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

messi looked so unhappy pre-game, I wld like this WC to have some therapeutic value for him at least

that stat about messi covering less distance than any other outfield player in the first round (and less than two goalkeepers!) was depressing

1978 was the year I watched the entire world cup with my gran (from glasgow) (lol actually from rutherglen, she was quite posh, she nearly became an opera singer)

anyway she was unimpressed at the skills on show from ally's tartan army, at one point screaming "I COULD HAVE STOPPED THAT" after a particularly egregious keeper's blunder

(many xps to tom, i've been making and eating supper)

it might have been the peru match in fact

Be a surprise if there weren't quite a lot of goals now. Argentina can't defend, and we'll see whether Messi is up for this.

This match looks...promising. For all kinds of fuckups.

Maybe if Pochettino managed Argentina they'd win the thing.

Too bad Croatia has the collective touch of an elephant in the box

Couple of rough moments already - if we can't see goals maybe a couple of red cards would be nice.

fuck lawro already

I'm in the theatre and can't watch the game but yes, always and forever

you: prisons are bad and should be abolished
also you after listening to Lawro for 5 mins: maybe...they are ok, sometimes.

wtf!!

sgotta be a contender for miss of the tournament

fucking hell what a chance Croatia now

another contender

So near and yet etc

This is like watching two sides managed by Martin Allen.

Argentina are there for the taking but, not untypically, Croatia aren't looking like taking em

VAR nearly looking at a red card there?

ridiculous, what a waste of a killer pass by Modric

lol @ this finishing 0-0

two gutless teams, each trying to hack the other to pieces. weird game

only half-listening as i blog abt punk but hurrah for the interstitial news story on "gareth southgate's revolution" setting it up with a reference and lightning sketch of reasons for the russian revolution in 1917 lol

Blokhin smoke up his arse, morelike!

lol

fab

lol

unbefuckingliveable

at least it wasn't a penalty

Oh my

yaketysax.wav

nice finish

Lol forever.

'kin hell!

Haha well

Goal that sums up the Cup

Croatia pressing here - corner

god goalkeeping errors just make me feel awful

caballero deciding to put his pals out of their misery

Romero injured, killing them now.

Amazing to have Dybala, Di Maria and Higuain on the bench and knowing that bringing them on is unlikely to make much of a difference either way.

Can't string 3 passes rn

Maradona in either nail-biting or thumb-sucking mode.

Messi def playing some more here..

good play and save

Good game now

⭕️ nail-biting
⭕️ thumb-sucking
⭕️ gak-wanting
+add a choice

how is Croatia going to end with 11 on the pitch here?

hacking away