2022 FIFA World Cup (Part 1)

[myboyblue]

@Perez2017

Heard Dunphy saying Rabiot is a waste of space. Has been excellent for me.

There’s so much going on in such a short sentence.

What sort of goon takes anything Dunphy says seriously?

Rabiot is a basket case but he is talented obviously. Saying that, he’s having a good tournament but a horror show isn’t beyond him. Frances midfield depends entirely on Griezmann, nobody would look at it and say it’s down to Rabiot.

[myboyblue]

@Cheasty

Yer man last night was useless in the shoot out

He was overawed by the occasion, unsurprisingly given where he’s come from. LVG has no time for
Keepers. It’s amusing

[Aertel220]

Yer man Ian O’ Doherty must be regretting his decision to not watch a minute of this World Cup. He still had an article in the paper today about Roy Keane’s comments on the dancing Brazilians😂

[myboyblue]

@Aertel220

Yer man Ian O’ Doherty must be regretting his decision to not watch a minute of this World Cup. He still had an article in the paper today about Roy Keane’s comments on the dancing Brazilians😂

It’s been a bad World Cup for Spanish fans such as himself

[Arthur]

It’s 100pc that. No one else who’s missed that many would be let near them. But he’s so brilliant in general it would be ridiculous to have anyone else taking them. It will cost them yet in this tournament

[BruidheanChaorthainn]

Rabiot is exactly the type of lad who’ll cost France Tonight.

[Arthur]

Penalties - Messi and Ronaldo All Time Penalty Goals, Misses and Penalty...

[Cheasty]

@BruidheanChaorthainn

Esteban might be right but Messi is miles above average at pretty much everything else so the fact he’s average at penalties is really really odd one.

For me it points to an inability to handle pressure. He’s missed vital ones too at vital times.

Maradona missed vital ones too. He missed against Yugoslavia in 1990 in the shoot out with as tepid an effort as the worst of Japan’s or Spain’s efforts at this tournament. He hit the post against Toulouse to eliminate Napoli form the 1986/87 UEFA Cup.

[Arthur]

Ronaldo not much better

[BruidheanChaorthainn]

The last player to score a winning goal outside of a penalty shootout against a Netherlands side managed by Louis Van Gaal?

[Declan_Moffat]

Mcateer?

[BruidheanChaorthainn]

Correct

[peddlerscross]

I missed normal time last night.

Did Van Gaal revert to the tried and trusted 0-5-5 cavalier formation when they were chasing the late equaliser?

[Aertel220]

@Fran

How has Luke de Jong managed to make a career out of football?

Looks like a rougher, older version of his namesake Frenkie De Jong.

[estebandaface]

I guarantee you he wouldn’t get that right himself

[BruidheanChaorthainn]

[Aristotle]

Aguerd out for Morocco, absolutely massive blow. Probably the standout centre-back of the tournament alongside Gvardiol.

[estebandaface]

Thats them fucked

[Jimmy_Mc_Nulty]

Joengbloed wearing the No. 8 jersey during '78 World Cup possibly jinxed Dutch Goalies.

Van Der Sar did manage a few more than 1 though, he saved Maldini’s effort in the Euro 2000 semi-final shootout, and saved three in a row v Chelsea during 2007 Community Shield shootout. Probably their best ever keeper.

[Aristotle]

Mazraoui out as well, ffs.