England Preview: It's time to foot some balls
6/23/202633 min
England are back in action tonight! After putting those Croatian slugs to the sword, it's Ghana's turn to face the wrath of Tommy Tuchel's boys.
Marcus and Luke are here (lamppost flag in hand) to preview the big one. What's England's best centre-back partnership? Is Declan Rice actually fit? And is it coincidental that Luke's very own Gosport is the hottest place in the UK today? Makes you think.
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First 90 secondsMarcus Speller· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Football Ramble. It's another preview. It's another England preview. England are playing Ghana at 9:00 PM tonight, British summertime, and I'm feeling pretty good about myself and all things England. Um, I've got Luke Moore with me. Luke Moore.
Luke Moore· Host0:27
Hello, everyone. Hello. Hello. Hello. What camera am I on? Doesn't matter. How you doing, everyone?
Marcus Speller· Host0:31
The one with the red dot on it.
Luke Moore· Host0:33
Yeah, that one. Okay.
Marcus Speller· Host0:33
There you go.
Luke Moore· Host0:33
Hi, guys. How's it going?
Marcus Speller· Host0:34
There we are. Uh- Pleased to be here.
Luke Moore· Host0:36
Excited for the game tonight.
Marcus Speller· Host0:37
It's very exciting. It's very exciting indeed. England versus Ghana, a huge game, uh, for both sides. Both sides going into this game with three points.
Luke Moore· Host0:45
A huge game for you because Ghana are, of course, your African team.
Marcus Speller· Host0:48
Yes.
Luke Moore· Host0:49
So, um, split loyalties I would've thought.
Marcus Speller· Host0:51
England are my European team.
Luke Moore· Host0:52
[laughs] [laughs] For now.
Marcus Speller· Host0:54
England are my British team.
Luke Moore· Host0:55
And, um, you're horizontal and I'm vertical when it comes to the... You've got the hoops, I've got the stripes.
Marcus Speller· Host1:00
Yeah. Mine are more England colors. You've gone more Argentinian for some reason.
Luke Moore· Host1:03
Yeah.
Marcus Speller· Host1:03
But, uh, we'll, we'll, we'll leave that there.
Luke Moore· Host1:05
Yeah. Is it really Argentinian? Don't really- Uh. Don't really wear dark blue, do they, and the stripes?
Marcus Speller· Host1:09
Uh, okay. We'll let you off- Mm ... um, through a technicality. Luke Moore.
Luke Moore· Host1:12
Yes.
Marcus Speller· Host1:13
England versus Ghana. Let's, let's focus our minds and attention on that. Um, England, I think a lot of the, uh, the footballing public in this country were pretty happy with that victory after Croatia.
Luke Moore· Host1:23
Yeah. And they should have been. So they should be.
Marcus Speller· Host1:25
Um, at the second half performance in particular, I think caught the, uh, the, the, the imagination and