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Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Jun 27, 2021
  • #5,076
It’s also worth noting that two of the most impressive teams in the group stages have not looked anywhere near as convincing on their first knockout match.

Which doesn’t bode well going into Belgium v Portugal because Belgium are my sweepstake team!
 

COV

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  • Jun 27, 2021
  • #5,077
Evo1883 said:
If the result here stays the same ...I agree
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I can’t ever remember a tournament where the route to the final is less traumatic than this

You could argue Southgate is lucky with that, but a lucky manager is no bad thing
 

Evo1883

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  • Jun 27, 2021
  • #5,078
COV said:
I can’t ever remember a tournament where the route to the final is less traumatic than this

You could argue Southgate is lucky with that, but a lucky manager is no bad thing
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2018 haha
 
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COV

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  • Jun 27, 2021
  • #5,079
Evo1883 said:
2018 haha
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No I’d say Croatia were a tougher matchup than Czech Republic

But that is what I meant about luck- 2 tournaments in a row with things mapping out nicely for us
 
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Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Jun 27, 2021
  • #5,080
CanadianCCFC said:
Sweden are no pushovers. Not a bad quarter final opponent but not to be ignored
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Agreed. I’ve spent a couple of pages defending them.

But, realistically, the biggest obstacle we will face en route to a potential final would be Germany.

It’s shaping up to be a once in a lifetime opportunity for this team.
 
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ccfc92

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  • Jun 27, 2021
  • #5,081
COV said:
To be perfectly honest if we really are serious about ourselves then it now needs to be an expectation.

We should beat Germany looking at the comparative teams, f*ck all this glorious defeat stuff and playing things down- group stages gone now with all that dead rubber nonsense- our expectation needs to be to get the final, anything less is a huge letdown
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Germany are blowing hot and cold. They will be up for it, but I think we are genuinely the better team currently.

Whether we set up correctly or go for the win is a different story.
 
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Evo1883

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  • Jun 27, 2021
  • #5,082
COV said:
No I’d say Croatia were a tougher matchup than Czech Republic

But that is what I meant about luck- 2 tournaments in a row with things mapping out nicely for us
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Germany - Sweden- Denmark/Czech

Sweden- Colombia- Croatia

Similar runs really just back to front

Home matches the main difference

Mucca Mad Boys said:
Agreed. I’ve spent a couple of pages defending them.

But, realistically, the biggest obstacle we will face en route to a potential final would be Germany.

It’s shaping up to be a once in a lifetime opportunity for this team.
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Nearly all at home too
 
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Tommo1993

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  • Jun 27, 2021
  • #5,083
Need to bring on Pavel Nedved to finish them off.
 
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Evo1883

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  • Jun 27, 2021
  • #5,084
Tommo1993 said:
Need to bring on Pavel Nedved to finish them off.
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What a player
 
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jordan210

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  • Jun 27, 2021
  • #5,085
70% of all thrown in this tournament are blatant fowl throws
 
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COV

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  • Jun 27, 2021
  • #5,086
Evo1883 said:
Germany - Sweden- Denmark/Czech

Sweden- Colombia- Croatia

Similar runs really

Home matches the main difference



Nearly all at home too
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I’d definitely say 2018 was harder though- Columbia was essentially an away game and they were a really dirty bunch, they knew all the tricks. From what I remember the sweden game was a piece of piss though
 
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COV

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  • Jun 27, 2021
  • #5,087
jordan210 said:
70% of all thrown in this tournament are blatant fowl throws
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Does anybody really care though?
 

Evo1883

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  • Jun 27, 2021
  • #5,088
Game over
 

Paul Anthony

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  • Jun 27, 2021
  • #5,089
That's game over, surely
 
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oscillatewildly

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  • Jun 27, 2021
  • #5,090
And I do believe that is game over.
 

