Why no Bilic in the ITV studio? Better places to be?
― shaqiri tip (nashwan), Thursday, 12 July 2018 07:59 (five years ago) link
Croatia must be extraordinarily fit as well, that's three 120min+ games in the space of just over a week.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 12 July 2018 08:02 (five years ago) link
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.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 12 July 2018 08:05 (five years ago) link
some refs are in the parlour with the teats plugged in waiting for you
― dele alli my bookmarks (darraghmac), Thursday, 12 July 2018 08:05 (five years ago) link
Bilic was pitchside afterwards
― Neuer write off the germans (Bananaman Begins), Thursday, 12 July 2018 08:07 (five years ago) link
JT style
― shaqiri tip (nashwan), Thursday, 12 July 2018 08:11 (five years ago) link
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.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 12 July 2018 08:11 (five years ago) link
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
― Neuer write off the germans (Bananaman Begins), Thursday, 12 July 2018 08:11 (five years ago) link
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
― Neuer write off the germans (Bananaman Begins), Thursday, 12 July 2018 08:13 (five years ago) link
Modric is one of the hardest working players in world football fwiw.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 12 July 2018 08:14 (five years ago) link
modricments
― dele alli my bookmarks (darraghmac), Thursday, 12 July 2018 08:18 (five years ago) link
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
― shaqiri tip (nashwan), Thursday, 12 July 2018 08:26 (five years ago) link
They had Keane, one more pundit rooting for Croatia would have been too much.
― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Thursday, 12 July 2018 08:28 (five years ago) link
I bet Wright wouldn't have dared to do a pidgin Croatian accent at Bilic, in playground taunt fashion. Fucking sad loser!
― calzino, Thursday, 12 July 2018 08:37 (five years ago) link
Croatian fans in Mostar celebrating with some jolly Srebenica songs last night.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 12 July 2018 08:46 (five years ago) link
you can always rely on the good ol' Ustashe to keep the fascism and genocide nostalgia tradition alive at football matches!
― calzino, Thursday, 12 July 2018 08:50 (five years ago) link
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.
― Tim, Thursday, 12 July 2018 08:53 (five years ago) link
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
― dele alli my bookmarks (darraghmac), Thursday, 12 July 2018 08:57 (five years ago) link
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
― calzino, Thursday, 12 July 2018 08:57 (five years ago) link
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, 12 July 2018 09:02 (five years ago) link
xp Oh yeah no doubt. Staying far away from massed England fans is a condition of my enjoying England doing well also.
― Tim, Thursday, 12 July 2018 09:03 (five years ago) link
Ban europe imo
― Neuer write off the germans (Bananaman Begins), Thursday, 12 July 2018 09:05 (five years ago) link
https://www.bmcsports.ie/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/13-NEWS-irish-fans-to-france.jpg
― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Thursday, 12 July 2018 09:06 (five years ago) link
ah lookit can we not
― dele alli my bookmarks (darraghmac), Thursday, 12 July 2018 09:07 (five years ago) link
― 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?
― Neuer write off the germans (Bananaman Begins), Thursday, 12 July 2018 09:07 (five years ago) link
pure gas
― Neuer write off the germans (Bananaman Begins), Thursday, 12 July 2018 09:08 (five years ago) link
Also saw something abt Suker (head of croatian fa) being all corrupt, as if our fa are something to be proud of. Xps
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 12 July 2018 09:08 (five years ago) link
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.
― dele alli my bookmarks (darraghmac), Thursday, 12 July 2018 09:08 (five years ago) link
Did Ian Wright really do a mock Irish accent at Keane?
― Neuer write off the germans (Bananaman Begins), Thursday, 12 July 2018 09:09 (five years ago) link
yep
― calzino, Thursday, 12 July 2018 09:11 (five years ago) link
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
― gyac, Thursday, 12 July 2018 09:11 (five years ago) link
I would definitely be supporting France v. Croatia but for two factors, Macron & Modric.
― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Thursday, 12 July 2018 09:12 (five years ago) link
Best idea however is to wait and see who the England fans are supporting in the pub on Sunday and support the other team.
― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Thursday, 12 July 2018 09:13 (five years ago) link
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.
― gyac, Thursday, 12 July 2018 09:14 (five years ago) link
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.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Thursday, 12 July 2018 09:17 (five years ago) link
Macron & Modric
sounds like the worse office stationery chain ever!
― calzino, Thursday, 12 July 2018 09:17 (five years ago) link
keep saying "Mandzukic switch on switch off" in the style of Tricky's cover of 'Black Steel'
― shaqiri tip (nashwan), Thursday, 12 July 2018 09:22 (five years ago) link
Thought the Modric thing was tax, not closely following. World cup final is a great hill to die on though.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 12 July 2018 09:23 (five years ago) link
― 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
― Neuer write off the germans (Bananaman Begins), Thursday, 12 July 2018 09:24 (five years ago) link
Waiting for mobile phone footage of Ally McCoist celebrating with Croatian fans to emerge tbh.
― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Thursday, 12 July 2018 09:24 (five years ago) link
Win the world cup, stay out of jail. South Korea have a similar thing with military service
― Neuer write off the germans (Bananaman Begins), Thursday, 12 July 2018 09:25 (five years ago) link
Macron doesn’t get to own this French team
*stamps foot*
― ogmor, Thursday, 12 July 2018 09:25 (five years ago) link
Heard McCoist on STV say he was cheering on England, fwiw (same commentary where he admired Stalin's choice of summer retreat)
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 12 July 2018 09:30 (five years ago) link
gyac otm
― dele alli my bookmarks (darraghmac), Thursday, 12 July 2018 09:31 (five years ago) link
Genuinely wouldn't have thought so but that's what appears to be happening
― Matt DC, Thursday, 12 July 2018 09:31 (five years ago) link
That explains my initial post.
― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Thursday, 12 July 2018 09:32 (five years ago) link
Reminds me of a story of a friend of mine who was living in London at the time of Italia 90 and his friends were all big England fans, they watched the Eng v. Ger semi in a pub in Soho and when England lost, he was trying to be sympathetic and his mates were all, "Yeah yeah, we know you really wanted us to lose, you Scots git". My friend got all indignant at this, got on his high horse and chided them for doubting his loyalty and friendship and "How dare you say such a thing, I can't believe it!" and stormed out of the pub, heard the distant noise of celebrations coming from another pub full of German fans, went in and joined the celebrations, had a great night.
― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Thursday, 12 July 2018 09:38 (five years ago) link
Just noticed England's next competitive fixtures are in a couple of months against Spain and Croatia (home and away) in that new Nations League thing
― groovypanda, Thursday, 12 July 2018 09:44 (five years ago) link
xp doing celticity right
― Neuer write off the germans (Bananaman Begins), Thursday, 12 July 2018 09:46 (five years ago) link
aiden mcgeady reference? must be nakh
― . (Michael B), Thursday, 12 July 2018 10:04 (five years ago) link