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[randomlegend]

Dembele is a proper winger. Shame he’s made of cheese strings .

He's been fit for like 12 months!

[Waffdon]

He's been fit for like 12 months!

Yeah, true. Just waiting on another muscle to pop. He’s proper liquid football when fit though.

I can’t believe Mbappe is still 23 - assume with the way he plays and how long he’s been at the biggest level he’ll be retired by 32.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I have a long running country-hopping FM22 save which I go back to occasionally, it's in 2033 at the moment. I'm France manager and I have Mbappé (33) on 190 caps / 139 goals. He's also won four straight World Cups (I wasn't manager for those). He and Haaland have shared ten straight balloons of gold.

Is this the ultra-tedious era we're moving into IRL? I fear it might be.

[Shindig]

What's more likely is Haaland going off into a class of his own.

[Baz]

Doesn’t sound much different to what we’ve just experienced with Messi and Ronaldo.

Hopefully nobody gets raped in this series.

[Pepe]

Time to send the cunts home. :drool:

[Don]

Yep, all aboard the Mexico train.

[Spikey M]

Haaland vs Mbappe is more like Henry vs Van Nistlerooy than Ronaldo vs Messi. Because there's actually a debate to be had on Ronaldo vs Messi.

Haaland is clearly better than Mbappe just as Henry was obviously better than Van Nistlerooy.

[Lewis]

No he isn't.

[Don]

What sort of clueless cunt rates Haaland above Mbappe? :lol:

[Spikey M]

Haaland runs rings around Premier League defenders. Mbappe runs crop circles around farmers in France.

I will die on this hill. Fuck you all.

[phonics]

Mbappe is Henry and Haaland is Van Nistelrooy in your analogy.

One's a high level technical player and the other one kicks it in a net from 6 yards.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Van Nistelrooy was so good.

[Don]

Haaland runs rings around Premier League defenders. Mbappe runs crop circles around farmers in France.

I will die on this hill. Fuck you all.

Oink oink.

[7om]

Something something ebony don

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Mexican fans have started loudly.

[Magic]

Mbappe is Henry and Haaland is Van Nistelrooy in your analogy.

One's a high level technical player and the other one kicks it in a net from 6 yards.

Clueless as per.

[Ian]

Good kits tonight, Jimmy.

Although the Mexico goalie appears to be in a Spain kit.

[Spikey M]

The Mexico kit is probably my favourite. Along with Japan.

England's and Korea's comfortably the worst. Basically training kits.

[Don]

Spikey, go have a lie down.

[Baz]

France is best, I reckon.

Englands definitely the worst in terms of expectations vs reality, after the perfect Lionesses one.

[Ian]

The Mexico kit is probably my favourite. Along with Japan.

England's and Japan's comfortably the worst. Basically training kits.

Forgetting you enjoyed the Witcher months after the fact was one thing... Do you need some sort of help?

[Spikey M]

Spikey, go have a lie down.

I thought you were fucking off until 2027 and we'd have to beg you to come back?

[Spikey M]

Forgetting you enjoyed the Witcher months after the fact was one thing... Do you need some sort of help?

The 2nd Japan should say Korea :face:

[Ian]

They all look the same to you, is that it?

[Lewis]

I think United fans can all admit now that Henry was better than van Nistelrooy, but the latter was better than United made him look. They only started letting him play in 2005, and then he fell out with everybody.

[Spikey M]

They all look the same to you, is that it?

Oink oink.

[-james-]

Impressive how shit Argentina are. Less movement than a subbuteo team.

[Giggles]

The 2nd Japan should say Korea :face:

That’s Taz levels of the racisms.

[Lewis]

Any racist who can't tell Koreans and Japanese apart isn't worthy of the shirt.

[Spikey M]

We're having a Chinese delivered in a bit too. A Father Ted incident feels inevitable at this point.

[igor_balis]

The 2nd Japan should say Korea :face:


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[Lewis]

I hope they chuck a freebie in for ruining the last two years.

