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« Reply #1005 on: Tuesday, December 13, 2022, 19:31:55 » |
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Croatian defence has been shocking
So has their forward line😀
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You just gotta keep livin man!
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« Reply #1006 on: Tuesday, December 13, 2022, 19:41:20 » |
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I can't think of a worse final than France v Argentina. Would want them both to lose.
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Abrahammer
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« Reply #1007 on: Tuesday, December 13, 2022, 19:57:04 » |
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Cos of ‘86?
I guess being 5 at the time means I don’t really give much of a shit about that
I’m not an over the top fan boy but would like to see Messi lift the WC Cup. Won’t say he’s the best of all time cos the likes of Pele were before my time but Messi is best player of my lifetime that I’ve seen and deserves to lift this one IMO
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« Reply #1008 on: Tuesday, December 13, 2022, 20:07:01 » |
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Would like to see France win it in a final vs Argentina. If Croatia (very unlikely now) or Morocco get to the final then they will just play for a clean sheet and either win the game 1-0 or win via penalties.
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« Reply #1009 on: Tuesday, December 13, 2022, 20:11:13 » |
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Made me giggle.
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« Reply #1010 on: Tuesday, December 13, 2022, 20:26:36 » |
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Not watched a huge amount of the world Cup but Argentina look half decent here.
I didn't realise that Modric is Mark Viduka's cousin.
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« Reply #1011 on: Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 08:22:51 » |
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Headlines like this probably edge me towards hoping for a France/Morocco win please. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63966798
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« Reply #1012 on: Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 08:34:01 » |
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Yeah, the Messi wankathon has been sickening.
I’m leaning towards hoping Argentina don’t win it purely so we don’t have to hear about this wonderful fairytale ending for the next hundred years.
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« Reply #1013 on: Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 08:46:08 » |
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If it's France it'll be all about Mbappe becoming the pre-eminent player in the world, ignoring the fact that Griezmann has been their best player all tournament. Coverage of football at the moment is just very obsessed with individuals. It's kinda why they don't know how to cover Morocco, whose best player so far has been a defensive midfielder who has never scored an international goal.
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« Reply #1014 on: Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 09:21:49 » |
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If it's France it'll be all about Mbappe becoming the pre-eminent player in the world, ignoring the fact that Griezmann has been their best player all tournament. Coverage of football at the moment is just very obsessed with individuals. It's kinda why they don't know how to cover Morocco, whose best player so far has been a defensive midfielder who has never scored an international goal.
This, I must confess it would be lovely to have a Morocco win, but if it comes down to an Arg-Fra final I would probably like Arg to win it just to know how much that would piss Ronaldo off.
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« Reply #1015 on: Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 10:04:08 » |
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A bit of a strange game last night. I thought Croatia controlled things for the first 30 minutes without actually doing anything goal bound of note. (Was a bit like watching Swindon) Modric at 37 is such an amazing footballer to watch. Argentina thanks to some awful defending (there's the Swindon reference again) got their penalty and a quick second and that was pretty much that. Croatia tried hard but Argentina defended well enough and Messi created the third. After losing their first game to Saudi Arabia, they have done well to come back and get to the final. Yes their route hasn't exactly been fraught with danger but in spells they have looked decent.
As for tonight - I'm in 2 minds. Half of me thinks that France weren't very convincing against England and Morocco can contain them and half of me thinks France will come out all guns blazing, score early and put the game to bed. I'm hoping the former as a Morocco v Argentina final would be fascinating (and noisy!)
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« Reply #1016 on: Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 18:25:29 » |
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Crikey, Morocco are starting all the injured defenders. Good luck to them, but I think this is going to look at a bit like the cast of M*A*S*H. Against Kylian Mbappe.
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« Reply #1017 on: Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 18:40:42 » |
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ffs
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« Reply #1018 on: Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 18:49:32 » |
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Fuck me, a free kick against France? Hen's teeth moment.
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« Reply #1019 on: Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 19:25:07 » |
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Crikey, Morocco are starting all the injured defenders. Good luck to them, but I think this is going to look at a bit like the cast of M*A*S*H. Against Kylian Mbappe.
Which is fine as long as one of the Moroccan players smashes the smarmy unsportsmanlike cunt in the face hard enough to dislodge about 8 of his front teeth. Maybe break his jaw in the process.
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