Football Thread

Awful? Slight exaggeration

They were awful for them. Sayinfg they’ve won it after one game was an exaggeration ol Ned. Just read like you’d watched the highlight reel, which flattered them

I was gonna ask the same question, they were shocking in the first half, Mbappe’s touch was poor. Still, didn’t the Argies lose their first game in the last WC and go on to win?

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If Senegal had better finishers France would have been bang in trouble. I’ve noticed a lot of the so called ā€˜lesser teams’ are playing really well until it comes to the final ball.

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It’s clearly coming home Neddy my boy. You wait till we batter Croatia tonight then you’ll believe me :face_with_peeking_eye:

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We invented the game.

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Modrić might be getting on but he still worries me massively for tonight’s game, he is one of the greatest imo.

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Croatia are a team that our media have relentlessly written off I feel, they’re definitely capable of winning regardless.

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I was being sarky I’m worried too. Just gotta win this game really. Ghana are no joke either.

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I hate all the stuff floating around saying we should aim to finish second or third in the group to get a better draw for the KO stages. 100% how we end up with egg on our faces and trousers round our ankles. I hope the media saying Croatia are all past it and we’re favourite are right, but like many others here I’m dead nervous.

All the games I’ve seen so far have been as good as the build up was underwhelming. Some cracking performances from lower-ranked teams, even if the results haven’t always reflected that. France’s scoreline last night was massively flattering. They looked miles off it for huge swathes of the game, to the point where opposite to Neddy I’ve written them off!

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He’ll end up being a bit of a bargain I reckon.

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Him and Cucurella on the same team? They’ll win every match by default, drawing red cards with their rat shithousery.

Joking aside, agree he’ll be a bargain. Less physically strenuous league will be perfect for him.

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Yeah fuck all that - we need to finish top! We’ve got a very difficult group. Croatia and Ghana are no push overs.

My bet:

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The layout of that is confounding my addled brain piece

I clicked on the link for this on the bbc site earlier but didn’t really get to see much, seems like it was useful for that goal though:

https://x.com/jackalbion96/status/2067023718635720794?s=46

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8 hours until Tuchel is either a genius or a dickhead :sweat_smile:

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unless we win convincingly 7-0 he’ll be a dickhead no matter what he does

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Gone for a few upsets and strong home advantage

Ron starting for Portugal then which can’t be too much of a surprise. Really hoping he fails to get on the scoresheet :folded_hands:

Well that didn’t take long…

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