FIFA World Cup

[madras]

8 hours ago, Dinho lad said:

 

No I'm not confusing you with someone else! I'm sure of it!  I'm sure you know I'm right, and that your form of denial is deliberately not an explicit denial incase you might need to change your tune in the future. You do that A LOT!   Your 'word play' and twisting of meaning is one of the worst I've seen anywhere!  The bloody North Korean propaganda machine are more convincing than you!   You definitely need more practice on 'clever' wording. Your wording re your relationship history is, again, not convincing. Are you saying you immediately went from a 4 year relationship into the 8 year relationship? No space in between? And even if there wasn't, you can still understand 'how it feels like' even before experiencing it. Anyway, your relationship history is not something I wanted to know about! But I had to respond directly to it as it's another example of your poor wordplay.

 

As for your last sentence, I'm not sure what you're on about. A form of masculinity is standing up for yourself even if the crowd are against you. Another form of masculinity is being strong enough as a man to handle life alone and that the attention of females shouldn't be a need that makes you being desperate (as you sounded in that post) to be in pretty much any relationship. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You could change "masculinity" in there for "femininty" or "humanity".

[Kid Icarus]

Still think Paqueta's better than Bruno, @Flip? Or has Bruno improved so much now that it's much closer than it was? Obviously on current form it's night and day. 

[The Prophet]

Paqueta definitely struggled at first, but since Moyes moved him deeper, he's looked a lot better. He's just recovered from injury too.

 

He clearly has quality, but he's guilty of getting caught on the ball quite frequently. Give him a bit of time and I imagine he'll be decent.

[ponsaelius]

Paqueta obviously has a lot of quality but I can't see him ever dominating games in the PL the way Bruno has. He doesn't look hugely different to the player I watched at Milan.

[54]

[Paully]

 

[McCormick]

46 minutes ago, 54 said:

Off the top of my head; I wouldn’t have Rashford, Coady or Henderson in my 26.

[gbandit]

Agree on Coady and Henderson, there’s no way Henderson should be getting a game for England now even as a substitute and I say that as someone who has always rated him. I think Rashford deserves to go as he offers something different to the other forwards 

[Kid Icarus]

I think Coady brings a lot in terms of team spirit that you probably won't get from the alternatives. Probably seems a bit weird picking glorified cheerleaders, but when you think about it, players that far down the pecking order are really unlikely to get game time anyway.

[Flip]

1 hour ago, Kid Icarus said:

Still think Paqueta's better than Bruno, @Flip? Or has Bruno improved so much now that it's much closer than it was? Obviously on current form it's night and day. 

Difficult to say, Bruno is in a team that plays to his strength and has given him the freedom to adapt. While Paqueta is being forced into a Moyes side that has clearly given him difficulties to adapt.

 

Based on their performances previous to coming to the PL than yes Paqueta is the better player. But, Bruno has really adapted ridiculously well for us. Still, for the national side Paqueta has been one of the best players in the past 12-18 months, so he still had the upper hand.

[Kanj]

Is it not obvious we talked about Paqueta a ton prior to him signing for West Ham as it was a transfer rumor?  of course that will die down when it’s not really relevant that he’ll be coming in a nearby window. 

[Ben]

Anyone doing a world cup sweepstake 

[Mazzy]

If Australia do well then that group will be very competitive I think. You'd imagine France and Denmark to make top 2 but I reckon it could be close.

[Flip]

1 hour ago, Mazzy said:

If Australia do well then that group will be very competitive I think. You'd imagine France and Denmark to make top 2 but I reckon it could be close.

Bigger chance Tunisia does well than Australi to be fair. Expect them to get at best 1 point from that group.

[Nobody]

https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/qatar-world-cup-ambassador-says-homosexuality-is-damage-mind-2022-11-08/

 

Fucking grim quotes. 

[gbandit]

Horrific, I’m definitely going to have a different experience with this World Cup than any before. I’m looking forward to watching our players perform but normally I’d be excited about watching every single minute of football I could manage

[Flip]

7 minutes ago, Nobody said:

https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/qatar-world-cup-ambassador-says-homosexuality-is-damage-mind-2022-11-08/

 

Fucking grim quotes. 

Surprised?

[Nobody]

1 minute ago, Flip said:

Surprised?

Absolutely not, doesn't make it any better.

[Klaus]

I somewhat believe in a countries sovereignty to have their own laws and culture etc, but that is just

 

Expecting gay and unmarried football supporters to avoid any intimacy is just mental. I kind of expected them to turn a blind eye to it, considering the eyes of the world will be on the tournament.

 

 

Edited November 8, 2022 by Klaus

[Kanj]

I’m not even remotely excited about this cup. Maybe it’ll change when there’s just football on all day every day but the fact this cup is in Qatar over more deserving countries or regions really irks me. 

[Ben]

Maybe a complicated sweepstake will make everyone more exited ?

[Flip]

35 minutes ago, Kanji said:

I’m not even remotely excited about this cup. Maybe it’ll change when there’s just football on all day every day but the fact this cup is in Qatar over more deserving countries or regions really irks me. 

I’m as excited as always. It’s all about the product for me. Obviously, ideally it would’ve been hosted in a footballing nation. But then again the US are hosting the next one 

[SEMTEX]

Russia -> Qatar -> USA

 

Gets worse every time. Donald will be back by 2026 too!

[WilliamPS]

On England;

 

Rashford will go as Abraham and Wilson haven’t much England experience and he gives an extra option out wide. 

 

Understand views on Coady and Henderson (I’d add ward prowse) but realistically what are the options?

 

CB is a big weakness and there just aren’t many alternatives and you need cover for Bellingham and Rice both off the bench and if one gets injured or suspended.

 

Things haven’t exactly fallen into place for England, with James, Chilwell and Philips all looking like players who’d be crucial to the squad unavailable.

 

That said, in 2018 everyone thought It would be a disaster and look what happened. If the stalwarts do well (Kane, Sterling, Trippier, Rice) and Saka and Bellingham have the tournament of their lives maybe just maybe…

 

[Kanj]

55 minutes ago, Flip said:

I’m as excited as always. It’s all about the product for me. Obviously, ideally it would’ve been hosted in a footballing nation. But then again the US are hosting the next one 

 

You have a team always capable of winning the cup, so yeah that's pretty awesome