The 2018 World Cup Superthread

Corholio

Any newspapers with wallcharts this weekend? I saw the Daily Mail has one but any others?

BullBlackNova

Corholio wrote: »

Any newspapers with wallcharts this weekend? I saw the Daily Mail has one but any others?

Irish Times has a special World Cup magazine included with the chart on the centre pages. Haven't looked at the mag yet other than to make sure the chart was in it!

pjohnson

Corholio wrote: »

Any newspapers with wallcharts this weekend? I saw the Daily Mail has one but any others?

The guardian had a handy enough little thing in the middle of their WC booklet. Be no use for a wall mind.

Harry Palmr

Tunisia v Spain is on Freesports this evening. KO 7.45 or 8 pm

pjohnson

Enzo Perez replaces Lanzini.

Corholio

Corholio wrote: »

Any newspapers with wallcharts this weekend? I saw the Daily Mail has one but any others?

It seems it's the UK Daily Mail that has the wallchart today, not the Irish one.

Harry Palmr

Spain with most of the ball but Tunisia equal to them in terms of goal threat.

Mr.Nice Guy

Serbia taking Heads and Volleys to a whole new level.

https://twitter.com/MarkovicNeb/status/1005493178517086216

The Talking Bread

What is it about Serbian full backs!

Ivanovic and Kolarov really don't do simple goals

I remember this goal v Villa, almost exact same angle but took it on the other foot

Prone to many a frustrating mistake and makes Valencia look like Beckham at times with his crossing but he was a Fantasy football gold when at Chelsea with finishes like that and bullet headers,,,,,,,,,,,,,,and sure we all know that is the true barometer when measuring a players ability

Stephen15

Frankie goes to Russia on BBC2 now

The Talking Bread

Stephen15 wrote: »

Frankie goes to Russia on BBC2 now

I am guessing RTE will have a "Marty goes to Moscow" version out soon as well

statesaver

Stephen15 wrote: »

Frankie goes to Russia on BBC2 now

Feck, missed it. Was watching that SoccerAid shíte.

Mr.Prodston

Any interesting articles or previews or any good world cup content knocking about I'd be delighted if anyone would post it up?

I'm off for a few days before back to work for 9 days come Thursday (I know :eek: ) so trying to get ahead of the curve if I can!

Cheers in advance folks

BullBlackNova

The Guardian has a fairly extensive World Cup section under their football content. New stuff added each day previewing teams, picking out players to watch out for, asking foreign players/journalists to rate their own country's chances, etc. Find myself going back there more than any other site so far!

Few decent podcasts too - the Totally Football Show, the Guardian Football Weekly. Previewing groups over the last few days.

yabadabado

The Guardian World Cup section is excellent.

namloc1980

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

Any interesting articles or previews or any good world cup content knocking about I'd be delighted if anyone would post it up?

I'm off for a few days before back to work for 9 days come Thursday (I know :eek: ) so trying to get ahead of the curve if I can!

Cheers in advance folks

The Totally Football Show with James Richardson have a 3 part World Cup preview podcast that's worth a listen.

Mr.Nice Guy

Agree that the Guardian coverage is very good. Also I'd recommend the Tifo Football animated previews from Youtube. They are doing a rundown of the tactical side of things from each group. Here's the one for Group A:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3TLgrXYzaQ

They are up to Group F at the moment with the remaining ones being added in the next few days. There's some other nice player profiles available too on their channel.

citytillidie

Today's star has a 48 page magazine in it along with a wall chart for those still looking for one

Glebee

Any newspapers doing walls chart before it starts over the coming days, forgot to pick one up and young lads asked me this evening have I got one?

lassykk

Glebee wrote: »

Any newspapers doing walls chart before it starts over the coming days, forgot to pick one up and young lads asked me this evening have I got one?

See the post literally above yours

Glebee

lassykk wrote: »

This post has been deleted.

Doooh, sorry about that...

lassykk

Glebee wrote: »

Doooh, sorry about that...

Sorry I came across snotty in my reply. Wasn't my intention

Guffy

Haven't gotten a wallchart and its the young lads first world cup (that he can watch). Any lalers left or just print one off? I duno, it just doesn't feel the same not having it from the paper, nostalgia and all that.

lassykk

This should print out in good quality if you want one

upandcumming

Here is a PDF of a World Cup chart from Reddit. I split it into two pages (two A3 pages to be put together)
https://www.sendspace.com/file/rk3vg3
I can't attach it here as it is 40MB in size.

DJIMI TRARORE

Regarding the wall charts,Paddy Power apparently have free ones in-store only

Ferris_Bueller

Getting excited for this now! Can anyone recommend any good pubs to watch the matches on Saturday in Dublin city? Ideally the southside.

Paully D

So it appears that the President of the Spanish FA has decided to sack Lopetegui last night after feeling betrayed that he took the Real job, but has reportedly been talked down for the moment!

Shanotheslayer

Ferris_Bueller wrote: »

Getting excited for this now! Can anyone recommend any good pubs to watch the matches on Saturday in Dublin city? Ideally the southside.

Now I know what Ferris Bueller really did on his day off.

BullBlackNova

Paully D wrote: »

So it appears that the President of the Spanish FA has decided to sack Lopetegui last night after feeling betrayed that he took the Real job, but has reportedly been talked down for the moment!

Yikes. How's that for helping your preparations...

Wonder will it affect the Spanish camp? The timing really was poor from their perspective.

