Game 40: England vs Slovakia LIVE from the Arena AufSchalke. Sunday ITV1 5pm

[Smaldini]

Get Konsa on for Walker. 

[skybluedave]

Walker is finished ain't he

[Pukey]

It's a surprisingly open game, both teams look like scoring

[aiston]

Cracking defending Trippier there.

[Bliss Seeker]

Great block Guehi! 

[m_fenton]

Yellow card for Mainoo stepping a Slovakian, free kick to Slovakia for Bellingham being stepped on.

[Weezer]

No chance this ends with 22 players on the field.

[Wavelberry]

3 yellow cards in 12 minutes. Someone is definitely getting a red

[aiston]

Over 25 yellows coming today.

[Bigwig]

At least we should have completely new fullbacks for the next tournament.

[Craigus89]

We look better going forward, and at least this is exciting. 

[Darren Moores Mum]

Imagine the ranting on here if this ref was English. ****ing hell.

[dudester]

Just now, Bigwig said:

At least we should have completely new fullbacks for the next tournament.

Shaw might be fit by that one but don't bank on it. 

[sc91]

1 minute ago, skybluedave said:

Walker is finished ain't he

Defensively he was always crap but could make up with it with his pace. The legs are now going.

[Wiggins Top Boys]

The games dead if these are all bookings. Pathetic 

[Obi-Wan Kenobi]

Nothing wrong with the 3 bookings so far, two stopped promising counterattacks, the other was studs on a boot.

Edited Sunday at 16:15 by Obi-Wan Kenobi

[skybluedave]

With Walker right and Trippier left there is just zero quality attacking threat from the fullbacks

[Rio_V]

Just now, aiston said:

Over 25 yellows coming today.

Ridiculous ref so far. 

[Constantine]

Kucka's getting the red card, no doubt.

[Novem9]

Slovakia is having a hard time. Oh, they're in blue 

[enigmatic]

I wouldn't normally suggest putting Trent on for his defending but...

[GunmaN1905]

Just now, Constantine said:

Kucka's getting the red card, no doubt.

He should be red carded every time he shows up at a stadium.

[TalkSport]

This is SO SO bad. 

[Wavelberry]

Don't touch him Jude jeezus.

[Haguey]

Bellingham is a big problem here, just hiding from the ball. If he can't be bothered then don't play him

[Orzelek]

Relax Jude  

[arenaross]

We are not very good at football. 

[Darren Moores Mum]

Yeah, that was just ****ing daft from Bellingham 

[sc91]

Refs got the cards right so far.

[metal_guitarist]

Now that’s a yellow, stupid tackle 

[ThanatosAFC]

Oh it's that Turkish ref again who got beaten up once 

[InigoPatinkin]

1 minute ago, Obi-Wan Kenobi said:

Nothing wrong with the 3 bookings so far, two stopped promising counterattacks, the other was studs on a boot.

You can make the arguments individually, but there has to be some consistently across the competition and this has been totally over the top compared to every other match I've watched. 

[Haguey]

And then stops hiding to do that

[aiston]

Don't think many of the yellows are even wrong

 

[SouthCoastRed]

Just now, arenaross said:

We are not very good at football. 

Or cricket, or rugby, or tennis……

[The_jagster]

I think we should commit more cynical fouls as the ref has clearly indicated he's not going to be lenient

[TalkSport]

We're such a badly coached side.

[Rio_V]

1 minute ago, Haguey said:

Bellingham is a big problem here, just hiding from the ball. If he can't be bothered then don't play him

Hasn’t been good in the 10. Can’t he play further back? Why the need to play him at 10?

[m_fenton]

The Bellingham one's a foul, but its not dangerous in the slightest and a mile from goal. Nonsense yellow to add to the rest.

[InigoPatinkin]

The more I watch Bellingham the more I think Mbappe and him at Real Madrid is going to be a spectacular disaster which results in one of them being ditched, and I don't think it will be Mbappe. 

[RTHerringbone]

I need to get more beer. Something will therefore happen in the next couple of minutes.

[Darren Moores Mum]

Jude is having a mare of a tournament really, isn't he? If he's not Bellingham he'd have been dropped by now.

[aiston]

This game would be ****ing great for Gordon...sub him on now.

 

Half the Slovakia team will be off.

[VP.]

Why does Rice drop all the way back between the cb's to recieve the ball, it's half the reason we struggle building anything going forward. Stones is more than capable of playing out himself.

Edited Sunday at 16:20 by VP.

[Haguey]

Just now, Rio_V said:

Hasn’t been good in the 10. Can’t he play further back? Why the need to play him at 10?

He should be pulled back but tbh if he can't be bothered and is playing like he is above it then I'd rather not play him at all

[CFuller]

1 minute ago, arenaross said:

We are not very good at football. 

Just now, SouthCoastRed said:

Or cricket, or rugby, or tennis……

But we are quite good at darts. England might win the World Cup tonight for the first time since...

...2016. Uh-oh.

[Wavelberry]

Saka is the only player who takes someone on in this side and it shows.

[Rick87]

Good tackle Rice.

[Baptista_8]

Stones always has a mistake in him

[Rio_V]

2 minutes ago, sc91 said:

Refs got the cards right so far.

While I tend to agree, it is never a good thing when you notice the ref this much this early. Don’t decide the game, etc.