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Been the best player of the attacking four, weird indeed.

It just clicked. :crazy:

Great footballer. If he could finish, he would be world class, but even despite his dreadful shooting his overall performance for England in this tournament has been very good. Finishing is the first (maybe only) thing people that don't really understand football (read: casual World Cup fans)...

That you mate?

Don't think I've watched one since Croatia in '98.

Clinical. Fantastic second half from France, completely nullified Belgium after they went ahead, De Bruyne was made to look average. Varane, Umtiti, Pogba, Mbappe all fantastic. Will be huge favourites in the final. Hazard should be in the team of the tournament.

Quality game from two quality teams with Hazard a level above everyone else. I have a hard time seeing the winner of this game not lifting the tournament. Hope we get extra time.

It's pretty incredible that people don't understand why Ireland, Scotland and Wales aren't completely reciprocal in their support for England despite some nice England supporters rooting for the smaller nations. Bitterness over the quality of our individual squads compared to England's or our...

If Croatia bring you to penalties, you're going out lads.

Sweden have been absolutely shite.

You'll watch every second, including the hour build up.

There are a bunch of average managers that have won International tournaments, I wouldn't put too much thought into it. Martinez is one of the best managers at this World Cup based on what he's done at club level, which says a lot about the quality of International managers. Have basic...

As good as Belgium were overall, Brazil should have won the game with the chances they created in the second half. Douglas Costa was brilliant when he came on, should have played the entire tournament ahead of Willian, a far more dangerous player if not as defensively sound. Some dodgy finishing...

Funny how much better Belgium have been with Fellaini in there, KDB has been freed.

Hopefully this puts to rest the myth of Lukaku not being a big game player. He's been selfless in this tournament and contributed hugely to general play on top of his 4 goals. What a fucking goal.

Their crosses have a lot more power on them, but yeah, Uruguay were disappointing. Awful game.

Someone else brought the conversation up and some English fans reacted with hostility to the idea that coverage should be more balanced. Hugh is just continuing the debate. It's a forum, conversations evolve.

I think a lot of you are missing the point, it doesn't come down to bitterness or jealousy of the English football team. The same gripe has been there regarding the BBC for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland for as long I can remember. I don't particularly have a problem with the English side...