2018 Football World Cup
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@act-crusader reverse psychology?
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@act-crusader said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@crazy-horse England's cup to lose in my opinion. The draw looks good for them and they are playing well.
And I am going to say that to every Englishman I meet over the coming days. Should be fun.
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@rocky-rockbottom said in 2018 Football World Cup:
can't even fathom the media wank if Eng won the whole thing. They're still having a colossal daily tug over the last one in 1066.
That's why it would be amusing to see them cut off moments before the money shot.
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Some stats from the group stage:
- Yellow cards: 162 (3.4 average per match)
- Red cards: 1 direct, 2 second yellow cards
- Penalty kicks: 24 (7 VAR)
- Actual playing time: 56min 45sec average per match
- Additional time: 6min 15sec average per match
- VAR Checks: 335 incidents checked (6.9 average per match)
- VAR Reviews: 17
- Decisions changed after VAR Review: 14
- Decisions confirmed after VAR Review: 3
- Match changing decisions accuracy: 95 per cent correct without VAR, 99.3 per cent correct with VAR
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The ref also carded Ronaldo for arguing!
That would calm things down a bit, if they did it consistently.
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@crazy-horse said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@rocky-rockbottom said in 2018 Football World Cup:
can't even fathom the media wank if Eng won the whole thing. They're still having a colossal daily tug over the last one in 1066.
That's why it would be amusing to see them cut off moments before the money shot.
England winning anything is a fucken fate worse than death ( except cricket strangely enough )
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@bovidae said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@canefan said in 2018 Football World Cup:
Maybe he could teach all the other refs?
I hope so. The ref for the Brazil-Mexico match is Italian. Expect Neymar to spend plenty of time rolling on the ground.
If he intends to suck free kicks anyway they might as well give him a decent kicking
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Mbappe definitely arrived in that game. I know he already arrived last summer but he's now a World star and what a player he is. When you've got pace like that, close control and 2 great feet ....
Really enjoyed the games today. Uruguay were masterful at managing the game as Portugal through a lot at them and their midfield are terrier. Also like their left back Laxalt.
Still no idea who will win. For England, this is where Southgate has to earn his money - does England have the nous to win knockout football?
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@crazy-horse said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@rocky-rockbottom said in 2018 Football World Cup:
can't even fathom the media wank if Eng won the whole thing. They're still having a colossal daily tug over the last one in 1066.
That's why it would be amusing to see them cut off moments before the money shot.
That's mean. They have sucked for years. And taken an awful kicking from their press.
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@kiwipie said in 2018 Football World Cup:
For England, this is where Southgate has to earn his money - does England have the nous to win knockout football?
Anything but an expert on English football, but this is one of the few recent World Cups where the media, pundits and people in pubs seem to have realistic expectations. The lack of rah-rah-rah in quite striking
Southgate seems to handle the press well, is uncontroversial and doesn't attract the sort of attention previous managers have done. Helps that he's played in successful England teams as well.
If they win their first knock-out game and get on a roll they could do well - in the past a lot of England teams seen as average have surpassed themselves
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Spa vs Rus: A bit like watching Ireland play rugby - dominating territory and possession, but not using it to rack up goals. Russian nick a goal off a penalty, and it's game on at half time.
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Wow.
That's me 0-3 in predictions.
Ticki-tacki (sp), Spanish for fucking about.
Spain needed to run at Russia and didn't. Big mistake.
Great for the tournament.
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Wow, what a result for Russia, they held out Spain's tedious passing for such a long time, the whole country was on the edge for every second.
Great result for the WC, and imagine the partying tonight in Russia! Most of the country will call in sick Monday morning haha -
Good one from yesterday
Don't cry 4-3, Argentina
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@mariner4life said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@crazy-horse said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@rocky-rockbottom said in 2018 Football World Cup:
can't even fathom the media wank if Eng won the whole thing. They're still having a colossal daily tug over the last one in 1066.
That's why it would be amusing to see them cut off moments before the money shot.
That's mean. They have sucked for years. And taken an awful kicking from their press.
Their press are parasites and their fans are drunken thugs.
Absolutely no sympathy here.
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Now THAT was an utterly boring game of soccer.
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fucked up Tournament. Spain limp out with a game plan that's 6 years too old, and fucking Russia are quarter finalists.
Croatia almost cock it up by forgetting to actually play.
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@mariner4life said in 2018 Football World Cup:
fucked up Tournament. Spain limp out with a game plan that's 6 years too old, and fucking Russia are quarter finalists.
Croatia almost cock it up by forgetting to actually play.
Not often a game that is 1-1 after 4 minutes can turn out to be that dull. Probably the heat and the fact the teams are playing high pressure games every 4-5 days isn't going to help teams bomb up and down the field enthusiastically.
