The 2018 World Cup Superthread

Mantis Toboggan

Poxyest goal I've seen all day.

ERG89

What did Whelan say Ramin Neennanowwhno??

How Soon Is Now

The Talking Bread wrote: »

I give up. You don't seem to have a clue! This isn't FIFA, it is a world cup match between an Iranian team against the worlds best players.

I am shocked that anyone with a footballing brain, however small, would have expected something different or even criticise Iran for their approach.

Lol talk about high horse ****. Anyway Spain just scored so who thr **** cares about what Iran where trying to do!

Loafing Oaf

Another 1-0, put your house on it...

Vincent Vega

ERG89 wrote: »

What did Whelan say Ramin Neennanowwhno??

Sounded like the backwards talk from Twin Peaks :pac:

Mantis Toboggan

Now we'll see what Iran are made of.

The Talking Bread

How Soon Is Now wrote: »

I mentioned only for the lucky win in the first game they be playing for 2 points.

who said they were necessarily playing for a point????

There is a difference between being capable of scoring and wanting to score. Obviously they will try more unconventional ways of getting chances than gung ho attacking

Drumpot

Portugal , Uruguay and now spain all stuttering past Saudi, Morocco and Iran... England’s win against Tunisia (plus 2 clear penos missed) is not looking as catastrophic as some were trying to make out....

LuckyLloyd

Iran giving this a great aul goo, fair play to them.

LuckyLloyd

Drumpot wrote: »

Portugal , Uruguay and now spain all stuttering past Saudi, Morocco and Iran... England’s win against Tunisia (plus 2 clear penos missed) is not looking as catastrophic as some were trying to make out....

Alternatively, the rush to play down what Russia have done amassing a +7 goal difference seems foolhardy...

murpho999

Wow!

LuckyLloyd

JUSTICE!!!!!!!

or not! ****

SuperSean11

Scam

murpho999

I think it was disalowed for handball not offside.

citytillidie

murpho999 wrote: »

I think it was disalowed for handball not offside.

It was offside

murpho999

SuperSean11 wrote: »

Scam

Spain Can Attack More.

Is that what you mean?

murpho999

citytillidie wrote: »

It was offside

Agreed, just saw it again.

Drumpot

Spain and France benefitting a lot from VAR.....

crushproof

Agonising! Would be fantastic to see Iran get something here!

murpho999

Drumpot wrote: »

Spain and France benefitting a lot from VAR.....

The game is in general. It's been mostly good.

Corholio

Drumpot wrote: »

Portugal , Uruguay and now spain all stuttering past Saudi, Morocco and Iran... England’s win against Tunisia (plus 2 clear penos missed) is not looking as catastrophic as some were trying to make out....

Catastrophic? I don't think anyone said that. It was more that some claimed England played great when for a large portion they weren't and instead projected that really good spell they had falsely across 90 min.

murpho999

Drumpot wrote: »

Portugal , Uruguay and now spain all stuttering past Saudi, Morocco and Iran... England’s win against Tunisia (plus 2 clear penos missed) is not looking as catastrophic as some were trying to make out....

Who said it was catastrophic?

People just rightly pointed out that the English performance was no were near as good as the BBC and their pundits said t was on Monday night.

Stephen15

It's funny because the linesman had his flag up and it was backed up the VAR if VAR had of not been the goal would have been disallowed anyway but I would imagine the Iran would have been going mental at the ref but they now don't have reason to protest as VAR correctly backed up the linesmans decision. So VAR really protects the ref from being ridiculed by the opposition every time he makes a controversial decision.

Drumpot

murpho999 wrote: »

The game is in general. It's been mostly good.

Unless you are England.....

What it suggests though is that there will be less upsets which is a shame.

CSF

Drumpot wrote: »

Unless you are England.....

What it suggests though is that there will be less upsets which is a shame.

The lino had already flagged it. VAR changed nothing, just reassured the ref that the decision was correct.

murpho999

Drumpot wrote: »

Unless you are England.....

What it suggests though is that there will be less upsets which is a shame.

I said mostly.

I don't think the England issues were as clear cut as many say.

VAR has brought about more proper decisions and I don't see how it prevents upsets? Bad decisions don't only happen for the underdogs.

