macman76
06.14.18 | 538 even has mexico in the non-"less than 1%" probability, it's all coming up milhouse baby |
Jasdevi087
06.14.18 | I'm predicting a hell of a lotta goals this year, particularly in that mismatched af pool B |
pypypymble
06.14.18 | honestly, i never care who's gonna win international trophies, i just have personal favorites when the pairings are formed along the way |
zakalwe
06.14.18 | Do do do do. Daahhh do do do. Do Do Do do do dooo. ENGLAND!!!
Come on you hapless bunch of cunts. Earn your wage, justify your shit haircut and bollocks tattoos.
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DoofusWainwright
06.14.18 | Hapless is the perfect descriptor for the England teams of the last decade lol |
zakalwe
06.14.18 | I’d say cunts is more appropriate |
Deez
06.14.18 | Brazil the obvious choice. The play a bit tighter than the Brazil teas of old but still have more match winners than almost anyone. Can never rule out zee germans but theyre not in good form and Spain have a superb squad but with the shambles of the last few days that might catch them out. England will be be hilarious as usual. |
Dewinged
06.14.18 | Spanish coach just got fired and they didn't even play. Yay. |
Deez
06.14.18 | Madrid fucking their own country. |
zakalwe
06.14.18 | I reckon France |
Deez
06.14.18 | Yeah France have a great chance the sweaty bastards |
DoofusWainwright
06.14.18 | Hapless cunts it is :D
Going to have a soft spot for South Korea because of Tottenham cult legend in the making Son Heung-min playing for them but sadly they'll be swept away as they're no cop.
Someone random will win it maybe, as none of the 'big teams' are in amazing form - Argentina? Uruguay? Colombia? Denmark? Poland? Hoping a few of the usual suspects choke, esp now Spain are in turmoil, that'll be hilarious. Italy usually take down a few teams on penalties and they're not there so awesome.
The Dutch will be missed a bit more. |
Deez
06.14.18 | Same with Egypt and Salah for me. Wuold love to see them do well. Maybe a salah ramos rematch or Salah knocking the english out as they all sing racist shite to the egyptians. |
zakalwe
06.14.18 | it’s just not the same without Italy or the Dutch. |
DoofusWainwright
06.14.18 | We'd thrash Egypt, Gazza will sneak into their changing room and piss on their prayer mats before kick off. 7-1, Salah consolation goal. |
Deez
06.14.18 | Yeah I grew up watching the old football Italia programme in the UK religiously. Robby Baggio is probably my fave player of all time but that era of Ravenelli,Vialli,Donadoni,baressi and all the rest I just fell in love with the Italian national team and all their dirty tricks. |
Deez
06.14.18 | Gazza can barely move 2 feet |
DoofusWainwright
06.14.18 | Zak I'm loving Italy not being there, responsible for some turgid stuff recently, they always rely on penalties, and they ALWAYS have England's number these days.
The Dutch are like a decent Premier League side usually. Bit more open, borderline mental, usually at loggerheads with each other. Would have liked them to be there, partly because they've no players right now and would get humped at some stage. |
Nocturtle
06.14.18 | I don't believe in france tbh they had great euros and the squad looks great on paper but they haven't looked convincing recently
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DoofusWainwright
06.14.18 | Two massive weaknesses for England will probably scupper us.
1. No Lallana = no out and out lock picker in the side to open up defensive sides or good sides sitting on a lead. Clearly he's been Southgate's most reliable performer and teacher's pet, he'll miss him. Would have been the least 'England style player' in the squad.
2. No Hart on form - going into a tournament with a rookie keeper could spell disaster. Even on the form of three years ago Hart would have made the side for this tournament.
The one way England could actually generate a fear factor and start knocking out the big boys? If Kane and Alli strike up their psychic link from two seasons ago and also play with freedom and swagger. That's the only way i see us having two world class players.
Hopefully, with some luck, make the last 8 then see where we are. Too much to hope perhaps... |
zakalwe
06.14.18 | Doof don’t be silly it’ll be the inevitable.
0 mins - Peeeeep. HOOF!!!!!
90 mins - 0-0
First plane home |
Deez
06.14.18 | Sterling to miss an open goal against Germany in the last min of extra time |
DoofusWainwright
06.14.18 | Secret weapons for England could be (don't laugh) Delph and Loftus-Cheek. Guardiola has got Delph sharpened up and he could start off coming off the bench to help Dier or Henderson but could impress so much he starts ahead of them or alongside one of them as the tournament progresses. Looks a classy player now.
Loftus-Cheek could come in if either Sterling or Alli stiff, from nerves, poor form or general derping like picking up needless bookings. Looks powerful and fearless.
Obviously Rashford is the total unknown we all know about anyway. Vardy I think will stink the place out if he gets on the pitch, just doesn't seem an international, looks lost. A ratboy in a maze. |
Papa Universe
06.14.18 | Y'all betting wrong, Saudi Arabia is where it's at. |
DoofusWainwright
06.14.18 | Zak, it's the 85th minute, one sub left, 0-0 and we need a win vs Belgium to get out of the group...Vardy time lol. That's when the sinking feeling will hit. |
zakalwe
06.14.18 | Won’t hear a bad word said against Vardy.
I rate Delph.
Remember ‘90 and Plattys last minute on the turn volley against Belgium. I’d take a bit of that magic again.
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Zeneren
06.14.18 | Lallana? He was a key player in what 2016?
I feel like most of the attacking threat is reliant on Sterling to cut through. If Kane gets isolated like in the last euros, England just gonna be toothless once again. Although Southgate has sort of generated a dynamic team gives a little bit of hope. Still, Lingard should definitely play, and I'd even prefer Vardy up top - world defenders can't deal with his pace. |
DoofusWainwright
06.14.18 | I’ll never have any time for vardy after the ‘Leicester party’ when spurs fell apart vs Chelsea lol. Will need to score a hat trick vs Germany to change my mind.
His recipe for ‘skittles vodka’ is ingenious though |
DoofusWainwright
06.14.18 | Zen - nothing like being injured for a whole season to worsen your form yeah |
DoofusWainwright
06.14.18 | The reason England are so far behind Germany and France is we’re awful at ‘nationalising’ players through a dodgy great grandparent or whatever. Add Bale and Zaha to that squad and we’d win the thing lolz
60% of the German team are always half Polish - you’d never guess though
Who wants the English press on their back though? Play for Jamaica, whoever, anyone but England |
Zeneren
06.14.18 | Yeah not just form with lallana he just literally hasn't played. pretty much an entirely new team and formation so nowhere for him to fit. Shame as he was my favourite player for England back then.
Quietly hopeful we can make the quarters this year but fully ready to be disappointed in R16 |
Deez
06.14.18 | It's not just that doof. I know once again were hearing how tight the squad is. Same old story. The thing is there is so much rivalry between the top teams that the players find it hard to bond as a team. England have always had that problem. Scoles,Gerrard,lampard have all admitted so. it's the same reason I don't give a fuck about the national team. This one not so much I guess, but when it's full of Utd and Chelsea players etc I don't want to see them win shit. I hate them for 11 months of the year and I'm supposed get behind them cos they're english? Arsed. Not even I including a massive group of no thumbed bell ends that go watching them. Last time I gave a shit was euro 96. At least there was a group of characters you know? A mate of mine is one of the top lads at a smaller club he said when England got knocked out by Germany, all that good feeling and togetherness was gone and they just went club against club haha so basically they'd been faking it the previous 3 weeks. |
Frippertronics
06.14.18 | What of Brazil this time around, dearest Mac? Who will bestow them the honor of a humiliating and undoubtedly memorable blowout? |
DoofusWainwright
06.14.18 | Deezer - I have some players I can’t get behind historically (Sol, John Terry, etc) but tbh I even get behind Arsenal and West Ham players for England. Maybe because most of my friends are Chelsea and the wife and her family are Arsenal I don’t see it as a big thing. |
DoofusWainwright
06.14.18 | Euro 96...France 98 was good too |
Piglet
06.14.18 | Germany vs France in the final is my prediction, would be a fucken great game
i don't think anyone comes close to germany's organization, pressing and efficiency in possession and France is oozing with a ridiculous amount of talent ofc.
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NorwichScene
06.14.18 | Come on England! |
Deez
06.14.18 | Yeah you have to he able to truly drop that. I've been in pubs where scholes has missed a sitter or Gerrard and you hear 'arrrghhh you manc/Scouse bastard ' it's like I thought you were all in? England and all that shit. Forced patriotism does my head in. saying that if love to say Henderson snap neymars legs off the little rat |
DoofusWainwright
06.14.18 | Who you support deezer? |
Deez
06.14.18 | Liverpool mate, I'm from like a few miles outside of Liverpool. Plastic Scouser: ) |
zakalwe
06.14.18 | you hear 'arrrghhh you manc/Scouse bastard '
That’s what it’s all about though Deez. If we win, the crowds flooding the streets, flags, chants and ‘togetherness’ all becomes natural and everything else is forgotten.
Beckham in ‘98 biggest cunt on the planet.
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DoofusWainwright
06.14.18 | Liverpool had a great season - other than the final. Madrid did a number on you there.
Probably the closest rivals to Spurs right now, sort of in a mini league with Chelsea and maybe Arsenal. The two Manc clubs have it sewn up at the top for a bit I'm predicting. |
Divaman
06.14.18 | It's boring, but I'm picking Germany for the repeat. |
Deez
06.14.18 | I really don't think they did do a number on us the first 30 mins they couldn't handle us at all and were all over the place. I'm more disappointed how we seemed to cave in when salah went off. We still hit the post at 2-1 but you can't legislate for your keeper being a retard. Well, you can actually.
I don't think there's much between spurs and Liverpool at all. Especially with kieta and fabinhio coming in. City are the ones to stop off course but I think Jose will implode this year and won't last the season when the other 3 teams and maybe even arsenal depending who they buy are entertaining as they win. There's a lot of money through tv rights and the like now and there's all ready a niggling with the mancs. A few dire 0-0s at home they will be on his case. They wont be out of the top 4 off course because of the money hell spend. And it will be harder for city to replicate this season. It's going to be really interesting. |
Demon of the Fall
06.14.18 | Ederson won't play, it'll be Allison. I'm going with Brazil to win it, which doesn't usually happen in Europe but this team seems rock solid all-round, very balanced & not just reliant on flair.
Spain's managerial situation propels Brazil & Germany to the two hot favourites, with France behind them (maybe put Spain 4th) & probably Belgium as dark horses, although they'll find a way to mess it up with Martinez as manager. |
Zeneren
06.14.18 | Are Belgium still dark horses? Individually probably better than every team in the competition bar maybe their defensive midfield.
Hoping a team like Serbia or Uruguay go far - my dark horses |
Flashmobba
06.14.18 | France/Belgium ftw |
Demon of the Fall
06.14.18 | Unfortunately for the greatest player of all time, his team just isn't good enough, I read a stat that no-one bar Messi has even scored a goal for Argentina in the past 16 months & they struggled badly in qualifying. |
Deez
06.14.18 | Bobby Martinez with the world cup. I'd defo think were living in a simulation if that happened |
Demon of the Fall
06.14.18 | @Zeneren: their midfield would've been a lot better if Martinez had selected Nainggolan, no idea what he was thinking with that omission. They've yet to really put it together at a tournament & yes if I had to pick a weakness I think they lack the robustness in midfield to compete with the big 4. |
AngryJohnny
06.14.18 | Will probably be the Germans again but I also like France's chances
I've got Poland in the office sweepstake - come on big Lewandowski
Quarter Finals would be a great result for England
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DoofusWainwright
06.14.18 | I got England in the handicap world cup sweepstake...only win a prize if they make the final
I wanted a second team to support if we get knocked out... |
Sinternet
06.14.18 | well i dont have any hopes at all of england etting past the round of 16 or so so apart from that I'm either hoping the legend of Iceland continues or Belgium go really far (although with Martinez at the helm and a lacklustre defence they could be very dodgy, rooting for my boy Eden though)
In all honesty I think France are the strongest team - their sheer depth is amazing and between them Germany and Brazil being probably the most likely to win I'd take them tbh |
DoofusWainwright
06.14.18 | France have youth and pace but I see Belgium having the more experience and nearly as many great players. At least one of France, Argentina or Spain will probably implode in the dressing room in the absence of Holland.
Also Lloris has looked a bit of a 'red card in waiting' dumpling at times rushing off his line for Spurs this season. Spain could still win this simply for having a solid team and De Gea behind them. |
Demon of the Fall
06.14.18 | France have a ridiculous amount of talent at the minute, just seeing the guys who didn't even make the squad was astonishing. The new Spain in that regard.
I really don't care that much about England this time, gone are the days where we all got hyped up thinking 'this is our time' etc. only to be disappointed by the inevitable heart-breaking loss on penalties. Now I'm old (relatively), less enthused & the team isn't expected to go that far.
I'll just enjoy the spectacle & hope we don't see too much in the way of violence (not likely unfortunately).
@Sinternet: I worked out that unless Portugal win it Chelsea will be welcoming back a WC winner to the Bridge almost regardless of what else could (realistically) happen, we have at least one representative for all the other favourties. |
Evreaia
06.14.18 | Being a Belgium myself, and seeing how they performed at the last friendly (vs Costa Rica), I'm hoping for semi-final position. If they can play like that all the time, and me boy Kompany stays fit and playing (he really enhances our defense noticeably), a semi final should be possible.
Also, please don't kick Hazard out of the field, because we're fucked if that happens.
My guess is a Brazil vs France final with France taking the cup home. |
Ryus
06.14.18 | fuck the USA for being trash |
DoofusWainwright
06.14.18 | As a Spurs fan I'm behind this England team, Kane is a Roy of the Rovers throwback legend in waiting and I can't help but ALWAYS hope good things happen for him. So for Kane alone I'm hyped about England this time.
Then you have Rashford who's quite exciting too although he is a little lost at United.
The England squad has some talent but more most of them seem without too much ego, at least for now. Hope they can get a bit of team spirit going, could be enough to get to the last 8. |
anat
06.14.18 | i prefer to be an optimistic england fan, i'm gonna say we'll top the group and bow out in the quarters, and that's a perfectly fine place for us |
Piglet
06.14.18 | Kompany is a fucken alien, cant get over how good that bloke is |
Sinternet
06.14.18 | '@Sinternet: I worked out that unless Portugal win it Chelsea will be welcoming back a WC winner to the Bridge almost regardless of what else could (realistically) happen, we have at least one representative for all the other favourties.'
yeah it's pretty interesting that that's the case and kinda goes against the narrative that we can't attract world-class players. Tbh I don't see Portugal winning it but then again I said that in the Euro's and look how that turned out.
'Also, please don't kick Hazard out of the field, because we're fucked if that happens.'
He's spent like 5 years in the prem now I think he's used to it haha. Most of those seasons he's been the most fouled player in the league by far. Will be interesting to see how Batshuayi does for you guys, I desperately want to see him succeed and maybe with a new formation he'll come good for us yet as has been shown in his Dortmund form. If we switched to a formation that allowed Batshuayi and Morata to play together they kinda balance out the other's weaknesses- Morata has great hold-up play and positioning but crap finishing, whereas Michy is pretty much your around the box goal merchant who is pretty consistently accurate. With Hazard (and most likely it seems Seri) behind it could be a phenomenal attack. |
Demon of the Fall
06.14.18 | Yeah Belgium should be fine re Hazard, he gets kicked A LOT & usually comes through unscathed & Herrera isn't at the WC. |
anat
06.14.18 | portugal winning would be such a disappointing result |
BigTuna
06.14.18 | I'm really excited to watch this tournament. |
Nocturtle
06.14.18 | I think Barcelona will win the cup |
macman76
06.14.18 | I’m reading a lot of excuses about England itt |
Nocturtle
06.14.18 | For real tho I got Brazil taking it, they were amazing in qualifying and Neymar is hands down the best international player in the world |
Elynna
06.14.18 | As a Dutchman with Italian blood I think I'll skip this whole circus :] |
pypypymble
06.14.18 | man i hope golovin does good in this wc so we can sell him to ya gay foreigners for a big price |
pypypymble
06.14.18 | he's a brave young dude, a bit undisciplined but with a good gaffer can become the killa mans |
Demon of the Fall
06.14.18 | 'As a Dutchman with Italian blood I think I'll skip this whole circus :]'
Italy are usually my 2nd team for this reason, but now I'll have to make do with plain old England. Oh wait, I have German connections, don't think I could bring myself to follow them though, haha. |
Demon of the Fall
06.14.18 | 'I’m reading a lot of excuses about England itt'
How is having no expectations because we're not very good an excuse? If anything it's a criticism of our current talent level/situation. |
DominionMM1
06.14.18 | this and the euro are the only times i pay attention to soccer |
Nocturtle
06.14.18 | 'I’m reading a lot of excuses about England itt'
It's not coming home? |
Divaman
06.14.18 | No US or Ireland in the Cup. :(
(Not that either of them are ever a threat anyway, but they at least give me more of a rooting interest.) |
Sinternet
06.14.18 | akinfeev seems like he's been around forever |
Demon of the Fall
06.14.18 | Do Russia still have almost the entire CSKA defence? Those guys have been playing together for over a decade. Maybe the others have retired by now. This spelling will be atrocious but I remember the Berezutskiy brothers & Ignashevich. |
pypypymble
06.14.18 | man we suck, but my boy golovin with that cross, get yo money ready big clubs |
pypypymble
06.14.18 | hahaha smolov u fuckin retard |
iglu
06.14.18 | Mexico doesn't have a solid Midfield, Germany is gonna destroy us. |
pypypymble
06.14.18 | GOLOVIN WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO |
macman76
06.14.18 | “How is having no expectations because we're not very good an excuse? If anything it's a criticism of our current talent level/situation.”
I actually like England this year, it seems so weird that English fans are so self-defeating |
iglu
06.14.18 | England always looks like a good team and then craps out on the world cup |
Zig
06.14.18 | My guess is a Portugal vs Belgium final. |
macman76
06.14.18 | I know England’s steez, at least they have a shot |
iglu
06.14.18 | France vs. Germany/Brazil is my guess for the final. |
DominionMM1
06.14.18 | "England always looks like a good team and then craps out on the world cup"
don't they shit the bed at every international competition |
pypypymble
06.14.18 | oh my godddddd golova you son of a bitch |
anat
06.14.18 | thoroughly enjoyed that much, it was terrible but great |
pypypymble
06.14.18 | yea the crowd was so fuckin dead and saudi was terrible, i hope our team's gonna meet more resistance, im embarrassed for the crowd tho
i feel like it's the state of modern russia, people are very tired in general, this wc is almost like fiddling while rome burns |
Divaman
06.14.18 | Maybe because nobody's really expecting anything from England this year, they'll do well. |
OllieS
06.14.18 | Based on form going into the tournament, Brazil look the best by a country mile. But they're always overrated at big tournaments. They'll probably not get killed like last time but I just doubt their ability to win it (especially as it's in Europe). Germany will probably grind it out, although if France play to their potential they can do it. |
Artuma
06.14.18 | holy crap was saudi arabia just horrendous
doesn't matter how the matches will go, germany's gonna lift the cup at the end anyway and the british newspapers will have a scandal to report |
Egarran
06.14.18 | guy I know put an english player on his dream team lmao peepz nvr lrn
Apart from that, I am ready and almost excited.
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Demon of the Fall
06.14.18 | Russia fixed it so they got the Saudi’s first up |
Valkoor952
06.14.18 | It's either gonna be Brazil or Germany, that's for sure.
France has a very slight chance, but I doubt they're gonna do anything significant. Also, can't stand Griezmann. |
Demon of the Fall
06.14.18 | Loads of nations have intolerable players. |
Shuyin
06.14.18 | Go Portugal, vamosssssssss!! |
zakalwe
06.14.18 | ‘guy I know put an english player on his dream team lmao peepz’
Kane will be top scorer mate |
Sinternet
06.14.18 | loftus-cheek to score a 30 yard worldie and cahill to score the winning header in the final put your dosh on that |
iglu
06.14.18 | how can anyone dislike Griezmann? |
rodrigo90
06.14.18 | Unfortunately for the greatest player of all time, his team just isn't good enough, I read a stat that no-one bar Messi has even scored a goal for Argentina in the past 16 months & they struggled badly in qualifying.
Our team has been heavily criticized by everyone from reporters to people in general, they're not in their prime anymore, they glory days are gone, I read somewhere that Messi can't even run like hell like he did years ago. |
Egarran
06.14.18 | He is a tragic figure. |
iglu
06.14.18 | Higuain is the reason Arg. hasn't won anything |
rodrigo90
06.14.18 | That is absolutely true |
matbla00
06.15.18 | Poland will win this shite. But for real, I would bet on France, if only I had money hehe |
rabidfish
06.15.18 | Lopetegui is hack, Real Madrid are evil reptilians... What a bunch of fucking assholes god damn it |
Artuma
06.15.18 | "Loads of nations have intolerable players."
luckily we have iceland. sweden is also super likeable now without zlatan |
Demon of the Fall
06.15.18 | You can't dislike Iceland, agree there. I was just replying to the guy who picked out Griezmann specifically, seemed a little odd even if he was a drama queen with his whole Atleti will he/won't he situation. |
NorwichScene
06.15.18 | Stuck at work today so gonna miss Salah v Suarez : ( |
Zeneren
06.15.18 | Lol same but at the doctors.
Watching Spain vs Portugal in a Portuguese football club restaurant in London though... |
Sinternet
06.15.18 | how can anyone dislike zlatan, man's a legend |
zakalwe
06.15.18 | With a massive conk |
DoofusWainwright
06.15.18 | He’s the best sort of utter berk |
Egarran
06.15.18 | Read his autobiography, I'm not kidding. |
Kusangii
06.15.18 | Can't wait for my country (Sweden) to score 0 goals. Probably the most boring team in the whole tournament with the worst offensive without Zlatan. Our defense is rock solid though. |
Winesburgohio
06.15.18 | glad i'm unemployed so i don't have to get myself fired in order to watch the games
underdog picks: Iceland, Nigeria, Switzerland
Third place: Spain vs. Argentina
Grand Final: Germany vs. Brazil |
Sinternet
06.15.18 | whereas I get to start my new job on Monday which means I'll miss half the games
shit I might even be away on a residential for the final, you bet I'm gonna be wasting my data to watch that |
rabidfish
06.15.18 | Brazil is looking good for this WC... but then again they had one of the best squads EVER in the 82' WC and they didn't even make it to the final so who knows, after group stage it's coocoo world. |
Sinternet
06.15.18 | wondering which big nation is gonna be the one to flop out the group stages this time |
rabidfish
06.15.18 | Spain bought all those tickets by firing Lopetegui
2 group stage eliminations in a row? i really hope that's not the case.
Also Argentina looking shaky af in the middle, if they can't get Aguero and Higuaín in scoring ways again they WILL consede goals, so i fear for mah boi Messi. |
Winesburgohio
06.15.18 | fuckkk egypt playing a surprisingly good game, let's see if they can make it last |
Artuma
06.15.18 | "how can anyone dislike zlatan, man's a legend"
i love zlatan dude, but having him on the national team makes the other guys look like a bunch of kids who are there just to feed zlatan |
Adabelle
06.15.18 | Yeah they've looked solid but tbf Uruguay have been atrocious going forward so they've barely been tested.
I think Poland will do pretty well, would rather have them than who I got in the work sweepstake (Nigeria), worse kit though..
Anyone else made a fantasy football team? |
macman76
06.15.18 | Man, cavani is good |
rabidfish
06.15.18 | Uruguay deserved to win.
Cavani dominated
Suarez missed so many goals lol he must be pissed
De Arrascaeta and Nandez blew their chance to start the next game, they did jack shit. |
Egarran
06.15.18 | So many nipples. |
matbla00
06.15.18 | tbf, Poland has a worse team than it had in 2016, and the competition is obviously fiercer. everyone is going to watch spain vs portugal today, i presume? |
Deez
06.15.18 | Gonna watch Portugal spoil another game yeah, should be great |
Egarran
06.15.18 | Fun fact, you could buy Iran and Morocco with Ronaldo's salary.
Looking forward to high tier football at last. |
iglu
06.15.18 | Portugal vs. Spain, now the wc is really starting |
iglu
06.15.18 | spain is playing trash |
Sinternet
06.15.18 | i dont think spain are playing badly i think portugal have just been insane so far |
Sinternet
06.15.18 | oh costa you magic fucking bastard |
DoofusWainwright
06.15.18 | This is getting lively :D |
macman76
06.15.18 | YES! Can this game be 180 minutes? |
AngryJohnny
06.15.18 | Top class game so far. Everything Ronaldo has touched as turned to gold and Spain are carrying enough threat themselves |
Sinternet
06.15.18 | if that isco shot had gone in holy shit |
zakalwe
06.15.18 | Costas goal was absolute class |
Deez
06.15.18 | One man army |
matbla00
06.15.18 | whoa
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DoofusWainwright
06.15.18 | Perfect score going in to half time for the 'neutral', Spain being quite obviously the stronger side in general. This is like a derby though, a leveller, and Ronaldo will grab victory if you let him have a sniff. |
zakalwe
06.15.18 | Christ. Fabregas is such a massive bender. |
adr
06.15.18 | great game
Ronaldo for Portugal is like LeBron for Cleveland lol |
Deez
06.15.18 | De gea must have a concussion aswell |
Sinternet
06.15.18 | cesc is a legend zak won't hear none of your shite |
AngryJohnny
06.15.18 | Portugal dangerous on the counter here
Reckon they'll score more |
adr
06.15.18 | haven't seen such a mistake from him in years, still the best gk rn tho
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Sinternet
06.15.18 | no that's still neuer |
matbla00
06.15.18 | i agree that de gea is no 1 |
matbla00
06.15.18 | i thought that courtois would dethrone him, but that's clearly not happening |
DoofusWainwright
06.15.18 | this WC has arrived, all time classic match this |
Sinternet
06.15.18 | oh shit what a goal
man isco has been phenomenal this game as well |
matbla00
06.15.18 | !!!!!!!!!!! |
adr
06.15.18 | Jfc |
Shuyin
06.15.18 | ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONALDO |
DoofusWainwright
06.15.18 | Still the greatest player in the world - beats Messi for impact in games, winning drive, scoring goals when there's incredible pressure. Legendary stuff from him. |
Sniff
06.15.18 | Worst player in existence I'm sorry but that's just how it is |
DoofusWainwright
06.15.18 | He's scoring these goals against arguably the greatest keeps in the world right now too... |
Sniff
06.15.18 | This has got to be the game with the most disgusting players on the field in the history of ever |
Sniff
06.15.18 | Ye he scored one penalty and one on a childish mistake. The free kick was a treat though |
DoofusWainwright
06.15.18 | 'Worst player in existence I'm sorry but that's just how it is'
just say worst man in existence but on the field you have no argument |
Sniff
06.15.18 | Nah if you're acting like a five year old crybaby you can never be the greatest no matter how good you play |
butcherboy
06.15.18 | serving a gaggle of day boilers all screaming at the match currently.. grand times.. |
Shuyin
06.15.18 | The Ronaldo hate is DELICIOUS
great game tho and a draw is fair |
Sinternet
06.15.18 | what a fucking game
and yeah doof imo i rate ronaldo higher |
Maco097
06.15.18 | Quite a decent game, the best until now. |
AngryJohnny
06.15.18 | 'Worst player in existence I'm sorry but that's just how it is'
You're like that guy who's always getting downvoted to oblivion on every website where you can do that
Unreal game
|
Sniff
06.15.18 | I mean the man singel-handedly ruined my passion for the sport of course I hate him |
Deez
06.15.18 | Not fit to lace Messis boots the suntan queen
'beats Messi for impact in games' LOL what absolute none sense
Superb free kick, Superb player |
matbla00
06.15.18 | I think that the alleged rivalry is utter nonsense, and exists only on the basis of personal preferences of football fans: whether you like Messi's panache, or rather the english style football played by CR. I prefer the latter |
DominionMM1
06.15.18 | not gonna get into this years old dipshit argument but if you think ronaldo isn't one of the all time greats youre retarded
game of the tourney today folks |
Sniff
06.15.18 | Nachos goal is quite something |
Deez
06.15.18 | I love this game of the tourney shit too. Its like the 2nd fucking day |
Doctuses
06.15.18 | @DominionMM1 [2] |
Deez
06.15.18 | Ronaldos is the top handful of players of all time top 5 for me no doubt, Cannot be argued otherwise with any logic just pathetic footy fan bias. Hes still not the player Messi is and to say hes scored bigger goals is just wrong. He hasnt. |
DoofusWainwright
06.15.18 | deez - Messi is winning the square sum of fuck all as part of a decent Argentina side over the last ten or so years, he's FAILED in international football as far as the world's concerned at this point.
It's do or die now for the little lad...I'm predicting he dies.
Messi is the dude who purrs when the system is working but no one - NO ONE - gets the hump like Ronaldo today when the chips are dooooooon...and then knocks in a pen and a direct free kick while at the same time he looks like he's chewing on a pube covered wasp |
Sniff
06.15.18 | I'm inclined to agree. Sadly |
DominionMM1
06.15.18 | btw im super stoked about na getting the 2026 world cup. i'll actually be able to watch games in their entirety without interruption because they won't be on in the middle of the fucking day. |
Zig
06.15.18 | Força, Portugal !!! |
Sinternet
06.15.18 | you should go to one if you get the chance, i went to the olympics when they were here and even at a pretty unhyped event it was a really cool experience |
DoofusWainwright
06.15.18 | 'to say hes scored bigger goals is just wrong'
I'll have to run through the stats but I'd have thought Ronaldo has scored more pressure goals like tonight. Dunno. |
DoofusWainwright
06.15.18 | This seems to back my theory...at least up to 2016
https://www.thestatszone.com/ronaldo-or-messi-which-players-influences-their-clubs-success-more |
DoofusWainwright
06.15.18 | That's just club level - internationally you'd also think Ronaldo, most of the time playing for a weaker team, often dragging them through (like tonight) - plus they won something too (although he went off in the final). |
Deez
06.15.18 | I honestly couldnt give a fuck about comparisons at International level. The Champions league is where its at nowadays. The best players in the world are all in that competition. And in the top leagues in europe. Argentina being shit is the only thing people like to beat Messi with because people have a 'side. People act like Ronaldo is this super human on the bigger international stage because hes fucking cheered his team on from the sidelines in the Euros and scored against fucking wales. He gets the hump because hes a prima donna. Every time he gets the hump hes looking up at the big screen making sure the camera caught it. There are PLENTY of players who get the hump when theyre down. To try and lay claim to one being better than the other because of international form just doenst hold up for me nowadays. You can argue for either in what theyve done as players theyre 2 of the greatest (id still pick Maradonna over both of them for what he did at Napoli). Its all just preference as said above anyway. |
DoofusWainwright
06.15.18 | He is the ultimate crybaby prima donna winker 'if Tom Cruise was a footballer' big head evuuuuur though |
DoofusWainwright
06.15.18 | Well, the stats are - at club level he has a greater impact than Messi, esp in the Champs League aka Real Madrid's cup (sadly) |
Deez
06.15.18 | He just hasnt. Theyve both scored in champs league finals, Copa del rey finals. What constitutes as a pressure goal? You could be on a bad run of 4 defeats and save a 5th with a last minute pen. Or need a Draw at Villareal to keep you 4 ahead in the league which you eventually win. its IMPOSSIBLE to measure. |
Sniff
06.15.18 | Who is the worse human though. Tom Brady, Tom Cruise or Ronaldo? |
DoofusWainwright
06.15.18 | Pretty sure Messi started his international career in a damn tasty Argentina side |
Deez
06.15.18 | He is the ultimate crybaby prima donna winker 'if Tom Cruise was a footballer' big head evuuuuur though'
hahah true dat
I sound like im being Anti Ronaldo, Im not even though hes an ex manc bastard. Hes a phenomenal footballer and athlete I just think some of the arguments to say hes better than messi are lame and always the same ones |
YakNips
06.15.18 | SnakeDelilah |
DoofusWainwright
06.15.18 | Well, it's preference like you said. Messi is in the purest sense a better footballer. A better competitor/athlete? Not sure. It's close. |
Deez
06.15.18 |
'Pretty sure Messi started his international career in a damn tasty Argentina side'
Ah so now Messi as a Youngster is to blame for not carrying Argentina with world class old, experience heads over the line that Ronaldo did when he was in his 30s by screaming at his teammates from the touchline? Exactly my point |
Deez
06.15.18 | Id say Ronaldos a better athlete. Its impossible to know as a competitor. I think Messi just a better all round footballer. But we are lucky to see them BOTH in our lifetimes. |
Egarran
06.15.18 | Angrily comparing Messi and Ronaldo just never gets old. |
Kusangii
06.15.18 | This has got to be the game with the most disgusting players on the field in the history of ever [2]
And ofc Ronaldo dives twice and gets them two goals. Appaling. |
Egarran
06.15.18 | Yeah he should be more like Diego Costa tbh |
Sniff
06.15.18 | Man I love myself some Diogo - he a proper madman, still a disgrace though dont get me wrong |
Deez
06.15.18 | Angrily comparing Messi and Ronaldo just never gets old.'
Not angrily at all dude as I said and someone else said its purely preference at this point their stats hold against each other |
zakalwe
06.15.18 | Shorts rolled up, ‘focused’ intent. Curls it in. Fuck off you bell.
|
DoofusWainwright
06.15.18 | if he knocks out England with a wink it's time to nuke Portugal |
Deez
06.15.18 | They should be nuked for giving birth to Pepe |
DoofusWainwright
06.15.18 | Pepe le poo |
Sniff
06.15.18 | I just wanted to say that Modric is the better of the two |
DoofusWainwright
06.15.18 | Modric is better than who? |
Davil667
06.15.18 | Crynaldo is almost unbearable to watch for me but he totally killed it today. However, Spain' s performance was incredibly strong, if they can keep up this form they are definitely to be reckoned with. |
Deez
06.15.18 | Just seen this on FB haha
'Gets 2 year prison sentence and a €18m fine for tax evasion in Spain, scores a hattrick against them. Cristiano Ronaldo, what a player.' |
zakalwe
06.15.18 | True but total bellend still applies |
anarchistfish
06.15.18 | what a match |
Flugmorph
06.15.18 | hype match yo
ronaldo doubled his world cup goals in one game lol |
Winesburgohio
06.16.18 | i am unbelievably tired but also extremely stoked I got a chance to see history as it happened. what a fucking corker of a match. and tbf anyone who says "ronaldo is useless when he's not scoring goals"... man he was an electric playmaker even without the hat trick. great times lads. |
DominionMM1
06.16.18 | "Id say Ronaldos a better athlete. Its impossible to know as a competitor. I think Messi just a better all round footballer. But we are lucky to see them BOTH in our lifetimes."
this. as a casual fan of the sport, my favorite thing to see is the best players shining on the biggest stage. hopefully ronaldo and messi wreck shit for the next month. |
WretchedCacophony
06.16.18 | Apparently Ronaldo owes like 13million in back taxes for fraud or something of the sort. Interesting |
DominionMM1
06.16.18 | damn spaniards i bet they were sitting there calmly eating candy while levying the penalty |
Egarran
06.16.18 | Yeah Ronaldo was just sentenced to 2 years suspended and fined 18.8m euro, estimated at 5% of his fortune.
So basically there weren't any noticable consequences. I'm sure he could play more freely knowing this. |
TheNotrap
06.16.18 | Ronaldo is a legend. If he continues to play like this, we can get far in the tournament |
Sinternet
06.16.18 | France looking rather tepid atm, can't seem to get the ball to Griezmann at all |
Alastor
06.16.18 | "60% of the German team are always half Polish - you’d never guess though"
Only Klose and Podolski were of polish origin, and sadly they have retired. I'd have loved to see some more Klose tap-ins. |
pypypymble
06.16.18 | typical lame france |
zakalwe
06.16.18 | VAR is clearly bollocks |
Sinternet
06.16.18 | he didn't get the ball though how are people so blind |
Sinternet
06.16.18 | umtiti is an idiot lol |
zakalwe
06.16.18 | Should be off |
rockandmetaljunkie
06.16.18 | If CR7 lead his team to yet another international trophy, he will forever put an end to the debate between him and Leo. |
Sinternet
06.16.18 | probably zak but then australia should have had a player off for a last man foul in the other pen, think the refs are trying to be lenient |
Sinternet
06.16.18 | also how tf do the bbc still allow loony mark lawrenson to commentate guy is an utter moron |
zakalwe
06.16.18 | The Aussie lad clearly went for the ball and there was a touch, it was a fuckng good tackle in my book. Shouldn’t have been a pen. |
Sinternet
06.16.18 | he didn't get a touch at all which was clear from the replay |
pypypymble
06.16.18 | france is embarrassing, please leave |
Egarran
06.16.18 | Why are so angry sin, it's exhausting to read.
|
Sinternet
06.16.18 | wait where am i angry |
Egarran
06.16.18 | Err if you really aren't aware of it, I'll just step slowly backwards and leave you to it. |
Sinternet
06.16.18 | uhh okay? like i'm not really sure wtf you;re talking about tbh |
pypypymble
06.16.18 | lmao |
Sniff
06.16.18 | Just poppin in here to say that last man foul and penalty is not automatically a red card but rather a yellow if you intend to go for the ball. That's all |
Sinternet
06.16.18 | oh yeah they changed it recently didn't they? I guess that's fair |
Sniff
06.16.18 | Yes like last year or something like that
|
Zeneren
06.16.18 | So much messi slander because of ronaldos show last night.
Time for the real goat to step up |
Titan
06.16.18 | who needs world cup soccer when you have june baseball?????? |
rockandmetaljunkie
06.16.18 | "Time for the real goat to step up"
His impact with Albiceleste hasn't been as great as Ronaldo's with Portugal, truth be told. He needs to prove he's the goat on an international level. All the greats accomplished sth at this stage and Leo hasn't done much thus far. |
Zeneren
06.16.18 | He won player of the tournament last World Cup. |
Sinternet
06.16.18 | yeah but that was pretty contentious and most people agreed it should have been awarded to a different player |
Arcade
06.16.18 | i only watch the World Cup to hear “World in Motion” |
rockandmetaljunkie
06.16.18 | "He won player of the tournament last World Cup"
that ain't saying much |
rockandmetaljunkie
06.16.18 | Aguero, man, what a fantastic player. For the performances he's been putting all those years, he's definitely underrated. |
Winesburgohio
06.16.18 | I C E L A N D
C
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L
A
D
S |
RadicalEd
06.16.18 | Gotta love Iceland for their story and mentality. But holy shit are their games boring to watch. |
rockandmetaljunkie
06.16.18 | well, you can't say the argentines are playing any better... |
rodrigo90
06.16.18 | DAMN WE SUCK
We're tying with a football team made of amateurs and they're playing their first ever world cup and their coach is a fucking dentist. |
rockandmetaljunkie
06.16.18 | that's why Messi is NOT the goat, he has prove it time and time again |
rockandmetaljunkie
06.16.18 | how many penalties has he missed in the recent years ? hahahaha |
Alastor
06.16.18 | go Icleand, drep de kristne! |
Alastor
06.16.18 | it's awesome, they are playing like woodcutters but argentina can't get through. |
pypypymble
06.16.18 | what's the point of var if the ref still decides what to do originally lol |
pypypymble
06.16.18 | teams like iceland are awful |
pypypymble
06.16.18 | idk who likes watching the whole team just defending, tactically great yea but this is just gay |
Alastor
06.16.18 | Halldorsson is a legend |
Deez
06.16.18 | Messi has missed 21 of 86 penalties for Barca |
rockandmetaljunkie
06.16.18 | well done Iceland what a great result |
Sniff
06.16.18 | Magical game |
Zeneren
06.16.18 | var is so so cack |
Sniff
06.16.18 | Finbogasson is goat |
Winesburgohio
06.16.18 | i love watching defensive teams, especially when i suspect they'll calibrate it to have more designated attack time -- against the ol argy bargy the less time scrambling the better
this is what i love about the world cup: always, always full of surprises |
adr
06.16.18 | Argentina looked like they've all met for the first time today pretty bad game for them tbh |
rockandmetaljunkie
06.16.18 | watching the favorites stumble is always so much fun
I remember how much joy brazil's defeat gave me in the previous world cup. I really do hope we would see more surprising results in this World Cup. |
TheSupernatural
06.16.18 | I can't wait to see Brazil lose just because I hate Marcelo.
