The 2018 World Cup Superthread

~Rebel~

Jesus christ...

elefant

Pressed square instead of circle.

Will I Am Not

I’ll be glad to see the back of Argentina. Shower of chancers.

DM_7

Some finish all the same

Trigger

Argentina really missing Romero this WC

sligeach

WTF was that from the Argentine keeper? Messi must be thinking, I'm working with clowns here.

bucketybuck

sligeach wrote: »

Messi must be thinking, I'm working with clowns here.

He isn't exactly stepping up to the plate himself.

~Rebel~

sligeach wrote: »

WTF was that from the Argentine keeper? Messi must be thinking, I'm working with clowns here.

Would love to know the difference if Messi actually ran around a bit though... ran the least of any player in the entire first round of games. Ran off the ball less than several goalkeepers even!

Like, I get that he should be conserving his energy to some extent, but christ, like...

Rossi IRL

Would Argentina be better off without Messi?

~Rebel~

Rossi IRL wrote: »

Would Argentina be better off without Messi?

They wouldn't be, as we saw in qualification - without him they simply were definitely not getting to the WC... only once he returned did they pick up points.

But they're still dreadful with him, and he doesn't help as much as he really should.

ERG89

Rossi IRL wrote: »

Would Argentina be better off without Messi?

How? they dont even have a good starting XI?

gormdubhgorm

~Rebel~ wrote: »

They wouldn't be, as we saw in qualification - without him they simply were definitely not getting to the WC... only once he returned did they pick up points.

But they're still dreadful with him, and he doesn't help as much as he really should.

They seem very disjointed no real teamwork support

~Rebel~

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

They seem very disjointed no real teamwork support

Yeah, look an absolute shambles in just about every respect.

Even still, they should have enough individual talent to nick a goal in just about any game. Reckon we'll finish 1-1 here.

MD1990

Rossi IRL wrote: »

Would Argentina be better off without Messi?

Wouldn't be at the WC without him .

Very poor so far though

The Talking Bread

I can see Messi doing something brilliant now.

Rossi IRL

Heroic defending by Rakitic

Trigger

Rossi IRL wrote: »

Heroic defending by Rakitic

Followed by a superb tackle to stop the break

Wheeliebin30

Hate that one second delay on rte.

Sprinter Sacre

Even though he hasn't played well with Messi, not giving Dybala minutes is horrific. He has that magic spark. Also taking off Aguero is a bad move. Cannot believe Banega or even Lo Celso are not getting minutes either. This Argentina team are brutal.

Rezident

Mandukic is an awful diver. Have they no shame? Are their kids watching daddy rolling around on the ground like a little girl who hurt herself with a skipping rope?

Rezident

Do you think modric will be ok?

Pete Moss

Jorge Sampaoli is a man with a particular taste in fashion. Pretty sure I bought a Sergio Georgini faux Italian leather jacket from him in Unique Menswear in the Ilac Centre a few years ago.

Thepoet85

Embarrassing the amount of diving and play acting in this World Cup so far.

ERG89

Olic on the bench for Croatia. He's not still playing, is he??

The Talking Bread

Big fan of Dybala!

Scored a 98 minute penalty to win me 700 quid on the last leg of an accumulator last year!

osarusan

Jaysus Argentina are an absolute shambles.

Benteke

You have to feel for the argie forward players, The players behind them can pass water

martyos121

Benteke wrote: »

You have to feel for the argie forward players, The players behind them can pass water

The forwards haven’t done much good either when they have had the service.

Benteke

martyos121 wrote: »

The forwards haven’t done much good either.

What can they do when the players behind them keep misplacing passes

Rossi IRL

Great player

FourFourRED

Deserved win for Croatia. Better team from start to finish.

JPA

Beautiful

IvySlayer

Wow....Modric....

Will I Am Not

Goodnight Irene.

ERG89

Good work by Modric, Brozovic & Rakitic there. Awful defending by Otamendi who looked like he was being bamboozled by a 17 year old Pele

sligeach

The commentators are talking like Argentina are out. They're not.

elefant

Class goal.

Meza is septic for Argentina. Their starting lineup is perplexing.

Rossi IRL

That's pure filth

The Talking Bread

has there only been one red card in the tournament so far?

dr.kenneth noisewater

The Talking Bread wrote:

has there only been one red card in the tournament so far?

Just Sanchez so far I think

FourFourRED

dr.kenneth noisewater wrote: »

Just Sanchez so far I think

Which was a very strange call.

sligeach

Every chance Iceland v Nigeria is a draw. If it is, then Iceland are highly unlikely to beat Croatia, which means if Argentina beat Nigeria, then they'll finish second.

fyfe79

sligeach wrote: »

Every chance Iceland v Nigeria is a draw. If it is, then Iceland are highly unlikely to beat Croatia, which means if Argentina beat Nigeria, then they'll finish second.

Iceland beat Croatia in their qualifying group. Also, Croatia will be through so they might rest players.

FourFourRED

If Iceland win tomorrow, Argentina are in big trouble. Especially with a -3 goal difference right now.

Rossi IRL

sligeach wrote: »

Every chance Iceland v Nigeria is a draw. If it is, then Iceland are highly unlikely to beat Croatia, which means if Argentina beat Nigeria, then they'll finish second.

Good chance though that Croatia could rest a few players

Benteke

Argie manager should be sacked before the next game

ERG89

FourFourFM wrote: »

Which was a very strange call.

By the player yeah it was a straight red all day long.
Diego is weeping now :mad:

Will I Am Not

ERG89 wrote: »

By the player yeah it was a straight red all day long.
Diego is weeping now :mad:

Straight to the jacks for a pick me up.

eagle eye

Wow, great input.

elefant

Benteke wrote: »

Argie manager should be sacked before the next game

Taking Aguero off just as you go one down? So many decisions that seem very bizarre to a neutral.