World Cup 2018 thread

[Ol’ Qwerty Bastard]

i like Yaya as a player but he does seem to always be full of excuses.

i’m sure by african he’s referring to players hailing directly from africa but i have a hard time believing someone would be that racist towards africans yet play black players from other nations quite regularly.

[Cuthbert]

Originally Posted by Ol’ Qwerty Bastard

i like Yaya as a player but he does seem to always be full of excuses.

i’m sure by african he’s referring to players hailing directly from africa but i have a hard time believing someone would be that racist towards africans yet play black players from other nations quite regularly.

The Africans Pep has dropped/got rid of were old, crap or not needed. If they were good they'd play. Never understood making this argument in football.

Toure is bitter.

[Ol’ Qwerty Bastard]

except selling Sammy Eto’o. he was in charge when he left Barca, right?

was a monster in his prime. even in the last few years he’s put up ridiculous numbers for his age in the turkish league.

[Cuthbert]

Yeah Eto'o is the only one that might not fit into that group but I'd still say Pep got it right in the end and that Toure is bitter.

[Cuthbert]

Which team are you following Q? England/Belgium/Argentina?

[Ol’ Qwerty Bastard]

mainly england and belgium, yeah.

going to try and catch as many brazil/argentina/france games as i can just because i think they are the front runners to win it, but they all have pretty boring groups so we will see.

[Cuthbert]

Originally Posted by Ol’ Qwerty Bastard

mainly england and belgium, yeah.

going to try and catch as many brazil/argentina/france games as i can just because i think they are the front runners to win it, but they all have pretty boring groups so we will see.

Do you feel like you're missing it a bit if Canada aren't there?

Euro 2008 doesn't even seem like it happened to me, I cannot remember a single game even though I watched it.

Suppose that's one positive of expanding the tournament to 48 teams. It would be good for more fans to be able to see their teams play.

[Ol’ Qwerty Bastard]

no because ive never seen canada do anything but lose. it might come off as just being a bitter fan, but i tend to not care how we do. even if we do make a major tournament by some miracle we just get absolutely smashed. maybe the day will come where we can actually field a decent 11, but until that day i won't lose any enjoyment over it.

[Cuthbert]

Fair enough. Hopefully they can improve and make it for 2026.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cana..._World_Cup_bid

[Cuthbert]

https://mobile.twitter.com/Robert_av...20226810310657

Originally Posted by Rob x @Robert_avfc14

Football might be coming home, but these two defiantly aren’t.