Qatar Hero - The World Cup 2022 thread

[genome]

Yeah that second VAR check was baffling. Penalty all day long

[Zip]

Canada have played superbly. Just got to finish off their chances
Junior playing well.

[South Coast Royal]

Classic stuff from Jenas "Belgium are so static" whereupon Batshuyi sprints after a long ball and smashes it home.
On paper Belgium have much more quality but I think it was Cloughie who was first quoted as "...but games aren't won on paper".

The Belgian back line has been around forever but surely they can't go far in the tournament with such a lack of pace.
Good on Canada for having a go.

[Mr Optimist]

Classic stuff from Jenas "Belgium are so static" whereupon Batshuyi sprints after a long ball and smashes it home.
On paper Belgium have much more quality but I think it was Cloughie who was first quoted as "...but games aren't won on paper".

The Belgian back line has been around forever but surely they can't go far in the tournament with such a lack of pace.
Good on Canada for having a go.

Reminds me of another fantastic Brian Clough quote “if God had wanted us to play football in the clouds, he’d have put grass in the sky”

[Sutekh]

Apparently Vertonghen has got 6 forced turnovers but Eustaquio is leading with 9 for Canada. Is a forced turnover an American thing for something like a foul?

[Conservative_dad]

If we're talking worst World Cup, I know everyone goes on about it being some sort of footballing renaissance but a lot of Italia 90 was pretty dreadful.

I love 90s football but some of the defending was crazy, nowhere near as organised as they are now

[Zip]

The 1990 World Cup was dire. The worst I can recall. Its fondly remembered here because England went deep.

Talking of England I really don't want to hear Welsh players talk about knocking them out of the World Cup. Do your talking on the pitch.

[bcubed]

The 1990 World Cup was dire. The worst I can recall. Its fondly remembered here because England went deep.

Talking of England I really don't want to hear Welsh players talk about knocking them out of the World Cup. Do your talking on the pitch.

Terry Butcher is on his way round to straighten you out! We can't have people dissing the 1990 World Cup can we Terry?

[Sanguine]

Perhaps another reason I look back on Italia '90 so fondly is that it was the first World Cup I watched. We all remember out first Reading game, or our favourite players when we were kids. There are a lot of 40 somethings here who, like me, I was 9 years old at the time, hadn't really watched international football before that tournament. To add to that from my perspective, my Dad bought our first colour TV ahead of the tournament - I remember being amazed at the photos of Terry Butcher covered in blood after the Sweden qualifier the year before, of course I knew he had an injury, but we had watched it in black and white.

[YorkshireRoyal99]

Apparently Vertonghen has got 6 forced turnovers but Eustaquio is leading with 9 for Canada. Is a forced turnover an American thing for something like a foul?

I'd presume a "forced turnover" would be pressure applied to the player on the ball which resulted in them giving the ball away.

[YorkshireRoyal99]

Canada were unlucky last night from what I've seen, seems like they went toe-to-toe with Belgium and were unlucky to come away with nothing, just lacked the quality in the final third really. Certainly given them something to build on and you'd expect both Croatia and Morocco to be more winnable fixtures than Belgium, on paper.

I don't really fancy Belgium this year. Seemed unconvincing last night and got a few ageing players within their squad as well now. I read a pre-tournament report that had Belgium as the 13th "favourites" to win the World Cup, which I found surprising as they were below the likes of Denmark, Croatia, Uruguay and I think had the same chances of winning as Switzerland.

[genome]

Korea's backline

[Zammo]

90 minute yawnfest zoom meeting at 10am, so what ya gonna do. Switzerland vs Cameroon on the tablet

[bcubed]

Got a feeling this is going the same way as the Belgium game. Lots of entertaining stuff from Cameroon. Followed by a clinical Swiss finish.

[Dirk Gently]

Canada were unlucky last night from what I've seen, seems like they went toe-to-toe with Belgium and were unlucky to come away with nothing, just lacked the quality in the final third really. Certainly given them something to build on and you'd expect both Croatia and Morocco to be more winnable fixtures than Belgium, on paper.

I don't really fancy Belgium this year. Seemed unconvincing last night and got a few ageing players within their squad as well now. I read a pre-tournament report that had Belgium as the 13th "favourites" to win the World Cup, which I found surprising as they were below the likes of Denmark, Croatia, Uruguay and I think had the same chances of winning as Switzerland.

Yep, if Canada could finish some of the changes they created they'd have won comfortably. Belgium's defending at times was like a pub team - not sure that's something you can quickly patch up. and a better opposition would rip them a new one.

[Silver Fox]

Is it just me or have ITV had way more games so far? I guess I could look it up but why would I do that?

[Hendo]

Is it just me or have ITV had way more games so far? I guess I could look it up but why would I do that?

Also thought the same, it does even it out as the group stage goes on. Both channels have 24 group games.

[Brum Royal]

Lovely move from Switzerland there for the goal

[Sanguine]

Lovely move from Switzerland there for the goal

Would of course be their Cameroon-born player, Breel Embolo, who gets the goal. Moved with his family to France when he was five and then settled in Basel a year later.

[Zip]

Perhaps another reason I look back on Italia '90 so fondly is that it was the first World Cup I watched. We all remember out first Reading game, or our favourite players when we were kids. There are a lot of 40 somethings here who, like me, I was 9 years old at the time, hadn't really watched international football before that tournament. To add to that from my perspective, my Dad bought our first colour TV ahead of the tournament - I remember being amazed at the photos of Terry Butcher covered in blood after the Sweden qualifier the year before, of course I knew he had an injury, but we had watched it in black and white.

Blimey did you have black and white TV until 1990?