Other Games - 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup Edition (+ warm-up matches): Villa-watch

[TonyD]

Actually Anderson has been very good.

[Dogtanian]

Very entertaining match, the best of the tournament so far, by a mile.

We do invite pressure a bit too much, mind. We've been the better side by a mile but still managed to ship two goals.

The strength is in attack, we will concede, but we can’t afford to be nervous to go forward and threaten teams.

[PeterWithesShin]

By far the best side in the tournament.

[Villa Lew]

Tremendous 2nd half England

[Flamingo Lane]

It's lazy of Dixon to bang on about the frailty of the back line, when the two goals conceded were both the result of lackadaisical midfield play.

[devilla]

That'll do very nicely thank you.

Bit of a ropey first half but second half very much better.

[brontebilly]

Anderson and Gordon have done fuck all.

Thought Anderson played well. England's shape out of possession is a mess though, not sure about either full back and Pickford parrying everything.

Decent cameo from Rogers.

[ajmant]

Not bad. Not bad at all!!

[PaulWinch again]

Very good in the main and entertaining

[manic-road]

That first fifteen miutes of the second half we could have had three or four

[Dave]

We do invite pressure a bit too much, mind. We've been the better side by a mile but still managed to ship two goals.

If people want the "don't be too meek" of the Southgate years and want a bit more bravery in attack, then a few more goals conceded is a likely consequence though.

[Ian.]

Dixon is such a dick

“They’ve scored four goals, if they cut out the two at the other end it’s a perfect performance.”

 

You can't argue with that.

Lee Dixon would

[Ian.]

We do invite pressure a bit too much, mind. We've been the better side by a mile but still managed to ship two goals.

If people want the "don't be too meek" of the Southgate years and want a bit more bravery in attack, then a few more goals conceded is a likely consequence though.

This is much better

[Nev]

That 15 minutes after half time when the shackles came off were great and would give any team a torrid time.

More of that is needed to win a tournament and for once there appears to be a verve and excitement to England's play.

[Clampy]

Very impressive in the second half and to be honest, the first half was ok as well apart from switching off for the goals.