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Re: World Cup 2018

by bobby1413 » 02 Jul 2018 09:17

Did anyone else see the tension and passive anger between Bilic and O'Neill at the end of the game?

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Re: World Cup 2018

by genome » 02 Jul 2018 09:49

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Silver Fox Admittedly I only watched it on my phone in my folks' garden but if Spain were awful wtf were Russia?


What could they realistically do though? Penalties were probably their only option with the squad they have. Spain should easily have beaten that Russian team but insisted on playing their dull brand of football rather than being direct and running at an aging and unfit Russian defence.


Baffled with their tactics - Russians looked scared whenever Spain ran at them, but they only did it about twice in the whole match. The Russian backline has an average age of about 57 - use your physical advantage! :|

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Re: World Cup 2018

by Old Man Andrews » 02 Jul 2018 09:52

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Silver Fox Admittedly I only watched it on my phone in my folks' garden but if Spain were awful wtf were Russia?


What could they realistically do though? Penalties were probably their only option with the squad they have. Spain should easily have beaten that Russian team but insisted on playing their dull brand of football rather than being direct and running at an aging and unfit Russian defence.


Baffled with their tactics - Russians looked scared whenever Spain ran at them, but they only did it about twice in the whole match. The Russian backline has an average age of about 57 - use your physical advantage! :|


Their bloody centre back retired in April and is now in a World Cup quarter final! Baffling.

Spain deserved all they got imo. For them to not at least make the semi finals in that half of the draw is unforgivable.

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Re: World Cup 2018

by tulip » 02 Jul 2018 10:07

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Silver Fox Admittedly I only watched it on my phone in my folks' garden but if Spain were awful wtf were Russia?


What could they realistically do though? Penalties were probably their only option with the squad they have. Spain should easily have beaten that Russian team but insisted on playing their dull brand of football rather than being direct and running at an aging and unfit Russian defence.


Baffled with their tactics - Russians looked scared whenever Spain ran at them, but they only did it about twice in the whole match. The Russian backline has an average age of about 57 - use your physical advantage! :|


I have seen it suggested that they didn't try to win on purpose by Spanish friends (Russian money).

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Re: World Cup 2018

by tulip » 02 Jul 2018 10:08

Anyway I hate penalty shoot outs, can't watch them!


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by Hoop Blah » 02 Jul 2018 10:46

Old Man Andrews Their bloody centre back retired in April and is now in a World Cup quarter final! Baffling.

Spain deserved all they got imo. For them to not at least make the semi finals in that half of the draw is unforgivable.


This is a good example of why I've always maintained that England have had enough quality in their squads to make a good challenge at most tournaments.

Yeah you need a good slice of good fortune and momentum, but more importantly you need to play as a team and within an effective setup. Southgate seems to have gone someway to creating that environment.

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Re: World Cup 2018

by biff » 02 Jul 2018 11:50

Anywhere decent to watch the Brazil game in town? Wondering if Walkabout will have a bit of atmos in the middle of the day

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by 6ft Kerplunk » 02 Jul 2018 11:55

Love how we've all forgotten what a shambles we'd been led to believe this tournament was going to be. We've not even people moaning about how shite the ball is for once. Best World Cup for yonks. This is the most open World Cup I can remember. The big teams not being all that and others finding a bit of form means we've still got no real idea who will win*.

*obvs us or Brazil

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Re: World Cup 2018

by Old Man Andrews » 02 Jul 2018 11:56

biff Anywhere decent to watch the Brazil game in town? Wondering if Walkabout will have a bit of atmos in the middle of the day


I reckon you'd have more of a crowd in one of the old man pubs tbh.


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Re: World Cup 2018

by bcubed » 02 Jul 2018 12:22

bobby1413 Did anyone else see the tension and passive anger between Bilic and O'Neill at the end of the game?


Yes and Bilic was seriously pissed off that after the game they showed his reactions during the game. "Why did you show that?" he said over the clips. Any suggestion he was joking was quickly dismissed when the camera panned over to him!

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Re: World Cup 2018

by Maneki Neko » 02 Jul 2018 12:27

6ft Kerplunk Love how we've all forgotten what a shambles we'd been led to believe this tournament was going to be. We've not even people moaning about how shite the ball is for once. Best World Cup for yonks. This is the most open World Cup I can remember. The big teams not being all that and others finding a bit of form means we've still got no real idea who will win*.

*obvs us or Brazil


yep- this^^^


potential to be the best ever

thought that putin would have the hooligans on a tight leash for their big showpiece tournament, and its looks like that was correct

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Re: World Cup 2018

by Silver Fox » 02 Jul 2018 12:53

6ft Kerplunk Love how we've all forgotten what a shambles we'd been led to believe this tournament was going to be. We've not even people moaning about how shite the ball is for once. Best World Cup for yonks. This is the most open World Cup I can remember. The big teams not being all that and others finding a bit of form means we've still got no real idea who will win*.

*obvs us


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Re: World Cup 2018

by Winston Biscuit » 02 Jul 2018 13:06

So why are the so called big teams no longer doing it?

Just a freak world cup? smaller teams closed the gap on them?


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Re: World Cup 2018

by Sanguine » 02 Jul 2018 13:32

Winston Biscuit So why are the so called big teams no longer doing it?

Just a freak world cup? smaller teams closed the gap on them?


Just a bit of a freak I think. Stats aren't everything but, for example, Germany exited the tournament having had more shots on goal than anyone. Spain's performance yesterday was the ultimate in passing football with no end result - a barely fathomable 1,114 passes, but ultimately of you replayed the game you'd expect them to win. Then you've got the draw itself, which has pitted France against Argentina and Uruguay with Portugal, at the same stage as Croatia play Denmark.

That's not that the smaller teams don't deserve credit - but for the most part I don't think they have been that much better.

Stat of the day. Not verified, but it's from the Telegraph - David De Gea made one save in the entire tournament.

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Re: World Cup 2018

by Old Man Andrews » 02 Jul 2018 16:14

The fraud Neymar puts Brazil 1-0 up. Shame.

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Re: World Cup 2018

by Silver Fox » 02 Jul 2018 16:15

Nice one junior! Who doesn't like to see a Brazil team flowing?

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Re: World Cup 2018

by 6ft Kerplunk » 02 Jul 2018 16:32

Neymar's twattishness does take a bit of the enjoyment away for me.

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Re: World Cup 2018

by Silver Fox » 02 Jul 2018 16:34

That was pcunt's move by Layun, whatever your opinion on Neymar, who is obviously very fragile

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Re: World Cup 2018

by bcubed » 02 Jul 2018 16:36

Presumably the view waS nothing happened of any note so why no action against Neymar?

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Re: World Cup 2018

by 10539.4 Miles Away » 02 Jul 2018 16:37

Silver Fox That was pcunt's move by Layun, whatever your opinion on Neymar, who is obviously very fragile


Agreed on Layun but also, seriously, have a look at yourself Neymar.

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