[Spikey M]

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ドン、あなたがこれを読んでいるなら、あなたはコックを吸う

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Google translate has possibly had a bigger mare than I have here, but :D

[Don]

Spikey's Chinese

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FgvcKVYWAAES6de?format=jpg&name=medium

[Pepe]

That was Copa Mercosur levels shit. Latin American football has not evolved at all. If anything, it has gotten worse, since now we have more shitkickers and no 'number tens.'

[igor_balis]

Spikeys gonna be up all night playing Hong Kong 97 trying to wipe out all 1.2b "fuckin' ugly reds"

[Spikey M]

Spikey's Chinese

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FgvcKVYWAAES6de?format=jpg&name=medium

:D

Crispy duck with pancakes etc, vermicelli and sichuan beef. TYVM.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The ITV panel shitting on Dire Maria :drool:

[Spikey M]

Argentina are staying in student accommodation? :D

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Argentina are staying in student accommodation? :D

It's because they shipped over Argentinian barbecue's:

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The hotels wouldn't allow it.

[Shindig]

Students of the game. :dc:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Ugh. I hate them (and him) so much.

[Ian]

Pepe, mate, can you sort this out? I'm already sick of the Messi worship that'll happen for the rest of this game and it hasn't even happened yet.

[Magic]

Goat.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Pepe, mate, can you sort this out? I'm already sick of the Messi worship that'll happen for the rest of this game and it hasn't even happened yet.

Matterface was already gushing too much at the goal.

[Shindig]

I don't mind it. He can't drag them to a World Cup on his own.

[Ian]

Matterface was already gushing too much at the goal.

This is not a spicy new take or anything but Matterface is an awful twat.

[Cord]

I'm not sure Mexico have looked even vaguely like scoring in either game so far.

Which I think tactically, is naive.

[Don]

It's turned into a proper favela scrap which is very odd viewing with these new refereeing directives of letting the play go on. Wait till they realise passing is allowed.

[Spikey M]

Lovely goal. Cunts.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I feel sick.

[Manc]

Matterface might just be the most cringeworthy human on the planet.

[Waffdon]

Another player who should be starting but doesn’t for some reason. Some finish

[Bernanke]

The camera angle on that. :drool:

[Ian]

I'm holding Pepe entirely responsible for this.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I'm holding Pepe entirely responsible for this.

Cord was right.

[Pepe]

Damn, Waff might be right. This team is atrocious. Lozano is obviously skilled, but I cannot for the life of me figure out what anyone else is supposed to be good at.

Lol if we beat the Saudis by ten and the cunts draw against Mahow's boys. More likely that they beat us and we leave the Cup without scoring a single goal.

[7om]

“Were we booed off though?” :lol:

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[Lewis]

I was booing Derek Chauvin.

[Giggles]

He’s such a fucking wet blanket. Pity Big Sam got done that time for just doing what we’d all do.

[Don]

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Inject it :drool:

[Pepe]

I've figured it out: the issue is foreign managers. Mexico under Sven was a lolfest if I ever saw one. Then we all remember the fiasco that Lavolpe was. Now this chancer 'Tata Martino'. Bring back Manuel Lapuente.

[Pepe]

I was booing Derek Chauvin.

:lol:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I've figured it out: the issue is foreign managers. Mexico under Sven was a lolfest if I ever saw one. Then we all remember the fiasco that Lavolpe was. Now this chancer 'Tata Martino'. Bring back Manuel Lapuente.

Surely Miguel Herrera.

[Shindig]

The more Southgate talks, the more I'm convinced taking second place might be the actual plan. A plan I don't think we can genuinely follow through if we're sitting at 0-0 waiting for something to filter through from the other game. All so we can lose to France a round later.

And two other teams in the group with the same idea.

[ScousePig]

I'm a bit behind with the game but Mexico have been dire. Ugly cheats.

That ponytail twat that came on has been horrendous.

[Waffdon]

The more Southgate talks, the more I'm convinced taking second place might be the actual plan. A plan I don't think we can genuinely follow through if we're sitting at 0-0 waiting for something to filter through from the other game. All so we can lose to France a round later.

And two other teams in the group with the same idea.

