The World Cup Thread

[LuckyNumber7]

  On 01/12/2022 at 10:29, Charlie Wayman said:

Of course the commentators were waxing lyrical all evening about the sublime skills of Lionel Messi but as far as I could see, he was only trotting about slowly a few metres at a time mostly playing very safe 3' passes to nearby colleagues and hardly ever moving more than 10 yards from a fixed position about 25 yards out right of centre.  Oh! and that penalty miss. 

Why can't these people bow out gracefully when they are at the top rather than hang on and on and on when clearly their best days have become distant memories. There are none so blind as those that do not want to see.

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Not sure what game you were watching but aside from the penalty miss Messi was the best player on the pitch, even at 35. They highlighted some of his sublime passing and runs after the game, certainly wasn't just safe 3 yard passes.

[East Kent Saint]

  On 01/12/2022 at 10:29, Charlie Wayman said:

Of course the commentators were waxing lyrical all evening about the sublime skills of Lionel Messi but as far as I could see, he was only trotting about slowly a few metres at a time mostly playing very safe 3' passes to nearby colleagues and hardly ever moving more than 10 yards from a fixed position about 25 yards out right of centre.  Oh! and that penalty miss. 

Why can't these people bow out gracefully when they are at the top rather than hang on and on and on when clearly their best days have become distant memories. There are none so blind as those that do not want to see.

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You could say that about Bale but not Messi yet . Yes he has slowed down a bit but it was shown on the review all the dead weight passes he is still making with the WC beach ball that most players are over hitting plus his odd solo run etc . Not as young as he was but still a totem/asset to Argentina at his last WC (probably)

[East Kent Saint]

  On 30/11/2022 at 19:41, Turkish said:

What do you think it is? I have no idea 

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At the back of my mind is a short report about him involved with  police being called to a domestic before WC when he was injured but could be wrong !

[trousers]

Sending the ref over to the pitch side screen to check if it was offside or not... Wtf is that all about?! #crobel

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[saintant]

  On 01/12/2022 at 15:21, trousers said:

Sending the ref over to the pitch side screen to check if it was offside or not... Wtf is that all about?! #crobel

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Did any Croatian player even touch the ball? It looked to me as if the first touch after the free kick was off a Belgian head.

[nta786]

Germans will come 2nd in their group after beating Costa Rica, face Morocco in the next round and then Portugal in the quarters now and get to the semi-finals now won't they... 

[OttawaSaint]

Canada getting badly outclassed by Morocco.

A real learning experience for this team. Many Canadians got a bit carried away after the performances in qualifying.

But when you only have 1 or 2 from the top leagues you'll always struggle.

[whelk]

  On 01/12/2022 at 15:33, OttawaSaint said:

Canada getting badly outclassed by Morocco.

A real learning experience for this team. Many Canadians got a bit carried away after the performances in qualifying.

But when you only have 1 or 2 from the top leagues you'll always struggle.

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Been good to watch. Some of the lesser teams stink the place out with negative approach. Ultimately will get them fck all of course 

[whelk]

  On 01/12/2022 at 15:30, nta786 said:

Germans will come 2nd in their group after beating Costa Rica, face Morocco in the next round and then Portugal in the quarters now and get to the semi-finals now won't they... 

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Morocco could easily beat Germany but you just know it won’t happen

[OttawaSaint]

Canada score!! 1-2 back in it!!

[John Boy Saint]

  On 01/12/2022 at 15:42, OttawaSaint said:

Canada score!! 1-2 back in it!!

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Don't be daft - a Moroccan wanted to be sure having got the 98th and 99th goal of this World Cup one of them got the 100th and whilst thinking it would be nice to show the Canadians how to score in the oppos net 🙂

 

[saintant]

More rubbish now from BBC Wales.

[Sheaf Saint]

Lukaku looks like he's been taking coaching tips from Che Adams. He's just missed two sitters in two minutes (although the second one would have been disallowed anyway).

[OttawaSaint]

Hutchinson header hit crossbar then down onto the line and out. So close!

[AlexLaw76]

Lukaku - 🙃

[trousers]

How many sitters has Lukaku missed now?

[niceandfriendly]

Has there been a World Cup with consistently worse atmospheres than this one? 

[niceandfriendly]

  On 01/12/2022 at 16:51, trousers said:

How many sitters has Lukaku missed now?

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4

[AlexLaw76]

  On 01/12/2022 at 16:53, niceandfriendly said:

Has there been a World Cup with consistently worse atmospheres than this one? 

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South Africa

[Lord Duckhunter]

  On 01/12/2022 at 16:53, niceandfriendly said:

Has there been a World Cup with consistently worse atmospheres than this one? 

