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― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 16:23 (five years ago) link
what in the fuck, spain?
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 16:23 (five years ago) link
lop off hierro come
― laurel or hardyhearin (darraghmac), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 16:29 (five years ago) link
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― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 16:31 (five years ago) link
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― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 16:32 (five years ago) link
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Mother confirms Sardar is ready.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 16:36 (five years ago) link
aw
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 16:37 (five years ago) link
i was watching a special on messi the other day and they were saying how his nana was such an important figure in his life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qlvz_9OabAA
what is it with nanas being so important in a man's life
― F# A# (∞), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 16:46 (five years ago) link
got a little teary eyed
Wayne Rooney, for example.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 16:47 (five years ago) link
as the reigning champion I feel it is incumbent on me to offer a WC fantasy football league for anyone who wishes to challenge for this most prestigious title
it's on the fifa/mcdonald's site - https://fantasy.fifa.com/en/home - and the code is: IZXFNJP6
― ogmor, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 18:14 (five years ago) link
is that eu only
― F# A# (∞), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 18:18 (five years ago) link
lol! good work on the thread title, RS!
― calzino, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 18:21 (five years ago) link
It follows, of course, that Deadspin's feature on the England team today threw in Jordan Pickford in the star player section just so they could show off his butt.
https://deadspin.com/the-campaign-to-make-england-great-again-is-well-underw-1826673632
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 18:32 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKjKzXPj97M
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 19:13 (five years ago) link
it can't be, there's loads of americans on it
― ogmor, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 20:14 (five years ago) link
I’m at work and the site didn’t want to loadI did it on my phone tho
― F# A# (∞), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 20:23 (five years ago) link
joined the league
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 20:50 (five years ago) link
Why do the england panini look like paintings
― alomar lines, Thursday, 14 June 2018 04:52 (five years ago) link
why do their pizza look like jungles
we will never know
― laurel or hardyhearin (darraghmac), Thursday, 14 June 2018 05:10 (five years ago) link
Joined the league
Bloody excited for this shit feast now
― plums (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 14 June 2018 07:09 (five years ago) link
I'm ready!!!!
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Thursday, 14 June 2018 07:11 (five years ago) link
Are Saudi Arabia fasting right now? Very convenient for Russia to get their one game during Ramadan if so.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 14 June 2018 07:57 (five years ago) link
They're postponing their fast til after the tournament
― Number None, Thursday, 14 June 2018 08:03 (five years ago) link
I think Egypt might be fasting - or they were for the majority of Ramadan.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Thursday, 14 June 2018 08:09 (five years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jun/13/fast-friends-world-cup-squads-dealt-with-ramadan
― Number None, Thursday, 14 June 2018 08:14 (five years ago) link
During the 58th and 47th minutes of recent friendlies against Portugal and Turkey goalkeeper Mouez Hassen went to the floor injured. This enabled treatment at the precise moment of sundown and players were not only seen rehydrating with water, but consuming glucose-rich dates by the touchline.
Cracking stuff.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 14 June 2018 08:36 (five years ago) link
fucking hell the cheating bastards are on the glucose-rich dates now lads
― tired culché (darraghmac), Thursday, 14 June 2018 08:40 (five years ago) link
I think the only good WC opening game I've ever seen was the first I remember: Cameroon - Argentina at Italia '90. Not sure about today's offering, could do with a couple of red cards tbh.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 14 June 2018 08:47 (five years ago) link
the best I've seen was germany-costa rica in 2006 which had 6 goals inc a belter from torsten frings. this one should be absolutely terrible. stoked.
― ogmor, Thursday, 14 June 2018 08:50 (five years ago) link
croatia brazil was dece but was it the opener
― tired culché (darraghmac), Thursday, 14 June 2018 08:51 (five years ago) link
Also 2002 was quite good purely for the upset
― groovypanda, Thursday, 14 June 2018 08:51 (five years ago) link
Very very fond memories of France Senegal in 2002.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 14 June 2018 08:52 (five years ago) link
https://i.makeagif.com/media/7-19-2015/XRRshQ.gif
― ogmor, Thursday, 14 June 2018 08:52 (five years ago) link
Oh yeah France Senegal was good too.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 14 June 2018 08:54 (five years ago) link
I’m cautiously optimistic.
