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― 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
There's plenty to go around.
― Tim, Thursday, 14 June 2018 10:32 (five years ago) link
dioufy fruith
― tired culché (darraghmac), Thursday, 14 June 2018 10:34 (five years ago) link
I for one am glad the new Spain jefe has his priorities in check and has come to ilx for guidance and bants, welcome.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 14 June 2018 10:37 (five years ago) link
I'm holding out for a Hierro til the end of the cup.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 14 June 2018 11:55 (five years ago) link
looking forward to Facebook-blocking anybody who bitches about the World Cup (nb not individual terrible fouls/decisions/results) for a 30 day holiday
― VAR VAR Rasputin (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 14 June 2018 12:00 (five years ago) link
ilx fantasy football league is looking good, still time to join before the crucial opener
https://fantasy.fifa.com
code: IZXFNJP6
― ogmor, Thursday, 14 June 2018 12:31 (five years ago) link
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 14 June 2018 12:36 (five years ago) link
yeah that was rank
― tired culché (darraghmac), Thursday, 14 June 2018 12:44 (five years ago) link
i say this confident that nobody got my joke about nail files
oh i got it, took me a minute
― VAR VAR Rasputin (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 14 June 2018 12:49 (five years ago) link
"Mané walks, Busquets talks" is too long to enter in the team name field ffs mcdonalds
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 14 June 2018 13:11 (five years ago) link
other way around even. you can tell i'm upset
2 minutes in and i'm muttering death threats at every pundit on ITV
― VAR VAR Rasputin (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 14 June 2018 13:35 (five years ago) link
lol Griezmann you utter fud
― Blandford Forum, Thursday, 14 June 2018 13:38 (five years ago) link
hahahaha i keep forgetting that Giggs has conned his way into the Wales job
― Windsor Davies, Thursday, 14 June 2018 13:40 (five years ago) link
― VAR VAR Rasputin (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 14 June 2018 12:49 (fifty-one minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
thats a relief, m'emery aint what it was yknow
― tired culché (darraghmac), Thursday, 14 June 2018 13:41 (five years ago) link
xp no thats just a trope
the welsh manager is chris coleman or one of those lads
― tired culché (darraghmac), Thursday, 14 June 2018 13:42 (five years ago) link
oh ffs you twats we don't need to discuss VAR before it's ruined something
― VAR VAR Rasputin (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 14 June 2018 13:43 (five years ago) link
court by VAR d'hors
― tired culché (darraghmac), Thursday, 14 June 2018 13:44 (five years ago) link
aint even sorry its the world cup
psyched for Saudi nicking something from this game and the ensuing riots tbh
― VAR VAR Rasputin (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 14 June 2018 13:45 (five years ago) link
at least the bbc matches won't have these nauseating bookie adverts, amongst all the other nauseating stuff.
― calzino, Thursday, 14 June 2018 14:17 (five years ago) link
i'm listening to Robbie Williams talk about England, don't talk to me about bookie adverts
― VAR VAR Rasputin (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 14 June 2018 14:18 (five years ago) link
fuck off + die, Robbie Williams
― calzino, Thursday, 14 June 2018 14:19 (five years ago) link
as much var as possible plsfeed me vari want this game to finish at 10pm
― nxd, Thursday, 14 June 2018 14:19 (five years ago) link
loving NV's name
― Dark Mavis (Michael B), Thursday, 14 June 2018 14:20 (five years ago) link
and there's my first FP of the thread
― VAR VAR Rasputin (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 14 June 2018 14:20 (five years ago) link
ITV horrendous already.
Bilic correctly pushing back on the idea that limitations on the number of foreign players, being talked up as great for England by the rest of the panel, is a large part of why the Russian national side is terrible.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Thursday, 14 June 2018 14:25 (five years ago) link
Or rather pointing it out, rather than pushing back. It is corroding my brain already.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Thursday, 14 June 2018 14:27 (five years ago) link
Hope Solo will be a pundit on RTE this year. I wonder how many games in until Dunphy refers to her as "baby".
― Dark Mavis (Michael B), Thursday, 14 June 2018 14:28 (five years ago) link
he calls everyone baby
― tired culché (darraghmac), Thursday, 14 June 2018 14:31 (five years ago) link
y'know, i normally enjoy watching a commentator struggle their way thru the opening ceremony, but i'm fucked if i'm watching Robbie Williams
― VAR VAR Rasputin (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 14 June 2018 14:31 (five years ago) link