This week’s reporting on England and Kylian Mbappe is enough to make us want a France thrashing in the quarter-final. But Gareth Southgate is going all out. Mediawatch
‘We are genuinely giddy to discover what is exclusively coming on Friday. That England fan who looks like Steve McClaren exclusively posing with a brolly? Hanson exclusively pledging to change the lyrics of 90s seminal classic MMMBop to MMMSaka if England win?
But ‘Rule The World Cup’ at right-back is a f**king joke. For starters, it’s against the spirit of a pun-laden XI. But most importantly, Robbie Williams left Take That 12 years before the release of Rule The World, and would not re-join the group until three years later.This is also pretty dreadful from Charlie Wyett of‘Gareth Southgate is ordering his England stars to avoid a silly red card which could KO their World Cup dream.
But there is a) no Southgate ‘order’, b) no actual mention of Rooney and Beckham’s World Cup ‘meltdowns’ and the need to avoid a repeat, and c) no actual mention of red cards. Only “not wanting to miss a game by picking up stupid yellows for throwing the ball away or stuff like that”. A problem which England have specifically avoided bySomething Southgate has actually said is that England will “without a doubt” retain the approach which has seen them score 12 goals in the tournament so far.
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