KSA are pretty competent and it’s a game that, realistically, Russia have to win to qualify. If by some miracle they can knit Golovin, Dzagoev one of the Mirandchuks and Smolov into a cohesive unit, they could be good to watch. Russia has basically tried to grind out results in recent years (Capello and after) but everyone seemingly acknowledges the defence is too awful for this to be a strategy now.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Thursday, 14 June 2018 09:16 (five years ago) link
inevitable dodgy peno to go Russia's way I expect
― Dark Mavis (Michael B), Thursday, 14 June 2018 09:33 (five years ago) link
It'll be like South Korea all over again.
― We can be herpes (Tom D.), Thursday, 14 June 2018 09:34 (five years ago) link
after a 10 minute VAR review, just to get us in the spirit
― VAR VAR Rasputin (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 14 June 2018 09:34 (five years ago) link
The Great Patriotic VAR.
― We can be herpes (Tom D.), Thursday, 14 June 2018 09:36 (five years ago) link
never forget
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8w89sl7Grc
― Dark Mavis (Michael B), Thursday, 14 June 2018 09:44 (five years ago) link
I loved 2002, if you could just bottle some of that Dioufy spirit, we could all do with some! Just thinking that was the last WC finals I watched on a CRT television - another era. And Efe Sodjes Against All Odds bandanna>>>current Nigeria kit. I wonder if the reason the recent money laundering trial against Efe collapsed was because wore his "lucky" bandanna to court.
― calzino, Thursday, 14 June 2018 09:55 (five years ago) link
so the big day is here - and yes it is a surprise to find myself in as you would say the 'top job'. there will be many training sessions ahead but i am confident i have the talent to succeed. i have organised several training sessions and indeed i have already created a 'spreadsheet' featuring most of the players in the squad. yes it was hard work, and i will finish it before tomorrow, but that is football. if you are not willing to 'work' you will not harvest the rewards.
afterall, in my country we have a saying: 'football is football'. yes, it is football. perhaps it does not translate. that does not matter at this time as i begin this journey with the players of the spanish national team, having started off myself in malaga many moons ago.
win, lose or draw you can be sure that we will continuing.
regards,
fernando hierro
― FernandoHierro, Thursday, 14 June 2018 10:23 (five years ago) link
good to have you here Fernando, altho obviously i'll be cheering for Wolves when you play us tomorrow night
― VAR VAR Rasputin (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 14 June 2018 10:25 (five years ago) link
fernando, you're an inspiration to us all, good luck with the spreadsheet
― ogmor, Thursday, 14 June 2018 10:27 (five years ago) link
hello 'noodle vague' what can we say - it is a game of football - that is football
― FernandoHierro, Thursday, 14 June 2018 10:27 (five years ago) link
one of only two possibles imo
― tired culché (darraghmac), Thursday, 14 June 2018 10:27 (five years ago) link
If by some miracle they can knit Golovin, Dzagoev one of the Mirandchuks and Smolov into a cohesive unit
magine tho right if this was the actual plan tho
― tired culché (darraghmac), Thursday, 14 June 2018 10:28 (five years ago) link
BRB, just bottling some Dioufy spit.
― Tim, Thursday, 14 June 2018 10:29 (five years ago) link
just the one bottle?
― calzino, Thursday, 14 June 2018 10:32 (five years ago) link
The nonsense being hurled at Özil is disgusting and nakedly fuelled by racism and impotent rage at Germany’s decline (both indisputably on the pitch and through a right-wing lens in society), though obviously not at all surprising. At the same time I disagree with the policies and behaviour of Erdogan and so am happy to conclude that Özil is either a bad cunt or a stupid prick. He is a pretty decent and effective footballer imo.
