WORLD CUP thread

[rodcurrie]

If Brazil beat Mexico tonight,I will give you a £1,000 sterling.

Uruguay and Brazil to win

Spotted the deliberate mistake then Benny? UTCB

[BlockD]

Spotted the deliberate mistake then Benny? UTCB

Silly old duffer,go and have your afternoon nap

[rodcurrie]

Silly old duffer,go and have your afternoon nap

Oh my word ya bein ageist as well nar,this mod lark really has gone to thi head aint it soft tops? I'm studyin the footy to see if anyone will be ok for us next season,if there is i'll let Mitch know. UTCB

[Ayamonteblade]

what a brilliant game - cmon Brazil!

[CHIPBUTTYBLADE]

Nuts.

[rodcurrie]

what a brilliant game - cmon Brazil!

I thought Brazil started well but after the first 15mins Belgium were the better side for the rest of the first half.Only Europeans left nar,Neymar what an embarrassment wi his divin,must have wazzed ref off cos they shudda had a pen but it serves em r8 the divin barstewards,it seems like most Sarf American sides are.UTCB

[diode_blade]

I thought Brazil started well but after the first 15mins Belgium were the better side for the rest of the first half.Only Europeans left nar,Neymar what an embarrassment wi his divin,must have wazzed ref off cos they shudda had a pen but it serves em r8 the divin barstewards,it seems like most Sarf American sides are.UTCB

It's been a thing with this world cup Rod. Look at the teams that have been knocked out with their so called world class stars.
Brazil, Spain, Portugal, Argentina, Columbia, they are teams (say the word loosely) that have to play around one person and if that person doesn't perform or decides to be a stupid little stroppy 2yr old (appologies to any 2 yr olds reading this) then they are buggered. The coaches are too scared to drop these so called superstars or sub them, it's those big headed individuals that have cost them their countries exit from the world cup.
The teams that are left, play and react more as a team. Just look at Harry K's reaction when Diers pen went in, wonder if they have filled the crater in on the pitch where he was thumping it yet.

[Ayamonteblade]

It's been a thing with this world cup Rod. Look at the teams that have been knocked out with their so called world class stars.
Brazil, Spain, Portugal, Argentina, Columbia, they are teams (say the word loosely) that have to play around one person and if that person doesn't perform or decides to be a stupid little stroppy 2yr old (appologies to any 2 yr olds reading this) then they are buggered. The coaches are too scared to drop these so called superstars or sub them, it's those big headed individuals that have cost them their countries exit from the world cup.
The teams that are left, play and react more as a team. Just look at Harry K's reaction when Diers pen went in, wonder if they have filled the crater in on the pitch where he was thumping it yet.

agree with all that - but England still need to find somebody else to score goals if we are to progress - Ali/Lingard/Sterling need to stop *****footing around IMHO and be more direct. UTB

[FatherKnowsBest]

I was coming home past a group of young lads outside the pub singing 'Its coming home..' yesterday, and it struck me that probably none of them have seen the tackle by Moore, or when Lineker scored, or Bobby belting the ball. 30 years of hurt has become 52 with surprising ease...

Hoping we get through, but not with any great confidence. Sweden are a really tough test.



FKB, in reflective mood, possibly as I'm bloody working today and will miss most of the match...

[BlockD]

I was coming home past a group of young lads outside the pub singing 'Its coming home..' yesterday, and it struck me that probably none of them have seen the tackle by Moore, or when Lineker scored, or Bobby belting the ball. 30 years of hurt has become 52 with surprising ease...

Hoping we get through, but not with any great confidence. Sweden are a really tough test.



FKB, in reflective mood, possibly as I'm bloody working today and will miss most of the match...

Same here FKB,having to make do with listening to the radio,I am hoping on my drive home from work,that there is hordes of drunken revellers spilling onto the roads celebrating.