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hill83

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  • Nov 20, 2022
  • #666
Liquid Gold said:
Thread is absolutely buzzing considering nobody cares.
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Who doesn't care the most though?
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Nov 20, 2022
  • #667
Deleted member 9744 said:
There was one who lost 10 -0 to Hungary? Can't remember who it was
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Zaire's doomed 1974 campaign probably the worst of all time
 

Liquid Gold

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 20, 2022
  • #668
hill83 said:
Who doesn't care the most though?
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Whoever it is will be absolutely furious when England are eliminated.
 
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Sky Blue Harry H

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 20, 2022
  • #669
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Zaire's doomed 1974 campaign probably the worst of all time
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I'll always love them because of this (still remember crying with laughter as a kid)

 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Nov 20, 2022
  • #670
Sky Blue Harry H said:
I'll always love them because of this (still remember crying with laughter as a kid)

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As posted before, there's quite a tragic story behind why that free kick happened
 
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Sky Blue Harry H

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  • Nov 20, 2022
  • #671
Brighton Sky Blue said:
As posted before, there's quite a tragic story behind why that free kick happened
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Actually, vaguely remember that being discussed on here - my bad.
 

Evo1883

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  • Nov 20, 2022
  • #672
Still doesn't feel like a world cup has just started does it ?
 

Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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  • Nov 20, 2022
  • #673
Evo1883 said:
Still doesn't feel like a world cup has just started does it ?
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It feels really odd.

I'm trying to reason that out in a sentence but I'm not quite sure how to. I think there is almost a guilt hanging over it (rightly or wrongly) that you shouldn't be allowed to enjoy it.

Then there was some shit commentary, embarrasing fans, a dodgy VAR decision, and generally a gash game of football.

Just thinking out loud.
 
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Sky Blue Harry H

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  • Nov 20, 2022
  • #674
Evo1883 said:
Still doesn't feel like a world cup has just started does it ?
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I think it will be determined by how full/empty the stadia are. Was impressed by the number of Ecuador fans. I'm often intrigued by the number of fans who seem to travel half way around the world from some of the poorer countries. Today was a prime example.
 
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Deleted member 9744

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  • Nov 20, 2022
  • #675
Sky Blue Harry H said:
I think it will be determined by how full/empty the stadia are. Was impressed by the number of Ecuador fans. I'm often intrigued by the number of fans who seem to travel half way around the world from some of the poorer countries. Today was a prime example.
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You'd imagine that quite a lot if them that were there probably live in the Middle East? Also although it is a poor country there's a lot of wealth disparity and there are probably quite a lot of fairly wealthy Ecuadorians in the USA and Europe. I doubt that many travelled from Ecuador.
 
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Terry Gibson's perm

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  • Nov 20, 2022
  • #676
It’s a fairly tough month for sky they will be putting on some meaningless international friendly games.

It used to be more interesting watching World Cup games as there would be lots of mystery players.
 

Sky Blue Harry H

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 20, 2022
  • #677
Deleted member 9744 said:
You'd imagine that quite a lot if them that were there probably live in the Middle East? Also although it is a poor country there's a lot of wealth disparity and there are probably quite a lot of fairly wealthy Ecuadorians in the USA and Europe. I doubt that many travelled from Ecuador.
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Probably my ignorance of population migration, but some of the South American support that appears (wherever the World Cup is played) seems disproportionate to their population. For instance, wherever we play Argentina, they always seem to have more in attendance than England, yet only have 3/4 of our population.
 

Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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  • Nov 20, 2022
  • #678
Didn't realise this, but the BBC apparently showed a women's match instead of the opening ceremony.

I was doing other things so don't care, but for those who can't find the red button (a lot if this forum is anything to judge by), than that would be a shame.
 
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itsabuzzard

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  • Nov 20, 2022
  • #679
Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
For me it'd have the feel of our L1 winning season that got cancelled. I'd be dead pleased we won it, but it'd feel tainted.
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At the time that season was brought to a halt, we were well out in front and pulling away from the rest, and would have won it at a canter. Absolutely no doubt.

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Deleted member 5849

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  • Nov 20, 2022
  • #680
So I still have no clue if Ecuador are any good or not.
 

chiefdave

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  • Nov 20, 2022
  • #681
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
Didn't realise this, but the BBC apparently showed a women's match instead of the opening ceremony.

I was doing other things so don't care, but for those who can't find the red button (a lot if this forum is anything to judge by), than that would be a shame.
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Didn't even realise it was on the red button. I sat thought about 30 minutes of the game expecting the opening ceremony to come on afterwards only for them to go over to Qatar and say the opening ceremony had just finished.
 

