The Peace and Love World Cup : Russia 2018

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I imagine that our players are getting the exit date on their visas as the day after our last group game.

Hart? You know this shampoo pushing goon will be flapping at extra swervy round world cup balls before having to pick them up out of the back of the net. Can you imagine the dull vacuous and gormless glare of Phil Jones as anyone with guile dances past him?

Do we have any serious talent in the team? Kane? Put him on corners like we did at the last one so we can minimise his goal scoring prowess - that should ensure we are totally useless.

A narked looking Delli Ali wondering why he has gotten his second yellow card from a ref who doesn't understand that no PL ref gives him the benefit of doubt over a studs up challenge. Danny Welbeck sprinting like he was in treacle to trap an out ball in the corner and failing miserably. Vardy running on as substitute and looking like the poor neglected kid with nits that has a chip on his shoulder when he doesn't have any quality being pinged to him.

Uff... Henderson running like he has an adult nappy full of no 2, and a face looking like he doesn't like the smell of it. Lallana and his nivead visage coming to terms with the fact that having been told he has quick feet doesn't measure up when he actually plays against players who do have quick feet.

Get the U20s from last year's world cup win and let them have it with a couple of the older squad who have an inkling of quality. At least then we'd have an outside chance in another 4-8 years' time.

Oh and get rid of Southgate. A manager so bad, that he's only there by default because Big Scam was just to odious and despicable a character to be in charge.

I do hope that come the final, they've miracled their way into it, and have a chance. But I don't think so.

At least Pickford is the only one there. No one else to go to the a tapping up get together where players from CL clubs can entice non CL club players to come to their team.
 
Yes, but you have to wait about two weeks for that pay off. If the Crusaders are left at home you just get 4 weeks of unadulterated football without the flag waving and then teeth grinding after the inevitable collapse.

I see the wait as a form of edging personally.
 
I see the wait as a form of edging personally.
Ha ha ha.

I get your reasoning. But I've seen that story play out so many times it almost gets boring now.

Just think of the benefits of England sat at home: no car window flags; no town centre riots; no ramping up of attacks on Muslim communities; no WWII imagery in the press.
 
If you want an idea of what a mess this is going to be then I recommend watching icarus, the documentary that won the Oscar. It's on Netflix. State sponsored doping across all sports, and we're not talking about a bit of extra salbutamol for asthma
 
It's inevitable that there is going to be at least one huge controversy at this WC.
All the ingredients are there. It just remains to be seen whether it's on or off the pitch, or both.
 
This kicks off in less than a month and I'm not seeing much about it. None of the usual 'Xerox is the official photocopier of the world cup' wall to wall adverts that you usually see by now.

Is anyone bothered anymore?

Even the 'middling' nations are generally full of players who play in top leagues, are coached by decent, well-recognised managers and employ similar tactics.

International football is just a lower quality version of the product that people all over the world now have access too.
 
This kicks off in less than a month and I'm not seeing much about it. None of the usual 'Xerox is the official photocopier of the world cup' wall to wall adverts that you usually see by now.

Is anyone bothered anymore?

Even the 'middling' nations are generally full of players who play in top leagues, are coached by decent, well-recognised managers and employ similar tactics.

International football is just a lower quality version of the product that people all over the world now have access too.
thats the spirit, everything is crap now because it is different to your youth
 
This kicks off in less than a month and I'm not seeing much about it. None of the usual 'Xerox is the official photocopier of the world cup' wall to wall adverts that you usually see by now.

Is anyone bothered anymore?

Even the 'middling' nations are generally full of players who play in top leagues, are coached by decent, well-recognised managers and employ similar tactics.

International football is just a lower quality version of the product that people all over the world now have access too.

It’s mostly because of where this one’s being held I think. No one’s real eager to mention the word Russia in an advert, for pretty obvious reasons.
 
thats the spirit, everything is crap now because it is different to your youth

I mean, I didn't say it was crap, if anything the teams play better football, just not comparable to that in league football, which is very readily accessible compared to twenty years ago.
 
I used to LOVE the World Cup. Even a season leading up to a World Cup was exciting. Back when International Football was genuinely exciting and the pinnacle of the game.

Unfortunately, it has long since been usurped by Club Football in terms of quality. I think the last World Cup I really looked forward to was 2006.

I just hope that it’s an entertaining tournament and that the weather here is good so I get caught up in it.
 
I used to LOVE the World Cup. Even a season leading up to a World Cup was exciting. Back when International Football was genuinely exciting and the pinnacle of the game.

Unfortunately, it has long since been usurped by Club Football in terms of quality. I think the last World Cup I really looked forward to was 2006.

I just hope that it’s an entertaining tournament and that the weather here is good so I get caught up in it.

Club footie burns out many a player come tourney time. I think that's a big problem. Another problem, too many tourneys in international footie.

In a way expansion to 48 teams might help the quality/excitement a bit. Clubs can tinker more and perhaps find a style that fits. Stars can be rested more. one example is that ACN is crippled with defensive non-risk taking clubs because 1 loss is pretty much the end of your qualification run. That shouldn't be the case anymore. I don't think the UEFA teams are helped by playing Gibraltar, San Marino etc so they can leave the starters at home now.

I still love it though. I want see guys like Messi out of his Barca bubble and having to carry a club that has just a couple stars and a bunch of players who are somewhere around everton quality. You don't know the winner of the tourney before the 1st ball is kicked like in club footie.
 
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