Spain/Brazil/Argentina are all going to be on that side if England finish 2nd more than likely. Most like the Dutch and Uruguay too. I know most look meh and are definitely favoured towards England but not a chance he’s risking that. Finish top and the French are 1 cock up away from a plain sailing route to the final if you win your group.

[Pepe]

Surely Miguel Herrera.

I would take him too.

[Pepe]

That ponytail twat that came on has been horrendous.

Is that the one with the lol defending for the second goal?

[ScousePig]

Yeah and he hacked Messi down for the free kick earlier.

[Jimmy Floyd]

That group has potential for a lol finish, as do a few of them actually.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I missed this game and from the posts above thought Messi had broken the hex with a free kick, but no, of course he drilled it along the ground. I feel like that woman trying to dig up Richard III.

[Pepe]

He had about an hour to decide what to do with it. If all defenses were this generous we would have a few more long range goals in the tally.

[Waffdon]

Tunisia/Australia and Japan/Costa Rica to kick the weekend games off. Feeling so blessed rn

[Jimmy Floyd]

Japan had best not fuck this up. I want the bosch gone tonight.

[Jimmy Floyd]

This game another example of the insane number of fouls for standing on opponents' feet late, at this tournament. I have no explanation for that. The pitch?

[Giggles]

You’d be safer putting on a league one game than this. Is league one even on?

[niko_cee]

Don't really see the difference between that one just there and the penalty Iran were given against England.

Going off this game Spain might put double figures past Germany later on.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Japan yet another team who get 3 points and then seem to think 0-0 in the second game is a good result. Such a weird mentality shared by so many managers, though (wait for it) the ball isn't helping.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

It's so strange especially in Japan's case who have their hardest game in the group last.

Why not put your foot down so there's no chance you end up needing something against Spain?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

And there's another reason why you shouldn't be happy taking a 0-0.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Japan deserve that for their approach. Pathetic stuff. Vamos los ticos.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Shit keeper.

[Ben]

Fuller Spence :cool:

[niko_cee]

Big goal for Germany.

[Giggles]

:drool: fuck Keane.


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[Jimmy Floyd]

Ball Speed 34mph was a laugh. Slower than the one Adil Rashid tosses up. Seppuku for the keeper.

[Ian]

Have Japan not now left themselves probably going out if they don't get points against Spain? I suppose if Germany lose tonight it might come down to goal difference but still, they've shafted themselves here.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Spain/Germany draw and the Germans to batter Costa Rica in the final game then.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Have Japan not now left themselves probably going out if they don't get points against Spain? I suppose if Germany lose tonight it might come down to goal difference but still, they've shafted themselves here.

Yep.

Could easily come down to GD and you can see a Germany team going all out trying to dick Costa Rica.

[Browning]

After it went to 1-0 I think we saw the truth. Japan weren’t being passive, they were just shit.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Have Japan not now left themselves probably going out if they don't get points against Spain? I suppose if Germany lose tonight it might come down to goal difference but still, they've shafted themselves here.

They will need at least a point against Spain now to have any chance, unless, I suppose, Spain wallop Germany and then jerry don't make up the goal difference in a 9-3-3-3 finish.

Costa Rica probably go through if they eke out a point against Germany. That would be quite funny.

[Ian]

Yeah, I think they need to hope Spain smash Germany then put their feet up in the third game.

[Browning]

Spain win by any score then they conspire to draw 0-0 in the final game. Might backfire if Costa Rica win but who cares, fuck letting the Germans back in.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Is that Kristof Terreur bloke for real? Both the name and appearance suggest it's Sacha Baron Cohen playing a Belgian journalist.

[niko_cee]

Neither Japan nor Costa Rica are getting any more points in the group, so Germany will just have to make up the necessary GD in their last game if they lose tonight.

[Pepe]

:drool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Lolrtois.

[Jimmy Floyd]

That will get VAR'd, unfortunately.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Yeah, it's gone surely.

[Pepe]

Fuck VAR.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Why is the ref checking that for offside and not their fancy system?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Why is the ref checking that for offside and not their fancy system?

System checks for offside, ref's call on whether he was active.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Did "Chappers" really say that Messi's goal was one of the moments of the tournament so far?

