there are no good teams at international level
― tired culché (darraghmac), Saturday, 16 June 2018 13:24 (five years ago) link
yeeeesss fuck the haters
― nashwan, Saturday, 16 June 2018 13:24 (five years ago) link
*bites nails*
― And Nobody POLLS Like Me (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 16 June 2018 13:27 (five years ago) link
Can't believe Kari Arnason is still playing
― cheeky Nandez (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 16 June 2018 13:27 (five years ago) link
and i'm still singing his name in the style of Kansas
― Number None, Saturday, 16 June 2018 13:32 (five years ago) link
its quite natural in Icelandic football to play until yr son takes yr spot iirc
― tired culché (darraghmac), Saturday, 16 June 2018 13:38 (five years ago) link
They have to do that, there's fuck all people there.
― We can be herpes (Tom D.), Saturday, 16 June 2018 13:42 (five years ago) link
Little know fact to people outside of Iceland is that the 'son' suffix means 'son of'. You can tell the sons of the current players haven't arrived yet, because there's no player named, for instance, Gudmundssonsson yet. That's the next generation.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Saturday, 16 June 2018 13:44 (five years ago) link
(^^ sorry, about as much as I'm enjoying this tbf)
Argentina thrashing Iceland on passes 333-70
― nashwan, Saturday, 16 June 2018 13:46 (five years ago) link
Anytime Iceland get a hint of space in the Argentinian box things are happening. Dangerous things..
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 16 June 2018 13:47 (five years ago) link
That was good stuff, but God Argentina's defending breaks my heart
― cheeky Nandez (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 16 June 2018 13:47 (five years ago) link
Gooonmysson has been impressing at youth level apparently
― Number None, Saturday, 16 June 2018 13:47 (five years ago) link
ARG back four are trash
xp
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Saturday, 16 June 2018 13:48 (five years ago) link
Hopefully Argentina can just keep picking away at that back 9 until they find the gap
― cheeky Nandez (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 16 June 2018 13:52 (five years ago) link
I get it's a bad joke, but Icelanders are named after their fathers given names. The son of Sigurd Gudmundsson would be Gudmund Sigurdsson, not Gudmund Gudmundssonsson. His daughter would be Gudrun Sigurdsdottir. Danish surnames developed the same way (i.e. Christian son of Erik) but we stopped actually naming ourselves after our fathers a while back, and those kind of names are seen as uncool among my generation. My dad is named something like Niels Sørensen (changed for privacy) but I'm named neither Sørensen nor Nielsen. I do call my girlfriend Offred, though.
― Frederik B, Saturday, 16 June 2018 13:53 (five years ago) link
Yeah no way Messi is lifting this trophy. xps
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 16 June 2018 13:54 (five years ago) link
FP'd you, jesus christ Fred
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Saturday, 16 June 2018 13:55 (five years ago) link
I guess I enjoy the game even less than you...
― Frederik B, Saturday, 16 June 2018 13:59 (five years ago) link
Fred, get a grip.
― We can be herpes (Tom D.), Saturday, 16 June 2018 14:01 (five years ago) link
xp You're just nervous for yr next match.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Saturday, 16 June 2018 14:06 (five years ago) link
Kinda, yeah. And the idea was that we could probably draw against France since they would be qualified at that point, but after Australia I can see them losing to Peru and needing three points.
― Frederik B, Saturday, 16 June 2018 14:11 (five years ago) link
Maradona clearly suffering from hay fever.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Saturday, 16 June 2018 14:14 (five years ago) link
fkn hell man
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 16 June 2018 14:22 (five years ago) link
I'm kinda feeling better about the possibility of Denmark meeting Argentina in the knockout phase, though.
― Frederik B, Saturday, 16 June 2018 14:23 (five years ago) link
just started watching
and argentina already with the theatrics
then messi misses a penalty
what the actual fuck
― F# A# (∞), Saturday, 16 June 2018 14:24 (five years ago) link
messi go home you're drunk
also uh hate to be that guy but
VAR???????
really poor pen
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 16 June 2018 14:25 (five years ago) link
Argentina out PLS
― Ludo, Saturday, 16 June 2018 14:28 (five years ago) link
excellent handball zone tactics from Iceland. (blabla) :-)
― Ludo, Saturday, 16 June 2018 14:29 (five years ago) link
That was a pen
― cheeky Nandez (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 16 June 2018 14:36 (five years ago) link
yeah, how does fkn VAR work lol
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 16 June 2018 14:37 (five years ago) link
"pavon is just 5'5", the same height as kirsten dunst or mel from mel and sue"
exceptional commentary
― ogmor, Saturday, 16 June 2018 14:38 (five years ago) link
Particularly as he is 5’6”
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Saturday, 16 June 2018 14:39 (five years ago) link
yeah that was strange like he had a list of everyone that height ready xpisn't Putin 5'5? Maybe less
― nashwan, Saturday, 16 June 2018 14:40 (five years ago) link
last sec free kick
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 16 June 2018 14:54 (five years ago) link
Well they earned that point
― cheeky Nandez (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 16 June 2018 14:54 (five years ago) link
nope. Terrific from Iceland, you can read about their system and all and its really amazing @ the results they get. xp
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 16 June 2018 14:55 (five years ago) link
ahhh, love it, argentina deserve nothing
― ogmor, Saturday, 16 June 2018 14:56 (five years ago) link
That was pretty great.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 16 June 2018 14:56 (five years ago) link
Iceland were great but Argentina are unbelievably ponderous in attack.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Saturday, 16 June 2018 14:57 (five years ago) link
Iceland so tight - obv Argentina should have had another pen but a good chance Iceland could have scored again as Argies can't defend.
Total humiliation for them.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 16 June 2018 14:58 (five years ago) link
LOL @ VAR - all injustices were meant to be wipied out for good what happened
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 16 June 2018 14:59 (five years ago) link
thing is there must be several of those kinds of decisions in most games - technically a pen, didn't really happen in a situation that prevented a goal or altered the overall flow of the game, almost like you never needed VAR to fuck about with that stuff in the first place
― cheeky Nandez (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 16 June 2018 15:05 (five years ago) link
Don't usually like Messi v Ronaldo bullshit, but his performance was pretty comical in the light of last night. Like its a zero sum, the better one plays, the worse the other.
― A Warning to the Karius (Bananaman Begins), Saturday, 16 June 2018 15:06 (five years ago) link
Portugal started out with a draw against Iceland at euro 2016 tho but
― A Warning to the Karius (Bananaman Begins), Saturday, 16 June 2018 15:07 (five years ago) link
Argentina just a perma-letdown, everything i said about Ronaldo preventing Portugal from adapting and developing goes double for Messi and Arg
― cheeky Nandez (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 16 June 2018 15:07 (five years ago) link
but also yeah these are opening group games, it would be pundit-stupid to get into this "everything's a 0 or a 10" mentality yet.
must be a real football rush to get excited about grinding out a draw
― cheeky Nandez (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 16 June 2018 15:08 (five years ago) link
― And Nobody POLLS Like Me (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 16 June 2018 15:13 (five years ago) link