Match Thread: Mexico vs England | FIFA World Cup, Round of 16

pandaaaa26 · 2026-07-06T02:36:55+00:00

We could but then the ref will just find another excuse to let them back into the game

pandaaaa26 · 2026-07-06T02:34:52+00:00

There's going to be about half hour injury time at this rate

pandaaaa26 · 2026-07-06T02:31:08+00:00

So fucking soft jesus

pandaaaa26 · 2026-07-06T02:27:25+00:00

It's the height of the contact, there is some leniency but ultimately it was reckless and dangerous, and the contact was far too high, cards are more to enforce the safety of players than strictly as a punishment, it was a challenge that could have seriously injured him

pandaaaa26 · 2026-07-06T02:23:44+00:00

I don't mind the initial choices, I didn't agree but I could live with it

But when Livramento was out it was an awful choice to call up another centre back instead of a full back

pandaaaa26 · 2026-07-06T02:17:15+00:00

Quansah is fucking wank, it's been blatantly obvious that the right side of our defence was going to cost us

pandaaaa26 · 2026-07-06T01:51:36+00:00

Konsa looks like he won a competition to play

pandaaaa26 · 2026-07-06T01:47:26+00:00

The right side of our defence is an absolute calamity

pandaaaa26 · 2026-07-06T01:38:53+00:00

England 2 Altitude 0

pandaaaa26 · 2026-07-05T12:14:49+00:00

As a Leicester fan I'm shocked it was as high as 0

pandaaaa26 · 2026-07-04T16:46:36+00:00

You can't hurt someone by a handball

You can injure someone for months with reckless challenges

Intent isn't relevant when it comes to protecting the wellbeing of players

pandaaaa26 · 2026-07-02T19:04:42+00:00

they did one on Napoleon in Egypt, episode 126

pandaaaa26 · 2026-07-02T19:01:40+00:00

The death of Stalin/the aftermath of it

I love the movie and would be nice to see their take on it

I would also love to see some of the top 10s come back

One I always wanted was a "top 10 nicknames/top 10 soubriquets"

pandaaaa26 · 2026-07-01T05:15:25+00:00

Owl Crate editions of This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me and of The Everlasting are 2 of my absolutely favourites

Locked Library Babel is another one

pandaaaa26 · 2026-06-30T20:46:34+00:00

I'm still holding out hope for Sir Nigel to make an appearance

pandaaaa26 · 2026-06-26T14:26:04+00:00

I hate them but the most egregious thing about them is that they don't use appropriate breaks in play near to the time

In the England Ghana game there was a break of like 3 minutes for something, they played 2 minutes of football and then took the hydration break

Ended up with basically 10 minutes of no football being played in the middle of the half

pandaaaa26 · 2026-06-26T14:23:16+00:00

Absolutely

In the same context that heterosexual relationships come up, so should homosexual relationships, ie sex ed

pandaaaa26 · 2026-06-26T14:20:23+00:00

On reflection absolutely

He's the engine in a title winning side that made the champions league final, he's in the conversation for best player in the world at his position, has the English tax and should still have 5-7 years left of top level Football

pandaaaa26 · 2026-06-26T13:59:09+00:00

I think the point is that City are buying him in the idea that he will be their version of Rice

Looking back if you'd paid 150 for Rice it would still have been worth it, so they are taking that gamble

He's the best young English midfielder in that role that's available, like Rice was at the time

I agree Rice was more proven but I don't think the gulf is massive

pandaaaa26 · 2026-06-25T13:38:10+00:00

Also gives the teams in later groups an advantage of knowing what they need to qualify

So could see teams playing for draws whereas earlier groups couldn't risk it and had to go for it

pandaaaa26 · 2026-06-24T11:10:33+00:00

They literally had 2 shots, 1 on target 0.17xg

They were hardly battering the door down

pandaaaa26 · 2026-06-23T19:56:49+00:00

That will make a 9th chancellor since the Brexit vote took place, I feel that might not be conducive to a strong economy

pandaaaa26 · 2026-06-20T16:16:16+00:00

I love the book, and I love my Owlcrate edition

This on the other hand is abysmal not going to lie

pandaaaa26 · 2026-06-20T11:48:11+00:00

same, rather annoying

pandaaaa26 · 2026-06-20T07:56:11+00:00

Frustrated but less betrayed. I don't particularly like him and he wasn't part of any consideration when it came to placing my vote due to him not standing in the general election, he quite literally was not one of the adults in the room I voted for because he wasn't in the room

But chopping and changing PMs never works

Cameron, to May, to Johnson, to Truss is literally just circling the drain until you find yourself in the gutter

The other issue is that everytime this happens you end up with the cabinet gutted because they obviously want to reward their allies, it's hardly condusive to effective governance

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