[Giggles]

Did "Chappers" really say that Messi's goal was one of the moments of the tournament so far?

The fawning over it across the board is unreal.

[-james-]

Have their been many "moments"? Maybe Wilson squaring it to Grealish for 6, that was pretty special.

[Shindig]

The Saudi's second against Argentina and .... that might be it?

Ah, let's be fair:

The inflatable cock World Cup they bring in for every game, the VAR chaos in the opener and the failed countdown.

[Adramelch]

Well there's been moments with the upset wins surely? Plus Richarlison's goal.

[Pepe]

Japan's win against Germany was good.

[Yevrah]

Have their been many "moments"? Maybe Wilson squaring it to Grealish for 6, that was pretty special.

Henderson on in the 70th minute. Got to be.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Martinez is doing a Southgate here to some extent. Salivating at the prospect of a 0-0 to take through to the Croatia game. Tournament Football.

[niko_cee]

Does this group match up with the Spain/Germany group in the last 16? Can't see anyone out of this group progressing through that.

[Waffdon]

Has there ever been a team draw 0-0 every game? Morocco fancy their chances anyways

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Lolrtois.

:harold:

[Waffdon]

Has there ever been a team draw 0-0 every game? Morocco fancy their chances anyways

:cool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Has there ever been a team draw 0-0 every game? Morocco fancy their chances anyways

:cool:

[Jimmy Floyd]

Morocco deserve that. They've had a go at this second half. Zero interest from the Belgians.

[niko_cee]

Not sure what it is about him but there are few players I dislike as much as Courtois.

[Dquincy]

Not sure what it is about him but there are few players I dislike as much as Courtois.

Was it since the champions league final when he single handily won it for Madrid. Sickening.

[Lewis]

Turns out the Belgian 'Golden Generation' was actually just Marouane Fellaini. :cool:

[igor_balis]

Belgium team feels very much like the creaking final moments of an ailing empire, albeit one that never accomplished fuck all in the first place. I imagine they'll have a new coach and at least 5 new players in their stating XI at euro 24, assuming they get past Austria and Sweden in qualifying.

[-james-]

omg the live ball speed and rpm stats for the free kick :rave:

[Yevrah]

Turns out the Belgian 'Golden Generation' was actually just Marouane Fellaini. :cool:

Putting six years of their peak in the hands of Roberto Martinez is about as lol as you can get and a major factor.

[igor_balis]

Tho, more realistically, with the new format they'll probably end up qualifying for being 6th best side in nations league conference D, then qualify for the second round in Germany by being one of the best runners up after drawing 0-0 with Iceland, Romania and Scotland. Witsel starting every game.

[Manc]

Putting six years of their peak in the hands of Roberto Martinez is about as lol as you can get and a major factor.

He's no Steve Bruce.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Get fucked Belgium.

[Jimmy Floyd]

:cool:

Get the tagine fired up lads.

[igor_balis]

That's class.

[Shindig]

Tidy finish.

[SincereTheRebel]

Belgium team feels very much like the creaking final moments of an ailing empire, albeit one that never accomplished fuck all in the first place. I imagine they'll have a new coach and at least 5 new players in their stating XI at euro 24, assuming they get past Austria and Sweden in qualifying.

Finishing 3rd at the last world cup is probably the best they could have hoped for. Golden Generation and all that. Not a complete failure given you only have four opportunities

[Waffdon]

That’s them basically through now, isn’t it? Always good to see an African team do bits.

[Magic]

:Harold:

Superb. Bunch of entitled arrogant cunts.

[Gray Fox]

Belgium in big trouble assuming a Croatia win later now, no?

[Don]

Another top game. The ever-decreasing gap between UEFA and the rest is fantastic to see.

[Waffdon]

Yeah, need to beat Croatia now unless Morocco lose heavily to Canada. Hopefully Canada win though and it’s a proper shootout in the final games. Be winner takes all in both games

[Jimmy Floyd]

That’s them basically through now, isn’t it? Always good to see an African team do bits.

Point against Canada does it.