Johnnythespider

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  • Jun 27, 2021
  • #5,091
COV said:
I can’t ever remember a tournament where the route to the final is less traumatic than this

You could argue Southgate is lucky with that, but a lucky manager is no bad thing
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The Germans will be thinking just the same and they've been a bit more successful getting to finals, game over
 

lifeskyblue

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  • Jun 27, 2021
  • #5,092
Game over…Dutch going home. 10men not getting back


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Evo1883

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  • Jun 27, 2021
  • #5,093
De Boer got it all wrong since going down to 10 .

Needed to go more passive and counter with less, still playing like they have 11 on the pitch
 

Alkhen

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  • Jun 27, 2021
  • #5,094
Omg maybe England aren't crap it's just the Cxechs the Scots and Croatia are amazing
 

COV

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  • Jun 27, 2021
  • #5,095
Even before the red card I thought Czech Republic were the better team- they’re no mugs this lot. I have them in the ‘dark horses’ category with Denmark
 
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ccfc92

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  • Jun 27, 2021
  • #5,096
Well that's the Dutch out.

One positive, Czech look very slow on the ball imo. You can tell they have an extra man, which is making them look better
 

Tommo1993

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  • Jun 27, 2021
  • #5,097
I missed the bloody goal. Was it Nedved?
 
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oscillatewildly

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  • Jun 27, 2021
  • #5,098
jordan210 said:
70% of all thrown in this tournament are blatant fowl throws
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No such rule now.
 
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oscillatewildly

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  • Jun 27, 2021
  • #5,099
Tommo1993 said:
I missed the bloody goal. Was it Nedved?
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Legacy of the Dutch in this game.
 
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Sick Boy

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  • Jun 27, 2021
  • #5,100
Mucca Mad Boys said:
It’s shaping up to be a once in a lifetime opportunity for this team.
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For who?
 

Tommo1993

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  • Jun 27, 2021
  • #5,101
Dutch no attempts second half. That’s good going for Czech.
 

Evo1883

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  • Jun 27, 2021
  • #5,102
Evo1883 said:
Fuckk it no money lost

Czech Republic and Portugal to go through
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Should have had a tenner
 

TomRad85

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  • Jun 27, 2021
  • #5,103
COV said:
I’d definitely say 2018 was harder though- Columbia was essentially an away game and they were a really dirty bunch, they knew all the tricks. From what I remember the sweden game was a piece of piss though
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Weren't Colombia missing James Rodrigues for that game?
You can only beat what's in front of you and I'm not knocking it, but Southgate is one lucky fucker imo.

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Nick

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  • Jun 27, 2021
  • #5,104
oscillatewildly said:
No such rule now.
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So you can take it however you want now?
 

COV

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  • Jun 27, 2021
  • #5,105
Tommo1993 said:
Dutch no attempts second half. That’s good going for Czech.
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They scored 2 so I don’t see how that can be right
 

COV

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  • Jun 27, 2021
  • #5,106
TomRad85 said:
Weren't Colombia missing James Rodrigues for that game?
You can only beat what's in front of you and I'm not knocking it, but Southgate is one lucky fucker imo.

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They were. It was a tough game though, the whole ground was supporting them and they were dirty, niggly and they pushed us to the limit.
 

TomRad85

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  • Jun 27, 2021
  • #5,107
COV said:
They were. It was a tough game though, the whole ground was supporting them and they were dirty, niggly and they pushed us to the limit.
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Oh yeh they were a bunch of absolute shit houses. Horrible team.

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ccfc92

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  • Jun 27, 2021
  • #5,108
It's weird, I never think of the Dutch as a dirty side, but they actually are

Was it them in a semi final or final recently in a tournament had the most yellow and red cards?
 

Nick

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  • Jun 27, 2021
  • #5,109
COV said:
They scored 2 so I don’t see how that can be right
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Who did/
 

CanadianCCFC

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  • Jun 27, 2021
  • #5,110
COV said:
They scored 2 so I don’t see how that can be right
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The Dutch scored 2? How slow is my TV?
 
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