― Blandford Forum, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 15:52 (five years ago) link
fair take too
― dele alli my bookmarks (darraghmac), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 15:53 (five years ago) link
un-woke Kev has always been a complete twat, I even despised him when I was too innocent to know what hatred really was! But so are most footballers tbh, and arguably being a Tory voting multi-millionaire makes you an even bigger cunt than having photo taken with a dictator. Hasn't Ozil still got family in Turkey? If you were in his position you might not be brave enough to tell Erdogan to get fucked or make a public show of snubbing him.
― calzino, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 16:14 (five years ago) link
Ya both are bad2 wrongs dont make a right right?
― F# A# (∞), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 16:15 (five years ago) link
Can Guevara xp
― Blandford Forum, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 16:26 (five years ago) link
2 wrongs dont make a right doesnt address a dilemma
― dele alli my bookmarks (darraghmac), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 16:57 (five years ago) link
No need to make a show of it simply don't meet the guy.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 17:01 (five years ago) link
What's Gundogan been saying about all this?
― Father Ted in Forkhandles (Tom D.), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 17:03 (five years ago) link
TBH I try and avoid finding out about the politics of footballers I like and I certainly wouldn't go to them for nuanced political commentary. This is genuinely the first time in my life I've ever so much thought about the political affiliations of Mezut Ozil and I'd have preferred not to do so. Most footballers have the good sense to keep quiet about it.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 17:14 (five years ago) link
The Mo Salah/Kadyrov stuff seems relevant enough to mention in this discussion, although the situations aren't perfectly analagous- questions of how much say he had, and what the Egyptian FA were fucking thinking basing the team in Chechnya in the first place, being to the fore there.
― Neuer write off the germans (Bananaman Begins), Wednesday, 25 July 2018 09:04 (five years ago) link
Mesut had at least one sympathetic phone call on Monday over his plight, always nice to have someone in your corner...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44943282
― Father Ted in Forkhandles (Tom D.), Wednesday, 25 July 2018 09:16 (five years ago) link
lol this fuckin guy
― Neuer write off the germans (Bananaman Begins), Wednesday, 25 July 2018 09:19 (five years ago) link
Got to admit every time I see that photo I feel a twinge of sympathy for Ozil, he looks like such a hapless dork.
― Father Ted in Forkhandles (Tom D.), Wednesday, 25 July 2018 09:22 (five years ago) link
He's a nerd who got confused into supporting a dictator, how could germans not relate
― Neuer write off the germans (Bananaman Begins), Wednesday, 25 July 2018 09:25 (five years ago) link
there must have have been some element of "hmm, this might not go down too well" in that noggin of his at that moment, if the rumours of some footballers possessing sentience are actually true!
― calzino, Wednesday, 25 July 2018 09:29 (five years ago) link
hes made his argument on that
probably engineered after the fact, but nonetheless
― dele alli my bookmarks (darraghmac), Wednesday, 25 July 2018 09:31 (five years ago) link
what the Egyptian FA were fucking thinking basing the team in Chechnya in the first place
My immediate assumption is that the Egyptian FA is skint and Chechnya was the cheapest place they could find. What was in it for Kadyrov is pretty obvious.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 25 July 2018 10:17 (five years ago) link
He knows the ppl in the German FA and their actions and words, why doesn't he know more about Ergodan?
uh like what the actual name of dude is? probably does
― anatol_merklich, Saturday, 28 July 2018 00:24 (five years ago) link
I don't know how I can clarify the above?
Anyway here is Muller on the controversy and its...not good:
Like Neuer wasn't enough, now Thomas #Müller talks about Mesut #Özil's Germany exit, saying "no one" can say there's racism in sports (!), and that the poor DFB just wanted to restore calmness.Bayern Munich, officially the white men of German football in more ways than one. pic.twitter.com/XGpLX52kGI— Felix Tamsut (@ftamsut) August 3, 2018
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 3 August 2018 14:44 (five years ago) link