14 minutes ago, jim mk2 said:

Bad news - we weren't going but now we are

Please change your mind again, Jim😬

We’re jinxed with teams who’ve got a newly appointed manager for their first game. Good appointment for QPR, Ainsworth was well liked as a player there.

Surely the person responsible for this shit show is the chief executive, aka S. Waggot. Is it not his job to make sure that the admin side of the club is armed with the full details of how things are run? Also, have we not got what used to be called The Secretary”, whose job it is to sort out transfer paperwork? 

One of the issues in recent games has been the complete lack of goals from BBD and Dacky. The mood would be very different if those two hadn’t been firing blanks.

Here’s a frightening prospect for everyone; TM takes Sunderland up, via the play-offs. They’re one point outside the top 6 at present.

Yes, thank you Herbie, a lot of fun.

I have complete admiration for both teams, who produced a brilliant game of football after a gruelling month long tournament. The falsehood that only teams of a Latin temperament push the boundaries of what is perceived to be cheating is a load of garbage. We see diving and feigning injury in every PL game, Ferguson’s United were masters it and Don Revie’s Leeds were the doyens of the dark arts in football. If England had a bit more devilment about them, they’d maybe win a tournament. Argentina for the first 80 minutes today were excellent, and fully deserved to win the WC.

What a fantastic game of football. This is why we love the game. The pressure on these players in front of billions of people and they can produce drama like this.

1 minute ago, K-Hod said:

Love him or hate him, Di Maria has brought his 2014 CL final performance out today for the lads.

According to the anti-Argentina brigade, they are a one man team. Watching this, they have quality over the whole team. 

Sensational breakaway goal. 

Morocco should be called “Europe select of players not born in Morocco”, 10 of their team tonight fall into that category. 

Come on France! Silence this whistling, disrespectful bunch of Moroccan supporters. The only game so far where the Qatar riot police have been on patrol. 

Now then, Jim, I hope you can appreciate the brilliance of Messi with that goal.

At the risk of being labelled a Messi love-in freak, the man has tormented Croatia this half with some brilliant football. 

On 10/12/2022 at 21:09, Herbie6590 said:

What a great day for football eh ? 

Here's the latest table...

4 games left (we'll count the 3rd place p/o...)

 

Herbie,

in this post you mention 4 games. I’ve assumed you want results from all 4, but others are just doing semis. How many predicted scores are you after at this stage?

Argentina 2 Croatia 0

France 3 Morocco 0

3rd Place Play-Off Croatia 2 Morocco 1

Final Argentina 2 France 1

(PS assuming usual rule of score at 90 mins)

In the cold light of day, France scored two brilliant goals and England missed a pen. Ref made some terrible decisions but England had the chances to score despite him. If you don’t take your chances, you have only yourself to blame.

A game with everything; goals, fights, pens and drama. Loved it.

A fantastic effort by Croatia. Well done! Brazil only played well in the first half against South Korea. Too many prima donnas.

Croatia 0 Brazil 2

Netherlands 1 Argentina 2

Morocco 0 Portugal 2

England 0 France 1

France 3 Poland 1

England 1 Senegal 1

Japan 1 Croatia 2

Brazil 3 South Korea 0

Morocco 0 Spain 2

Portugal 2 Switzerland 1

Another athletes’ team beaten by a football team today. Football the winner, thank goodness.

15 minutes ago, Gav said:

He played in a pub league with pub players all his career, but on the international stage he could play, superb player, but just behind Maradona and Super Atko for me. 

 

Brazilian 1st Division when hardly any S. American footballers played overseas is hardly playing in a pub league with pub team footballers. Ok, he finished his career playing for NY Cosmos, but Pele was equally good with both feet, unlike Maradona and Messi, and he was a brilliant header of the ball. Three World Cup winner’s medals, youngest player ever in a final. The best player ever.

A classic example of a bunch of athletes lacking technique and football nouse versus a football team with players who have both in abundance.