Regragui is a don.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Fonz :cool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Cracking run and header, especially for a LB (for his club).

[Magic]

:drool:

[Gray Fox]

Woof. Group blown open.

[Jimmy Floyd]

That was another up-off-the-sofa moment. Such a good goal and more reward for a team that actually comes out and plays.

[Lewis]

The Canada manager looks like the biggest nerd in World Cup history.

[Yevrah]

Davies is such a beast. :cool:

[Waffdon]

What a group this has turned out to be. Hopefully Canada hold on as the final group games should be tasty.

That 2nd Morocco goal looks massive though

[niko_cee]

That was another up-off-the-sofa moment. Such a good goal and more reward for a team that actually comes out and plays.

I was convinced it was going to get chalked off for an armpit offside on the halfway line from the initial clearance.

[Don]

Canada's defence looks as shakey as one would expect when you look at the shite they got after the BLM four up top. Orsic and Petkovic will bring this home off the bench.

[Don]

Hutchinson's zimmer frame is creaking already.

[Bernanke]

Davies is such a beast. :cool:

I think he's in contention for best LB in the world. For Bayern he basically enables them to play an extra attacker since he's so fast that he can push forward much more without risking as much defensively.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Interesting point on comms about the Nations League. From a European perspective, think it's limited the outlook of several teams as they are never playing against diverse approaches and styles anymore.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That had been coming.

Hard to see past Croatia from here.

[Bernanke]

Ah balls.

[Don]

Some of the penetrative passing that trio are capable of in midfield :drool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Croatia wide awake now.

[Waffdon]

Another great finish. Quality game. That’s Canada probably out though.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Once again the daisy-cutters find the bottom corner, and a few minutes later he tries to hit it with power and it ends up in the sea.

The second Argentina goal and the Costa Rican one earlier (keeper help or not) show that the very slow, precise curlers might be the only way to score in the top corner with this ball.

[Don]

This is gonna be a massacre. And every 50/50 challenge that is being allowed to not stop play by the ref is causing me a raging erection, we've moved so much closer to the beautiful game thanks to this tournament :hail:

[Boydy]

Has he got a fucking tampon up his nose? :lol:

[Pepe]

Once again the daisy-cutters find the bottom corner, and a few minutes later he tries to hit it with power and it ends up in the sea.

The second Argentina goal and the Costa Rican one earlier (keeper help or not) show that the very slow, precise curlers might be the only way to score in the top corner with this ball.

It has always been the better way, yet you still see everyone, at any level, trying to smash the ball as hard as they can only to see it fly about a hundred meters off the goal.

[Pepe]

Power was probably better when they used to play with those 50 kilo rocks.

[Waffdon]

6 CONCACAF teams in the next World Cup?! Fackin hell, we might see double figures in some of them games.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That's class.

Croatia have shown some real quality.

[Lewis]

Luca, would you like to support England in the knock-outs?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Croatia fans constantly booing the Canadian keeper, because he's a Serb, is pretty rich from the country that SEETHED about the song 'Three Lions' by Baddiel, Skinner and the Lightning Seeds.

[Boydy]

Serbs are cunts, tbf.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

If Canada mange to find a defence in 4 years time they could be decent.

[niko_cee]

Oh [no] Canada . . .

[Jimmy Floyd]

Croatia/Belgium should be a good one. Only one can go through, unless Morocco shit the bed in a big way.

[Ben]

Croatia should batter Belgium on today's showings.

[Waffdon]

Müller still starting games :sick:

[Don]

Mon Germans, these little Spanish kids playing futsal need to be taught a lesson.

[Manc]

Should be a proper game this.

[Lewis]

Müller still starting games :sick:

Other than the goalkeeper, he's the only Big Character in the squad. They can't not start him.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Mon Germans, these little Spanish kids playing futsal need to be taught a lesson.

Easy Spanish win then.

[Giggles]

Spain should break them down eventually, but fucking hell it makes a boring watch.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Germany aren't even in this game.

[Bernanke]

Some of the margins the German defence is playing with here are mighty tight.

[Jimmy Floyd]

They might possibly now be in it.

EDIT: Nope, not in it.

