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

Sorry Ned and VG :)

nice dive in the box there from france

Fred what is there not to like with this french team? A bunch of black muslims representing France, that’s the dream.

Sorry Ned and VG :)

peruvuvus!

don't really know much about soccer but idk why these guys don't just blast it at the goal as hard as they can when they get a look like that

did mbappé just nick that goal off griezmann?

Man rootin so hard for Peru cos they have Orlando City's Yoshi Yotun but huge uphill climb now :(

Lol i feel like it was a "just in case" tap so goalie had no shot at sVing it

man this mbappe kid is fun

I assume the hanson jokes have all been made a by this point

It's a pity Giroud is (still) such a carthorse though.

Pauvre Paddington :(

Seriously, VHS, how can you even ask.
https://giphy.com/gifs/paddingtonbear-paddington-2-the-bear-xUNda2Ir1KQpHrfIpG

Sad for Peru but hey

Lotta folks in the pub rate Giroud more than I do

I approve of Giroud in this French attack which can otherwise be disjointed. he suits slower edgier games which you normally get in the WC & I wld have started him against Australia but this is more frantic and you cld make a stronger case for Dembele

oof

Don’t know Fred, maybe there’s an event I don’t remember?

Cmon Peru. No more almost

Tournament of crushed fairy tales

this is pathetic from france

Senegal and Mexico fairy tales still ongoing.

France has been boring and closed since Schumacher ice hockey-ed Battiston. If football champagne couldn’t win in 1982, then the world doesn’t deserve it.

Basically this world cup, first goal goes in and that's that, unless var takes a hand. Don't think there's been any come from behind wins. Euro 96, another disappointing tournament also had none, other than the final (and golden goal made that a farce)

Golden goal was 2000, no?

Even if Prue score, it'll get disallowed by var

Both. But iirc flag was up for germany winner in 96, referee bottled it

1-0 to one of the teams
1-0 to one of the teams

Wish I wasn't too hopelessly amoral to boycott this piece of shit tournament

You guys will all be proven wrong when Senegal score their 3rd goal in a come from behind victory against Mexico in the semifinals.

boo and pah

sorry that was to peru going out not aimed at VHS

save your moral outrage for 2026 when it will enable you to skip watching far more terrible teams

3 defensive midfielders shouldn't be allowed and that's almost what France is (just like the Deschamps, Vieira, Petit days oh that's probably why).

It's especially bad when you have the possibility of Dembelé, Griezmann, Fekir, Mbappé, Giroud at front.

I still want them to win and I will take 1-0 all the way to the finals because fuck the FN viva immigrants and all that, but I understand how people are frustrated by that squad and coaching.

Don’t know Fred, maybe there’s an event I don’t remember?

― Van Horn Street, 21. juni 2018 18:18 (forty-four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Clearly: The premiere of Paddington 2!!!

Ha I need more context.

Well, then watch the first one as well?

Why am I supposed to be supporting Peru? After '78? No way!

Yeah they are on my long long list, you know that it is.

you know what it is** and xpost

Paddington is from Peru, if you don't know. And wtf, those are two of the best movies of the last few years, they should at least be shortlisted ;)

peru keeper's gloves coated in marmalade

I've never really bought into the Let's Automatically Support the African/Latin American Team Over the European Team thing - possibly because Scotland have regularly lost to so many of them over the years and most of them are so much better than us I don't think they need my sympathy or support. Mexico have been at like 40 World Cups and they're about to host the thing for the 3rd time!

Also they haven't failed to get out of the group stage since 1978!

Pretty sure they got out of the group stage in 1998.

my kids, who are French citizens, and both massively into football, stopped watching this after approx 40 minutes "because it was boring"

v proud dad obv

That's exactly what I'm saying, the last time they didn't qualify from the group stage was 1978. (The same year Peru beat Scotland 3-1). (xp)

Iceland vs Argentina showed it isn’t about just cheering for non-Euro sides, it’s about resources and hoping that talent, teamwork, etc, can level the field.

They qualified ahead of Belgium and South Korea from the group stage in 1998. (The year Morocco beat Scotland 3-0).

Oh yes. Indeed. My bad.

But yeah generally the let's support african/latin american teams spirit is more for teams like Paraguay, Togo or Trinidad. I think people just like underdogs, which is far when speaking about entire nations battling each other, say you had hypothetical match between Iceland and Argentina and Iceland managed to get a draw out of it people would go bonkers over the Icelandic team.