World Cup 2018 countdown!!!!

[El Kabong]

Not to pile on Kirk, but from one of his favorite sources comes this gem....


Russia’s National Team Is Too Russian, Which Is One Reason It Will Bomb out of the World Cup
https://www.motherjones.com/politics...ism-world-cup/
As host of the 2018 World Cup, Russia has the privilege of playing in the first match of the month-long competition. And as Team Russia takes the field on Thursday, soccer fans will see a national team that looks almost nothing like tournament favorites Brazil, France, Germany, Spain, or Belgium.

Russia’s team is almost entirely made up of white players who make their living playing for the country’s domestic league.

I mean granted Russia probably ain't the favorites to win, but they DID just knock out Spain. Also whoever wrote that asinine article apparently doesn't understand the histories of the nations they listed all willy nilly.

Brazil is diverse and shit....yeah they got like 80% of all slaves in the TransAtlantic Slave Trade, Germans went there, the Portuguese went there, American Confederates went there...yeah they're "diverse"

France had an empire and part of that empire included many African nations, but also Asian and Middle Eastern nations.

Germany have been invaded by Turkish immigrants which is why gues like Ilkay Gundongan and Mesut Ozil were so happily pictured with Erdogan

Spain...where is their diversity?

Belgium....yeah not all that great of a colonial history. Lukaku is from Congolese parents....Leopold II anyone remember that guy?

Meanwhile....Russia while the Soviet Union had a great many different folk but also there's that one Brazilian that plays for them.

[Beanz]

Kindly Fuck off out of the football thread Lyle if all you want to do is make that about race ffs. Want to castigate the English team for not having enough white 'Anglo Saxons' while you are at it?

[El Kabong]

Kindly Fuck off out of the football thread Lyle if all you want to do is make that about race ffs. Want to castigate the English team for not having enough white 'Anglo Saxons' while you are at it?

Allllright then....I'm off this thread then.

[TitoFan]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/fif...id=mailsignout



How could you not root for Japan?

[Master]

Kindly Fuck off out of the football thread Lyle if all you want to do is make that about race ffs. Want to castigate the English team for not having enough white 'Anglo Saxons' while you are at it?

Allllright then....I'm off this thread then.

Both of you stop ruining a great thread and lets get back to the joy and beauty of the world cup.

[Beanz]

Kindly Fuck off out of the football thread Lyle if all you want to do is make that about race ffs. Want to castigate the English team for not having enough white 'Anglo Saxons' while you are at it?

Allllright then....I'm off this thread then.

Both of you stop ruining a great thread and lets get back to the joy and beauty of the world cup.

Exactamundo. 'Come on England'

This is the Windmill a local boozer a couple miles from me. Pass it quite regularly and lived near it for a while. Think it is probably one of the biggest England flags in the country.

[Batman]

Kindly Fuck off out of the football thread Lyle if all you want to do is make that about race ffs. Want to castigate the English team for not having enough white 'Anglo Saxons' while you are at it?

Allllright then....I'm off this thread then.

Both of you stop ruining a great thread and lets get back to the joy and beauty of the world cup.

Exactamundo. 'Come on England'

This is the Windmill a local boozer a couple miles from me. Pass it quite regularly and lived near it for a while. Think it is probably one of the biggest England flags in the country.

They could have at least ironed them creases out before putting it up

[smashup]

ironic that a country riddled with gun crime and cocaine are playing Columbia tonight 😂
Anyone else nervous?
Won't lie I am but a seriously fancy Harry to bang in at least 2, maybe another hatrick.
This is the fist time we are gonna see if this young team has the asshole for high pressure matches.
All they've done so far is beat one shit team and just beat a mediocre team.
Naturally everyone's getting excited as going forward we look lethal.
I do worry about Pickford as we face better teams, an accident waiting to happen if he keeps punching the ball straight back to their forwards.
Fingers crossed C'mon England!!!

[El Kabong]

Kindly Fuck off out of the football thread Lyle if all you want to do is make that about race ffs. Want to castigate the English team for not having enough white 'Anglo Saxons' while you are at it?

Allllright then....I'm off this thread then.

Both of you stop ruining a great thread and lets get back to the joy and beauty of the world cup.

[Master]

At last there is a goal in the Sweden v Switzerland match. Boring match.

[Xwetie]

At last there is a goal in the Sweden v Switzerland match. Boring match.

hmm, wonder who we beating next.