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2018 FIFA World Cup Thread

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  • Worst game of the knockouts by a country mile. 2 of the least inspiring teams left in the competition. It has the feel of a mid table premier league game a bit - if the team names weren't in the corner i'd swear I was watching Southampton V Watford.... absolute snoozefest

    Spain/Russia sent me to sleep to be honest, but this is just as bad...may pick up in the 2nd half.
  • edited July 2018
    Think it was always going to be a mega tight one

    Neither are used to getting to the Quarter-Finals and wont want to throw this chance away
  • Think this is the game ive least enjoyed in the whole World Cup, not even because it’s a particularly bad game. I just can’t wait for tonight to be over. Preferred when we came in to the completion with no expectation, everything has gone way too perfectly so far and that just doesn’t happen to England.
  • 1StevieG said:

    Chunes said:

    Does everyone appreciate that these players are not wearing soft soled running shoes but hard studded football boots?

    Obviously Neymar was trodden on and the Mexican should have received a red or yellow card.

    But even the 7 year old who was watching with me commented on Neymar's play acting.

    Please tell me you did recognise that his rolling and writhing was acting ?
    Not to mention the fact that he was as right as rain straight after.
    Try pressing down on something with the front of your foot with your ankle on the floor at a similar angle. It's an extremely weak muscle. There's no leverage. I'm sure it didn't hurt one bit.
    Just tried this experiment. I can guarantee if anyone were good enough to let me try the experiment on their shin bone just above the ankle whilst I am wearing hard studded football boots the words coming out of their mouths would not be expressions of how surprisingly painless it was!
    Did you have plenty of space around you to roll around like a spoilt little girl that didn’t get her own way?
    How about a spoilt little boy who didn't get his own way?
  • sweden need there scoring boots on could well be kicking themselves later on

    But will they be kicking themselves with their scoring boots?
  • sweden need there scoring boots on could well be kicking themselves later on

    But will they be kicking themselves with their scoring boots?
    If they were, they'd keep missing
  • Sweden and Switzerland both look bang average to me.
    If and I say if we get past Columbia I'd fancy us to beat either of these comfortably.
  • Think I’ll have a snooze before the England game. Shouldn’t have any problem dropping off #SWESWI Zzzzzzzz
  • right game on now (hopefully)
  • That's good don't want extra time in this one.
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  • Shit goal for a shit game
  • sam3110 said:

    Shit goal for a shit game

    I concur
  • Sweden and Switzerland both look bang average to me.
    If and I say if we get past Columbia I'd fancy us to beat either of these comfortably.

    This Swedish team looks similar to their teams from the past 15 years and we have never beaten them comfortably
  • Extra time while unpalletable from a viewer perspective, would be good for us/Columbia though.
  • That deflected goal was the only way a goal was being scored.

    This match is proving a turkey.
  • which side scored pls
  • Sweden are a very ordinary team, but will be hard to beat.
  • Shaqiri is like the conference Robben
    I’ve never seen a player fail to cut in so many times yet still attempt to do so
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  • Really hope England don't blow this tonight. What an opportunity in the next round.
  • what is Lawrenson going on about lol
  • He had me confused!
  • He had himself confused
  • He's so desperate for VAR to cock it up that he's making his mind up before he engages his brain properly.
  • edited July 2018
    VAR gave the correct decision again.

    Please retire Mark Lawrenson before you embarrass yourself any more.
    Simon Brotherton had to point out his error.
  • What did he actually say?

    For my own health I put the commentary on mute and listen to something else whilst watching the football whenever Lawrenson is on.
  • Sage said:

    What did he actually say?

    For my own health I put the commentary on mute and listen to something else whilst watching the football whenever Lawrenson is on.

    Basically after VAR took a minute or two to work out the foul was outside the box and the red gave a freekick and not a penalty he lambasted it, for taking a small amount of time to get the correct decision.
  • sam3110 said:

    Sage said:

    What did he actually say?

    For my own health I put the commentary on mute and listen to something else whilst watching the football whenever Lawrenson is on.

    Basically after VAR took a minute or two to work out the foul was outside the box and the red gave a freekick and not a penalty he lambasted it, for taking a small amount of time to get the correct decision.
    I don't know how he continues to get work from the BBC.
  • Interesting that the ref was prepared to send the player off and give a pen though, compared to the Denmark one the other night - the challenges were quite similar in that both defenders were the wrong side and deliberately stopped the striker from taking the shot.

    I know one was a pull and one was a trip but neither was a genuine attempt to play the ball. Seems to be that as long as you dangle a foot out it is automatically deemed an attempt to play the ball in refs eyes and therefore not a red.
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