The World Cup Thread

[OttawaSaint]

1-1 wow!

[AlexLaw76]

That was a good goal by Croatia

[Sheaf Saint]

2 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

That was a good goal by Croatia

Superb. You won't see a better headed finish than that.

[Lord Duckhunter]

Jenas is such a cock. Don’t see many good games in extra time, so should go straight to pens. Fuck me, some sides will be hanging on for pens after about an hour. 

[OttawaSaint]

Love this! Both teams going for it full tilt. No caginess and waiting for pens.

[whelk]

Is Lovren still on?

[Sheaf Saint]

4 minutes ago, whelk said:

Is Lovren still on?

Yep.

Terrible penalty from Minamino.

[Lighthouse]

Two sh*te pens there, all over already.

[Sheaf Saint]

Oh Maya 😔

[whelk]

‘Experience’ ? Just shite pens

[qwertyell]

Terrible penalties. Minamino and Yoshida's barely reached the goal. 

[HarvSFC]

Seeing Yoshida and Lovren do the coin toss as captains was a reminder of what we used to have.

Minamino and Yoshida missing penalties, also a reminder, but more of a current one.

[cloggy saint]

All Japan's hard work undone by being shit at penalties. Shame.

[whelk]

 

[JRM]

16 minutes ago, qwertyell said:

Terrible penalties. Minamino and Yoshida's barely reached the goal. 

They were terrible pens, like shooting without your boots on, shame as Japan had done well 

[East Kent Saint]

16 hours ago, Turkish said:

This is happening quite regularly now. Players or clubs are going to need to hire security teams when they are away. It’s horrendous, it happened to a friend of mine a couple of years back when he was away on business. Armed robbers broken in a held his wife and 14 year old daughter at knifepoint while robbing the house. They’ve still not gotten over it

Update is that the family were out during burglary fortunately , discovered burglary on their return . 

Edited 5 December, 2022 by East Kent Saint

[trousers]

23 minutes ago, East Kent Saint said:

 

Edit: on second thoughts, delete

Edited 5 December, 2022 by trousers

[cloggy saint]

49 minutes ago, whelk said:

 

Ummm ....?

[whelk]

Just now, cloggy saint said:

Ummm ....?

Richard Keys doesn’t approve of over the top celebrations when you haven’t actually won something

[whelk]

All 5 of Korean defence are called Kim

[sadoldgit]

58 minutes ago, JRM said:

They were terrible pens, like shooting without your boots on, shame as Japan had done well 

Gutted for Japan who played by far the better football. Croatia have been poor throughout and won’t go any further. You could tell that all of the Japanese players who missed their penalties didn’t fancy it. Minamino looked terrified. Even a seasoned pro like Yoshi fluffed his kick and didn’t look up for it. 

Edited 5 December, 2022 by sadoldgit
Typo

[Lord Duckhunter]

1 minute ago, sadoldgit said:

 Croatia have been poor throughout and won’t go any further. 

That’s a bold prediction, real insightful. Most people will expect them to beat Brazil next round 🤪

[adrian lord]

Never a penalty

[iansums]

Brazilian players really are a bunch of w*nkers aren’t they

[trousers]

Decent goal

[Lord Duckhunter]

14 minutes ago, iansums said:

Brazilian players really are a bunch of w*nkers aren’t they

Someone needs to give them clog for that stupid fucking dancing. 

[trousers]

Cricket score ahoy

[adrian lord]

I think the Qatari rulers would enjoy the prestige conferred by their World Cup being won by the most celebrated footballing nation on Earth. 

[whelk]

England v Brazil will be a cracking final

[whelk]

McCoist is a joy

[adrian lord]

The Brazil kit is far and away the nicest at the tournament. It’s the combination of colour saturation, the cut,  and the font of the numbers and names. Everything is perfect. 

[tdmickey3]

8 minutes ago, whelk said:

England v Brazil will be a cracking final

It would be but not this tournament 

[adrian lord]

Keano spot on about the disrespectful celebrations. 

[Sheaf Saint]

Just got in and seen the score. Have Brazil been really good or have Korea made it easy for them?

