World Cup 2018 countdown!!!!

[Master]

Switzerland have equalised against Brazil! Excellent, I may put a bet on Brazil to win the cup now, must get some good odds.

[Master]

Holy mother how is it 1-1against Tunisia?

[El Kabong]

Holy mother how is it 1-1against Tunisia?

Harry Kane apparently got speared in the area LOL

[Master]

Holy mother how is it 1-1against Tunisia?

Harry Kane apparently got speared in the area LOL

They were fouling Kane but let him go for the last one and it cost them.

They should never have got that penalty. Joke.

[TitoFan]

Either a lot of underachieving teams, or a lot of OVERachievers, depending on how you look at it.


Overachieved? or Underachieved? What do you think?

Egypt-Uruguay (EGY overachieved)

Argentina-Iceland (ARG underachieved)

Germany-Mexico (MEX overachieved)

Brazil-Switzerland (BRA underachieved)

England-Tunisia (? -- didn't see it)

[Beanz]

Fucking have it. Can't complain at the amount of chances we made even if we did not convert enough. People will always up their game and play every trick in the book against us but this team didn't let that stop them playing. Yes it is only Tunisia but despite having a myopic ref and a similarly short sighted cohort of linesmen and TV watching officials we did what we needed to. C'mon England.

[TitoFan]

So far Spain has looked the best, even though they tied with Portugal. Wouldn't be surprised to see them in the final game.

[X]

Either a lot of underachieving teams, or a lot of OVERachievers, depending on how you look at it.


Overachieved? or Underachieved? What do you think?

Egypt-Uruguay (EGY overachieved)

Argentina-Iceland (ARG underachieved)

Germany-Mexico (MEX overachieved)

Brazil-Switzerland (BRA underachieved)

England-Tunisia (? -- didn't see it)

Back in the day, there was a huge difference between the top teams and the minnows. The big boys were more professional, trained and practiced together and developed tactics. The small teams were much more amateur and unfit (which gave the favourites more time and space on the pitch, leading to predictable results and some whopping score lines)

Nowadays, qualifiers for the World Cup are all full time professionals, many of whom play with and against the top boys overseas. So, internationals are much much closer and the gap between minnows and sharks is very small indeed

[Mark TKO]

well 3 points but typical England experience

some promising signs - and chances missed that you can't at that level

Tunisia didn't deserve a point and the fact we got it in injury time will give us a massive boost - those fouls on Kane were criminal


My expectations still very low