awooga83 exactly. This could be the only WC Haaland plays in so can understand where Linekar is coming from. He is talking from experience because when he won the golden boot in 1986 it completely changed the trajectory of his career and got him a move to Barca
Sicario2 what’s Haaland going to do, ask for a transfer? The Norway coach needs to prioritise the team and having as deep a run as possible.
Klaus yeah. He made the right call. He would’ve just risked fatigue, injuries and suspensions afiant Dembele, Mbappe and Olise. Futile exercise so he can have the pleasure of playing Sweden instead of Ivory Coast in the next round? Instead he’s rested his main men, and expanded his options by looking at the rest of his team in a low stakes game
Always the risk in the 3rd group game that players get rested if a result isn't needed. People have paid big money for tickets to possibly end up not seeing Messi tomorrow too.
invisibleman18 risk you signed up for.
Sicario2 prioritizing the golden boot over anything else would be extremely stupid.
Yeah. Was surprised they went complete 2nd team but definitely fair enough to get minutes into more players going into knockout. Going into extra time or a shootout it's possibly better than going to someone who hasn't touched the ball in thr tournament yet.
norway isn't going far so how would haaland win the golden boot anyway? why destroy your first team's energy and confidence by letting france dick slap them around.
Meatwad what if Norway played their first team and beat France, how much confidence would that give them for the rest of the season?
Sicario2 but that wasn't going to happen. the best they could hope for was a draw. days before the game haaland was already talking about how france is going to beat them and win the world cup anyway.
Expected England XI: Pickford; Quansah, Konsa, Guehi, O’Reilly; Anderson, Bellingham, Rogers; Saka, Kane, Rashford.
Good team should do the job.
that's a backline straight out of arsenal's playbook: big.
edit: actually it's a little inverted, the full backs are taller than the center backs.
Just put us out of our misery.
Saka in the right positions but he's extremely rough right now
Andersen can move the ball forward and has a bit of Rice in him but 135 million is insanity
tazmania but also based on today I wouldn’t be paying £100m for Rogers either
Mirth is he even playing
england look clueless vs low blocks. not surprising when you hear this from Tuchel:
Should've brought Myles. This England midfielders are shite. Without Dec they've nothing going on.
Qwiss
But they have Jordan Henderson! I can't believe he got a spot on the team in 2026. Tuchel would play this guy over Mainoo and MLS....
Meanwhile, Austria/Algeria playing an entertaining game when everyone thought they'd just conspire for a draw. Jordan GK is awful and lets Messi get his 6th.
damn no one could see reece james getting injured. what are the odds of reece james getting injured? has to be like a million to one.
Meatwad 🤣🤣 I think everyone saw it coming apart from Tuchel.
