I have a feeling that could be the best World Cup ever
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The story of many English World Cups.
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England XI by the last 16
Ramsdale
Alexander-Arnold - Walker - Stones - Trippier
Dier
Saka - Foden - Bellingham - Mount
Kane
Englandās squad seems to be fairly out of form generally. Will probably get to the quarters though
Throw up your England team there for the World Cup Final.
Same except Mason Mount suffers a calf strain and misses the final and Grealo comes in.
I somehow missed ManĆ© is out, thatās disappointing. Those kind of flair players make tournament football exciting. Senegal were one of the best teams to watch at the last World Cup because they went out and had a go, when a lot of teams are very conservative.
Iām still tipping Germany on the same logic that I tipped Italy for the Euros, that they have the talent in the squad and they now have a very good manager. Flick is an even higher-quality manager. Now, the drawback is obviously the lack of a run-in. I could see them coming 2nd in the group, but that actually opens up a nice path to the final.
Obviously Spain have Luis Enrique in charge too, and they both have problems up front. Iād love to see young Moukoko get a start for Germany.
Iām expecting Morocco to be a lot better than they were 4 years ago. Hard to know about Cameroon; apparently Song isnāt a great manager.
On that note, previously youād get a lot of European journeymen managers managing sides (and there are still a few floating around) but a lot of former big players for their countries managing teams now- Rigobert Song, Aliou Cisse, Otto Addo, Gregg Berhalter, Dragan Stojkovic, Murat Yakin as well as your Southgates, Deschamps, Enrique, etc.
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This opening ceremony is starting wellā¦.
I think Morgan Freeman is God
Thereās a song thatās being going on now for around 20 minutesā¦
Name 3 Qatar playersā¦ā¦
Eric Clapton, Keith Richards and Mark Knopfler.
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The national anthem of Ecuador, the Sash, now being played.
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Youād miss Johnny Giles all the same.
āWell, I donāt know much about Ecuador Bill but Iām sure theyāll be a skilful side but a bit temperamental like all the South Americansā.
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The fix is in already. Oh the fix is in in a big way. Perfectly good Ecuador goal disallowed for āoffsideā.
What was that disallowed for?
Foul on goalie???
The fix is in
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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Lol, offside. Nearly as bad as the TMO for Ireland in rubby last night