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FIFA World Cup - Qatar 2022

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  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,110
    edited December 2022
    Callumcafc said:
    Friday 9th

    3pm Croatia v Brazil BBC
    7pm Netherlands v Argentina BBC

    Saturday 10th

    3pm Morocco v Portugal ITV
    7pm England v France ITV
    Despite the horrors that it took to get us here it’s turning into a great World Cup. For those quarters I’ll go:

    Brazil
    Netherlands
    Portugal
    England*


    *those who have seen my predictions for today should take little comfort 
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,925
    Was mooching around the west end tonight and literally hundreds of Moroccans and their cars bring Oxford Circus to a standstill. All good natured. Will be interesting if the French do the same if they win 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 70,079
    AFKABartram said:
    Was mooching around the west end tonight and literally hundreds of Moroccans and their cars bring Oxford Circus to a standstill. All good natured. Will be interesting if the French do the same if they win 
    There were big celebrations on Edgware Road!
  • Indianaaddick
    Indianaaddick Posts: 2,965
    AFKABartram said:
    Was mooching around the west end tonight and literally hundreds of Moroccans and their cars bring Oxford Circus to a standstill. All good natured. Will be interesting if the French do the same if they win 
    After the French played their last game there was a massive police presence in the Champs Elysess in case of trouble,they even had water cannons strategically placed on side streets, can't imagine what would happen if they lose.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 23,021
    Indianaaddick said:
    AFKABartram said:
    Was mooching around the west end tonight and literally hundreds of Moroccans and their cars bring Oxford Circus to a standstill. All good natured. Will be interesting if the French do the same if they win 
    After the French played their last game there was a massive police presence in the Champs Elysess in case of trouble,they even had water cannons strategically placed on side streets, can't imagine what would happen if they lose.
    Hope we get to find out!
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 23,021
    Whisper it quietly, but does anyone else think the winter World Cup has made the quality better?

    Players seem to have a lot more energy etc as it's mid-season in most leagues rather than looking knackered like recent tournaments 
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,939
    North Lower Neil said:
    Whisper it quietly, but does anyone else think the winter World Cup has made the quality better?

    Players seem to have a lot more energy etc as it's mid-season in most leagues rather than looking knackered like recent tournaments 
    Yeah but only for countries with this climate or souther hemisphere. Wouldn’t want this time of year in Germany 
  • SELR_addicks
    SELR_addicks Posts: 15,516
    edited December 2022
    North Lower Neil said:
    Whisper it quietly, but does anyone else think the winter World Cup has made the quality better?

    Players seem to have a lot more energy etc as it's mid-season in most leagues rather than looking knackered like recent tournaments 
    Think the opposite is true. 

    You can also produce a list of injuries leading up to and during the tournament that is fairly sizeable, especially bigger names like Mane, Pogba, Benzema, Jesus, Kante, James, Jota, Werner, Chilwell, Kimpembe, Hernandez, Lukaku
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,903
    edited December 2022
    How Morocco knocked Spain out of the World Cup

    https://youtu.be/56-bIp4By2o
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,258
    Callumcafc said:
    How Morocco knocked Spain out of the World Cup

    They watched Charlton v MK Dons /Cheltenham  and thought that pissy possession bollox is a waste of time when you do fuck all with the ball 

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  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,289
    ken_shabby said:
    So the RO16 has seen Senegal, Spain, Switzerland and South Korea go home. Bad time if your country name begins with S.

    Fingers crossed the F's suffer next.
    Let's hope that carries on tonight to teams beginning with S.
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,242
    edited December 2022
    BigRedEvil said:
    North Lower Neil said:
    Two days with no World Cup games now is completely unacceptable really.
    Luckily Charlton are on TV tomorrow to ruin everyone's night 
       
    Stockport v Charlton: ITV4
    The TV figures will be so high for the 1st half as viewers need their football fix.  :)

    2nd half figures will be lower than the last episode of Eldorado.  The BBC TV soap, set in Spain at great expense.  B)
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,258

  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,405
    Callumcafc said:
    How Morocco knocked Spain out of the World Cup

    https://youtu.be/56-bIp4By2o
    When he pointed out Pedri dropping into right-back I could only think of dear doomed Albie Morgan
  • DamoNorthStand
    DamoNorthStand Posts: 10,990
    Alternative highlights of the Morocco vs Spain game.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29e8loYd37A


  • Dave2l
    Dave2l Posts: 8,880
    North Lower Neil said:
    Whisper it quietly, but does anyone else think the winter World Cup has made the quality better?

