FIFA 2018 World Cup Thread

maroonandwhite · July 7, 2018, 9:01pm

The english tried to repeatedly ethnically cleanse oirland. We were standing our ground.

GeoffreyBoycott · July 7, 2018, 9:06pm

Are Croatia the first team in World Cup history to make a semi final without winning a knock out game?

Little_Lord_Fauntleroy · July 7, 2018, 9:07pm

No idea

GeoffreyBoycott · July 7, 2018, 9:09pm

You’ve been doing really well with your England predictions all tournament. You’re some spoofer.

Chucks_Nwoko · July 7, 2018, 9:11pm

Says the lad who thought the ‘Jules Rimet’ was coming home

Chucks_Nwoko · July 7, 2018, 9:12pm

Headshot

Sidney · July 7, 2018, 9:13pm

I highly doubt Josip Broz would have been supporting an independent Croatia.

Although I doubt he’d have been supporting the Russians either.

grapes · July 7, 2018, 9:14pm

Tito hated the Croatians you ill informed woman. Check out “The Blieburg Massacre”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcNdbKT6Grw

Sidney · July 7, 2018, 9:17pm

Italy did in 1982.

GeoffreyBoycott · July 7, 2018, 9:18pm

Italy had to beat Brazil in Sarria to make the semi final. A draw would have sufficed in that game for Brazil to make the semi finals.

Sidney · July 7, 2018, 9:18pm

That’s probably down to him being Swiss.

Sidney · July 7, 2018, 9:20pm

I know, but it technically wasn’t a knock-out game.

Cicero_Dandi · July 7, 2018, 9:32pm

I’m very wealthy from predicting Germany would fail to make it past the group stage.

carryharry · July 7, 2018, 9:58pm

feck_it · July 7, 2018, 10:13pm

Correct!

mickee321 · July 7, 2018, 10:17pm

im well on here
thats a brilliant post

gaillimhmick · July 7, 2018, 11:17pm

WTF?

feck_it · July 7, 2018, 11:27pm

Fake news buddy

Mullach_Ide · July 7, 2018, 11:32pm

Thought Lindelof handled Kane pretty easily, kept him very quiet.

Sidney · July 8, 2018, 9:07am

Euro 2016 - Round of Eight

Gareth Bale is better than anybody England have. Overall England have a far better choice of players in pretty much every position and and thoroughly outplayed Wales when they played them.

There are numerous reasons why Wales have got further than them.

There is, in English football, like in English society as a whole, a deep seated anti-intellectualism, which manifests itself in several ways - in their approach to tactics, in their lack of innovation as to how the game should be played and coached, in thinking they’re better than they are and treating opponents lightly, in their approach to physical preparation before the tournament, in the players’ egotism, in their rush to make excuses, in the lack of leadership from both players and management, in the suffocating media goldfish bowl that surrounds the team.

Wales and the other British Isles teams also suffer from some of that, and England should be able to overcome most of that by sheer force of numbers playing the game, but what Wales (and Eire and Ireland) have is an underdog’s work ethic and a tremendous togetherness and organisation that England don’t have.

Allied to a bit of luck, the fact that their one true world class player is a really good egg who shows exemplary leadership, builds team spirit and lifts those around him, and great support from the stands, like with Leicester, it shows what can be done.

A good Gareth leading the way is invaluable. True leaders change cultures.

Since 1974, high profile scandals have routinely had the word “gate” suffixed to them.

In the future, the word “gate” will instead be suffixed to the names of transformatively brilliant leaders.