FIFA WORLD CUP 2026 - DISCUSSION AND WATCHALONG THREAD ⚽️. Part 7

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No, he's done a decent job overall. Would be daft to start over now.

😞

I dont feel too bad though, i'll be okay

Dd is autistic and doesnt understand so I wont have to console kids or a drunk husband tonight

God yes!!!

His tactics destroyed us.

Oh well, they did their best

argentina are rough and awful

At the end of the day, we are not a better team than Argentina.

Vamos España.

Good try, but that’s football isn’t it

we are in that we didnt foul as much as they did

They may as well been back in the changing room

I agree. It's been a while since England got to this stage and he's not been in the job that long.

England didn't win this time.

Argentina just wanted it more

Go Spain

Come on Spain 🇪🇸
you can do it
England blew it away

I think this sums it up unfortunately. Gamble of replacing Rice and Gordon etc with defenders didn’t pay off. Very frustrating. Why Tuchel took that decision I can understand but what a shame.

They played dirty and won it. 😡

That's that. England were clearly out-played, a bit embarrassingly in that second half.

i feel sad

The stress continues for me as I drew Spain in the work sweepstake 😬

I'm gutted. I really wanted England to get to the final. I hope Spain win. I don't think Argentina deserve it.

Gutted

Why didn't we sub earlier ? Fresh legs ?
What a shame .
They don't deserve it . They are playing foul

Oh for gawds sake they are one of the best teams in the world we are not unfortunately

Pubs back to normal hours, and a bit less shouting in back gardens now!

Glad I was just following here, my ticker wouldn't have coped watching it live. Thank you all posters and contributors. Great updates and commentary.

Espana por favor.