No Irish, No Yanks, No Clogs - FIFA World Cup 2018

CHADWICK MATLIN4:20 PM
I forget where I read it, but I loved somebody’s idea to do penalties before the match, so players know what the outcome is before they play. Maybe even wait to reveal until after regular time.

All fans -- inlcuding Eng ones -- have songs they like to sing, it seems:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44811549

Also, like the Croatians, it's not even their song!

we (ie me) didn't do the result of the quarter final predictions

actual  FRA BEL ENG CRO
shari   FRA BEL ENG CRO 4
neand   FRA BEL ENG CRO 4
cajun   FRA BRA ENG CRO 3
tomd    FRA BEL ENG RUS 3
bison   FRA BEL SWE CRO 3
koogs   FRA BRA SWE CRO 2
lbi     FRA BRA SWE CRO 2
dan w   FRA BRA ENG RUS 2
menca   URA BRA SWE CRO 1
noodl   URU BRA ENG RUS 1
nash    FRA BRA SWE RUS 1

I woulda been 0 for 2 in semifinal picks lol

Got 1 out of 2. England let me down. Yet again.

3 out of 4. thought the russians would do it

Next WC to run from November to December.

That's going to lead to some interesting rescheduling of the domestic leagues and European competitions

Maybe half of europe doesnt need to participate just a thought

maybe qualify

Maybe it getz moved or the world ends before 2022

ok i cant be the only one getting excited. today is the day. third best IN THE WORLD

Today's match is the most unnecessary idea in the world cup.
A burden for both teams.

Why not make in interesting? Like maybe winner has a free ticket for next world cup or something..

winner goes to Disneyland

Winner is killed

Winner gets ‘84 Lada Niva hatchback and as many potatoes as u can carry

In the hatchback?

Reports of Southgate watching the whole Croatia game again at 4am are just grim.

Some of the third place playoff games have been a blast fwiw. Germany Uruguay in 2010 springs to mind.

xp not if its part of the growth that enables him to become southgate t-800

there's probably a fuck-ton of money involved.

https://www.totalsportek.com/football/fifa-world-cup-2018-prize-money/

$24M vs $22M (on top of all the other money)

> (on top of all the other money)

not ALL the other money, but some other money

i don't think making two teams of probably disheartened losers sit around for another 3 or 4 days when they could be getting some down time in the very brief window before they're back in pre-season training is good for anybody tbh

You wait til 2022.

third place play off is fantastic idk what you're moaning about, it's like a pressure valve where people just get to let rip, it averages about 4 goals a game and w belgium & england it's probably going to be a much better game than tmw

Yes, I'm right into 3rd/4th place playoffs

commentator acknowledging -- by unavoidable implication -- that ENG squads for many years prior to this one were not "likeable"

Reasonably likeable up until the point when EBJT and TWP become fixtures, grim after that.

Lukaku vs Kane makes this a game with some actual stakes at least.

actual world cup winner Ray Wilson used to pump embalming fluid into dead bodies, what's not likeable about that?

it's the one acceptable place to pump it!

oops

xp

well, that's what you say!

Could use some of that fluid right now tbh.

this team is madness, deserve to get shredded

Ashley Young would have hacked the shit out of Meunier there.

Just switched on and what the actual fuck?

Be good if Belgium could break some kind of scoring record for the play off match.

kane looks haunted, is that new?

do any cards in today's match carry over to the next FIFA international match? or can they just kidney punch each other all game if they want to?

lol Sterling looks like Tyrion Lannister next to Kompany

rose another that shouldnt really be left defending back post

tottenham sickness that

this feels like an international friendly. I can dig....

way more fun than when I watch my local team lose their tenth straight later tonight

suspect Belgium actually wants to win as 3rd place would be their best ever finish in the World Cup whereas 4th would just tie their best.

I would have thought that England would want to win because it would be one better than 1990.

BEL just seem more fancy rn

xpost true, I could see that as well

That and the fact that they've put out their strongest side whereas England are playing Eric Dier.

excellent from sterling

does Southgate own like 70 of those vest kits or does he just dry clean the same one each time