The 2017-2018 Football Thread

[Scepticalscribe]

Penalties is my prediction. And we all know how good we are at those.

Oh, yes.

I remember those penalties.

I remember that ad (and it was actually very funny).

And oddly, I think that Gareth Southgate has learned a lesson from that.

Actually, I read that he has had the English team practising penalties, including that agonising walk that seems to take forever from the centre of the field to the penalty spot.

I'll keep the faith with Southgate until events prove me wrong. (As they probably will, but you have got to cling to the values of optimism in some areas of your life.....)

You know you got old and times have changed when England plays it safe to reach the pens..

Again, I am laughing reading this.

I don't think they are playing it safe. I think they are hanging on by their fingernails. Colombia played destructive, dirty football for 92 minutes and wore England out. They got a lucky goal at the death and now they seem far more confident.

That is a decent and fair analysis.

 

[edvj]

 

[Apple fanboy]

We're playing better now. I think we could get a goal in this second period.
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I wish!

 

[Scepticalscribe]

We're playing better now. I think we could get a goal in this second period.
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I wish!

Come on, England.

Stuff the fouling.......expletive deleted.

You know, this mastery of fouling (and I don't care how deeply embedded it is in central and south American footballing culture) reminds me of JK Rowling's descriptions of some of the filthier Quidditch matches.

 

[decafjava]

Nail biter for sure. Not keen on the refereeing this match. Colombia have been giving England a hard time for sure as well.

 

[twietee]

Speaking of bad referees..

 

[Apple fanboy]

The words I'd like to use are not allowed on this forum!

I'm gutted it's come to penalties. I hope we go through, I suspect we won't.
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Come on, England.

Stuff the fouling.......expletive deleted.

You know, this mastery of fouling (and I don't care how deeply embedded it is in central and south American footballing culture) reminds me of JK Rowling's descriptions of some of the filthier Quidditch matches.

Should have got some beer in!

 

[twietee]

All things considered within this weird world cup I'm quite confident England will win the pens without much of a hassle.

I'm off though..

 

[Apple fanboy]

Yesssssss!

Off to change my shorts!

 

[bmac4]

You did it!!!

You deserve it! Better team!

 

[Lioness~]

Great, we rather have England

 

[cube]

First time England wins a shootout in the WC.

 

[MBAir2010]

This means 2 people MUST wear Kevlar when return to Columbia

 

[bmac4]

Great, we rather have England

Sweden can’t win that game.

 

[Lord Blackadder]

Whew. I didn't think they had it in them. Sweden look better (and cleaner) than Columbia did, so England have a tough match ahead.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Well done Gareth Southgate, and his team, who held their nerve (for the most part) and had (clearly) practiced long and hard for this.

Delighted to see England go through to the quarter finals.

 

[0388631]

Brilliant shootout. Well done England! God save the Queen.

This makes up for Brazil not having gotten knocked out.
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Whew. I didn't think they had it in them. Sweden look better (and cleaner) than Columbia did, so England have a tough match ahead.

I'm incredibly impressed with the Sweden squad.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

This means 2 people MUST wear Kevlar when return to Columbia

Only two?

 

[Lioness~]

Sweden can’t win that game.

Of course not, England will win with 10-0

We know each other, it will be tough, count on it.

 

[bmac4]

Of course not, England will win with 10-0

We know each other, it will be tough, count on it.

Nope sorry you were the two weak teams in the quarters. Who ever won that game was always losing the next one. Sorry you don’t cut it in this group of 8. The only team worse than you is Russia. We know how they got this far.

 

[0388631]

Only two?

Hah... if it weren't for that sad fate of that one footballer a 20 years or so ago... Poor kid.

 

[Lioness~]

Nope sorry you were the two weak teams in the quarters. Who ever won that game was always losing the next one. Sorry you don’t cut it in this group of 8. The only team worse than you is Russia. We know how they got this far.

That's good that you think so. Exactly what we want. We'll see, looking forward to this quarter

 

[decafjava]

Great nail biting match that made up for some klunkers so far.

 

[The-Real-Deal82]

I can’t believe I’ve seen my country win a penalty shoot out! I’m still amazed and my heart is still racing !

 

[decafjava]

Hah... if it weren't for that sad fate of that one footballer a 20 years or so ago... Poor kid.

Ahh that was an autogoal IIRC?