World Cup 2018 thread

[Cuthbert]

Full time in Georgia. The lads from the Land of Song win 1-0, a good, solid performance from the boyos. Parties in The Valleys tonight.

Will you be watching Ireland, TH?

[Trollheart]

Originally Posted by Man like Monkey

Full time in Georgia. The lads from the Land of Song win 1-0, a good, solid performance from the boyos. Parties in The Valleys tonight.

Will you be watching Ireland, TH?

Was that today? If so, then no obviously, I missed it. But if it's tomorrow then I'll watch the highlights, as I always do. Much as I love football, I find it quite boring to sit through a whole match, and doubly so when it's Ireland. 85 minutes of nothing happening on our side, a lucky shot, an undeserved penalty, a bad decision, aliens invading ... whatever weird circumstances result in our actually getting a goal is not worth sitting through the rest of the tedium for.

[Cuthbert]

Originally Posted by Trollheart

Was that today? If so, then no obviously, I missed it. But if it's tomorrow then I'll watch the highlights, as I always do. Much as I love football, I find it quite boring to sit through a whole match, and doubly so when it's Ireland. 85 minutes of nothing happening on our side, a lucky shot, an undeserved penalty, a bad decision, aliens invading ... whatever weird circumstances result in our actually getting a goal is not worth sitting through the rest of the tedium for.

Won 2-0, last night.

So what happens if Ireland make it to the WC? Will you not watch the matches then assuming you have the time?

I feel similar when it's an England qualifier but when it's the tournament proper I am hooked. More emotionally invested when the matches really matter. Thursday night was painful, I don't care how much anyone supports England.

[Ol’ Qwerty Bastard]

england are the best team to watch in the tournament cuz u know no matter what they’ll always find a way to bottle it

[Cuthbert]

Originally Posted by Qwertyy

england are the best team to watch in the tournament cuz u know no matter what they’ll always find a way to bottle it

Some of the best England bottle jobs:

First group game, 2-0 up, lost 3-2:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMn7I3rImWk

Same tournament, just needed a draw in the final group game:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80hZNGOY_g8

Euro 2008 qualifiers, in this qualifying campaign we looked to have blown it a while before this final game, but Russia lost away to Israel 2-1 in the penultimate game which allowed us back in, for England's final game, we only needed a draw at home to Croatia. Absolute banter to fuck this one up so badly:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxXba_ENkDE

This is just , England women in the WC semi final:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySaEDzBVgrA

The penalty shoot outs of 2006 & 2012 were bad too, we were winning and still blew it

[Ol’ Qwerty Bastard]

Originally Posted by Man like Monkey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySaEDzBVgrA

The penalty shoot outs of 2006 & 2012 were bad too, we were winning and still blew it

tbf that's a beautiful goal. shame it was wasted on the wrong end

a couple more years of growing pains are in order but i'm very excited for 2020 & 2022. England could do big things.

[Trollheart]

Originally Posted by Man like Monkey

Won 2-0, last night.

So what happens if Ireland make it to the WC? Will you not watch the matches then assuming you have the time?

I feel similar when it's an England qualifier but when it's the tournament proper I am hooked. More emotionally invested when the matches really matter. Thursday night was painful, I don't care how much anyone supports England.

If by some miracle we get there, then I'll probably watch the matches full, but the problem is always that I have to record them, as I'd be feeding Karen or something, and once they're recorded it's hard not to hit that fast-forward button, esp if nothing is happening for long periods. And of course, with the World Cup, you have so many matches to try to watch, again I tend to watch mostly the highlights shows. Nothing worse than anticipating a great match that turns out to be a damp squib, unless it's not bothering with one that looks like it wouldn't be up to much and it turns out to be the game of the tournament!