. And I have been saying the following since long before they did... You say he's being dragged down by United. There's an element of truth in that. It works the other way too though - the reason Man United are so wank is they have always catered...

He's a good player to a point, but him, Pogba and Rashford are three of the most overrated players I have ever seen in my life - and I have been watching football since the 80s. Rashford and Fernandes are the epitome of players rated for out of context stats which mask mediocre performances. The...

I am thinking about gambling with Jota in my fantasy team for the Georgia game - so the cunt better get rested.

England thinks about football all wrong (or did back then anyway). They prefer big physical power merchants like Lampard and Gerrard, who 'drive into the box' and score goals. Gerrard, Mr Hollywood ball and who was poor in tight spaces and left gaps all the time with his Roy of the Rovers me me...

Kante is actually quite good with his dribbling and driving runs, but yeah I get what you mean. Griezmann is the key to linking the midfield with the attack too, and he does it excellently.

I think De Bruyne is clearly better than Lampard. I'd have David Silva above the likes of Gerrard and Lampard - rating Gerrard and Lampard above Silva is everything that's wrong with English football in my opinion. I'd also rate Keane, Toure, Scholes and Vieira above Gerrard and Lampard. But...

They have a strong defence, energetic options in midfield with Kante, Tchouameni and Camavinga, and a wildcard in Mbappe. And if they are struggling, they can introduce Giroud as a target man. At international level those go a long way.

Anyway, as a Scot I am expecting Hungary to win tonight. It's the way that Scotland do things. Either that or win and become the first third-place team to be eliminated with four points (though I fully expect a win will be enough as I think plenty of the stuff we need will go right in the other...

Before the World Cup was created, Uruguay were the world superpower. They had won the Olympics in 1924 and 1928 I believe (one of them at least) and that was seen as a de facto World Cup. They and Croatia are probably the best football nations in the world relative to population size. They're...

Czech Republic/Czechoslovakia have a decent pedigree too in terms of smaller nations.

Since France started Clarefontaine and rejuvenated their youth set up they've had so much success. They were good before that, but they have won the Euros once since then and been to four of the last seven World Cup Finals. The immigration factor has helped them too. Bear in mind they didn't...

I believe they only made the semi finals of the World Cup once before 2010. And that was in 1950 when the 'final four' was a mini-league (when Uruguay shocked Brazil in the Maracana with Ghiggia's winner, and Brazil only needed a draw to win their first World Cup).

They have three, He will say they two came in that golden generation though, so his point stands.

It's stuff like that, the low standards of wanking over every basic thing he does, that puts so many people off him and his fans. Like I said in the other thread, you can't tell me people would rave about that assist if it was Lukaku, Mudryk or Nunez who made it.

He's a risk taker and moments player, but the flip side of that is him giving the ball away and the other team getting counters, and less control in midfield. As we have seen extensively at Man United. And he is still not proven for Portugal against the top nations really, is he? Their...

I think that too. They're relatively cursed as a nation. In saying that, they could win it. But they shouldn't be so confident as to be seen as one of the two most likely.

He can also give away a lot of passes and set up counters for the opposition. Obviously he is capable of creating a moment of magic, but he's equally capable of being invisible and giving the ball away constantly - he's erratic. Anyway, we will see.

Good point on Spain to be fair. To be honest you are taking my point and making a bit of a strawman argument. Italy have pedigree, but they have inferior players to Germany and France too. Germany and France have pedigree and squad. And pedigree does matter in these tournaments.

Fernandes has only really showed he's a match winner against more modest nations at international level. Leao doesn't convince me to be honest - lots of pace and skill but poor decision-making in this tournament so far. Neto is a brilliant player for me and could start. Portugal fans say Silva...