Imagine your favorite player being that much of a cunt |
Shuyin
06.16.18 | Some players from Argentina seemed out of shape, specialy Di Maria. Anyway it's a gg for Iceland |
rabidfish
06.16.18 | God fucking damn it messi
Fucking loser. |
zakalwe
06.16.18 | var is so so cack [2]
|
Alastor
06.16.18 | var is the way. No more Wembleys for us krauts. |
rabidfish
06.16.18 | Them refs still robbing like mofos. VAR Is irrelevant |
Sniff
06.16.18 | ngl Peru deserves to win this |
anarchistfish
06.16.18 | Funny the guy shit talking VAR also thinks the Griezmann pen wasn't a foul |
anarchistfish
06.16.18 | "ngl Peru deserves to win this"
their finishing has been pretty bad honestly |
Sniff
06.16.18 | For real it has been too bad to be acceptable but Carrillo has been amazing |
Sinternet
06.16.18 | i did think peru were the better team tbh but they have to actually take those chances, denmark had like one chance the entire secomd half and took it |
Flugmorph
06.16.18 | iceland is precious af |
Flugmorph
06.16.18 | switzerland isnt even an underdog pick at this point. They are top ten in fifa world ranking |
Deez
06.16.18 | var is the way. No more Wembleys for us krauts.'
Ermmm...
https://youtu.be/o5QlBHF6ib8 |
Alastor
06.16.18 | yeah, that shouldn't have happened either |
Flugmorph
06.16.18 | that was revenge
|
Egarran
06.16.18 | Fuck I love Iceland.
Denmark winning was ok (and they had 2 big chances + the goal), but that 1-1 is the victory of the day. |
Sinternet
06.16.18 | well that was the first boring match of the cup |
Dmax28
06.16.18 | Nigeria was flopping so much. Especially Moses. Yea I wouldn't be surprised if that was the most boring match of the cup so far. Wasn't there technically not a single shot on goal by either side the whole match? The semi own goal didn't count and the other goal was a penalty. Nevertheless, I'm curious how Iceland will do against both Nigeria and Croatia, I'm rooting for Iceland there. |
Deez
06.16.18 | Glad I didnt watch it then |
Egarran
06.16.18 | Oh boy Iceland v Nigeria is going to be fun, pretty much no matter what happens. |
Flugmorph
06.16.18 | the whitest team vs the blackest of teams |
Egarran
06.16.18 | I guess it boils down to that. |
pypypymble
06.17.18 | guys |
pypypymble
06.17.18 | i won the world cup |
pypypymble
06.17.18 | congratulations 2 me |
DoofusWainwright
06.17.18 | Here come the eventual wieners - let's see what the Germans got |
Sniff
06.17.18 | tbh surprised that Neuer starts but w/e |
macman76
06.17.18 | “generally high chaos style”
So far I am spot on |
DominionMM1
06.17.18 | el fuckin tri |
macman76
06.17.18 | Really excited about this seven seconds or less, mike d’Antoni-lead Tri |
zakalwe
06.17.18 | Rule number 1 in football.
Never ever, ever, ever write off the Germans |
DoofusWainwright
06.17.18 | Mexico look like the sort of outfit who'd knock England out in the last 8/last 16 |
Flugmorph
06.17.18 | Nice one macman |
Flugmorph
06.17.18 | welp that was a disaster |
jagride
06.17.18 | really enjoyed the high chaos style of germany's tactics/defending today |
macman76
06.17.18 | the plot thickens baby |
Shuyin
06.17.18 | One of the best games so far and congrats to Mexico, they deserve the win |
DoofusWainwright
06.17.18 | Mexico really should have hit them on the break second half to make things easier on themselves, had so many 2 vs 1, or 3 vs 2 - nervy, but fair play they did it. Just. |
Flugmorph
06.17.18 | Yep they were impressive |
DoofusWainwright
06.17.18 | A more ruthless team could have smashed 3 past Germany chasing the game, that looks a worry for them...but easy-ish group. They would have wanted S Korea next, Sweden are a poor man's Germany but they will be under immense pressure now and the Swedes will probably have 3 points in the bag by then. A poor man's Germany in the form of Sweden vs an (on this evidence) quite poor Germany side? You wouldn't put money on it not ending a draw.
Germans will probably escape the group and don't bet against them building momentum. But no way they'll do anything in this competition chasing from behind defending like that ye gods. |
Rolling Girl
06.17.18 | So happy to see Mexico come out on top, that was a fantastic game |
macman76
06.17.18 | Boateng somehow had fast break defense duty, as well as outside the box playmaking duty and did both very well |
Flugmorph
06.17.18 | Boateng is always on top of things |
Egarran
06.17.18 | To paraphrase a Swedish friend: "Well, we're fucked."
Great game. |
Sniff
06.17.18 | Royally screwed |
DominionMM1
06.17.18 | coutinho god damn |
Sniff
06.17.18 | Remember when Boateng was on top of Messi and fell over his owns legs. Those were the times |
Doctuses
06.17.18 | The Swiss are fahked |
iglu
06.17.18 | holly hell the mexico game had me on pins and needles |
pypypymble
06.17.18 | lazy brazilian fucks, swiss are just bad |
Shuyin
06.17.18 | SWITZERLAND!!!! |
iglu
06.17.18 | nice |
adr
06.17.18 | fuck brazil |
Flugmorph
06.17.18 | switzerland is #6 on the world rank list mr pypy uninformed |
Sinternet
06.17.18 | swiss are a good team but the fifa rankings are absolute bollocks |
Valkoor952
06.17.18 | Brazil were robbed of a penalty. |
RadicalEd
06.17.18 | hm. weird World Cup. So far the only "title contender" who even managed to win a game is france and that was a pretty lucky 2-1 against Australia. |
NorwichScene
06.17.18 | This is our year. Come on England! |
Alastor
06.17.18 | this will be the world cup of the underdogs |
iglu
06.17.18 | let's see what belgium does |
hal1ax
06.17.18 | germany didn't look too great today. they had such a lackluster first half |
zakalwe
06.17.18 | it’s coming home
|
Egarran
06.17.18 | "Bitch, I'm fabulous." - Neymar.
What an annoying dude. |
DoofusWainwright
06.17.18 | Germany and Brazil were playing the toughest opponents in their respective groups so yes, sort of 'shocks', but really you had to hope these 'second best in group' teams have a bit about them and don't just roll over for a tummy tickle - good World Cup so far |
anarchistfish
06.17.18 | the only team that's dominated their game so far is russia |
zakalwe
06.17.18 | If England get into the semi finals I’m going to get me hair done like Neymar and get a sleeve tattoo. |
Pheromone
06.17.18 | So buzzed for tomorrow |
rabidfish
06.17.18 | neymar is such a cunt
|
zakalwe
06.17.18 | If the populous of this once great nation now use terms such as ‘buzzed’ we deserve to be slung out the tournament after a 6-0 drubbing to Panama |
Flugmorph
06.17.18 | drubbing |
Pheromone
06.17.18 | once great nation
lol classic Zak, them bloody millennials! |
zakalwe
06.17.18 | Yes Flug dude.
An almighty fucking wholloping.
COME ON ENGLAND!!!!!!!!!!! |
Ryus
06.17.18 | excellent world cup so far
i guess im rooting for england ... |
hal1ax
06.17.18 | go sweden |
Flugmorph
06.17.18 | come off it will ya |
DominionMM1
06.17.18 | "So far the only "title contender" who even managed to win a game is france and that was a pretty lucky 2-1 against Australia."
it's not like that's unexpected though. i mean the national teams don't spend a ton of time together so the first round of games are going to be pretty sloppy. |
Jasdevi087
06.18.18 | Iceland are gonna draw every match and win all of the knockout games on penalties in an unprecedented event that leads to WWIII |
Shuyin
06.18.18 | I think you meant the next cold war
aaand im out |
Jasdevi087
06.18.18 | god
dammit |
Sniff
06.18.18 | Lol |
Relinquished
06.18.18 | zing |
Flugmorph
06.18.18 | you wont get far in a group with 3 draws |
Jasdevi087
06.18.18 | you will if everyone else draws (Croatia may have saved the world, damn) |
anat
06.18.18 | today is the day
it’s coming home |
zakalwe
06.18.18 | Tunisia 2 England 0
Fuck Sake |
Jasdevi087
06.18.18 | believable |
Egarran
06.18.18 | Brits thinking that decreasing hype will decrease disappointment.
|
Flugmorph
06.18.18 | Whats with croatia, jas? |
Demon of the Fall
06.18.18 | 'Brits thinking that decreasing hype will decrease disappointment'
You'd be surprised how effective this is, I was significantly less disappointed (than usual) after the last WC even though we got 1 point from 3 games. Admittedly this time getting out of the group in 2nd is the absolute minimum expectation given the opponents, but I don't expect anything beyond that.
'Brits' is inaccurate, I'm sure the majority of Scottish & Welsh fans would love England to lose all 3 games. |
Jasdevi087
06.18.18 | "Whats with croatia, jas?"
well Croatia would have to lose to Argentina but then Argentina would have 4 points so, but if Croatia draw that game they have 4 points, so Iceland would have to win one meaning they can't draw every match which means the war wont happen so the world is saved and our grandchildren will be free |
jagride
06.18.18 | england will win their first 2 games comfortably and have some good momentum by the time they face the belgians. media hype will return because some of the heavyweights are looking soft. none of the teams in group h would be unreasonably difficult to beat, this could be their year. then they'll clown out against poland |
Egarran
06.18.18 | "'Brits' is inaccurate"
Ugh, couldn't you just get that empire back and rolling again so we can avoid this confusion? Trump laid the groundwork by insisting that Crimea is Russian because Crimeans speak Russian.
But you're right. At least the Scots I know are dreaming of another humiliating England perfomance. |
zakalwe
06.18.18 | There’s quite a few English who feel the same eg bro. They’ve become so fed up with the hype, the FA bullshit, the fancy Dan wanker players who don’t give a fuck about wearing the 3 lions, the corporate franchising of the game, the ridiculous ticket prices. The destruction of the club community.
It’s all torn the game to pieces but.......
COME ON ENGLAND 🏴 🦁 🦁 🦁 🏴
|
DoofusWainwright
06.18.18 | Kane makes everything alright. If the lad gets a hat trick tonight I'm stood in an O'Neills covered in lager splash with tears of joy in my eyes.
If you can be cynical about that man then you have transcended to the next level of dead eyed soulless blog warrior hell and you're gone. Legend in waiting. |
Egarran
06.18.18 | Secretly we all hope England could man the fuck up and win this thing so we can talk about something else. |
osmark86
06.18.18 | almost time for Sweden to step it up. must win game really. getting slightly nervous. |
DoofusWainwright
06.18.18 | Also if Son scores for S Korea gonna make my heart swell |
osmark86
06.18.18 | hoping for a Forsberg hat trick. hope is a strong force. |
Egarran
06.18.18 | If Denmark could win the Peru game, you can win against SK. Give them some of that boring and unfair European efficiency. |
jagride
06.18.18 | "Sweden have apologised for spying on the South Korea squad at a pre-World Cup training camp.
South Korea, who play Sweden on Monday, said they had responded by swapping players’ numbers to confuse the Swedish snooper because – in the words of their manager, Shin Tae-yong – “it’s very difficult for westerners to distinguish between Asians”. |
DoofusWainwright
06.18.18 | “it’s very difficult for westerners to distinguish between Asians”
jokes |
osmark86
06.18.18 | if winning means we have to play boring, unfair yet efficient football then so be it ^^ |
osmark86
06.18.18 | “it’s very difficult for westerners to distinguish between Asians”
haha yeah I saw this and thought it was pretty funny. I doubt anyone in Sweden's team will have a hard time picking out Son though, so he'll not go unmarked. |
DDDeftoneDDD
06.18.18 | BORA PORTUGAAAL! It will be extremely hard, but I have faith!The thing with this group of players since the Euro is that they play every match till the last minute. Sure it helps to have CR7 in the squad, but let's do this Bernardo Silva, Guedes, Quaresma! |
Sniff
06.18.18 | Upside of working in the forest is that I don't have to be nervous in front of the tv |
Sniff
06.18.18 | Ease 1-1. Granqvist and Son scores one each |
Egarran
06.18.18 | Lots of people are going 'wtf I like Ronaldo now'. |
rabidfish
06.18.18 | wtf i still think he's the most disgusting piece of shit |
DDDeftoneDDD
06.18.18 | that's just free hate rab...maybe an hattrick against your squad will shut you up X) |
rabidfish
06.18.18 | ronaldo WOULD and WILL clone himself so he can have the ultimate wank off.
Self-loving, egomaniac wanker. |
Demon of the Fall
06.18.18 | If you're a little bi-curious but too afraid to take the plunge it's actually a suitable alternative, familiarity is comforting |
DDDeftoneDDD
06.18.18 | "Self-loving, egomaniac wanker."
Actually I disagree just a bit, but nonetheless I thought we were talkin about football, goals and making the difference in the pitch. But I guess as a portuguese Ronaldo fan, I'm in minority here X) |
rabidfish
06.18.18 | i know it's what he does on the pitch that counts but man, just look at the dude, he's so unlikeable in everyway. |
Sniff
06.18.18 | Told ya |
guitarded_chuck
06.18.18 | be chill jfc |
guitarded_chuck
06.18.18 | korea looks kind of shit besides the keeper |
DDDeftoneDDD
06.18.18 | He has humble roots. And if you past through that "idol magazine shit" and perceive inside the shell, you see its a pretty good example of persistence, work to success, family values and not to settle only by his born talent. |
pypypymble
06.18.18 | koreans are cute |
pypypymble
06.18.18 | hope both these teams fuck off after group stage |
pypypymble
06.18.18 | but i wanted cute koreans to be happy |
pypypymble
06.18.18 | can't believe im sitting home in this far from moscow town instead of makin love to cute korean boys |
rabidfish
06.18.18 | koreans are very stylized and aristocratic-looking yas |
Winesburgohio
06.18.18 | a couple of things worth noting (maybe!):
1) in NZ, our betting agency had a competition wherein if you correctly picked the outcome of every single match you won 5mil. after 9 games, all 50,000 punters were out of contention, some of whom i assume are more versed in this than I. that's what's wonderful about football compared to many other sports: it's sheer unpredictability. at the moment everything is in flux, and it is a wonderful thing to behold.
2) on a more dour note, it seems that Iceland have influence incongruous with their ranking. this world cup has mostly seen games of attack and scrambled defense, with the attempt reciprocated, rather than any interesting midfield play. i love watching Iceland doing it but it does suck the elegance out of some of the games; the immediate retreats elide from some interesting things that could be done on midfield. i get that they're not catering to us as viewers per se, and that it's early tentative days, but I wish midfields were involved more.
still amazing to watch tho |
Egarran
06.18.18 | Heja! A terrible game, but a deserved win for Sweden. |
hal1ax
06.18.18 | yay sweden |
Nocturtle
06.18.18 | What a goal from Mertens this world cup is gonna have the best hl reel |
iglu
06.18.18 | RIP Panama |
pypypymble
06.18.18 | they had their chances |
Flugmorph
06.18.18 | Nice post wines |
pypypymble
06.18.18 | proud panama warriors will be remembered for eternity |
Flugmorph
06.18.18 | few can compete against de bruyne and hazard |
osmark86
06.18.18 | Belgium shouldn't be too happy about that performance. Still a comfortable win in the end.
Oh and forza Granen! As a neutral I'm sure that match was unbearable but as a swede I'm perfectly content with that result. |
DoofusWainwright
06.18.18 | Best pure football side so far: Spain
Best team overall: Mexico
No one else has been that impressive |
Faraudo
06.18.18 | I'm mexican and I fucking cried yesterday, our team absolutely slayed Germany. It may sound a bit exaggerated, but football is kind of a big deal over here. |
Egarran
06.18.18 | Oh ITV's intro is great. In short, it came home and the queen is dabbing.
Then they showed England's lineup and I threw up a little. |
guitarded_chuck
06.18.18 | belgium has the talent but theyll need to hit another gear yeah |
osmark86
06.18.18 | I'm sure it's dec enough against that Tunisian side. You'd expect.. |
Ryus
06.18.18 | terrific assist from de bruyne even on a day when he gave the ball away numerous times |
osmark86
06.18.18 | His set pieces of shite were just that though |
rabidfish
06.18.18 | Belguim got the pieces to get to the final, they just need a little more mean spirit to crush the opposition at all costs. Let Witsel be Witsel, break some ankles. |
Flugmorph
06.18.18 | germany has world champ fatigue |
rabidfish
06.18.18 | WC 2010: Italy Group stage elimination
WC 2014: Spain same thing
WC 2018: Germany? |
osmark86
06.18.18 | They need someone to step up and rally the team. They look like a bunch of individuals more than a team. We'll see if they get away with it for the rest of the tourney. |
osmark86
06.18.18 | @fish: if that means Sweden make it to the playoffs then puhleez |
iglu
06.18.18 | "I'm mexican and I fucking cried yesterday, our team absolutely slayed Germany. It may sound a bit exaggerated, but football is kind of a big deal over here."
I almost cried when I heard the national anthem man |
pypypymble
06.18.18 | oh the shite team is about to play, fuckin sput brit cunts are about to talk about their football team xDDDDDDD |
pypypymble
06.18.18 | why does yr goalkeeper look like a chav |
Middle18
06.18.18 | Come on Tunisia! |
pypypymble
06.18.18 | im culturally appropriating the british slang |
pypypymble
06.18.18 | no one likes england anyway |
pypypymble
06.18.18 | i have a friend in scotland tho |
osmark86
06.18.18 | Will Raheem score again? |
pypypymble
06.18.18 | hahahah these teams are hilarious in their own way |
pypypymble
06.18.18 | why is tunisia so terrible |
osmark86
06.18.18 | Hurricane at the right place as usual. For all the moaning prior to the WC, this is a very bright start for England |
pypypymble
06.18.18 | their keeper was the only bright spot in their game |
osmark86
06.18.18 | Very unfortunate for their keeper. Thought he looked good and did very well to keep out Stones' header. Feel for him. |
Evreaia
06.18.18 | "Belgium shouldn't be too happy about that performance. Still a comfortable win in the end."
It really wasn't that bad. Panama was just playing disgusting, playing with 11 defenders and going dirty. Once Panama was forced to actually fucking play the game, Belgium played them.
Oh well, the only thing we REALLY shouldn't be happy about was Mertens taking the dive against fucking Panama. Luckily he somewhat made up with the amazing goal afterwards.
Wasn't keen on Carrasco, he's been disappointing the past few games. |
osmark86
06.18.18 | What I meant is they could have done much better and I think we'll end up seeing that in their upcoming games. They have the potential to win the whole thing and it's time to show for it. Second team I'm rooting for after Sweden. Lived there for ten years, so allez les diables rouges. |
pypypymble
06.18.18 | tunisia just don't give a fuck |
pypypymble
06.18.18 | they're my fav team now |
DDDeftoneDDD
06.18.18 | 40KM/H - https://www.abola.pt/Nnh/Noticias/Ver/736083
|
Evreaia
06.18.18 | "What I meant is they could have done much better and I think we'll end up seeing that in their upcoming games. "
To be honest, against a team that brings anti-football this result is to be expected. Belgium always plays better against offensive teams. |
Nocturtle
06.18.18 | Cant wait to see England bottle this |
osmark86
06.18.18 | Oh shit! Go Tunisia! |
Nocturtle
06.18.18 | and there it is lol |
DDDeftoneDDD
06.18.18 | lol will Tunisia pull it up!?
check true speed on the link m/m/ |
pypypymble
06.18.18 | pure entertainment |
pypypymble
06.18.18 | best comedy 2018 |
osmark86
06.18.18 | How do you miss that Stones? lol |
Nocturtle
06.18.18 | [2] |
pypypymble
06.18.18 | is this a monty python skit |
pypypymble
06.18.18 | omg im destroying the british culture |
guitarded_chuck
06.18.18 | T U N I S I A B O Y S |
osmark86
06.18.18 | England should be up by like 3 goals. Tunisia better get their focus on in the defence |
Nocturtle
06.18.18 | Coming home status: It's not. |
Doctuses
06.18.18 | england should be up 4-1 tbh |
adr
06.18.18 | Tunis play hilariously and England are shite lol |
Sinternet
06.18.18 | walker is a right plonker |
Nocturtle
06.18.18 | Lingard is pure class today |
Egarran
06.18.18 | They're so cute, the english players. It's like watching Teletubbies. |
DoofusWainwright
06.18.18 | Bonzo the dog has moved to City, he’s still got a mistake in him 🐶
Walker is too casual |
osmark86
06.18.18 | Who was it that missed that perfect cross by Young? Was it Raheem? Absolutely criminal lol |
rabidfish
06.18.18 | God england's missing so.many. goals... Sterlinggggggggg |
Nocturtle
06.18.18 | Righteous mosquitoes come out to attack England footballers to the delight of the fans |
Deez
06.18.18 | Sterlings been dire
Mcguire is a pub footballer |
osmark86
06.18.18 | Tunisia are getting away with murder in the box |
Deez
06.18.18 | Unbelievable that. Twice. Some NXT shit |
osmark86
06.18.18 | Pickford trying to channel his inner Green there. Saved by the linesman's error. |
Nocturtle
06.18.18 | Ref is awful |
Nocturtle
06.18.18 | Bring Vardy on |
RadicalEd
06.18.18 | How is Ashley Young a starter in the english national team. His only quality is that he can run kinda fast in a straight line. |
RadicalEd
06.18.18 | This is not the game for Vardy. He is horrid against deep defences. Rashford (for young) and Welbeck (for Sterling) may help tho. |
Nocturtle
06.18.18 | Tunisia are playing some proper Brexit football |
Flugmorph
06.18.18 | hilarious how much flag the english get
i found them quite apt |
AngryJohnny
06.18.18 | Henderson holds us back so much |
osmark86
06.18.18 | England. Probably the best bottlers in the world. |
Sniff
06.18.18 | Well deserved at least |
osmark86
06.18.18 | Totally deserved. Kane the mane. |
Kusangii
06.18.18 | Fergie time boys |
pypypymble
06.18.18 | what a dumass by the corner flag |
osmark86
06.18.18 | Well that must have been squeeky bum time for a lot of England fans |
pypypymble
06.18.18 | tunisia failed everyone but we still love their attitude |
zakalwe
06.18.18 | Kane. Fucking legend!!! |
osmark86
06.18.18 | Kane is a bloody brilliant footballer |
Maco097
06.18.18 | This cup is starting to get weird. Placing bets maybe? |
anat
06.18.18 | dunno if I’m more happy that england won or that tunisia and their slimy shithousing lost |
anarchistfish
06.18.18 | Most entertaining I've seen England in years.
Most pressing I've seen from a team all tournament.
Tunisia can get fucked. Ref can get absolutely fucked. Learn how to use VAR. |
Divaman
06.18.18 | So who won? |
anarchistfish
06.18.18 | Football. |
Egarran
06.18.18 | Can't blame Tunisia for trying to get a point. But great that England pulled it home.
Cover your far post, kids. |
anarchistfish
06.18.18 | goalie got bamboozled |
DoofusWainwright
06.18.18 | Tunisia trimmed 10 minutes of football for that match - 7 minutes combined extra time both halves. As if lol |
DoofusWainwright
06.18.18 | I’d drop boring Young and average Lindgard for Rose and Rashford against Panama. |
DoofusWainwright
06.18.18 | Haven’t celebrated an England goal like that Kane header in years. Place I was in went crazy, chairs and bottles flying everywhere. Not my usual sort of football venue but alright, come on then |
Egarran
06.18.18 | Maybe Brexit was a good idea after all. |
DoofusWainwright
06.18.18 | Me and my boys are 38 to 45 years old - average age in the place was 20 years old. So many muppets, thought I might have to bop one or two of them but they didn’t do anything too stupid, if they’d thrown a bottle our way I would have sparked one of the little fuckers |
zakalwe
06.18.18 | That’s the spirit |
anarchistfish
06.18.18 | man ur all gonna be so depressed when colombia knock england out |
pypypymble
06.19.18 | can't wait |
Relinquished
06.19.18 | same |
Zeneren
06.19.18 | Never seen such a corageous English side, Maguire is like an English hummels - has a slight propensity for a loose ball though.
Alli will be dropped if he has an injury, thought Ruben was great in his short sub appearance. Dropping Lingard would probably be the stupidest decision to make, created more chances for himself than any other player, just needs to finish them.
Definitely get Rose in for Young.
Can't wait for the next game |
DoofusWainwright
06.19.18 | 'man ur all gonna be so depressed when colombia knock england out'
it's cup football, only one side wins in the end, 90% of fans meet that very fate, still - COME ON ENGLAND! |
Faraudo
06.19.18 | Wilshere is a bit overrated, but he should at least be on the bench. Probably England's most creative CM. He's very inconsistent, but he's creative, and England kinda needs that. |
zakalwe
06.19.18 | Jack Wheelchair |
Faraudo
06.19.18 | Well, he was injury free for most of the season, so it looks like he's slowly recovering from all his setbacks. Like I said, he would be a great "off the bench" player. |
zakalwe
06.19.18 | 3pts were absolutely essential yesterday. Who'd have thought Southgate would be the one to restore a bit of belief........until we 1-1 it against Panama. |
osmark86
06.19.18 | that's the spirit! |
Ryus
06.19.18 | loftus cheek was terrific in his cameo, gave this english side a bit of spirit and won the corner that led to the kane header |
rabidfish
06.19.18 | why was Young from the start lol isn't that dude like 40 years old or sumin? |
pypypymble
06.19.18 | sanchez is weird |
pypypymble
06.19.18 | hope he won't get shot back in colombia |
Flugmorph
06.19.18 | lmao the japanese have sacrificed to the shinto gods |
osmark86
06.19.18 | well fuck me I'm glad we shipped Sanchez off to Fiorentina back in 2016 ^^ |
Dewinged
06.19.18 | Oh man that's the fastest red I've seen in a long time. Ganbare Nihon! |
Flugmorph
06.19.18 | what a bullshit referee decision |
Relinquished
06.19.18 | forreal |
Dewinged
06.19.18 | Yeah that free kick shouldn't have happened. |
rabidfish
06.19.18 | no foul on Falcao, but nicely done, Quintero |
Flugmorph
06.19.18 | GOOOOOOAL |
Egarran
06.19.18 | ブレードを味わう |
Flugmorph
06.19.18 | Japan feels very dominant in the second half alone the accuracy in front of the goal is lacking |
Flugmorph
06.19.18 | whats with all the standart goals so far in the tournament |
rabidfish
06.19.18 | looooooooooool |
Dewinged
06.19.18 | Nicely done, Japan. Fair play and no drama. |
Deez
06.19.18 | man ur all gonna be so depressed when colombia knock england out'
This aged well |
Flugmorph
06.19.18 | well if they come in second in the group and england gets first i can see them knocking england out honestly.
they were at a huge disadvantage against japan here |
rabidfish
06.19.18 | dude
Japan had nothing going for them except their 1 extra man
Colombia has 1st level players (Cuadrado, James, Falcao, Bacca, Davidson Sanchez) they should've done better. Japan DOMINATED all 2nd half. They were very poor and lacking in attitude, imo. |
Krvst
06.19.18 | Colombia are just a bit naff. Fair play to Japan tho |
Deez
06.19.18 | 4 pound for a gram of coke thats why. Id be naff |
rabidfish
06.19.18 | these senegal dudes actually know how to play these games, woah.
get them frustrated, don't let them display their best, play dirty if necessary. |
pypypymble
06.19.18 | not the best day for polish players |
pypypymble
06.19.18 | their passes are fucked up too |
hal1ax
06.19.18 | that second senegal goal was complete bullshit. |
pypypymble
06.19.18 | my god those passes |
pypypymble
06.19.18 | actually the most interesting group in the tournament |
pypypymble
06.19.18 | poland colombia someone's goin home baby |
anat
06.19.18 | no urgency in that poland team at all, no involvement from the manager, hardly any pressing even after they got their goal |
pypypymble
06.19.18 | egypt's packin things after tonight |
Egarran
06.19.18 | "these senegal dudes actually know how to play these games, woah."
You might say they were
cynical. |
Egarran
06.19.18 | Ok that was just terrible.
Go Mo. |
Maco097
06.19.18 | They were good but tbh Poland was awful |
Maco097
06.19.18 | And today the world will realize that Salah isn't that special. |
pypypymble
06.19.18 | yea kadyrov bribed him |
pypypymble
06.19.18 | this has been a whatever game, egypt can order tickets home |
pypypymble
06.19.18 | man all 4 teams in our group are so trash hahaha |
pypypymble
06.19.18 | egyptians can't even hit the ball |
Doctuses
06.19.18 | Egypts goalie is atrocious. |
DoofusWainwright
06.19.18 | I'm not one for crass generalisations but...
Africa don't do goalkeepers |
pypypymble
06.19.18 | i have no idea why they are so determined lmao, they sucked the whole game |
pypypymble
06.19.18 | couldn't handle the nerves, so fuck off out of my country |
pypypymble
06.19.18 | it honestly hurts my pride that all the teams we're playing are so shit |
Maco097
06.19.18 | I knew it. |
Flugmorph
06.19.18 | I knew it. |
iglu
06.19.18 | so I guess Spain is now the favorite to win it all |
DoofusWainwright
06.19.18 | Spain are the best team so far ye |
Deez
06.19.18 | And today the world will realize that Salah isn't that special.'
Just broke all goal scoring records in his first season in the Prem with a team that finished 4th but youll use playing with an Injury as well as with 10 duds who had to score a 95 minute pen against the fucking Congo to go to the WC as reason why hes 'not that good'? Good one. |
zakalwe
06.19.18 | THRIKER!!! |
Deez
06.19.18 | eat my goal |
osmark86
06.19.18 | @deezer: can't live on past merits can you? ;) |
Deez
06.19.18 | Guess Messis fucked then |
Maco097
06.19.18 | For once in your life you guessed right |
iglu
06.19.18 | salah is a beast, future Ballon d'Or |
Deez
06.19.18 | 'For once in your life'
Good one. Are you 14? Salah is a phenomenal footballer. His timing of his runs and positional sense is as good as any. All the talk of him being messi and Ronaldo level is ridiculous but he was better than anyone (KDB maybe excluding) in Europe this season. |
osmark86
06.19.18 | Be real ppl. Salah is a beast. |
Maco097
06.19.18 | Salah is an overhyped player that until now he played 1 great match during the Champions league. Sure he's an idol in his country but that's because their football is beyond bad. When they saw the game that made him more popular and the fact that somehow they clasified to the world cup against countries that are even worse than Egypt, the football press started to praise him more than he deserves. He's overall a good player that can be even better but doesn't deserve Ballon d'Or and much less to be compared to the big boys.
And breaking records don't mean shit. Just look at Messi now. You think that holding records will make him improve his already bad situation? No.
|
iglu
06.19.18 | you trippin |
Faraudo
06.19.18 | This world cup has been incredibly surprising to say the least. |
rodrigo90
06.19.18 | OLIVER ATOM FTW!!!!!!! |
Deez
06.19.18 | hahhah Maco thats some High level bullshit. You should stick to that sport it your av because youre making yourself look like a clueless fool regarding football.
He had one good game in the champions league? He scored TEN goals and had 4 assists. Including goals home and away against the Champions of England in the quarters, 2 goals and 2 assists at home in the Semis and obviously went off in the final. He scored THIRTY TWO goals in the premier league! More than Kane/Shearer/Wright/Van Nisterooy/Henry/Torres/Suarez/Ronaldo/ and hes not a striker!
'And breaking records don't mean shit. Just look at Messi now. You think that holding records will make him improve his already bad situation? No.'
What does that even mean you crank? Hes in the top handful of players of all time. Those records go down in history.
Hes a legend in Egypt because in repressed countries like that they take pride in an 'Export' doing so well and becoming a household name. Not because they 'watched the champs league final' He was a hero there even when he was at Rome. Solidified by that 95th minute pen to secure the first WC in 20 years. |
osmark86
06.19.18 | Maco do you hold some sort of grudge with Salah or what? |
Faraudo
06.19.18 | Salah is a great player who had an amazing season. Stop the bullshit. |
Maco097
06.19.18 | He scored TEN goals and had 4 assists. THIRTY TWO goals in the premier league! More than Kane/Shearer/Wright/Van etc etc
Wow so amazing best player he scored goals LOL.
Like I said before you simply overhyped him lmao. It's not that I hate him, I recognize his skills like I said before but he's NOT AMAZING. And he proved me right today.
|
Deez
06.19.18 | Utterly clueless |
Maco097
06.19.18 | Yes you. |
Flugmorph
06.19.18 | balotelli will be player of the cup |
iglu
06.19.18 | I vote alexis sanchez |
Maco097
06.19.18 | Maan that dude is an example of wasted potential. |
Flugmorph
06.19.18 | deezer if you would know maco's posting history you wouldnt give him any attention. hes always been an annoying negative prick. |
Maco097
06.19.18 | I'm a negative prick. You are just a prick with bad metal taste. |
Deez
06.19.18 | aye im late to that realisation but im there now Flug |
Flugmorph
06.19.18 | im deeply hurt. attacking my taste is just too much. |
Maco097
06.20.18 | I know, if you want to kys don't do it and call the Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
I'll do it when my team gets eliminated. |
osmark86
06.20.18 | well Maco know you got me all curious and fuzzy. what would you say constitute a great football player? and do please give us some examples. |
DDDeftoneDDD
06.20.18 | "balotelli will be player of the cup" WTF? lol |
Egarran
06.20.18 | NOOO OSMARK DON'T TAKE THE BAIT |
osmark86
06.20.18 | he jests and welly welly so |
osmark86
06.20.18 | why not? I'm already cooking up the popcorn mate |
Flugmorph
06.20.18 | DDD took my bait |
Egarran
06.20.18 | "why not?"
Because the less maco in our lives the better. You don't want your popcorn to taste like vomit. |
DDDeftoneDDD
06.20.18 | "DDD took my bait"
LOOOL indeed! Had to double check Italy wasn't in the cup. Well...we're going to play now against Morocco. If Portugal wants to go further is their obligation to win! |
zakalwe
06.20.18 | Morocco are going to get a proper stuffing |
Dewinged
06.20.18 | Morocco dressed as Portugal to confuse the enemy. Nice. |
Egarran
06.20.18 | GOOOOL for new fan favourite Ronaldo! |
Shuyin
06.20.18 | Ronaldo!!!! |
Black Ink
06.20.18 | Just dropping in to the say screw the ref for the 2nd Senegalese goal.
The Poles played like they were unhung over but that goal was horse shit. |
DDDeftoneDDD
06.20.18 | early goal...shitty performance by Portugal :x |
osmark86
06.20.18 | well bye bye Morocco. wouldn't bank on Spain not beating Iran. |
DDDeftoneDDD
06.20.18 | uff...with Fernando Santos it will always be like this. |
Dewinged
06.20.18 | Morocco was fire though. Too bad they missed so many chances. I hope Spain did their homework. |
Shuyin
06.20.18 | It was painful watching Portugal playing like that, when though it was like a final for the other team |
Winesburgohio
06.20.18 | abysmal performance from Portugal, even the basic skills (passing, trapping, rhythm, clearing, tactics, coaching decisions) were shocking. i'd be tempted to say they all played as atomised units, unaware that they were playing in a team, but none of them were playing at all, with the exception of Cedric and perrenially underrated Martins, who tried to spark something before quickly realising no-one else was going to bother
but
in spite of all this, Morocco still failed to get the ball in the back of the net, and not for lack of opportunity. there's going to be a lot of talk of Portugal being outplayed, but ultimately the score-line is the ultimate judge by definition. i'm looking forward to see Morocco with some competent goal scorers - this, despite indications from previous games, was not that team. fair win. |
TheNotrap
06.20.18 | We played badly |
TheNotrap
06.20.18 | We have to play better than this ... Ronaldo alone can lead us to the semi-finals, but to reach the final we have to improve on many aspects |
DDDeftoneDDD
06.20.18 | didn't know you were Portuguese Notrap! X) cool....this was painful! |
TheNotrap
06.20.18 | Terrible match man |
Maco097
06.20.18 | Uruguay - Saudi Arab is even worse than the previous game. |
Shuyin
06.20.18 | The Portuguese press only talk about Ronaldo, as if the rest of the team doesn't exist. If I were one of the other players I'd be kinda pissed |
anat
06.20.18 | they should try playing better football |
iglu
06.20.18 | well they don't tbh |
rodrigo90
06.20.18 | Here in Argentina we have an inside joke in which we still consider Uruguay part of our country, the only difference is like they're semi independent from us, so continuing with the joke if Uruguay gets to the final, then we might be champions. Yeah we are THAT big-headed |
DDDeftoneDDD
06.20.18 | "The Portuguese press only talk about Ronaldo, as if the rest of the team doesn't exist. If I were one of the other players I'd be kinda pissed" the game had nothing else from Portuguese team tbh : |
Shuyin
06.20.18 | Come on, Portugal has great players and it's not their fault that Ronaldo is a freak, they deserve some respect.. specially from our own press |
JWT155
06.20.18 | Been a great tournament so far despite the refs letting anything go inside the box on crosses/corners. |
iglu
06.20.18 | I haven't really seen anything from the portugese team, Ronaldo is doing everything |
Egarran
06.20.18 | It's all been crap today. Spain has one half to avenge football. |
Doctuses
06.20.18 | Iranian moron offsides causing them to loose the goal. |
Doctuses
06.20.18 | My god the iranians are abysmal at passing |
anarchistfish
06.20.18 | the fake out on that free kick played them all offside |
Zig
06.20.18 | Portugal played so poorly, but I'm glad with our victory.
Força, Portugal ! |
rabidfish
06.20.18 | Fuck we were lucky today.
I wish Iran can fuck Portugal right up the ass, they sure almost fucked us up. |
Egarran
06.20.18 | That offside goal was heartbreaking. |
rabidfish
06.20.18 | nah, it was clearly offside. It's the refere's fault for not calling it right away, the lineman raised the flag inmediately. |
anarchistfish
06.20.18 | i didn't see no flag |
Egarran
06.20.18 | Definitely offside. The poor Iranians were so happy for 10 seconds. I guess it was worth it.
And then that throw-in. Allah why u do dis. |
DDDeftoneDDD
06.21.18 | not offside, it was fault - hand in ball |
DDDeftoneDDD
06.21.18 | ahah nice to see all these Portuguese sput users! |
Middle18
06.21.18 | Come on Denmark! You can do this! |
rabidfish
06.21.18 | i hope Perú can come on top of France and still have a chance. But their spirits must be so low after that game they deserved to at least draw. |
Dewinged
06.21.18 | Lol that video system is pure evil. |
Middle18
06.21.18 | So unfair man....gutted. |
Piglet
06.21.18 | this has been such an exciting game, so open |
Demon of the Fall
06.21.18 | Never thought I'd live to see the day when the scrappy underdogs of Argentina attempt to defend & hit their superior footballing opponents Croatia, on the counter-attack. I'll be watching later for this inevitable piece of sporting history. |
DDDeftoneDDD
06.21.18 | [2] great match in perspective...I hope... X) |
osmark86
06.21.18 | Australia did well imo, thought they were going to clinch it at the end |
osmark86
06.21.18 | "Never thought I'd live to see the day when the scrappy underdogs of Argentina attempt to defend & hit their superior footballing opponents Croatia, on the counter-attack. I'll be watching later for this inevitable piece of sporting history."
it'll be dandy |
rodrigo90
06.21.18 | I'm seeing this as a Korea-Japan pt,2 for me. I was watching the video of the group stage, and if it wasn't for that traitor of Veron who at the time was playing in an English club and he was making time to not score against England, I think we would have make it into the next phase. |
zakalwe
06.21.18 | Rodrigo and steak are the best things Argentina have to offer tbh |
anat
06.21.18 | think peru could definitely get a goal back but france do look good |
Maco097
06.21.18 | No we couldn't. Our players were below average. Way worse than when we played against Denmark. |
Doctuses
06.21.18 | messi gotta score a goal and argentina has to win this match or the goat debate is pretty much over. |
Egarran
06.21.18 | Oh nice, VAR-fucked is about as bad as the good old realtime ref-fucked. Only with VAR the ref might suddenly whistle and give a pen for something that happened in the distant past.
And then the cameras saw Jørgensen pulled down in goal-area, but he quickly got up, so no call. Apparently he should just have rolled around a few times instead, forcing a review.
Alright Arg-Cro, give us a good match dammit. |
zakalwe
06.21.18 | Greatest of all time is Maradona.
