LV Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 4 hours ago, Tomato Deuce said: Not sure I like the sound of him giving me a ‘Dicke Knuffelhaefe’ mind. Sounds painful Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgarve Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 Dare I say this World Cup has been good so far? Seems most of the fans just enjoying themselves also - have only heard good things about the Saudi people and organisation Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 What about the Qataris? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee_Johnny Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 16 hours ago, Mike said: Botman not making the squad is still mental as fuck to me. Yep. Plus any team that Bruno can’t get into is to be feared! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 I have no fucking idea what at least two thirds of these advertising hordings are selling me. BYJU'S? MANGYNI? HiSense? What? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 On 24/11/2022 at 22:47, tgarve said: Dare I say this World Cup has been good so far? Seems most of the fans just enjoying themselves also - have only heard good things about the Saudi people and organisation yeah a few england fans over there interviewed on 5live this morning saying that unexpectedly the lack of alcohol has made it more enjoyable. no hangovers, not being worried about getting lost after a game, losing things etc and just generally enjoying the games more. a few of them had been to 6 or 7 each already. praised the organisation and the locals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggys First Goal Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Could get used to having four live games on TV on a Saturday. PL need to consider a 10:00, 13:00, 16:00 and 19:00 live match day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 They definitely don't like. It was painful during COVID having every game televised and 10am games would be dreadful for travelling supporters. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Plus evening games on a weekend are horrific for travelling fans too. Obviously midweek it can't be avoided. There's a reason why football has historically been played at 3pm on a Saturday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 19 minutes ago, Miggys First Goal said: Could get used to having four live games on TV on a Saturday. PL need to consider a 10:00, 13:00, 16:00 and 19:00 live match day. 12:30 games are normally flat as anything, imagine how bad a 10am game would be Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-cup/2022/11/25/diplomatic-row-brewing-qatar-pulls-tv-plug-saudi-arabia/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11471781/Massive-fire-breaks-Qatar-World-Cup-city-near-fan-village-black-smoke-seen-sky.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shak Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Which team was the most surprising winner of the World Cup, does anyone think? We've obviously not had a massively shocking World Cup winner, but has it always been won by one of the most fancied teams pre tournament? Italy in 2006 maybe? Don't think you can ever be too surprised by Italy doing well in a WC but I remember it being somewhat surprising. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Good question, anything pre-86 I don't have a clue. Think France were fairly well fancied in 98 being the hosts and having a good side, but they'd had a history of fucking up and (like England) didn't even qualify for 94. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Man Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Italy were not really a shock in 2006, pretty sure they went off favs in the final against France and were probably shorter than 10/1 before the tournament started, since then winners have all been in top few in the outright betting. Don't think there has ever been a shock winner to rival likes of Denmark or Greece in Euros, not in my lifetime anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikenewcastle Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 I don't remember anyone talking about Italy as potential winners in 2006 and they'd just had a couple of poor tournaments. Obviously they had a load of great players but they're probably the most unlikely winners since my first WC in 98. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shak Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Yeah they didn't get out of the group in the 2004 Euros and were knocked out by Korea in 2002. Did some googling. Were ranked #12 in the world at the end of 2005 and were 10/1 going into the tournament. About the equivalent of Spain or Germany coming into this World Cup. 31 minutes ago, Interpolic said: Good question, anything pre-86 I don't have a clue. Think France were fairly well fancied in 98 being the hosts and having a good side, but they'd had a history of fucking up and (like England) didn't even qualify for 94. Aye thought about France but any team that's half decent you have to fancy as a host, to some extent? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubaricho Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Something feels very off about going from WC coverage straight into a Christmas commercial. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafalove Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 De Paul with one of the worst individual performances I’ve ever seen, he’s absolutely shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Ahmed Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Whilst De Paul was shite with the ball I'd be interested to know how much ground he covered, didn't stop running Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 3 hours ago, Shak said: Which team was the most surprising winner of the World Cup, does anyone think? We've obviously not had a massively shocking World Cup winner, but has it always been won by one of the most fancied teams pre tournament? Italy in 2006 maybe? Don't think you can ever be too surprised by Italy doing well in a WC but I remember it being somewhat surprising. italy 1982. rossi basically getting them through. brazil or france should havewalked it. england went downhill after a decent first 2 matches. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Uruguay 1950? Obviously wasn’t about but stealing the WC from Brazil in Rio, the home of street robberies, after Brazil had battered the rest of the group isn’t too shabby. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 Croatia always seem to have a massive chip on their shoulder and act like everyone thinks they’re shit. Proper siege mentality stuff every tournament Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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