The World Cup Squads and Preamble; And it's ... Live!!

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  • Ravel49Ravel49
    edited November 2022
    I think we need a World Cup 🏆 thread purely for football
    And another for ‘political rambles’
    #justsaying
    🏃‍♂️ 🏃‍♀️ 🏃🏻
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Ravel49 said:

    I think we need a World Cup 🏆 thread purely for football
    And another for ‘political rambles’
    #justsaying
    🏃‍♂️ 🏃‍♀️ 🏃🏻

    Tbh I think we could probably do match threads for the England games and a general "Other matches" thread; we're well past "Pre-amble" imo.
  • Ravel49Ravel49
    Well I’m not starting the England thread after losing the Leicester game 🤣
  • stevesteve
    I could start a Canada thread if you like =)
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Those guys dressed as Knights go to most, if not every, game. Qatar will have to respect our culture.
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    We're an inclusive society. Twonks can be twonks.
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    I mean, really. Maybe German fans can dress up as stormtroopers or something....
  • stevesteve
    Why is there so much time added on in these games
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    Collina wants to clamp down on time wasting in matches.
  • SlackerSlacker
    Everyone gushing over Bale, he was doing an Antonio for the whole match.
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    Just when you thought we'd reached peak stupid...

    FIFA have demanded that Belgium change their away kit by removing the word "love" on the collar and have banned the warm-up kit






    Apparently both have the logo of Belgian music festival Tomorrowland which is not a FIFA sponsor
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    edited November 2022
    It's funny cos it's Argentina (and it's a Spurs defender)
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited November 2022
    Saudi Arabia score in the 48th minute to cancel out Messi's early penalty, game on. Admittedly Argentina have had 3 (correctly) ruled out for offside, 1 of which was extremely tight.

    Argentina's penalty seemed very soft when compared to Maguire's non-award yesterday, as usual, lack of consistency will be a talking point.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    2-1 Saudi Arabia 😂🤣😂
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    edited November 2022
    I didn't realise that Lionel Scaloni is Argentina's head coach

    I read somewhere that he really enjoyed his loan spell at West Ham - apart from 10 seconds of the 2006 FA Cup - and was in tears when he was told we weren't going to offer him a permanent deal
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited November 2022
    Can see another really big number on the board when the added time is shown, as there genuinely has been significant time wasting in this game.

    8 minutes it is.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited November 2022
    Ouch, a Saudi defender gets caught by the raised knee of his own keeper who was flying through the air at the time; a genuine stoppage this time, looked really nasty. Will be more than the original 8 minutes added on for sure.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    More than 13 minutes added which seemed extreme even given the injury.

    Not a fan of Saudi Arabia, but always nice to see a big upset, and this one is huge, as long as it's not at England's expense.

    2-1 FT.
  • Ravel49Ravel49
    Scenes
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    "The first World Cup in the Arab world" says ITV commentator

    "Iran and Qatar were disappointing"

    Iranians aren't Arabs
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    ASLEFshrugged said:

    "The first World Cup in the Arab world" says ITV commentator

    "Iran and Qatar were disappointing"

    Iranians aren't Arabs

    Yeah, very lazy commentating based on more on geography (and even that's not right) than history.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    And there was me thinking Eriksen playing for Denmark at the WC only 17 months after being resuscitated on the pitch at Euro 2020 was going to be the big story of the day.
  • PrestonHammerPrestonHammer
    Eriksen would have to had done a Lazarus to be story of the day.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    PrestonHammer said:

    Eriksen would have to had done a Lazarus to be story of the day.

    He pretty much did, didn't he?
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    edited November 2022
    jay_in_cpt said:

    I see SSN gave Declan the lowest rating of all team members..
    IMO that is rubbish....he has probably the least glamorous role in the team, and perhaps 1 or 2 loose passes etc in 2nd half, but apart from that a 5/10 rating is simply not true IMO......
    Oh well, England off to a very good start is the bigger picture I guess..

    The BBC ratings had him tie 5th on 6.78/10. I believe this is a fans poll.
    Saka was top with 8.23.
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    The World Cup so far is a huge success according to Qatari officials. Attendances have exceeded their expectations and for some matches have been twice that of the stadium capacity.
  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    IronHerb said:

    jay_in_cpt said:

    I see SSN gave Declan the lowest rating of all team members..
    IMO that is rubbish....he has probably the least glamorous role in the team, and perhaps 1 or 2 loose passes etc in 2nd half, but apart from that a 5/10 rating is simply not true IMO......
    Oh well, England off to a very good start is the bigger picture I guess..

    The BBC ratings had him tie 5th on 6.78/10. I believe this is a fans poll.
    Saka was top with 8.23.
    IH 👍🏻 I saw that and actually think the fans were more accurate than the SSN team…
    And they say fans know zilch 🤣👍🏻
  • Ravel49Ravel49
    When Clinton Morrisons starting XI had Shaw at CB I think that says it all 🤣
  • Dodger58Dodger58
    Rice's turn to be the main focus on BBC Sport World Cup interviews: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63714460

    One part I liked re Bellingham: "I said to him in the tunnel, 'This is your stage, go and flourish. I'll be there behind you to sweep up and give you the ball for you to go and do your thing."
  • Ravel49Ravel49
    I bet he’s never said that to Tomáš Souček
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