Zidane is the greatest of the last 20yrs. |
DoofusWainwright
06.21.18 | Fat Ronaldo was pretty good before he got too fat |
Egarran
06.21.18 | wtf I hate the wc now |
zakalwe
06.21.18 | Fat Ronaldo was class yeah |
DoofusWainwright
06.21.18 | Just realised he was near enough washed up by 1998 - he’d only qualify for ‘Best of the last 25 years’. Time’s a bitch. |
zakalwe
06.21.18 | Nah early to mid 2000s he was the tits. |
JWT155
06.21.18 | France's offense is so fluid, 1-0 scoreline doesn't really show how they looked against Peru. Shame for Peru though because they looked much better then many other teams this tournament that have at least 1 point. |
osmark86
06.21.18 | "Rodrigo and steak are the best things Argentina have to offer tbh"
Mmm patagonian delight |
RadicalEd
06.21.18 | "Just realised he was near enough washed up by 1998 - he’d only qualify for ‘Best of the last 25 years’. Time’s a bitch."
He won the WC 2002. |
zakalwe
06.21.18 | There hasn’t been a truly stunning goal in the tournament yet. When it happens it’ll be an absolute bloody screamer. |
DoofusWainwright
06.21.18 | Top 3 players who never lived up to the hype at the World Cup of the last 20 years:
Klass Jan-Huntelaar
Ortega
Ronaldinho |
osmark86
06.21.18 | That Peruvian strike would have been if it was about 5cm to the right |
RadicalEd
06.21.18 | Also Cruyff was the greatest of all time and you people are plebs if you think fat ronaldo or mardonna who had like 2-3 peak years at best can hold a candle to the guy who revolutionized the whole sport. |
DoofusWainwright
06.21.18 | Ed - was Ronaldo actually any cop performance wise at that tournament though? Pretty sure not, might be wrong though. |
osmark86
06.21.18 | Miroslav Klose anyone? In terms of tourney goals he is at the top |
RadicalEd
06.21.18 | "Ed - was Ronaldo actually any cop performance wise at that tournament though? Pretty sure not, might be wrong though."
8 goals. Won the final against germany with 2 goals. (player of the tournament went to Oliver Kahn tho)
Klose was a great player and he's one of the most admired players in germany beacuse he's a humble, fair, hard working lad with a great mentality who never let Germany down in important games. But his club career isn't nearly good enough to be in the running for goat. |
DoofusWainwright
06.21.18 | BEST. GOAL. EVER.
Fucking looooooooooool |
osmark86
06.21.18 | What a fuck up lol |
RadicalEd
06.21.18 | "There hasn’t been a truly stunning goal in the tournament yet. When it happens it’ll be an absolute bloody screamer."
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand there we have our bloody screamer xD |
DoofusWainwright
06.21.18 | Ed - I stand corrected, whoops
This does mean he challenges Zidane for best of the last 20 years though ;D |
anat
06.21.18 | hahaha get fucked argentina |
osmark86
06.21.18 | @rad: agreed, I meant on terms of national team performances. Think he's worth mentioning for that alone. He was lethal next to Podolski |
osmark86
06.21.18 | Great focus by Rebic for that goal. Solid finish |
RadicalEd
06.21.18 | Tbh I think greatest of the last 20 years comes down to either Messi or Ronaldo. I'm prolly the biggest Zidane fanboy in the world, but he isn't even close to these two wankers in consistency and just raw numbers. Yes he's played a bit of a deeper role, but he was very much a classic no. 10 and while goals + assits are not everything, they are certainly important in this position.
(just some quick glance at wikipedia, prolly not 100 % accurate and discounting performances for the national squad)
Messi: 418 apps. 383 goals. 149 Assists
Ronaldo: 488 apps. 395 goals. 109 Assists (Real + ManU)
Zidane: 455 apps. 95 goals. 90 Assists (Bordeaux + Real + Juve) |
osmark86
06.21.18 | I'm with you on that one rad. Those two are insane. |
Doctuses
06.21.18 | a solid are you serious moment. |
zakalwe
06.21.18 | 95 Goals, 90 Assists.
2000 breathtaking moments of skill.
Unlimited amounts of dictating midfield and pulling the strings of the team.
The heart of the team.
|
RadicalEd
06.21.18 | Croatian team seems to have a pretty great fighting spirit this year. |
osmark86
06.21.18 | That's something Zidane, Messi and Ronaldo all have in common. Breathtaking moments of skill and being at the heart of their teams. |
RadicalEd
06.21.18 | @ zak. I got two Zidane jerseys in my closet. I agree.
But Ronaldo and (especially) Messi have those breathtaking moments of skill as well. And I understand that you can't measure the worth of a player in goals and assists alone, but i think Ronaldo and Messi have just insanely good numbers of such incredible time spans, that they trump Zidane. |
DoofusWainwright
06.21.18 | The heart of the team....
...and a perfect shaped skull for butting |
RadicalEd
06.21.18 | Materrazzi deserved that and I hope it hurts to this day. |
zakalwe
06.21.18 | Last 30yrs. Maldini |
RadicalEd
06.21.18 | Puyol and Maldini greatest defenders of the last 30 years. (Cannavaro runner up, Diego Godin low key working up to being in the conversation as well.) |
Sniff
06.21.18 | Nesta |
RadicalEd
06.21.18 | How did Italy ever concede goals with cannavaro, nesta and maldini? (and Buffon)
oh wait they didn't. |
osmark86
06.21.18 | Puyol gets bonus points for attitude as well. |
RadicalEd
06.21.18 | Puyol just had that spark to inspire his teammates. |
adr
06.21.18 | ооооооооооо |
RadicalEd
06.21.18 | L. Modric showing why he's among the top 10 players of the world in this game. Great goal and fantastic performance. (Although I have the sneaking suspicion that a Neuer, Courtois or Allison may have saved that) |
DoofusWainwright
06.21.18 | MODDERS!
Still love the little lemming, despite him ditching the chicken badge of Tottenham |
osmark86
06.21.18 | What a goal. Modric you beast! |
adr
06.21.18 | Argentina are shockingly awful |
zakalwe
06.21.18 | Modric making Messi look like a schoolboy |
anat
06.21.18 | that is my new favourite goal of the cup |
RadicalEd
06.21.18 | If Iceland can somehow win against nigeria towmorrow, things are looking really really dire for argentina. |
zakalwe
06.21.18 | Any manager of a national team with a cheap suit and shit tattoos needs shooting tbh |
Doctuses
06.21.18 | Argentina are shockingly awful [2] |
osmark86
06.21.18 | Guess Maradona's fierce criticism against Sampaoli was well-founded. They've been dire |
anat
06.21.18 | what a prick otamendi is |
osmark86
06.21.18 | Nearly perfect freekick. What a shame! |
RadicalEd
06.21.18 | I think croatia is just very good tbh. (also that first goal can't be blamed on the team) |
osmark86
06.21.18 | They've been very impressive this half. Didn't really get out of second gear against Nigeria, but tonight they're showing what they're capable of |
DoofusWainwright
06.21.18 | Out the cup - ding ding ding it’s a knockout. Can’t see them coming back now, GD will do for them if the results don’t get them first
Messi’s had the body language of a condemned man this tourno, just compare it to Ronaldo, can’t take the weight of a nation on those little shoulders |
RadicalEd
06.21.18 | very selfless pass by kovacic.
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osmark86
06.21.18 | Outclassed |
Doctuses
06.21.18 | Pathetic. |
RadicalEd
06.21.18 | croatia just has an amazing lineup and it seems like they are (finally) putting the pieces together. I could see them or Belgium as the dark horse team to take it all. |
anat
06.21.18 | see ya |
anat
06.21.18 | if it ends up going down to fair play then they're even more fucked lol |
TheNotrap
06.21.18 | Argentina was humiliated |
RadicalEd
06.21.18 | I still see them making it out of this group tbh. I think Iceland and Nigeria has 0-0 written all over it. And they will win against nigeria, while iceland will struggle to win against croatia. |
rockandmetaljunkie
06.21.18 | croatia trashing poor Argentines is such an enjoyable moment |
adr
06.21.18 | i'm officially rooting for Mexico and Croatia now 😂 |
rodrigo90
06.21.18 | I'M SO FUCKING ANGRY |
osmark86
06.21.18 | Still very open, can't wait to see Iceland vs Nigeria tomorrow. |
RadicalEd
06.21.18 | Just watched that Rebic goal again. As stupid as that GK fail is, you gotta give it to Rebic, that was not an easy finish by any means. |
osmark86
06.21.18 | @rod: would be too mate: but all is not lost just yet. |
osmark86
06.21.18 | @rad: he keeps his cool and focus and whacks it in perfectly. Great goal. |
zakalwe
06.21.18 | Argentina are such a petulant bunch of cunts.
lol at Maradona crying. HAVE SOME OF THAT, CHEAT!!!!!!
|
osmark86
06.21.18 | lol |
rockandmetaljunkie
06.21.18 | Rakitic is such a class player |
adr
06.21.18 | Imagine having Messi, Aguero, Di Maria, Higuain and Dybala and still be so shite |
RadicalEd
06.21.18 | Croatian midfield is so good. Rakitic and Modric are world class and Badelj, Kvacic and Brozovic are all really, really good as well. |
rockandmetaljunkie
06.21.18 | @adr
Football is a team sport. Having great individual great players on your squad alone means nothing |
osmark86
06.21.18 | It means you might get flashes of individual brilliance, so not exactly nothing. But when you have no system you will get burnt against an actual well-organized unit. |
rockandmetaljunkie
06.21.18 | Still, a well-organized team can overcome some faded moments of individual brilliance |
RadicalEd
06.21.18 | Argentine squad is horribly imbalanced. Abundance of great strikers and wingers but lack of good central midfielders aside from banega (mascherano is just past his peak) and defenders (aside from otamendi who is a massive cunt, but can hack down strikers like nobodys buisness) |
osmark86
06.21.18 | "Still, a well-organized team can overcome some faded moments of individual brilliance"
That was sort of my point |
Deez
06.21.18 | So many massively underrated players in that Croatia team who would walk into most club sides in the world. |
rockandmetaljunkie
06.21.18 | Yeah, i was responding to the first part of your comment. |
anarchistfish
06.21.18 | "Argentina are such a petulant bunch of cunts."
i mean they are italian |
zakalwe
06.21.18 | Italians are all hot air and gesticulation.
Argentina are just stroppy sods. |
Egarran
06.21.18 | "Messi’s had the body language of a condemned man this tourno"
Even during the anthems he looked like someone had murdered his family. |
Kusangii
06.21.18 | I feel so so sorry for Messi for having to deal with such incompetent players and manager. Such a waste. |
RadicalEd
06.21.18 | "Even at the anthems he looked like someone had murdered his family."
he probably knew that he wouldn't be able to drag this cart out of the mud by himself. |
Deez
06.21.18 | Even during the anthems he looked like someone had murdered his family.'
They might have by the time he gets back to the hotel |
iglu
06.21.18 | who tf put this Argentinian team together?
don't know who half of those players were |
Casavir
06.21.18 | GG Caballero |
Demon of the Fall
06.22.18 | As predicted Croatia gave Argentina a lesson in how to play football. It doesn't matter how many great forwards you've got, without any midfield control (or a defence in this case) you're going to struggle.
Argentina trying to play passing football without a ball playing midfielder vs Modric/Rakitic et al. was always going to be ugly. They should've admitted their inferiority & played stifling, counter-attacking football. |
DDDeftoneDDD
06.22.18 | wata goal from modric X) Croatia is pretty strong...maybe stronger than when Portugal beat them in the Euro 2 years back |
RadicalEd
06.22.18 | "don't know who half of those players were"
and your ignorance is proof of....? |
Demon of the Fall
06.22.18 | I know who they are & they're not a group of outstanding players to say the least. Arguably only one top class player who isn't a forward & even he is occasionally error prone (Otamendi).
How Paredes didn't make the squad I'll never know?
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RadicalEd
06.22.18 | Paredes played a middling season in russia. Probably would have taken him as well though. I'm very confused by the fact that they insist on utilizing Meza instead of Lo Celso. |
osmark86
06.22.18 | Argentinians talking as if they're out already. They still have a fighting chance even if it's not fully in their hands. Suck it up and have a little belief. With that attitude might as well pack it up and go home already. |
Demon of the Fall
06.22.18 | Their set-up makes absolutely no sense whatsoever, they need someone who can link the midfield with their attack. Paredes does that better than a 74 year old Mascherano who's been a defender for years & now plays that role in Chinese football of all places.
Sampaoli should've realised their limitations & played counter-attacking football, men behind the ball, work hard & play direct up to the forwards. In fact you can make an argument that Higuain should be playing just for his physical presence & sacrifice Aguero, but that's not the way the coach wanted to play. |
Egarran
06.22.18 | "have a little belief."
They do, but it's jinx luck to say so. |
osmark86
06.22.18 | Brazil not impressing either. They need to come out hard in the second half or they're in trouble too. |
Egarran
06.22.18 | So embarrassing. |
Deez
06.22.18 | id pay good money to lay a headbutt on Neymar |
osmark86
06.22.18 | Wow they truly came alive when it counted. 2 goals in overtime. Well done Brazil. |
Dewinged
06.22.18 | Costa Rica dead and buried. Damn son. |
Winesburgohio
06.22.18 | 1) Firmino was an inspired sub: not as flashy Neymar Jr but so, so effective as a gamemaker
2) it was so satisfying seeing Costa Rica getting hoist by their own petard. i was enjoying them being in it until the obvious dives, erroneous injury claims and time-wasting. a lot of schadanfreude seeing them frantically try to make up time after they'd wasted so much during the match. but
3) brazil are over-rated in competitions. as a team they soar, but for some reason the competition format just does not work for it. maybe it's the nerves or the climate or w/e but i think most of their reputation comes from a time before most of us (me) were born, lingering. be interesting to see how they do when it comes to the crunch |
Alastor
06.22.18 | HUH! |
iglu
06.22.18 | "and your ignorance is proof of....?"
proof that they don't deserve to be in the national team |
DoofusWainwright
06.22.18 | Argentina getting that sinking feeling after watching this match, ARG vs NIG, what a game that'll be now |
Alastor
06.22.18 | sad to see Iceland losing |
Nocturtle
06.22.18 | they have great fans but damn musa is on fire today, that first finish was amazing then he hits the crossbar no biggie just gonna school their defence a minute later and slot in np |
pypypymble
06.22.18 | ahmed musa my cska nigga |
zakalwe
06.22.18 | Argentina are going to sneak through now. Fucking typical. |
Egarran
06.22.18 | Ice-Nig was like watching a game of chess.
I hate Brazil now, but I have 4 of them on my dream team so YAY. |
osmark86
06.22.18 | Will be rooting hard for Nigeria when they play Argentina. Musa was on fire. |
Risodo
06.22.18 | "I hate Brazil now"
Haha. |
Deez
06.22.18 | I slept with a prostitute that looked like neymar. Not my proudest moment. |
Egarran
06.22.18 | Are there any proud prostitution moments? |
Deez
06.22.18 | Oh loads |
pypypymble
06.22.18 | shaqiri is a beast |
pypypymble
06.22.18 | he looks like a frog tho |
osmark86
06.22.18 | I guess haggling with a pimp and getting a good deal is a proud moment? |
Deez
06.22.18 | Dude I lived in Asia for 4 years Its not like an episode of shaft. Theyre just girls in bars like anywhere in the world. You usually dont even know till the morning. |
anarchistfish
06.22.18 | "Argentina are going to sneak through now. Fucking typical."
dw paris mandem got it sorted |
Deez
06.22.18 | Yeah theyll scrape it |
anarchistfish
06.22.18 | france vs argentina ro16 ez tbh |
anarchistfish
06.22.18 | kind of lame to play nigeria in ro16 2 world cups in a row so fucking up the little men would be more fun |
zakalwe
06.22.18 | If any team need to be taught a footballing lesson it’s them mean spirited fuckers.
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anarchistfish
06.22.18 | well with italy not in the wc yh i guess |
zakalwe
06.22.18 | Panache, grace, sportsmanship and style.
Oh yeah I forgot that everything now is a homogeneous glob of selfish me me me bullshit.
Christ Alive 90s > |
osmark86
06.22.18 | But there are so many more digital outlets to offload frustration these days. Surely that's something you can appreciate. |
rabidfish
06.22.18 | Argentina are for sure the most boring team to watch smh. |
anarchistfish
06.22.18 | apart from 2014 when they shat it to the final, argentina haven't reached semis of a wc since 1990
haven't won a copa america since 1993
and tbh when was the last time they actually played good football
the england of south america |
anarchistfish
06.22.18 | although england actually looked good against tunisia apart from the shocking finishing |
rabidfish
06.22.18 | argentina has more trophies than england, tho.
But otherwise yes. overhyped, overprized squad with a clueless coach and an evil (A)FA. |
Deez
06.22.18 | Id argue that first half of England wa sas good a performance as anyone bar Spain (in parts) and Croatia |
anarchistfish
06.22.18 | if we ignore the awful finishing then yeah |
jagride
06.22.18 | argentina have independiente, benfica, hebei china, ajax, sporting cp and ac milan players in their team, and it shows
casual fans probably don't even know who the fuck half of them are. if they're hyped it's on the basis of messi and the other star attackers
i just expected sampaoli to organize them better |
anarchistfish
06.22.18 | the fraldest of bald frauds |
rabidfish
06.22.18 | he looks like a bad person. |
osmark86
06.23.18 | Great start to the Belgium - Tunisia game. 3 goals in 17min, should be an entertaining match. |
Dewinged
06.23.18 | Honestly I thought Tunisia was gonna go down fast but they proved they are still alive. Last Belgium goal not gonna help though. |
osmark86
06.23.18 | They have a massive uphill battle in this half. I wouldn't place a bet on them getting anything from this match. |
DoofusWainwright
06.23.18 | Think having Belgium in our (England's) group could be a godsend. They will hopefully condemn us to second place...and an easier set of ties in the knockout phase. Plus, most importantly, we won't see them again unless we get to the final.
Possibly the strongest side in the tournament? |
osmark86
06.23.18 | They're a strong team and it looks like they're playing fluidly now. Will root for them unless Sweden miraculously makes it to the final and meet them. |
osmark86
06.23.18 | Martinez refusing to allow for the possibility of a hat trick ^^ |
Deez
06.23.18 | Martinez teams cant defend. I think they would be primed to win it this year but sooner or later his defence set up will let him down. Leon Osman said they didnt even train defending set pieces at Everton. |
rabidfish
06.23.18 | A world cup-winning team needs to know when to defend, when to make time, when to play dirty, when to be offensive. If martinez won't yield on his attacking philosophy, then the team will have to do it for him. |
Flugmorph
06.23.18 | BOA BOA BOA TENG TENG TENG BOA BOA BOA TENG TENG TENG BOA TENG BOA TENG BOA TENG TENG TENG BOA BOA TENG TENG TENG |
DoofusWainwright
06.23.18 | They have some great defensive players to bail them out you'd maybe think? They look the most complete squad to me...doesn't mean they'll necessarily win it of course |
Deez
06.23.18 | Argentina have some great attacking players. It doesnt matter when your managers inept. Better teams like Spain will catch them out. |
DoofusWainwright
06.23.18 | Football isn't logic deez, sometimes a team just keeps outscoring everyone and wins. It's not like any team in this tournament looks impenetrable, no incredible machine-like efficient defensive units tbh. Could be made for a team like Belgium. |
Maco097
06.23.18 | i just expected sampaoli to organize them better
You'll be dissapointed |
Flugmorph
06.23.18 | Oh i like how germany plays now |
Flugmorph
06.23.18 | Nevermind, rip
Rüdiger with two very stupid ball losses |
jagride
06.23.18 | sampaoli's chile team was super committed and cohesive
also note the past tense |
jagride
06.23.18 | remember when muller was good |
Doctuses
06.23.18 | HOLY SHIT |
DoofusWainwright
06.23.18 | For that pathetic chance thrown away by Sweden when all he needed to do was look up and square it...you deserve to go home. Pussies. |
Flugmorph
06.23.18 | what a 8 thriller oh my fucking lord
|
pypypymble
06.23.18 | can't believe this was the only match i couldn't watch in full bc of the damn bus ride |
Flugmorph
06.23.18 | my fucking became 8 for some reason |
Zeuzo
06.23.18 | Hell yeah Germany is nuts
Either them or Croatia to the finals please |
DoofusWainwright
06.23.18 | second best match so far after the Spain vs Portugal |
Flugmorph
06.23.18 | i didnt want to get that invested in this but holy fuck le mannschaft made me suffer |
Piglet
06.23.18 | JETZT GEHTS LOSSSSS JETZT GEHTS LOS JUUUUNGS |
Deez
06.23.18 | Terrible to give a foul on the edge of the box in the 95th minute there. Take him to the line. |
Alastor
06.23.18 | damn that was intense |
rabidfish
06.23.18 | oh man what a thrill |
Kusangii
06.23.18 | I've never experienced a more heartbreaking moment in football. I wanted to cry. |
Demon of the Fall
06.23.18 | Muller is one of the most annoying (& overrated) players in football, wanted Germany out to be honest |
Casavir
06.23.18 | Germany with the clutch. |
Ryus
06.23.18 | i hate germany |
Egarran
06.23.18 | Poor Swedes. You can't beat the laws of nature, but you'll beat Mexico. Give them some fucking välfärd.
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Egarran
06.23.18 | Who am I kidding. See you at the Euros. |
Flugmorph
06.23.18 | ryus the feeling is mutual |
osmark86
06.23.18 | As much as I wanted us to hold off Germany, by Odin's eye, our team is so slow and painful to watch. They deserved it. Now let's go and beat Mexico and hope SK do us a favor. |
Egarran
06.23.18 | Feels good to be back in a normal timeline. |
osmark86
06.23.18 | So the guy in Sweden, Durmaz, who caused the freekick has now received death threats and rascist comments on instagram. These people are fucking space cancer. |
Maco097
06.23.18 | It's football what do you expect. Good thing he's not argentinian. |
osmark86
06.23.18 | People to behave like half-decen...oh right. Too much to ask for now that mobile devices has given the ogres a 24/7 voice |
Deez
06.24.18 | yeah I hate that shit because the press jump on it and make it look like your fanbase are the worst when really its a couple of scumbags on twitter. |
Sniff
06.24.18 | I'm just glad we're blessed with the world's worst player in our squad. |
Relinquished
06.24.18 | lol |
zakalwe
06.24.18 | England till I die, I’m England till I die, I know I am I’m sure I am I’m England till I die
🏴 |
Faraudo
06.24.18 | "Poor Swedes. You can't beat the laws of nature, but you'll beat Mexico. Give them some fucking välfärd."
No they won't, Mexico will top the group. |
osmark86
06.24.18 | Yeah we won't beat Mexico and even less so by the margins we'll need to top off Germany's inevitable crushing of SK |
Egarran
06.24.18 | That was why I made another post... |
Sniff
06.24.18 | Imagine Carlos Vela having some fun with Granqvist. I don't even want to think about the outcome of that |
osmark86
06.24.18 | Our team is so slow. Mexico will have a field day. |
Dewinged
06.24.18 | Lol they were literally wrestling in that corner kick before the England goal. Surreal. |
Jasdevi087
06.24.18 | Holy fuck panama are bad, wow |
Jasdevi087
06.24.18 | They literally play like how i played Fifa back in the day |
Winesburgohio
06.24.18 | c'mon that penalty was bullshit for about 4,000 different reasons. i hate how many games have come down to penalties -- seems like any even minor infringement in the box results in a nigh-on-guaranteed goal. this is to the sports detriment
that Lingard goal was a stunner tho |
Winesburgohio
06.24.18 | ...scorer of that goal had stones
thanks |
Jasdevi087
06.24.18 | Panama are literally out here slide tackling from behind, they kinda deserve a bullshit penalty tbh |
Dewinged
06.24.18 | England's gonna win this but they are gonna get butchered. |
Jasdevi087
06.24.18 | Oh my days this some filthy fucking football |
Casavir
06.24.18 | That goalie wasn't even trying that time. |
Jasdevi087
06.24.18 | That might be the shittest hatrick of all time |
Jasdevi087
06.24.18 | Two pentalies and a deflection off his asscheeks |
Kusangii
06.24.18 | Ronaldo has nothing on this guy |
Jasdevi087
06.24.18 | Kane basically farted the ball into the goal |
Ryus
06.24.18 | "ryus the feeling is mutual"
heheh |
Egarran
06.24.18 | One of the BBC commentators is clearly drunk af. I guess today it's allowed. Cherish the small victories. |
Winesburgohio
06.24.18 | question i should know: what happens if belgium and england draw? |
Egarran
06.24.18 | Fair play record (England leads here), then drawing lots. |
Adabelle
06.24.18 | LADS WE'RE GONNA WIN THE WORLD CUP |
DoofusWainwright
06.24.18 | 6-1 with your best player injured and Rashford didn’t even come on...I’ll take it |
linguist2011
06.24.18 | Nice that England aced this match, but I highly doubt they'll beat Belgium on Thursday. If England play really, really well (I.e., for the whole 90 minutes and not just a quarter of that runtime), it'll be a draw.
And yes, I'm supporting England. Panama need to stick to MMA.
|
Egarran
06.24.18 | You would take a 1-0, D. |
anat
06.24.18 | england and belgium will both be playing for second |
zakalwe
06.24.18 | Dirty bunch of Panamanian cheating bastards.
Have some of that. |
osmark86
06.24.18 | Easy win there. Panama might need to start practicing actual defensive play instead of kicking players around. |
zakalwe
06.24.18 | Kanes pens were world class. Proud as fuck for the bloke, a proper centre forward of old with a smart haircut, professional attitude and a passionate restrained spirit. Also has the essential footballing ingredient of being thick as fuck.
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osmark86
06.24.18 | Sadio Mané! Talk about being at the right place at the right time. |
Dewinged
06.24.18 | C'mon my shinobis! |
rodrigo90
06.24.18 | Oliver Atom's dream is happening guys... |
Divaman
06.24.18 | Missed the match this morning. It was a little too early for a Sunday morning here in the States. Congrats to my British friends. You guys do much better when nobody expects anything of you. |
Sniff
06.24.18 | "a proper centre forward of old with a smart haircut, professional attitude and a passionate restrained spirit." damn we got a spurs love affair going here |
osmark86
06.24.18 | The haircut bit confirms it |
osmark86
06.24.18 | What a goal! Go Senegal! |
Egarran
06.24.18 | Damn the circlejerk is still going on on BBC. There are no limits to what Kane can achieve! He is the perfect striker! Quick, piss in my mouth! |
Deez
06.24.18 | The English media are one of the reasons i find it hard to get behind the national team.nauseating. I think the papers having pics of WW2 on the front of the national papers when they played Germany was the final push for me |
osmark86
06.24.18 | They did that? Hahaha fuck me |
zakalwe
06.24.18 | Yeah in 1996.
Come on Polski!!! |
osmark86
06.24.18 | Sleeping party so far. Gtf up and play on your feet. |
Sniff
06.24.18 | Are you gonna use your belgian history and turn to a better team when we get knocked out after the next game ossy? |
Egarran
06.24.18 | We want our Poles to be happy dammit. I bet they were intimidated by cartel guys. |
DoofusWainwright
06.24.18 | I think the World War 2 thing is supposed to be a bit of a joke.
Not a joke you'd make in 2018 but it was the sort of joke people made in 1996.
Make of that what you will, but it was a lighthearted. "They don't like it up 'em" Dad's Army humour basically. "Don't mention the war" "Good moaning" etc etc a hundred english sitcoms |
Deez
06.24.18 | hahaha fuck off Doof. It was in the Sun. None of that shit ithey do is light hearted. They are scum .Theyre werent using british humour they were being cunts. Cos thats what they are. Look at the way they all treat Sterling now. They zoom into Managers tactics on a clipboard and then print it in the paper then ask for those people to be sacked. The media are one of the biggest problems re the national team. The first to use stereotypes and hate and faux nationalism to build their team up and sell papers and then try their very best to bring it down. |
Deez
06.24.18 | http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/world_cup/32763/england-v-germany-english-media-cranks-up-war-machine.html
thats just the papers lots of the fans are far worse just read this on a forum
'Watch Peru, Argentina, Columbia fans etc
Then watch goons from Melton Mowbray doing Nazi salutes.It sort of makes me want to see them twatted.'
hahah sums it up for me |
DoofusWainwright
06.24.18 | I had a mate who worked for The Sun, Asian lad, one day some of the people he worked with wrote ‘something about your face, it doesn’t fit’ on a meeting board. He left soon after. So pretty sure there’s still racism in there, I’m not a fan of the rag at all - but the reason they could get away with that nonsense is because it was ‘acceptable humour’ back then to some degree.
Sometimes I think the less we talk/remember the wars in ways like that the more chance there won’t ever be another. Other days I wake up and think 100% the opposite.
Anyway, I’ve always felt uncomfortable with the ‘bombers’ sort of chanting and whatever, I’ve been in pubs with Germans when it’s happened and it’s just embarrassing really, grown men. They’ll be really friendly to your German buddy and none the wiser. It’s nonsense. People love their rituals/tribalism/jingoism and it can easily turn violent/racist/xenophobic |
Deez
06.24.18 | Agreed mate and theres fucking LOADS who follow Engalnd who are like that. Just not my type of people. And of course not all of them. EVERY team has its arseholes but as a sports fan I get behind like ENglish fighters say. In boxing or MMA. EVen random shit I might be watching but the England football team and everything around it makes me ill. As i said though I think this team is actually not that dislikable. And id actually like to see Southgate do well after that pen all those years ago. |
DoofusWainwright
06.24.18 | My gran would never eat Japanese food, she’s still alive and wouldn’t now, because the Japs nearly killed her husband (he survived Burma AND Dunkirk the poor fuck) and they got most of his friends and they were cruel in the war, very bad stories, didn’t believe in POWs, torture, etc. In a way, that sort of choice, that personal resentment, that’s fair enough really. You can’t talk people out of that. It’s private, like a faith almost, and it’s logical in so much as you can see where the mistrust stems from.
But these fat ‘tards in England shirts - most haven’t seen any combat or such, it’s bollocks. Total bollocks. Just contrived, hard man posturing. |
Deez
06.24.18 | Indeed. Attaching yourself to the 'We' when 'YOU' didnt do shit |
Deez
06.24.18 | Poland getting smashed. Some teams waking up now |
DoofusWainwright
06.24.18 | Colombia vs Senegal will be an absolute barnstormer of a match now, guaranteed |
osmark86
06.24.18 | "Are you gonna use your belgian history and turn to a better team when we get knocked out after the next game ossy"
I sure as hell will once that inevitability strikes |
osmark86
06.24.18 | Colombia sure looked like a different beast today. Their game vs Senegal will surely be very entertaining now. |
Deez
06.24.18 | Falcoas such a great goal score so happy he never hit the ground at Man Utd |
rabidfish
06.24.18 | Poland looks like Argentina. a 1-man squad with no idea what to do in the pitch. |
Sniff
06.24.18 | Wise choice lad. Also yes Poland have been the disappointment of the year for me. Argentina i didn't really expect anything better from |
iglu
06.25.18 | Let's go Iran! |
hal1ax
06.25.18 | belgium is gonna rape england |
hal1ax
06.25.18 | i'll put $50 on it |
DoofusWainwright
06.25.18 | You ever watched football before? Both teams will rest players |
Egarran
06.25.18 | That's one of the very few examples of responsible betting. |
DoofusWainwright
06.25.18 | NEVER bet on a dead rubber game! Damn first rule of betting smh |
hal1ax
06.25.18 | na i've never watched it before u fckin twat |
hal1ax
06.25.18 | but na i'm sure it'll be a close game. i'll be at work tho :''[[[ |
Casavir
06.25.18 | Ronaldo is so lucky. Guy got a yellow despite throwing elbows around like it was going out of style. |
DoofusWainwright
06.25.18 | VARmageddon - first match of the WC this has become farcical loooooooooooooool |
zakalwe
06.25.18 | This VAR really is a complete bollocks |
DoofusWainwright
06.25.18 | 6 minutes injury time? You get 3 generally, subs whatever. Then there were a few injuries, Pepe rolling about whatever.
VAR has taken up around 5 minutes at a lower estimate just this second half - VAR is SHRINKING the amount of actual football.
The England vs Tunisia we guaranteed lost about 10 minutes of football - at the very least. It's crazy. This game lost 10-12 minutes I think! Lol |
zakalwe
06.25.18 | It’s probably yanks on the monitors giving it the big’un. |
RadicalEd
06.25.18 | fuck this iranian team. Jesus christ they play the most dirty football I've seen in a long time.
Stop whinging about the VAR already you old farts. |
zakalwe
06.25.18 | Reduce the spirit of the game to a over anaylised, atomised clinical procedure with no soul. |
linguist2011
06.25.18 | Iran totally did not deserve that penalty. I'm all for VAR but not when it's blatantly abused like it was. As much as I don't really care for the Portugal team, they deserved to win, not draw with minutes to spare. |
anarchistfish
06.25.18 | "fuck this iranian team. Jesus christ they play the most dirty football I've seen in a long time."
did u not watch either of england's games |
Winesburgohio
06.25.18 | the VAR is an absolute farce and i hate that we're talking about it more than the football itself. i honestly think there are too many penalties in football right now, perhaps driven by trying to attract people to the support who are used to 100 point scorelines in team sports. this is, I think, an error. some of the most riveting games i've seen have been 0-0 owo.
iran played pretty ugly and harangued the ref appallingly but so did portugal, albeit with an iota more class |
hal1ax
06.25.18 | "i honestly think there are too many penalties in football right now"
[2] |
zakalwe
06.25.18 | The fucking Portuguese dramatics takes the piss. Surprised they don’t fall to the floor during the pre-match handshake. |
hal1ax
06.25.18 | haha |
Dmax28
06.25.18 | That tackle by the two Swiss players on the Serbian that wasn't called on Friday was pretty horrendous. |
Shuyin
06.25.18 | Didn't see Portugal playing, I was at work :[
So.... Irão pra casaaa weelelelelelee :D |
ZippaThaRippa
06.25.18 | So it's Uruguay vs Portugal and Russia vs Spain, yeah? Idk Russia clearly isn't that great after all but Spain has struggled to beat even average opponents. I want to believe. Uru vs Por is going to be gnarly. |
hal1ax
06.25.18 | yea russia is garbage |
Tyler.
06.25.18 | soccer is garbage ha h a |
linguist2011
06.25.18 | "Uru vs Por is going to be gnarly."
Yeah I can't wait to see Suarez take chunks out of his opponents and some of the best falls (with style) from the Portugese team.
I'm secretly rooting for Uruguay though. |
RadicalEd
06.26.18 | Haha Uruguay vs Portugal is gonna be the exact same game as Portugal against Iran. One team will be theatralic as fuck (Por) and the other team will be consistently hacking them down at every opportunity. But hey Uruguay have some great players up front and two great centre backs and that may be enough to get a narrow win.
(Also you people are crazy about that Ronaldo Penalty. That was a crystal-clear foul no matter how much Ronaldo is exaggerating his "pain". |
DDDeftoneDDD
06.26.18 | yap...on the other hand Iran penalty didn't existed. Was all result of Iranian's bench and fans pressure. Poor referee decision |
Jasdevi087
06.26.18 | yeah Iran's penalty was pretty fucking lame, but i guess the guy's arm was up enough to hit the ball at that height so w/e
Ronaldo missing his penalty was probably the funniest thing all world cup so far tbh |
Keyblade
06.26.18 | "Ronaldo missing his penalty was probably the funniest thing all world cup so far tbh"
he dived for it too, the punk. straight out of the Ashley Young playbook
how do u consider urself to be the goat, but are cheating against fucking Iran and almost knock them out of the tournament due to that? |
zakalwe
06.26.18 | Remember the Wink?
Cheat. |
Keyblade
06.26.18 | i thought he grew out of that shit and matured. still at it smh |
TheNotrap
06.26.18 | The penalty over Ronaldo was obvious.
Iran played dirty and spent the entire game pressing the referee, but that's not important, right? The important thing is to feed your stupid hatred to one of the greatest players of all time. |
Keyblade
06.26.18 | "The penalty over Ronaldo was obvious."
he bought it. purposely threw himself into the defender. was already going down before the contact. ref had it spot on at first before VAR |
RadicalEd
06.26.18 | "he dived for it too, the punk. straight out of the Ashley Young playbook"
I mean I dislike Ronaldo as much as the next guy, but that was a clear foul if I've ever seen one. Iranian Player hits him on the ankle and doesn't even scrape the ball. Of course he's rolling around like a fucking wanker even though it probably didn't hurt. Still a clear foul. And just because he baited the iranian guy into commiting the foul, doesn't magically make it a clean tackle. |
Keyblade
06.26.18 | i dont even hate ronaldo, he's one of the greatest of all time. i'm disappointed that he can't seem to outgrow his petulance and leave that for the lesser players |
Keyblade
06.26.18 | also i'm not doubting it was a penalty, just his manufacturing of it. should be beneath a player of his calibre, but alas it's not |
rabidfish
06.26.18 | Fuck ronaldo.
I like Portugal, but man fuck that guy. |
RadicalEd
06.26.18 | Look I don't try to meditate for half an hour every day so I can hate on random millionaires who happen to be amazing football players. But Ronaldo's attitude is annoying. That said, he does whatever it takes to win and many, many of the greatest players haven't been the greatest sportsmen. (Maradonna, Van Basten, Kahn) Ronaldo will go down in history as one of the most succesful players, but not as one of the greatest sportsmen. |
DDDeftoneDDD
06.26.18 | It was penalty imo. It was more penalty than Iran's and that one actually changed the final result. |
Middle18
06.26.18 | Denmark are through! YESSSSS! |
hal1ax
06.26.18 | denmark has some serious drama queens on that squad |
Doctuses
06.26.18 | GOAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL messi, only 3 more to go to catch ronaldo lol |
Kusangii
06.26.18 | MESSI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don't you dare lose this now Argentina |
Sniff
06.26.18 | Modric tho |
pypypymble
06.26.18 | maradona trippin |
zakalwe
06.26.18 | Come on Nigeria!!
Give it some welly Iceland!!!!
Get fucked Maradona, ya bloated cheating cunt!!!!!!!!! |
Nocturtle
06.26.18 | fucc you zak go suck a harry kane faggot |
rabidfish
06.26.18 | Fuck u Zac |
Sniff
06.26.18 | Good point |
Deez
06.26.18 | World class goal that, Those 2 touches |
adr
06.26.18 | fucking rojo ! |
Kusangii
06.26.18 | Rojo is now officially a better striker than Higuain |
rodrigo90
06.26.18 | I'm fucking scared of France, though. |
Sniff
06.26.18 | Maradona though |
adr
06.26.18 | Sampaoli still should be sacked, terrible manager |
Alastor
06.26.18 | my icelandic dream was crushed. going to listen to some Björk and cry. |
zakalwe
06.26.18 | It was a great goal, Argentina crowd were special. Maradona is a fucking bellend. |
Sniff
06.26.18 | Obviously he can't get anything right atm |
pypypymble
06.26.18 | honestly, wasted maradona is the only reason why argentina should stay, what a shit team |
Evenoss
06.26.18 | I'm french and our team has been quite boring so far. I'm looking forward to the game against Argentina. |
linguist2011
06.26.18 | I just looked at Group E and F and if nothing changes, it looks like Brazil may face Germany in the last 16 match. Oh deer. |
rabidfish
06.26.18 | fuck yea Bra-Ger is gun be good.
Also good for Rojo. For all his limitations, he's got a big pair of cojones, and that makes him a great player in my book. |
Egarran
06.27.18 | Denmark with an amazing draw against mighty France! Nail-biting stuff for 90 minutes. |
Egarran
06.27.18 | Maybe if you aren't able to see the subtle and refined defensive strategies both teams carried out to absolute perfection.
