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

Cro nearly blown away first half, so a smidgen more grace might be in order from modr and vrsja there. Still, fair play to the older team that played more football for looking the fitter by the end

peds

right?

Idk nothing surprises me any more when it comes to doping. But you need a bit more than just these guys seem fit

I think it was in the quarter final where Modric made this absurd run deep into extra time. It looked fairly superhuman

Gawd, imagine if after everyone was narrowing their eyes at russia's performance, it turned out it was hrvatska all along who were doped up to the gills. Some keyser soze shit

I mean they're probably all at it to some extent

30 year olds can run, wouldn't equal as dope. Case of Croatia being mentally stronger too. Besides you don't have to run around throughout the games as they are able to string passes.

Like, more than 10 of them at a time.

add the ref tbh

marginal advantages

Milking the ref is a skill too, another one our boys lack.

Any plans for a parade?

Why no Bilic in the ITV studio? Better places to be?

Croatia must be extraordinarily fit as well, that's three 120min+ games in the space of just over a week.

Should maybe have bothered to read six posts up.

Could have been worse I suppose, I could have taken the decision to deliberately not enjoy this entire ride in order to own the Jagz.

some refs are in the parlour with the teats plugged in waiting for you

Bilic was pitchside afterwards

JT style

Yeah let's enjoy this eng. No john terry, nice to dogs, can't play when pressed.

All to own some random on the internets.

Tbf having genius passers like modr and rakit does help conserve energy for the whole team. It's generally a more tiring game without the ball than with it

Lol on the facebooks someone at 1-0 was saying at least there's no JT in this team and I was like mate, he'll totally be at the luzhniki sunday in full kit w an access all areas pass

Modric is one of the hardest working players in world football fwiw.

modricments

great shots

Mario Mandzukic crashed into photographer @YuriYurisky while celebrating the goal that sent Croatia to the #WorldCup final 📸💯 pic.twitter.com/jhGgbozP37

— B/R Football (@brfootball) July 12, 2018

Why no Bilic in the ITV studio? Better places to be?

They had Keane, one more pundit rooting for Croatia would have been too much.

I bet Wright wouldn't have dared to do a pidgin Croatian accent at Bilic, in playground taunt fashion. Fucking sad loser!

Croatian fans in Mostar celebrating with some jolly Srebenica songs last night.

you can always rely on the good ol' Ustashe to keep the fascism and genocide nostalgia tradition alive at football matches!

The one game I saw in Euro 96 was Germany - Croatia at Old Trafford; the ticket we bought happened to be in the Croatia end and that experience cured me fairly comprehensively of hoping the Croatian football team do well, ever.

croats vs russian fans then all of them rather dismayed by a few columns of polish police was a personal highlight of the square in gdansk in 2012 jesus was it really 2012

once on an away trip I got locked into a pub by the police with a load of pissed up English thugs singing No Surrender to the IRA.... They are all fucking idiots all across Europe tbf

I always enjoy watching Croatia teams, they're always good value and can usually go toe to toe with the big boys. The culture surrounding the national team is pretty toxic and unpleasant though.

xp Oh yeah no doubt. Staying far away from massed England fans is a condition of my enjoying England doing well also.

Ban europe imo

https://www.bmcsports.ie/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/13-NEWS-irish-fans-to-france.jpg

ah lookit can we not

Croatian fans in Mostar celebrating with some jolly Srebenica songs last night.

― Matt DC, Thursday, July 12, 2018 9:46 AM (twenty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Hang about, Croats in Mostar celebrating genocide is intensely plausible, but surely they wouldn't celebrate a massacre perpetrated by Serbs?

pure gas

Also saw something abt Suker (head of croatian fa) being all corrupt, as if our fa are something to be proud of. Xps

i mean it is remarkable to be in that group and not feel a bit of trepidation but im almost with roy keane at this stage

also worth noting that when not in ireland mode id cross the street to avoid most of em on a saturday night. bizarre phenomenon really.

Did Ian Wright really do a mock Irish accent at Keane?

yep

Yes.

Yes Roy Keane, saying what every Scottish, Welsh and Irish football fan was thinking #ENG pic.twitter.com/zpkbFMxB4H

— 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Gordon Strachan🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@weeGordieStrach) July 11, 2018

I would definitely be supporting France v. Croatia but for two factors, Macron & Modric.

Best idea however is to wait and see who the England fans are supporting in the pub on Sunday and support the other team.

Macron doesn’t get to own this French team. Plus if France lose you’ll get every fash in Europe blaming it on the lack of “team spirit” or “internal cohesion” and other such lovely dog whistles.

Also saw something abt Suker (head of croatian fa) being all corrupt, as if our fa are something to be proud of. Xps

Zdravko Mamic, who was in charge of Dinamo Zagreb and effectively ran the FA behind the scenes, was recently convicted on corruption charges and there’s a non-negligible chance that Modric could go down for perjury after lying at his trial.

Macron & Modric

sounds like the worse office stationery chain ever!

keep saying "Mandzukic switch on switch off" in the style of Tricky's cover of 'Black Steel'

Thought the Modric thing was tax, not closely following. World cup final is a great hill to die on though.

I always enjoy watching Croatia teams, they're always good value and can usually go toe to toe with the big boys. The culture surrounding the national team is pretty toxic and unpleasant though.

― Neuer write off the germans (Bananaman Begins), Thursday, July 12, 2018 10:02 AM (twenty-one minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This is basically a @Normalfootballguy tweet by me isn't it

Waiting for mobile phone footage of Ally McCoist celebrating with Croatian fans to emerge tbh.