by genome » 23 Nov 2022 19:47
by Zip » 23 Nov 2022 19:53
by South Coast Royal » 23 Nov 2022 20:00
by Mr Optimist » 23 Nov 2022 20:23
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.
by Sutekh » 23 Nov 2022 20:27
by Conservative_dad » 23 Nov 2022 23:00
From Despair To Where? 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.
by Zip » 24 Nov 2022 01:02
by bcubed » 24 Nov 2022 08:19
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.
by Sanguine » 24 Nov 2022 09:23
by YorkshireRoyal99 » 24 Nov 2022 09:23
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?
by YorkshireRoyal99 » 24 Nov 2022 09:26
by genome » 24 Nov 2022 09:32
by Zammo » 24 Nov 2022 09:56
by bcubed » 24 Nov 2022 10:36
by Dirk Gently » 24 Nov 2022 10:43
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.
by Silver Fox » 24 Nov 2022 10:59
by Hendo » 24 Nov 2022 11:03
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?
by Brum Royal » 24 Nov 2022 11:09
by Sanguine » 24 Nov 2022 11:25
Brum Royal Lovely move from Switzerland there for the goal
by Zip » 24 Nov 2022 11:26
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.
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