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Slovakia will go down to 10 in this which will prove the pivotal moment. As bad as England have again been they'll score so Slovakia have to continue to show some kind of attacking intent or it will be all out attack v defence 2nd half. Need half time first though.

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4 minutes ago, Count Mongo del Fantastico said:

My abiding memory of that is England losing 1-0 at half time and the pundits spent the entire break talking about who England would be playing in the next round.

 

As I remember it, 20 min to go, England 2-1 down, absolutely no danger of them scoring, and the commentator saying ‘Well, they’re going to have to play better than this against France on Sunday’. 

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Just now, Hendricks said:

Slovakia will go down to 10 in this which will prove the pivotal moment. As bad as England have again been they'll score so Slovakia have to continue to show some kind of attacking intent or it will be all out attack v defence 2nd half. Need half time first though.

The way the ref is being conned by the dives you just know he's going to give a penalty  at some point.

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I find it amusing that England have finally got a manager that can deal with the press and PR very effectively, but they forgot to appoint someone that can actually manage a football team.

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Just now, DeeTillEhDeh said:

The way the ref is being conned by the dives you just know he's going to give a penalty  at some point.

 

Yep. I'd be amazed if this ref doesn't make a huge decision in England's favour. 

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9 minutes ago, The Other Foot said:

These fucking location-specific England flags, man. Why would you boast that you were from Doncaster?

All seem to be places where the community revolves around the local Cash Converters

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Just now, AUcal said:

Inject those boos into my veins 

Disappointingly, they never quite reached St Mirren levels of ‘fcuking boooo’, which surprised me. Keeping their powder dry for the full time booing… hopefully. Followed by the cup throwing and onto battling with local polis’ in town later.

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That was needed. England starting to look more threatening in the last 5mins. 

England players falling over at anything, odds on there will be a penalty awarded in the second half, probably around 60mins. 

Sounds like Anthony Gordon and Cole Palmer are the saviours in the commentators' minds. 

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6 minutes ago, DrewDon said:

I don't know why, and it almost certainly doesn't stand up to statistical scrutiny, but in my mind I associate ITV much more with big tournament England humiliations than I do the BBC. 

Don't click on this the page layout is ghastly: Is England's ITV curse real? Three Lions BBC & ITV record before Slovakia clash | Football | Metro News

Since the 1998 World Cup, 31 England matches at major tournaments have been broadcast live on ITV and shockingly, only eight on them have ended in victory for the Three Lions.

This gives the broadcaster a win-percentage of just 25.8%, with the remaining results being 11 draws and 12 losses.

Many of the country’s lowest moments were shown on ITV, including the heartbreaking defeats to France and Croatia at the last two World Cups and the humiliating Euro 2016 exit to Iceland.

Going back further, they brought us the World Cup penalty shootout losses to Portugal and Argentina, both of which occurred after England’s star player was sent off – Wayne Rooney in 2006 and David Beckham in 1998.

Over the same time period, the Beeb’s form when it comes to England games is far, far better with 20 wins out of 29, which includes their two games at Euro 2024.

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