JSmurphy Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 That 5 year glow up tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dentalplan Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 50 minutes ago, JSmurphy said: That 5 year glow up tho That's nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjsell Posted July 16, 2018 Report Share Posted July 16, 2018 Is their still talk of Nzonzi to Arsenal? I've lost track of likely transfers - will obviously be ramping up again now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjsell Posted July 16, 2018 Report Share Posted July 16, 2018 Giroud finishing the tournament with no shots on target whilst being the centre forward for the winners - despite being a large reason for their improvement during the tournament, pretty much sums him up as a player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjsell Posted July 16, 2018 Report Share Posted July 16, 2018 6 hours ago, pink_triangle said: I also fear that if the game becomes more focussed on set pieces, the importance of the set piece increases and diving (or looking for fouls) increases. Holding during set pieces was annoying, but I’m not convinced It’s annoyingly enough to make the game worse. Seems a bit silly to not give things that should be, because of the fear of a potential consequence. You just have to deal with those that try to con the system with more appropriate action - eg harsher diving penalties and not giving as many little things as fouls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pink_triangle Posted July 16, 2018 Report Share Posted July 16, 2018 40 minutes ago, mjsell said: Seems a bit silly to not give things that should be, because of the fear of a potential consequence. You just have to deal with those that try to con the system with more appropriate action - eg harsher diving penalties and not giving as many little things as fouls. I don’t know. We all know there are things that are given as fouls anywhere but the penalty box, that has happened for years and football has continued. I think it’s a case of using common sense from an awareness of the consequences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eFestivals Posted July 16, 2018 Report Share Posted July 16, 2018 just seen a facebook post by my Bruv who's currently based in Split, Croatia ... and after a few weeks off he had to start work yesterday just after kick-off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jyoung Posted July 16, 2018 Report Share Posted July 16, 2018 And that was that. A great tournament. Talking points. Drama. Wonder goals. Incredible individual performances. Upsets. Penalties. VAR. The lot... Four week breather now and then back to our clubs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Jass Posted July 16, 2018 Report Share Posted July 16, 2018 Just feels wrong that it’s the day after the WC final and it’s under three weeks to the start of the season. Need at least a month off to process the last few weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jyoung Posted July 16, 2018 Report Share Posted July 16, 2018 54 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said: Just feels wrong that it’s the day after the WC final and it’s under three weeks to the start of the season. Need at least a month off to process the last few weeks. You mean you're not counting the days until Bolton at home? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Jass Posted July 16, 2018 Report Share Posted July 16, 2018 1 hour ago, jyoung said: You mean you're not counting the days until Bolton at home? Bought my ticket on Friday mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pink_triangle Posted July 16, 2018 Report Share Posted July 16, 2018 9 hours ago, jyoung said: And that was that. A great tournament. Talking points. Drama. Wonder goals. Incredible individual performances. Upsets. Penalties. VAR. The lot... Fourweekbreather now and then back to our clubs! Its funny how different people see things differently. I felt great incredible performances were one thing the tournament was lacking. People on the TV talk about 1982, but that was before my time. I think a great world cup needs great teams and great players playing at their best, which I think this one lacked at times. I also felt the uneven draw was bad overall for the tournament. I also felt it was a bit too Euro heavy and hope the non Europeans improve next time. Don't get me wrong I really enjoyed it, I love the world cup even when others don't. I just don't see it as best ever like some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaosmark2 Posted July 16, 2018 Report Share Posted July 16, 2018 34 minutes ago, pink_triangle said: Its funny how different people see things differently. I felt great incredible performances were one thing the tournament was lacking. People on the TV talk about 1982, but that was before my time. I think a great world cup needs great teams and great players playing at their best, which I think this one lacked at times. I also felt the uneven draw was bad overall for the tournament. I also felt it was a bit too Euro heavy and hope the non Europeans improve next time. Don't get me wrong I really enjoyed it, I love the world cup even when others don't. I just don't see it as best ever like some. I think it's funny how France were in two of the best games of the tournament (the final and vs Argentina), but primarily won them with