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Play some class stuff then in the same phase of play they'll misplace a simple pass and give it straight to Russia

Best player ded

Shortest team at the WC arent they? Should have seen it (header) coming ffs

looked like he just fell

fucing defender fell

Saudi #3 looks dodgy as fuck. Bambi

You lot have too much faith in Russia. They're shite, if anything Saudi Arabia are in better form and scored against Italy and Germany in their last couple of games (aye Russia will win comfortably now I've said this and bet on S. Arabia/Draw )

Ignashevich alongside him is 38

AnAH A3ArOEB is a decent little player

Trying a €10 to *whatever* challenge (dunno when I'd stop). Probably with a bet on every game. First one €10 on Russia Clean Sheet - No, €22 return

West Ham are even worse than us for the "We tried" tactics tbf. they got a new director of football or something recently

I'm not doing FF this time (no money, no interest) but you want goalscoring/assisting defenders (it's what won it for me the past 2 times) Havent looked into it a lot but the leading scorer in the UEFA qualis from defence was Meunier from Belgium, 5 goals. He also has the 2nd most assists of anyone with 7

on the flip side, once we beat Chelsea, Man City and Arsenal all in a row people will take our title challenge seriously

Rules: twisted

Jan too Man Utd (H), Chelsea (A), Cardiff (H), Man City (H), Tottenham (A) both tough runs have Cardiff in the middle for some reason

away on boxing day (Liverpool) and dec 29th (Watford)

That will be from the ‘leak’ from a couple of weeks ago. I think even if they were true the Premier Keague would have changed it to one of the alternative fixtures lists they have. We will soon find out, but it comes from a guy I know who works for the people behind the fixture lists. Either way, Fulham away, I’m going and tickets won’t be a problem. sack him

Why couldnt they just ask for like 3 away games first like West Ham did (did they? I can't even remember tbf )?

not for money

The first two I’ll grant you, the time zone whine is precious, and the last is nonsense. By all accounts the ‘94 tournament was wildly successful and the game’s only grown since then. This will easily be the most attended and lucrative tournament yet. And you’re discounting Canada as a first-time host and Mexico, a country with an unquestionable footballing culture. All of it's a whine but it doesn't really make it any less relevant as a post on the football section of a Newcastle forum like. You can say what you want about how successful '94 was etc, but the context of that popularity is still that there are far more fitting countries, with vastly more prominent football cultures and infrastructures than the U.S and Mexico, especially considering they've had it in '86 and '94. It's pretty ridiculous that England hasn't had it since 1966 considering it invented the sport, like. The likes of Spain and Italy have got just as much to complain about too considering their own history, culture, infrastructures, and the last time they hosted the World Cup. It's a joke yet again tbh, South Africa, Russia, Qatar, and the U.S/Mexico/Canada make up 4 of the last 5 hosts and out of those Russia is probably the least undeserving. North America having the tournament 3 times in 40 years seems fine to me. Europe has had the tournament three times in the past 20, including two bordering countries hosting within an 8 year period. You will really have to explain to me what makes the Western European high-income countries that already have world class football every week more deserving than any other part of the world. With the exception of Qatar (which is nonsensical on many levels) and Canada, all the countries you listed have large football loving populations and the infrastructure/the willingness to build the infrastructure necessary for a World Cup, which is what should matter. I am confident in saying that Mexico and the USA both have more total football fans than any European country. Regional parity is paramount now that we are in an era where six continents can feasibly host the competition, imo. / Sure. All of North America probably does have more fans than a single European country. Completely irrelevant, but accurate? Aye, probably. I meant each country as a single entity (which is a fair comparison, imo, as the tournament is hosted by countries, not continents). My point is that there are plenty of fans to support the tournament and facilitate a good atmosphere around the country, which is what will happen. Baltimore is a relatively small US city, maybe the 20th biggest or so, and I was there in 2010 or 2011 for one of European club friendlies which could have sold out M & T Bank stadium twice over despite oppressive heat. The fans are there and the matches will sell out faster than any World Cup with the money in the US. let's go, bra-zil clapclapclapclapclap

Makes sense for european times Can't have a world cup final starting at like 4am in the UK/mainland europe ffs

Average ticket for this will be $420 apparently