DurhamGills
Vital Squad Member
I think you might be feeling embarrassed Steve :)
They deserve it and will show the country is behind them
I think you might be feeling embarrassed Steve :)
Even though I won £100 on bets on Keiran Trippier scoring the first goal, the Full time draw and Croatia to qualify, I'm still completely deflated this morning. Sometimes I wish I wasn't right all the time!
Not all on one bet! I had£2 e/w on Maguire (again!) and Stones at 28/1 each, and £1 e/w on Trippier at 50/1 (it was the tip in the Racing Post so not all my own work ), and that gave me a £5 free bet which I put on Croatia to qualify when we were 1-0 up (4/1) as an "emotional hedge".You picked Trippier, f/t draw and Croatia through???
I think we have our "burn him at the stake as a witch" candidate right here...
I've watched every Croatia match of this WC, and even from the group stage I knew they'd get to the final.
:)
What odds did you get, and how much did you put on?
I felt (and I'm sure it was mentioned somewhere else on here) that he and Sterling seemed to be played slightly out of position and maybe should have swapped around.I thought Alli looked half fit. I know he only got injured during the tournament so its not like he picked him in the squad knowing he was injured, but he still continued to persist with playing what did seem to me a half fit dele alli.
The key now is to find a way that the talented youth at U20/U19 can get regular football at a good level to develop and mature ready for future tournaments. Until we crack that we won't realize our full potential
One way would be B teams,
Just trying to think of ways the talented crop of U19/U20 England players can get regular first team football. Most are at Premier League clubs and rarely play, my suggestions would give them more chances to play, but B teams for one wouldn’t happen as 99% of people are against them, as your reaction shows.Nearly spat my tea out there Lark.
You reckon having Chelsea B, Man City B and WBA B would help our youngsters? Who would they be playing and how would it help?
Or did you mean having England B team playing some other countries B team?