counterattacking, but also two of the worst (Australia and Denmark). For all the uneven draw, I think Croatia were the 2nd best team of the tournament. Both Brazil and Belgium looked very good at times, but only Brazil and Croatia actively impressed in the games they lost. I agree about the later stages being overly dominated by Europe, but I think that's partially a climate/location/timing thing, rather than just draw and strength of teams. Argentina are the weakest they've been in my lifetime, Columbia's star player was injured, the African teams all had faults plus were unlucky in the group stages (both in terms of groups and shit like Japan vs Poland). The USA fucking up and not qualifying won't have helped either, they could definitely take a lesser European scalp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pink_triangle Posted July 16, 2018 Report Share Posted July 16, 2018 6 minutes ago, kaosmark2 said: I think it's funny how France were in two of the best games of the tournament (the final and vs Argentina), but primarily won them with counterattacking, but also two of the worst (Australia and Denmark). For all the uneven draw, I think Croatia were the 2nd best team of the tournament. Both Brazil and Belgium looked very good at times, but only Brazil and Croatia actively impressed in the games they lost. I agree about the later stages being overly dominated by Europe, but I think that's partially a climate/location/timing thing, rather than just draw and strength of teams. Argentina are the weakest they've been in my lifetime, Columbia's star player was injured, the African teams all had faults plus were unlucky in the group stages (both in terms of groups and shit like Japan vs Poland). The USA fucking up and not qualifying won't have helped either, they could definitely take a lesser European scalp. It wasn’t necessarily about the non European teams progressing, I thought some in wc 2014 impressed, but still didn’t get out of the group, a lot this time didn’t turn up at all. I disagree about Croatia being second best, I think both Brazil and Belgium would have beaten them. I think there is an argument Belgium were as good as France, huge missed opportunity for them, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre91 Posted July 16, 2018 Report Share Posted July 16, 2018 This was the best World Cup ever for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjsell Posted July 16, 2018 Report Share Posted July 16, 2018 17 minutes ago, pink_triangle said: I think there is an argument Belgium were as good as France Facts would put an end to that argument pretty quickly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pink_triangle Posted July 16, 2018 Report Share Posted July 16, 2018 (edited) 48 minutes ago, mjsell said: Facts would put an end to that argument pretty quickly What facts? I think France v Belgium was a 50/50 game that could have gone either way. I think France were slightly better over the tournament (and didn’t have the awful spell Belgium had against Japan) but overall I think they were well matched. I have little doubt they would have made the final if Januzaj hadn’t made the squad. Edited July 16, 2018 by pink_triangle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetime Posted July 16, 2018 Report Share Posted July 16, 2018 26 minutes ago, pink_triangle said: What facts? I think France v Belgium was a 50/50 game that could have gone either way. I think France were slightly better over the tournament (and didn’t have the awful spell Belgium had against Japan) but overall I think they were well matched. I have little doubt the house would have made the final if Januzaj hadn’t made the squad. There are 3/4 countries that could have made the final in the easy half of the draw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pink_triangle Posted July 16, 2018 Report Share Posted July 16, 2018 I’m not convinced Mbappe deserves the Ballon d’or (I don’t think he was even the best France player) but they should let him have it just to annoy Neymar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjsell Posted July 16, 2018 Report Share Posted July 16, 2018 Supposedly around 15% of Croatia's entire population were at their welcome home parade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pink_triangle Posted July 16, 2018 Report Share Posted July 16, 2018 17 minutes ago, mjsell said: Supposedly around 15% of Croatia's entire population were at their welcome home parade. Great scenes, my friend was in Croatia on holiday and left on Saturday. I would be annoyed, but she doesn’t like football! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dentalplan Posted July 17, 2018 Report Share Posted July 17, 2018 When you see it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jump Posted July 17, 2018 Report Share Posted July 17, 2018 ^How the fuck did Young get in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dentalplan Posted July 17, 2018 Report Share Posted July 17, 2018 1 minute ago, jump said: ^How the fuck did Young get in? Yep. Also Paulinho and Neymar. What tournament was FIFA watching? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eFestivals Posted July 17, 2018 Report Share Posted July 17, 2018 33 minutes ago, jump said: ^How the fuck did Young get in? yep. Ridiculous, one of the England turds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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