World Cup 2018 thread

**Goofle** · 06-22-2018, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Easily? To my unsophisticated eye Brazil looked a lot like Argentina until the lost time. It was nil nil at 90 minutes and like Argentina they were applying constant pressure just not finishing. Costa Rica’s goalie is a bad ass, btw.

Now that I’m a soccer lad I got opinions yo!

No other squad has the same versatility in midfield and attack. They can choose from any formation and make it work with top class/world class players in basically every position. If they need to go counter-attack they have the midfielders to do so, or if they want to play high press, possession, all-out attack etc. they can make it work.

France have a great squad but their coach seems completely unwilling to make any kind of sensible decisions. And the players overall are slightly overrated imo.

Oriphiel · 06-22-2018, 08:25 PM

Hey Goof, any thoughts about Nigeria?

**Goofle** · 06-22-2018, 08:50 PM

Rubbish team.

Musa always been one of my bois though. Top lad.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 06-23-2018, 06:01 AM

Belgium vs Tunisia now. England's group.

Inshallah Tunisia draw. Come on lads!

~~Cuthbert~~ · 06-23-2018, 08:09 AM

Thoughts Q?

Trollheart · 06-23-2018, 09:19 AM

Belgium easily through. FIVE, Monkey! FIVE goals they scored. Against Tunisia. Just sayin'....

Come on Mexico!

What a cool customer the SK goalie is! Waiting to take a drink of water before facing the penalty! And what a penalty! 1-0 to the Mex!

~~Cuthbert~~ · 06-23-2018, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Belgium easily through. FIVE, Monkey! FIVE goals they scored. Against Tunisia. Just sayin'....

Come on Mexico!

Fell to pieces after the third goal.

We could have had five as well to be fair though.

Carlos Vela, 1-0 to Mexico.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 06-23-2018, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Fluff

Thoughts Q?

Lukaku could be the best striker in the world if someone taught him the fundamentals of dribbling

outside of his first touch he’s a ****ing monster. pace, strength, clinical as all hell.

i like our chances if big teams keep slipping up but the issue is what we do well is move the ball and score, our defense is far from good. against a team like Germany or France we will have the ball kept from us and unless we can pick up goals on the break they will just pick us off by a goal or two. we can’t do anything without the ball at our feet and we don’t have the type of squad that goes and wins the ball.

big part of the reason why I miss Radja, he was our workhorse in the midfield who would make the big plays that could lead to a Hazard or KdB masterclass.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 06-23-2018, 10:24 AM

Mexico are brutal on the counter attack.

@Q Lukaku is so clumsy imo but two good finishes for his goals today.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 06-23-2018, 10:26 AM

imo it will be Kane vs Lukaku for best goal scorer in the prem for years to come. especially once Salah leaves.

let the record show im incredibly biased.

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Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	Belgium easily through. FIVE, Monkey! FIVE goals they scored. Against Tunisia. Just sayin'.... Come on Mexico! What a cool customer the SK goalie is! Waiting to take a drink of water before facing the penalty! And what a penalty! 1-0 to the Mex! __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018 Last edited by Trollheart; 06-23-2018 at 09:26 AM.

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~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	Belgium vs Tunisia now. England's group. Inshallah Tunisia draw. Come on lads!

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~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	Thoughts Q?

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~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	Mexico are brutal on the counter attack. @Q Lukaku is so clumsy imo but two good finishes for his goals today.