    Players seem to have a lot more energy etc as it's mid-season in most leagues rather than looking knackered like recent tournaments 

    The winter world cups grown on me.

    It's passed the test in my eyes

    I like the fact that football returns after the world Cup is over and there isn't a monthly gap.

    Sure, the summer occasion is all round better, but there are pros and cons.

    This is likely to be a one off winter world Cup, but at least we know that if it happens again, its not the end of the world 
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,242
    This thread is now closing down until Friday 9th December 3pm KO when The Dancing boys of Brazil will play the walking footballers of Croatia.

    Please head to Stockport v Charlton Thread or Our favourite Trains Thread in the interim.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 38,037
    What are people's favourite goals of the World Cup so far?

    The mexican free kick v Saudi Arabia was pretty special.
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,110
    ValleyGary said:
    What are people's favourite goals of the World Cup so far?

    The mexican free kick v Saudi Arabia was pretty special.
    I would probably go for Richarlason in the first group game (the kind of overhead kick) but there’s been some good ones. 
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 23,021
    se9addick said:
    ValleyGary said:
    What are people's favourite goals of the World Cup so far?

    The mexican free kick v Saudi Arabia was pretty special.
    I would probably go for Richarlason in the first group game (the kind of overhead kick) but there’s been some good ones. 
    His one the other night with the keep-ups and the 1-2 was pretty class too.

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  • CAFCTrev
    CAFCTrev Posts: 6,020
    soapboxsam said:

    The cream is rising to the top and that includes England. 50/50 game with our oldest enemy. 
    Scotland?
  • Dugdaleclass
    Dugdaleclass Posts: 560
    North Lower Neil said:
    se9addick said:
    ValleyGary said:
    What are people's favourite goals of the World Cup so far?

    The mexican free kick v Saudi Arabia was pretty special.
    I would probably go for Richarlason in the first group game (the kind of overhead kick) but there’s been some good ones. 
    His one the other night with the keep-ups and the 1-2 was pretty class too.
    That Portuguese hat trick was pretty special. Each goal a different skill. 
  • DamoNorthStand
    DamoNorthStand Posts: 10,990
    soapboxsam said:
    7 out of 8 favourites won in the round of 16 and most went up a gear or two. Croatia aren't the team they were in the last World cup and look's like they did well to get this far.
    Morocco have achieved by becoming the first North Africa country to reach the Q. Finals of a WC.

    Brazil and Portugal to get to the semi Finals and Netherlands/Argentina and France/England so very close. 

    The cream is rising to the top and that includes England. 50/50 game with our oldest enemy. 

    Millwall?
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 70,079
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63886642

    Eden Hazard retires from international football aged just 31. A sad decline really, he was a shadow at the World Cup of the player he was
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 23,021
    Chelsea played a blinder there, got the best years of a fantastic player and sold him for £90m-ish just before he turned rubbish.
  • jimmymelrose
    jimmymelrose Posts: 9,792
    EugenesAxe said:
    Gotta give praise to the keeper, apparently where he’s from the streets have no name…
    They really didn't surrender and his saves were the sweetest thing leading to a celebration of immense pride after such a beautiful day. It was so cruel for Spain to exit and now for them the dream is over.
  • Dave2l
    Dave2l Posts: 8,880
    North Lower Neil said:
    Chelsea played a blinder there, got the best years of a fantastic player and sold him for £90m-ish just before he turned rubbish.

    Yeh they are wise

    Mo Salah and de bruyne left Chelsea and...
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,289
    North Lower Neil said:
    Chelsea played a blinder there, got the best years of a fantastic player and sold him for £90m-ish just before he turned rubbish.
    And then blew £90m on Lukaku.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 23,021
    Dave2l said:
    North Lower Neil said:
    Chelsea played a blinder there, got the best years of a fantastic player and sold him for £90m-ish just before he turned rubbish.

    Yeh they are wise

    Mo Salah and de bruyne left Chelsea and...
    iaitch said:
    North Lower Neil said:
    Chelsea played a blinder there, got the best years of a fantastic player and sold him for £90m-ish just before he turned rubbish.
    And then blew £90m on Lukaku.
    Neither of which mean they didn't play a blinder on Hazard.
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,242
    Not individual brilliance but a great team goal with 21 passes which would break down on the 7th or 8th pass on a good day for Cafc was the 21 pass move by the Netherlands with Depay scoring. Never been snobby about goals and an assist by a keeper is fine; don't mean OG !

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