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Reply | England Thread 🏴
at 22:48 18 Jul 2026
The French team must really hate Deschamps. [Post edited 18 Jul 22:49]
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Reply | England Thread 🏴
at 14:06 18 Jul 2026
Unlike Liew to write something where he's not saying it's down to racism. |
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Reply | England Thread 🏴
at 00:43 16 Jul 2026
They're great. Skillful but also shithousers par excellence. They've always been like that in my lifetime - maybe went a bit more towards the latter in 1990 but they've always had extremely technical players who were also a bit c***ish, exemplified by Diego's two goals in 1986. Wonderful kit, passionate fans. Going to be a fantastic final.
I echo the above though - England had one foot in the final. Argentina's defence is suspect and England have plenty of pacey players who can get round their full backs and get a cross in. Incredible that Tuchel didn't go for the second goal. |
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Reply | ITV's coverage last night...
at 16:08 15 Jul 2026
Obviously but at least they are putting the money on the screen too - it's just much nicer to see them out there rather than in Manchester. It's odd because I seem to remember Matt Lorenzo et al broadcasting from a bunker back in 1994 while Des topped up his sun tan. |
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Reply | ITV's coverage last night...
at 12:42 15 Jul 2026
Personally I've really enjoyed the ITV coverage (apart from Matterface obviously) and the fact they are actually there helps. The BBC broadcasting from a bunker to save money while they pay Scott Mills three-quarters of a million pounds a year is rather hilarious. |
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Reply | Simulation - Embolo incident
at 11:02 12 Jul 2026
That's the thing. If the situation was reversed, does the same thing happen? From the moment Ronaldo's ban was rescinded, the tone was set for this tournament. |
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Reply | me
at 04:57 12 Jul 2026
It is extraordinary that people on social media have celebrated the violent murder of a 78-year-old woman. |
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Reply | The ultimate World Cup thread
at 04:53 12 Jul 2026
The four best teams (before the tournament) through to the semi-finals. That rarely happens. |
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Reply | The ultimate World Cup thread
at 20:10 7 Jul 2026
Yes, it's definitely been very questionable. The worry is that while refs can and have been bent in the past, anonymous worker droids in the Death Star are easier to manipulate.
VAR clearly doesn't stop inconsistency in decisions, often in the same match, so what exactly is it there for? You could make an argument for offside calls. After the 'snickometer' in the Croatia match, you wonder what they will add next. |
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Reply | The ultimate World Cup thread
at 13:25 6 Jul 2026
After last night, it will have to go some to top it, but Spain-Portugal could be a classic.
Really enjoyed this World Cup. I was wary about it because of the 48-team format but there have been some fantastic matches already and teams have (mostly) been going for it rather than sitting back as has happened in knockout rounds previously.
Although not perfect, the refereeing has made a real difference, particularly not stopping the game every time someone pretends to have received a head injury or fancies a sit down. Is it too much to ask that happens in the Championship next season? |
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Reply | Paraguay
at 01:02 6 Jul 2026
It always pisses me off when Rangers play someone and the ref keeps his cards in his pocket despite repeated fouls. A yellow card is a deterrent; if you do it again, you could be off. That ref was shocking - didn't even spot the penalty either. |
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Reply | The ultimate World Cup thread
at 02:07 3 Jul 2026
So that's three teams who are out because of debatable VAR calls - Germany, Senegal and Croatia. The worst thing to happen to football ever. |
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Reply | The ultimate World Cup thread
at 11:50 30 Jun 2026
Anyway, never write the Germans off. Klopp in as manager and they will win Euro 2028. |
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Reply | The ultimate World Cup thread
at 11:49 30 Jun 2026
I watched both so pretty wrecked today. Tough quarter-final for France if results go as expected - Morocco are on a fantastic unbeaten run and you can see why the way they came back yesterday against a decent Netherlands side. [Post edited 30 Jun 11:49]
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