THE WOLF

Who knows, its a strange World Cup with the VAR screen taking a prominent role.

One game at a time and all that while keeping expectation under control.

A confident England is capable of posing problems for anyone.

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For some of us life is not about self interest.

Sky was running a story about how England have fared against CONCANACAF countries in the past, not good reading overall.
It did remind me of just how wank Roy Hodgson was though.
I have a sneaking suspicion that England will do very well this time, mainly because I ay had any money on um.

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There is no substitute for hard work.

All I hear is people singing their praises for Southgate, whilst the jury is still out for me. I want him to prove me wrong, and he's making the right noises. We shall see.

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A Man chooses, a Slave obeys.

I think this is doing a disservice to Hoddle. Yes, he wasn't great at Wolves, but he was for England. We finished top of a qualifying group with Italy in it. I think the Le Tournoi team is the best and most cohesive England team since 1990. It had the core elements of Venables' 1996 team (albeit with Shearer, Anderton and Adams missing), with the likes of Campbell, Beckham and Scholes blended into it

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Germany out
Argentina out
Portugal out
Spain out
Are the stars aligning?
Is it coming home...?
Brazil France and Belgium in the way
Been a good World Cup so far and it's getting interesting

We've made the Quarters goddammit, and now it's the big Swedes, which will be a different game to Colombia. Do we hope that Croatia beat Russia or not?!

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Thank you very much for Stevie Bull. Thank you very much, thank you very, very, very much.

We need a midfield worthy of its name if we are going to seriously progress.

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There is no substitute for hard work.

I fancy us against the Swedes more than I did against Colombia.

Although our tactics of scoring off set pieces will do us no good here, they're giants. It does worry me that I don't know where our goals are gonna come from against them.

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A Man chooses, a Slave obeys.

The penalty spot

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Thank you very much for Stevie Bull. Thank you very much, thank you very, very, very much.

Well played
We could make the final
Can't believe it
Well done Jordan Pickford
Very well done Mr Southgate!!!

We made Sweden look ordinary, but Croatia are more attacking and inventive, so it will be a more open game i reckon. Just imagine if Sterling starts to take his chances...

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Thank you very much for Stevie Bull. Thank you very much, thank you very, very, very much.

Sterling will score only one goal in the tournament France 0-England 1 in the final.He will forever be called Raheem Iniesta.

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There is no substitute for hard work.

That sounds much better than Forfucksake Sterlingyoutwat

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Thank you very much for Stevie Bull. Thank you very much, thank you very, very, very much.

I have bought into Southgate now. Everything about him as a coach and manager is exactly what I want.

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A Man chooses, a Slave obeys.

Could he be our 'Special One'...?

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Thank you very much for Stevie Bull. Thank you very much, thank you very, very, very much.

I was down near the Molineux yesterday and walked down a street, looked across and saw the street sign which read Southgate.

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For some of us life is not about self interest.

However this ends
We have played great over the World Cup
They deserve great credit
Could have made it safe in first half but there you go
Proud of them
Go England

Really disappointed. Should have been 2 or 3 up at half time, but no, instead we surrendered the initiative and we could not get it back. For me, once Sterling ran out of steam we had not out-ball up front, and then our hopeless long balls went no where. Really disappointed, we won't get that opportunity again. Well done lads, but bollocks to the final.

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Thank you very much for Stevie Bull. Thank you very much, thank you very, very, very much.

I found it painful to watch from a tactical perspective but forget that lets look on the bright side.

England played whole hearted and to a man gave everything they individually could.

They took the nation on a ride and the general public loved it.

Well done to one and all you couldn't have tried harder.

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For some of us life is not about self interest.

Boys against men at the end of the day. But our boys exceeded expectations and brought a little hope to the nation....for a while.

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Dyslexics are teople poo

Is Kane a world class striker?...Discuss.

No

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Thank you very much for Stevie Bull. Thank you very much, thank you very, very, very much.

History will say yes. He cannot achieve more than he has now in the game of football. Wealth means fuck all, a Golden Boot is immortal and cares nothing for the scrutiny of future eyes. He goes into a very exsclusive club.

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There is no substitute for hard work.

Not yet. Needs to play abroad and develop his game further there.

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In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.

Five years ago Harry Kane was playing for Leyton Orient against Walsall, he scored in that game.

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For some of us life is not about self interest.

That seals it for me - brooks no argument - he MUST be an all-time great.

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E Tenebris Oritur Lux - The Power of Positivity

When they came to give him his award, they realised he'd already fucked off um At a mere 19 years of age, Mbappe is for me, different gravy.

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Thank you very much for Stevie Bull. Thank you very much, thank you very, very, very much.

But if he HADN'T left, how embarrassing if someone today overtook him, and he had to skulk off home on his own? Everyone would have had a great time laughing at his 'presumptuous arrogance at assuming he would win...'. Sometimes you can't do right for doing wrong.

At the end of the day, it is a pretty meaningless trophy. Could go to someone knocked out coming 3rd in league stage, but scored 6 in one game against the weakest side.....

Not sure that penalties won during the game should count in the golden ball anyway.

Still - good luck to the lad. Seems a nice guy.

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E Tenebris Oritur Lux - The Power of Positivity

And he definitely touched them all.

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The next level awaits - Champions League or, err, Championship