the best World Cup I can remember. Lots of incident, remarkably few really tedious games, not too many games decided on pelanties and the best team won it. Most satisfactory - for international football.
the best World Cup I can remember. Lots of incident, remarkably few really tedious games, not too many games decided on pelanties and the best team won it. Most satisfactory - for international football.
All very enjoyable and has certainly filled that tedious summer gap.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
We also appear to have picked up some decent additions whilst I've been away
:-( No Oranje, no party b.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Otherwise it was fun, I grant you. Especially seeing the likes of Argentina and Germany going home so early :hehe:
Yes. I'm also prepared to concede that England having a decent run gave it an extra piquancy it might otherwise have lacked.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
I did think the Dutch thing was a shame, but the fact is that they're a bit dogsh1t at the moment. :-(
It all seemed a bit meh in the end. France were the best side but at the same time they didn't really look very good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Germany going out early made it a good world cup :)
Lots ofSpurs players went deep into the tournament, most of ours were home nice and early. That's nice
I missed Italy's rank negativity.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
I would argue that Italy's absence was a major factor in its watchability. I think they ought to be banned permanently from World Cups.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
:nod: And no sign of anything changing, really.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Bosman killed Dutch football. :-( Belgian prick.
Yup, splendid World Cup. :nod: I can't remember enjoying one so much for ages. And most of our players back at home getting ready to win the league while most of Spurs' first team only came home yesterday. wd Belgium and England for going so far. :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Shame about all the violence and racism of the barbaric, inhospitable locals though, as we were warned about. Oh wait. None of that was true.
Have you spent much time in Russia, a?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
:-( We should let the top Dutch teams join the Premier League imo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
I think the advantage they had for all those years was having a system that was geared to producing footballers for whom technique was ingrained, from the age of 6 onwards. Technique, technique, technique. Teaching kids to love the football and to bend the ball to their will.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Now every **** does it. :-(
:nod: Just like our advantage used to be that Wenger knew how good the Clairefontaine academy was and basically gave us the pick of every French player coming through it for several years - until everyone else cottoned on. :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
No, but I did have breakfast in Belvedere on Saturday, and went into a pub in Crayford. So my life isn't entirely free of adventure.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Belvedere? :shudder: Talk about barbaric!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
You'd have loved it. The caff was decked out with plastic England flags. Canned tomatoes, strong tea served by a lady with a purple face.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Canned tomatoes. :-( There really is nothing more disgusting in a fry-up. Apart from beans, obviously.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
Yes, but Belvedere... was this somewhere on the spine road, where all the factories are?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
I scarped the walls of a Marmite factory there when I first left school. Then I cleaned out a grain silo. Jesus H Christ, the filth in both those places was beyond human comprehension.
I scraped the walls of your mum's Marmite factory.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Sorry, couldn't resist. :-(
It was on a little parade just north of the station. After brekky we turned east and headed to Erith. Are you sure your Marmite factory wasn't there? It's thrillingly industrial with a very modern focus on sustainability, due to the high concentration of metal recycling facilities. Which used to be called scrapyards. :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Well, mushrooms, basically - or as Headgear used to accurately describe them - the devil's cock-fungus.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Meh :shrug: fell asleep during the final
Players acting like f aggots with video game celebrations :shrug:
Martinez / Southgate could’ve won a World Cup :shrug:
Ar ses walking around in waistcoats now :shrug:
The next one is going to be around Christmas time. It's not right, B :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
And the one after that will have 48 teams :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by Billy Goat Sverige
England’s 2026 WC Group
England
Israel
Burkino Faso
Tahiti
:cloud9:
Winners play the 2nd place team from Netherlands, Kosovo, North Korea and Rwanda...so that’s England v Netherlands in the 2nd round.
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Originally Posted by Peter
The sign of a successful world cup imo