World Cup Semi Final #2.....THE REAL SEMI!!
Already I am very nervous but hopeful. As it says above.... IT'S COMING HOME!!
UWS
posted by United We Stand @ 8:35 AM
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We are all former students at Lakenheath High School and other public schools in East Anglia. We were in school in the 70s and 80s and drank deeply from the well of British culture of those decades - the pints, the telly, and of course the footie!
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
Already I am very nervous but hopeful. As it says above.... IT'S COMING HOME!!
UWS
Lakenheath Old Boys
We are all former students at Lakenheath High School and other public schools in East Anglia. We were in school in the 70s and 80s and drank deeply from the well of British culture of those decades - the pints, the telly, and of course the footie!
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27 Comments:
Not going to comment much during the match but needed to post something anyway
Marvelous! Thanks so much for setting up this thread. Excellent image. It's coming home, indeed.
I'm with you. I don't think I'm going to want to blog as usual during the match, but I may add a few comments here and there, hopefully when we score!
Come on, England!!!
LESS THAN 90 MINUTES AWAY
COME ON ENGLAND!!!
PLEASE SING ALONG!!
Hark Now hear
The England sing
Croatia run away
And we will rule forevermore
On Semi Final Day
repeat...
I can't hear you?
Same starting line up for the Three Lions
COME ON!!
Fox and ITV about to start!!!!
I'm singing it, mate. I've had wall to wall England songs on today.
Good on ya mate!!!
All my shirts are up!!
The team news:
Croatia: Subasic, Vrsaljko, Lovren, Vida, Strinic, Rakitic, Brozovic, Rebic, Modric, Perisic, Mandzukic.
Subs: Livakovic, Corluka, Kovacic, Kramaric, Jedvaj, Bradaric, Caleta-Car, Badelj, Pjaca, Pivaric, Lovre Kalinic.
England: Pickford, Walker, Stones, Maguire, Trippier, Alli, Henderson, Lingard, Young, Sterling, Kane.
Subs: Butland, Rose, Dier, Vardy, Welbeck, Cahill, Jones, Delph, Rashford, Loftus-Cheek, Alexander-Arnold, Pope.
Referee: Cuneyt Cakir (Turkey).
My shirt is on!
Players out on the pitch having a touch now. Wahay!
According to my English Facebook friends, the whole country is absorbed in this match. I'm hearing about council buildings draped in England flags, people coming home on buses singing "Three Lions," pubs filing up with fans.
15 minutes to go!!
COME ON ENGLAND!!!!
Good Afternoon, Bob and Dave. Listening to Jeremy Irons emceeing with that distinct voice.
Got the same shirt and shorts on as I did the previous two England matches and trying to recreate what I did at the Cottage.
Poor form by one of the local attorneys that they will see clients even during the soccer match. Not pleased.
YIKES! That bloody Turkish ref. The ref from Saturday is the fourth official
FANSTASTIC!!!
Just blow up ref right now!!
HALF WAY THERE!!
BOY I WISH WE HAD A SECOND !!!
They are VARing a penalty...nothing given!!
PHEW!!!
Good half. pretty much as expected. Croatia with the possession, but not dangerous up front. Sterling's speed is the biggest difference between the two squads. I thought that somewhere down the line it would be a header goal off a free kick after a foul on Sterling. Instead, it was a direct kick after a foul on Alli.
Have to watch these commercials
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj5ARFq3vTE&list=PLDFOuBfiH4xhmskXAqVl3ImHPF7-WmuRx
Man, Lovren is such a thug. He brings me back to the days when I was playing in Germany and these hyper-violent Croatians we were frequently facing.
Subasic does not convince me.
I think his hamstring is worse than he lets on. He was very non-active on the goal, and tentative on the situation when Kane hit the post.
I predict 3-0. If Croatia can't score, they will start to press more, and I see some bad fouls/corners given up when defending against break aways, one leading to a goal. The third goal will be a straight counter goal like Korea vs. Germany.
Otherwise, the 2nd most likely outcome for me is 1-1, but I just don't see much threat from Croatia.
Sure, England is flailing a bit since they are not as adept at making the game, but I believe they are more fit, and I think they will make less mistakes.
Rakitic, Perisic, and Versaljko look gassed to me.
GUTTED!!!
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