The Official World Cup 2018 Thread

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dec

England join Egypt and Panama as the only teams to lose 3 games in this tournament.

JPGJOHNNYG

Quote from: dec on July 14, 2018, 05:01:42 PM
England join Egypt and Panama as the only teams to lose 3 games in this tournament.

Joke but arise Sir Gareth for beating a crap Sweden. Roy Keane nailed it the English public and media have lost the plot.

imtommygunn

They were half decent in the second half of that game but just don't have cutting edge.

Unlikely they will get that far for a while as lucky draw mind but they are solid enough considering the players at their disposal.

Ian wright is a twat and would have been with or without them doing well anyway.

BennyCake

Quote from: JPGJOHNNYG on July 14, 2018, 06:58:30 PM
Quote from: dec on July 14, 2018, 05:01:42 PM
England join Egypt and Panama as the only teams to lose 3 games in this tournament.

Joke but arise Sir Gareth for beating a crap Sweden. Roy Keane nailed it the English public and media have lost the plot.

Keane called them out after Panama. Saying them eejits on itv panel had England already in the final. He was proved correct.

On another note, Kane must be the worst winner ever of the golden wellyboot.

square_ball

Quote from: BennyCake on July 14, 2018, 07:15:06 PM
Quote from: JPGJOHNNYG on July 14, 2018, 06:58:30 PM
Quote from: dec on July 14, 2018, 05:01:42 PM
England join Egypt and Panama as the only teams to lose 3 games in this tournament.

Joke but arise Sir Gareth for beating a crap Sweden. Roy Keane nailed it the English public and media have lost the plot.

Keane called them out after Panama. Saying them eejits on itv panel had England already in the final. He was proved correct.

On another note, Kane must be the worst winner ever of the golden wellyboot.

Oleg Salenko

BennyCake

Quote from: square_ball on July 14, 2018, 08:16:07 PM
Quote from: BennyCake on July 14, 2018, 07:15:06 PM
Quote from: JPGJOHNNYG on July 14, 2018, 06:58:30 PM
Quote from: dec on July 14, 2018, 05:01:42 PM
England join Egypt and Panama as the only teams to lose 3 games in this tournament.

Joke but arise Sir Gareth for beating a crap Sweden. Roy Keane nailed it the English public and media have lost the plot.

Keane called them out after Panama. Saying them eejits on itv panel had England already in the final. He was proved correct.

On another note, Kane must be the worst winner ever of the golden wellyboot.

Oleg Salenko

Only 2 of his were penalties.

sid waddell

Quote from: BennyCake on July 14, 2018, 07:15:06 PM
Quote from: JPGJOHNNYG on July 14, 2018, 06:58:30 PM
Quote from: dec on July 14, 2018, 05:01:42 PM
England join Egypt and Panama as the only teams to lose 3 games in this tournament.

Joke but arise Sir Gareth for beating a crap Sweden. Roy Keane nailed it the English public and media have lost the plot.

Keane called them out after Panama. Saying them eejits on itv panel had England already in the final. He was proved correct.

On another note, Kane must be the worst winner ever of the golden wellyboot.
Keane was proved correct on precisely nothing.

He made an ape of himself, as he tends to do at World Cups.

Milltown Row2

Quote from: sid waddell on July 14, 2018, 09:55:22 PM
Quote from: BennyCake on July 14, 2018, 07:15:06 PM
Quote from: JPGJOHNNYG on July 14, 2018, 06:58:30 PM
Quote from: dec on July 14, 2018, 05:01:42 PM
England join Egypt and Panama as the only teams to lose 3 games in this tournament.

Joke but arise Sir Gareth for beating a crap Sweden. Roy Keane nailed it the English public and media have lost the plot.

Keane called them out after Panama. Saying them eejits on itv panel had England already in the final. He was proved correct.

On another note, Kane must be the worst winner ever of the golden wellyboot.
Keane was proved correct on precisely nothing.

He made an ape of himself, as he tends to do at World Cups.

You've taken his lead here  ;)
None of us are getting out of here alive, so please stop treating yourself like an after thought. Ea

Boycey

Quote from: BennyCake on July 14, 2018, 09:54:35 PM
Quote from: square_ball on July 14, 2018, 08:16:07 PM
Quote from: BennyCake on July 14, 2018, 07:15:06 PM
Quote from: JPGJOHNNYG on July 14, 2018, 06:58:30 PM
Quote from: dec on July 14, 2018, 05:01:42 PM
England join Egypt and Panama as the only teams to lose 3 games in this tournament.

Joke but arise Sir Gareth for beating a crap Sweden. Roy Keane nailed it the English public and media have lost the plot.

Keane called them out after Panama. Saying them eejits on itv panel had England already in the final. He was proved correct.

On another note, Kane must be the worst winner ever of the golden wellyboot.

Oleg Salenko

Only 2 of his were penalties.

Interesting (or dull) factoid, all Salenkos goals were scored in the group stages, from which they failed to qualify from and they were the only international goals he ever scored..

thewobbler

Have a look at how many goals have been scored by centre forwards since the knockout stages began.

Kane might have been the worst golden boot winner in history, but it's surely been the worst World Cup in history for centre forward play.

Insane Bolt

Quote from: thewobbler on July 14, 2018, 10:18:41 PM
Have a look at how many goals have been scored by centre forwards since the knockout stages began.

Kane might have been the worst golden boot winner in history, but it's surely been the worst World Cup in history for centre forward play.

Agree, think it's been a poor WC. Giroud to do the business tomorrow 😎

Boycey

Have to say Keane disappoints me as a pundit, he's everything I thought he'd abhor when he was a player. He's a rent.a mouth in the Dunphy mode. Some of you that are beside yourselves with the things he's saying about England would/will be frothing at the mouth when he says the same about Ireland.

I remember him sneering about Liverpool in the early stages of Champions League rhen completely changing his tune later on. Having said all that some of his withering looks and one liners are top notch  :) and of course he's miles ahead still of the likes of Ian Wright.

Main Street

General populist IQ levels must be at all time low if a tv pundit's comment about England media/pundits loosing the run of themselves, is regarded as an astute comment. Even the dogs in the street could have told you that.
England were a worthy last 8 team, fortune favored them into the semi final where they did manage to give a good account and brought the game into et. All in all they did very well considering that they have Henderson, a weak midfield and a tactic deficient manager.
Todays 3rd place game gave another indication that Belgium are well ahead of England  meaning that put France's semi final win  in an even better light. Croatia will have it tough to pull off this coup but good luck to them, though I fully expect France to prevail.

Jell 0 Biafra

Imagine if Ireland had beaten Colombia on pennos and had "only" Croatia standing in the way of a wcf, as opposed to say the Brazil,  Germany or Argentina teams of yore. With the best chance of a wcf in a lifetime, wouldn't we lose the run of ourselves?

sid waddell

Croatia's national television station proclaimed their team "the future world champions" after their semi-final victory.

Now that's an actual example of the supposed arrogance emanating from England that I havent heard any actual examples of before the semi-final.

Should Croatia lose tomorrow, I presume we'll be hearing and reading Ewan MacKenna and all the other online England-hating blowhards laying into Croatia for their actual arrogance, and telling us how they were deluded?

Nah, I doubt it...