Croatia 0 England 7

[Untouchable]

 

[Lionel Bart-At]

Thomas doesn’t like too much eye contact with Gabriel Clarke, does he! Surprised the bloke is still sent out to interview him after the World Cup.

 

[Simon W]

Great to see Alex Scott starting!

 

[ladbroke]

Kane again

 

[stomalomalus]

What was that goal. Awful defense.

In another note, Saka looks very low on pace, and untrusting of his own body. Does not seem fit, and it’s been going for a while

 

[Baubaul]

Well that stadium makes Griffin Park a 5 star world class stadium …

 

[ladbroke]

What was that goal. Awful defense.

In another note, Saka looks very low on pace, and untrusting of his own body. Does not seem fit, and it’s been going for a while

Its like he is Sterling v2.
Sterling went backwards very quickly in ability for club and country.
I actually think Arsenal could do so much better and will see that very soon.

 

[ladbroke]

Well that stadium makes Griffin Park a 5 star world class stadium …

Its meant to be behind closed doors so guessing there was very little point playing in anything of note.
But the few fans im guessing are school kids.

 

[Baubaul]

Its meant to be behind closed doors so guessing there was very little point playing in anything of note.
But the few fans im guessing are school kids.

Oh Croatians fans been naughty?

 

[stomalomalus]

Its like he is Sterling v2.
Sterling went backwards very quickly in ability for club and country.
I actually think Arsenal could do so much better and will see that very soon.

Or there’s something in common…

Both coached by Arteta…both lose their way.

 

[GABS]

Its meant to be behind closed doors so guessing there was very little point playing in anything of note.
But the few fans im guessing are school kids.

Ah now it makes sense, I thought they'd accidentally played the game in front of a hockey crowd or something

 

[ladbroke]

Boring slow play, saka cross which Gordon brought down very well, stabbed back to Bellingham who pokes it home.

 

[JosephBFC]

Excellent first 20 minutes, all over them. We look outstanding on the ball

 

[stomalomalus]

They look awful. What a save

 

[Kingston Bee]

Boring slow play, saka cross which Gordon brought down very well, stabbed back to Bellingham who pokes it home.

England all over Croatia, great goal.

 

[LongLostBee]

Bellingham elevates us from a decent team to a dangerously world class one. Just so good.
That first touch from Kane also lovely, to tee it up for himself, to then thwack into the net.

 

[stomalomalus]

Bellingham elevates us from a decent team to a dangerously world class one. Just so good.
That first touch from Kane also lovely, to tee it up for himself, to then thwack into the net.

Just such a huge gulf in class between him and Rogers. And it’s not like Rogers isn’t good, it’s just Bellingham is incredible. Was just pointing out to my son how good he is at reading the flow of a game and speeding up or slowing down.

Also, we’re just playing well. We’re first to every loose ball and I think a lot of that is the energy given by Scott and Hall.

 

[Gee Bee]

Bellingham elevates us from a decent team to a dangerously world class one. Just so good.
That first touch from Kane also lovely, to tee it up for himself, to then thwack into the net.

Gordon has raised his game considerably last 6 months

 

[gbems92]

Leaving Newcastle has done wonders for Gordon. Cracking ball in from Quansah aswell

 

[Kingston Bee]

Gordon has raised his game considerably last 6 months

Agree, very impressive tonight i must say. Coincides with his move to Barca. Has gone up a level last 5 or 6 games for England.

 

[LongLostBee]

Gordon has raised his game considerably last 6 months

Can we send Saka off to Spain?

 

[bexleybee]

What a miss

 

[Untouchable]

What a miss

Sums up how crap Croatia have been.

 

[Lionel Bart-At]

Stewards enquiry???? Kovacic must have a tenner on an England clean sheet.

 

[Gee Bee]

Can we send Saka off to Spain?

Scores and not played to badly tonight

 

[JosephBFC]

Croatia number 16 there on Saka, just wanders off and leaves him unmarked in the 6 yard box. Wtf!

 

[gbems92]

0-4. Croatia are shockingly w***.

 

[A Real Mysteron]

To be fair England have been great going forward.
I bet it will be different on Tuesday as I’m going.

 

[LongLostBee]

Fkin ridiculous from Bellingham there.
Slip screws him but calmly unf*cks it and goes quickly again to put it on a plate for Saka unmarked due to atrocious defending.

 

[Lionel Bart-At]

Scores and not played to badly tonight

Yes. Some harsh comments on here for an England stalwart imo.

 

[LongLostBee]

Scores and not played to badly tonight

He rarely plays really badly, but he’s a shadow of his former self, carrying hardly any threat compared to what he used to.
I think Alan Carr could have scored that goal so can’t count that as a massive plus

 

[Jezybee]

The Croatian children in the ground wishing the game had been played properly behind closed doors.

 

[badgerbee]

The Croatian children in the ground wishing the game had been played properly behind closed doors.

They're there on detention I think...

 

[gbems92]

The Croatian children in the ground wishing the game had been played properly behind closed doors.

I wish it had too...
Fortunately Croatia havnt had many promising attacks

 

[Oceanbee]

Should this level of England football be allowed in front of all those Croatian schoolchildren.

It’s an X certificate performance by Croatia, and those kids there are going to suffer from PTSD, and will need major counselling post match.

Pickford could take a picnic into his goal after half time, plus his mobile, and enjoy a good meal and call his family!

 

[JosephBFC]

Croatia number 16 there on Saka, just wanders off and leaves him unmarked in the 6 yard box. Wtf!

View: https://x.com/itvfootball/status/2106426399905001756/video/1?s=46

Watch him here. Utterly staggering ‘defending’

 

[TW3Bee]

Looked like, after one of the England goals, their goalkeeper went to kick the post, in anger, and missed.

 

[Lionel Bart-At]

England superb, Croatia sh1te (to be read in James Alexander Gordon final score intonation)

 

[Dribble chop]

I thought it kicked off at 5:30! Sat down with some beers for kick off, and we're 0-3 up
Probably be a boring second half, knowing my luck.

 

[LongLostBee]

The Croatian children in the ground wishing the game had been played properly behind closed doors.

Maybe something’s been lost in translation and the Croatian defence are playing it behind closed eyes…

 

[JosephBFC]

That is just an outstanding goal. Marvellous

 

[stevil]

What a good goal that was!

 

[Banana]

When did Crotia get this sh*t?

 

[Hullbee]

When did Crotia get this sh*t?

Not sure the nations league is a big deal there

 

[KenCootesNephew]

Should this level of England football be allowed in front of all those Croatian schoolchildren.

It’s an X certificate performance by Croatia, and those kids there are going to suffer from PTSD, and will need major counselling post match.

Pickford could take a picnic into his goal after half time, plus his mobile, and enjoy a good meal and call his family!

England committing child abuse

 

[aawharris]

So what have we learned from these friendlies?
Same as the last 30 years.
Beat the rubbish and lose to the good teams.

 

[ladbroke]

So what have we learned from these friendlies?
Same as the last 30 years.
Beat the rubbish and lose to the good teams.

I do think this break is too long.
But defeat to Spain was on a day Man City were charged and their players had a poor game and maybe because of it.
Without that distraction, I wonder if we could have beaten them.

 

[Untouchable]

Beat the rubbish and lose to the good teams

At least the defeats are getting narrower.

Italy at Euro 2020
Spain at Euro 2024
Argentina at World Cup 2026

Even Spain last week we could have been 3-1 up.

 

[JosephBFC]

Alex Scott is a bloody good footballer. You wouldn’t think it was his full intl debut

 

[ladbroke]

Thought we messed that gift up.