The World Cup Thread

[trousers]

Game on

[whelk]

So we just have to guess why VAR disallowed it then?

[Colinjb]

That is hilarious.

[Wsaint]

  On 20/11/2022 at 16:09, whelk said:

So we just have to guess why VAR disallowed it then?

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Was offside apparently but no idea how. 

[Turkish]

  On 20/11/2022 at 16:08, The Cat said:

What the fuck was that disallowed for?

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Ridiculous 🤣🤣 

 

[HarvSFC]

So, that want corrupt at all.

[S-Clarke]

I guess the infringement was that it was a goal against Qatar. An offence in itself.

[saintant]

So the corruption and cheating begins.

[whelk]

Is Lee Mason on VAR and been promised some fried egg sandwiches?

[niceandfriendly]

Anyone else watching abroad with a decent stream? 

[cloggy saint]

Foul on the keeper apparently. Absolute bollocks, did the ref even view the monitor??

 

Edited 20 November, 2022 by cloggy saint

[Lighthouse]

  On 20/11/2022 at 16:11, saintant said:

So the corruption and cheating begins.

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Begins? F**k me, you're late to that party.

[saintant]

  On 20/11/2022 at 16:13, Lighthouse said:

Begins? F**k me, you're late to that party.

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Sorry to have to spell it out for you but I meant in the actual games.

[Colinjb]

So, the Ecuadorian player's knee was offside at the point he received the ball, while a Qatari defender was goalside and within a couple of meters of him.

 

Edited 20 November, 2022 by Colinjb

[S-Clarke]

That goalkeeper looks like he's going to be a laugh! What is he doing.

[HarvSFC]

This goalkeeper’s been paid off, but strangely he plays for Qatar.

[trousers]

That penalty kick looked offside to me....

[The Cat]

Qatar are absolutely awful, hope this finishes 5-0.

[Dark Munster]

 They’re saying that’s the fastest referee corruption in World Cup history. 

[wooley7]

If you weren’t sure that was corrupt the VAR explanation shows the man who headed it on offside as he heads it. Absolute shit show!

[whelk]

Anyone scouting this Qatari keeper?

[Guest]

Qatar are awful. This is like a training game

[saintant]

  On 20/11/2022 at 16:19, The Cat said:

Qatar are absolutely awful, hope this finishes 5-0.

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Surely they'll become the first home nation ever to lose the opening game.

[Guest]

  On 20/11/2022 at 16:20, whelk said:

Anyone scouting this Qatari keeper?

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Probably Saints given our record the past few years…. 👀

Edited 20 November, 2022 by FarehamSaintJames

[cloggy saint]

  On 20/11/2022 at 16:20, whelk said:

Anyone scouting this Qatari keeper?

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#betterthanbazanu

[Raging Bull]

Penalty should’ve been disallowed. It was clearly the most homosexual spot kick I’ve ever seen 

[trousers]

  On 20/11/2022 at 16:20, whelk said:

Anyone scouting this Qatari keeper?

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He can't be any worse than McCarthy at the near post*, can he...? 

*(c) Saintsweb Intelligentsia 

[Lighthouse]

  On 20/11/2022 at 16:19, The Cat said:

Qatar are absolutely awful, hope this finishes 5-0.

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Hoping for double figures personally, want to see an absolute farce of a score.

  On 20/11/2022 at 16:14, saintant said:

Sorry to have to spell it out for you but I meant in the actual games.

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You don't, I was being facetious.

[cloggy saint]

Meh, I've seen enough, back to the snooker.

[Lord Duckhunter]

  On 20/11/2022 at 16:20, wooley7 said:

If you weren’t sure that was corrupt the VAR explanation shows the man who headed it on offside as he heads it. Absolute shit show!

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Shit show? He was offside.

 

 

 

[niceandfriendly]

That's never a yellow for Caicedo. It's just a foul. 

[Colinjb]

How can they disallow this one? Claim Valencia's drunk?

[The Cat]

That header reminded me of one of Shane Long's.

Edited 20 November, 2022 by The Cat

[S-Clarke]

Great header, but just how bad are Qatar?? Shouldn't be anywhere near this level, this is going to be a big score I think.

[whelk]

Ecuador weren’t even odds on to win this game. Incredible with hindsight 

[niceandfriendly]

God is clearly routing for Equador, if their celebrations are anything to go by. All other nations are f**ked!

[The Cat]

  On 20/11/2022 at 16:34, S-Clarke said:

Great header, but just how bad are Qatar?? Shouldn't be anywhere near this level, this is going to be a big score I think.

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Can't wait until Netherlands play them. Could be double figures.

[wooley7]

  On 20/11/2022 at 16:26, Lord Duckhunter said:

Shit show? He was offside.

 

 

 

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Yeah, I have just seen this still and it does look like it was a well spotted offside. Don’t think the reply on the TV showed the situation very well.

Still a shit show. Whole thing is corrupt.

[saintant]

  On 20/11/2022 at 16:35, niceandfriendly said:

God is clearly routing for Equador, if their celebrations are anything to go by. All other nations are f**ked!

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Bodes well for us under Nathan Jones 🙂

[The Cat]

Has anyone ever scored a hat trick in the opening game of a World Cup?

[Lighthouse]

I wonder what the deal is when Ecuador score, everyone gathers in a circle to thank God, then it’s disallowed by VAR. do they have to start praying to someone else?

[The Cat]

  On 20/11/2022 at 16:36, wooley7 said:

Yeah, I have just seen this still and it does look like it was a well spotted offside. Don’t think the reply on the TV showed the situation very well.

Still a shit show. Whole thing is corrupt.

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Where was he when the ball was played in though? Doesn't matter where he's stood in that photo.

[niceandfriendly]

  On 20/11/2022 at 16:37, Lighthouse said:

I wonder what the deal is when Ecuador score, everyone gathers in a circle to thank God, then it’s disallowed by VAR. do they have to start praying to someone else?

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They obviously didn't pray hard enough. Or one of them was thinking about sexy nuns instead of giving thanks.

[saintant]

  On 20/11/2022 at 16:38, The Cat said:

Where was he when the ball was played in though? Doesn't matter where he's stood in that photo.

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Exactly right

[Lighthouse]

  On 20/11/2022 at 16:37, The Cat said:

Has anyone ever scored a hat trick in the opening game of a World Cup?

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1934, Angelo Schiavio against the USA for Italy.

[whelk]

  On 20/11/2022 at 16:40, Lighthouse said:

1934, Angelo Schiavio against the USA for Italy.

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I hope you knew that without the help of the internet?

[JRM]

Good numbers of Ecuador fans there , fair play not an easy journey 

[The Cat]

  On 20/11/2022 at 16:42, whelk said:

I hope you knew that without the help of the internet?

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It's the sort of shit Steve Grant would know. Maybe it was one of the questions Lighthouse had to answer to become a mod.

Edited 20 November, 2022 by The Cat

[wooley7]

  On 20/11/2022 at 16:38, The Cat said:

Where was he when the ball was played in though? Doesn't matter where he's stood in that photo.

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I think there are two players together one heads it and the others leg is offside. It’s a pretty confusing situation. At first I thought the player highlighted on the telly was the one who touched the ball and was being show as offside!

[Lord Duckhunter]

  On 20/11/2022 at 16:38, The Cat said:

Where was he when the ball was played in though? Doesn't matter where he's stood in that photo.

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It’s not from the free kick, but from when the bloke challenging the keeper headed the ball. The blokes knee  was offside at that point & he then headed the ball for the bloke to do the scissor kick thing.