02-07-2018, 15:58
Yeah England v Colombia will be interesting. Rodriguez being fit or not will be important as will whether they go with both Falcao and Muriel. Equally Kane up against Mina might cause problems which would be highlighted if we slipped Rashford in for Sterling. BUT I'd have been doing very little iffing and butting if we'd have been playing Japan.
"Let's just see what happens." would have been precisely the right approach to potential quarter final opponents when we were still playing the group stages. We should have been waiting to see if it was Brazil or who - and if it was, was Neymar going to be fit, had Willian been sent off against Mexico, had Firmino gone back to Merseyside in disgust, had Thiago Silva accidentally soiled the Brazilian flag and given their supporters conniption fits, had England just beaten Colombia 6-0 and become the new Bookies' favourite .........?
"Let's just see what happens." would have been precisely the right approach to potential quarter final opponents when we were still playing the group stages. We should have been waiting to see if it was Brazil or who - and if it was, was Neymar going to be fit, had Willian been sent off against Mexico, had Firmino gone back to Merseyside in disgust, had Thiago Silva accidentally soiled the Brazilian flag and given their supporters conniption fits, had England just beaten Colombia 6-0 and become the new Bookies' favourite .........?