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

Thought Loftus Cheek looked pretty good when he came on to be fair.

Loftus-Cheek brought some threat to the game at least

First English player to score twice in a match in 28 years.

― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Monday, June 18, 2018 8:02 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

surely this is not true??

Sorry, should have specified World Cup finals matches. The last one was Lineker in 1990.

Two Lineker-style goals too.

He did.

England look competent, nice bits of fluency. No experience, and we have a defensive howler or two to look forward to.

Southgate should subbed Alli earlier. Got away with it tonight.

Alli shouldn't even be in the squad tbf

The cares of the day seem to vanish
The ending of day brings release
Each wonderful night in tunisia
Where the nightspubs are filled with peace

Panama game is already won, so Rio suggests trying some new players for it.

is there any music worse than england montage music?

Seven Nation Army

ha good point

lol @ some of these pissed up callers on 5 live!

The England Band - Seven Nation Army (Extended Brass Reconstruction)

so im a few hours behind but srsly how and when and why did ashley young of all players turn into the hyperviolent cunt who always gets away with it

been that way for quite long time. his elbow planted nicely in a tunesian face unnoticed tonight iirc.

it actually seems like there's a good chance he'll still be Utd's first-choice LB next season lol

lol

no no srsly kyle walker is def world class because 55m because pep because won a league lolololol you saps you utter saps

darragh has a few tins and wades into the thread all elbows much like an irish ashley young

just in from a right hockeying from a mid leinster league reserve side iymk

good header that to win it

which of today’s matches is worth watching the full replay?

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Ozil should not be in that convo

(also i love him bcz he looks kinda like Buster Keaton or a silent film star)

he looks like marty feldman

ha yeah kinda!

i think i need her best haircut list for comparison, srsly like half of these are totally fine imo

most of those are fairly shit but there's quite a few that are fairly normal - shaved on the back and sides and with a left or right parting (ok I'm saying this normal because it's my haircut) for example, or the guy who just has a well-kept afro.

which of today’s matches is worth watching the full replay?

― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), 19. juni 2018 00:42 (twelve minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

None of them, really, but I think Belgium played best?

which of today’s matches is worth watching the full replay?

first half of the england match, second half of the belgium game. neither of them are particularly classic mind you, but that sweden vs south korea game is awful

he looks like marty feldman

Definitely Buster Keaton crossed with Peter Lorre.

england passed unusually swiftly and directly tonight and the movement up front was generally pretty good. the team looked fairly balanced and I was surprised at how decent the midfield (esp henderson) looked, but mb tunisia flatter them

if jesse had his shooting boots and the ref wasn't on volgograd street crack, that match would've been far less of a contest

And if Tunisia could defend corners they'd have won 1-0.

and if all the players died it'd have been a draw

and if the mosquitos had formed together to make a naked streaker on the field

it would have been perfect

watched the first half as recommended, quite cracking! at least more enjoyable to watch than the saddo fests of recent england world cup efforts, which isnt saying much i know but still

wtf salah's hair is beautiful

Also mertens’ goal wowow (catching up, pacific time zone not ideal for this tournament)

That penalty Tunisia got was never a penalty and the contortions Irish pundits and journos are making to believe that it was to hone their England narratives are extreme.

Tunisia are a dire team.

theres that

but also it was a penalty

I think we can see that with VAR one or two successful implementations will be enough to sate some of its critics, but the reality is that it's just settling in as another part of the argument furniture. The details of its implementation are completely non-transparent (like everything to do with refereeing) so the pundits and audiences will now go back and forth about why VAR was or wasn't used, nothing is solved that wasn't already solved, and the magical moment of scoring a goal is gone forever, subject to perpetual video review.

While there hasn't been nearly as much standing around as I predicted, I still think it's absolute shitshow.

The more referees rely on video, the worse they get by the way.

when he swung back and made sure to hit yerman in the face

that made it a foul and a penalty when he did that

ppl argue about var because thy dont like the decision that doesnt make the decision an "argument"

Of course it's a game of opinions, so ultimately who fucking cares? It was given, it's a pen. I don't think that kind of decision (blocking off space with you arms on a ball neither player is physically capable of reaching) will get given again in the 2018/19 season, let alone in the rest of this tournament.

my VARgument completely unrelated to Walker chat. Just lining my opinions out once at a time before work.

I argue about VAR because (1) video replay adds extremely little to sport (2) the laws of football are completely immutable (3) subjecting every goal to review destroys the best part of every football game (4) it lowers the standards of referees.

Nothing to do with liking or disliking an decision.

Walker pen not given in any game in Serie A, BuLi, EPL, Ligue Un, or La Liga.

var good so far and once defending players adapt from cheating as a reflex it will benefit the game hugely imo

has anyone made a VARdy joke yet

the laws of football are completely immutable

They're not though are they

not trying to pile on but not they're not

lamonti are you and im only asking an england or man city or kyle walker fan and im only askin

Ref last night gave one medium-soft pen to TUN and denied ENG two medium-soft pens. He was a ‘leveller’, these things happen.

lamonti entirely correct on VAR

part of the fun of football is coining/chanting insults about their mother/issuing death fatwas at the hapless arsehole in black who has done some bad officiating, or laughing when the robbery goes your way. I can't be bothered with VAR.

just so cards on the table while discussing this

im not english and im aware number none isnt english

lads?