2018 FIFA World Cup Thread
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de gea's goalkeeping as if he's letting little children score at a family charity match.3
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RAMOS TEARS0
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Not sure about the casual racism on this thread.
Well played Russia, kept nerve in the pens and didn't fuck about doing shimmies on run up1 -
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Sticking with my prediction yesterday, think it will be a team coming from nowhere to make the final from our half - Brazil/Sweden for me.0
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First shoot out to be won with shots all hitting the exact same spot in the top left corner of the net.JohnBoyUK said:
Southgate has a cunning plan, Kane swaps shirts and wears a mask for each pen in the shoot out!jimmymelrose said:We have the worst penalty shoot out record in The World Cup of any of the last 16. In fact, we have never won one!
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You go for the easiest route - and it can get easier still. This is England's best chance of getting to a World Cup final since 1966!2
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One of
Russia, Croatia, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Colombia or England
will be in the World Cup final.
England are now the joint favourites to advance to the final from the bottom half of the draw, alongside Croatia.2 -
Great result for England...potentially.0
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Spain can't blame a dodgy penalty decision when they spent 120 minutes frigging about doing fuck all5
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Possession means fuck all.
It is the most meaningless statistic in football.
It's what you do when you have possession that matters.
I hope Karl watched this game.
Fuck off Spain.
England will never have a better chance of reaching the final.
Start believing6 -
Good news bad news for the Russian players.
Good news you have qualified for the quarter finals of the world cup and have avoided a hard labour camp in Siberia.
Bad news. Your hormone treatment will continue and we expect you will be eligible for the Soviet female weightlifting squad in two years time.5 -
Going by the anxiety I had through that, I hope the Engerland don't have to do em1
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The smart thing was always to take the easier route. Not only was it already easier, a couple of surprises would completely blow the draw open for us.Laddick01 said:Southgate mastermind. Clearly knew this would happen.
As it is, Russia have knocked out the Spaniards before the rest of the draw have even had to worry about them. Worked well very well for all other six teams, not just England.0 -
This is a GREAT World Cup thus far.3
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I just hope Russia don't play for pens in every game.
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IT'S COMING HOME!!!!!1
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Woohoo! What a result.
However, not letting myself get carried away with England's chances unless we get past Colombia. Until then, it's same old same old.1 -
It is how a team like Russia has to play against Spain. You have to let them have the ball in the areas that don't matter as much as they want it but put all your numbers in the areas that do. When you lose the ball, you need to have cover behind you. What Spain can't do anymore is play with the same offensive quality.
Spain are still a good side and it is better for England they are out!3 -
Croatia strong favourites to reach a World cup final from the weak side of the draw.
But can they take the pressure.
England have achived nothing yet, they have got out of one of the weakest groups.
Can we break a habit and win a KO game.
Tuesday will answer that question
All the optimism of fans mean very little.5 - Sponsored links:
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I reckon we'd smash Russia no matter how defensive and doped up they are.1
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Spain only started to go more direct in the second half of extra time. No point in having a holding midfielder if the oppo don’t attack.blackpool72 said:Possession means fuck all.
It is the most meaningless statistic in football.
It's what you do when you have possession that matters.
I hope Karl watched this game.
Fuck off Spain.
England will never have a better chance of reaching the final.
Start believing2 -
It is true - all they have achieved is to have a winnable route to the final - getting there is another matter! Roll on Colombia!soapboxsam said:Croatia strong favourites to reach a World cup final from the weak side of the draw.
But can they take the pressure.
England have achived nothing yet, they have got out of one of the weakest groups.
Can we break a habit and win a KO game.
Tuesday will answer that question
All the optimism of fans mean very little.1 -
Columbia is the most important game of this world cup for me.
Lose and that's it.
Win and I truly believe we will reach the final.0 -
If we get to 500 pages we have done (very) well, unlike the "other" thread0
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Both England and Croatia are 5/2 not exactly strong favourtiessoapboxsam said:Croatia strong favourites to reach a World cup final from the weak side of the draw.
But can they take the pressure.
England have achived nothing yet, they have got out of one of the weakest groups.
Can we break a habit and win a KO game.
Tuesday will answer that question
All the optimism of fans mean very little.2 -
Meanwhile on the other side of the draw, France will have to beat Argentina, Uruguay and potentially Brazil to reach the final
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I feel the same. Although I’ve also got a horrible feeling we’re going to blow it against them. Hope I’m wrong.blackpool72 said:Columbia is the most important game of this world cup for me.
Lose and that's it.
Win and I truly believe we will reach the final.1 -
5/2 to win three matches? Pretty strong odds to me!paulie8290 said:
Both England and Croatia are 5/2 not exactly strong favourtiessoapboxsam said:Croatia strong favourites to reach a World cup final from the weak side of the draw.
But can they take the pressure.
England have achived nothing yet, they have got out of one of the weakest groups.
Can we break a habit and win a KO game.
Tuesday will answer that question
All the optimism of fans mean very little.0
