ska invita
back on the other side
The glory of the millennial working class surelyThought this was a thread about toilets.
Got excited
Is this the best WC so far in a generation?
- Thread starter T & P
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The Octagon
Stop...Hammertime
Group stages have been good, transitioning to knockout could bring out the boring football though, still a bit early to call it.
Since when have generations lasted 4 years?
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
It's more than each World Cup will be contained within a different generation. Just whose generation are we talking about?
teuchter
je suis teuchter
What implies that I think generations last 4 years?
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
your posts
ska invita
back on the other side
More play acting, professional fouling and team outrage than usual though
FabricLiveBaby!
Live Baby Fabric!
I just saw this thread in new posts and thought "WC" meant "toilet".
Was expecting a thread about a super new space age bog.
Instead it's fucking football.
Was expecting a thread about a super new space age bog.
Instead it's fucking football.
Doctor Carrot
Marxist Henchman
2010 World Cup in South Africa. I thought it was dreadful. The main talking point of the tournament were those bloody vuvuzelas and the best match of the tournament was the final, largely due to the fact that Holland's tactics against Spain was to kick the shit out the midfield to stop them passing.
Baronage-Phase
Well-Known Member
Oh...I thought this was going to be about a fancy new toilet
Failed to look at forum title....
Failed to look at forum title....
Baronage-Phase
Well-Known Member
I just saw this thread in new posts and thought "WC" meant "toilet".
Was expecting a thread about a super new space age bog.
Instead it's fucking football.
Not the only one...lol
nuffsaid
But this goes up to 11
What you lot seem to have forgotten, and is the major blot on this WC, is that Russia bribed for it in the first place and we wuz robbed. This is the WC that should have been in England!!
This is why I hope Spain totally thrash Russia. Totally corrupt.
The football is good and has been very entertaining, of course nothing except a competition win is ever going to beat Italia '90, even the BBC theme tune was awesome, but they flipping stole this one from us.
This is why I hope Spain totally thrash Russia. Totally corrupt.
The football is good and has been very entertaining, of course nothing except a competition win is ever going to beat Italia '90, even the BBC theme tune was awesome, but they flipping stole this one from us.
Don't know how anybody can classify this as "the best World Cup" in any timeframe but the last 4 years. How many goals were the result of set pieces? How many penalties? The goals out of free play are probably at an all time low. Instead most of the teams seem to waste about 10 minutes per match with complaining to the referee and/or waiting for the VAR. I've seen people describing it as a tournament of penalty shootouts, with a little bit of football in between, and that pretty much nails it.
Eh?
not-bono-ever
meh
its looking shit and can only get shitter
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
It's certainly the best world cup this year
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
This is the world cup we would have had if only Prince William hadn't pissed away the bribe money
8ball
Decolonise colons!
I just saw this thread in new posts and thought "WC" meant "toilet".
Was expecting a thread about a super new space age bog.
Instead it's fucking football.
I thought the working class had started an uprising.
T & P
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Five days since the last post ITT, and after the games at the weekend and what’s happened just now between Belgium and Japan, i’d say this WC is starting to pull apart from any competitors in the last two or three decades.
Loving every minute of it (well, apart from the 3 pm match yesterday).
ETA: a telling stat on the Beeb:
Loving every minute of it (well, apart from the 3 pm match yesterday
).ETA: a telling stat on the Beeb:
- There have now been nine 90th-minute winning goals in the 2018 World Cup. There were just 10 in the previous five tournaments combined.
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pocketscience
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otzenpunk, Wednesday at 5:18 PM
otzenpunk : Did you really write this during the second half of of the Germany vs S.Korea game?
pocketscience
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Can't agree about the VAR either. After years of watching the likes of Klinsmann diving his way to World Cup titles, I wish they'd have introduced it earlier.
Maybe why some of the "big names" aren't providing the goods this time around.
Maybe why some of the "big names" aren't providing the goods this time around.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Totally agree. It's been far from perfect, but it is only a good thing, imo. Next up will be to crack down on the play-acting. It'll come. There's no need to play football like Neymar did this afternoon. Japan and Belgium showed a totally different way to play - and not just them tbf, loads of other teams have shown it as well.
binka
!!!!!!!!!
Agreed. VAR is great and has made everything so much fairer. Slight delays are a price worth paying and amount to not a lot in the grand scheme of things
skyscraper101
0891 50 50 50
So far this is more enjoyable than Brazil, South Africa, and France. Japan/S.Korea was excellent and on a par.
Special nod to USA '94, with all of England supporting Ireland. Jackie Charlton losing it. A bemused USA. Diana Ross's mis-kick. One of the most bizarre ones.
Special nod to USA '94, with all of England supporting Ireland. Jackie Charlton losing it. A bemused USA. Diana Ross's mis-kick. One of the most bizarre ones.
Steel Icarus
we move
Possibly my fave ever WC goal came in 1994.
Steel Icarus
we move
Would help if I linked to it, eh
This one.
This one.
