World Cup 2018

[ska invita]

Portugal v Spain Friday 7pm

 

[JimW]

Les Belges, let's 'ave 'em

 

[ska invita]

Belgium definitely could be worse
Shame not poland

 

[not-bono-ever]

And nothing beside Germany, or Brazil . maybe they never won anything worth mentioning

 

[Silas Loom]

Tunisia. Doing very well here.

 

[not-bono-ever]

group D for the neutral

 

[Steel Icarus]

Pretty good. Belgium are good but at least they're familiar to us

*Buys David Platt on CelebDAQ*

 

[littlebabyjesus]

A dire 0-0 against a poor North African side is kind of tradition.

This time to be endured against ... Tunisia.

 

[Steel Icarus]

(((Iceland)))

 

[Steel Icarus]

So England play Belgium last, right? That's even better if so

 

[Steel Icarus]

H will be close.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Please let England get Panama

 

[JimW]

France look set fair.

 

[Steel Icarus]

That's a belting draw for England

 

[ska invita]

Tunisia. Doing very well here.

footballs coming home!! etc

Poland got a good draw too

 

[JimW]

Sending off and defeat against Panama ahoy

 

[Steel Icarus]

No group of death tbh

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Brazil group's closest to group of death, if Costa Rica are as good as they were last time.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Consumate professional, Lineker

 

[JimW]

Someone on the BBC live thing complemented them for getting on with it for once

 

[Steel Icarus]

So if a match kicks off at 2100 Moscow time but is UTC+3 does that make it midnight?

 

[ska invita]

So if a match kicks off at 2100 Moscow time but is UTC+3 does that make it midnight?

6pm in the UK GMT is 9PM in RUssia

 

[Steel Icarus]

I can never work these things out

Thanks. That's good then

 

[ska invita]

Gareth Southgate's men will begin their tournament against Tunisia on Monday, 18 June (19:00 BST) in Volgograd.

They will then face Panama in Nizhny Novgorod on Saturday 24 June (13:00 BST) before playing top seeds Belgium four days later in Kaliningrad (19:00 BST).

BST is British SUmmer Time

Wanted to have a house party on one of those, but doesn't really work that well. Weekday games or early start

 

[Steel Icarus]

Looking good for the round of 16, too - Poland or Colombia mebbe. Hang on, Colombia are quite good.
Must remind Mrs SI that I'd like an Iceland shirt for my birthday. Shame it'll only get three wears in the summer.

 

[Silas Loom]

Looking good for the round of 16, too - Poland or Colombia mebbe. Hang on, Colombia are quite good.
Must remind Mrs SI that I'd like an Iceland shirt for my birthday. Shame it'll only get three wears in the summer.

A Bejam one would score more retro points.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Good stuff - that means I'll get to watch all three of England's group matches (I've missed only Tunisia in 1998 and Wales in 2016 in recent years).

 

[Steel Icarus]

A Bejam one would score more retro points.

eeeeeyyyyyyyyyyyy

 

[nuffsaid]

Cool, two are in the evening and the afternoon ones on a Sunday, no need to dodge work.

No need to worry about England after the group games...

 

[sealion]

Southgate and a plucky group of younger players will get to the final where they beat Germany 8:0. They'll all be heroes for life

I reckon England will be home before the postcards.