It is now time to switch to a new Money AM football blog as the world cup is now over and we all look to the future.....World cup 2010 is over, Bravo Espana, and Forlan, once again and bring on the new season !.....I never expected the last thread to be such a success...thanks all.... so this new one might go on for years without the need to edit the title...we shall see...

Belgians already 2 up!

Superb semi-final ….France-Belgium…..: "Le Crunch"..!......

Belgium England Final

South American traits came to the fore again in the knock out stages.

My hope is for a Belgium v England Final too.

Q. Why?
A. This time we would undoubtedly put the England 'A' Team out and win the World Cup.

Thinks.....

When we last played Belgium, I remember how we both had 6 points and so were through to the Knockout Stage anyway. That's why we could play our 'B' Team, being the one with 8 team changes.

Hmmm....?

Q. So with nothing to lose and so just like us, did Belgium also play their 'B' Team to play us in that match?
A. If they did then my thinking produces a conclusion I don't want. Ooooooer!

Wifey says it's now more of a 'European Cup competition' than a 'World Cup one'.

She says, that after Brexit, they might not let us play in it.

?????

The only way England will win anything is by dragging the opposition down to our level i'm afraid , we never have a cracking game .

Get Stirling off, he cost us two goals. Should be 3-0 at half time.

Bring on vardy.

Sterling is a fantastically dangerous player...….by running at the opposition he creates space for others.....we could have had four or five today....superb by England !......Please don't touch the trophy : we are not there yet but BY JOVE what an opportunity now !...

Provided they aren't 2 or 3 goals down by the time they settle in, England have an excellent chance to be in the final

Sterling had a good game today. Bring on Vardy... wasn't he the one sat on the touchline in his pyjamas with a groin injury? Nothing misses you dreamer.
Looking more and more like a Belgium - England final.

You are very arrogant iturama the way you address other posters on money am You only have to point a mistake out by a poster. Sorry stirling did not have a good game and is under immense pressure actually to score a goal. Again if we had lost he would of been heavily criticised for missing expected goals. Calls will come for Marcus Rashford to start ahead of him in the semi-final, and it is for Gareth Southgate to decide whether Rashford’s ability to finish chances is worth more to the team than Sterling’s ability to create them in the first place.

Stirling does lack that killer finish , and doesn't look at all confident in himself , towards the end he looked like he didn't want the ball , it's the World Cup and you may never get another chance like this so get someone that is full of himself and desperately wants it .

I see more of you are now Coming around to my suggestion of an England / Belgium final.

Don't get carried away yet though as England have not beaten anyone of note to get this far and have had the luck of the draw on they're side even as far as playing Belgium last in the group stage and being able to rest all their players.

Fwiw I think England would have a better chance against France in the final.

Good luck.

I have given my thoughts on Sterling before. He does tend to run into the buffers but those big Swedish backs were terrified of bringing him down when he ran at them. He can be infuriating with his loose final touch but I will go with the judgements of the likes of Southgate and Guardiola over those that can't even spell his name right.
It may well be France Dil. I don't believe so but Belgium were looking ragged towards the end of the game with Brazil. But let's get past our semi first.
Team time trial today at the tour. G may be in the yellow jersey tomorrow.

Exactly - there's a semi first

Hardly a given, no matter how much many try to talk it up (tired Croatia, old team etc etc)

Stirling stuff .

It's France-Belgium first....the two semis are on different nights.....impossible to guess who will win "le Crunch".....I would perhaps say Belgium...but France are an excellent team as well...so.....we will know who the winner of that semi is before we play...Croatia won't be easy.....England's finest will have to be at their best !...

Oh ffs Croatia are crap and over the hill. Add to that the state they were in at the end of the last game and it's a bloody walk over.

Not all that crap, Dil.

We are judged to be ahead of them in the polls as to be likely to go forward but they are not too far behind.