The game was a feast for any football connoisseur. |
hal1ax
06.27.18 | wasted maradona [2] |
Flugmorph
06.27.18 | time to suffer again watching the german team |
macman76
06.27.18 | Why |
macman76
06.27.18 | No |
macman76
06.27.18 | This is my hell |
Sniff
06.27.18 | You Mexman? |
Flugmorph
06.27.18 | what the heck is that swe - mex game |
macman76
06.27.18 | If Korea holds on, I’m buying a Tottenham shirt (and I’m an Everton fan) |
Dewinged
06.27.18 | Korea is putting a lot of heart but god they are terrible. |
DoofusWainwright
06.27.18 | Awful on the break the Koreans. Mexico going to go home now surely, 88th minute Germany winner coming up |
RunOfTheMill
06.27.18 | What the fuck is happening in the Mexico game
If Germany beats South Korea, it's game over for Mexico. Would be incredibly disappointing. |
DoofusWainwright
06.27.18 | 6 minutes of injury time? I'm pissing myself. |
Dewinged
06.27.18 | Germany VAR'd hard |
Sniff
06.27.18 | Lol |
macman76
06.27.18 | Hell yes |
Flugmorph
06.27.18 | oh my fuck |
Flugmorph
06.27.18 | die mannschaft is too old |
macman76
06.27.18 | Manuel Nooo!!!!er |
DoofusWainwright
06.27.18 | OH WHAT A FEEEEEELING!!!
Such a beautiful thing to witness
Hopefully for Spurs fans Son gets a pardon for military service for beating the World Cup holders |
Dewinged
06.27.18 | What in all hells... |
Zig
06.27.18 | bye bye Germany. |
RunOfTheMill
06.27.18 | holy shit rip Germany |
hal1ax
06.27.18 | sweden just laid the monster cock |
DoofusWainwright
06.27.18 | Feel for the Koreans still going out, would have preferred Mexico and S Korea to progress |
Flugmorph
06.27.18 | Neuer is my hero |
osmark86
06.27.18 | FUCKING LEGENDARY! SUCK IT GERMANY AND SWEDEN'S GOING TO WIN MOTHERFUCKING SPACE! |
Sniff
06.27.18 | What even |
hal1ax
06.27.18 | how do u beat sweden and then lose to korea.. bunch of twats |
Dewinged
06.27.18 | Someone should tell the Koreans they are not classified. I think they still didn't get it... |
osmark86
06.27.18 | What a beautiful day. Karma is a bitch @gloating german coaches. |
DDDeftoneDDD
06.27.18 | ahahahhaha |
osmark86
06.27.18 | We may suck, but Germany sucked harder. Funny how there's always a giant that goes in the group stages. Italy 2010, Spain 2014 and now Germany. |
Flugmorph
06.27.18 | notice something? Those are the past world champions.
Focking jackass, what is this hate against germany here? |
RunOfTheMill
06.27.18 | Still nuts that Italy didn't even qualify lmao |
osmark86
06.27.18 | Their coaches were being dicks about beating us, that's why it feels extra sweet. No hate for their players though. |
Faraudo
06.27.18 | "Awful on the break the Koreans. Mexico going to go home now surely, 88th minute Germany winner coming up"
Hehe nope.
|
Maco097
06.27.18 | It's Russia, I knew Germany would pussify eventually lmao |
Flugmorph
06.27.18 | heh true |
anarchistfish
06.27.18 | man this feels good |
anarchistfish
06.27.18 | Hummels should've scored at 88' |
anarchistfish
06.27.18 | "Focking jackass, what is this hate against germany here?"
cos you always fucking win |
Krvst
06.27.18 | Footballs coming home lads |
theacademy
06.27.18 | before i read the comments, is this for overwatch or soccer |
Alastor
06.27.18 | what a desaster. Jogi out, Klopp in please. |
Flugmorph
06.27.18 | @osmark alright dude i wasnt aware of that incident. Idk who those two men in light blue shirts where that mocked the swedish team tho |
Faraudo
06.27.18 | Mexico deserved to go through tbh. Toughest group in the WC . |
Kusangii
06.27.18 | THERE REALLY IS A GOD AFTER ALL |
AngryJohnny
06.27.18 | haha fuck off Germany |
Deez
06.27.18 | 'Klopp in' hahahah No chance |
iglu
06.27.18 | fuck it I'm listening to K POP all day |
Faraudo
06.27.18 | Mexico's supporters are cheering the Korean ambassador outside Korea's embassy in Mexico City lol. |
iglu
06.27.18 | as they should |
Demon of the Fall
06.27.18 | So hyped that the Germans crashed out, the tournament needed it. Portugal next please, I can’t stand to watch them but I might want to actually watch a few entertaining knock out ties. |
Casavir
06.27.18 | That Germany loss was hilarious. Props to Cho Hyun-woo for his excellent defense. |
Sniff
06.27.18 | Quick reminder that Germany finished last in the group |
Casavir
06.27.18 | Yeah, that's the worst part about that group too. |
Egarran
06.27.18 | The winner's curse lives on. There's no escaping destiny.
So happy for Sweden. Grattis AF. |
Demon of the Fall
06.27.18 | If I had a second team it’d probably be Belgium mainly for Hazard but Croatia & Senegal are cool too. |
Casavir
06.27.18 | How do you guys think Serbia and Brazil will go down? Serbia's got some confident offense going on here. |
Sniff
06.27.18 | Croatia is way cool |
Flugmorph
06.27.18 | im rooting for japan and croatia now |
Casavir
06.27.18 | Great save by Stojkovic. |
Egarran
06.27.18 | "im rooting for croatia now"
smh |
Flugmorph
06.27.18 | whats your problem now egghead |
Casavir
06.27.18 | Well, Brazil scored pretty nicely. |
Egarran
06.27.18 | It's Denmark vs Croatia in the next round. So much for neighbourly love :( |
rabidfish
06.27.18 | damn lol fucking germany continuing the new tradition of WC champs leaving in Group stage. |
anarchistfish
06.27.18 | this is soccerwatch [2] |
anarchistfish
06.27.18 | one of sweden, switzerland, england, belgium, colombia/japan/senegal guaranteed the semis unless brasil chokes hard the next 10 mins |
Casavir
06.27.18 | RIP Serbia |
Flugmorph
06.27.18 | rip jugoslavia |
osmark86
06.27.18 | Switzerland unbeaten like 25 games now. They will be hard as hell to beat. Dark horse potential? |
linguist2011
06.27.18 | My fb feed is being bombed by statuses about people cheering England to win WC2018 now that Germany are out. I find it mildly amusing but mostly pathetic.
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Zig
06.27.18 | "Switzerland unbeaten like 25 games now."
Nop, they lost the last qualification game against Portugal. |
Shuyin
06.27.18 | the brazillians are celebrating here, guess they're still sour for what happened in the last WC. The koreans were terrible but they won and that's what counts lmao |
Gyromania
06.27.18 | how do i get into this? just start watching it? |
Flugmorph
06.28.18 | first you need to sacrifice a GOAT to the lord of balls (deep) |
osmark86
06.28.18 | "Nop, they lost the last qualification game against Portugal."
you're right. I meant to write only one loss in like 25 games. |
osmark86
06.28.18 | verified and it's two losses in the last 25. one vs Portugal as you said and one loss against Poland, however that was a loss on penalties. they're tough. |
Dewinged
06.28.18 | I am ready for my shoguns to school the Polish. |
Flugmorph
06.28.18 | same dude |
Evreaia
06.28.18 | Belgium vs England should have been the best game of the group stages. But we're going to have to settle for 2 B-teams fighting to end second.
Fuck this shit man. |
osmark86
06.28.18 | Group H is still very open. wouldn't put it past Poland to go all out to win this game to save some face, which would hurt Japan's goal difference. If Senegal and Colombia then draw, then they will go out. rooting for Japan and Senegal myself. |
RadicalEd
06.28.18 | "former world champs didnt make it to the round of 16 lmao"
fun fact. Last former World Champs who made it out of the group stages are Brazil in 1998. |
RadicalEd
06.28.18 | Also German team deserved to got out. Didn't play well at all. I think Löw trusted in his WC-squad (while loosing the tree most important players for the whole chemistry: Lahm, Schweinsteiger, Klose) to much and then couldn't turn it around after realizing that it wouldn't work against Mexico.
Neuer was tragic, almost shakespearean how he tried to save the team by himself in overtime. |
jagride
06.28.18 | brazil reached 3 consecutive WC finals from 94-02
noice |
Artuma
06.28.18 | hahahaha what the fuck germany |
Artuma
06.28.18 | "im rooting for japan and croatia now"
japan is a team i always want to do well but they never do, until now. rooting for them too |
Flugmorph
06.28.18 | japan vs senegal was the most entertaining game of the tournament so far
well maybe besides portugal vs spain |
RadicalEd
06.28.18 | @ jagride
Fat Ronaldo is laughed at a lot these days, but that boy could play. Best Player in 98 and Best Goalscorer in 2002. |
RadicalEd
06.28.18 | Also I'm rooting for the japs now. Predicting them to crash out today, just because. |
Flugmorph
06.28.18 | i believe in them
im praying to the shinto gods |
zakalwe
06.28.18 | Rule Britannia
Come on lads |
Demon of the Fall
06.28.18 | I expect England to summon their inner Englishness & manage to facilitate a well deserved defeat at the hands of Belgium's 2nd team, therefore ensuring an easier path to the latter stages.
C'mon guys, you can do it! |
Evreaia
06.28.18 | Belgium is playing with a B-Team, don't expect much of it. Especially since Martinez has already publicly announced winning isn't needed.
EDIT/ oh nvm, we're putting both Vermaelen and Kompany on, our defence will be solid.
Complete lineup:
Courtois
Alderweireld, Kompany, Vermaelen
Chadli, Fellaini, Dembele, T. Hazard
Tielemans, Batshuyi, Januzaj
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Demon of the Fall
06.28.18 | Well I expect England to rest players too, I'm just a little concerned that Southgate is taking it more seriously than Martinez, which will likely rub off on the players.
It's kind of a dumb situation all-round really. |
Evreaia
06.28.18 | This game really should have been the first match of the group. 2 team trying to loose is dumb. |
Demon of the Fall
06.28.18 | The draw was random (supposedly) & there was no guarantee it would pan out this way (however likely it was). It's just a bit of a farce that there's a game people have paid to go & see at a major tournament & the likelihood is no-one is that bothered about winning. |
Winesburgohio
06.28.18 | dibz on new round of 16 thread when the time comes |
Egarran
06.28.18 | Go Japs I guess. |
RadicalEd
06.28.18 | I hope they play Keisuke Honda today. Kagawa has been kind of lackluster. |
Demon of the Fall
06.28.18 | Agreed, that guy has a great engine |
RunOfTheMill
06.28.18 | I'll be rooting for Senegal and Japan today. England v Belgium and Panama v Tunisia don't matter obv, but both England and Belgium have been on fire so far |
RadicalEd
06.28.18 | but the question is, are their bench players on fire as well? |
Egarran
06.28.18 | I will 5 an album of your choice if Senegal wins. |
zakalwe
06.28.18 | It’d be the wisest decision to rest a few players I’d like to see Kane start though and hopefully bag a goal. |
Winesburgohio
06.28.18 | egarran get ready to 5 quartet |
pypypymble
06.28.18 | tune in to eng v bel to see two average teams desperately tryin to lose |
hal1ax
06.28.18 | england v belgium will be a good game.
and ya go senegal |
Middle18
06.28.18 | Why do people think England and Belgium will be playing for second? The two teams qualifying from the other group so far are Senegal and Japan so does it really matter? Both are shit lol |
RunOfTheMill
06.28.18 | Whoever end up on top in the group will be going in the bracket that has Brazil, Argentina, France, Portugal, Uruguay - all very strong teams... The other half of the knockout has weaker teams in comparison apart from Spain. |
RunOfTheMill
06.28.18 | Basically whichever team between Belgium/England ends up second in their group will probably go further/have better odds in the knockout stage than the other team who would have to go through the all those juggernauts |
Demon of the Fall
06.28.18 | Yeah, it's not the last 16 game, the 'half' of the draw looks easier, especially that quarter final game. |
Dewinged
06.28.18 | FUCK |
RunOfTheMill
06.28.18 | It's k dewi, so long as Senegal wins/ties |
Dewinged
06.28.18 | Inuiesta to the rescue |
Flugmorph
06.28.18 | wrong. As it stands now japan is third place. They need to do something quickly. |
Flugmorph
06.28.18 | Inui grand af |
hal1ax
06.28.18 | lol portugal, france and argentina don't even look that impressive this world cup.. juggernauts, lol. gtfo |
Middle18
06.28.18 | Senegal and Columbia is officially the worst game of the world cup so far. |
Flugmorph
06.28.18 | wow columbia saves japan. Fair play gon safe japan lmao |
hal1ax
06.28.18 | ya it's dragging for real |
Middle18
06.28.18 | @runofthemill that's very big headed of england and Belgium to assume they will beat Columbia or Japan in the first place. Football is unpredictable surely you should just focus on each match as it comes. |
Dewinged
06.28.18 | Japan ugly af right now lol. |
RunOfTheMill
06.28.18 | @hal1ax mostly talking about reputation. Yeah Argentina has been kinda shit so far, but France has been doing well, Portugal too, tho I didn't see their tie with Iran |
Flugmorph
06.28.18 | Disgraceful display |
Dewinged
06.28.18 | Yeah that was harakiri worthy. Oh well... |
RunOfTheMill
06.28.18 | @Middle18 of course dude, and tbh I have no idea if either team really *does* hope to be second, it's just what the performance stats would tell us. You're absolutely right that any team would have to give it their all no matter the opponent. It's incredibly unpredictable but we like to talk about it as if it isn't :P |
hal1ax
06.28.18 | @run, ya of the teams you mentioned i think france and brazil are def playing the best. portugal hasn't looked impressive to me at all tbh.. nor has argentina. |
iglu
06.28.18 | why is bob dylan in the colombia part of this list? |
Egarran
06.28.18 | I will 5 an album of your choice if England wins. |
Artuma
06.28.18 | "wake me up when england plays belgium"
so that you can fall right back asleep? b teams playing in a rather meaningless game isn't going to be some classic |
Artuma
06.28.18 | then why do you specifically want to wake up for that? |
DoofusWainwright
06.28.18 | Egarran - you 5 ‘I Love a Party’ if England win, dare ya ;D |
macman76
06.28.18 | I don’t know of any Colombian bands in the db, so I picked Columbia records cash cow |
hal1ax
06.28.18 | because it'll be a good game bitch @art |
zakalwe
06.28.18 | Vardy and Rashford up front.
Go on lads. |
jagride
06.28.18 | france are stacked with talent but a chore to watch despite that. same deal with their euro '16 performance
"Fat Ronaldo is laughed at a lot these days, but that boy could play. Best Player in 98 and Best Goalscorer in 2002"
he was an absolute monster in his prime. some of the barca/psv era footage is scary. i was a kid in '02 but i remember the post-injury comeback narrative around him. less explosive but still deadly when he had to be |
anarchistfish
06.28.18 | japan just passing the ball around in defence the last 10 mins losing 1-0 to a shit poland team and relying on senegal not scoring. flukiest team. beat a colombia team playing with 10 men after 3 mins and only a point in their other 2 games. I hope England maul them |
Artuma
06.28.18 | "I hope England maul them"
belgium* |
Egarran
06.28.18 | "you 5 ‘I Love a Party’ if England win"
Your bet is placed and confirmed. |
iglu
06.28.18 | "I don’t know of any Colombian bands in the db, so I picked Columbia records cash cow"
u dont' know shakira? |
GhostB1rd
06.28.18 | Shakira is not a Colombian band. |
Sniff
06.28.18 | So the game between England and Belgium suddenly matters again? |
iglu
06.28.18 | Selena is not a mexican band |
anarchistfish
06.28.18 | 8 changes for england
9 for belgium
nice to see these guys are eager to take on japan |
Divaman
06.28.18 | As someone with no skin in the game, it's been a pretty entertaining World Cup so far. "FIFA fair points" are pretty goofy, though. Japan got through essentially for being polite. |
RunOfTheMill
06.28.18 | Not even, they got through for being less unpolite than Senegal |
Evreaia
06.28.18 | Belgium going for yellows, England going for nothing.
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Deez
06.28.18 | Fifa are fuckin retards |
Evreaia
06.28.18 | Happy Belgium at least "tried" to score. England has 0 shots on goal so far, against Belgium's fucking B team |
Deez
06.28.18 | Englands B team too |
Evreaia
06.28.18 | Finally. |
Deez
06.28.18 | Batshuayi kicking the ball against the post into his own face was the best thing to happen in this competition
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zakalwe
06.28.18 | Agreed |
altertide0
06.28.18 | rashford missed that on purpose. you can actually see a hint of a smile on his face after his shot |
jagride
06.28.18 | https://i.imgur.com/GEMwI5t.gif
VAR
zoom
enhance |
Faraudo
06.28.18 | "Batshuayi kicking the ball against the post into his own face was the best thing to happen in this competition"
Absolutely, world cup highlight.
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DoofusWainwright
06.28.18 | Vardy is pointless in an England shirt.
Bin. |
Evreaia
06.28.18 | Hey Belgium actually playing the final 10. Better late than never I guess.
Have fun with Colombia England. |
Deez
06.28.18 | Only England would be thinking of avoiding Brazil in 2 games time when they have to beat a better team than them before that |
DoofusWainwright
06.28.18 | England will probably scrape past Colombia - just
Won’t be pretty though |
Deez
06.28.18 | Think Colombia beat them. Could depend on whether James is fit or not
Beat colombia and switz/sweden and its the semis tho |
Egarran
06.28.18 | lol |
DoofusWainwright
06.28.18 | Colombia have been woeful so far but they’ll prob turn it on in the knockouts.
Just something about Kane though... |
Deez
06.28.18 | Theyve beat better teams than England have |
MyNameIsPencil
06.28.18 | I decieded I was going to root for Japan this year for shits and giggles and I think I made a mistake after looking at where they're at in the brackets |
MyNameIsPencil
06.28.18 | I'm expecting England to shit the bed cause lol |
Egarran
06.28.18 | Pretty sure it will be a great game. And no matter what happens, the English reaction will be entertaining. |
Evreaia
06.28.18 | Imagine England loosing to Colombia. Doing all this effort to get the "easy side". |
Deez
06.28.18 | There would be nothing more typically english. All though they didnt exactly do anything to get the easy team. Both teams made 8 and 9 changes. |
zakalwe
06.28.18 | I’d have preferred Japan and an Argentina semi. Being realistic I think it’s the end of the road when we play Colombia. |
Sniff
06.28.18 | Remember the last time England beat Sweden? Not a pretty game |
DoofusWainwright
06.28.18 | The first 45 minutes of their game today Colombia were responsible for some of the worst football I’ve ever seen. Didn’t catch second half, guess they improved |
zakalwe
06.28.18 | They’re good on the counter attack. England will do our usual bottle job. |
Artuma
06.29.18 | ""FIFA fair points" are pretty goofy, though. Japan got through essentially for being polite."
better than flipping a coin though |
Divaman
06.29.18 | Maybe. I haven't made up my mind on that one. |
Middle18
06.29.18 | England got knocked out by Iceland in the Euro cup last time so it's funny when they talk as if they have won the World cup already. They will never learn it's tragic. |
Egarran
06.29.18 | But also funny. |
zakalwe
06.29.18 | Trust me we laugh loudest |
Egarran
06.29.18 | Sometimes it sounds a lot like sobbing. |
osmark86
06.29.18 | "better than flipping a coin though"
totally agree. at least then it's something that each team has some form of control over. |
Middle18
06.29.18 | Aslong as you can laugh that's the main thing. I guarantee the Germans don't know how to laugh right now. |
Maco097
06.29.18 | Time to make a make a prediction.
Argentina vs Brazil. Maradona watches the game with the public. Argentina wins the world cup. Maradona passes away immediately, God's return to the heavens. |
rabidfish
06.29.18 | i think this knock-out stages are more predictable... I'd say Brazil-Spain are the strongest contenders, but Argentina and Portugal have the 2 best players in the world rn, so never count them out. Belguim got a strong squad, too. |
RunOfTheMill
06.29.18 | Ya except Argentina have played pretty terribly so far, Messi included. I agree that Spain and Brazil are looking strong tho. |
anarchistfish
06.29.18 | if we lose to argentina tomorrow i'm gonna have a meltdown |
anarchistfish
06.29.18 | "Remember the last time England beat Sweden? Not a pretty game"
yeah the English press championing Colombia->Sweden->Spain over Japan->Brazil->France is pretty hilarious |
anarchistfish
06.29.18 | i thought the teams would try harder knowing winning meant playing Japan |
zakalwe
06.29.18 | Allez Le Bleu |
Egarran
06.30.18 | "i thought the teams would try harder knowing winning meant playing Japan"
It also means Brazil follows. |
Kusangii
06.30.18 | Holy shit that Di Maria strike |
Dewinged
06.30.18 | Indeed, amazing shot. |
pypypymble
06.30.18 | goddamn these goals holy fucker balls |
Kusangii
06.30.18 | Wtf are those goals lmao |
adr
06.30.18 | pretty good game |
Evenoss
06.30.18 | Crazy game. Congrats my french fellas. Di maria and Pavard's goals were amazing. |
Doctuses
06.30.18 | Argentina's defense crapped the bed hardcore in the second half. get the fuck back on defense you sacks of shit. |
zakalwe
06.30.18 | France look class, taught the Argies a lesson. |
osmark86
06.30.18 | Well done France. Fought hard and truly deserved it. Very fun game to watch. |
Egarran
06.30.18 | I came hard to that Parvard goal.
Only downside was sad Messi. That poor lil man. |
anarchistfish
06.30.18 | fRaNcE aRe ThE mOsT bOrInG tEaM |
Doctuses
06.30.18 | This ref is a fat pussy |
zakalwe
06.30.18 | Uruguay are blowin out their arse. Portugal grab a late goal they’ll win. Fair play to Uruguay though they’re quality. |
Doctuses
06.30.18 | What a fucking faggot this ref straight up hope his house gets firebombed |
adr
06.30.18 | Suarez makes me sick
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Doctuses
06.30.18 | That was so fucking gay |
jagride
06.30.18 | ronald can shave that thing off now |
jagride
06.30.18 | suarez tumbling to the ground after a teammate was nudged against him by a portuguese player was rly something |
Shuyin
06.30.18 | "Fair play to Uruguay though they’re quality"
Are you trying to be funny? And that referee can go eat a dick |
Faraudo
06.30.18 | "Suarez makes me sick"
Referee should've booked him for being a fake ass crybaby, it's embarrasing to watch. He's an incredible player, but quite despicable as well.
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adr
06.30.18 | Portugal had one shot from distance and that was it, thankfully enough with their luck and crossing shows |
Thalassic
06.30.18 | I fucking hate Suarez |
zakalwe
06.30.18 | You can say what you want about Suarez but the fact remains he is one ugly cunt. |
adr
06.30.18 | cannibal cunt |
Flugmorph
06.30.18 | those were some good ass games
suarez is bae |
Maco097
06.30.18 | No penalty to save him this time. |
Bigpapad
06.30.18 | Glad Portugal is out for the sake of Ronaldo’s offensive goatee being out. He looks like the bad guy in a terrible Adam Sandler rom-com |
Egarran
06.30.18 | The Primadonna Scale:
1. Neymar
2. Ronaldo
3. Suarez |
AngryJohnny
06.30.18 | Everyone goes on about Suarez but Cavani really is a wonderful striker |
rabidfish
06.30.18 | suarez is amazing and has so much spirit... one of the greatest strikers in history
Cavani has been the best player of the tournament so far, god damn he was stellar in every Uruguay game, what a shame he got injured, the team will definitely miss him.
Fuck Ronaldo, fuck that guy. |
Flugmorph
06.30.18 | bias confirmed |
Sniff
06.30.18 | Damn it's hard to know who is the most disgusting player on the field when both Suarez and Ronaldo is on it at the same time |
anarchistfish
06.30.18 | portugal came up against an actual organised team and offered little. couldn't jew their way past this one. i'm more nervous about the uruguay game than argentina. |
GhostB1rd
06.30.18 | "couldn't jew their way" |
anarchistfish
06.30.18 | yh as a verb |
anarchistfish
06.30.18 | but yea argentina can get fucked
di maria can get fucked
mascherano can get fucked
mercado and otamendi can get fucked
all the dirty fucks in the argentina and portugal squads can get fucked |
rabidfish
07.01.18 | I'm sorry for Messi, he seems like a nice fella
but Ronaldo looks like he's made out of fucking WAX.
He's HIDEOUS, how can anyone like that guy, ffs. |
zakalwe
07.01.18 | Messi is the greatest of all time when playing against a hotch-potch Tenerife side made up of b team Las Palmas cast offs.
Stick him in a World Cup and it’s little boy lost. |
hal1ax
07.01.18 | tmrws games are gonna be so boring. russia is a joke |
hal1ax
07.01.18 | and denmark is gonna get smashed |
Keyblade
07.01.18 | best world cup since 06 tbh |
zakalwe
07.01.18 | Knockout stage is always good. Surprises, great goals, excitement. It’s when the World Cup really gets into gear. |
Keyblade
07.01.18 | that's where 2014 lacked. the group stages were fun enough but the knockouts were so dull |
hal1ax
07.01.18 | ya.. and that championship game blowout was lame af |
zakalwe
07.01.18 | The 2014 Brazil v Germany semi was one of the greatest footballing displays ever witnessed. |
Keyblade
07.01.18 | u mean germany - brazil? that was the semi. the final was a tight, late 1-0 winner |
hal1ax
07.01.18 | err ya semi. 7-1 man.. haha. not super fun to watch after a while |
zakalwe
07.01.18 | That’s what I said dude??? |
hal1ax
07.01.18 | ok |
Keyblade
07.01.18 | "err ya semi. 7-1 man.. haha. not super fun to watch after a while"
really hard to watch, especially as a brazil fan :[ |
jagride
07.01.18 | i still had some sentimental fondness for brazil before that tournament but by the end it was pretty cathartic to watch them get fucked up. really dislikable team. nice of them to commemorate neymar's death before the germany game tho |
Keyblade
07.01.18 | yea, i dont fuck with them anymore tbh. was even lowkey hoping for them to lose to serbia the other day which felt weird. not much to like about them these days, and neymar is a little bitch |
RadicalEd
07.01.18 | Suarez is such a cunt omg. It's hard to not hate on Uruguay with Suarez in the mix, even tho the rest of the team seems fine. At least Ronaldo and his stupid G.o.a.t.e are out. |
RadicalEd
07.01.18 | "Messi is the greatest of all time when playing against a hotch-potch Tenerife side made up of b team Las Palmas cast offs."
such bollocks. The guy who has scored 100 goals in the Champions league is only good against Tenerife. Okay. Or maybe Argentina is just not that great of a team and it's a joke to expect one player to pull it off all by himself. (Also 1 goal and 2 assits isn't even that bad) |
zakalwe
07.01.18 | The hype machine recoups the dollars. Market ability, franchise skill, dilute genuine talent by selling it as the greatest on the planet.
Cunt would’ve got clattered in the 70s. |
RadicalEd
07.01.18 | Lol zak you really are all buzzwords and bullshit.
Any team from the 70s plopped into 2018 WC would be trounced 5-0 by tunisia. That's not even arguable. |
Artuma
07.01.18 | "was even lowkey hoping for them to lose to serbia the other day which felt weird"
ehh, honestly, i'm no big brazil fan either but they just always add interest in the knockout stage, would feel really weird for them not to be there, so much passion. it's not like germany, they just always kind of are there, not making too much noise out of themselves, and suddenly they're lifting the cup without anyone even noticing them before that so it doesn't really feel even weird to me to not have them in the knockout stage. |
Keyblade
07.01.18 | yea ur right. i wanted a bit more drama but yeah they should be a staple in the knockout stage. also fuck serbia, they weren't even good |
zakalwe
07.01.18 | “Any team from the 70s plopped into 2018 WC would be trounced 5-0 by tunisia”
This is true but put any of them players on a 70s diet of pies, pints and punch-ups and see where the natural talent lies.
Maradona remains the greatest because of skill, strength, match winning capabilities and how he revolutionised the game albeit with a few grams up his hooter. Cheat.
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RadicalEd
07.01.18 | "ehh, honestly, i'm no big brazil fan either but they just always add interest in the knockout stage, would feel really weird for them not to be there, so much passion. it's not like germany, they just always kind of are there, not making too much noise out of themselves, and suddenly they're lifting the cup without anyone even noticing them before that so it doesn't really feel even weird to me to not have them in the knockout stage."
Woh. 7-1 isn't making much noise? (also 4-1 against England and 4-0 against Argentina at the 2010 WC in the Knockout stages) |
RadicalEd
07.01.18 | "This is true but put any of them players on a 70s diet of pies, pints and punch-ups and see where the natural talent lies."
Kind of. You gotta remember, the defenders were on the same diet in the 70s and the defensive tactics were much less figured out. If you put a Messi on your 70s diet in that era, my guess he's gonna be doing even better, since he isn't even that much of an athletic player (unlike ronaldo). Also Maradonnas peak was high but pretty short compared to players like Ronaldo, Zidane, Messi etc. |
zakalwe
07.01.18 | I think the thing with Messi is just how dejected he carries himself when in the national team. You have to give it to Ronaldo he galvanises a win or nothing mentality within the team.
Messi looks like he’s trudging back to the field because he forgot to pick up his jumper he left for a goal post. |
Keyblade
07.01.18 | messi would absolutely destroy the 70's |
Artuma
07.01.18 | "Woh. 7-1 isn't making much noise? (also 4-1 against England and 4-0 against Argentina at the 2010 WC in the Knockout stages)"
yeah but you know, it's germany, people don't even focus on germany when talking about those demolishing performances. the 7-1 game isn't remembered as a big german accomplishment (i'm sorry, i know you're german so it's probably a big deal there) but more for how brazil totally crumbled in their home soil |
RadicalEd
07.01.18 | @ Art
Ehh, I guess I'll take your word for it as I can't really talk about "outside perception" but Germany had one of the most exiting teams between 2010-2016 with stars like Neuer, Özil, Kroos, Schweinsteiger, Lahm all at their peak. |
Keyblade
07.01.18 | 2010 Germany were the most exciting. they were just ripping teams apart. that England demolition was a thing of beauty |
Artuma
07.01.18 | no doubt they've had some GREAT rosters in the last decade or so. but idk, it's a common outside perception that germany is a heartless machine built to win and they just don't strike as something that would lift a ton emotions. maybe it's just in my head, maybe the media has made it such, but i kinda feel that perception |
Egarran
07.01.18 | "denmark is gonna get smashed"
Many people were angry that Denmark didn't try to beat France in the third round.
lol |
Artuma
07.01.18 | tonight's predictions: spain is gonna crush the slow russia, croatia vs denmark gonna be killer for those suffering from insomnia |
zakalwe
07.01.18 | Croatia are class tbh |
Middle18
07.01.18 | Less of the Denmark negativity! Denmark to win every world cup for the next 12 years! Come on DENMARK! did I mention Denmark? |
Egarran
07.01.18 | Keeping a low profile because Denmark has like 7% chance of winning, through some combination of defensive errors and earthquakes. |
Dewinged
07.01.18 | Someone's gonna have poison for breakfast tomorrow. |
jagride
07.01.18 | https://i.imgur.com/u438HzK.gif |
Tunaboy45
07.01.18 | it's coming home you cunts |
zakalwe
07.01.18 | YES!!!! Tuna me man.
|
Tunaboy45
07.01.18 | good to see ya zak you beautiful man |
Dewinged
07.01.18 | Glad to see my country still plays the same lifeless, boring soccer as always. |
jagride
07.01.18 | hmm can't tell if you're spanish or russian |
Ryus
07.01.18 | lol yeah spain is the least exciting team to watch, especially when theyre a goal up |
Ryus
07.01.18 | there is no team i want to see lose more than russia |
rabidfish
07.01.18 | fucking Piqué with the dumb-ass penalty smh |
Dewinged
07.01.18 | Piqué always helpful. Thank you, Piqué. |
Ryus
07.01.18 | clearly deliberate. shameful defending |
Winesburgohio
07.01.18 | this is Shakespearean in that both teams goals have been conceded by dint of their fatal flaws: in Russia's case, their "zealous" (read: aggressive, beastial) defense cost them an own goal; in Spain's case their hubris and arrogance to play a mid-field defense - in the first half - against a team who are RENOWNED FOR THEIR COUNTER was punished and rightly.
god i love this sport |
adr
07.01.18 | Spain are dull and slow meanwhile Mourinho mastrubating to Russia tactics |
rabidfish
07.01.18 | extra fucking time
let's hope the higher level of competition our fellas are used to will wear these russian bitches out. Given we don't commit STUPID mistakes again, of course. |
adr
07.01.18 | those 30mins will feel like an hour atleast |
Kusangii
07.01.18 | Confirmed: Mourinho buys the whole Russian squad after WC |
Winesburgohio
07.01.18 | the physical torpor of the game is only matched by my mental torpor
what a dreary second-half |
Dewinged
07.01.18 | Please someone push Iniesta in the goal so we can go to sleep already. Have mercy... |
Dewinged
07.01.18 | For the love of God Almighty don't let Piqué shoot a pk. |
adr
07.01.18 | rip Spain |
Ryus
07.01.18 | god damn it |
DominionMM1
07.01.18 | vaya con dios |
hal1ax
07.01.18 | omgggggg spain haha fuck u |
Dewinged
07.01.18 | Well, that's a wrap up. Poor Spanish players will have to go back to suffer in their yachts. |
Zig
07.01.18 | Adiós, España !! |
Kusangii
07.01.18 | Hahahahahahahahahahahaha |
adr
07.01.18 | Croatia are in the final lads |
claygurnz
07.01.18 | Tiki Taka is dead. If England don't make the final now... |
Sniff
07.01.18 | lol |
rabidfish
07.01.18 | what a sorry, sorry display.
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anat
07.01.18 | taking costa off was dumb |
hal1ax
07.01.18 | ya painful game to watch. pk's are so exciting tho fuckkkkk |
zakalwe
07.01.18 | Yeah you can’t beat the drama of a penalty shootout. Thank fuck they got rid of golden goal. |
Titan
07.01.18 | zak bro, watch this, not that:
Yanks Sox tonight |
zakalwe
07.01.18 | I’ve certainly had a yank in one of me socks. |
Ryus
07.01.18 | depressing game last night titan |
Doctuses
07.01.18 | Russia winning the tourney putin making sure of that |
Maco097
07.01.18 | Lol poor Spain |
hal1ax
07.01.18 | russia's goalie is a fuckin stud |
Middle18
07.01.18 | Only Denmark could throw away a goal lead in 2 minutes |
Deez
07.01.18 | I only just woke up as I work night shift but ive all ready jerked off twice over Ramos crying |
Kusangii
07.01.18 | Most satisfying sight ever agreed |
Artuma
07.01.18 | "Yanks Sox tonight"
hateable vs most hateable team, who cares |
Sniff
07.01.18 | want to have a gif of ramos crying |
Middle18
07.01.18 | Oh dear! Denmark should of won. Anyway they played well and it was an entertaining game. |
Artuma
07.01.18 | "Oh dear! Denmark should of won"
no, kasper schmeichel should've won |
hal1ax
07.01.18 | man such a good cup so far |
linguist2011
07.01.18 | Not a fan of Russia, but damn their keeper is something else.
Russia vs Croatia is gonna be a real good match to watch, that's for sure. |
rabidfish
07.01.18 | In a penalty shoot out, always bet for the shittier of the 2 keepers, seldom has it failed me |
anarchistfish
07.01.18 | spain knockout games are so fucking boring. glad they lost today |
anarchistfish
07.01.18 | Russia vs England semi final confirmed |
hal1ax
07.01.18 | man so many upsets this tournament
if japan and/or mexico win tmrw im gonna shit |
Deez
07.01.18 | Im hoping croatia since i put money on them as an outsider |
Jasdevi087
07.01.18 | Belgium vs. Switzerland final, let's go bois |
linguist2011
07.02.18 | I'd like to see another final consisting of two teams that have never won the world cup. Would be great. |
RadicalEd
07.02.18 | "I'd like to see another final consisting of two teams that have never won the world cup. Would be great."
but it's gonna be France vs. Brazil, mark my words. |
Demon of the Fall
07.02.18 | It's definitely not going to be France vs Brazil, they're on the same side of the draw.
One of...
Croatia
Russia
Colombia
England
Switzerland
Sweden
...will definitely contest the final, which is a little crazy. |
RadicalEd
07.02.18 | oh, they played out of order then. I thought they played the "left" bracket first. But they played 2 games from the left and 2 games from the right bracket.
Update:
It's gonna be France/Brazil vs Croatia and croatia will get mauled. |
zakalwe
07.02.18 | ENNNNNNN-GAAAAHHHHH-LAND, EN-GA-LAND, EN-GA-LAND
EN-GA-LAND, EN-GA-LAND, ENNN-GAH-LAAAAAND.
EN-GA-LAND, EN-GA-LAND. EN-GAH-LAND
EN-GA-LAND!!!! ENN-GAH-LAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
zakalwe
07.02.18 | Face paint on, flag out, the lot.
I’ll look a proper cunt when I’m crying into me pint. |
Egarran
07.02.18 | All essential parts of the noble English football culture. |
osmark86
07.02.18 | what a shame Denmark threw the game away after surviving that last minute penalty in OT. some of those pks were just plain awful. 3-2 says it all. |
rabidfish
07.02.18 | Takes some serious balls to go kick a penalty after you missed one 10 minutes before.
Kudos to Croatia. |
osmark86
07.02.18 | "All essential parts of the noble English football culture."
tis e'er so eloquent and cultivated I do say |
zakalwe
07.02.18 | Yeah I was gutted for Denmark, when that Modric penalty was saved I can’t remeber a time when I’ve celebrated so passionately for another team. |
Demon of the Fall
07.02.18 | 'It's gonna be France/Brazil vs Croatia and croatia will get mauled.'
I was right with you until Croatia nearly lost to Denmark & didn't look great, the tournament is becoming very unpredictable.
If England don't make it (likely) then I'm hoping for a Belgium vs Croatia final. |
osmark86
07.02.18 | it was an incredible moment indeed |
Egarran
07.02.18 | "what a shame Denmark threw the game away"
Welcome to Danish football. Passing the ball around has never been a Danish trademark. But they weren't too embarrassing, so that's kind of a win.
Heja Sverige! |
osmark86
07.02.18 | would love to see Belgium vs Sweden personally, but I highly doubt that is going to happen ^^ |
Demon of the Fall
07.02.18 | @Zak: you seem like someone who might understand this...
Why do people chant England but make it sound like Ingerland & as though it has 3 syllables? Is the average English football fan really that stupid? |
pypypymble
07.02.18 | zak won the world cup in qatar, congratulations |
osmark86
07.02.18 | @Egerran: thought they did a damn good job overall and should be proud of themselves. now let's hope Sweden makes us proud too :D |
pypypymble
07.02.18 | let's not forget that i won this year's wc, so again congrats to me |
Egarran
07.02.18 | Water closet? |
pypypymble
07.02.18 | no, world cup |
anarchistfish
07.02.18 | everyone shat on me when i said france could win this wc
then again i did say that in 2014 too |
anarchistfish
07.02.18 | if mexico beat brazil this tournament is officially insane |
rabidfish
07.02.18 | I don't know about France, they seem to lack defensive solvency, and as all of us know, offense wins you games, defense wins you cups. Argentina offered almost nothing on attack and they still managed to get 3 goals and a clear opportunity for a 4th in the final play. |
Egarran
07.02.18 | "no, world cup"
Are you absolutely sure?
It seems more realistic that you have won a water closet. |
pypypymble
07.02.18 | shut up egarran |
pypypymble
07.02.18 | ur gay |
Evreaia
07.02.18 | SO guys, what we guessing for today's matches? I'm going for
Brazil - Mexico = 3-2
Belgium - Japan = 2-0 |
rabidfish
07.02.18 | Bra 2 - 1 Mex
Bel 4 - 2 Jap |
DoofusWainwright
07.02.18 | Brazil vs Mexico - Mexico win on penalties
Belgium vs Japan - Belgium to win by two clear goals |
Demon of the Fall
07.02.18 | Brazil 2-1 Mexico
Belgium 3-0 Japan |
zakalwe
07.02.18 | “Why do people chant England but make it sound like Ingerland & as though it has 3 syllables? Is the average English football fan really that stupid?”
OOG OOG. WE DOES CHANT AND FINGS AND OOG OOG WE SINGY SINGY OOG HEE HEE FUNNY. WE OOG DO FINGS AS ONE AND OOG EN-GER-LAND FIT WELL WIV GROUP SINGY SONG OOG OOG.
