World Cup 2018 thread

Chula Vista · 07-15-2018, 01:51 PM

France? FRANCE? Not to sound racist, but Hispanic countries all over the world have to be in utter shock.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 07-15-2018, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

France? FRANCE? Not to sound racist, but Hispanic countries all over the world have to be in utter shock.

Why

Trollheart · 07-15-2018, 02:06 PM

Ah well, at least grindy gets to sleep in peace tonight!

(As long as the Croatians aren't up drowning their sorrows into the small hours...)

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Originally Posted by Fluff

Top post Q-Man second place actually flatters them as well.

2018 World Cup best of my lifetime btw.

Agree 100%

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Top wumming

Huh?

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Harry Kane Golden Boot
Podium finish
Two knockout wins in a row
Penalty curse broken
Record win in a World Cup
The rise of our young defenders

So much to be positive about. Best moment for me was Dier's penalty actually had a tear in my eye

Football

Wiith England hosting in the next Euros, we should be looking to do well there.

Great tournament lots of great games and goals. Hope you all enjoyed it lads.

Superb from start to finish. Great advertisement for the sport.

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

France? FRANCE? Not to sound racist, but Hispanic countries all over the world have to be in utter shock.

Yeah, why? Argentina, Spain, Brazil all crashed out. Why shouldn't France, who are now inarguably the best team in the world, win it?

The Batlord · 07-15-2018, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Fluff

Croatia catching an inexperienced England team on an off day is actually the biggest moment in their entire history

France have deserved this. Been the best team and didn't need extra time in their knockouts to win. Croatia after having an easy draw fluked it through three knockouts with extra time and penalties, had hoped we would see a decent performance from them today but it's been a poor showing and the most one sided final in 20 years. Painful to watch.

So if England had gotten to the finals and won would they have deserved it after an easy draw and losing a game just to dodge a better team?

~~Cuthbert~~ · 07-15-2018, 02:14 PM

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So if England had gotten to the finals and won would they have deserved it after an easy draw and losing a game just to dodge a better team?

We did get to "the finals".

And yes because they would have won. Croatia didn't win though. And all three of their knockout games were draws as well other than the final, which they lost.

Trollheart · 07-15-2018, 02:33 PM

Another month to go, Fluff....

Akai · 07-15-2018, 02:38 PM

September

Wembley

The Batlord · 07-15-2018, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Fluff

We did get to "the finals".

The **** are you on about? They got shitcanned in the semis.

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And yes because they would have won. Croatia didn't win though. And all three of their knockout games were draws as well other than the final, which they lost.

That is stupid. They didn't get to play France cause they got beat by Croatia beat by Croatia beat by Croatia beat by Croatia beat by Croatia beat by Croatia so you can't say what they would or wouldn't have done. Cause they got beat by Croatia. And like you said England had an easy draw and then acted like fake athletes by throwing a game for a strategic advantage. Doesn't sound like a team who deserved to win.

And didn't we have a discussion a while back where you said that the World Cup isn't about deciding the best team? It's about the team that scores the most goals, something which can be affected by the teams you play and luck? So saying that a team doesn't deserve to win is nonsensical as the competition is not structured in such a way that the best team wins anyway.

~~MicShazam~~ · 07-15-2018, 02:40 PM

A semi final is a kind of final, isn't it?

Not that it matters. Carry on.

Trollheart · 07-15-2018, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Akai

September

Wembley

August, surely?

Also, Batty don't know ****. The World Cup finals is the tournament. The World Cup FINAL (singular) is the last match which decides it. Educate yourself, fool.

07-15-2018, 01:51 PM	#2061 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	France? FRANCE? Not to sound racist, but Hispanic countries all over the world have to be in utter shock. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

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Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	Another month to go, Fluff.... __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

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Akai Godless Ape Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Britannia Posts: 1,255	September Wembley __________________ ''To be honest, in my opinion, of course without offending anyone who thinks differently from my point of view, but also by looking into this matter from a different perspective and by considering each and every one's valid opinion, I do believe that I forgot what I was going to say.'' S p o t i f y

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~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,634	A semi final is a kind of final, isn't it? Not that it matters. Carry on.