World Cup Thread 2022

[THE STIFFMEISTER 15,954]

1 minute ago, scotty12 said:

Behave ya sausage

You thought Italy had qualified , big football fan are ya ??

Been hiding away until tonight

got you weighed up

[THE STIFFMEISTER 15,954]

4 minutes ago, scotty12 said:

Behave ya sausage

Typical London roader , seen that on not the view earlier

[NEWKID 27,159]

Good performance, but as has been said the serial winning teams find ways to win.. the French spoiled all game, lots of professional fouls to break up play, which proves how well our midfield and wide players were playing... France have real quality and its those moments that were the difference in the end...

This is a really young abs exciting England team imo... Bellingham looks better and better, he could be a genuine star in the next few years... for me this is our best side since 96.. but the end result is we're out again, I think the future looks good though and they now play and compete with the top teams.... 

Croatia v Morocco final??

[NEWKID 27,159]

Oh and the ref had an absolute shocker... it was a clear foul on Saka before their first goal, a foul on Kane, he needed VAR to give an absolute clear cut penalty... he looked lost all round imo... 

[bird 9,926]

well lets move on now, we got 4 years to, get a new manger and better players, you carnt just blame one man= kane , ok he missed , but even if we  gone extra time etc, i still think the frogs had found the net, like been said before once we had to really step up our game against  a very good side, we couldn't do it . so lets rebuild for the world cup etc . i just come out from hospital  for glaucoma  surgery , me eye very sore , still watched the match with pain, but always thought  it be  to much for our lads, maybe nex time  new manger new players .

[NEWKID 27,159]

5 minutes ago, bird said:

well lets move on now, we got 4 years to, get a new manger and better players, you carnt just blame one man= kane , ok he missed , but even if we  gone extra time etc, i still think the frogs had found the net, like been said before once we had to really step up our game against  a very good side, we couldn't do it . so lets rebuild for the world cup etc . i just come out from hospital  for glaucoma  surgery , me eye very sore , still watched the match with pain, but always thought  it be  to much for our lads, maybe nex time  new manger new players .

I think your eyes must be f****d Ray...lol

It came down to a missed penalty, we were the better side for large parts, most of these lads are under 25 and boys like Bellingham are playing like seasoned men at 19 years old... Southgate has his knockers but he has had faith in bringing these young lads through and imo has done a really good job, they behave and speak impeccably, there is none of the old bullshit around the team of going on the piss playing up before tournaments etc...they are an ultra professional unit, this is an England side that is capable of competing at the end of tournaments and with a bit of luck winning one... a semi final a final and quarter final ain't bad... this is one they believed and a few of us thought they could win... not hoped but genuinely thought they could win... the nucleus of this team will be about fir the next ten years...we don't need too many new players mate..

[dytkos 17,800]

Perennial bottlers under Southgate, who's never won feck all.

If a £300K a week player can't hit the goal from 12 yards they don't deserve to win. 

Cheers, D.

[gnasher16 30,121]

For me Southgates time is up now he's had a good run with probaby the strongest squad we've had in 30 years and achieved nothing,despite decent stats his record against Fifa ranked teams is really poor i think it would be a tragedy if this current squad never win a major trophy.

[gnasher16 30,121]

On 10/12/2022 at 09:19, NEWKID said:

Neymar bottled it in the penalties imo... after they missed the first the pressure penalty was number 4, regardless of the list he should step up earlier... Messi takes number 1 as he is the main man

I dont think he bottled it i think he just wanted to be the big hero and take the last one....i thought it was hilarious watching him cry like a baby knowing its the only thing he had left to get attention....prick !

[gnasher16 30,121]

On 08/12/2022 at 14:44, pesky1972 said:

See, now that’s how I’d take a pen. Dicks should be in the England coaching set up as a penalty specialist. Seen Spain and Japan go out with a whimper, with the most limp wristed pens I can remember. Burst the net or knock some cnut out at the back of the goals…, nothing else for it

 

Dicks theory was always that as long as the referee did his job the ball would be over the line before the keeper had a chance to move........im pretty sure there was only Matt Le Tissier who has a better penalty record i know Julians was 94%...Le Tissier scored i think its was 46 out of 47 !!!....unbelievable really.

Saying that i remember being told another Hammer Mark Noble had the 2nd best penalties record in world football over the last 20 years.

[paulus 26]

[gnasher16 30,121]

Some performance from Messi there tonight...hard to see anyone but the Argies lifting the trophy now,be a nice way to end his career.

[chartpolski 23,675]

The old king Messi, and the young pretender M'Bappe up against each other. Be nice to watch, but I'd like to see Morocco in the final.

Cheers.

[keepdiggin 9,561]

If messi wins the World Cup it will round of a bad year for ronaldo 

[Ferretman65 2,250]