COULD BE WORSER COULD BE OOG OOG DUMB DUMB YANK OOG. |
RadicalEd
07.02.18 | "Brazil vs Mexico - Mexico win on penalties"
Not in a million years. Brazil - Mexic 3 - 1
Belgium - Japan 2:0 |
anarchistfish
07.02.18 | “Why do people chant England but make it sound like Ingerland & as though it has 3 syllables? Is the average English football fan really that stupid?”
yeah working class people are so stupid hahahahah! |
anarchistfish
07.02.18 | All the underdogs know how wide open this tournament is |
Middle18
07.02.18 | Thanks Egarran and osmark86. I'm always embarrassed by my team(Denmark) but can honestly say that I'm slightly less embarrassed with their performance this time round. Missing 3 penalties out of 5 is shocking for sure but that's Denmark. I would say they are even bigger bottlers than England with not even half as much pressure put on them. But at least everyone here in Denmark are saying nothing but positive things about them rather than shaming them in the press. |
osmark86
07.02.18 | how very bougee of you fish |
osmark86
07.02.18 | @middle: yeah you guys have nothing to be ashamed of, only pride in how far you went. Croatia nearly bottled too, it just wasn't your night. |
macman76
07.02.18 | Man, Brazil really laid the smack down in the final 15 minutes of the first half, won back every ball |
hal1ax
07.02.18 | Na japan won’t lose by 2 |
RunOfTheMill
07.02.18 | Mexico holding their own pretty well, now if only they would take some shots |
RunOfTheMill
07.02.18 | Great play from Brazil for that first goal |
hal1ax
07.02.18 | Ya Mexico needs to fucking pass instead of taking dumb shots
Brazil is so much more organized |
RunOfTheMill
07.02.18 | Brazil is def the better team, totally outplaying Mexico right now. The Mexicans are not in good positions to make good goals |
Deez
07.02.18 | How could you have the opportunity to be on the same pitch as Neymar and not try and snap his legs? Such a waste |
adr
07.02.18 | kill neymar agreed |
Keyblade
07.02.18 | Neymar is such a little bitch |
RunOfTheMill
07.02.18 | It's over for Mexico |
hal1ax
07.02.18 | Ya he truly is a little punk bitch |
macman76
07.02.18 | Well |
rabidfish
07.02.18 | i like this no-nonsense Brazil. Very muscular, stoic defending, fuck them in the counter-attack. Solid team work.
Kill Neymar [infinity] |
RadicalEd
07.02.18 | Brazil played like a real contender. This is the style that wins you tournaments. Highly stable defense, deadly counters, dangerous set-pieces and a decent bit of flair when attacking as well.
If I were a Mexican defender, I would have commited a brutal foul against Neymar after the 2nd goal though. At least his crying may be justified for once in his life. Seriously fuck that guy. |
RunOfTheMill
07.02.18 | I was in a bar with a bunch of Mexican and Brazilian friends and everyone agreed that Neymar was embarassing |
hal1ax
07.02.18 | JAPAAAAAAN |
adr
07.02.18 | this world cup holy fuck |
DominionMM1
07.02.18 | damn |
hal1ax
07.02.18 | Daddy’s dick is so hard rn |
pypypymble
07.02.18 | ugh this should be england packin things and cryin |
necropig
07.02.18 | OMAE WA MOU SHINDEIRU |
RunOfTheMill
07.02.18 | Lmfao nevermind Japan. That got turned around very fast |
Doctuses
07.02.18 | C H O K E |
adr
07.02.18 | Japan were so naive
best game so far tho |
Doctuses
07.02.18 | Well you dont deserve to win when you play like that |
necropig
07.02.18 | ): fs |
DominionMM1
07.02.18 | sad to see japan go like that but belgium will provide a much tougher test for brazil |
zakalwe
07.02.18 | That second half is testament to why football is the greatest sport on the planet. |
hal1ax
07.02.18 | Such an exciting game fuckkk |
hal1ax
07.02.18 | Ya Belgium is going to ass pound Brazil |
Ryus
07.02.18 | incredible match. it was very unselfish of lukaku to let the ball go for chadli at the end, well done by belgium |
rabidfish
07.02.18 | what a thrilling game
poor japan don't understand how to play the meta... who takes the corner with less than a minute for ET?
AMATEURS |
hal1ax
07.02.18 | ya def naive but they played their balls off
they deserve a /bow |
Rolling Girl
07.02.18 | Really wanted to see Japan make it further. :c great game tho
At least now i get to see Brazil beat Belgium |
Deez
07.02.18 | Should have just kept the ball when they had the corner Japan. Naive |
zakalwe
07.02.18 | They were going for the win. Fair fucks to ‘em. |
Sniff
07.02.18 | Respect |
Ryus
07.02.18 | "At least now i get to see Brazil beat Belgium"
*belgium beat brazil |
DoofusWainwright
07.02.18 | Japan were tiring, totally the right tactics for them to push for a win in normal time. 30 minutes of extra time and they were toast, rolled the dice, got a little unlucky 🎲 |
adr
07.02.18 | Fellaini to stomp Neymar next game hopefully lol |
RadicalEd
07.02.18 | Respect for Belgium for overturning that deficit. But man I'm heartbroken right now. |
danielcardoso
07.02.18 | Unquestionably one of the best games so far. Belgium need to improve on their defensive transitions but they're such an exciting team to watch. |
Ryus
07.02.18 | jan taketh and jan giveth |
Thalassic
07.02.18 | I thought Belgium played like a bunch of arrogant fucks |
rabidfish
07.02.18 | Japan's 2nd goal tho |
hal1ax
07.02.18 | jan's giant arching header goal was crazy |
Thalassic
07.02.18 | Belgium gave the Japanese waaaayyyyyyy too much space. The defense was cheese with holes. The way the Belgian team tried to build their actions...so tepid.
If they give the Brazilians as much space and room to play as they gave the Japanese, they gonna get their asses raped |
hal1ax
07.02.18 | haha like if you just saw Neymar's reaction without the actions prior you would think he got fucking stabbed or something... such a pussy |
Dmax28
07.02.18 | This game was what this sport always has the potential to be. This is the way the game is meant to be. Absolutely incredible. But I am heartbroken... Japan was my favorite team in the Cup. |
DoofusWainwright
07.02.18 | 'jan's giant arching header goal was crazy'
He definitely meant that as just putting a header back into the mixer - he didn't aim to score from it |
hal1ax
07.02.18 | na i know he didn't. just wild that it went in |
Flugmorph
07.02.18 | inui with one of the best goals of the tournament.
sad how this game turned on them but im glad they at least put in an valiant effort and tested belgium. didnt really expect them to even have a chance. |
Deez
07.02.18 | They were going for the win. Fair fucks to ‘em.'
And they lost. They would have had 30 more mins to go for the win. |
osmark86
07.02.18 | Legendary comeback by Belgium. Hope they kick the shit out of Brazil now. |
hal1ax
07.02.18 | haha |
Deez
07.02.18 | Like whhen he tries to stand face to face with someone after he's just been rolling on the floor without being touched at all the little fairy, at least the likes of Suarez and Ramos will give you a kick as well being a scumbags. The guys an utter toad. I'd love to bite his nose off of his face. |
Flugmorph
07.02.18 | that was some impressive grammar. |
Deez
07.02.18 | Why do I even bother using this site on my phone
retarded |
zakalwe
07.02.18 | Hold him by the scruff of the neck Dave McKay on Billy Bremner style. |
Deez
07.02.18 | too right Zak. These kids dont know. |
Valkoor952
07.02.18 | Brazil is gonna pound Belgium's ass so hard it's unreal tbh |
AngryJohnny
07.02.18 | nope, Belgium 2-1 |
Zig
07.02.18 | Belgium - Japan has been the best match so far. |
hal1ax
07.02.18 | 3-2 , Belgium over Brazil
Neymar will beat out Meryl Streep for actress performance of the year |
Egarran
07.02.18 | France v Argentina was surely SURELY the best. At least I had multiple orgasms. |
hal1ax
07.02.18 | Wonder if i can torrent a recording of that France v Argentina game. Had to fucking work during it and forgot to dvr lol .. rip |
Dmax28
07.02.18 | Belgium's first goal was the biggest fluke of the tournament. |
rabidfish
07.02.18 | Brazil got the muscle AND the talent... I see it difficult for Belguim if they don't make drastic improvements on their defense over these... Huh... 4 days? |
rabidfish
07.02.18 | @hal isn't it on YT? I swear i saw a few full streaming vids of the game uploaded there... Maybe they already took em down, tho, idk |
hal1ax
07.02.18 | yea it got taken down :[ |
jagride
07.02.18 | peep fullmatchesandshows.com |
hal1ax
07.02.18 | you are the fckin man. thx |
iglu
07.02.18 | Brazil won fair, but fuck Neymar
Japan had it and let it go |
Maco097
07.02.18 | Mexico was fucking awful, they deserved to lose. |
Dewinged
07.02.18 | Oh man my Geishas... ;_; |
iglu
07.03.18 | Belgium beats Brazil tho |
RadicalEd
07.03.18 | you people who think Belgium is going to beat Brazil are trippin. |
zakalwe
07.03.18 | And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon England's mountain green.
And was the holy Lamb of God
On England's pleasant pastures seen.
And did the countenance divine
Shine forth upon our clouded hills.
And was Jerusalem builded here
Among those dark satanic mills.
Bring me my bow of burning gold.
Bring me my arrows of desire.
Bring me my spear O clouds, unfold.
Bring me my chariot of fire.
I will not cease from mental fight,
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand,
Till we have built Jerusalem
In England's green and pleasant land.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RJqimlFcJsM
|
SIIMBOLIC
07.03.18 | kinda annoying that regardless of whether or not he actually is, Neymar will win the golden ball if Brazil win |
osmark86
07.03.18 | lol zak. Been listening for that song every game England's played. Hope to hear it loud tonight. |
zakalwe
07.03.18 | Yes mate, if by some miracle tonight we take the lead I’m going to be belting it out down the boozer. |
Egarran
07.03.18 | "Had to fucking work during it and forgot to dvr lol .. rip"
Reddit always links to highlights and full matches:
https://www.reddit.com/r/footballhighlights/comments/8v1ybx/france_vs_argentina_world_cup_30jun2018/ |
Demon of the Fall
07.03.18 | 'you people who think Belgium is going to beat Brazil are trippin.' (2)
Brazil are a more complete unit. IF Belgium's manager Martinez admits his error & starts De Bruyne further forward with a double pivot of Dembele & Witsel (or similar) & reverts to a 4-2-3-1 they have a chance. They can't start like they did against Japan & get away with it, Carassco is not a wing-back & KDB shouldn't be playing that deep in a 2 man midfield.
The guy has a history of putting square pegs in round holes. |
RadicalEd
07.03.18 | "Brazil are a more complete unit. IF Belgium's manager Martinez admits his error & starts De Bruyne further forward with a double pivot of Dembele & Witsel (or similar) & reverts to a 4-2-3-1 they have a chance."
tbh playing De Bruyne deeper is a smart move, I don't think that there is anything wrong with their approach in general. They just executed it badly. But I agree on Carassco he's been shoddy the whole tournament in that role. (J. Lukaku is pretty good as well)
Playing De Bruyne as Attacking Midfielder and Hazard on the left wing in a 4-2-3-1 has been their MO with Wilmots for years and it has nt served them well at all, Hazard and De Bruyne are both very dominant players and just block each other. |
Demon of the Fall
07.03.18 | I've heard that argument before & I'm not buying it. Play 4-3-3. Solid 3 man midfield with Hazard & KDB on the wings, I think they could link up but would be primarily working in different areas. In fact KDB can just play the advanced midfielder in that team. It's probably too late for that now however, as I doubt they've worked on it.
KDB is better when playing those killer passes rather than trying to retain possession all the time & he has a lot of defensive responsibilities playing deeper, he's capable but it's not ideal. It's fine against average opposition but Brazil usually have a robust & combative midfield & Belgium might be found wanting.
|
rabidfish
07.03.18 | KDB has played as an interior with City for more than 2 seasons now... I think that place at the right or left of the DM suits him... Just don't play Carrasco as a starter, dude has been sucking hard, and he has this defeatist attitude that makes me angry. |
MalleusMaleficarum
07.03.18 | its funny how you guys write paragraphs about which side looks better on paper but then everyone goes to watch a game and we see lesser sides regularly competing and/or winning.
ALSO i cant be in this thread without mentioning how downright embarassing it is as a human being to watch neymar roll around on the ground the way he does.
that is all |
Demon of the Fall
07.03.18 | @rabidfish: yeah interior is fine, I just don't like that they have only one midfielder with a more defensive role than him (Witsel), he can play as the advanced mid in the 3 (4-3-3) as well.
Pep plays a different brand of football entirely which requires very specific personnel, Belgium do not press like City do, City cover up the potential defensive weakness by winning the ball back quickly, often & high up the pitch. Even then they have Fernandinho who's a better shield than Witsel. |
RadicalEd
07.03.18 | "its funny how you guys write paragraphs about which side looks better on paper but then everyone goes to watch a game and we see lesser sides regularly competing and/or winning."
Football is a highly random sport because the way scoring works, it's very hard to even score one goal in 90 minutes. Defending is just much easier than attacking. Fluke victories happen very often compared too other sports like Basketball or even Ice-Hockey. And this WC has been a stark reminder of the fact that the "small" teams are all highly capable at defending (some like Iran, Uruguay or Sweden are arguably better at defending than the big teams).
But that doesn't mean that discussing who looks better on paper is worthless. |
RadicalEd
07.03.18 | "Even then they have Fernandinho who's a better shield than Witsel."
Even then they have Fernandinho who's a better shield than everyone but Casemiro. Fix'd. |
danielcardoso
07.03.18 | Dembele could play that defensive role. He's consistently great in Tottenham imo. |
Egarran
07.03.18 | Also Dembele is on my dream team so he should start in. |
Kusangii
07.03.18 | COME ON SWEDEN FFS |
Egarran
07.03.18 | The most dreaded phrase in the English language is 'Buffering 0%'
Kör på för helvete. |
zakalwe
07.03.18 | "Football is a highly random sport because the way scoring works, it's very hard to even score one goal in 90 minutes. Defending is just much easier than attacking. Fluke victories happen very often compared too other sports like Basketball or even Ice-Hockey. And this WC has been a stark reminder of the fact that the "small" teams are all highly capable at defending (some like Iran, Uruguay or Sweden are arguably better at defending than the big teams)."
Yank alert |
zakalwe
07.03.18 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va6nPu-1auE |
Kusangii
07.03.18 | Jesus christ we are truly awful at finishing |
rabidfish
07.03.18 | i'm sick of these brazilian sport reporters talking like they already won this... STFU, assholes. |
hal1ax
07.03.18 | how are we feelin about this eng v col game boys?? predictions? |
iglu
07.03.18 | Colombia 2-1 |
zakalwe
07.03.18 | Hal dude I’m currently on route to the pub.
Everyone I’ve spoken to thinks England will win it, I think they have the memories of goldfish and we will lose 2-1.
|
Zig
07.03.18 | Sweden got lucky today.
I think Colombia wins 2-0. |
hal1ax
07.03.18 | haha. i'm routing for england but i'd have to put money on colombia. |
linguist2011
07.03.18 | Whilst I think Colombia are in with a chance of winning tonight, I would love it a thousand times over if a Sweden-England quarter final would happen in the WC. You don't get everything you wish for, but this would be cool to watch.
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Gyromania
07.03.18 | How do I get into soccer |
hal1ax
07.03.18 | and ya sweden didn't look great today. very sluggish offense. they'll prob lose next round |
iglu
07.03.18 | "How do I get into soccer"
pick a team to support |
Gyromania
07.03.18 | I don't know the first thing about it. Watching sports always seemed boring af to me. Always loved playing, but watching a bunch of dudes kicking a ball around doesn't seem exciting |
zakalwe
07.03.18 | Worst comment of all time |
DoofusWainwright
07.03.18 | Lmao |
zakalwe
07.03.18 | Ello Doof mate.
COME ON ENGLAND!!!!!!!! |
Gyromania
07.03.18 | been at viewing parties with friends where they sit and shout at the tv when the team they're cheering for loses, always thought it seemed like a retarded thing to do. watched a few superbowls back in the day and was thoroughly bored from start to finish. i like soccer more than football, and i've seen some cool plays, but sitting on the couch for upwards of an hour watching a game just seems meh. |
Evreaia
07.03.18 | "pick a team to support"
Pick Belgium, we're cool and humble. The team openly acknowledged how hard they fucked up and had to give it there all to get back into the game.
On the plus side, they got the wake up scare they needed. Now I only hope Martinez has too and he doesn't start with Mertens again, changes the formation and kicks Carrasco out, guy has been terrible for three games straight now.
I lost 10 years of my life thanks to the Japan game, my heart isn't made for games like that. |
DoofusWainwright
07.03.18 | Evening Zak, on the second beer already :D
This is the one - win this and it’s a classic tournament and England have officially arrived |
rabidfish
07.03.18 | 'I don't know the first thing about it. Watching sports always seemed boring af to me. Always loved playing, but watching a bunch of dudes kicking a ball around doesn't seem exciting'
how's a dude pulsing a set of metal cords exciting? how is a man pressing a piece of coal on a piece of paper moving in any way? how's watching a bunch of people talk about shit that isn't even REAL so emotional?
c'mon dude. |
zakalwe
07.03.18 | Same Doof I’m in a rough as fuck pub in Southend with dad and brothers zak.
On another note.
“watched a few superbowls back in the day and was thoroughly bored from start to finish. i like soccer more than football, and i've seen some cool plays, but sitting on the couch for upwards of an hour watching a game just seems meh.”
Fuck me.
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hal1ax
07.03.18 | haha |
Deez
07.03.18 | fucking hell.
Do you stand up to watch a movie? |
zakalwe
07.03.18 | Film deez mate, film.
🏴 🇬🇧 |
anarchistfish
07.03.18 | I have a feeling this game is gonna be nuts |
Deez
07.03.18 | I was trying to be all international Zak |
hal1ax
07.03.18 | i would like to see an england v croatia semi match |
anarchistfish
07.03.18 | "how's a dude pulsing a set of metal cords exciting? how is a man pressing a piece of coal on a piece of paper moving in any way? how's watching a bunch of people talk about shit that isn't even REAL so emotional?"
yh this basically. if you don't like watching sport that's fine but it's obvious what its hook is |
anarchistfish
07.03.18 | england vs sweden then england vs croatia/russia would be such an england run of games |
Gyromania
07.03.18 | lol wow there's a lot of elitism about watching sports. is it that hard to believe that someone finds it boring? |
Adabelle
07.03.18 | Are we ready for football to confirm it is coming home?? |
pjquinones747
07.03.18 | Looks like I found my way to this thread very late. Been watching the whole tourney as it plays at work and all I do is sit in an office and wait for work to come across my desk. My office started a random draw pool and I drew England, so since the nation of my heritage got eliminated a few days ago that's about all I'm going for. I don't see them making it past Croatia or Brazil, but it'll be nice still having something to watch for. |
anarchistfish
07.03.18 | you just said
"been at viewing parties with friends where they sit and shout at the tv when the team they're cheering for loses, always thought it seemed like a retarded thing to do." |
iglu
07.03.18 | "lol wow there's a lot of elitism about watching sports. is it that hard to believe that someone finds it boring?"
nah man you do you |
anarchistfish
07.03.18 | and then make out people defending watching football in a football thread is elitism |
anarchistfish
07.03.18 | come on dude |
DoofusWainwright
07.03.18 | Zak, not surrounded by kids this time but thinking this place is lively enough. Only got back from Belfast yesterday so had fuck all choice but to just roll up somewhere |
OllieS
07.03.18 | bad feeling England will bottle it :-( |
Egarran
07.03.18 | I'll 5 an album of your choice if England wins. |
Gyromania
07.03.18 | people getting angry at a sports team losing seems retarded to me, yes. like, people have actual problems irl? |
Gyromania
07.03.18 | also hearing people criticize pros is also a lol thing to do and most everyone seems to do it. |
Egarran
07.03.18 | omg go away gyro |
iglu
07.03.18 | what do u mean criticize Pros? |
Gyromania
07.03.18 | "how could you miss that shot you idiot" shit like that. i get that like, it's a participation thing where people collectively shout and get excited and what not and i kinda understand the value you in it, it's just hard to get too invested in the whole experience. i'm watching a game atm and it's just boring. technically impressive and all, but like... idk. i'm just watching people kick a ball around, with tons of breaks in the action. |
RadicalEd
07.03.18 | "Yank alert"
who dude. German.
"people getting angry at a sports team losing seems retarded to me, yes. like, people have actual problems irl?"
Aww, how adorable. Sounds like something the edgy 9th grade who has just heard his first Christopher Hitchens interview would say. |
iglu
07.03.18 | chill, the guy just doesn't like watching sports, and I can see how for some people that don't watch sports it would seem dumb.
but like I said, if you don't have a team you support it's hard being invested in any sport because you simply don't care about the outcome of the game. |
Gyromania
07.03.18 | that's the thing: the outcome seems kinda useless most of the time, even if i'm partial to a team (unless i really hate the opposing team, then there's some incentive to get a little bummed). that one olympic winter games when canada won gold in hockey was one of my most cherished memories, because i watched and celebrated it with my nana, and it seemed like a huge deal. i get the camaraderie and excitement. having a game go into overtime, having your team narrowly score that final goal is exhilarating. but watching several games for a whole season seems like a chore to me tho. most games are often so uneventful, viewers eagerly waiting for that one special moment to happen. or not happen. |
Gyromania
07.03.18 | i'm prob just butthurt that i can't ever participate tho. i do feel left out, and i try to get into it but it just ends up boring me |
pypypymble
07.03.18 | henderson lol |
pypypymble
07.03.18 | i love the tension |
adr
07.03.18 | funniest match lol |
wham49
07.03.18 | England is going down, not that I want that, but they look like shit |
iglu
07.03.18 | big surprise |
DoofusWainwright
07.03.18 | Pathetic Colombian ‘actors’ - start sending them off second half, I know they don’t wanna get murdered for losing but they look silly emulating Neymar’s greatest hits |
Thalassic
07.03.18 | 48 minutes of soccer with quite literally nothing happening whatsoever |
Deez
07.03.18 | people getting angry at a sports team losing seems retarded to me, yes. like, people have actual problems irl?'
Its called having a hobby or a passion for something. Go and scream and shout at your sports team and deal with your real life problems with less aggro.
Theres some people who would say youre wasting your time listening to music believe it or not. |
Sniff
07.03.18 | Remember when Sweden made it to the quarter finals? |
pypypymble
07.03.18 | this sanchez guy is in serious danger tho |
Nocturtle
07.03.18 | yer a wizard harry |
RadicalEd
07.03.18 | this has got to be one of the dumbest penalties I've seen in my lifetime. |
adr
07.03.18 | the colombians are awful cunts lmao |
DoofusWainwright
07.03.18 | Send these dirty drips off fucking lol |
pypypymble
07.03.18 | wow england what a bunch of lucky divers, it's gonna be a great day when these girls lose |
iglu
07.03.18 | what a shit game |
Doctuses
07.03.18 | man its this kinda game why americans don't like soccer (not that anyone should care what we think, I like soccer though) but the flopping is out. of. control. and the amount of complaining to the ref is so childish and disrespectful, they're disgracing themselves and the game. The biggest thing I hear from people on sports radio about soccer is about the flopping, and usually I ignore these kinds of comments, but this is pussified and weak. |
RadicalEd
07.03.18 | this is not the Colombia team I remember from 2014. |
RadicalEd
07.03.18 | tbh Davinson Sanchez is the only colombian who isn't playing like a punk-ass bitch. |
RadicalEd
07.03.18 | And suddenly colombia is like: Hey guys if we play football, we may win a game. |
adr
07.03.18 | typical England |
Rolling Girl
07.03.18 | O fuck
bravo Mina |
Deez
07.03.18 | @Doct Yeha and the Irony is that the South Americans are the absolute worse for it. Its why I dont particularly care for International footy as its rife. That extra 5 mins from them kicking and moaning got them a goal. |
iglu
07.03.18 | lol england |
RadicalEd
07.03.18 | Why the fuck did colombia waste 93 minutes diving, screaming and wasting my time, when they actually can play some football. |
Deez
07.03.18 | Englands legs have gone |
Adabelle
07.03.18 | COME ON LADS |
MalleusMaleficarum
07.03.18 | gotta love a game where no one deserves to win |
Deez
07.03.18 | Honestly I haven't got behind England in a long time but for all their lack of efforts on goal this wasn't a normal game and they managed the situation well for about 80 mins and think they deserve it more than the Colombians the dirty bastards. |
DoofusWainwright
07.03.18 | Hate this shit, we’ll prob be knocked out, esp with a midget keeper.
Vardy is absolutely fucking pointless in an England shirt other than taking a penalty
- I await his first ‘meaningful contribution’ with interest |
DoofusWainwright
07.03.18 | Cunts got served - it’s coming home |
Divaman
07.03.18 | Holy crap, Doof! Thought you guys were dead! Congrats to my British friends. |
Doctuses
07.03.18 | he shoulda saved that last goal, weak hands |
Adabelle
07.03.18 | Malleus gtfo wid yo negativity
THE BOYS ARE BRINGING IT BACK HOME |
adr
07.03.18 | swe - eng will be just as shit game lol |
rabidfish
07.03.18 | the referee was a wee tad parcial towards england, imo... there were a couple of fouls he didn't give Colombia.
I so knew Henderson was gun miss his penalty, he's such a fucking LOSER. |
Ryus
07.03.18 | lol ya the second i saw henderson up there i knew
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iglu
07.03.18 | if england is ever gonna win a world cup again, it's now |
DoofusWainwright
07.03.18 | Vardy. Is. Pointless.
Not even a pen |
Mort.
07.03.18 | Ive got the strangest feeling that football is coming home |
Kusangii
07.03.18 | God I can't wait for us to beat England and see their faces :D |
Deez
07.03.18 | the referee was a wee tad parcial towards england, imo'
HAHAHAH FUCK OFF
Gave a yellow card for a headbutt and a clear pen not given. He totally lost control of that game. In over his head. |
rabidfish
07.03.18 | Sweden are tough and are not going to be easy to beat in the air.
It's going to be such a shite game. |
pjquinones747
07.03.18 | I've never had my butthole clenched for so long. |
Thalassic
07.03.18 | Game was absolute gash.
The ref came across as a little floppy fish in a pool of sharks |
Zig
07.03.18 | Sick of these 120 minute matches. |
Conmaniac
07.03.18 | hmm ill sum up thoughts on the past couple games...
Spain / Russia - what an upset, really. I'll give props to Russia though for bunkering down and getting a goal, plus that kick-save to win PKs was beautiful. Good win for the home team
Croatia / Denmark - somewhat boring game until the end / extra time where both goalies decided to show the fuck up. Was pulling for Denmark but Croatia has been deadly all tournament and was probably the better team in this one.
Brazil / Mexico - knew this one was gonna get ugly, probably my least favorite game to watch thusfar, Mexico looked sluggish and despite the scoreline Brazil definitely didnt play their best soccer. Some clutch but standard goals as well and both teams acted like idiots with the complaining / flopping
Japan / Belgium - saw this one at a bar and wow the second half was the best half of soccer ive seen. Japan played their hearts out and even though I was pulling for Belgium, the finish was heartbreaking. some crazy goals too...and Belgium showed Colombia a day early how to execute a proper counter attack. Favorite game of them all
Sweden / Switzerland - pretty standard game, both teams pretty equally matched I thought but man neither team could finish. especially those volleys I mean some were just LOL. Sweden edged them with a lucky, lucky goal, this one probably shouldve gone into extra time but a deflection is all you need sometimes.
England / Colombia - well this one was quite chippy and annoying to watch. both teams were complaining / flopping nonstop and the Colombia PK was a really stupid one to give (esp since the ref was watching closely after that "headbutt"). Colombia had an exciting comeback though and got England right where they wanted em with the PKs but a crossbar and a save halted them from advancing. good on england, but they'll need to sharpen up their attack next match |
Egarran
07.03.18 | The right cunts won. |
DoofusWainwright
07.03.18 | England looked a bit lost after Sterling went off - he’s our biggest threat, NOT Kane. He’s the reason the coaching staff of Colombia were winding him up |
AngryJohnny
07.03.18 | Off you fuck Colombia
Get in lads. Good teams know how to win ugly |
Mort.
07.03.18 | colombia played dirty as fuck and most of the england fouls were exasperated retaliations to be fair |
claygurnz
07.03.18 | It's coming home tbh |
anarchistfish
07.03.18 | god what a boring game |
zakalwe
07.04.18 | that’ll do.
it’s coming home. |
osmark86
07.04.18 | still so goddam happy about yesterday ^^. Sweden made it into the quarter finals against all odds and we get to meet England again. how I desire some sweet revenge for recent results. don't really expect us to edge England, but you just never know. |
hal1ax
07.04.18 | slow game but i'm glad colombia lost. fuck those pussies |
osmark86
07.04.18 | can't believe England won on penalties. that just doesn't happen traditionally. |
zakalwe
07.04.18 | Colombia are some seriously dirty bastards. Scuffing the penalty spot before Kane stepped up.
HAVE SOME OF THAT!!!!! |
DoofusWainwright
07.04.18 | Can see from a neutrals view a bit of a shit match...but that goes down as one of my favourite England wins of all time. To win on penalties? Never thought I’d see that day lol
Colombia were perfect villains with a stadium booing our every pass, something all the sweeter about it all. Don’t think I’ve ever unleashed such a torrent of c words, bless the missus she didn’t care.
Want to get the exact same seat in the same damn boozer for Saturday, all getting there for 11am and waiting for opening - some things you don’t piss about with |
Sniff
07.04.18 | I suggest keeping sterling on the field next time |
Egarran
07.04.18 | Also, the 'strategy' to lose vs Belgium is paying off now.
But damn all this English hype is embarrassing. Commentators went "this is what we need as a nation" a few times, and it's just sad. You ever knew an alcoholic? It's pretty much the same mindset we're dealing with. |
zakalwe
07.04.18 | Good lad.
Sweden will most likely beat us, they always do but there’s something happening at the minute that is very un-England.
|
Demon of the Fall
07.04.18 | (what Doof said)
Bad match for the neutral, unless you like foul play & arguments instead of any actual football. Winning on penalties was so sweet, believe it or not I can actually remember the one & only time it's happened before (I think), but I was only a kid & it's been a long time coming.
In my excitement I hugged a random guy in a bar, which is something I didn't think was even possible for me (makes me feel weird just thinking about it). |
Evreaia
07.04.18 | England is never getting past Croatia though. Let alone any of the countries on the other side of the bracket. |
DoofusWainwright
07.04.18 | We could beat Croatia - not sure we’d have the bollocks to beat Russia, you need them to knock out the hosts |
Zig
07.04.18 | My semi-finals: Uruguay - Belgium; Croatia - Sweden. |
osmark86
07.04.18 | @zak: not really, it's very even overall with you guys having edged us in recent times:
Sweden 4-2 England (2012 friendly)
Sweden 2-3 England (Euro 2012)
England 1-0 Sweden (2011 friendly)
Sweden 2-2 England (World Cup 2006)
Sweden 1-0 England (2004 friendly)
England 1-1 Sweden (World Cup 2002)
England 1-1 Sweden (2001 friendly)
England 0-0 Sweden (Euro 2000 qualifier)
Sweden 2-1 England (Euro 2000 qualifier)
England 3-3 Sweden (1995 friendly) |
Evreaia
07.04.18 | my dream final: Belgium - Croatia
Unlikely though |
Zig
07.04.18 | my dream final: Belgium - Croatia [2] |
Demon of the Fall
07.04.18 | In order of confidence...
France
Brazil
Croatia
England
The last two could go either way but I'm 100% convinced we'll see a France vs Brazil semi, which means they will probably both lose because this WC is weird. |
DoofusWainwright
07.04.18 | My dream final - England vs Panama |
zakalwe
07.04.18 | lol |
DDDeftoneDDD
07.04.18 | I'm still depressed |
linguist2011
07.04.18 | Fair play to England, but they'll need to deliver a lot better and take more chances seriously if they're thinking of upsetting Sweden. Colombia played some actual football and disregarded their obvious love for MMA in the first half of extra time-in fact, I thought they were going to end up leading the scoreline so that it wouldn't have to go to penalties.
A win is a win though, I guess. And to be fair I DID get my wish for a Sweden-England quarter-final. |
Demon of the Fall
07.04.18 | I actually took all of Colombia's antics as a sign of respect... think about it, they didn't really have control of the game & resorted to dirty tactics. Once England were demoralised & tiring (extra time & right after the late equaliser) they attempted to win by playing football the more conventional way.
Sweden will be hard to break down. I thought England looked good at retaining possession vs Colombia but upon entering the final 3rd lacked that extra spark of creativity needed to break down a packed defence. I also don't imagine Sweden will be easy to beat at set pieces. It's looking like another tight game. |
Egarran
07.04.18 | "We could beat Croatia"
Surely the reason for the immense emotional complex of the general English supporter, is an idea that they ought to win everything. |
osmark86
07.04.18 | "Surely the reason for the immense emotional complex of the general English supporter, is an idea that they ought to win everything." [2] |
hal1ax
07.04.18 | "My dream final - England vs Panama"
haha |
hal1ax
07.04.18 | "Sweden will most likely beat us"
where's the confidence on you brits!? colombia is a better team than sweden.. y'all got this. the croatia match might be a different story tho lol |
Artuma
07.04.18 | "where's the confidence on you brits!? colombia is a better team than sweden.. y'all got this."
history speaks for itself |
hal1ax
07.04.18 | yea true true.
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hal1ax
07.04.18 | who u predicting to win the cup art? |
pypypymble
07.04.18 | finland |
pypypymble
07.04.18 | finland can't even win the hockey world cup smh |
adr
07.04.18 | my dream final: Belgium - Croatia [3]
fuck Brazil
|
pypypymble
07.04.18 | give me selanne, koivu, kiprusoff all day |
pypypymble
07.04.18 | i've just noticed that you wrote "soccer" in your list, can u pls change that old macman, it's called "football" |
hal1ax
07.04.18 | hmm yea i'm thinking maybe france v croatia |
zakalwe
07.04.18 | Hyped |
pypypymble
07.04.18 | helk yea last time im gonna be watchin this wc not in shithole conditions so hyped big time |
rabidfish
07.04.18 | i'd really like to see Uruguay in the finals, tbh
love how they play with so much spirit.
i see it hard for them getting past Brazil, tho-- given they beat France, of course, but France is nowhere near solid in the back. If they can nulify Mbappe and Griezmann, a 1-0 win is within the realms of probability. |
Artuma
07.04.18 | "who u predicting to win the cup art?"
france has been my horse #1 from day one and still is |
Artuma
07.04.18 | "finland"
maybe some day when liechtenstein and turks & caicos islands are regulars in these things finland may make an appearance |
pypypymble
07.04.18 | i can't even remember any top finnish football players from the past 10 years |
pypypymble
07.04.18 | i only kno roman eremenko who plays for us and got mixed up in some heavy ass shit lmao |
Deez
07.04.18 | Good ol Jari Litmanan was the best |
Artuma
07.04.18 | by far. the national team was actually sorta competitive back then as well. good times |
claygurnz
07.04.18 | England defo gonna beat Sweden, potential Croatia game is tasty. |
zakalwe
07.04.18 | It’s not a given. We need to break them down and that’s certainly not easy to do. I’d love us to bag a few against them to really fuel our confidence but that ain’t going to happen. |
Deez
07.04.18 | @art When he signed for us (liverpool) I was so hype. He played in a good team but he was always a few steps ahead of Houlliers more rigid team. |
anarchistfish
07.04.18 | "maybe some day when liechtenstein and turks & caicos islands are regulars in these things finland may make an appearance"
dw fifa wc 2046 will have 128 teams and be hosted in siberia |
anarchistfish
07.04.18 | ofc finland will probably be part of siberia by then |
hal1ax
07.05.18 | sweden's D is no joke. it'll be a low scoring battle of attrition |
Deez
07.05.18 | My D is no joke |
hal1ax
07.05.18 | prove it |
Deez
07.05.18 | whats your email? ?? Or just ask your momma ....OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH the old ask your momma...didnt see that coming hal did you!!??? |
hal1ax
07.05.18 | damn that got real real |
Deez
07.05.18 | sorry bro I know that hurt.
My D is a joke really I was frontin : ( |
SIIMBOLIC
07.05.18 | kane first half penalty hat trick im calling it |
osmark86
07.05.18 | @pypy: let's not forget Jussi Jääskeläinen shall we ^^. |
osmark86
07.05.18 | "ofc finland will probably be part of siberia by then"
if they can bypass the enormous landmass that is european russia, then yes why not:
http://www.offroadexpedition.com/russia.gif |
Sniff
07.05.18 | And Olli Jokkinen |
Sniff
07.05.18 | Every sport is the same don't you dare say he's a hockey player |
Demon of the Fall
07.05.18 | 'let's not forget Jussi Jääskeläinen shall we'
Was he still playing in 2008? Possible, maybe. I don't know. Mikael Forsell must have still been around at that time, not sure what happened to him though. |
osmark86
07.05.18 | yes he played from 1998-2010 |
Sniff
07.05.18 | How about Maxym Tsigalko? |
Dewinged
07.05.18 | I already feel withdrawal, really no match today either? I need my fix. |
osmark86
07.05.18 | every damn bar is already fully booked for saturday so I guess I'll have to host something at my place for the game. can't wait! |
AngryJohnny
07.05.18 | why are you guys discussing this as if Finland exists
Bunch of brainwashed sheep I tell ya |
Conmaniac
07.05.18 | predicting France, Belgium, England, Croatia |
hal1ax
07.05.18 | same con.
with a france v croatia final |
EphemeralEternity
07.05.18 | god i hate this sport |
rabidfish
07.05.18 | brazil - croatia for the final |
linguist2011
07.05.18 | brazil - croatia for the final [2] |
hal1ax
07.05.18 | and yea i'm jones'n too boys. might just have to furiously jackoff to a replay of the second half of the japan v belgium match |
anarchistfish
07.05.18 | im not sure what i'd do if the final were england vs france seeing as im half each |
anarchistfish
07.05.18 | i guess in that case im already laughing |
anarchistfish
07.05.18 | i feel like ppl overrate croatia. i think it's a toss up between them and russia |
linguist2011
07.05.18 | england vs france would be interesting. They haven't played each other in major tournaments that often but there is a lot of fresh, young talent from both sides.
I reckon France would make England do a lot of work though, probably like Sweden will do on Saturday. |
anarchistfish
07.06.18 | I think England would crumble against Brazil or France |
RadicalEd
07.06.18 | The earth is covered to 72 % by water. The rest of the earth is covered by N'Golo Kante |
RadicalEd
07.06.18 | "i feel like ppl overrate croatia. i think it's a toss up between them and russia"
Lol no. Russia has won against Egypt with an injured Salah and Saudia-Arabia two of the worst teams of the WC. Then they somehow held a struggling spain to a draw with a bunch of luck. They are one of the weaker teams at this WC and the first time they ran into real opposition (Uruguay) they got smashed to bits. |
DoofusWainwright
07.06.18 | Please tell me Maradona is now supporting Uruguay the dope |
Evenoss
07.06.18 | The free-kick game |
DoofusWainwright
07.06.18 | South Americans getting put to the sword this tournament |
Dewinged
07.06.18 | New pants for Uruguay's keeper. |
Demon of the Fall
07.06.18 | Where are all the edge-lords predicting a Uruguay victory? |
anarchistfish
07.06.18 | The Uruguay Russia game didn't really matter though |
SIIMBOLIC
07.06.18 | man what a waste of sleep time this game was |
Drummerboy123
07.06.18 | It's gonna be turbulent but England have the best shot they've ever had at getting to the final. I'll take Sweden and Croatia over Brazil and France any day. |
hal1ax
07.06.18 | uruguay got punked
game was boring as shit |
rabidfish
07.06.18 | fucking french assholes... Their luck will run out.
Remember euro final 2016. Remember that Portugal team WITHOUT Ronaldo.
This french fucks ain't got it in 'em to win this. |
Ryus
07.06.18 | especially in the second half, uruguay didnt challenge lloris in the slightest. france backline held them up very well |
DoofusWainwright
07.06.18 | I predicted before the tournament there'd prob be a 'new' WC winning nation by the end of it and I stand by that.
Only three left and honestly think Brazil could be the next South American team out in a few hours time.