GavRedKing

Paully D wrote: »

So it appears that the President of the Spanish FA has decided to sack Lopetegui last night after feeling betrayed that he took the Real job, but has reportedly been talked down for the moment!

Real could have waited until the WC or more specifically, Spains WC was over to announce it.

Cotts72

Did the Examiner release their world cup guide ? Usually a great read with an old wallchart

Hector Savage

2026 World Cup venue will be decided today, really hope it's Mexico, USA + Canada ... would hate it Morocco got it.

Imagine playing the 1st group match in Mexico City and then the next in Edmonton Canada ! ..

Gbear

Hector Savage wrote: »

2026 World Cup venue will be decided today, really hope it's Mexico, USA + Canada ... would hate it Morocco got it.

Imagine playing the 1st group match in Mexico City and then the next in Edmonton Canada ! ..

Seems daft. Travel sounds a nightmare. Any one of those countries could host and already be a bit of a pain to travel around. The Russians at least kept it to European Russia.

pjohnson

GavRedKing wrote: »

Real could have waited until the WC or more specifically, Spains WC was over to announce it.

Apparently they had no choice. The Real players knew, but it leaked to a Barca player so they had to pre-empt it leaking hence the sudden announcement.

Adamcp898

Hector Savage wrote: »

2026 World Cup venue will be decided today, really hope it's Mexico, USA + Canada ... would hate it Morocco got it.

Imagine playing the 1st group match in Mexico City and then the next in Edmonton Canada ! ..

People giving out about the distances between in venues in Russia would be better to take it off.

Although if they committed to only play matches in the Eastern timezone then I could be persuaded. Would make for decent TV times here, first match ~5 pm, last ~midnight :pac:

citytillidie

Hector Savage wrote: »

2026 World Cup venue will be decided today, really hope it's Mexico, USA + Canada ... would hate it Morocco got it.

Imagine playing the 1st group match in Mexico City and then the next in Edmonton Canada ! ..

If it is a North America winning i am sure they would match cities up better than in 94.

Don't forget this will also be a 48 team World Cup so teams will have 2 group games going by that format.

dr.kenneth noisewater

Cotts72 wrote:

Did the Examiner release their world cup guide ? Usually a great read with an old wallchart

It was out Monday

citytillidie

Adamcp898 wrote: »

People giving out about the distances between in venues in Russia would be better to take it off.

Although if they committed to only play matches in the Eastern timezone then I could be persuaded. Would make for decent TV times here, first match ~5 pm, last ~midnight :pac:

Distance between the two cities further apart is only 200 miles more than the distance between two cities in the 2014 World Cup

Adamcp898

citytillidie wrote: »

Distance between the two cities further apart is only 200 miles more than the distance between two cities in the 2014 World Cup

Yep, and plenty gave out about the choice of venues for it too.

ArmaniJeanss

Bit of me would love if FIFA had the chutzpah to pick Morocco just to stick two figures up at Trump/FBI/that whole thing.
But realistically looking at the bids its about 1/500 North America, 200/1 Morocco.

The Americas is the no1 time zone for us watching on TV anyway so for the best I guess.

Cotts72

dr.kenneth noisewater wrote: »

It was out Monday

Dammit

The Talking Bread

ArmaniJeanss wrote: »

Bit of me would love if FIFA had the chutzpah to pick Morocco just to stick two figures up at Trump/FBI/that whole thing.
But realistically looking at the bids its about 1/500 North America, 200/1 Morocco.

The Americas is the no1 time zone for us watching on TV anyway so for the best I guess.

What's it to do with Trump or the FBI and he will be long gone by time 2026 comes along ?? Even if he gets second term

alchemist33

It has nothing to do with him but you can be pretty sure he'll claim credit for it, assuming they get it.

pjohnson

alchemist33 wrote: »

It has nothing to do with him but you can be pretty sure he'll claim credit for it, assuming they get it.

Poor Mexico wouldnt be able to participate with that wall in the way :pac:

Adamcp898

The Talking Bread wrote: »

What's it to do with Trump or the FBI and he will be long gone by time 2026 comes along ?? Even if he gets second term

Tweeted a not so subtle threat last week that any nation that doesn't support the NA bid may have any US aid or support they receive reviewed. That's what it has to do with him.

ArmaniJeanss

The Talking Bread wrote: »

What's it to do with Trump or the FBI and he will be long gone by time 2026 comes along ?? Even if he gets second term

Trump - some vague threats the last few days about how the voting countries should remember who their friends are etc.

FBI - fairly obvious no? the whole investigation sparked off by Qatar getting 2022 ahead the USA. So I think it would be funny if new FIFA just decided to go with Morocco which is the lesser financially lucrative bid this time. As proof that money isn't their big issue anymore.

But meh, with serious hat on, the NthAm bid is clearly better.

RayCon

The Talking Bread wrote: »

What's it to do with Trump or the FBI and he will be long gone by time 2026 comes along ?? Even if he gets second term

True ... but thanks to Trump , US relationships with Mexico and Canada aren't exactly best buds at the moment ... could influence votes.

Then again , it's FIFA and revenue generation from the US seriously "trumps" staging it in Morocco - if you'll excuse the pun and we all know how much FIFA likes it's money

murpho999

Lopetegui sacked by Spain is now doing the rounds.

Adamcp898

It's member states that vote by the way not FIFA or its various officials. New FIFA is exactly the same as old FIFA it seems and Gianni is doing everything he can to ensure a NA win.