Also it has stopped the players crowding around the ref and intimidating him which has to viewed as a positive.

murpho999

I wouldn't rule out Iran scoring.

The Talking Bread

decent second half to be fair, all things considered

Spain getting alot of frees

The Talking Bread

Fred The Red wrote: »

Spain getting alot of frees

generally what happens when you get fouled, I guess?

How Soon Is Now

Nice see game opened up since Spain scored.

Iran giving it a good go as well. Think they could cause an upset against Portugal!

Drumpot

murpho999 wrote: »

Who said it was catastrophic?

People just rightly pointed out that the English performance was no were near as good as the BBC and their pundits said t was on Monday night.

Yeh I call bullsh*t on that, the match thread shows it was just bitter anti English fans looking to whine cause they actually played well.

The 30 minutes England played in the first half against Tunisia (where they could of been 3 or 4 up) is better then most teams have thus far shown in the World Cup. If Spain or Argentina put in that kind of attacking display none of you would care at all that they were getting lavished with plaudits... And that’s without the two VAR penos that weren’t considered.

Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Iran have all shown that it’s not that easy to tear these teams apart anymore but there doesn’t seem to be the same kind of critical attack on the sides they were playing today as there was on England....

The Talking Bread

The Talking Bread wrote: »

generally what happens when you get fouled, I guess?

I'd rephrase that as soft frees

sligeach

George, subliminal: "The throw is awarded to Real."

ERG89

Drumpot wrote: »

Yeh I call bullsh*t on that, the match thread shows it was just bitter anti English fans looking to whine cause they actually played well.

Only one on about them is you.

murpho999

Drumpot wrote: »

Yeh I call bullsh*t on that, the match thread shows it was just bitter anti English fans looking to whine cause they actually played well.

The 30 minutes England played in the first half against Tunisia (where they could of been 3 or 4 up) is better then most teams have thus far shown in the World Cup. If Spain or Argentina put in that kind of attacking display none of you would care at all that they were getting lavished with plaudits... And that’s without the two VAR penos that weren’t considered.

Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Iran have all shown that it’s not that easy to tear these teams apart anymore but there doesn’t seem to be the same kind of critical attack on the sides they were playing today as there was on England....

I don't understand why you have such a hard on for England?

They attacked for about 20 minutes, scored one and then let Tunisia back in. Gave them a few chances and then gave away a penalty, that was not soft as BBC said and Walker should have gotten red card in my opinion.

Second half they were awful. Did nothing until they scored near the end.

They never hit the levels of Portugal v Spain. Not did they impress my like Mexico did.

You also forget they were playing Tunisia who are a very ordinary side.

England will get out of the group but will be found out by a better side, most likely in the quarter final and then the Tunisia performance will be viewed from its real perspective.

Finally, you can't just say it's anti English bias to point out a team's failings and dare to disagree with your own biased opinion.

Drumpot

ERG89 wrote: »

Only one on about them is you.

There’s an ignore button. If you don’t want to engage, press “ignore Drumpot”.

Mokuba

Drumpot wrote: »

Yeh I call bullsh*t on that, the match thread shows it was just bitter anti English fans looking to whine cause they actually played well.

The 30 minutes England played in the first half against Tunisia (where they could of been 3 or 4 up) is better then most teams have thus far shown in the World Cup. If Spain or Argentina put in that kind of attacking display none of you would care at all that they were getting lavished with plaudits... And that’s without the two VAR penos that weren’t considered.

Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Iran have all shown that it’s not that easy to tear these teams apart anymore but there doesn’t seem to be the same kind of critical attack on the sides they were playing today as there was on England....

It's an Irish forum and Irish people generally hate English international sporting sides, across any sport.

The BBC were being a little over the top but not massively so, it was one of the best performances of the WC so far, although that does say something about the poor standard.

Not only that, but England as a national team have no pedigree and over the past 10 years have turned into a bit of a meme.

I do agree though that England looked extremely good in the first half, some of the interchanges were among the best in the World Cup.

I think they have just as much chance to win it as everyone else, their squad is well balanced. Sure they have one or two drawbacks, but no more than any other contender.

