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

darragh otm

One of the papers today had a front page about how Our Boys (as one?) had refused - refused! - the prospect of an open-topped bus unless they actually Bring Football Home.

I am pretty sure May would give them a full North Korean 10-hour march-past if it would distract.

One of the tiny number of things I actually like about May - possibly the only thing - is that she has never at any point even tried to affect an interest in football. Rather that than some of the cringeworthy shit Cameron used to come out with.

Cameron with his love of Villa or was it West Ham? Fuck knows, he wasn't that sure himself.

A ham lover with a villa in the West iirc.

Ousmane Dembélé's substitute role for France & the long journeys across Russia have led him to create an entirely new team on Football Manager called Winchester FC in England: "This is my new project, there's going to be a South American atmosphere in the stadium."

— Get French Football News (@GFFN) July 1, 2018

big question is if ousmane has made it into the prem yet. apparently he's gone for winchester fc bc he watches the last kingdom and is basically role-playing as a saxon

Déjà des soupçons de tricherie au Winchester FC de @Dembouz... 🤔 On va mener l'enquête ! 🧐 pic.twitter.com/G6ifzp9e61

— Equipe de France (@equipedefrance) July 8, 2018

aww <3

apart from hernandez are there any actual heels left in the world cup

"f******i" = sb

i guess vida *looks* like a heel. and dele alli has it in him

danny rose is a dick tbfttl

dele is a complete dick and not very good

modric is a tax dodger

lloris is middle class. cunt.

all white england players prob vote tory or brexit or both

lads

thought you were gonna do toby and jan next

harry kane sacrificed daughter and lovely eriksen for a goal

toby wants to win trophies and maximise his earnings over a short career.

execute him

jan vertonghen scored goals once and now doesnt i hope he dies

btw i restarted ASTB and am now about 30 pages in and i am finn maccool

you are possibly sweeney

haha fair

Jan Vertonghen tried to strangle Ander Herrera once and probably has some kids in his basement iirc

hazards goal agaibst arsenal was shit also he plays for Chelsea

The current team is more interesting and dynamic, and in that sense they have betrayed themselves, as Spain did a decade ago.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2018/jul/10/england-hopes-2018-world-cup-russia (actually quite interesting range of opinions actually)

F******* not really a heel?

more of an elbow really

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd38KUjmOho

Alli has definitely been more peripheral and probably less good all round than buzzing heart of the side Sterling tbf

god there's quite a few truth bombs in that Graun round-up

England have a great chance of winning the World Cup – in four years’ time. is the worst analysis in the article. How can England possibly have a better chance of winning the next World Cup than this one when they are already in the semi final? A better team, quite possibly, but by no means a better chance of winning.

Thank fuck the football's starting again if the last day's worth of posts are anything to go by.

Alli's also been injured and has missed half the games.

dying to see rom again, that last performance of his was something else

Fabian Delph went home for the Belgium game because his partner was giving birth; Andreas Granqvist played against England despite his partner giving birth

Sweden are going home, and they're going home because they DO NOT LOVE THEIR CHILDREN

Granqvist was also reportedly fined 50 grand for wearing non-regulation socks which may also have been a factor idk

Talk about a heel though jesus

anyone but france

dread to imagine how pompous manu would look in front of the crowds

There were several really towering Belgian performances in that Brazil game, really papered over how much Martinez shat it in the last 30

It's going to be France.

Every so often it occurs to me that the World Cup Final could be a duel betweeen Roberto Martinez and Gareth Southgate and it's just the most wtf thing.

Fabian Delph went home for the Belgium game because his partner was giving birth; Andreas Granqvist played against England despite his partner giving birth

tbftts ENG-BEL was like a friendly, not a QF. I was quite taken by Granqvists defense of "I've already seen my partner giving birth to our first child so no need to see it this second time 'round"

primogranqvisture

I am not aware of an appreciable difference between French boudin noir and Belgian boudin noir / bloedworst.

Is having the final kick off at 4pm gmt- meaning it'll definitely be done and dusted by 7 at the latest- another instance of the kremlin's non-linear warfare

i know no-one cares about it but the third place match kicks off earlier than that - 3pm on saturday

cron's gone to juve

And Daniel Sturridge? Seriously though, that's an interesting move!

he recently said he's going to play until he is51-ed 41.

can't believe mou couldn't bring football home

fuck

i mean i cant tell if this is ridiculous and if so from which end

jesus levy turn off the phone

4pm bst I meant upthread, not gmt. Anyway, all afternoon to marinate in alcohol, then plenty of hours to er, celebrate or, ahem, not.