Sweden vs Belgium final? Stranger things have happened |
rabidfish
07.06.18 | No Cavani was too much for the team. Lucky, Lucky france. God i really wish they don't make the finals, i hate them so much. |
hal1ax
07.06.18 | france v croatia
callin it |
Voivod
07.06.18 | I rooted for Uruguay, expected to give France a hard time, but the Latin Americans need to have quality players at all lines, especially midfielders. |
BenThatsMyJamin
07.06.18 | Ctrl + F
Literally only fucking 6 "it's coming home"s on this entire thread wtf guys |
Egarran
07.06.18 | Uruguay lucky they finished with 11 players.
Good guy ref understood how sensible they are when Jose Gimenez broke down mid-game. |
Zig
07.06.18 | France got lucky and Lloris made nice saves. Hope Belgium wins tonight. |
Evenoss
07.06.18 | "fucking french assholes... Their luck will run out. Remember euro final 2016. Remember that Portugal team WITHOUT Ronaldo."
At least we reached the final, dumbass.
And now we're reaching the semis because we clearly played better than Uruguay, without Benzema, Ribery or Koscielny.
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hal1ax
07.06.18 | how did france get lucky? lol |
hal1ax
07.06.18 | yall just bitter |
Egarran
07.06.18 | Lucky they didn't drown in Uruguay tears. |
anarchistfish
07.06.18 | he's just salty cos he's spanish |
anarchistfish
07.06.18 | no suspensions going into semis either |
Aenima97
07.06.18 | Christ, that France v Uruguay match was a right snooze. Belgium to win tonight me thinks. |
rabidfish
07.06.18 | One of the best players of the tournament so far and a KEY piece in getting Uruguay to where they got got injured (Cavani). That's luck if you ask me. The 2nd goal was sheer luck, too.
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iglu
07.06.18 | salty |
Egarran
07.06.18 | Lucky that Cavani only missed a sitter once the whole tournament. |
Deez
07.06.18 | Come on Belgium. Let me masturbate over Neymars tears please |
rodrigo90
07.06.18 | Brazil has a trauma with countries sharing the same colours of Germany |
RunOfTheMill
07.06.18 | lmao |
RunOfTheMill
07.06.18 | I was convinced Brazil was going to wipe the floor with Belgium... It's gonna be an interesting match... |
adr
07.06.18 | Neymar is in Fellani's pocket lmao
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DoofusWainwright
07.06.18 | Please let it be 3-0 next, want to see what thisBrazil team are made of. Checktheir mental fortitude - think it might be lacking. |
Ryus
07.06.18 | repugnant dive by neymar |
Kusangii
07.06.18 | Just Neymar Things |
Evenoss
07.06.18 | Brazil are gonna play dirty to come back |
iglu
07.06.18 | Belgium was playing too risky |
Ryus
07.06.18 | fuck yes im so happy
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Ryus
07.06.18 | now beat up france please |
Conmaniac
07.06.18 | hal n I are 2/2, the brazil belgium game was an exciting one wow |
zakalwe
07.06.18 | Fuck all this nonsense.
COME ON ENGLAND!!!!!!!!!
🏴 🏴 🏴 |
iglu
07.06.18 | nah France is gonna win it all |
adr
07.06.18 | perfect results today |
Egarran
07.06.18 | Sweet, sweet game. |
Zig
07.06.18 | Fuck Neymar! |
Ryus
07.06.18 | i wish america wasnt so shit
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Evenoss
07.06.18 | Yay now all the good-but-despicable players are gone : Ronaldo, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Suarez, Diego Costa, Neymar...
GG Belgium |
Ryus
07.06.18 | daddy courtois with an absolute world class performance today. made a couple of absolute key saves for belgium
lukaku's assist was also terrific...its scary seeing someone so strong and fast |
Drummerboy123
07.06.18 | A Belgium v England final would be pretty cool. |
Deez
07.06.18 | i wish america wasnt so shit'
I know but were talking about football here |
Egarran
07.06.18 | UROP STRONK |
Ryus
07.06.18 | ha
"A Belgium v England final would be pretty cool."
my ideal final |
iglu
07.06.18 | Hazard destroyed Brazil |
BenThatsMyJamin
07.06.18 | Say what you want about Hazard's work rate and consistency; from a purely 'football as entertainment' standpoint, he is ridiculously good to watch. Outshined Neymar who plays in the exact same position and is the most expensive player ever |
zakalwe
07.06.18 | Not as marketable at the min though. Get the man plastered in shite tattoos and a bollocks barnet and he’ll be worth approx 48 trillion. |
zakalwe
07.06.18 | This fella would be worth about 772 trillion
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwNAZFHHirg |
Ryus
07.06.18 | as a chelsea fan watching hazard and courtois destroy brazil was extremely satisfying |
tigersbrokefree
07.06.18 | Cya Brasil.
Let's see Belgium win their first. But whoever comes out of the top half of the bracket better not lose to England or some shh. |
Alastor
07.06.18 | courtois reminds me of a young assad |
rabidfish
07.06.18 | on the one hand, it's a shame there aren't any southamerican teams in the top 4... on the other FUCK YOU NEYMAR, YOU'S OUT, BINCH. |
Maco097
07.06.18 | Mehh there's nothing interesting to see now. Except watching England getting raped. That would be satisfying. |
linguist2011
07.06.18 | Eurovision football, gotta love it. |
Egarran
07.06.18 | Don't know what I want more, a Swedish win or an English defeat.
England look so much better, but underdogs and finals are a thing. |
Bigpapad
07.06.18 | Do England look so much better? They were mainly toothless vs Colombia. |
AngryJohnny
07.06.18 | easy win for Belgium, never troubled, excellent on the counter
They should win this thing |
Valkoor952
07.06.18 | "easy win for Belgium, never troubled, excellent on the counter"
Did we watch the same match or ?
The only thing that saved Belgium was the ref, and the 3 absolutely woeful misses by the Brazil players. Belgium is gonna get absolutely destroyed by France. |
AngryJohnny
07.06.18 | better team man for man and a constant threat on the break mate. Lukaku was too strong and Brazil had little clue when it came to breaking Belgium down |
AngryJohnny
07.06.18 | Please clarify what the ref got wrong
also most of those were half chances apart from Silva hitting the post from 2 yards |
Valkoor952
07.06.18 | I persist, you seem to have missed half the game then.
There was a clean pen against Gabriel Jesus, and apart from Silva there were 2 absolute sitters missed by Coutinho and Augusto. Belgium had like what... 1 shot on goal ? |
rabidfish
07.06.18 | there was NOT a penalty on G. Jesus.
Also Neymar dive worthy of a yellow didn't even warn him smh.
The ref'ing was correct, imo. |
Valkoor952
07.06.18 | Yeah, there was a pen, sorry, and please don't give me that " it was going out of play" bs |
Thalassic
07.06.18 | Yeah that was def not a penalty; the as you call it "going out of play bs" argument is entirely valid
Those South American teams really have a thing for behaving like a bunch of kindergarten toddlers whenever there's a physical challenge on the pitch
Granted, the second half was Brazilian offense all the way. Really a miracle they only managed to score once. Yet most were indeed half chances except for one direct almost face to face chance.
France was absolute shite today |
AngryJohnny
07.06.18 | exactly this
Although I did watch the match pretty pissed
Oh well, good riddance to South America.Can't deal with the diving, cheating and decpetion you get from these teams |
Rolling Girl
07.07.18 | Today was not a good day :c
At least I'm not invested in any of the remaining teams/ |
hal1ax
07.07.18 | "hal n I are 2/2"
u know it babyyyyy. predicting an england win tmrw too
also brazil v belgium game today was wonderful. so action-packed |
hal1ax
07.07.18 | "The ref'ing was correct" [2] |
RadicalEd
07.07.18 | I'm happy that Belgium won, but boy oh boy did they steal that game. 2nd really lucky win in a row for them. |
Artuma
07.07.18 | are people like actually saying brazil was the better team last night? lol |
DoofDoof
07.07.18 | Belgium were the better team even if they only really looked dangerous on the break. Thing is, they looked absolutely terrifying on the break.
Lukaku put in a shift. |
RadicalEd
07.07.18 | They had waaaaay more chances than Belgium. Belgium scored one complete fluke own goal and one scorcher from a counter attack, they didn't even have any real other chances. Brazil had a lot of very dangerous attacks. (Also G.Jesus penalty was a definite possbility as well)
https://twitter.com/11tegen11/status/1015326078733377540
How did Belgium look terrifying on the Break when Brazil didn't even let them shoot most of the time.
Again, I'm very happy that Belgium did it. |
DoofDoof
07.07.18 | There’s no way you can say they ‘stole’ the game, the Belgium players were in top form. Hazard was the best player on the field, no contest. Fellaini, Lukaku, De Bruyne, Vertonghen and Courtois were all excellent. They were the better ‘team’ in the truest sense, though Brazil are always a decent side - they were the favourites for a reason. |
RadicalEd
07.07.18 | Football is about scoring goals. The team that creates more and better chances to score goals is the team that played "better". Brazil creater way better and more chances and converting them is pretty much a game chance. Belgium came out on top. They played very good as well. Brazil is prolly the best (national)team in the world, Neymar was the most skillfull player left in the tournament (no matter how hateable he is) and you're gonna need some luck to get by them. |
DoofDoof
07.07.18 | The problem is Brazil only had a flurry of really great chances in the last 20 minutes when Belgium were protecting a lead - that’s normal in a game between well matched sides, one with a two goal advantage |
RadicalEd
07.07.18 | And Belgium didn't even have a single clear chance in the whole game my dude. |
RadicalEd
07.07.18 | That Fernandinho own goal is a freak goal (just like the Alderweild header last game) and the De Bruyne goal is fantastic, but that was hardly a big chance. (Courtois saved an equally dangerous Neymar shot right before the final whistle) |
zakalwe
07.07.18 | Brazil were wasteful and at times woeful. Belgium were solid, had a tenacity the Brazilians could only dream of and look strong from the front to the back.
Fuck the cheating cunts. South American football is a stain.
COME ON ENGLAND 🏴
May the best team win. |
DoofDoof
07.07.18 | Ed I think you’re wrong - if you race into a two goal lead but then remain a powerful side that only allows the opposition four or five great chances after and the opposition only capitalise in one due to great saves, their misses, etc then you were the better team.
Football is about controlling the game however you want in an attempt to win. Belgium had the belief, they had the team mentality. Brazil had an erratic Neymar. |
DoofDoof
07.07.18 | De Bruyne’s goal scared the bejeezus out of Brazil let’s be real. Every time they broke that was on the cards, it was one of the goals of the tournament. How do you try and throw everything at a side with a nuclear deterrent like that? They gave it a go...but they went home. Best team won. |
RadicalEd
07.07.18 | The problem with that line of arguing is that you're arguing from the result. If Courtois doesn't save that neymar shot in the extra time and G. Jesus gets his penalty people would be talking about a disappointing collapse by Belgium against an unstoppably forceful Brazil in the 2nd half. (with the game being exactly the same) |
Thalassic
07.07.18 | Belgium in the first half was an absolute nightmare for the Brazilians on the break.
In the second half the Brazilians were consistently putting pressure on Belgium. To be honest, I have seldom seen before what the Brazilians did in the second part of the game: they literally attacked and attacked and attacked for an entire 50 minutes (if we include extra time). Grueling stuff for the Belgians. |
RadicalEd
07.07.18 | That 2nd half performance by Brazil was pretty much the strongest half of any team at this WC. Again, I'm happy that the Red Devils sent those whiney cunts home. But gotta keep it real. |
DoofDoof
07.07.18 | COME ON ENGLAND 🏴
Heading to the pub in a couple of hours and just hanging around the door until opening to grab the best seats in the gaff, this one is going to be a fucking huge game |
Deez
07.07.18 | Ed youre talking absolute shite here. 'Football is about scoring goals.' is a MASSIVE over simplification. Its really not. Its also about defending. Defending leads. Managing substitutions. Handling pressure with and without the ball. Simply having more chances in a game does mean you were the better team. Brazil were the better team in the second half for sure. But Courtious also didnt make any save that he shouldnt have made. The pen might have changed things. It might not have. End of the day they were dominated in the first half and thats where the game was lost. Belgium set up for a counter when 2 goals up. |
zakalwe
07.07.18 | I still don’t know if I’m going to stay at home or go to the pub after my diabolical antics on Tuesday. If I am pubbing it it’ll be the local.
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DoofDoof
07.07.18 | ‘Diabolical antics’
If you’re still allowed in that same place then it can’t have been that bad lol |
RadicalEd
07.07.18 | "Ed youre talking absolute shite here. 'Football is about scoring goals.' is a MASSIVE over simplification. Its really not. Its also about defending. Defending leads. Managing substitutions. Handling pressure with and without the ball. Simply having more chances in a game does mean you were the better team."
why do you do all these things you're talking about? Maybe it's so you create chances to score and the other team doesn't but who knows. Ofc Belgium need to go for a counter-attacking style when they are up 2 goals. But if you're really the much superior team, you'll defend so well from your deep style that the other team won't have chances to score and you'll have chances to score on the counter-attack. Belgium gave a way a bunch of chances in the 2nd half even though they played defensively. And they posed basically 0 goalscoring threat.
I'm not talking shite like: "Brazil had more possession, so they were better". That is absolutely not an indicator of being superior. You can play defense and be superior. It's just that Belgium wasn't yesterday and the snuck by on an absolute fluke lead, excellent goalkeeping by courtois and some wasteful shooting by Brazil. |
DoofDoof
07.07.18 | Well, some of the most impressive footballing performances of all time have been the 'little guys' scrapping for a 0-0 ;D |
RadicalEd
07.07.18 | Yes that's totally true Doof. Those impressive performances were impressive because they managed to prevent the team that was better on paper from creating goal-scoring opportunities. Belgium didn't do that. (1-1 by Iceland against Argentina for example was also kinda lucky for Iceland, but aside from the missed penalty, Argentina didn't manage to get into good scoring positions, which was very impressive defending by Iceland) |
zakalwe
07.07.18 | 'Football is about scoring goals.'
Kevin Keegan team talk. |
RadicalEd
07.07.18 | Lol. |
DoofDoof
07.07.18 | Belgium and Brazil started yesterday's game both with very different attacking styles, but Belgium sent out some warnings that they would most likely get a goal on the break at some stage thanks to their powerful running with the ball (yes, even the truck Lukaku). Brazil had some flair but it already seemed a bit disjointed. Belgium looked a little more powerful and so it proved with Brazil making a mistake.
At 1-0 Belgium knew this wasn't enough to win and continued to take risks and play a dangerous game on the break committing a lot of players and expending a lot of energy. Still, they remained the most dangerous side with Hazard and Fellaini both absolutely bossing it.
At 2-0 this is where Belgium decided to play a little less risky and pose a little less threat on the break. This is the period where Brazil started upping their game, first through attempting to disrupt the game and put the ref under serious pressure - they started getting a bit desperate, a bit nasty. It worked in part, Belgium got a little rattled and never quite got the same swagger back again.
This was enough for Brazil to get a foothold and the chances if not flowed, at least they carved out a few, plus having a number of penalty shouts. Luckily for Belgium their keeper put in one of the best goalkeeping performances of the tournament so far.
Chances to tie the game at 2-2 came, but through a lack of belief and Belgium remaining relatively resolute the Belgian’s held on for an only really pressurised final 10-12 minutes.
I maintain Belgium were the 'better' side. |
Sinternet
07.07.18 | man courtois why couldn't you have played like that all season
also hazard is the greatest dribbler in the world dont @ me |
SpiritCrusher2
07.07.18 | I'm from Croatia so I'm pretty hyped for tonight's game. what do you guys think, who has better chances of winning that one? |
zakalwe
07.07.18 | Croatia. If Russia win its KGB intervention. |
DoofDoof
07.07.18 | You never want to have to knock out the hosts and Croatia almost bottled the last game against technically inferior oppo.
Prob going to penalties...and to be perverse that's when Russia will lose the plot. |
Deez
07.07.18 | you'll defend so well from your deep style that the other team won't have chances to score'
Youre playing fucking Brazil in the World Cup, Not Gillingham in the Carling Cup. Everyone thinks footy is like playing Fifa on their Xbox nowadays.
Despite not creating much in the 2nd half they were ALWAYS a threat with KDB/Lukaku and Hazard on the pitch and on the counter. People acting like it was the most dominant 2nd half theyve ever seen haha You must not watch much football. Belgium where the better team 1st half and Brazil were second. Brazil didnt take their chances. Tough shit. Thats football. Keep crying about Brazils missed chances and being the best team in International football whilst a European team picks up the World cup again. Im sure they care. |
RadicalEd
07.07.18 | Deezer could you be more condesending. I played amateur club football for 24 years on a decent lvl, I watched almost every game of the WC and you don't need to act like I have no idea what I'm talking about, just because you disagree with me. (Also I hate Brazils team and supported Belgium yesterday)
"Brazil didnt take their chances. Tough shit. Thats football."
Also this is such a basic argument. It's barely even argument. Belgium won = Belgium played better. Okay then. Why even discuss stuff like that all?
"I maintain Belgium were the 'better' side."
Yeah, like I said, I still think you're mostly coming from the end result and arguing your way backwards. But it's not like Belgium didn't play well or anything. |
Deez
07.07.18 | 'you don't need to act like I have no idea what I'm talking about, just because you disagree with me.'
So why are you talking like youve got no idea what your talking about?
'Belgium won = Belgium played better. Okay then. Why even discuss stuff like that all?'
haha Erm. 'Brazil created more chances so Brazil where the better team because footballs about scoring' you said?? haha Hi contradiction my names Ed.
Youre just quoting a conclusion of what I all ready explained. Belgium where the better team in the first half they made Brazil pay when they were on top Brazil didnt do the same. Belgium sat deeper second half with those 3 always possible of creating something on the counter. Amazed that you could play at a decent level for 2 decades and not understand a change in tactics or defending a lead doesnt mean you wont concede chances to a team with immense quality. Youre conclusion being 'Brazil created more chances' better team is also massively simplified ,floored and in many cases wrong in most cases, Looking at the game as a whole it was your stereotypical game of two halves with Brazil posing more of an actual threat in the first half they were bettered in than the Belgians did in the second. If Brazil were the better team, It was barely. For me Belgium deserved to go through. |
Thalassic
07.07.18 | "People acting like it was the most dominant 2nd half theyve ever seen haha You must not watch much football. "
Wow dude, calm down. I'm from Belgium myself and I'm glad they kicked those prima donnas out of the tournament, but anyone could see that it was Brazil all the way in the second half. Did Belgium get one single clear chance on goal the second half? I don't think so. The second half was pure survival after doing what they had to do in the first half.
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Deez
07.07.18 | @thal How is that sentence in anyway aggressive?? Why would I need to calm down?
Brazil where by far the better side second half. I didnt say they were not but belgium they sat in much more. When they attacked as they did first half they did enough to win the game. They changed it up second half because they were winning 2-0 in the QF of the World cup against Brazil.THATS WHAT YOU DO. If would be negligent management to try and score 4 at that point and leave yourself open with the attacking quality Brazil have. It wasnt a case of simply Brazil pushing Belgium back it was also because they changed themselves. So a bit of both.
But 'To be honest, I have seldom seen before what the Brazilians did in the second part of the game' Is absolutely ludicrous coming from anyones mouth who watches football. |
zakalwe
07.07.18 | On another note. England are the only team on the list still in it.
BRITAN NEVER NEVER SHALL BE SLAVES!!!!!! |
Dewinged
07.07.18 | I am gonna miss those Neymar memes. Just saying. |
Thalassic
07.07.18 | The Brazilians in the second half were pressuring non-stop. I've seen plenty of teams putting pressure on the other team for 25 minutes, maybe even 30 minutes - but last game's second half was almost 50 minutes of Belgium being under constant siege.
Whenever Belgium did get through slightly they failed the final pass so their attacks were never a direct threat |
Deez
07.07.18 | Plus my 20 quid on Croatia at 17/1
Just waiting for a Lovren fuck up like in my normal footballing fan life |
RadicalEd
07.07.18 | "Erm. 'Brazil created more chances so Brazil where the better team because footballs about scoring' you said?? haha Hi contradiction my names Ed."
Oh sorry, I just realized that you're dense. Who knew. This is the biggest non-gotcha I've ever seen. |
Sniff
07.07.18 | @sinternet |
RadicalEd
07.07.18 | @sniff |
Deez
07.07.18 | @Ed Yeah great response. Clearly your 20 years playing for your local in front of 4 people really expanded your football brain,
"FOOTbALZ ABoUT SKOrING GOalz An Da MOzt CHanCEZ"
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RadicalEd
07.07.18 | Hey. At least 15 ppl showed up most of the time. Thx for being a good sport man. Byyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeee |
Deez
07.07.18 | Your kids dont count. |
DoofDoof
07.07.18 | Already got best seats in the pub, didn’t realise the place opened at 10am 🤣
Ten of us today, loads of people taking the piss and joining last minute |
Kusangii
07.07.18 | Today is the day when Sweden writes history and the English press claims their team to be the worst of all time (as usual) |
RadicalEd
07.07.18 | "Today is the day when Sweden writes history and the English press claims their team to be the worst of all time (as usual)"
Yeah according to the english press england is basically playing with eleven elderly, overweight, drunken fools as soon as they don't win every game. |
zakalwe
07.07.18 | Have a good one Doof dude.
I dunno Ed mate, the press are part of the good feelings at the minute I don’t think anyone is in for a slating. None of us are taking it for granted and we are all just enjoying it. Hope it continues. |
RadicalEd
07.07.18 | "I dunno Ed mate, the press are part of the good feelings at the minute I don’t think anyone is in for a slating. None of us are taking it for granted and we are all just enjoying it. Hope it continues."
"good feelings at the minute"
"at the minute"
"at the minute"
In all seriousness, I also hope it continues. |
osmark86
07.07.18 | KOM IGEN SVERIGE! |
Deez
07.07.18 | No one shifts opinions on it's national team quite like the English. Right now were going to win the world cup. In a few hours we could be the worst English team of all time. |
osmark86
07.07.18 | My brain tells me to prepare for the expected disappointment while recognizing what an achievement it has been getting this far, but my heart says fuck all that Sweden will win the whole bloody charade and shatter the 94 glory. |
anarchistfish
07.07.18 | Sweden, Croatia/Russia then Belgium/France. The government's plan for Brexit after all |
Egarran
07.07.18 | Can I vote for Deezer somewhere?
Also I wouldn't be too crazy about Croatia, they almost lost to the worst team in the last 16. |
SpiritCrusher2
07.07.18 | yea that's why I'm worried too, we always become mentally unstable when we get into the knockout round lol. at least this time we made it to the final 8. I honestly believe we could get to the finals if we just play smart. |
Egarran
07.07.18 | It's what we all believe at first. |
Pheromone
07.07.18 | IM FUCKING NERVOUS |
rabidfish
07.07.18 | Goddamn it Sterling boy, i'm not even british and i'm screaming at the telly. STOP MISSING GOALS YOU ENORMOUS CUNT. |
anarchistfish
07.07.18 | im sure the anti sterling british media campaign helped |
Dewinged
07.07.18 | Sterling, you greedy bloke. |
DoofDoof
07.07.18 | This is going too well, should be 3-0
I’m worried |
Deez
07.07.18 | He's just an awful finisher. He's scored well for city this season because of the amount of chances they create. Most if his goals are tap ins after teams have been carved open |
rabidfish
07.07.18 | It's always better to not create chances than to create them and not score. |
Sinternet
07.07.18 | 52 YEARS OF HURT
JULES RIMET STILL GLEAMING |
Ryus
07.07.18 | feels wrong being happy when alli scores |
hal1ax
07.07.18 | Atta boy dele |
hal1ax
07.07.18 | Pickford is a stud damn |
jagride
07.07.18 | drone strike the england band |
Ryus
07.07.18 | yeah pickfords really showed up when he’s been needed
croatia gonna demolish england in the semis though |
hal1ax
07.07.18 | Na I think England v Croatia will be close |
Ryus
07.07.18 | we’ll see...but idk england havent really played a strong team yet (except for that belgium game that didnt matter) |
Deez
07.07.18 | England will be wanting russia of course but i think croatia france and Belgium all beat england. Croatia are one or the other though, can be brilliant or shite. |
Egarran
07.07.18 | England is getting a semi! Sweden were ok, but Pickford was better.
Lots of bangers and great saves this WC. |
anat
07.07.18 | jordan big dickford |
hal1ax
07.07.18 | i don't think croatia is quite as good as some ppl are making them out to be. england can take em... then they get dicked by france//belgium |
rabidfish
07.07.18 | I feel Cro/Rus is going to be very close match.
Also a very shite one. |
Aenima97
07.07.18 | It's fucking coming home. |
Havey
07.07.18 | FUCK PICKFORD |
Thalassic
07.07.18 | Pickford was superb |
zakalwe
07.07.18 | FUCKING PHENOMENONAL!!!!!!!
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Faraudo
07.07.18 | France V England final inbound. France will lift the WC. |
Faraudo
07.07.18 | I root for England tho. |
Deez
07.07.18 | 'i don't think croatia is quite as good as some ppl are making them out to be. '
Croatias midfield is superb. They dont always show up though, they did need a qualifier too I think. But Peresic,Modric,Rakatic are all top top footballers that can over run any midfield. Henderson has been absolutely superb for England though. And im ot particularly a fan of him at my own club.
Defensive midfielders never get the plaudits they deserve but you can hear the ex players whove played the game praising him ,hes vital for England.
You could still say England havent played any really decent teams but if somehow Russia beat Croatia thats a more than winnable game for England and they would only really have to beat and play really well against one top class team to win the World cup which is mental. |
hal1ax
07.07.18 | i mean colombia were decent, even tho they were james-less |
zakalwe
07.07.18 | Shut ya trap ya scouse cunt
#Englandrussiarogether2018 |
anat
07.07.18 | england showed a lot of composure today and made things very comfortable for themselves, they're working as a unit and enjoying themselves. can't help the draw, either. can't help that spain, argentina, germany all crashed out to teams they should have beaten. |
Deez
07.07.18 | Ill bury you Zak you yid cunt dont be mouthing off cos youve had half a fucking lager : ) |
Deez
07.07.18 | Yeah Ive been most impressed with Englands composure over everything. The pressure thats usually put on the national team just buries them. Maybe seeing how far they can get without that needless pressure from the media will be a lesson. I dont it though. The press is the press. |
linguist2011
07.07.18 | That may just be the best defence and goalkeeping I've ever seen from an England side, or at least in this WC. Go fer it boys. |
Deez
07.07.18 | i mean colombia were decent, even tho they were james-less'
Yeah for sure, They just decided not to play football in the slightest. Not englands fault of course. That was the most impressive for me not in performance obviously but to keep their cool in the face of that. Especially if you think of Beckham and Rooneys sendings off in the past |
Divaman
07.07.18 | Germany gone, Brazil gone, Argentina gone, traditional power Italy not even in the tourney, but England makes the final four. Pretty impressive, you guys. |
zakalwe
07.07.18 | Love ya deez.
Streets awash with flags, cars hooting, people chanting and all because a team finally starts playing.
it’s coming home |
Deez
07.07.18 | Yep indeed. Can only beat whats infront of you and lots of so called big guns have fell to so called lesser team they were supposed to beat. Superb for them to get this far. And the better side of the draw no doubt about it for the semis. Have every chance. |
Deez
07.07.18 | < 3 @ Zak, Get sloshed mate. Doesnt happen often. |
AsleepInTheBack
07.07.18 | Just dropping by to say it's coming home |
DoofDoof
07.07.18 | IT’S COMING HOME 🏠 |
Thalassic
07.07.18 | If Belgium gets kicked, it's definitely England I'll be rooting for |
anarchistfish
07.07.18 | ofc france and england reach the semis in the same world cup. |
Deez
07.07.18 | If Raheem Sterling shot Tupac he'd be 47 today.
(robbed from FB) |
Ryus
07.07.18 | pls get fucked now russia |
Sniff
07.07.18 | Lol at England beating Croatia |
Relinquished
07.07.18 | lmao deez |
Egarran
07.07.18 | This game is like visiting grandma. |
Ryus
07.07.18 | no....please no.... |
adr
07.07.18 | Croatia rly disappoint after the group stage, really not as good i though they were |
Deez
07.07.18 | Same , really expected them to turn up tonight. Some top quality players but no real fluidity in their play. That England game is a 50/50 (if they get through) |
NorwichScene
07.07.18 | Don’t care who we get next. It’s coming home |
Faraudo
07.07.18 | Who the fuck thought that this was gonna be a boring match? You were soooooooooo wrong. |
Keyblade
07.07.18 | best world cup since 02 |
Egarran
07.07.18 | Yay, someone is gonna get traumatized for life. |
Deez
07.07.18 | It was fucking awful until extra time |
MO
07.07.18 | First full game I've watched. That had everything |
Titan
07.07.18 | Gentlemen gentlemen
why watch this rubbish when you can watch Yankees - Blue Jays right now |
Aenima97
07.07.18 | rip Russia |
zakalwe
07.07.18 | Well at least Kane isn’t going to get served Novichock dumplings at the team hotel now. |
adr
07.07.18 | fuck off titan american football is a meme sport |
DominionMM1
07.07.18 | super stoked croatia had made it this far. hopefully they can keep it going. |
Deez
07.07.18 | I took 2 outside bets on England and Croatia (100 back if England win , 170 Croatia) so at least one of thems in the final. |
Deez
07.07.18 | hahahahh Novichock dumplings |
Titan
07.07.18 | adr bro wtf man, why the hostility????
the blue jays have one of the best field goal kickers in the world you'd absolutely love it dude
changeups all day |
Maco097
07.07.18 | Time to go croatian. The only team worth supporting. |
Thalassic
07.07.18 | Croatia ain't that stellar tbh |
zakalwe
07.07.18 | They are on their day. Hopefully they’re knackered when they play us.
COME ON!!!!!! |
Deez
07.07.18 | You know who does my head in? Those absolute weapons that are in pieces waiting on the result. Flag in hand. Tears almost streaming and they are INSTANTLY cheered up when they see their face on TV. 'OHHHHH FUCK THAT SHIT IM ON TV!!!' frauds.
Suppose its a sign of the times and all that. |
zakalwe
07.07.18 | I was at France 98.
When the camera focused on some fella in the English crowd he immediately did the old blow job gesticulation, tounge in cheek thing.
Good lad. |
linguist2011
07.07.18 | Gotta love all the japan flags still being around in the crowd for both matches. A nice sentiment.
Just found out I'll be managing a shift during the England game this coming Wednesday. I guess the result will be determined by English punters singing "IT'S COMING HOME" or swearing at me and my staff. Who knows. |
DoofDoof
07.07.18 | Similar to Sweden, England will be slight favourites vs Croatia
England doing the classic tournament thing of looking more convincing with each game, the thing winners do...
Croatia have looked poor two games on the bounce, but they hold a threat, as an England fan this is already dreamland - fucking loving it, this is what it’s about |
Deez
07.07.18 | hahahahah Thats more like it Zak |
Artuma
07.07.18 | "why watch this rubbish when you can watch Yankees - Blue Jays right now"
because the blue jays are too irrelevant and i hate it?
seriously dude you should've watched that belgium-japan game, class a soccer right there and that's why we love the game so much (yeah rip on me for using the word soccer i don't care) |
DominionMM1
07.07.18 | hey man i call it soccer. strange for a finn to call it that though. |
SpiritCrusher2
07.07.18 | I'm perfectly fine with an american calling it soccer. I mean I don't care where are you from and how do you call it, but being an european and not calling it football just seems like you're asking to be ripped on lol |
linguist2011
07.07.18 | tfw only one of the four teams in the list at the top are still in the WC. |
Deez
07.08.18 | You fucking idiot Dom |
DominionMM1
07.08.18 | lol any american referring to soccer as football sounds like a complete dipshit |
Deez
07.08.18 | That's true actually. I once heard an American commentator call the top corner the 'upper 90'
I nearly threw up |
Maco097
07.08.18 | I can't imagine an american saying football instead of "soccer". He/she isn't the most american person in the world, but he surely is smarter than the average one. |
hal1ax
07.08.18 | man just watched that russia match.. fuckkk putin is gonna have fernandes put to death |
hal1ax
07.08.18 | england will beat croatia |
SpiritCrusher2
07.08.18 | if we play like in the last two matches, they probably will, yea. we gotta get our shit together. at least this generation has a heart and doesn't give up, but tactically it seems like they don't have a real gameplan at all. |
jagride
07.08.18 | croatia look gassed after two 120 minute games in a row and have injuries to deal with. otherwise i'd have given them the edge over england despite being a bit overhyped so far. still think they'll find a way |
jagride
07.08.18 | modric looks pretty sharp tho, pulled the strings and that surging run at the end was 👌 |
Keyblade
07.08.18 | i'm surprised at how fit and sharp modric has been...was absolutely everywhere for 120 minutes
ppl reporting that he's looking to move to the MLS, but i think he still has a couple of years left of being the world's best midfielder |
zakalwe
07.08.18 | Whole country is elevated, it’s probably a massive ploy for us to swallow the bollocks Teresa May is touting as a Brexit plan. |
jagride
07.08.18 | wouldn't mind seeing modric follow ronaldo to serie a |
Zig
07.08.18 | Would love to see Croatia beat England and win the final on penalty shoot outs. |
pypypymble
07.08.18 | IF ANYONE NEEDS A CRUTCH THEN I NEED A WHEELCHAIR |
linguist2011
07.08.18 | Croatia's goalkeeper had an injury if I remember right. I mean he may have time to recover but he still didn't look on top form in that last 30 mins. Props to him for keeping it all together though. I think Croatia will need to play their A game against England though (as in, the way they played during the group stage matches), especially if the latter are going to be on top form. |
Titan
07.08.18 | ahhhh soccer this footbal that
yankees bluejays 1pm eastern time boys! |
DoofDoof
07.08.18 | wrong thread matey |
DominionMM1
07.08.18 | "tactically it seems like they don't have a real gameplan at all."
i think they have a gameplan, which is to attack down the wings and cross the ball into the box, but that really doesn't play to their strength |
linguist2011
07.08.18 | England have done really well with set plays, so they'll probably focus on that again. |
zakalwe
07.08.18 | lol Titan |
Artuma
07.08.18 | "yankees bluejays 1pm eastern time boys!"
going to watch but it's going to be brutal
but that's enough of baseball in this thread, bye bye titan |
Artuma
07.08.18 | "strange for a finn to call it that though."
i kinda use both, depends on who i'm talking to |
Egarran
07.08.18 | How about the CS:GO final D: |
linguist2011
07.08.18 | Just one glance at a few Match of the Day posts on fb...I never knew there were so many England haters. Pretty much everybody wants Croatia to win so the #IT'SCOMINGHOME trend can quickly dissolve. |
anarchistfish
07.08.18 | it's coming home is nearly single handedly making me want to choose france over england |
zakalwe
07.09.18 | son retour a la maison |
budgie
07.09.18 | i can't wait for france to win! |
Keyblade
07.09.18 | only reason i want england to win is so my boy harry kane captains england to the world cup and gets the golden boot. will cement him as a legend
if not belgium please |
hal1ax
07.09.18 | ya i wouldn't mind seeing england take it |
DoofDoof
07.09.18 | France winning would be an almighty anti climax
'oh, they won it again' - too soon after they last won it for it to be exciting to anyone who doesn't have garlic for blood
they were the favourites before the start of the tournament for most people who actually follow football. Brazil/Germany for those who don't. |
Keyblade
07.09.18 | this is their first likeable team in years. their squads in the last 2 world cups were embarrassing |
Deez
07.09.18 | Its not the team. This is the most likeable team and manager in a while. its the section of support who are fucking dickheads. There was footage yesterday of them terrifying 2 girls working in Ikea but turning all the beds and furniture over and another of the jumping up and down on a fucking ambulance putting it out of service. Putting the roof through a taxi in another. This is when they WON. Those same union jack wearing cunts you see on your holidays. I cannot blame them its the reason I want my own countrys team to lose most of the time or why as i said above im so not arsed about the international team. Its a minority of course but is a minority of a countries support making it a huge fucking minority. |
DoofDoof
07.09.18 | 'why as i said above im so not arsed about the international team'
interesting you'd let a minority of 'piss heads gone overboard' ruin your fun like that but fair enough |
RadicalEd
07.09.18 | I'm sorry but you britbongers just play unattractive football except when you're up against the mighty nation of Panama or Tunisia. I hope Belgium takes it all. I think France may be too good tho.
How many non-setpiece goals have you even scored. Wasn't Alli's Header the first non-set piece/penalty Goal in the tournament for England aside from some goals against Panama? |
Deez
07.09.18 | The old minority thing is horse shit. The 'Minority' is as big as many clubs entire support. Its the minority of a whole countries support. Youre talking thousands upon thousands of dickheads who egg each other on. I dont give a fuck about Utd players or Chelsea players being successful because theyre from the same country as me. Ive got my own team thanks I dont need to glory hunt in another one. I dont give a fuck about the queen or god saving her or the fake patriotism that runs through the country for a sporting event. Some inbreds in Burnley sicking posters of David Beckham in the window. Makes me fucking cringe the whole thing. Everything i dislike about the country rolled up into one support base. Not even to mention its the FAs team! Of course theres LOADS of spot on normal England fans too but thats the exact reason as said above people want us to lose. We are disliked all over Europe for being dickheads because of those type of morons. Thast the reason people want us to lose also not because Harry Kane talks like hes had a stroke or they dont like Jesse Lingards hair. Even I dont dislike this team or manager. |
DoofDoof
07.09.18 | Ed you’re kidding, the side of kids who’ve only played about 6 games together before this tournament don’t play as well as a Belgian golden generation who’ve been together for about six years now? Who’d have thunk
To win it England will have to play much better to beat Croatia, and then much better again to win the final. If they do then they’ll be playing excellent football and they’ll deserve to win it. It’s really that simple.
Hopefully it happens but England are massive underdogs to achieve that. Still one of the greatest examples of a young team learning on the job I’ve ever seen, fair play to them. |
DoofDoof
07.09.18 | deez maybe just have a beer 🍺
yes, this nation is partly associated with pond life - this bothers you why? Relax, don’t carry that burden. Just enjoy the World Cup run, don’t go looking to be offended scrolling clips on YouTube |
Deez
07.09.18 | It doesnt bother me. I travel around the world a lot to get the fuck away from them. I dont let them in my life so why would I follow a club which they ALL support? Ive lived in england half my life. I dont need you tube to tell me what Ive got decades of experience of. (those clips are all over the place, The papers, SM, the news) I can have a beer and enjoy the world cup easily without having to pretend I like a team. They all go back to hating and fighting each other when its over anyway. Its experience that makes me not follow them not a minority. I dont actively want them to lose Im just not arsed either way. The point being lots of people want us to lose and thats why. The reputation of England fans around Europe is dirt. Minority or not. |
zakalwe
07.09.18 | There's more to life dudes don't worry about it.
The obnoxious pissheads, the gloaters, the complete lack of class humility or respect. We've turned yank tbh. |
Deez
07.09.18 | Indeed.
|
DoofDoof
07.09.18 | ‘Go back to hating and fighting’
Honestly, I don’t think England is much worse than Italy or Spain or a whole load of other countries in this regard.
‘Travel the world to get away from them’
It’s honestly the easiest thing to be away from them in England too. Think you’re a little over sensitive to this issue.
I mean no one wants to get smashed over the head by a bar stool swung by a Rooney-alike dough boy in a replica shirt but if you’re not looking for that you probably won’t stumble into it |
RadicalEd
07.09.18 | "Ed you’re kidding, the side of kids who’ve only played about 6 games together before this tournament don’t play as well as a Belgian golden generation who’ve been together for about six years now? Who’d have thunk"
I mean it's not their fault in a way, but since Germany and Japan are out I want to see the side who plays the best to win. And England are not that side this year. Semi-final is already a success anyways. |
Deez
07.09.18 | I dont really know how the spanish and italians work I know when a lad i know was one of Englands main hooligans, One of the stereotypical cunts i mentioned, he said the NIGHT they went out in Euro 96 they all tuned on each other. The original footballs coming home , Country all together and then they just turn on each other. when they lose. A massive fraud. 'Lets pretend to all like each other why the footys on' Cant be arsed with it. Dont see why its so hard to get for some people. Im only arsed about my club thats it.
