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Why are people keen to give a really strong opinion about something which they know fuck all about?

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BilgeVole · 03/07/2026 10:29

I saw an interview with a woman in the street earlier in which she was asked her opinion of the England v DR Congo game. Her view was that the England goalkeeper, Jordan Pickford, was “absolute rubbish”. Not just in that game, generally.

Whatever you think about the strengths and weaknesses of his game, he’s clearly not “rubbish” at football. He’s had a 15 year professional career at the top level and has almost 90 caps for England. He did nothing egregiously wrong in the DR Congo game either.

It just seems to be another example of people giving really strong opinions about something they know fuck all about.

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Userexcuser · 03/07/2026 10:41

He is a bit rubbish though. The FA really need to strengthen goal keeping through the junior ranks. Maybe they should ask the womens team how we can develop some of the best goalkeepers in the world.

LuckyHazelFox · 03/07/2026 10:37

I have fears against Mexico. There's too much reliance on Kane and our defence loked awful the other night.

LuckyHazelFox · 03/07/2026 10:36

I agree. Lefties do it all the time.

BilgeVole · 03/07/2026 10:35

luckylavender · 03/07/2026 10:31

Sport is always like that though. There's no right or wrong. I may have been heard criticising Pickford myself this WC. He's looked leaky.

I’d agree. I think he’s our best option, but he has looked vulnerable at times, not helped by a defence that perhaps isn’t the strongest. That’s a measured opinion. Not that he’s “rubbish”.

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5128gap · 03/07/2026 10:31

Its highly annoying when I disagree with them.
If I agree I consider them to have an instinctive understanding of the matter.

luckylavender · 03/07/2026 10:31

Sport is always like that though. There's no right or wrong. I may have been heard criticising Pickford myself this WC. He's looked leaky.