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

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oh right. but that's not necessarily any better even still.

poor mexico, trying to get past the round of 16 for 30 years and they run into Brazil

Guy at work today trying to persuade me he'd rather play Brazil or Colombia than Sweden or Switzerland.

Only a matter of time before a team from Africa win the wc.

kane will remain faithful. he will not look at other games.

Eight changes for England apparently? Pickford, Stones and Lingard still in. Guess there's a similar turnover for Belgium as well.

Excited for Everton v Leicester tonight.

Belgium or England surely have to go for it, right? Do managers look two rounds ahead? The prize is to play Japan. XP lol

worst thing about tonight's game is having to watch fellaini again knowing that he'll probably be back at man u next season

honestly can't see Belgium or England giving a fuck about 1st or 2nd on a strategic level. Play the second 11, they're more likely to wanna perform anyway.

poor mexico, trying to get past the round of 16 for 30 years and they run into Brazil

Isn't their record against Brazil relatively decent though? Maybe being thought of as underdog more than usual helps them this time. Brazil more likely to lose to them than anyone else in their path.

I think if they can manage to lose 3-0 to Sweden they should be concerned about playing Brazil tbh.

Losing heavily and still going through = mark of champions

Get the sense ever since the draw that Mexico were just laser focussed on that first germany game, determined to win it in order to win the group and avoid brazil in the last 16. It was going to be the game that defined their world cup, charting a clear path to the fifth game, and maybe more. They really fucked up against Sweden.

Sweden is winning it all

are you ready for some football

prediction: 2-2 draw. through 90 minutes it's 1-1, rashford scores one early, baby hazard to equalize within 5 minutes, boring game until 92nd minute where each team scores on a free kick

FREE LINES ON A SHUR

xxp After getting Flash Player installed on my laptop running Ubuntu so that I can watch ITV, yes.

are you ready for some football

Two reserve teams playing each other? Not really.

januzaj to fellaini, a move born of moyesy

Being edgy and watching Panama-Tunisia lads

This is truly the beautiful game

Best for last.

Lol this game is in Saransk. Based on something my old russian teacher once said, I understand Saransk is considered in Russia to be proverbially hicksville/arse end of nowhere.

(The lessons didn't take)

i understand it's the capital of the Republic of Mordovia which sounds like a fictional Eastern Bloc country in an old film

Peru's first game was there and I gather the fans were making a hell of a trek.

Has this game started yet?

390 miles east of Moscow, which as distances in Russia go isn't far.

this game is absolute minsk

If this game is going to be decided on yellow cards then Belgium are going to lose.

Ooh panama leading, rodriguez

Big deflection, probably not og tho

Tonight's England side made up of the kids at the back who didn't pay attention during set piece practice.

If this game is going to be decided on yellow cards then Belgium are going to lose.

They're making sure of it.

This could be the year north african football really breaks through guys

Are belgium really punting it? Lol Colombia will beat them

Not watching the game but supposedly Belgian fans cheered the last yellow card.

The Belgian shirts are something. The front looks like a hipster's idea of a football shirt, while the lettering and numbers on the back look they were drawn by a bored eight year old in maths class.

god this is rank

If the end result is 0-0 and Belgium lose because of those two yellow cards, then this will be the most disappointing England draw since the last one.

lol at england, columbia are going to nail them to the fucking wall next week

Belgium kit is a bit melchester roveurs

lol at england, columbia are going to nail them to the fucking wall next week

I fucking hope so.

can't believe Belgium want to be playing Colombia - even if they get through its a tough match ffs.

Yes Panama

xpost Truly inspiring half.

Both teams whistled off, understandably.

Lol boyata