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Pele, Maradonna, Eusebio, Di Stefano, Charlton, Best, Puskas, Beckenbauer, Moore. Cannavaro was a better player than C.Ronaldo is. Ronaldo is nowhere near to being a GOAT. He and Messi are just trumpeted by Asian football fans who invariably support Barcelona or Real Madrid as 'the best ever' since ...

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Im supporting England now. My two teams are gone Germany and Argentina. Supporting Croatia now. Still going with my tip France to win it outright. Don't fancy supporting your neighbours (who would support Ireland if they ever got to a World Cup)? Yep that's how it works. If the Scotland and Wales w...

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iarmhiman wrote:
CrazyIslander wrote:Im supporting England now.

My two teams are gone Germany and Argentina.

Supporting Croatia now. Still going with my tip France to win it outright.

Don't fancy supporting your neighbours (who would support Ireland if they ever got to a World Cup)?

englishchief

It's coming out of taxes that would be reduced if the orphans had adopted parents...

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Hope Uruguay beat France. Germany, Argentina, Portugal and France would all be out

englishchief

That was... enjoyable. Sharks on the up, Lions in freefall.

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You can't judge England (or Belgium) for the dull game between their 2nd XI's, both teams were drastically weakened.

It's also really funny when 'England fans' are grouped as a single entity

that has set opinions that every England fan follows and believes

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TheSmurf wrote:
englishchief wrote:
TheSmurf wrote:Say what you like about him, Jantjies takes the hits and keeps getting up. Respect.
Can't get a head injury if you don't have a brain
So you're basically unbreakable then?

Some might say that. Maybe I'm a distant relation to Elton?

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TheSmurf wrote:Say what you like about him, Jantjies takes the hits and keeps getting up. Respect.

Can't get a head injury if you don't have a brain

englishchief

26, Across

Spoiler: show

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Uruguay vs Portugal may break a record for the maximum time the ball isn't in play, in my opinion. Referees generally don't add time for anything except injuries where the medical team attends to the player, or 30 seconds per substitution.

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Really looking forward to this. SA bragging rights at stake.

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They're going after ring girls in boxing next

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Bayern wrote:Very little diving in that match so that was refreshing...

Northern Europeans

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Nice to see so many British Isles lads supporting England... All I'll say is: England now have a better chance of reaching a semi-final. England now have a lower chance of reaching a quarter-final. And the fact that only 2-4 of the players playing today would be in the starting XI means that Englan...

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Nice to see so many British Isles lads supporting England... All I'll say is: England now have a better chance of reaching a semi-final. England now have a lower chance of reaching a quarter-final. And the fact that only 2-4 of the players playing today would be in the starting XI means that Englan...

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Yep... I said before the tournament, 2nd Rd or Qtr Final and I'd be elated. Anything but group stage humiliation would be fine. I've got that now. Anything more is a brucey bonus. France still my favourites... Just. Yep. Building for 2020 and 2022. But that's the first time these words actually mea...

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Hope Cameron can show Rassie what he is missing...

englishchief

Nice to see so many British Isles lads supporting England... All I'll say is: England now have a better chance of reaching a semi-final. England now have a lower chance of reaching a quarter-final. And the fact that only 2-4 of the players playing today would be in the starting XI means that England...

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The scrounging buggers can just buy condoms and save themselves and the rest of us money They also forget that the advice to use protection is applicable to everyone, and is based on the idea that protection stops the spread of every STI, not just HIV. The NHS is very negligent in not making this p...

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The scrounging buggers can just buy condoms and save themselves and the rest of us money

englishchief

If women want sportswomen to be paid as much as sportsmen it's within their power. Watch Women's sports, read/click articles about sportswomen, attend womens sports events, buy the merchandise of women's sports teams. With enough interest, the sponsorship/advertising money will follow. Stop being s...

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Poland to beat Japan, would be the most 2018WC thing to happen. Hence I actually think it's better for us to win. Yeah, I've come round to this way of thinking. As Lineker posted on twitter, we've won 2 knockout games since 1990. 'Planning' our route to the semi-finals is getting ahead of ourselves...

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The loony left are really scraping the bottom of the barrel here. It's about $250 for Lord's sake

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It's just nostalgia for past players. Even Italy 2006 had some average players, like Grosso, Cameronasi, Toni, etc. You need 4-5 world class players and the rest just need to be solid.

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Cheating Costa Rican twat. Something has to be done about this. This is the #1 sport in the world, teh showpiece tournament, littered with cheats. Uterly appalling. Imagine if Switzerland had gone out because of that??? They need to start putting heavy sanctions on these gutless cnuts. What happened?

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Whoever finishes second in England's group has Switzerland or Sweden in the quarter final, assuming they beat the team that finishes top of Japan's group (probably Japan). Tasty.

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Nobody has discussed this but so far by people who has been to Russia I have heard that this's one of the most brilliant Cups in history, amazing stadiums, organization is perfect, hosts are friendly, etc. etc. Yep, what the England fans on the ground are saying too according to YouTube. Seen inter...

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Japan in the R16 and Switzerland in the QF would be very tempting for Eng/Bel to throw the game and finish second. Potentially a smooth ride to a semi. Only recent one I can think of is Italy in 2006 who played Australia in R16 then Ukraine in the QF, which is probably the easiest of all time. Altho...

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earl the beaver wrote:The curse of champions isn't it?

Performance in subsequent tournaments

1998 France, 2002 out in group
2002 Brazil, 2006 made it through
2006 Italy, 2010 out in group
2010 Spain, 2014 out in group
2014 Germany, 2018 out in group

Suddenly it doesn't seem so bad if England don't win it

englishchief

Lastly, VAR was excellent today- just shows that it's the referees who make it good/bad, not the idea of VAR itself.

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Speaking of mockers, I think there's potential for the mockers to be called in to action if one of England/Belgium decide to play for 2nd place in the group.

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LandOTurk wrote:BBC headline - is not Mex and Swe are through, of course

It's the leading headline on the main news page, let alone the sports pages

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When you go to Germany, just remember, don't mention the var

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That was... delicious

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Cartman wrote:Who gets Mex as it stands?

Brazil

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c'mon germany, 2 goals to take the latinos out 1 goal is enough? Then Germany would have +1 goal difference, Mexico would have 0 if it stays 2-0 to Sweden. Think so. Massive shame if Mexico don't make it. They're a great team Losing 3-0 to Sweden isn't a great team. Mexico only had to draw to finis...

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Akkerman wrote:c'mon germany, 2 goals to take the latinos out

1 goal is enough? Then Germany would have +1 goal difference, Mexico would have 0 if it stays 2-0 to Sweden.

englishchief

I don't buy the 'gaining momentum' argument. All the most recent World Cup winners have looked good the whole tournament. Germany beat Portugal 4-0 or 4-1 in the group during 2014, Italy were hard done by in the group in 2006 but looked very solid, same with Spain. The main thing all those teams ha...

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I can roll a 50p through my fingers very quickly

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