2018 FIFA World Cup XXI

[ebandit]

Excellent. A few thousands of Britons singing......

How many where Scotsmen

don't think many were watching.................those that were would have been gutted

after cheering on sweden...................LOL

Mark L

 

[ebandit]

double LOL..............brazil got what was coming to them..........they deserved no luck after that

cheating neymar's theatrics

Mark L

 

[ferryman]

Re:

Excellent. A few thousands of Britons singing......

How many where Scotsmen

don't think many were watching.................those that were would have been gutted

after cheering on sweden...................LOL

Mark L

Ah, the classic Anglo/Saxon conquered English perception of the Scots and Welsh who still relish our unique Celtic Briton heritage. And btw I think you'll find at least 2 million Scots Rangers fans would have been right behind you. And well done by the way. Good luck against Croatia but no chance

 

[python]

bot sky, are you into a post count with 1-2 word posts 1 min apart ? cant you condense those one-worders into 1 post ?

watch out for a yellow or red card if you cant

 

[Bot. Sky_Bot]

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bot sky, are you into a post count with 1-2 word posts 1 min apart ? cant you condense those one-worders into 1 post ?

watch out for a yellow or red card if you cant

Oh, yes, you right, but now it doesn't matter, believe me..................

 

[python]

i could care less, but it may matter to you, what's the word, kurv...?, if yo get a red card ?

 

[Bot. Sky_Bot]

. red card, no. B..h, maybe..
edit, WHAT A SHAME RIGHT KNOW FOR FOOTBALL

 

[sir fly]

Liking Croats or disliking Russians, what's the deal, Bot?

 

[King Boonen]

Re: Re:

Excellent. A few thousands of Britons singing......

How many where Scotsmen

don't think many were watching.................those that were would have been gutted

after cheering on sweden...................LOL

Mark L

Ah, the classic Anglo/Saxon conquered English perception of the Scots and Welsh who still relish our unique Celtic Briton heritage. And btw I think you'll find at least 2 million Scots Rangers fans would have been right behind you. And well done by the way. Good luck against Croatia but no chance

I wasn’t hugely impressed with Croatia in that game. They certainly have the talent to create goals, but it was a scrappy game and they weren’t very organised. Should be a good semi-final. If England don’t win I’d like to see a new name on the trophy.

 

[Brullnux]

If England win it is technically a new name on the trophy, no? (England won the jules rimet)

 

[Jagartrott]

The winner should come from the France-Belgium half - the other half is not very exciting. England have not impressed one single game, have been very lucky with the draw and have scored the majority of their goals from free kicks, corners and penalties. Croatia scraped through twice now and must be exhausted.

 

[Pricey_sky]

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The winner should come from the France-Belgium half - the other half is not very exciting. England have not impressed one single game, have been very lucky with the draw and have scored the majority of their goals from free kicks, corners and penalties. Croatia scraped through twice now and must be exhausted.

I sort of agree with you, but I’m not really buying the ‘easy draw’ as an out. There have been so many occasions over the past 20 years where we have had the tough side of the draw, the hardest group in the 2014 World Cup, Germany in the last 16 in 2010. Brazil and Portugal in the QF’s before that.

As for the set-piece argument, i have no problem with that. Should we get to the final against France/Belgium it gives us a genuine chance to win. You can clearly see how well the coaches have worked on set-pieces, and they will give the opposition problems dealing with that.

 

[ebandit]

The winner should come from the France-Belgium half - the other half is not very exciting. England have not impressed one single game, have been very lucky with the draw and have scored the majority of their goals from free kicks, corners and penalties. Croatia scraped through twice now and must be exhausted.

LOL! that's the game..................

both sides of the draw have given excitement even if england/croatia have avoided most
talented teams

for england it's even luckier to relatively breeze past sweden whilst croatia had to dig deep

glad russia lost...I always support other than the home team

Mark L

 

[ebandit]

Excellent. A few thousands of Britons singing......

