Crazy how taking the top two players off a team would make them different. Mane would have given Englands weak fullback defenders fits and Gueye is the heartbeat of that midfield. Obviously a much different game with those two out.

Who cares about ratings? I'm not an exec at Fox...

Official statement by Womble:

I will not be appearing in this thread post match if we lose. I can confirm that in the unlikely event of an English win that I will be making an appearance and will be unbearable.

Yours always,

Womble x

Gonna drink 20 pints of carling and beat the misses after you guys lose?

This really feels like March Madness. It would be hillarious if the final was Croatia vs Morocco

Croatia was in the final in the last world cup. Not a surprise they are almost there again.

So status quo.

So you're basically a Titans fan

With his wife being a doctor and faculty at NYU Medical School and him seeming like a fitness guy. It would be interesting to know if he had a monitor connected to an app on his phone.

I think the most likely forensics is that he had a sepsis from his respiratory infection or was having a mild heart attack, it would be interesting to know what his fitness app data would show if he was monitoring himself.

Dude was a high achiever and treated people well according to the tributes. A real shame that his life ended prematurely.

Amazing Giroud got his head to that, but it swung so low I wonder if he wished he'd tried to get a boot on it instead.

Uh, oh!!!

I love seeing composed middle-distance shooters. So smooth.

Should have been a penalty kick for England.

Are you positive? Didn't seem like the shots they showed indicated it was in the penalty area.

This is the worst reffed game this WC, complete stitch up

Bonkers referee can’t see a foul anywhere