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As I have said throughout, clearly the only answer is completely separate coverage and this is an issue that goes far beyond football. Indeed a report recently came out saying that Scotland should get completely separate news coverage because a lot of the main stories don't apply to us in the...

It was a pretty amusing incident, but I did catch it being mentioned that it was an elbow into Sterling. Not in a million years was that an elbow. I don't know why Colombia resorted to such tactics, they didn't need to. They thought England were better than they actually were.

I do turn it off when it comes on. Then turn it back on a few minutes later to see if they were talking about the news but they had then moved onto the sport section (where the big story was the same as the leading story). It's an inconvenience certainly, but it's not as if I am sitting down...

Not particularly, I think I posted that England would be favourites without James playing. Still, I think Colombia probably respected them a bit too much and their tactics left a lot to be desired. Giving away such an awful penalty is a absolutely ridiculous way to concede a goal in a WC QF...

The thing is, regardless of the actual outcome of the penalty shootout it would have been a positive world cup for England. As it is they stand a great chance of getting to the final, however, Sweden have knocked out good teams in the qualifying and tournament itself. They are no mugs. Well...

I don't remember the complete game, but I do recall Pirlo hitting the bar with a 40 yard free kick.

While there might be a point on Colombia vs. Switzerland, I don't think there is any doubt the former is a far better team than Slovakia. In the Italy draw in 2012, England were dominated throughout the game - even the English media conceded this afterwards. The first line of the BBC match...

Looks like that match took place in 2015. Do you think they were a better side? In the upcoming Euros Switzerland beat Albania 1-0 before draws with France and Romania. They were then knocked out by Poland on penalties in the last 16.

Well, we beat them at home, lost away, and finished on equal points. Don't think we are too far away. Didn't England just lose to a far smaller nation in Belgium? As I said before, most sensitive football fans of all time.

Football is no where near the dominant sport in Russia, Ice Hockey vies for supremecy. Also I read an article that Russia has one of the most ethnically homogeneous teams in the tournament, that certainly doesn't help and is coincidentally a problem Scotland has too. Reading some of the...

Well, they beat Uruguay in 2014, and now Rodriguez is a regular at a higher level whilst Falcao is actually available. Would say they are a better side. Looking back, that France side from 2012 is awful, amazing how much they have transformed since then. Italy lost to Costa Rica in 2014...

The capital is commonly referred to as Washington DC, not Columbia. And, also, wouldn't that make it less likely people misspell it? Colombia is a huge South American country, people really should know how to spell it.

Are Colombia the best side England have faced in a competitive match since Germany in 2010? Also, I've been astounded by how many people misspell it 'Columbia'.

I haven't even watched any of their games so far. Yeah, thanks. We finished on equal points with second place in WC Qualifying and England needed a last minute equaliser to draw with us. But I guess we are worse than Andorra, right? If Scotland are terrible, how would you describe Englands...

When has this happened? Let's see specific posts. I think my contributions so far was to congratulate England on one of their finest ever results in a World Cup when they beat Panama. I don't think I have once said I'll be supporting the opposition.

I really don't think I have, and the link isn't even working for me. I'm not the one bringing up Scotland into these threads. We are a fairly average small European nation whose best days are definitely behind us. Are we terrible? No. Are we great? Also no. However, England are a large, rich...

I'd be genuinely interested to hear Linekers answer. He clearly got it wrong at the time, and when it was pointed out he dug deeper. Will it be brought up again? Has Lineker ever admitted he was wrong?

A pop at England? It was a comment Lineker was widely ridiculed for when he made it. Might be worth clarifying if he still thinks. He's certainly getting an enormous daily wage in Russia to be doing very little. And as your final statement, how on earth does that answer my question? What does...

I wonder if Lineker still thinks Rashford is better than Mbappe.

Or Uruguay vs. England. Or indeed, at the last Euros, Iceland vs. England. FIFA points per head of population? I have never heard of some a metric being used. Our head to head record vs. many of those nations will put a very illuminating story, especially the last two. The World Rankings...