Edited 5 December, 2022 by Sheaf Saint

[The Cat]

2 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said:

Just got in and seen the score. Have Brazil been really good or have Korea made it easy for them?

A bit of both, Brazil scored some ridiculous goals.

[Chewy]

1 minute ago, Sheaf Saint said:

Just got in and seen the score. Have Brazil been really good or have Korea made it easy for them?

Bit of both. Mental tactics from Korea, but a couple of very good goals.

I really hope there’s an Argentina v Brazil semifinal; that could be epic!

[Badger]

6 minutes ago, Chewy said:

Bit of both. Mental tactics from Korea, but a couple of very good goals.

I really hope there’s an Argentina v Brazil semifinal; that could be epic!

Difficult knowing who you'd want to lose. Normally I'd be rooting for Brazil, but with Richarlison playing for them it's questionable. 

[Chewy]

13 minutes ago, Badger said:

Difficult knowing who you'd want to lose. Normally I'd be rooting for Brazil, but with Richarlison playing for them it's questionable. 

Yeah … I’m not in love with Neymar either. If he’s got that far I might get sentimental about Messi winning the only trophy left to confirm him as GOAT so would probably cheer them on. But to be honest I’d just love to see that game, at that stage. Loads of skill and loads of animosity. Possibility of being an all-time classic.

(Of course, if we’re still in the hunt I’m not cheering Messi on!)

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[Badger]

Just now, Chewy said:

Yeah … I’m not in love with Neymar either. If he’s got that far I might get sentimental about Messi winning the only trophy left to confirm him as GOAT so would probably cheer them

on. But to be honest I’d just love to see that game, at that stage. Loads of skill and loads of animosity. Possibility of being an all-time classic 

Fair enough.

But  a final involving Argentina, France, Richarlison is difficult to pick a preference from. Please spare us that England.

 

[Mixedkebab]

13 minutes ago, Badger said:

Fair enough.

But  a final involving Argentina, France, Richarlison is difficult to pick a preference from. Please spare us that England.

 

Or Portugal. The only bearable team out of the big boys are Spain. 

[cloggy saint]

As long as I get to see Neymar crying like a girl at some stage I'll be happy.

[AlexLaw76]

Top World Cup punditry

https://twitter.com/scotteaglen/status/1599835963219660801?s=46&t=vfyYORyaLF9MiaMh6f5upg

 

[Charlie Wayman]

Ref conned by Richarlson. At least PL refs have him sussed out. Horrible player.

Really disappointed in South Korea, why bother turning up if they're not going to make a game of it. School boy errors all over the pitch.

Turned off at 25 mins, sickened by the sycophantic bullish*t from the commentators.

[Jeremy Corbyn]

30 minutes ago, Charlie Wayman said:

Ref conned by Richarlson. At least PL refs have him sussed out. Horrible player.

Really disappointed in South Korea, why bother turning up if they're not going to make a game of it. School boy errors all over the pitch.

Turned off at 25 mins, sickened by the sycophantic bullish*t from the commentators.

I think they thought they stood the best chance by being surprisingly attacking, but it spectacularly backfired.

[FarehamSaintJames]

17 hours ago, cloggy saint said:

As long as I get to see Neymar crying like a girl at some stage I'll be happy.

Doesn’t he do that every game when someone brushes within three metres of him?

[LaptopSaint]

Boufal leaving a Spanish defender for dead and showing why we replaced him out wide with Theo Walcott and Adam Armstrong 🙄

[whelk]

If I heard Saints were signing Boufal based on his WC showing I’d be mentally excited about what a gem we were getting

[Lighthouse]

13 minutes ago, LaptopSaint said:

Boufal leaving a Spanish defender for dead and showing why we replaced him out wide with Theo Walcott and Adam Armstrong 🙄

Ignoring the fact that when he did actually play for us, he did absolutely sod all in three years and four managers, aside from one wonder goal a year against someone sh*t.

[Dman]

3 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

Ignoring the fact that when he did actually play for us, he did absolutely sod all in three years and four managers, aside from one wonder goal a year against someone sh*t.

Much like Theo and Armstrong then. 

[whelk]

Never seen such colour coordinated pundits