FIFA World Cup 2018

[Gazz]

All over them in the first two minutes. We're gonna win the cup!

[Chris2K]

Good finish Raheem. Good job it didn't matter.

[Mad Jack]

Comparing benches for England opening fixtures since 98, I really feel like this might be the best bench we've had in 20 years:

Spoiler

2018:

Rose
Dier
Vardy
Butland
Welbeck
Cahill
Jones
Delph
Rashford
Loftus-Cheek
Alexander-Arnold
Pope

2014:
FOSTER
FORSTER
WILSHERE
LAMPARD
SMALLING
JONES
MILNER
LAMBERT
LALLANA
BARKLEY
SHAW
CHAMBERLAIN

2010:
JAMES
DAWSON
CROUCH
J COLE
WARNOCK
BARRY
UPSON
WRIGHT-PHILLIPS
CARRAGHER
DEFOE
CARRICK
HART

2006:
ROONEY
CAMPBELL
JAMES
BRIDGE
CARRAGHER
HARGREAVES
JENAS
CARRICK
LENNON
DOWNING
CARSON
WALCOTT

2002:
MARTYN
JAMES
SINCLAIR
FOWLER
BROWN
BRIDGE
KEOWN
SOUTHGATE
SHERINGHAM
J COLE
BUTT
DYER

1998:
David BECKHAM
McMANAMAN
Gary NEVILLE
Nigel MARTYN
Paul MERSON
Robert LEE
Martin KEOWN
L. FERDINAND
Michael OWEN
R. FERDINAND
Tim FLOWERS

 

[Bobfoc]

Offside or no, that was a horrendous miss.

[Baddar]

Very bright start by England. Get a goal early and it should be straight forward.

[King Ellis]

Was their sub goalie just doing the Bushwhacker walk? 

[Arjen Robben]

Quite mad that Sterling scored as many as he did last season when his finishing just really isn't good

[FLiam]

That was naughty from Ashley Young.

[Bobfoc]

Nice start.

[Lineker]

KANE!!!!!!!!!

[Chris2K]

Well of course he's going to Rock You Like A Harry Kane.

Bloody England, one man team.

Fantastic save from the header though.

[FLiam]

Looked like Stones' header was over the line to me. If not, that's an unbelievable save.

[Baddar]

That first save as well! Unlucky keeper.

[Lineker]

For some reason, some of the replays are so blurry that you can't actually tell what's going on.

[Baddar]

Just now, Liam Mk2 said:

Looked like Stones' header was over the line to me.

Possibly just. I thought that.

[Mad Jack]

And that is why you take someone who can actually take set pieces...

[Lineker]

Just now, Colombaddar said:

Possibly just. I thought that.

I imagine it'll get the Hawkeye treatment at HT.

[Gazz]

FOX IN THE BOX!

[Bobfoc]

The best thing about this is that we now won't have the drawn-out "When will he scored his first World Cup goal?" drama we had with Rooney.

[Naitch]

Missed the goal because iPlayer froze. Sort it out, @Switzerlineker!