To ask why the England team (the men) keep falling at the final hurdle, (well virtually at the final hurdle,) at the football World Cup ... and The Euros too?

Tell that to Erling Haaland, considered by many as the best out and out striker in the world atm.

There is a place for all heights in football. Messi and Maradonna aren't/weren't that big IIRC.

was it just a little love tap do you think @Gloriia

Well fine, I'm not bothered if he does? The point is the argies did far worse throughout the actual match and seemed to get away with it. Bit like their scruffy bed sheet protest.

I think it's more stature tbh. Spaniards and argies all seem very small and quick. Surely that's a bonus in this sport.

Oh pipe down. Street fights? In your dreams.
i guess they had every right to make fun of you as you scored one tiny goal. We got through to the final four. So on the back of all the Scottish goading, you got a taste of your own medicine.
Except we are one of the top teams and you are most definitely not.

I worked in Spain. The climate is very condusive to sport and outdoor life. The people are super fit as a result. Britain not so much.
I imaging latin countries like Argentina have a similar if not more varied climate and outdoorsy culture than Britain does. Plus they put all their emphasis on football rather than rugby, cricket, hockey etc.

His 'light tap' is not allowed. News reports are saying he may face disciplinary action

I don't have the memory of a goldfish. The 'troubles' are irrelevant. NI wasn't even in the tournament.

Argentinians we're holding up a raggy bed sheet with a goady, fake message on it. Do keep up.

No I saw the match. His light tap was nothing more than that. Unlike the out of control, frothing argies. Still, fifa likes them so it's all good.

That's quite funny. So you don't like it when the other team are rough but its fine when Jude slaps someone on the head.

Do you think that you are perhaps....a little biased?

i think that everyone who was rough and violent was wrong. The arg players should have got yellow cards at least.

Jude should probably face discipliniary action.

Exactly. Argies behave like little shits and get away with it and a pp is clutching their pearls over a light tap on someone's head, someone who was being a little shit.

Ah good old deflection!

That means you won't answer because you see you were wrong.

'Im not sure what relevance the troubles have'

You certainly have the memory of a goldfish then, seeing as you were involved in the conversation earlier on this thread about it

If I heard the vile comments from the Argentinians and the Falklands sheets being shoved in my face, I would have done more than a little slap to his head. Bellingham was goaded throughout and the ref ignored it.
i can’t wait to see the reception the Argentinian premier league players get. I would sack them all and tell them to go and and get stuffed.

If I heard the vile comments from the Argentinians and the Falklands sheets being shoved in my face, I would have done more than a little slap to his head. Bellingham was goaded throughout and the ref ignored it.
i can’t wait to see the reception the Argentinian premier league players get. I would sack them all and tell them to go and and get stuffed.

Are you Argentinian Miss Mindy? Or just someone who supports violence, burning of opponents flags and dirty cheating tactics? Nice

I liked Tuchel up until this point but his DNA comment annoyed me. We could have won without his changes.

If I heard the vile comments from the Argentinians and the Falklands sheets being shoved in my face, I would have done more than a little slap to his head. Bellingham was goaded throughout and the ref ignored it.
i can’t wait to see the reception the Argentinian premier league players get. I would sack them all and tell them to go and and get stuffed.

Ah good old deflection!

That means you won't answer because you see you were wrong.

'Im not sure what relevance the troubles have'

You certainly have the memory of a goldfish then, seeing as you were involved in the conversation earlier on this thread about it

if they hit someone on the back of the head after a match, like Jude did, it should probably be a fine

You are correct.
The referees have been beyond useless.
if you see a player thump someone on the back of the head, which catches them off guard and they fall, I would say that is a red card.

It's played to what the players think they can get away with.

Generally my experience of watching the game in the prem is that players wise up pretty quickly when regulations change. A couple of sendings off is all that is needed to stamp out particular behaviour. The question is whether FIFA actually wants to enforce that to "improve" the game (improve in quotes because it is a matter of perspective as to whether it actually improves the game or not).

I think the quality of refereeing in this tournament has been exceptionally poor. When I watch games in the prem, it always amazes me how good the refs actually are, how much they see and how little actually gets past them.

I think smaller countries with less developed domestic leagues don't really have the opportunities for refs to work with the best (at playing and at cheating) players, don't have access to the technology, review systems and training that refs in the prem have. So there is no reason to expect they should be anywhere near as good. But of course the world cup has to be inclusive in terms of which countries supply the referees.

I would like to see an exchange program set up by FIFA where maybe one or two refs in the top domestic leagues need to be from other countries. This would help bring up refereeing standards in general as they are trained up to deal with the very best players.