The 2018 World Cup Superthread

dr.kenneth noisewater

Would have had Courtois or Pickford ahead of Lloris as well.
Young -> Lucas Hernandez
Paulinho -> Kante
Neymar -> Perisic

GavRedKing

Courtois wins golden glove and doesnt make team of the tournament, lolz. :pac:

I'd have had Pickford and Courtois over Lloris anyway.

NIMAN

Kante's omission shocking.

Nerdlingr

Horrible team. FIFA again shown up for the crock a sh*te they are.
Neymar?!!!! Young?!!!!! Paulinho!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???

NIMAN

Neymar probably has to be in, or else he'll huff.

Who picks this team anyway? Crowd of numpties.

eagle eye

Ferris_Bueller wrote: »

Yeah there weren't really any standout left backs in fairness. Neymar and Paulinho are both strange decisions though. I would have had any of Frances midfield 3 over Paulinho and Perisic ahead of Neymar.

Hernandez of France was outstanding, really outstanding.

The Talking Bread

eagle eye wrote: »

Hernandez of France was outstanding, really outstanding.

Ah, come on, that is well over the top in my opinion!

eagle eye

The Talking Bread wrote:

Ah, come on, that is well over the top in my opinion!

I watched every France game and was impressed by him every time.

Panthro

I was impressed by Pogba throughout the tourney.
Kante should be in there too.
Take out Paulinho and Neymar.

Skylinehead

Johner wrote: »

Young, Paulinho and Neymar. :pac:

Tis fake.

Benimar

Johner wrote: »

Young, Paulinho and Neymar. :pac:

Pretty clear FIFA had decided before the tournament that the team would be Neymar + 10 others. That’s the only reason I can think why he’s there!

I wouldn’t have Young in my team, but there wasn’t a standout LB so can leave that one go.

Paulinho is just a crazy pick.

Johner

Nixonbot wrote: »

Tis fake.

Is it? I just saw the image on Twitter, didn't cop that. That explains it so.

Panthro

Poll for team of the tourney!

Skylinehead

Panthro wrote: »

Poll for team of the tourney!

Maxes at 25 options, is that going to be enough?

The Talking Bread

https://twitter.com/benmendy23/status/1019226965931327488

Stephen15

dr.kenneth noisewater wrote: »

Most disappointing team: Spain/Poland/Denmark

Wasn't expecting much more from Denmark other than getting past the group. Their team is nothing special bar Eriksen. They've may done a job on us but they really didn't have the scope to get past the last 16 maybe QFs at best.

Ferris_Bueller

eagle eye wrote: »

Hernandez of France was outstanding, really outstanding.

Really? I didn't think so, felt Frances two full backs were their slight weak links throughout the tournament and didn't offer much going forward (Hernandez was good in the final), in general he probably improved as the tournament went on and probably was as good as any other option I suppose but definitely think there wasn't a standout left back. He had a very poor game against Australia in the opener, maybe that is clouding my judgement..

Loafing Oaf

Just to note if ther was a golden sh**house award Colombia would have walked away with it, with a special citation for that guy raking up the penalty spot.

greendom

Ferris_Bueller wrote: »

eagle eye wrote: »

Hernandez of France was outstanding, really outstanding.

Really? I didn't think so, felt Frances two full backs were their slight weak links throughout the tournament and didn't offer much going forward (Hernandez was good in the final), in general he probably improved as the tournament went on and probably was as good as any other option I suppose but definitely think there wasn't a standout left back. He had a very poor game against Australia in the opener, maybe that is clouding my judgement..

Hernandez got 2 assists in that amazing Argentina game.
I think that showed the flexibility of this French team. That the full backs could switch from a defensive to an offensive mindset when required.

Ferris_Bueller

How much of the world cup did people end up watching? I done a count there and I think I watched about 30 full games more or less. Then caught bits of around another 20, based on that I only missed around 14 or so, definitely the most of a World Cup I have ever watched anyway!

Benimar

Benimar wrote: »

Pretty clear FIFA had decided before the tournament that the team would be Neymar + 10 others. That’s the only reason I can think why he’s there!

I wouldn’t have Young in my team, but there wasn’t a standout LB so can leave that one go.

Paulinho is just a crazy pick.

Laxalt?

StringerBell

Courtouis,
Trippier varane vida Hernandez
Pogba kante modric
Perisic Mandzukic hazard

Mbappe
Pickford
Lovren

Were pretty close for me

Modric player of the tournament, kante would have got it for me but he was poor in the final which swayed me.

France Denmark was the worst game

De Gea was poor but the most disappointing for me was Salah, was hoping to see him in full flow but injury curtailed him much like Neymar I guess.

Russia were the surprise pacakge for me

Loew worst manager followed by Sampaoli

Germany most disappointing team followed by Spain

Probably should have use that template thing, on the phone which is making it tough

Oh yeah pavard for goal of the tournament and courtois for keep of the tournament