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I’m afraid you’re going to have to get used to it. The gentrification of domestic football is spreading to international tournaments. The Nods have always been there, but they’re on the rise…

[niceandfriendly]

  On 01/12/2022 at 16:57, AlexLaw76 said:

South Africa

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Yes that was another shocker. Think I’d rather have the vuvuzelas than this silence. 

[LiberalCommunist]

That was vintage Rom. Like Utd 2019 level vintage. Fuck me, I was started to think he was Croatian! 

[Toussaint]

  On 01/12/2022 at 17:04, niceandfriendly said:

Yes that was another shocker. Think I’d rather have the vuvuzelas than this silence. 

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Sorry, can’t agree, couldn’t even bring myself to watch it with that cacophony, absolutely ruined it. I also wonder if the local tv production makes the best of any atmosphere, we sure do, when I was at Anfield a few weeks back you could have had a chat from one stand to another, when I watched motd it sounded like a cracking atmosphere.

[niceandfriendly]

  On 01/12/2022 at 17:32, Toussaint said:

Sorry, can’t agree, couldn’t even bring myself to watch it with that cacophony, absolutely ruined it. I also wonder if the local tv production makes the best of any atmosphere, we sure do, when I was at Anfield a few weeks back you could have had a chat from one stand to another, when I watched motd it sounded like a cracking atmosphere.

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No you’re right the vuvuzelas were infuriating, I was being flippant as these Qatar atmospheres are painful to experience. Maybe I’m just going off football in general thanks for VAR, appalling on-pitch refereeing, simulation, contact being outlawed, dreadful pundits and commentators etc, but I’ve barely enjoyed this World Cup so far. Feels soulless and just boring. I’m not even looking forward to watching Saints again although I haven’t looked forward to watching Saints for bloody ages. I’m sure plenty of people would happily take the above nonsense though if I meant I give up watching footy and stop posting on here. 

[East Kent Saint]

  On 01/12/2022 at 17:04, niceandfriendly said:

Yes that was another shocker. Think I’d rather have the vuvuzelas than this silence. 

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I wouldn’t , had to watch with the sound off that WC .

[East Kent Saint]

  On 01/12/2022 at 17:12, LiberalCommunist said:

That was vintage Rom. Like Utd 2019 level vintage. Fuck me, I was started to think he was Croatian! 

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Plus Belgium had 7 players over 30 , poor old Kev did what he could ……

[Manuel]

Ha ha.  Pundits asked to pick England's best ever goal, Souness picks Maradonna's vs England 👍

[LiberalCommunist]

would have been funny if he'd have picked a OG.

But Sou always was a nob-head. 

[whelk]

Musiala looks decent. 19!

Another that got away

 

[East Kent Saint]

Andrew: Jamal Musiala has the footwork and the trickery to bamboozle any defender in world football, he’s just been lacking the end product at this tournament so far. One goal or assist and he could burst into life at this World Cup.

Defo Saints product .

[The Cat]

What were Japan drinking at half time?

[The Cat]

What the fuck is VAR doing there? Madness.

[Manuel]

Good luck to Maya for the rest of the game.  

[East Kent Saint]

Looked like a foot of grass between line and ball , making EPL VAR look good !

[trousers]

Lol

[The Cat]

Neuer. Oops.

[Sheaf Saint]

And now Costa Rica have equalised.

Germany will finish bottom as things stand.

[East Kent Saint]

Martinez now out of contract !

[The Left Back]

This is proper World Cup fun. One more Costa Rica goal and it’s the perfect night.

and as for Souness lecturing everyone on how much better Spain are than everyone and he fears for England playing them, what a twat

[trousers]

Double lol... Spain now out as things stand

 

Edit: hold on... offside...?

edit: goal stands!

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[Victor]

Japan to top a group that includes Spain and Germany?!

Boufal trough to last 16. 

Gets weirder and weirder.

[trousers]

Bugger.... Germany equalise

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[SNSUN]

If Spain and Germany go out (big if as a lot of game time to play) then surely that's the biggest group upset of all time? Unthinkable.

 

Germany just equalised... never mind.

 

[trousers]

Cock.... Germany lead

Cue a Spain goal any minute now....

 

 

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[badgerx16]

That 4th German goal was offside, no question, but somehow VAR decides it isn't.

[whelk]

This is tense. C’mon Japan

[Saint_clark]

Yoshida having a great tournament so far. Might even be in with a shout for team of the tournament if he keeps it up for a couple more rounds.

[Sheaf Saint]

Huge respect to those Japanese fans 👏 

[whelk]

I am writing off the Germans 

[SNSUN]

Tense this. Bye Germany. Goodbye my sweepstake chance...