If you have to take a bus or a train or walk to walk or walk through a city at night to go home its fucking FULL of them. Its easy if you stay in your house FOREVER. I live in the highlands now, Im well away. And ive travelled 7 out of the last 11 years. You see it more when you arrive back. It actually helped me remember that not all English are narrow minded churchill looking fuckers because the ones who travel are usually sound (not all) |
zakalwe
07.09.18 | Its that Brit on the piss thing innit. Absolute pond life but fuck it we've all been there.
The unshackled joyful emotion of something good to focus on after day in day out grinding disappointments in work, love and life.
A huge fuck off to the dilettantes, those who tell you what you can and cannot say do as I say not as I do knobbers who say nothing to us about our lives.
Our lives which are nothing but pissed on dreams and hopes levied by a packet of powder and pint of piss.
Live, breathe, laugh. And glass a kraut in the face.
|
Deez
07.09.18 | hahahha yeah I get that bit like. I dont tell anyone they shouldnt support them Its mad how worked up people get to tell you that you should. Fuck off |
Deez
07.09.18 | My mates just paid a fortune to go over though so I hope they do it for him.
Ive got money on Croatia though so.....money over friendship innit anyday |
zakalwe
07.09.18 | Since Colombia I have no clue whats happening. Sterling will score though. |
Deez
07.09.18 | I see them getting past Croatia, Dont know how, But they will and get done in the final. But France have do have a habit of not turning up and Bobby Martinez doesnt like defending crosses so.....you just never know |
MH18
07.09.18 | "Its that Brit on the piss thing innit. Absolute pond life but fuck it we've all been there.
The unshackled joyful emotion of something good to focus on after day in day out grinding disappointments in work, love and life.
A huge fuck off to the dilettantes, those who tell you what you can and cannot say do as I say not as I do knobbers who say nothing to us about our lives.
Our lives which are nothing but pissed on dreams and hopes levied by a packet of powder and pint of piss.
Live, breathe, laugh. And glass a kraut in the face."
ilu man.
|
Egarran
07.09.18 | This thread went dark. Cheer up, fellas: Davis has resigned! |
RadicalEd
07.09.18 | Cheer up fellas. Neymar has already rolled himself back to the Copacabana. |
zakalwe
07.09.18 | You can tell England are still in it, thread is now miserable as fuck. |
danielcardoso
07.09.18 | Lol. |
linguist2011
07.09.18 | After reading all this all I can say is...
At least the Russians don't despise us. Y'know, for the moment. |
Maco097
07.09.18 | If there's an Allah please don't let England win. |
Egarran
07.09.18 | Cheer up fellas: Boris has resigned!
This could be the most epic summer in English history. |
hal1ax
07.09.18 | both fucking semi-final matches come on at 11am where i live lol. smack dab in the middle of the work day |
hal1ax
07.09.18 | Na I work at a psychiatric facility. I have to watch them when I get home which sucks cuz I have to avoid certain people who will just whip out their phones and be like Croatia / Russia in PK’s right now !!!!! |
Deez
07.09.18 | At least the Russians don't despise us. Y'know, for the moment.'
Well first thats not true since they think we are actively making false stories about them killing citizens with nerve agents! Also the fat England fans who might like to have a fight know that the Putin has kept the Russian Ultras away succesfully and if THEY dont want to fuck with the police the English most definitely wont. All though this will change I imagine when they go out.
Look theres loads of people I know and love who are good lads and just love England, If they won it id be happy for them, For zak and doof and anyone else whos not a cunt england fan. My mates who are out there. But if they lose I would be just as happy knowing Those fat 'Brits abroad' will be in tears. Its a win win for me. |
DoofDoof
07.09.18 | ‘False stories about them killing citizens’
That’s a conspiracy theory of 9/11 proportions :/ |
Deez
07.09.18 | Not really. All governments are lying scum I dont believe a word any of them say. Theyre all walking out on May and 'Oh look , another Russia attack' Those pesky russians timing is constantly impeccable
https://www.dw.com/en/russia-calls-uk-bluff-as-nerve-agent-attack-deadline-passes/a-42965234 |
Thalassic
07.09.18 | Am I really the only non-English person in the room who'd like to see the England win (if Belgium gets tossed of course)? |
Deez
07.09.18 | https://youtu.be/I1S-6hlzqD0
Thats why were behaving. No fucking about those Russian police. |
hal1ax
07.09.18 | na thalassic i'm american and would like to see england win |
Deez
07.09.18 | Good lads. |
Zeneren
07.09.18 | hyde park got a public screening in london for the croatia game - 30,000 free tickets being balloted. Will be lucky to get a couple |
Deez
07.09.18 | Imagine how much cocaine will be inside that park |
anarchistfish
07.09.18 | "I'm sorry but you britbongers just play unattractive football except when you're up against the mighty nation of Panama or Tunisia."
bruh England is one of the few teams in this tournament that actually tries to press the opposition. their attacking play is the best I've seen it in my lifetime. If you think this England is boring have you ever watched them play in any previous tournament? |
anarchistfish
07.09.18 | deezer you English mate? [2]
my dumbass french uncle and aunt (wouldn't really surprise me if they support FN tbh) think it's a false flag too. just shows they know nothing about the british political landscape cos with brexit and the general apathetic/partisan political landscape the russia fiasco is really irrelevant to the government's support. plus the whole point of a false flag is that the government can make itself look strong and enable itself new and more authoritarian powers. the UK government's response was weak
if you want to make a false flag in UK you don't just poison two foreigners and not even kill them, then put in a few sanctions that just make the government look even more pathetic. |
anarchistfish
07.09.18 | oh he's "lived in england half [his] life"
whatever that means. 16 years old and left at 8? |
DoofDoof
07.09.18 | anarchist, while that is true to some extent this England team has looked woefully short in terms of individual flair - I think that’s why some neutrals are finding us dull
No attacking player has really put in an ‘attacking display’ above a sort of 7/10 level - their all round play might be great (see Kane) but in purely creative/attacking/flair terms nothing individually outstanding |
hal1ax
07.09.18 | they seem ok at setting up / orchestrating attacks but are sort of lacking in the execution department |
DoofDoof
07.09.18 | Alli and Kane are capable of wonder goals - haven’t seen them really attempt anything in that bracket yet, nothing out of the usual...hopefully saving for now ;D |
hal1ax
07.09.18 | every time i've watched england play this cup they've looked just really poised and composed, especially kane. i like it.. rooting for em |
anarchistfish
07.09.18 | southgate's england is a breath of fresh air but i'm still more invested in the french team |
DoofDoof
07.09.18 | Shame Kane and Alli aren’t in the form of two seasons ago and fully fit - if that were the case we’d have been huge favourites to actually win it at this stage
Right now we really aren’t - but there’s hope |
Deez
07.09.18 | 'Oh hes lived here half his life whatever that means. 16 years old and left at 8?'
'Deezer are you english mate'
'Whatever that means' Take a shot in the dark and say it probably means ive lived in England half my life exactly like I said.
Im English yeah. Ive lived in England till my early twenties then I started travelling and travelled 1 or 2 years at a time and the 6 months at a time. Going back to England/ And later on Scotland to work to get funds to travel. So yeah roughly half my life Ive lived in England but Ive never been a patriot. I never got patriotism. Sorry/Not sorry. All though im very grateful i live in a country I can come back to earn money and travel the world because ive seen people in many countries living off nothing.
RE: The Russian attack. I never said it was a false flag. I said these things are always classic diversion tactics when something else is happening like right now. And still its just a bunch of noise saying they have evidence but not proof that they dont show. So yeah, from past history i dont believe a word of it. Not just this. That doesnt mean its not true. Its not 'irrelevant to the governments support' in the slightest because they point and tell people to look the other way. While shits hitting the fan somewhere else. As it is now. Theyre not the only country who want to pin everything on Russia right now. But lets keep this a footy thread. Arsed about all that shite. |
Deez
07.09.18 | Shame Kane and Alli aren’t in the form of two seasons ago and fully fit - if that were the case we’d have been huge favourites to actually win it at this stage'
Kane is. Alli has been off all season but if they had that link up of the season before, man....
Also a fit Lallana |
zakalwe
07.09.18 | Country is selling its people down the river but the important thing is....it’s coming home. |
anarchistfish
07.09.18 | winning the wc might save the british gvt |
Deez
07.09.18 | Until Putin poisons Harry Maguire with a Novichok handshake |
DoofDoof
07.09.18 | 'Kane is'
Two seasons ago he was running at defenders and carving out chances against your Chelsea's and decent sides - I think the injuries have taken a small toll on him, he's changed his game up. He's still a great player, better in some respects, but in terms of pure goal scoring impact/scoring out of nothing - I think he was at his best two seasons ago. |
zakalwe
07.09.18 | Yeah agreed. He has turned into a bit of a trundler since the injuries but still bangs them in. He is out and out quality. |
Deez
07.09.18 | Hasnt he just had his highest scoring season? |
DoofDoof
07.09.18 | Well, not much difference between the stats between his last few seasons...but stats are stats, they miss out the style of those goals. I don't see Kane really striding with the ball and running at defenders but he's become even more deadly at reading the game and sniffing chances.
The best players change their game as they lose pace/get recurring injuries. Think Shearer. Think Owen (not quite as successful a story as Shearer). Think Rooney (even less successful but still) |
Deez
07.09.18 | ah ok sorry I didnt read that impact out of nothing bit. I dont probably see enough of him to say one or the other seems pretty much a better all round player than his break through season and with over 30 goals. I never really saw him running at players. Always been a snap shot kind of player for me. Greedy, Proper striker. Hes been excellent in all the other parts of his game this WC. Imagine Sturridge wasnt made of crisps also off the bench. |
hal1ax
07.09.18 | Yea kane doesn’t look super mobile out there. Definitely a potent striker but his drives seem a little clunky. |
DoofDoof
07.09.18 | He used to do things like this regularly against some of the best defenders in the league:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf4cJiL7brY |
Deez
07.09.18 | Ive seen him do that this season plenty of times |
Deez
07.09.18 | I get what your saying but In my mind he was never this rampaging forward who went at defenders his gift has always been making space for a shot anywhere from 25 yards out. |
Deez
07.09.18 | https://youtu.be/wFC7Psn-5a8
This season |
DoofDoof
07.09.18 | There were probably better examples out there - there was a point he'd score a similar goal to that every other game though. Last season he scored a few of 'em sure, not as many as before.
Hopefully he's still got it in his locker, he hasn't got close to producing anything like that Chelsea goal this tournament so far. He's slicing through some more than decent players in that clip, a different level of goal to the one you posted - though that does show he's still got some pace ;D |
hal1ax
07.09.18 | oh dang.. ya i should rly watch more premier league stuff. so many great players |
Deez
07.09.18 | Yeah it can also be second season syndrome defenders are wiser to what you were doing the season before, Guess well see after a couple more seasons. I do get ya though. Mad to think it wasnt even that long ago he broke through seems an ages ago all ready |
RadicalEd
07.10.18 | Whoever wins today will be WC. |
MH18
07.10.18 | So, France. |
RadicalEd
07.10.18 | I think so. I hope Belgium can do it. But I dunno. Meunier and Vertongen against Mbappe and Griezmann.... phew. I hope Martinez sticks with Fellaini because as much hate as that guy gets, he's been fantastic this WC. |
MH18
07.10.18 | Agreed, I hope Belgium win. I'll be watching the finals in Belgium if they do :D |
DoofusWainwright
07.10.18 | Ed agreed, Fellaini is probably player of the tournament so far lol
Also people saying whoever wins this wins the cup - the strongest/best team doesn't always come first
For evidence just cast your mind back to the last time Chelsea won the Champions League - worst final performance I've ever seen...but they won it |
anarchistfish
07.10.18 | I never thought I'd be in the position where I'd have to pick between France and England going into the semi finals of a wc but if the final is France vs England I'm gonna be so smug the next 4 yrs |
zakalwe
07.10.18 | In a final anything can happen, it all goes out the window.
When it comes to upsetting the odds, the unexpected, the ‘I don’t believe it’ moments nothing comes close to the beautiful game. |
RadicalEd
07.10.18 | "Also people saying whoever wins this wins the cup - the strongest/best team doesn't always come first"
Sure, it's not set in stone. But here's my ranking of the performances by the teams still in the WC:
France >> Belgium >>>>>>>> Croatia = England
Ofc England could win the WC in the penalties against France, with Pickford scoring the final 11-10 against Lloris. And given the track record of this WC I wouldn't even be too surprised. |
Evreaia
07.10.18 | If Belgium plays like the first 45 minutes against Brazil, France is going home, no question.
If they play like the last 45 minutes, Belgium is going home.
So let's hope they keep the pressure up and Hazard/Debruyne and Lukaku go ham on the goal.
also Meunier isn't playing, sadly. |
Evreaia
07.10.18 | "France >> Belgium >>>>>>>> Croatia = England"
France only played well against Argentina. Croatia owned the group phase, something that can't be said about England.
France = Belgium > Croatia >>>> England |
Demon of the Fall
07.10.18 | 'Meunier and Vertongen against Mbappe and Griezmann'
Isn't Meunier suspended? Thought I saw that come up in the Brazil game, which in theory is going to make it even harder for Belgium. It's a close call but I fancy France, they've already got the advantage of having 12 men out there (Kante counts as 2 players). |
RadicalEd
07.10.18 | Has Meunier seen 2 yellow cards?
They don't really have a second right wing back in the squad do they? Can Deandocker play right back maybe? Should have brought someone... |
Evreaia
07.10.18 | "Has Meunier seen 2 yellow cards?"
Sadly yes. I'm also wondering how they are going to fix this. |
Demon of the Fall
07.10.18 | I just checked, he's definitely suspended. They could be reverting back to Carrasco as one of their wing-backs which is a little scary. |
Evreaia
07.10.18 | Please no more Carrasco, he's been terrible every game except for the game against Tunisia. |
RadicalEd
07.10.18 | Alderweild could play right back. But since Vertongen played left back last game, that would mean that an aging Vermaelen or Boyota would have to play CB with Kompany. Vermaelen and Kompany would be the slowest CB-Pairing imaginable and I don't think Boyota quiet cuts it at this level. Especiall in a 4-3-3. As a third man in a 3-5-2 maybe... |
RadicalEd
07.10.18 | You can't seriously play Carrasco against Griezman. His defensive output has been week as a right wing back. And putting him on the wrong side in a 4 man defense where he as to play full back? (assuming Martinez doesn't revert back to a 3-5-2) Seems suicidal to me. |
Evreaia
07.10.18 | I have a feeling we'll get the same setup as last time, with Alderweireld, Kompany and Vertonghe at the back.
Martinez is mostly likely changing the midfield up and demanding them to fall back, just like they did against Brazil (Can I please get Dembele somewhere this time).
Belgium Survived Brazil's attacks with only 3 defenders, and Brazil's attack is more terrifying than France's. |
Demon of the Fall
07.10.18 | I didn't say they should, just that they might through a lack of alternatives more than anything else. Do they have the personnel to play a back 4? I'm assuming either way there's a lack of wide defenders. I know Vertonghen can play left back competently. |
Evreaia
07.10.18 | "Do they have the personnel to play a back 4?"
Not really. Alderwereild Vermaelen Kompany Vertonghe is by far the only viable setup if they want 4 at the back. |
Demon of the Fall
07.10.18 | 'and Brazil's attack is more terrifying than France's'
Disagree. Maybe if Brazil had started Firminho over Jesus & Douglas Costa over Willian it would've been, but that only happened later on. |
RadicalEd
07.10.18 | They could the play:
----------Alderweild Kompany Vertonghen---------
Carassco----------------------------------Chadli
--------------Fellaini-----------Witsel---------
------De Bruyne-------------------Hazard---------
-------------------R. Lukaku------------------- |
Evreaia
07.10.18 | France has shown nothing offensively. Only Mbappe has looked really good.
Griezzman isn't reliable enough to score and Giroud is practically not even on the field. |
Evreaia
07.10.18 | "They Could the play:"...
Dembele please. |
Egarran
07.10.18 | Ev, how many WCs have you seen? |
RadicalEd
07.10.18 | I like Dembele, but Witsel has been the mainstay and Fellaini is just to good atm.
France has only played against teams who sit back and defend though, except for Argentina, where they banged in 4 Goals.
If Deschamps is smart, he'll swap out Tolisso/Matuidi for someone more offensive on the left flank because i predict that Belgiums right side is gonna be their weakspot defensively without Meunier. |
Evreaia
07.10.18 | "Ev, how many WCs have you seen?"
I've seen every game ast the group stages.
Don't get me wrong, France is a good team, but I was more terrified of Brazil. And they got played the first half, before they adapted their tactics. |
Evreaia
07.10.18 | "If Deschamps is smart, he'll swap out Tolisso/Matuidi for someone more offensive on the left flank because i predict that Belgiums right side is gonna be their weakspot defensively without Meunier."
both our flanks really. |
MH18
07.10.18 | France > Brazil |
RadicalEd
07.10.18 | Also Tielemans is amazing and it's sad that there is no space for him in the Squad.
"both our flanks really."
Maybe. Vertonghen is a good (defensive) left back. |
Evreaia
07.10.18 | Tielemans is stil young, he'll have his time in a few years. |
RadicalEd
07.10.18 | Sure. But his match against England was really something. In the second half he just decided: "Fuck this. We're going to win." And basically pulled the whole Team with him. Really impressive for someone who turned 21 a few weeks ago and had a kind of so-so season at Monaco. |
Evreaia
07.10.18 | Hopefully Hazard is as good as against Brazil. |
DoofusWainwright
07.10.18 | People rating England are sort of rating the closest to an unknown quantity I've ever seen progress this far in a World Cup, some of these players only had a single cap or two before the tournament...we've played what's been in front of us, usually very negative and/or dirty teams.
I have no idea what the team will play like against 'better teams'. All we do know is the end of this world cup is effectively 50% premier league players and all the England players play in the premier league so...could be interesting. Sure they could flop - could suddenly click into another gear in a more open/high quality contest. I don't think we've seen the true best form of any England players barring maybe Maguire/Trippier/Henderson/Pickford/Stones. |
anarchistfish
07.10.18 | "Croatia owned the group phase, something that can't be said about England. "
apart from the fact England dominated their first 2 games
"France has shown nothing offensively. Only Mbappe has looked really good.
Griezzman isn't reliable enough to score and Giroud is practically not even on the field."
lol. Giroud is one of our most vital players for hold up play. He is the reason we don't need to rely on fucking Benzema. and we may not have created a bounty of scoring chances in games but Griezmann is always on the prowl, making space for Mbappe. |
Evreaia
07.10.18 | "part from the fact England dominated their first 2 games"
Against the worst opponents of the tournament, Tunesia and Panama are free wins. Then they lost a game against a Belgium that wasn't even trying and subbed 9 players. England hasn't convinced their other games either. |
Egarran
07.10.18 | "Don't get me wrong,"
You got me wrong though. I was curious if you have seen any previous world cups.
Things tend to happen that fucks with a scientifically correct analysis. |
Evreaia
07.10.18 | England has the talent, but so far they haven't shown it and haven't been tested. |
Evreaia
07.10.18 | "You got me wrong though. I was curious if you have seen any previous world cups."
Oh I've seen games and highlights, but this is the first time I got the time to see all the games in full. |
RadicalEd
07.10.18 | "I have no idea what the team will play like against 'better teams'. All we do know is the end of this world cup is effectively 50% premier league players and all the England players play in the premier league so...could be interesting. Sure they could flop - could suddenly click into another gear in a more open/high quality contest. I don't think we've seen the true best form of any England players barring maybe Maguire/Trippier/Henderson/Pickford/Stones."
I predict England will be good against better Teams. Their defensive line just Looks solid as fuck. Croatia vs England is a toss up in my book. But I don't think they have quiet the same lvl of individual quality as France/Belgium. Henderson is no Kante. Young is certainly no Matuidi/Tolisso. Lingaard wouldn't even make the French Squad and he'd be no starter in Belgium either. I'd argue Maguire isn't a Varane or Vertongen. Pickford played very well, but he is not a Lloris/Courtois. They don't have a Player like Mbappe/Griezman or Hazard/De Bruyne who just can win games on his own. (Sure, Kane is good) |
anarchistfish
07.10.18 | "Against the worst opponents of the tournament, Tunesia and Panama are free wins. Then they lost a game against a Belgium that wasn't even trying and subbed 9 players. England hasn't convinced their other games either."
free wins yet belgium struggled against panama until 2nd half.
yeah england changed 8 of their players too. neither team was trying that game.. |
DoofusWainwright
07.10.18 | An England vs Belgium final would effectively be a Premier League game |
RadicalEd
07.10.18 | We get it you britbongers have all the oil money in your filthy league. |
Evreaia
07.10.18 | "free wins yet belgium struggled against panama until 2nd half."
"struggled". They underestimated Panama and were trying to save strength, 3-0 victory still shows it was an easy game.
Belgium made the same mistake against Japan before they finally started showing up. |
DoofusWainwright
07.10.18 | Wasn't blowing the PL trumpet, more just wondering just how overfamiliar those two sets of players would be with each other - it would feel a bit like Spurs (Kane/Alli/Trippier) and PL allstar pals vs Man U (Lukakau/Fellaini) and PL allstar pals
Anyway, it's just as likely that could be the dreaded 'third place playoff' fixture so don't want to get ahead of ourselves |
Evreaia
07.10.18 | I bet we're getting a France - Croatia final
Croatia for the win |
RadicalEd
07.10.18 | "Belgium made the same mistake against Japan before they finally started showing up."
Gotta defend the Japanese a bit here. They don't deserve a comparison with Panama, they played very well. Tbh Belgium didn't find much answers to their defensive style and in the end they only lost because they couldn't cope with the Belgians beeing way taller. (And because of a very naive attempt to win the game with a corner) So I don't really think the Belgians underestimated them and started to Show up after 60 minutes. It's more that they had a plan B (Crosses from everywhere) after their plan A got shut down hard. |
Demon of the Fall
07.10.18 | 'Giroud is practically not even on the field.'
I think you misunderstand what Giroud's job is, strikers do more than just score goals. He's important to the way France play, holds up the ball & creates space for runners. He's very good at what he does, just because it's unspectacular doesn't mean he's playing poorly.
@RadicalEd - it amused me that you displayed the wing-backs the wrong way around in your Belgium team, why not just put them where they're supposed to be & forget the bracketed bit? Haha. Having said that the team itself looks like what I'd presume the line-up will be. |
RadicalEd
07.10.18 | @DotF
I had it wrong and then I was too lazy to edit. Fix'd |
Egarran
07.10.18 | "I bet we're getting a France - Croatia final"
What are you betting? There has to be consequences. |
Artuma
07.10.18 | 1-0 france, 1-0 england book it
france vs england gonna be one hell of a final |
RadicalEd
07.10.18 | I'm calling 3-2 France and 1-0 croatia |
zakalwe
07.10.18 | I’m welling up just thinking about it. |
Evreaia
07.10.18 | "I'm calling 3-2 France and 1-0 croatia"
[2] |
DoofusWainwright
07.10.18 | France vs England would be the final with the most bite, I have nothing but respect for Croatia and Belgium as teams and there's little history with England to get worked up over.
The French I'd like to see trodden into the dirt. Not as much as Germany. Not as much as Argentina. But after that? Yeah, would love to beat the French - more than a little bit of rivalry there for sure. |
RadicalEd
07.10.18 | All my most loved (Germany, Japan, Senegal) and my most hated (Brazil, Argentina, Portugal, Iran) teams are already out. It's fun to just enjoy the games and root for whoever is playing better. 2014 WC final was just way to nervewrecking. |
Egarran
07.10.18 | Some aggressive nationalism never hurt anyone.
Ev, if you can't find a bet, I've got one: For every wrong guess you make, you 5 a Backstreet Boys album. |
zakalwe
07.10.18 | Vengeance ranked.
1.Argentina
2.Germany
3.Russia
4.Portugal
5.Uruguay
|
DoofusWainwright
07.10.18 | France vs Croatia would be...a shit final let's all be honest dear lord no
If England aren't there please let it at least be Belgium vs Croatia, let's have a new world cup winning nation if it isn't England
France panning Croatia 3-0 with Modric crying for the last five minutes of play looking like Tom Petty's anemic ghost would be the biggest anti climax this side of City strolling last year's premier league title. |
zakalwe
07.10.18 | Modric aka Salem’s Lot. |
Evreaia
07.10.18 | "Ev, if you can't find a bet, I've got one: For every wrong guess you make, you 5 a Backstreet Boys album."
They don't even have enough albums for that. |
RadicalEd
07.10.18 | Vengeance ranked:
1. Argentina
2. Brazil
3. Portugal
4. Iran
5. tbfh Colombia because wtf was up with that team |
RadicalEd
07.10.18 | "France panning Croatia 3-0 with Modric crying for the last five minutes of play looking like Tom Petty's anemic ghost would be the biggest anti climax this side of City strolling last year's premier league title."
haha. Croatia has got some mean counter-attacking player tho. (Rebic, Perisic, even Kovacic and Rakitic) Somehow I think France-Croatia would be close |
zakalwe
07.10.18 | COME ON ENGLAND!!!!!
I’ve got gout cos of this World Cup caper. Make it worth it lads. |
DoofusWainwright
07.10.18 | Nah, out of all the possible finals that one would be the potential blood bath - Croatia have flirted with disaster against some relatively poor sides in the knockouts, France would say 'thank you very much' and absolutely slaughter them I'm thinking.
But you never know, that's just my hunch on the personalities of the teams/nations. If Croatia wallop England then sure, maybe they mean business. |
DoofusWainwright
07.10.18 | Zak my beer belly has returned after my Belfast trip/the continuation of the WC - can probably claim some compensation from the NHS if England now lose, a bit of lypo and a few staples |
Egarran
07.10.18 | "They don't even have enough albums for that."
Nice. But just proceed to N'Sync and so on. |
linguist2011
07.10.18 | England played at their best against Sweden imo, before that they never really took off beyond first gear and got lucky (especially on a penalty shootout against Colombia), the group stage games practically being handed to them before Belgium took advantage of England taking it easy. But against Sweden I thought England finally showed up-best defence and goalkeeping I've seen from the team. Hopefully they'll demonstrate their strengths further, but I have a feeling Croatia are going to launch a desperation attack if they concede first. |
rodrigo90
07.10.18 | Talking about Official songs of the world cup, I've always loved Anastasia's boom, I read in youtube comments that most of the people hate it, but I think it's a great song. Maybe they hate it because Korea Japan is one of the worst world cups in terms of organization and even helped Korea to reach the semi-finals. |
hal1ax
07.10.18 | england wins it tmrw. croatia has been one of the most over-hyped teams in the cup. |
iglu
07.10.18 | no one wants to see England's boring ass in the finals |
Deez
07.10.18 | To be fair Croatia have been turgid since the group stage so..... |
rodrigo90
07.10.18 | 1976 comments, what a beautiful number |
zakalwe
07.10.18 | Cheats |
rodrigo90
07.10.18 | I want France to win the world cup because they deserved to win in 2006, GOD DAMMIT. I still hate Materazzi to this day. |
rodrigo90
07.10.18 | To this day I believe that if it wasn't for the headbutt Zidane gave to Materazzi, France would have won during the 90 minutes |
AngryJohnny
07.10.18 | 2 class sides here |
zakalwe
07.10.18 | Mbappe is taking the piss. Different level. |
rodrigo90
07.10.18 | PERO MIRA COMO ESTA ESA MUFA DE MICK JAGGER PAPÁ!!!!!!!!! |
anarchistfish
07.10.18 | "To this day I believe that if it wasn't for the headbutt Zidane gave to Materazzi, France would have won during the 90 minutes"
Zidane was sent off in extra time tho |
Thalassic
07.10.18 | Strong tactical work from the French. I honestly think they're a pretty boring team to watch, but you gotta respect the way they were organized on the field.
Shame for Belgium. Now it's gonna take a long ass time before they have another generation like this, but when they were on top they showed some great football.
Now
COME ON ENGLAND |
anarchistfish
07.10.18 | We were so organised in defence. Belgium barely had any chances the last 15 or so minutes. And then Lloris has just been amazing this world cup. I haven't seen him play this well in years. Pure shot stopper. |
Thalassic
07.10.18 | France really makes the difference on the midfield. The Pogba-Matuidi-Kante organization is top notch. The football of the French is at times frustratingly dull and from an offensive point of view they can't even tie the (for example) Brazilians' shoes, but whatever...they get the job done |
zakalwe
07.10.18 | There’s a deftness of touch to the French game that Brazil would give their right gnad for.
France will be worthy winners.
|
Egarran
07.10.18 | I now consider Evreaia a football oracle. Too bad England, cu@theeuros. |
DoofDoof
07.10.18 | France definitely deserve to win the tournament in a logical and fair universe, they've knocked out the two other best teams in Brazil and Belgium, etc
Hopefully they drop a bollock in the final whether that's against England or Modric, anarchy, we want anarchy. A six minute Sterling hat trick rampage and a 30 yard Pogba own goal header.
Hopefully that dragonfly unloaded some eggs in Lloris that hatch and eat him from the inside causing Kane to score two goals unopposed and also allow Harry to finally blardy snatch that Spurs captaincy off him |
Evenoss
07.10.18 | Lloris, Varane, Umtiti, Kante, Matuidi & Pogba killed it.
Giroud and Griezmann had like 10 opportunities to score but never found the right touch. And Mbappé has become a bit too confident. He thinks he can dribble around an entire team.
Best wishes to Belgium. |
Artuma
07.10.18 | "1-0 france, 1-0 england book it"
one down, one to go |
zakalwe
07.10.18 | lol |
anarchistfish
07.10.18 | Yes our midfield is amazing too.
Our attack obviously works best on the counter but only Argentina have really let us play like that this tournament. Our build up play, patience and team cohesion has started to improve in the knockouts and Mbappé is just so sick holy fuck but France is not a natural possession based team. 38% possession today says it all. If it's France vs England in the final Southgate will know better than to try taking the game to France and attacking. If France takes the lead France can just sit back and counter. Plus our finishing has been pretty clinical these knockouts. Today excluded.
Giroud was shit today |
DoofDoof
07.10.18 | Giroud, more than any other current french player, has a stubborn waft of le douche about him |
Thalassic
07.10.18 | "And Mbappé has become a bit too confident. He thinks he can dribble around an entire team."
I really think mano-a-mano dribbling duels aren't Mbappé's strongest point. When he gets the opportunity to kick the ball 10 feet ahead and outrun the defender, it gets very difficult to stop him; but as far as skillful dribbling goes...I dunno
Obviously a great player tho |
anarchistfish
07.10.18 | Giroud is bae
but Giroud was trash today. Couldn't hold the ball up. Terrible touches. Bad decision making. Trash finishing. |
anarchistfish
07.10.18 | tbh half the reason Mbappé shone so much against Argentina is cos they try to attack but have terrible and slow defence. their gamestyle totally enabled a player like Mbappé and a team like France. today he started to get into the game when France were 1-0 up and Belgium were forced to push up.
Sampaoli baldest of all bald frauds |
iglu
07.10.18 | Giroud was shit but at least he tried to help out on defense |
linguist2011
07.10.18 | Really want a France-England final now.
MAKE IT HAPPEN GUYS. |
iglu
07.10.18 | I just want my boy Griezmann to get that trophy |
anarchistfish
07.10.18 | I can't see France losing to England or Croatia tbh |
iglu
07.10.18 | I think England could win if they make it to the final |
budgie
07.10.18 | stoked for a french victory woot |
hal1ax
07.11.18 | lol damn art nailed it
pretty good match.. belgium was off their game tho.. just not connecting |
hal1ax
07.11.18 | "There’s a deftness of touch to the French game that Brazil would give their right gnad for."
lol so true |
hal1ax
07.11.18 | also ya the zidane headbutt was legendary. saw that shit live |
Evenoss
07.11.18 | https://youtu.be/ntQsMSuEbyg?t=1m12s (1:12)
That would have been a pretty great goal. Damn you Giroud. |
Egarran
07.11.18 | Yeah, that was such a shame. Would have been the best assist this year. |
Demon of the Fall
07.11.18 | I'm so excited about today, it's a day of immense importance for the English football fan...
Chelsea finally sign Sarri & gazump City for Jorginho, so sweet. Oh & apparently England are playing. |
zakalwe
07.11.18 | This is it. One last test before a World Cup Final.
All those years of hype, ineptitude, lack of passion, entitlement, arrogance, no pride, no courage, resentment for the national team, FA bullshit, the gulf between you and us.......
It's time to bury it.
COME ON ENGLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
anarchistfish
07.11.18 | well the soccer subreddit has lost its shit over mbappé's timewasting antics lol |
Demon of the Fall
07.11.18 | his 'antics' were pretty tame to be honest, wonder what their reaction was to Neymar's embarrassing behaviour at this tournament |
anarchistfish
07.11.18 | i don't even think they normally watch football tbh. mbappé timewastes a couple of minutes at the end of a wc semi final and suddenly people are equating him to Neymar's fucking Odyssey |
zakalwe
07.11.18 | The fair-weathers can fuck right off tbh. |
jagride
07.11.18 | yeah i saw that thread, it has to be mainly outrage from ppl who rarely watch the sport and just rely on r/soccer distilling games into contextless little chunks |
anarchistfish
07.11.18 | yh basically. as far as i can see it's pretty much confined to that sub. apparently mbappe shouldve been sent off and him holding his face when vertonghen barged into him is way worse than vertonghen barging into him. |
Demon of the Fall
07.11.18 | 2018 comments! |
anarchistfish
07.11.18 | not anymore |
Valkoor952
07.11.18 | Those who spew shit at Neymar and adore Mbappe are hypocrites, sorry. The guy is a world class actor in the making, and all of his "antics" yesterday were pathetic. Shame, cause he really has huge potential as long as he doesn't act like a little bitch. Same goes for Neymar. |
Demon of the Fall
07.11.18 | Neymar has a history of acting like a dick, Mbappe is still young & I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt for simply 'time wasting', or going down when he's actually fouled, rather than when he's not even touched. |
Valkoor952
07.11.18 | "apparently mbappe shouldve been sent off and him holding his face when vertonghen barged into him is way worse than vertonghen barging into him"
Lol
By that logic why is everyone giving neymar crap about that mexico roll, when that mexican player actually stepped on his foot deliberately while out of play which was absolutely enough to warrant a red card. By your logic Neymar's reaction shouldn't even be relevant in that case, if you are so inclined to defend Mbappe. |
Divaman
07.11.18 | Good luck to my English friends today. (And apologies if there are any Croatian friends here. Um, I really liked Dubrovnik for those couple of hours my cruise ship stopped there.) |
rabidfish
07.11.18 | fuck neymar
fuck mbappe
simple |
zakalwe
07.11.18 | First pint, settling in. Whoever wins let’s just have a good game.
COME ON YOU ENGLAND!!!!! |
Ryus
07.11.18 | "Chelsea finally sign Sarri & gazump City for Jorginho, so sweet."
only took fucking a million years. i am sad to see conte go, however. some people have already forgotten how magical the 16-17 season was |
rabidfish
07.11.18 | Conte was great imo, his only big nono was not giving Batsuashyi more of a chance. |
Valkoor952
07.11.18 | Batsuashyi has been absolutely abysmal in this world cup though |
anarchistfish
07.11.18 | neymar does that shit in every game all the time and has done for years. mbappé does it for 3 minutes 1-0 at the end of a wc semi final. but nah they're totally the same |
rabidfish
07.11.18 | lukaku was the biggest disappointment of this WC, i really thought this could've been his... Man's a good striker, but he lacks the spirit of the greats. |
anarchistfish
07.11.18 | neymar was more of a disappointment than lukaku. 4 goals and the game against brazil, come on.. |
anarchistfish
07.11.18 | that being said i feel lukaku is a touch overrated generally speaking |
anarchistfish
07.11.18 | even brazilians are mocking neymar
https://i.redd.it/p1e9cpty0b911.png |
rabidfish
07.11.18 | Lukaku's a little step below amazing. I just hoped he could take it now, but that wasn't the case.
I've known for years Neymar was an above average player, nothing more. Not even brazilians were expecting nothing from him, the team as a whole was disappointing, tho, they TRASHED everyone else in the qualification round. |
anarchistfish
07.11.18 | neymar is a sick player. he just went full retard this wc. he's always been petulant |
rabidfish
07.11.18 | the thing is everyone puts him on the same level as Messi and Ronaldo and he just isn't. He's not even on the same level as.. say... Suarez, Bale or even Eden Hazard. |
Valkoor952
07.11.18 | Suarez isn't even close to Hazard or Neymar ( he's worse is what I'm trying to say) |
rabidfish
07.11.18 | nah, dude's the best striker of this decade. |
iglu
07.11.18 | mbappe is 19, you're still a dumbass at that age |
anarchistfish
07.11.18 | neymar was the 3rd best player in the world 2014-16 |
anarchistfish
07.11.18 | france vs england come on let's do this
if england win tonight then i've already won |
Valkoor952
07.11.18 | "nah, dude's the best striker of this decade."
lmao wat |
anarchistfish
07.11.18 | suarez is fucking amazing dude
been better than hazard since he was still at liverpool |
Valkoor952
07.11.18 | There is absolutely no way, on this earth, that Suarez is better than Hazard. The dude had 2 good seasons and he's been average ever since including this world cup. |
anarchistfish
07.11.18 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Su%C3%A1rez#Club
look at his goal stats for the last 6 seasons |
anarchistfish
07.11.18 | meanwhile Hazard is the most hot and cold elite player in world football |
adr
07.11.18 | Suarez had only 2 good seasons? lol what the fuck |
Thalassic
07.11.18 | Hazard is a far more attractive footballer than Suarez tho.
And Suarez has a really punchable face. |
Egarran
07.11.18 | According to local bookies, England are clear favorites.
I don't see how they could lose this game. |
DoofDoof
07.11.18 | I think I might poop my pants |
iglu
07.11.18 | lmfao kane |
budgie
07.11.18 | oh man i would watch the heck out of that match |
Deez
07.11.18 | The dude had 2 good seasons and he's been average ever since'
hahahahahahahhaha jesus |
rabidfish
07.11.18 | that was a penalty from Maguire, got lucky there |
DoofDoof
07.11.18 | Just did the mutha of all fight or flight nervous half time craps
COME ON ENGLAND |
MalleusMaleficarum
07.11.18 | i hope croatia scores 3 goals this half and sends the lot of you into your tearful beds |
Doctuses
07.11.18 | [2] |
iglu
07.11.18 | england with the war flashback |
iglu
07.11.18 | Croatia needs to finish it now or they are done for |
adr
07.11.18 | Henderson and Lingard are shit today |
adr
07.11.18 | actually all of them are :D |
Flugmorph
07.11.18 | dude i want croatia to win so hard rn u cant even perceive |
iglu
07.11.18 | same |
MalleusMaleficarum
07.11.18 | i'd probably pay ten dollars just to have them win tbh
(doesnt give a fuck about football even) |
iglu
07.11.18 | wow big spender |
RadicalEd
07.11.18 | Pickford goalie of the tournament. |
DoofDoof
07.11.18 | Southgate sat on his hands 8-10 minutes too long before making that first sub - silly waistcoat, he’s still learning too I guess... |
Flugmorph
07.11.18 | fuck man i just screamed from the top of my lungs. |
Ryus
07.11.18 | lmao rip |
DoofDoof
07.11.18 | I said the minute we relied on ‘Vardy time’ - we’re out... |
MalleusMaleficarum
07.11.18 |
I'm ready for the inevitable major collapse.
I'm ready for the inevitable major collapse.
I'm ready for the inevitable major collapse.
I'm ready for the inevitable major collapse.
I'm ready for the inevitable major collapse.
I'm ready for the inevitable major collapse.
I'm ready for the inevitable major collapse.
I'm ready for the inevitable major collapse.
I'm ready for the inevitable major collapse. |
Deez
07.11.18 | Kane has been coming far too deep from the second half on hes basically been playing as a 10. Alli and Lingard too many poor decisions. Croatia had to wake up at some point after these last few games |
DoofDoof
07.11.18 | BORING FINAL - World Cup over
Read it here first |
RadicalEd
07.11.18 | The butthurt is real. |
Flugmorph
07.11.18 | im gonna move to croatia now. What a game. |
Sniff
07.11.18 | *whatever it's coming home is in french* |
Kusangii
07.11.18 | Hary Kane sucks |
altertide0
07.11.18 | croatia was AMAZING today |
RadicalEd
07.11.18 | Croatia was complete garbage until that perisic goal, but after that they earned their win. England was just too passive/negative after going up front. |
Deez
07.11.18 | showed their limitations in the end. Fair play to them though they got further than expected and thats a young team. |
DoofDoof
07.11.18 | Southgate lost us that game, couldn’t change the tide at 65 minutes
Give him the Euros
Then get rid and bring in a manager |
DominionMM1
07.11.18 | how many goals did england score from free play in this tourney? |
Deez
07.11.18 | and here they go.....
