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
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?
― 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
incredible footage doing the rounds of rashford and lingard taking a leaf out of panama's books and trying to kick off after croatia's winner
― ogmor, Thursday, 12 July 2018 14:20 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/oy0eBzI.gifv
― I'd Rather Kecak (NickB), Thursday, 12 July 2018 14:23 (five years ago) link
yeah Dutch commentator mentioned this too, unfortunately offical coverage did not show it. Would have been amazing to see that.
― Ludo, Thursday, 12 July 2018 14:29 (five years ago) link
Hrvati so blizu finala pic.twitter.com/vJMuRSLdYf— Vlasta Jeseničnik (@VJesenicnik) July 11, 2018
― StanM, Thursday, 12 July 2018 14:32 (five years ago) link
CHADWICK MATLIN4:20 PMI forget where I read it, but I loved somebody’s idea to do penalties before the match, so players know what the outcome is before they play. Maybe even wait to reveal until after regular time.
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Thursday, 12 July 2018 17:26 (five years ago) link
All fans -- inlcuding Eng ones -- have songs they like to sing, it seems:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44811549
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 12 July 2018 19:19 (five years ago) link
Also, like the Croatians, it's not even their song!
― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Thursday, 12 July 2018 19:56 (five years ago) link
we (ie me) didn't do the result of the quarter final predictions
actual FRA BEL ENG CROshari FRA BEL ENG CRO 4neand FRA BEL ENG CRO 4cajun FRA BRA ENG CRO 3tomd FRA BEL ENG RUS 3bison FRA BEL SWE CRO 3koogs FRA BRA SWE CRO 2lbi FRA BRA SWE CRO 2dan w FRA BRA ENG RUS 2menca URA BRA SWE CRO 1noodl URU BRA ENG RUS 1nash FRA BRA SWE RUS 1
― koogs, Thursday, 12 July 2018 20:17 (five years ago) link
I woulda been 0 for 2 in semifinal picks lol
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Thursday, 12 July 2018 20:35 (five years ago) link
Got 1 out of 2. England let me down. Yet again.
― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Thursday, 12 July 2018 20:37 (five years ago) link
3 out of 4. thought the russians would do it
― ||||||||, Thursday, 12 July 2018 20:45 (five years ago) link
Next WC to run from November to December.
That's going to lead to some interesting rescheduling of the domestic leagues and European competitions
― groovypanda, Friday, 13 July 2018 19:39 (five years ago) link
Maybe half of europe doesnt need to participate just a thought
― F# A# (∞), Friday, 13 July 2018 20:19 (five years ago) link
maybe qualify
― dele alli my bookmarks (darraghmac), Friday, 13 July 2018 20:41 (five years ago) link
Maybe it getz moved or the world ends before 2022
― more like Toss, Ow amirite? (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 July 2018 21:26 (five years ago) link