England v New Zealand 9pm ITV

Did anyone know England would be fielding an entirely different team in each half? A complete change of 11 players. And, the bookies are expecting punters to be betting on it. A licence to print money, I'd say.

Eze can offer something, but the other 3 I agree with

I know its only a friendly, but if this match is a sign of games tocomein the world cup, it will certainly help my insomnia.

Eze had a terrible season. Had two good games. And Tuchel most certainly won't let him take a penalty. I doubt he'll get any game time though.

not sure Watkins will do much either, tbh.

England are shiite.

don't think many of these will be starting vs Croatia.

It's about acclimatisation, innit

Don't want injuries, and result rather immaterial

Scotland 3-0 up against Bolivia after 30 mins, a team ranked higher than New Zealand, just saying like ........

result is, but performance important surely.

Final ball in not been great so far

As said earlier, not great viewing

Every shot going too high...balls too light? Pitch problems?

I know they acclimatising, but its just boring as hell, I think most England games are like this.

no. they're not moving the ball quickly enough. Sure, the weather is hot, but they will need to overcome it. Other teams will.

This is the same NZ team that lost 4-0 to Haiti a few days ago.

THe biggest problem is they still think it s speed they need and its so far from the truth you need players who can kick a ball properly which they dont have

44 minutes and not a shot on goal wtf is this all about

NZ keeper commanding his box well

I'm sick of hearing all the superfluous hacks, comms and pundits banging on about the oppressive heat. If it's that bad then stay at home and save the hard pressed economy some money.

Kane scores

haiti beat New Zealand 4=0

At last

Lovely ball from Spence, who did quite well in his 45.

Great header, man in form.

The Spurs boys do the business.

Half time 0_0 and over 0.5 layers...gutted

Personally not a great fan but to be fair Kane is the only truly world class player England have.

Harry Kane more like harry potter

Sweaties 4 up at HT against Bolivia , heat no problem for them

Young magician donned his invisibility cloak to bamboozle keeper

Queues outside Scottish bookies tomorrow

Karen Carnage thinks they have been good and are getting used to playing together ? is that why he is changing the whole team at h/t

Couple of nice looking female England fans there...

some overweight horrors in the crowd.

Des...we must have different tastes!

They'll be fit after 6 weeks in that heat, if they stay off
the hot dogs

what is a "legacy cap" ?

Legacy caps are like what cricket do, and numbering
each player who played for England, in order, by debut.

oh, sounds a bit unnecessary to me.

Who going to score the goals now mmm

Unnecessary, yep, but gets a lot of old boys involved again
so quite worthwhile.

Belgium got a p1zz easy group again

Jun 6, 2026 -- 10:07PM, ----you-have-to-laugh--- wrote:

They'll be fit after 6 weeks in that heat, if they stay offthe hot dogs

No chance they'll lose weight being in the US for six weeks. Not with the enormous portion sizes and all the nasty additives put in their food over there.

I was today's years old when I discovered the Livramento was an "English" player.

Over 2.5 approaching Evens...
Gonna have some of that in a minute...surely?

Rio Ngumoha will be 1291 ish

miles offside

VAR in friendlies

Ngumoha was not even in the England 55 man squad, so why is he here, as if someone withdraws he can't replace them?

I would have taken him in the 26!

I dead to think how late some games will finish with all the hydration breaks, fake injuries, VAR delays and added on time, not to mention the possibility of delays for lightning storms etc.

* dread

Jun 6, 2026 -- 10:18PM, Regbutler wrote:

Over 2.5 approaching Evens...Gonna have some of that in a minute...surely?

Nah, don't do that. This is just a friendly.

what is the point of these matches. can only see a downside. unless england win by a cricket score and play really well then all the comes is criticism

all that comes is criticism

and that cant be good for morale ahead of the real thing

There will be storm delays too, in usa especially.

what is the point of these matches. can only see a downside. unless england win by a cricket score and play really well then all the comes is criticism


Acclimatisation,

enough of the "pirate ship" already.

just dont think its worth it all things considered. this is a glorified training match so why not just have a training match instead where there isnt any chance of criticism

6 Newcastle players, past and present on pitch 2nd half.

Having a match like this is miles better than England v England
but it's a friendly, and so close to world Cup, ultra friendly.

can't wait for New Zealand vs Iran.