When you look at the performances of the so-called favourites, there is nobody who has looked even remotely convincing so far. Early days obviously - but I think they have a fantastic chance.

What worried me the other night though was Southgate and how slow he was to make changes. Dele Alli should have been off long before he was, and Sterling should have gone earlier too.

pjohnson

Such a shame a match is longer than 30 minutes eh?

Oat23

What a fail that attempt at Ryan Guy's throw in was.

Drumpot

murpho999 wrote: »

I don't understand why you have such a hard on for England?

They attacked for about 20 minutes, scored one and then let Tunisia back in. Gave them a few chances and then gave away a penalty, that was not soft as BBC said and Walker should have gotten red card in my opinion.

Second half they were awful. Did nothing until they scored near the end.

They never hit the levels of Portugal v Spain. Not did they impress my like Mexico did.

You also forget they were playing Tunisia who are a very ordinary side.

England will get out of the group but will be found out by a better side, most likely in the quarter final and then the Tunisia performance will be viewed from its real perspective.

Finally, you can't just say it's anti English bias to point out a team's failings.

They hit the post (Lingard), cleared off the line (Lingard) , multiple saves from Gk , sterling chance was offside but a sign of how successful their attack’s were. Then they are denied 2 penos on a VAR system that’s saved spain tonight and France against Australia.

Tell me why Australia , Morocco, Iran and Saudi Arabia all deserve more respect the Tunisia? Like I said Murp, convenient double standards when rating England versus everybody else.

I’m not saying England will won anything, I’m saying they have been as impressive as most top teams thus far. If anything Spain and Portugal hav been massively disappointing because they had such an epic game under their belt they had no excuses for not blowing away such poor opposition.

xabi

Is it me, or do RTÉ keep changing the configuration of the studio? Lastnight the presenter was on the right and pundits on left, now tonight it’s the opposite.

2 studios maybe

ERG89

Drumpot wrote:

There’s an ignore button. If you don’t want to engage, press “ignore Drumpotâ€.

Very mature reply

Drumpot

ERG89 wrote: »

Only one on about them is you.

ERG89 wrote: »

Very mature reply

That’s your contribution to several posts I’ve made explaining myself and my point. You get the respect you give.

dfx-

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

JUSTICE!!!!!!!

or not! ****

No, it was indeed justice in the end, another victory for guardiolaball

IncognitoMan

xabi wrote: »

Is it me, or do RTÉ keep changing the configuration of the studio? Lastnight the presenter was on the right and pundits on left, now tonight it’s the opposite.

2 studios maybe

Sometimes they do a wide shot of the whole area and it shows there's two studios beside each other.

ERG89

Drumpot wrote:

That’s your contribution to several posts I’ve made explaining myself and my point. You get the respect you give.

Your the one complaining about anti English posts when nobody was praising any side really as the most impressive team has been Russia much to many people's bemusement.
You came on here saying "oh if this was England" as if anyone was praising Spain, most were saying Iran were playing negative and it's up to Spain to break them down.
England weren't impressive in Match Day one. Neither were Brazil, Germany, Argentina, Uruguay, Columbia or France to varying levels. Portugal & Spain weren't as impressive even in winning today as they were drawing last Friday.
Sorry if not everyone agrees with your opinion.

eagle eye

dfx- wrote:

No, it was indeed justice in the end, another victory for guardiolaball

That wasn't anything like Guardiola football. Plenty of longer passes in the Spanish, plenty of crosses into the box too. Spain put 29 crosses into the box tonight.

xtal191

Wouldn't be surprised if Iran beat Portugal

Drumpot

ERG89 wrote: »

Your the one complaining about anti English posts when nobody was praising any side really as the most impressive team has been Russia much to many people's bemusement.
You came on here saying "oh if this was England" as if anyone was praising Spain, most were saying Iran were playing negative and it's up to Spain to break them down.
England weren't impressive in Match Day one. Neither were Brazil, Germany, Argentina, Uruguay, Columbia or France to varying levels. Portugal & Spain weren't as impressive even in winning today as they were drawing last Friday.
Sorry if not everyone agrees with your opinion.

I’m trialing a VAR of double standards system for England games....

Don’t blame me, it’s not my opinion it’s just fact ...