Sky Blue Harry H

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  • Nov 20, 2022
  • #682
Deleted member 5849 said:
So I still have no clue if Ecuador are any good or not.
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They played a lot of slick first time passing. I was reasonably impressed, despite Qatar being gash.
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Nov 20, 2022
  • #683
Sky Blue Harry H said:
They played a lot of slick first time passing. I was reasonably impressed, despite Qatar being gash.
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That's the thing, they were so bad it ended up a bit of a training session, and Ecuador seemed to give up second half really.
 

Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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  • Nov 20, 2022
  • #684
chiefdave said:
Didn't even realise it was on the red button. I sat thought about 30 minutes of the game expecting the opening ceremony to come on afterwards only for them to go over to Qatar and say the opening ceremony had just finished.
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Did they not even mention it?
 

Tea & Busquets

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  • Nov 20, 2022
  • #685
Deleted member 5849 said:
So I still have no clue if Ecuador are any good or not.
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They've bred a golden generation with players like Plata, Caicedo, Estupinan, Hincapie, Sarmiento and co. all who are very promising. In terms of actual ability right now I'd say they're pretty decent, right around Morocco's level if we're to compare them to another WC team.
 

stay_up_skyblues

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  • Nov 20, 2022
  • #686
Aren’t they adding another 10 or 12 teams for 2026? Presumably those places will be shared around the continents so we can expect more dross next time round.
 
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chiefdave

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  • Nov 20, 2022
  • #687
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
Did they not even mention it?
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If there was I missed it, as it seems did most people if twitter is anything to go by

Oddly there's no sign of it on iplayer either
 
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Nick

Administrator
  • Nov 20, 2022
  • #688
Yeah I put BBC one on expecting the ceremony but it was Chelsea womens. They didnt mention anything about go over to iFollow.
 

Earlsdon_Skyblue1

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 20, 2022
  • #689
I was pretty critical of Dion Dublin on the commentary, but Twitter is in overdrive. Fucking hell!

 
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 20, 2022
  • #690
Interesting they said Qatar had spent 6 months preparing for the tournament and training together. Can’t beat match sharpness, footballing infrastructure and a decent league.

Too much time learning, not enough time testing
 
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Liquid Gold

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 21, 2022
  • #691
This feels so wrong. Fucking dark and freezing heading to the pub for an England World Cup game.

Fuck FIFA
 
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shmmeee

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  • Nov 21, 2022
  • #692
Such a weird vibe around this WC. Not seeing any flags out in the street, hardly anyone really talking about it outside football circles other than complaining about human rights abuses (though I suspect a lot of these are the ones normally complaining there’s too much football during the WC).

Gonna watch all three games today as I’ve adopted Netherlands as my second team this year.
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Nov 21, 2022
  • #693
I got confused with times, got up for the first game at 7am... Ah well. Day off today, so let's see how we go. Also playing a country with worse human rights abuses than Qatar!
 
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Grendel

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 21, 2022
  • #694
Deleted member 5849 said:
I got confused with times, got up for the first game at 7am... Ah well. Day off today, so let's see how we go. Also playing a country with worse human rights abuses than Qatar!
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Yes fairly ironic really.
 
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shmmeee

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  • Nov 21, 2022
  • #695
Why did no one complain about the Russian WC?
 
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Evo1883

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  • Nov 21, 2022
  • #696
shmmeee said:
Why did no one complain about the Russian WC?
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I think there were some complaints , not on this scale though
 
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Terry Gibson's perm

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  • Nov 21, 2022
  • #697
England not wearing that arm band now.
 
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SkyBlueMatt

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  • Nov 21, 2022
  • #698
We strongly believe in wearing the armband and what it stands for......


......unless it affects us directly.


Imagine if they had of worn it and players would have been sent off directly / indirectly because of it. Surely that would be a statement?

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Sky Blue Pete

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  • Nov 21, 2022
  • #699
SkyBlueMatt said:
We strongly believe in wearing the armband and what it stands for......


......unless it affects us directly.


Imagine if they had of worn it and players would have been sent off directly / indirectly because of it. Surely that would be a statement?

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Fancy thinking that politics isn’t part of sport!!

Lol - why aren’t Russia at the World Cup?
 

tisza

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  • Nov 21, 2022
  • #700
shmmeee said:
Why did no one complain about the Russian WC?
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Politicians did boycott it because of the Salisbury poisonings. There was a lot of controversy over Russian activities in Donbas with politicians calling for boycotts and the tournament to be moved. Of course FIFA weren't interested ( or paid to be quiet much like now).
And everyone was hyped up that it was going to be a bloodbath after all those Russian hooligan videos about attacking fans, people of colour and LGBTQs etc.
 
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