Scapegoat time. |
DoofDoof
07.11.18 | Croatia dominated after Walker got a yellow card
A yellow fucking card destroyed England - manager fucked up, that’s his job to manage that shit |
anarchistfish
07.11.18 | wow. england fell to pieces in 2nd half
special family wc final cancelled.
if croatia win it from here i'm gonna be devastated lol |
Maco097
07.11.18 | God is real, its name is Allah.
Fuck off England hahahahaa |
anarchistfish
07.11.18 | lol already talking about firing southgate. piss off |
DoofDoof
07.11.18 | Players can hold heads up high
Manager? Jury’s our with a fucking Bullet
Not won over here |
pypypymble
07.11.18 | it's coming home ahahahahahah |
adr
07.11.18 | "how many goals did england score from free play in this tourney?"
around 3 lmao
Croatia played 3 120mins matches in a row tho and Sunday is too soon |
anarchistfish
07.11.18 | and we get to watch the 2nd Belgium vs England friendly of this tournament |
DominionMM1
07.11.18 | wanted belgium and england gone after they laid down in that last group game
fuck that shit |
anarchistfish
07.11.18 | i only wanted england to reach the final and get runners up and they can't even manage that. all i'm asking for is a final
nah to be fair though england played well this wc. for years they've been so drab but here they actually played as a team. in many ways these players overachieved with a semi final. trippier has been one of the players of the tournament. |
DoofDoof
07.11.18 | 5-0 France final - will be amaze |
DoofDoof
07.11.18 | I’ll be supporting Tom Petty lemming and co. tho obvs
ABF - Anyone but France |
anarchistfish
07.11.18 | "ABF - Anyone but France"
yh that kinda shit is why I chose France over England for football |
Doctuses
07.11.18 | IM READ FOR THE INEVITABLE MAJOR COLLAPSE.
PROPHETIC WORDS |
Doctuses
07.11.18 | kane getting his house firebombed |
DoofDoof
07.11.18 | France are permanent le douche though - even when they win
So no winning supporting France
Just becoming le douche
{at your own risk} |
Ryus
07.11.18 | "I’ll be supporting Tom Petty lemming and co. tho obvs"
lol ya
lets go croatia |
DoofDoof
07.11.18 | ‘MAJOR COLLAPSE’
You got to be kidding me, loooool, we got waaaaaaay further than expected
Worst prediction ever bud, suck a cock |
Flugmorph
07.11.18 | i kinda wanted to see the medival classic england vs france.
Still tho, this is amazing for croatia, im rooting for them so fucking hard.
Salty english man here are pathetic tbh. England played great throughout the tournament. They gonna be back in 20 and 22. |
Doctuses
07.11.18 | @ doof fuck off you english faggot you guys lost stop acting like youre not pissed off |
zakalwe
07.11.18 | I’m gutted.
Will do as any decent Englishman should do and down a pint of Abbot while screaming in a ‘minorities’ face. |
DoofDoof
07.11.18 | Doctus stop dribbling, I hate sloppy BJs |
Doctuses
07.11.18 | good luck getting "back in 22" to the semi finals, I guarantee yall dont |
DoofDoof
07.11.18 | Zak you can do that here - Doctus is a cvnt |
DominionMM1
07.11.18 | props to southgate for emphasizing set pieces. took them a lot further than most expected. |
Deez
07.11.18 | hahhahahahahah Zak. Unlucky mate.
(thats laughing at the comment not the loss la x ) |
DoofDoof
07.11.18 | Joke, I love doctus for some reason |
Maco097
07.11.18 | https://scontent.flim18-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/36963935_10212207937694499_5524860717699694592_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=66337f25f8455d348395628cdd607cc6&oe=5BD609F8 |
frozencarl
07.11.18 | does third place get a trophy or medal or something? ive been trying to google it and cant find shit |
Thalassic
07.11.18 | Great second half from Croatia. Commendable play.
England definitely got further than anybody expected them to.
And I wonder when Maco will ever get tired of acting like an edgy toddler. |
Doctuses
07.11.18 | To collapse: "to fall or shrink together abruptly and completely : fall into a jumbled or flattened mass through the force of external pressure" you can keep tellin yourself this didn't happen lol whatever helps you sleep at night |
Maco097
07.11.18 | And I wonder when Maco will ever get tired of acting like an edgy toddler.
In sputnikmusic.com? Fuck off, never. |
Thalassic
07.11.18 | "In sputnik? Fuck off, never."
Lol, well played |
anarchistfish
07.11.18 | 3rd place must get some sort of medal. why do it otherwise |
DoofDoof
07.11.18 | Doctus - you have a two inch erect penis, good night sir |
Doctuses
07.11.18 | three inches |
Egarran
07.11.18 | Aw, that's a shame.
You should have placed that bet. |
DominionMM1
07.11.18 | best part of this is i get to rock my croatia jersey one more time |
Deez
07.11.18 | And my 17/1 bet on Croatia is still ticking : ) |
Evenoss
07.11.18 | Well since I'm the only french guy here, I implore you to join us. Please Sputnik, we need your energy. |
Maco097
07.11.18 | Lol no, Croatia all the way. |
anarchistfish
07.11.18 | ur not the only french guy here |
DoofDoof
07.11.18 | My neighbour is Croatian - whataretheoddsamirite? |
Evenoss
07.11.18 | 'ur not the only french guy here'
I thought you supported France but actually were not french. Enchanté. |
linguist2011
07.11.18 | France to edge past Croatia and win their second WC
England to get ambushed by Belgium as severely as Brazil did by Germany in 2014. |
DoofDoof
07.11.18 | Just in: no one cares about the third place playoff
Just sayin |
iglu
07.11.18 | they're usually more entertaining than the actual final |
DoofDoof
07.11.18 | Can’t remember a single one :/ |
iglu
07.11.18 | Can't remember most of the finals either |
iglu
07.11.18 | but honestly third place game is bullshit, just toss a coin or something |
DoofDoof
07.11.18 | 'but honestly third place game is bullshit, just toss a coin or something'
if there isn't literally a bronze medal fuck it off right now |
SpiritCrusher2
07.11.18 | since I'm probably the only guy on this site from Croatia
just wanted to say hi :) |
iglu
07.11.18 | I don't know who to root for now :/ |
SpiritCrusher2
07.11.18 | how can anyone who's not french not root for Croatia, come on now |
budgie
07.11.18 | french team reporting in |
iglu
07.11.18 | I like both teams |
linguist2011
07.11.18 | I like both teams too. But I have a feeling France are really gonna step it up in the final. |
beefshoes
07.11.18 | I was very briefly in Croatia (Zagreb) in April with my girlfriend, and everywhere we went, it seemed like every other guy was wearing a national kit, and you could really feel the excitement there as if they knew that they were going to kick ass this year. I couldn't care less about football, but I hate Macron and the French government with a passion, Croatia is an absurdly beautiful country, and I hope that they win the final......for whatever that is worth. xd |
SpiritCrusher2
07.12.18 | haha that was beautiful beefshoes, cheers! |
Bigpapad
07.12.18 | I couldn’t be happier that it’s going home. I’m Russian so I wouldn’t mind my Slav brothers winning it, but I was pro France the whole tournament. So I won’t mind either way |
Faraudo
07.12.18 | "Pickford goalie of the tournament."
I think Ochoa got the award.
|
DominionMM1
07.12.18 | peresic was a fucking monster today. what club team does he play for? |
RadicalEd
07.12.18 | ^ Perisic for Inter Milan
Ochoa has no chance for the goalie of the tournament award, because Mex only got to the first knockout round. |
Divaman
07.12.18 | Oh well. They had a great run there. Kind of rooting for Croatia in the finals since they never won it before. Although it looks like I won't even get to see the game. |
hal1ax
07.12.18 | just saw the match.. england looked so fckin gassed in 2nd half / ET holy shit. they were getting circles ran around em.
and ya pickford is a beast |
hal1ax
07.12.18 | and agreed about the pointlessness of the 3rd place match lol. coin toss would do. but w/e more shit for me to watch this weekend |
Casavir
07.12.18 | I never would have predicted that Croatia would have come this far. They really dug in when confronted with many tough positions and held their ground, especially against England this time. Peresic and Mandzukic were great. |
hal1ax
07.12.18 | yea croatia deserved it. they showed a lot of hustle out there, especially in ET. final match should be good |
DoofDoof
07.12.18 | Has Southgate been sacked yet? Otherwise this nation has gone soft |
RadicalEd
07.12.18 | Lol. First national-coach in 30 years who develops english football a bit. Sack him. |
DoofDoof
07.12.18 | I'm half joshing...but only half joshing. He gets another run out if we qualify for the Euros.
Lovely bloke, waistcoat, arm around shoulder, new team, right to go 3 at the back, great philosophy with set plays - that's yer positives
Negatives? No in game management AT ALL. No managing the squad to avoid fatigue/keep things fresh AT ALL. Rarely made a telling sub or any sub at the correct time. No changing the starting line up for different challenges of different oppo (example - Young looked leggy last night, Rose was just sitting waiting on the bench). No discernible change in tactics, and no improvement in the amount of chances created from open play as the tournament progressed.
He's the perfect polite English gent/father figure/cheerleader 'the lads' need now but unless he changes significantly in the next few years the babies might just outgrow him.
Good luck to him though. |
RadicalEd
07.12.18 | I dunno, Young instead of Rose has been a questionable decision I agree. But then again the english bench isn't really brimming with Quality. Do you really wanna Sub walker for Cahill or Jones? Naaaah. Vardy has some very specific Qualities, but he is just not cut out for this lvl. He doesn't have another great centre mid in the squad besides Alli. Lingaard gave his all, but he is ineffective most of the time and I really like R.Loftus-Cheek but he isn't quiet their yet. I dunno. I guess I don't see that many Options in that squad. (Not utilizing Rashford more may have been Kind of a blunder, but then again he's barely 20) |
DoofDoof
07.12.18 | A pet peev is your side are 1-0 but getting pummelled for 20 minutes, you need to make a positive change as there's still 30 minutes or more left.
Why wait UNTIL they score to make that change? Bringing on Rashford while still 1-0 up would have sent out a message, tactically you could mix it, at least give the Croatian defence a different challenge. At the very least it disrupts the game for 3-5 minutes as everything settles down again.
Making the positive sub straight after the horse has bolted, after they score, what's that? I see little worth in it, and it didn't work. You then need to actually wrestle back the entire initiative and an attacking sub, unless they're an immensely influential player it just won't happen. |
zakalwe
07.12.18 | Southgate is ledge |
DoofDoof
07.12.18 | Southgate is the first manager to make himself unsackable for at least 3 years - clever bloke |
BigBlob
07.12.18 | im soooooooo happy england are out. woop woop |
zakalwe
07.12.18 | On an entirely different note I’ve just seen Trumps entourage pass through Tottenham Hale of all places. Impressive as fuck tbh. |
RadicalEd
07.12.18 | I hope that orange buffoon get's beat up by some proper Tottenham hools. |
BigBlob
07.12.18 | spurs hooligans lol. dont think trump has anything to worry about |
RadicalEd
07.12.18 | Brits are Hooligans in my book. =D |
BigBlob
07.12.18 | your typical football hooligan these days is a guy on a mobility scooter throwing a can of coke at you |
RadicalEd
07.12.18 | I would approve of that happening to trump as well. |
DoofDoof
07.12.18 | Funny I guess the neutrals will plump for Croatia in the final except the Russians who’ll keep booing them for that plum making the pro Ukraine statements.
If it’s an in any ways interesting/decent final it’ll be a miracle in our time - reads so boring on paper. See France winning by 2 or 3 |
anat
07.12.18 | that clip of pickford celebrating our goal is painfully bittersweet |
Egarran
07.12.18 | Why are English people so neurotic about football? It really has been like watching an insane person these last weeks.
But yeah, could be a good combination with the Trump visit. |
Middle18
07.12.18 | The teams England beat to get to the semi final. Tunisia, Panama, Columbia and Sweden. Has there ever been an easier path? And has the world ever been so happy to see them get their spanking by a real team and fuck off home lol |
BigBlob
07.12.18 | its not coming home, but they sure are XD |
RadicalEd
07.12.18 | It's caaaaaaaaaaming home. It's caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaming home. It's caaaaaaaaaaming... |
jagride
07.12.18 | lol at england trying to score while croatia were celebrating |
BigBlob
07.12.18 | panama tried it against them and all the english pundits said it was a shameful thing to do LOL |
anarchistfish
07.12.18 | "Funny I guess the neutrals will plump for Croatia in the final except the Russians who’ll keep booing them for that plum making the pro Ukraine statements. "
I feel this isn't gonna make a difference to a team that thrashed Argentina 3-0 |
anarchistfish
07.12.18 | fucking la liga blood feeds off boos |
anarchistfish
07.12.18 | croatia could honestly win it.
finals are always a different kind of game.
remember 2014 when argentina were shit every game except the final |
anarchistfish
07.12.18 | "I thought you supported France but actually were not french. Enchanté."
my mother is french, i have french passport and i speak french but i was raised and live in england so basically i am eNgLiSh
"Why are English people so neurotic about football? It really has been like watching an insane person these last weeks."
and this is one of the main reasons I support france. it's actually fucking unbearable. holy shit imagine if england actually won this wc? against france of all countries? you'd never fucking hear the end of it, nor that fucking song.
but nah, halfway through the semis the old england made a comeback. but holy shit I would have watched the shit out of france vs england |
zakalwe
07.12.18 | La Liga is all whistles innit. Constant fucking whistling. Rubbish. |
anarchistfish
07.12.18 | anything tainted by iberia is just classless |
anarchistfish
07.12.18 | woops went a little bit fascist there |
Middle18
07.12.18 | Did I mention England are shit |
Bigpapad
07.12.18 | Here's my issue with Southgate. If you put literally any team of England's from that last 15 years, and give them that same run to the semi final, they'll easily do just as well. I honestly believe England blew it, they'll never get another opportunity like this and another "winnable" semi final opponent. As soon as they came up against opposition that had some sort of midfield, they crumbled and were played circles around a team that played 120 mins 3 times in a row. England tired out against THAT team. Southgate got done tactically and honestly isn't good enough to take England past this. |
hal1ax
07.12.18 | france beats croatia 3-1 |
jagride
07.12.18 | england have struggled against or lost to algeria, iceland, the usa and costa rica in major tournaments since 2010 but beating colombia and sweden was always a foregone conclusion now? |
rabidfish
07.12.18 | it's Euro's final all over again.
It's france's turn to show character, they have everything in their favour (just like last time, ahum). Just don't fuck it up, snail-eaters. |
DominionMM1
07.12.18 | "If you put literally any team of England's from that last 15 years, and give them that same run to the semi final, they'll easily do just as well."
what? just 2 years ago they drew with fucking russia and slovakia and lost to iceland. |
jagride
07.12.18 | french camp is talking a good game about not fucking up and getting complacent again and tbf their performances are reflecting that |
Deez
07.12.18 | Previous England teams would have lost their heads in that Colombia. If anything the team showed a maturity beyond their years and a composure through out despite the hyperbole eventually weighing them down like most other English teams. They just lost to a better team but they also had the chances to win it. I dont thing there any need for the Usua English scapegoating. Give them time to grow, The england kids won the world cup last year. Theres reason to be cheerful for England fans as long as the team dont turn into a bunch of unlikable cunts as usual. |
rodrigo90
07.12.18 | Meanwhile in my country:
AFA is trying to fire Sampaoli but they can't because the retards gave him a contract of 8 years. |
anarchistfish
07.12.18 | sampaoli still at argentina lmao
actually feel bad for u guys. how does it feel for an englishman to feel bad for the state of argentine football |
anarchistfish
07.12.18 | "Previous England teams would have lost their heads in that Colombia. If anything the team showed a maturity beyond their years and a composure through out despite the hyperbole eventually weighing them down like most other English teams. They just lost to a better team but they also had the chances to win it. I dont thing there any need for the Usua English scapegoating."
agreed. england did crumble a bit when croatia ramped it up but they still got further than england's 00s "golden generation" ever did, and played more like a team with a plan than I've seen in my lifetime. |
Deez
07.12.18 | Same man. AS ive voiced before here Im no fan of the national team but they got to the semis for fucks sake, Sure it was an easier route but thats not their fault. I think i was most impressed by that colombia match in the face of such snideness they kept cool. I still think if Colombia decided to play football theyd have won but, Yeah a young team with a massive learning experience behind them and revamped a countries interest in the national side. Good on them. |
DoofDoof
07.12.18 | I really did put some gold comments up here last night after eight pints and a few irl angry exchanges with fellow pub punters
Might need to make a new account again to distance myself from said incriminating outbursts |
danielcardoso
07.12.18 | Haha. |
Deez
07.12.18 | fuck that doof. Part of the game. |
Egarran
07.13.18 | You can't hide from who you are. |
SpiritCrusher2
07.14.18 | GO BELGIUM! |
osmark86
07.14.18 | Congrats to Belgium! |
linguist2011
07.14.18 | Wow...I'm gobsmacked at how woeful that England performance was.
Better team definitely won this time. Belgium are class. |
Thalassic
07.14.18 | Lukaku was awful tho |
Shuyin
07.14.18 | The folks here in Porto were cheering for Belgium so hard ahahaha, way to go |
DoofDoof
07.14.18 | That's Belgium's golden generation's swansong- however good that England side is...they'll be back, they'll probably improve, they finished 4th in a World Cup already.
This could end up an albatross, could be the start of something glorious - we know not.
All we know is that Belgium team blew their last chance (in a World Cup, at least), they might have deserved better though. |
Sinternet
07.14.18 | belgium are still gonna be a huge force in 2022 lol what are you talking about?
anyway fair play to belgium and i'm really pleased with england's performance this year and excited for the future |
DoofDoof
07.14.18 | I think this was their peak, their best chance. If some baby De Bruynes or Hazards emerge maybe they'll look even better in 2022...but it also won't quite be the same long established side it looks right now. |
Thalassic
07.14.18 | Yeah there isn't another young Hazard or De Bruyne in the pipeline yet
This was possibly their last chance at a WC title for a long time, I concur. The European Cup is still possible afaic |
Egarran
07.14.18 | Classic Phil Jones at the second goal. They clearly just wanted to come home. |
Maco097
07.14.18 | Hohoho England lost... again LOL. |
Maco097
07.14.18 | I guess they can only destroy the mighty and powerful teams of Panama and Tunisia |
Aenima97
07.14.18 | Lol, third place play off games. |
Thalassic
07.14.18 | Maco once got beat up by a couple of British tourists on their trip to Peru
#MacoFacts |
Maco097
07.14.18 | Thalassic do not cry. In Andromeda 8072 I'm sure it'll come home. |
Thalassic
07.14.18 | I'm not English and the last time I cried is when the Peruvian nasal fuel I just spent 200 bucks on turned out to be absolute shit. I've been going Bolivian ever since |
Deez
07.14.18 | I also spent 200 plus dollars but i was in peru so that was about 20gs! |
Maco097
07.14.18 | Oh so you're butthurt about my country. That's refreshing lmao.
If you're from the outside it's more expensive. That's a law here lol |
Maco097
07.14.18 | But still England losing is more satisfying than robbing foreigners. |
Deez
07.14.18 | As if youve robbed anything in your life you little Virgin |
Maco097
07.14.18 | I robbed your virginity in your dreams. |
Thalassic
07.14.18 | "Oh so you're butthurt about my country."
Butthurt about Peru? Why would anybody be butthurt about Peru?
What does Peru got to be jealous of? The only thing you guys got going for you is the Machu Picchu and coca leaves. And even regarding the cocaine you guys can't even handle your own damn distribution. You only farm that stuff while the Colombians, Mexicans, Dominicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Salvadorans, Jamaicans, Haitians, Curaçaoans...are making them benjamins $$$$$ |
Maco097
07.14.18 | Lol we don't do coke here anymore. This is a shithole but we are not as bad as Mexico or Colombia. That's something at least.
|
Thalassic
07.14.18 | "I also spent 200 plus dollars but i was in peru so that was about 20gs!"
That's a solid deal! |
Thalassic
07.14.18 | "we don't do coke here anymore."
Dude, Peru is the biggest production center when it comes to that stuff. Peru doesn't really have criminal organizations that are as widespread as for instance the Colombians, but in terms of farming that stuff Peru's on top. It's just that the country, as opposed to a few other South and Central American and Caribbean nations, doesn't really has a historic organized crime presence. So it's crime syndicates from surrounding nations that are profiting the most from it. |
Maco097
07.14.18 | With "we don't do coke here anymore" I meant that we don't have criminal organizations like before, I know we still produce it but we sell it outside. That's what I meant with that. |
Thalassic
07.14.18 | Fair enough. My bad. |
anarchistfish
07.14.18 | mbappé hat trick to nick golden boot tomorrow? |
Deez
07.14.18 | The coke I got in peru was fly as fuck. Also loved Peru. The east coast was pretty sketchy. Up towards the Amazon and shit was dope.
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Egarran
07.14.18 | That was a pretty amazing post. |
anarchistfish
07.14.18 | peru doesn't have an east coast... |
linguist2011
07.14.18 | mbappé hat trick to nick golden boot tomorrow? [2]
It would be great if this could happen. Kane doesn't deserve it considering most of his goals were either hopeful flukes or done-deed penalties. I mean he scored the penalties well, but they were given considering they were against Tunisia, Panama and a slightly weakened Colombia. |
anarchistfish
07.14.18 | yh in the VAR world cup where ronaldo, messi and modric have all missed pens, kane doesn't deserve his VAR golden boot for smashing in every one put in front of him. sure |
anarchistfish
07.14.18 | nah i get what you mean but it's been such a topsy turvy world cup. no truly consistent goalscorers. I was really interested to see who would win player of the tournament but now that croatia are in the final it will almost certainly be modric
mbappe will get young player |
linguist2011
07.14.18 | I get your point. It's just that without his penalties Kane hasn't really been much to shout about, especially considering his team hadn't scored in open play that much. But set pieces do matter I suppose. |
Faraudo
07.14.18 | A 2B pencil has more leadership skills than Kane tbh. |
DominionMM1
07.15.18 | if mbappe pots a couple tomorrow you don't think he'll get the golden ball? |
Deez
07.15.18 | peru doesn't have an east coast...'
West, My bad. I didnt really touch it but some people I met got mugged and said it was pretty sketch. I went up to the Amazon to do Ayahuasca and ended up on a coke binge so everyone who tried to rob me I acted like a fucking lunatic and the Peruvians I was with sorted that shit fast. Good times. Loved Peru. |
Relinquished
07.15.18 | peru's no joke, I was near that same shit on my trip |
Egarran
07.15.18 | Deezer I want to read more about your trips. |
Zig
07.15.18 | My '18 Word Cup awards
Golden Ball: Modric
Golden Boot: Kane
Golden Glove: Courtois
Best Young Player: Mbappé
Fair play award: Portugal |
anarchistfish
07.15.18 | Pickford has been better than Courtois |
rabidfish
07.15.18 | Croatia clear goal situations: 4. Goals: 1
France clear goal situations: 0. Goals: 2
This is the football that's coming. Awful, boring, counter-attacking bullshit. |
Thalassic
07.15.18 | Absolute ghastly shite football on display from the French |
Voivod
07.15.18 | France has done nothing to deserve being ahead 2-1 |
rabidfish
07.15.18 | Croatia has done everything to be losing, that's for sure. Own Goal and handballing in a WORLD CUP FINAL smh. |
adr
07.15.18 | it wasn't even a 100% penalty and Griezman clearly dived for the foul, embarrassing |
Voivod
07.15.18 | Second half is shaping up to be a highly interesting one, given Croatia's inclination in not giving up. |
Thalassic
07.15.18 | I understand why the ref gave the pen, but if that hands wasn't bad luck I don't know what is |
Voivod
07.15.18 | Croatia will score again, France's defence is perforated. |
Deez
07.15.18 | So will france though |
Dewinged
07.15.18 | Croatia's keeper is absolutely demolished. Take that guy out or even France's coach will score today. |
Aenima97
07.15.18 | What a fucking final this is.
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zakalwe
07.15.18 | Don’t want to blow me own trumpet but scroll to the top of the thread and I said France to win it, Kane to nab Golden Boot. |
Deez
07.15.18 | Shame Croatia dont have an extra game changer up front to play or to bring on. Mandzucic can be pretty toothless. |
Doctuses
07.15.18 | france = gay |
Deez
07.15.18 | Ok great back to the real football now please |
Voivod
07.15.18 | Croatia's wear proved to be insurmountable, but France had incredible thrust from its midfielders and attackers alike. |
adr
07.15.18 | and the referee* |
DoofDoof
07.15.18 | Good World Cup, best team won - although there were no outstanding sides in this comp, it was one of the most open ever.
This French side would be humped 5-1 by the Zidane/Vieira/Henry/etc previous WC winning side - not to belittle the achievement at all, just a lot of fledgling and transitional sides, including this French team |
Dewinged
07.15.18 | Grats le France. |
Sinternet
07.15.18 | called it at the start. now i wish i'd actually put money on it |
Voivod
07.15.18 | and the referee*
Referee was fine, the VAR call was justified, a hand inside the little box is penalty; Croatia's fatigue led to mistakes that wouldn't be happening, if its players' feet were fresher. |
linguist2011
07.15.18 | Both teams really went for it today, but France got luckier I guess. Turned it on in the second half though that's for sure. Croatia deserved to win too, but I guess after that fourth goal went in they had a little stuffing knocked out. No wonder they got the better of England the other day. |
Deez
07.15.18 | a hand inside the little box is penalty'
hahah where did you get that from? It has to be intentional and the ref has to be 100% sure theres no way to say that was a deliberate handball. Greizman also dived for the free kick. Best team won (maybe not on the day tbh) in the end but dont talk none sense. |
DoofDoof
07.15.18 | Why are France always so FUCKING wet? Pathetic
Literally dripping in water |
someguest
07.15.18 | and they SMOKE too |
DoofDoof
07.15.18 | or it might be...raining?
a lot
the man upstairs just told us what he thinks, unloaded his bladder all over the garlics |
Deez
07.15.18 | I pissed on a tiny frog in the garden to join in |
Zig
07.15.18 | France deserved to win the final, Croatia was surely tired, but Belgium was the best World Cup team overall. |
osmark86
07.15.18 | Congrats to France. Deserved it imo. Very solid unit and it's not like they had a walk in the park to get there. |
Doctuses
07.15.18 | waiting for trump to say something about americans being tougher on football than the croatians |
budgie
07.15.18 | yeaaaaaaaaaaaaah |
budgie
07.15.18 | "Grats le France."
c'est la France |
Doctuses
07.15.18 | this thread needs to be enshrined in a sputnik hall of fame |
Sinternet
07.15.18 | wait there are people who don't think that was a penalty? what's it like watching your first ever football match |
Deez
07.15.18 | Klinsman,Rio Ferdinand,Linekar and Shearer all said it wasnt too so.....
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DoofDoof
07.15.18 | ball to hand, hand in a natural position, so unintentional - so no peen |
Deez
07.15.18 | The hilarious irony people trying to act like 'You dont know football' if you dont think it was a pen. Was never a pen. Comes over the attackers head and he has no time to react. The rules are DELIBERATE handball. Of course thats not always the case but he cant do anything there to move it away.
https://twitter.com/search?q=penalty%20var&src=tyah |
jagride
07.15.18 | but this slo-mo replay shows how he meticulously planned it |
Valkoor952
07.15.18 | Sinternet you absolute dumbass,how's it like watching a sport where you clearly don't know the fucking rules. This was clearly not a penalty.
France were fucking pathetic today honestly. Shame for Croatia, they showed great spirit and fought real hard. |
altertide0
07.15.18 | yeah france got their 2 first goals for free tbh, especially the 2nd one |
jagride
07.15.18 | protip for sedentary users: when you jump it's a natural motion to raise your arms and then lower them again as you fall |
jagride
07.15.18 | greaseman's shitty celebration added insult to injury |
Egarran
07.15.18 | Clear penalty, especially if you saw the other VAR decisions this WC.
Awesome final. All kinds of goals, and even streakers, who I suppose are now going to a labour camp in Siberia. |
Faraudo
07.15.18 | "France were fucking pathetic today honestly. Shame for Croatia, they showed great spirit and fought real hard."
They won the WC final with a 4-2 result. How are they fucking pathetic? Some fellow Sputnikers know shit about Football lol.
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Sniff
07.15.18 | Damn i love being right |
anarchistfish
07.15.18 | lmao not a penalty sure. puts his hand up and ball barely deflects off french player |
anarchistfish
07.15.18 | DEUX ETOILES MOTHERFUCKERS GET FUCKED |
Faraudo
07.15.18 | Handball inside the area= Penalty. It wasn't a natural movement, handball. Either way, without Lloris' stupidity, the result would've ended up being 3-1, removing the penalty from the equation. It's a rather clear win for a world cup final lol. Croatia played well and fought hard, but they didn't deserve to win. |
Egarran
07.15.18 | anarchistfish seems like a guy who would go to the grave claiming that wasn't a pen. |
DominionMM1
07.15.18 | i'm not so sure the game ends with that line if the penalty and the lloris gaffe don't happen. not saying france doesn't win or that they didn't "deserve" it, but croatia really carried the play for large portions of the game. |
Sinternet
07.15.18 | just because croatia dominated open play does not make them the better team if they concede setpieces all the time |
Sinternet
07.15.18 | also lmao i was thinking the other day that all the old dumb users either left or got better but then valkoor pops back into my head here as the easily the most retarded user on this site. maybe if he were more relevant i'd have thought of him quicker |
linguist2011
07.15.18 | just because croatia dominated open play does not make them the better team [2]
Yep. I've seen plenty of teams in this WC where they had the least possession but went on to win it. It's been one of England's main flaws imo, at least in regards to them not scoring more goals or creating more chances. |
Sinternet
07.15.18 | this thread currently
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5cimbpUOs4 |
DominionMM1
07.15.18 | "just because croatia dominated open play does not make them the better team if they concede setpieces all the time"
well to be fair it's hard to not concede set pieces when non-existent fouls are called. could've been a completely different game if var covered flops. |
Sinternet
07.15.18 | i mean yeah the freekick was a dive and that certainly changes the direction of the game, but i find it ridiculous how anyone can think that wasn't a penalty, his hand is stuck out and the ball takes a very sizeable deflection, stone cold penalty
i think people are just saying it isn't because in a tournament full of upsets everyone wanted an underdog to win, i did too, but that shouldn't interfere with the actual laws of the game |
DominionMM1
07.15.18 | it's hard to judge intent but given that fact that refs had awarded penalties on handballs that looked far less egregious earlier in the tourney I don't disagree with the call. on the other side, would anyone really be that upset had a penalty not been awarded? |
Doctuses
07.15.18 | lol brazil favorite to win 2022 WC |
DominionMM1
07.15.18 | btw does fifa review games and penalize players for diving retroactively? |
Valkoor952
07.15.18 | @Sinternet
It's sad watching a mentally dysfunctional user stay the same as the years go by, but keep fighting the good fight man, you'll get them one day.
A lot of people itt have never actually played football, that's for sure. But sure, don't take it from me a random guy on the internet, instead see what every professional referee that has come out and commented on the match since the end of the game has said
I'll give you a hint - it's not a penalty.
Furthermore, Gary Lineker, Rio Ferdinand, Alan Shearer, Alan Smith and a ton of other professional players and pundits along have clearly stated there is no penalty. |
Dmax28
07.15.18 | Anyone feel like the whole game was a slap in the face? I went in wanting Croatia to win badly but just the whole way it went down was the stuff of nightmares. The flop leading to the own goal, the handball that wouldn't have been called without the new VAR system, Croatia running circles around France for most the match, France getting very comfortable from their good fortune and capitalizing on being able to relax and sit back and score a couple counter attacks once the Croatia team had to play more forward and desperate, Lloris' embarrassing mistake..hard to feel like it was earned today. |
DominionMM1
07.15.18 | i mean france kinda did what france has been doing no? sit back and play conservative until the opponent gets frustrated and starts pressing more then use their speed up front on the counter? |
Dmax28
07.15.18 | Fair enough mate |
DominionMM1
07.15.18 | france definitely got a couple huge breaks that led to their first goal and maybe they can’t employ that style if they don’t get those breaks but i think they would’ve won regardless. they’re super talented and they were playing a gassed team in croatia. |
Faraudo
07.16.18 | It was a fair penalty kick, France scored more goals, deserved to win the world cup.
The end. Now we wait for 4 and a half years. |
DominionMM1
07.16.18 | less than 2 years until the euros |
Deez
07.16.18 | 3 weeks to the premiership. More important |
DominionMM1
07.16.18 | meh wrong time of year for me as football starts in September. plus i can't see a lot of those games so i can't really get into it. |
macman76
07.16.18 | I’m gonna post the update to my statnik post on your comments later tonight, anyone wanna try to make really negative or really positive comments to see if thy get labeled as such? |
Faraudo
07.16.18 | "3 weeks to the premiership. More important"
Can't wait for the new season to start. As an Arsenal supporter, I feel cautiously optimistic and very excited.
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Egarran
07.16.18 | "Ok great back to the real football "
NTs are obviously more real than clubs. But I wouldn't blame an England supporter for feeling otherwise.
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SpiritCrusher2
07.16.18 | France won it fair and square, but I'm proud of my Croats, they were fantastic and brought so much happiness and joy to our people, just beautiful |
anarchistfish
07.16.18 | if Perisic doesn't hit the ball with his hand, the ball ends up in the 6 yard box where there are a ton of French heads
a bunch of Englishmen and Irishmen isn't an objective profile of professional opinion. it's a shame I don't have access to French TV cos having to watch English commentary for every France game was painful
ppl acting like Croatia got cheated out of the WC like they didn't have one of the easiest runs to the final and France had the hardest |
Evenoss
07.16.18 | 'fucking french assholes... Their luck will run out. This french fucks ain't got it in 'em to win this.'
★★
'France are permanent le douche though - even when they win'
★★
'france = gay'
★★
'France were fucking pathetic today honestly.'
★★ |
anarchistfish
07.16.18 | yh gotta love it
the salt after yesterday is fucking glorious |
Valkoor952
07.16.18 | Anarchist are you saying Englishmen don't hold up to the "professional opinion" standard just because they are english ? lmfao
Why don't you google any reaction from any non-english referees then and see what they say about it. They are probably more qualified, because you know, they aren't english.
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anarchistfish
07.16.18 | why would i google that when we have deux étoiles |
anarchistfish
07.16.18 | first time VAR has given a pen since the group stage btw. would also be interested to know how many shots on target france registered the whole tournament cos it feels like at least half were goals |
Demon of the Fall
07.16.18 | France were the best team in the tournament, guessing some people are annoyed (can't be bothered reading all the comments). They won scrappy games 1-0, they won open games 4-2. Regardless, they won, that's what good teams do. Someone I know was trying to argue they weren't that great & just 'found a way to win' Erm... that's the DEFINITION of a good team. I think he was naively trying to make an argument for England not being far off, well...
France beat Croatia who beat England & managed to overcome Belgium who beat England TWICE & the best team England managed to beat at this tournament was Colombia (pens & without their best player) or Sweden (no pens).
I'm an England fan, just a realist. |
anarchistfish
07.16.18 | yah it's not like Croatia looked that threatening once we swapped Kanté for NZonzi
Do feel bad for Croatia though; Modric looked so devastated. If they had beaten us it wouldn't have been undeserved. I haven't seen our midfield struggle so hard all tournament. They could hardly have done any more. Our strike force is just so lethal. |
anarchistfish
07.16.18 | oh turns out Kanté was playing with gastroenteritis
http://www.leparisien.fr/sports/football/france-croatie-n-golo-kante-a-joue-en-etant-malade-16-07-2018-7822551.php |
Demon of the Fall
07.16.18 | Yeah, it would explain why he was phenomenal throughout the tournament but struggled in the final. |
anarchistfish
07.16.18 | france so lucky man |
Thalassic
07.16.18 | The way I see it, you can't say a team didn't deserve the victory when they managed to score 4 goals. They played like shit in the first half, but in the second half they did create a couple of good effective actions.
I still think they're a bunch of dicks, but it's a fair win |
Faraudo
07.16.18 | "France won it fair and square, but I'm proud of my Croats, they were fantastic and brought so much happiness and joy to our people, just beautiful"
God bless this user. |
iglu
07.16.18 | overall I'm happy with this WC |
Faraudo
07.16.18 | It was one of the best in recent memory, I think. |
Deez
07.16.18 | NTs are obviously more real than clubs. But I wouldn't blame an England supporter for feeling otherwise.'
More real? hahah Not for me man. A team I watch week to week for over 20 years for 2/3rd of the year, every year. The city I was born in. Where my family where born in. Where we have many common interests. As opposed to a team full of players from rival teams I cant stand. Based 200 miles away. And followed by many people i have nothing in common with other than ONLY being born in the same country. Id rather we won our first game of the season than England win the fucking world cup. I literally live my football club theyre part of my life every single day. The national team isnt at all. They just have to play every few months and injure your players. Thats far and away more real for me. Club > Country every day of the week. The french were smashing Paris up after the celebrations died down which is exactly what ive said multiple times in this thread. The fake charade of 'were all friends' under the flag, Fake patriot shit from so many people (not everyone of course) . As soon as its done back to normal. And everyones rivals again. Fuck that fake shit. |
anarchistfish
07.16.18 | comparing ligue 1 to EPL is dumb. ligue 1 is trash tier |
iglu
07.16.18 | what is going on? |
Deez
07.16.18 | Is it just because I hate Man Utd I find Pogba to be a cunt?? |
anarchistfish
07.16.18 | probably. though Man U fans who can't admit Mourinho is washed up hate on him too. as well as english pundits. people that hate on Pogba can suck my dick tbh. |
anarchistfish
07.16.18 | also @Valkoor952 slaven bilic said that the penalty was ambigous one and yes, english punditry is trash in general and they love to rag on the french. |
anarchistfish
07.16.18 | ★★ |
Deez
07.16.18 | Most dirty Utd fans a I know, Know that Jose misuses him. Hes a great player hes just a a cringeworthy cunt and Id pay good money to bite his eyeballs out. |
Deez
07.16.18 | 'English punditry' hahah
A Croatian/A german/An Englishman and a Irishman all said it wasnt a pen. But label them under 'english' |
anarchistfish
07.16.18 | u have to fight the cringe from within urself |
anarchistfish
07.16.18 | lmao the irish are even more butthurt about the french than the english.
mark lawrenson couldnt stop tearing into france against australia. souness trashing pogba. shearer going into yerda mode. not a single player on bbc fan's team of tournament. you think I don't notice the anti French bias living in England my whole life?
and no shit a croatian would say it's a pen. and even then bilic was on the fence.
★★ |
anarchistfish
07.16.18 | i will be fucking VINDICTIVE now fuck yes |
Deez
07.16.18 | Do you cry about it? |
anarchistfish
07.16.18 | not anymore motherfucker. i just know that when people bitch to me about how i don't support england 1st i can tell them to go fuck themselves |
Deez
07.16.18 | Dead hard. I do that and im fucking english. |
anarchistfish
07.16.18 | lol |
Divaman
07.16.18 | Most entertaining World Cup I remember. I'm sorry it's over. |
iglu
07.16.18 | Germany 2006 was pretty dope |
anarchistfish
07.16.18 | with the next one in qatar and from 2026 the stupid 48 team format it may be a long while til we see a wc just as good |
Doctuses
07.17.18 | someone is going to die of heat stroke in qatar |
Sinternet
07.17.18 | can't wait until we get thrashed by the giants of the solomon islands come '26
'As an Arsenal supporter, I feel cautiously optimistic and very excited.'
dangerous move, you don't wanna get that liverpool mindset |
anarchistfish
07.17.18 | aren't they holding qatar in nov/dec |
anarchistfish
07.17.18 | yeah they are. official. they'll probably hold the games late in the day anyway. early morning EU time gg |
Deez
07.17.18 | dangerous move, you don't wanna get that liverpool mindset'
Yeah you wouldnt wanna be getting to the champions league final for a chance to win it for only the second time in your history.
Or even Qualifying for it
If you cant be hopeful going into a new season you may as well pack it in. |