[Lewis]

Was that his ear offside?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Booooo.

[7om]

Lol fuck off Germany

[Pepe]

Fuck off VAR.

[Lewis]

'Poch' is setting his career back ten years by showing up here. David Moyes turning up on pundit duty whilst United manager was the beginning of the end.

[igor_balis]

'Poch' is setting his career back ten years by showing up here. David Moyes turning up on pundit duty whilst United manager was the beginning of the end.

his english isn't great

[Don]

Easy Spanish win then.

Over £10K profit in WC thanks to those Croatian dons now :drool:

High quality game this, good watch. Like Raum, looks like the kind of geezer that would have made it to a very senior position in Nazi Germany.

[Shindig]

I was surprised Shearer wound up in the commentary booth.

[niko_cee]

High quality game this, good watch. Like Raum, looks like the kind of geezer that would have made it to a very senior position in Nazi Germany.

:D

I was thinking he's playing with fire with those/that lighting bolt tattoo on his neck.

[niko_cee]

Someone wants to keep Alan off 'permutation watch', not sure he has the necessary faculties.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Deadly. Like Gerd Müller at his peak.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Ugh.

Hopefully Germany can get back into this.

[Pepe]

Send them home. :drool:

[Waffdon]

Süle is just not it. Tidy finish, though.

[Pepe]

THE BALL strikes again.

[Waffdon]

xxxtentacion coming on for Spain.

[Lewis]

lol at 'Hansi Flick' wearing ankle socks and massive white trainers with his suit. Deserved exit.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Süle is just not it. Tidy finish, though.

I don't think I've ever seen him play well.

No idea what managers see in him.

[Pepe]

lol at 'Hansi Flick' wearing ankle socks and massive white trainers with his suit. Deserved exit.

Probably saw it in the NBA.

[niko_cee]

Wonder if Jamal is regretting his choice yet.

[Pepe]

I hope that as many shit teams as possible make it to the 16s.

[Ben]

Wonder if Jamal is regretting his choice yet.

Sareth Gouthgate probably wouldn’t play him anyway.

[Lewis]

Glad we haven't got that bottle-less rat in our side.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Musiala into the bin.

[Waffdon]

‘Didn’t have any option but to have a go’

Other than squaring it for an open goal, maybe

[Pepe]

Oh noes.

[Jimmy Floyd]

From that range, power actually works well, because THE BALL flies into the roof of the net rather than a saveable height. See also Taremi vs England, the second Morocco goal earlier, etc.

[Pepe]

Wait, does this mean that both Japan and Costa Rica could make it through? :drool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

What a finish.

[Waffdon]

Thunder cunt of a finish. Lovely stuff

[Waffdon]

Germany just need to start going all route 1 in this. Fullkrug is bullying their defence whenever it’s in the air.

[Waffdon]

Germany absolutely tower over Spain in height and Kimmich goes for a fancy clip at the back post. Christ

[Bernanke]

Sane. :lol:

[Jimmy Floyd]

A 2-goal win takes Germany through, I think.

Actually, no, Spain could lose to Japan by two or three and probably still qualify. They should probably arrange that. Not sure the hun are skimming eight past Costa Rica.

[Lewis]

That suits Germany, and I would fancy them against whoever wins Group F as well. And then Portugal to get into the semi-final. Decent run.

[Waffdon]

They just need to out score Japan on the assumption both win.

Costa Rica will hold on for the 0-0 and go through :cool:

[niko_cee]

Sareth Gouthgate probably wouldn’t play him anyway.

I did think this. Bench at best. Attacking flair is not wanted.

There was a moment in that game where the commentator said something like "the last time Germany lost their opening two games in a World Cup was 1938" and I really thought it was all set up for Alan to chime in with "and we all know what happened after that" but it never came. :(

Fair play to that finish from what I assume is the German Rickie Lambert.

[Manc]

Neuer loves getting beat at his near post.

[Don]

Sane is fit again so Germany to win the whole thing once they stop fielding Kehrer. That Musiala-Sane linkup was special, as was basically everything the former did beside the chance.