Some of these New Zealand players are playing at a real low level, there's one player playing for Braintree - National League South, 6th tier of English football!

Others are playing for sides like Silkeborg (Denmark), Viking (Norway), Lechia Gdańsk (Poland), Zwolle (Holland) Port Vale (relegated to League 2), Peterborough,  a few MLS sides, a few Aussie sides, a few New Zealand teams and Motherwell.

Utter,pointless pony

it would be have to laugh if there wasnt a barrage of criticism at the end of it. yes its better than a training match between the squad but what you gain from that you lose and much more imo with all the negativity around a turgid display like this

There's criticism from folk that think it's an important game.

A great work out against hand picked opposition.

Lets watch Brasil
No SALAD

Ben stokes looked the best player,Harry fluked a six.

Shocking that a tiny country like New Zealand.

Not only can compete with us at cricket,they also give us a game of football.

The premier league best in the world,good job Auckland can’t enter champions league,as they might win it.

thats most of those that watch then you have to laugh. cant imagine the media will be talking in glowing terms or even saying it doesnt really matter

I think I'll watch Brazil vs Egypt, see how they approach it, and how they cope with the conditions. Of course, it never gets hot in brazil or Africa.

They will ll say.

A great solid performance,England looked hard to beat,New Zealand are no mugs,

We kept a clean sheet,something to build on.

ITV X are giving us a delayed echo. hope they knock that on the head.

and a gobshyte co-comm with a horrible voice.

That Henderson pass to Watkins, gets better every time you see it, would have been a World Class assist, justifies his place in the squad, he's still got it.

1-0 Brazil, gift

We're also living in unprecedented times, if someone would have said 10 years ago, that in 10 years time, a Brentford striker would be starting up top for Brazil on the eve of a World Cup and a Bournemouth player would be on the bench, you would have been laughed out of town, but it's true.

Henderson was always a great passer.

Pickford played a lovely ball too but they
didn't go for it on that occasion.

Ball looked super bouncy, so getting used to that is important.

It doesn't appear to bend as mucg as Epl ball, but
that's just on tonites viewing.

another gift, 1-1

So Thomas,who stood out from that great win.

I thought Harry did well,wow.

A deep analysis of the game.nothing happened,Kane scored,tuchell spotted Kane was the key man.

I think we are fooked ,

So come on media,

It was a disappointing tournament,but there's a lot to build on in 4 years time.

5 -6 sec delay on the comm?

Feels like I’m watching
Mexico 86 again

I don't think this Brazil side are good enough to beat Spain or France.

Sound miles behind picture here, too.

Co comm not the best, ffs. Been on helium.

Mute getting closer and closer

yea, they're not synced up, hope they sort it out, it's annoying.

Lianne Sanderson has a terrible voice, not suitable for commentary.

Brazil look ok to me
Just wasteful
Think iron that out
Do ok
Pace jr dear me

yeah, she's awful to listen to

Lianne Sanderson has a terrible voice, not suitable for commentary.

I believe her vocal cords have been irreversibly damaged after ****ing too much donkey ****

Bruno not getting as much bend on his corners

Must be the ball.

head injury delay will end just in time for the drinks break. That's if there's no lightning storm.

Endrick looks a bit fat

been 2-1 for about half an hour before pics caught up.

Fulling asleep watching
BRASIL

a lot of overhit passes. is that the ball?

these pics are over a minute behind flashscores. Sorry ITVX that's not good enough, especially with that dimwit woman who won't shut up. won't be watching football on ITVX unless I've got no other choice.

spoiler alert game has finished.

Firstly, yep the England game was only basically a training work out, well then dont bother putting it on tv, secondly as we could see with the Brazil game,in general international football is ****, so much slower and lethargic, made even worse by the heat.

Shiite is not worth watching.

Time for NORWAY

Everybody used to complaining about sh1te in Premier league complaining
about sh1te in a warm up

Even fielding a 2nd string, England should have comfortably beaten NZ.

All I saw was young millionaires giving it 50%.