How many where Scotsmen

don't think many were watching.................those that were would have been gutted

after cheering on sweden...................LOL

Mark L

Ah, the classic Anglo/Saxon conquered English perception of the Scots and Welsh who still relish our unique Celtic Briton heritage. And btw I think you'll find at least 2 million Scots Rangers fans would have been right behind you. And well done by the way. Good luck against Croatia but no chance

thanks! I actually prefer croatia over russia (with their home advantage)...seeing croatia going
to extra time /penalties was good when england already had their feet up

sadly as soon as england play winner of belgium/france the dream will be over

Mark L

 

[King Boonen]

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If England win it is technically a new name on the trophy, no? (England won the jules rimet)

If you want to be really picky yes

 

[del1962]

Re: Re:

Excellent. A few thousands of Britons singing......

How many where Scotsmen

don't think many were watching.................those that were would have been gutted

after cheering on sweden...................LOL

Mark L

Ah, the classic Anglo/Saxon conquered English perception of the Scots and Welsh who still relish our unique Celtic Briton heritage. And btw I think you'll find at least 2 million Scots Rangers fans would have been right behind you. And well done by the way. Good luck against Croatia but no chance

I don't mind Scots not supporting England (never understand the reaction to Andy Murray all those years ago) just like I am happy to laugh at Scots footballing misfortunes, I doubt many Rangers supporters will be cheering for England either, I have a soft spot for Rangers after Gazza played for them, such a great player for Newcastle but don't like the underlying implications of Celtic and Rangers rivalry - that's both sides to blame though

Scotsman a work says he supports anyone England playing, its a bit of fun, he just has lots of teams to support

 

[ferryman]

Re: Re:

Excellent. A few thousands of Britons singing......

How many where Scotsmen

don't think many were watching.................those that were would have been gutted

after cheering on sweden...................LOL

Mark L

Ah, the classic Anglo/Saxon conquered English perception of the Scots and Welsh who still relish our unique Celtic Briton heritage. And btw I think you'll find at least 2 million Scots Rangers fans would have been right behind you. And well done by the way. Good luck against Croatia but no chance

I don't mind Scots not supporting England (never understand the reaction to Andy Murray all those years ago) just like I am happy to laugh at Scots footballing misfortunes, I doubt many Rangers supporters will be cheering for England either, I have a soft spot for Rangers after Gazza played for them, such a great player for Newcastle but don't like the underlying implications of Celtic and Rangers rivalry - that's both sides to blame though

Scotsman a work says he supports anyone England playing, its a bit of fun, he just has lots of teams to support

My friend, you don't live here, can I respectively suggest you You Tube Rangers and Rule Britannia for a wee start. Every Rangers fan I know are all right behind England. I also think you would be genuinely surprised how many other Scots are behind England. I'm not one, but happy in the fact you have no chance against Croatia

 

[Laplaz]

...... and in the meantime CR7 goes to Juve

 

[Merckx index]

Congratulations to France, which just won the World Cup!

I think they're playing a friendly against some Euro also-ran Sunday?

 

[King Boonen]

Hubris can be a wonderful thing... from the other side.

 

[Merckx index]

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Hubris can be a wonderful thing... from the other side.

Not hubris, generosity. France has agreed to let the winner of tomorrow's game appear on the same field with them. How prestigious is that? To be considered worthy of being on the same field as France?

 

[May0maniac]

Mbappé's antics were a bit annoying near the end, a bit like a young Christiano Ronaldo.
Other than that I really liked what I saw from France, fast combinations and counters, Giroud is such a workhorse, Griezmann is pure class, even when he disappears for a few minutes, Kanté is just relentles and Varane was just outstanding as a CB.
Belgium played well, Hazard was by far their best player (well, besides Courtois), but I the end France just showed a bit more urgency and they managed to win the match.

 

[Jagartrott]

France is very, very solid - and can play multiple styles. Yesterday they were determined not to give Belgium any space to counter, gave them the ball and waited. That was a bit boring, but they looked comfortable throughout. Unless they have another lapsus like in Euro 2016, they should win the final (and they would deserve to).

 

[Flamin]

Any sign yet of the leaky French defence? :razz: on a more serious note, I do enjoy those tactical chess games when there's so much quality on the pitch. France played like a machine. It's quite amazing to give away so little against this Belgian team.

 

[python]

if theresa may does NOT care to travel to her footballers, perhaps they should travel to theresa