Russia have applied to join AFC too, love that :cool:

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm sure Zenit and Spartak Moscow will love the idea of going to play Perth Glory on a Wednesday night for £10,000 in TV money, as opposed to Barcelona for £150 million.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Even if they join they wont be able to play will they?

Or does FIFA have no say on the individual federations?

[Don]

FIFA can swivel on my girthy number.

US went and started making shit political statements by removing our IR emblem off our flag in some media posts. We've gone in heavy with threat of legal action and they've reversed their actions quicker than a gammon jumping in a puddle of shit.

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:D

There's not actually that much animosity between players nor fans but I suspect by KO CQ and others will have succeeded in turning the temperature right up :drool:

[Lewis]

The Americans should be hammered for that. You can't just go deciding which flags other federations use, otherwise the Serbians will be having a right lol wiyh it.

[Giggles]

It wasn’t an official tournament thing though, just a graphic on their own Twitter page. All Islamic symbology should be blanket banned anyway.

[Jimmy Floyd]

England will lose to Wales, and whoever wins USA-Iran will top the group. As such I'm booked in to watch the latter game on Tuesday night.

[Manc]

Completely forgot the third games were played at the same time. Bummer.

[John Arne]

Russia dropping hints that they want to join the AFC.

No thanks, lads.

[Pepe]

Has anyone heard about the Russians wanting to switch into the AFC? Surprised that no one is talking about it.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Breaking news, Russia are angling for a move to the AFC.

[Lewis]

The joining process would be lol. Australia seething themselves to death about it while everyone else just shrugs it through.

[John Arne]

I guess I missed a post or two :D

It's 7am, leave me alone.

Edit: To be fair, it was Taz.

[Queenslander]

The joining process would be lol. Australia seething themselves to death about it while everyone else just shrugs it through.

We'll cop it sweet as we have no where else to go.


Zenit St Petersburg v Brisbane Roar at Redcliffe in front of 3 people. :drool:

[John Arne]

They might as well just merge East Asia, ASEAN and the 2 or 3 decent Oceania team, then let the middle east, South Asian and Russian mobs fight it out on their own.

[Ben]

This has been mooted pretty much since the beginning of the invasion.

[Queenslander]

They might as well just merge East Asia, ASEAN and the 2 or 3 decent Oceania team, then let the middle east, South Asian and Russian mobs fight it out on their own.

More games against the Kiwis would be nice.

[Dquincy]

More games against the Kiwis would be nice.
...for the other teams. Amirite?!

[Jimmy Floyd]

NZ are basically guaranteed a World Cup place from now on if they stay in Oceania, so I wouldn't be going anywhere if I were them.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Found out this morning that Breel Embolo is 25. I thought he was at least 34 and had played at Germany 2006.

[Don]

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Asian football's been lacking some of this gammon behaviour.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

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That's massive.

[Jimmy Floyd]

What on earth is a traditional style of goalkeeping? Does Rigo want him to punt it and he wants to caress it short?

[niko_cee]

Traditional style of African goalkeeping? What, shite?

But yeah, presume it's sweeper-keeper versus the alternative.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Also, why is Aboubakar no longer the starter? Is he injured or has Song lost his mind?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Cameroon have always had good keepers tbf. Nkono, Songo'o, Kameni, that bloke who always inexplicably played instead of Kameni.

This game will be a good test of how much Serbia stink. Probably need to win by two really.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Also, why is Aboubakar no longer the starter? Is he injured or has Song lost his mind?

Choupo-Moting's been doing well in ze fussball hasn't he?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Choupo-Moting's been doing well in ze fussball hasn't he?

He has but he never seems to do that well for Cameroon and he can play on the wing.

[Ben]

That sub keeper is on a hiding to nothing here. If he sells a goal here him (and Song) will be history I suspect.

EDIT: Every touch so far has just been him pumping it as far up the field as possible. :D

[CJay]

Absolutely loving Andros on co-comms.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Mitro with a shocker.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Looking at this Cameroon back four I think Rigo might have a point about not playing it out from the back.

[CJay]

Lacking actual hard data to back this up, but have there been very few goals scored from corners so far?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Well there's one.