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  1. Bishop

    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    We agree and disagree. Largely in agreement but I don't think England are a possession side or a team that are particularly good when they have the ball and time. I don't think there is any selection that would rebalance possession in England's favour we just don't have those kind of players...
  2. Bishop

    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    I would say Argentina would never have just 7% possession especially with Messi in the team. By nature Argentina are a possession side and Messi is the ultimate possession player.
  3. Bishop

    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    There's something about Kane's game that makes him both super deadly against the majority but not particularly effective against the very, very best and those career defining moments tend to be when faced up against the very best.
  4. Bishop

    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    Is someone trying to compare Messi to Kane? I like Kane as much as the next bloke but Kane has never excelled in that singular moment when everything is on the line. Sometimes with genuine reasons like not being fit for the CL final but him and Messi are incomparable in terms of influence or...
  5. Bishop

    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    Was someone claiming Messi was firing off shots before the goal?
  6. Bishop

    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    No one had any shots on target before England scored. 🤣 I can't quite recall but I think there might have been 0 shots period before England scored. 🤣
  7. Bishop

    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    I don't think ANY of those incidents are reds, not just Messi's.
  8. Bishop

    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    England having a potential counter doesn't mean that Argentina weren't awake, that counter comes about exactly because Argentina started pushing high and trying to squeeze England into their box. Tbh this was happening even before the goal as that what the goal came from, it was a counter...
  9. Bishop

    Eli Junior Kroupi

    You're missing the point, he's talking about ONLY buying from the PL which is a crazy idea and one that will NOT work.
  10. Bishop

    Eli Junior Kroupi

    I don't know Rodriguez's game but yes I still want signings from abroad that haven't played in the PL before, because the signings we have made this summer are unsustainable in the long run and why should we be the only team buying solely from other PL teams? Arsenal and Emirates Marketing Project don't do that...
  11. Bishop

    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    I do think especially in retrospect that he probably should have brought Mainoo and Rashford on at the second water break. The pattern of the game was very set at that point and England needed someone to hold the ball for even a few seconds to break the pressure and someone to offer either a...
  12. Bishop

    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    Basically this. I think people questioning why England went defensive after the goal have been a bit circumspect and realise that the goal woke Argentina up and made them press high. As much as England looked ok pre the goal, they weren't actually creating any chances I think the goal was...
  13. Bishop

    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    They didn't lose to Norway this time. So you could say this tourney.
  14. Bishop

    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    Its just literally if his argument was the way the rules were I think it was Bellingham but I can't quite recall should have got a red, because not only did he catch the player he intentionally challenged for the ball. Of course it was never a red, barely a foul but as you said it was an...
  15. Bishop

    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    @glorygloryeze? Did you think the England player should have been sent off there for catching the Argentine player with a "stamp" after the ball had gone?
  16. Bishop

    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    My credible reason is because I don't believe that should be a red. It wasn't what I consider reckless and there was no intent to harm or even challenge the player. It's just clumsy, with regards to reckless play the wording is if the player "shows disregard for an opponents safety" I don't...
  17. Bishop

    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    The ref didn't deem Messi's challenge as reckless which is where the intent side of things comes into it. I wouldn't consider Balogun's challenge reckless either and thus I agreed that it should not have been a sending off although I disagreed with them suspending the suspension once they had...
  18. Bishop

    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    If Balogun/Messi had been stamped on I personally wouldn't think it was a foul just I currently don't. Likewise I would think what I do about the Quansah situation regardless. I'm not really swayed by the emotional side of these things when it comes to decisions. You'll see me often saying...
  19. Bishop

    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    Running towards, maybe pressuring, maybe lining up for an interception. In all three examples no actual challenge was attempted, all three involve a player accidentally catching another's leg while moving. if it is an intentional challange then I can get some of the argument (but still disagree)...
  20. Bishop

    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    Putting your foot down and catching someone's ankle and going in on a sliding challenge or different things. One is the attempt to play the ball and getting it wrong, the intent was not to foul but the challenge was intentional, he got it wrong so there is a punishment. Running and putting your...
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