World Cup Day 2 - England/Iran, Senegal/Netherlands

[alincoln 2371]

Shaw is LB and in good form.  Clinical cross to Bellingham for the opener.   England will be looking to crush us for a number of reasons including being able to rest guys against Wales.  

 

[TexArcher 37761]

Ahhhhhh, shit.

Get up, Harry.

[Dr. Teeth 5843]

Can someone give Landon a drink or a personality. 

[Pato del Muerto 52485]

Iran really needs work on their crest. It’s embarrassingly out of place alongside the English, Senegalese, and Dutch crests in the OP. 

[ztejas 43411]

21 minutes ago, TexArcher said:

I believe that we will win 4 points and it'll be enough to advance!

I believe that we will win 4 points and it'll be enough to advance!

I believe that we will win 4 points and it'll be enough to advance!

I'm hoping for 2 points going into Iran. 

But I think we can beat Wales. 

[alincoln 2371]

7 minutes ago, Dr. Teeth said:

Can someone give Landon a drink or a personality. 

I kind of enjoy how little he speaks.  The less color man, the better.

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19100]

I thought the England game was at 11.  Oops.

[TexArcher 37761]

Saka just abusing people.

[PittsburghTiger 6175]

Well, bye

4-0

[Kringelbert Fishtybuns 943]

Glad Saka had a fantastic opener.  As much as I will never root for England, the group over the past couple of years has been hard not to like.

[Pato del Muerto 52485]

 

[Captain Ron 12866]

I was shocked that ESPN’s U23 list didn’t have Saka as the pick (it was Bellingham). Granted he’s already established, but he’s really good. 

[alincoln 2371]

There's Maguire getting completely owned.

[Captain Ron 12866]

Fucking Pickford. Letting Iran score?!?!?

Just now, alincoln said:

There's Maguire getting completely owned.

That too

[Dr. Teeth 5843]

Amazing the talent on England with those three subs being shown. 

[ztejas 43411]

This is hysterical.

 

[Macklemore 2876]

Iran is just giving so much space. Embarrassing 

[alincoln 2371]

This Iranian defense is laughable 

[Kringelbert Fishtybuns 943]

I can’t imagine defending for 70 mins and then having to track Foden around.

Damn that was easy by Rashford.

God - the it’s coming home shit is going to start getting insufferable.

[ztejas 43411]

7 minutes ago, alincoln said:

There's Maguire getting completely owned.

[Captain Ron 12866]

1 hour ago, Bottlecap said:

absolutely intimidated how loaded England is, except for maguire at the 5 lol

Perfectly on display there, just brought in wholesale changes, and it was ANOTHER group of first team talent. And they just scored. 

Foden, Grealish and Rashford off the bench isn’t fair. 

[Captain Ron 12866]

9 minutes ago, alincoln said:

There's Maguire getting completely owned.

Well that got him subbed off, likely never to see the field again. 

[alincoln 2371]

Dier isn't much better as evidenced by that Taremi getting behind him 

[ztejas 43411]

1 minute ago, alincoln said:

Dier isn't much better as evidenced by that Taremi getting behind him 

I mean Taremi can fucking play. He's better than any of our 9s unfortunately. 

[alincoln 2371]

Per the Guardian:

79 min: The official attendance of this match is 45,334. The stadium has a 68,000 capacity. Oh Fifa.

 

[shnsajax 3591]

Per the Guardian:
79 min: The official attendance of this match is 45,334. The stadium has a 68,000 capacity. Oh Fifa.
 

Good! Fuck them!

[Macklemore 2876]

Queiroz should be fired after the game. this is embarrassing 

Edited November 21, 2022 by Macklemore

[TexArcher 37761]

This is like someone who's played a bunch of FIFA 23 against somebody who just got his X Box today.

[Pato del Muerto 52485]

Meanwhile in England, the cup is already won. 

[ztejas 43411]

Ohhhh shit we get Kate Abdo on pregame? 

[Dr. Teeth 5843]

I’m happy England has to play 24 extra minutes in this heat. 

[Macklemore 2876]

This is the best English side that I have ever watched. Football has a good chance of coming home finally.

[Captain Ron 12866]

13 minutes ago, alincoln said:

Per the Guardian:

79 min: The official attendance of this match is 45,334. The stadium has a 68,000 capacity. Oh Fifa.

 

That's going to be another embarrassment for these games. The attendance is going to be terrible and it's going to be followed up by the US in 2026 where we smoke all the attendance records, that we set in 1994!

[TexArcher 37761]

1 minute ago, Macklemore said:

This is the best English side that I have ever watched. Football has a good chance of coming home finally.

Agreed and agreed.

[ztejas 43411]

2 minutes ago, Macklemore said:

This is the best English side that I have ever watched. Football has a good chance of coming home finally.

Pride goeth before destruction. 

[Macklemore 2876]

4 minutes ago, Captain Ron said:

That's going to be another embarrassment for these games. The attendance is going to be terrible and it's going to be followed up by the US in 2026 where we smoke all the attendance records, that we set in 1994!

Iran is just a 2 hour flight from Qatar. The rial has devalued to be like 300,000 to $1 but they still represented with a good number of fans. Think about the attendance you’ll see for games involving a team like Ecuador when they don’t play the host.

Edited November 21, 2022 by Macklemore

[mdmost 42999]

No era penal

[Dr. Teeth 5843]

Definitely important for those who have goals over +7.5. 

[Macklemore 2876]

That’s a BS foul.

[A-Tex Devil 2446]

Well looks like there are going to be a shitload of penalty kicks this WC.  

[Pato del Muerto 52485]

Might need to change how you defend in the box with var out there calling stuff like this. 

[Constant 6723]

7 minutes ago, Captain Ron said:

That's going to be another embarrassment for these games. The attendance is going to be terrible and it's going to be followed up by the US in 2026 where we smoke all the attendance records, that we set in 1994!

Good. I hope this is a total failure from an operational stand point. Would like the matches to be strong, but everything else can fuck off. 

[Dr. Teeth 5843]

Going to agree with Landon and say that the #5 team in FIFA rankings who just won their first game 6-2 is one of the favorites now. 

[Captain Ron 12866]

9 minutes ago, Macklemore said:

This is the best English side that I have ever watched. Football has a good chance of coming home finally.

The team is absolutely stacked. But they still have Southgate as their coach and as much as the US fans bitch about Beerholder, given what he has, he is much worse.

Still, as assembled, they made the final of Euro last year, so you never know.

[ztejas 43411]

Oh shit - Mendy! Wasn't thinking about that. 

Unfortunately Senegal also has Kouliably on the team. 

This is a big test out of the gate for ze Dutch. 

[TexasHooch 5122]

Dammit, I zoned out after the 1st game and forgot to switch channels.  It's not that I missed anything, but I was forced to endure 15 seconds of Skip Bayless before figuring it out.

[Pato del Muerto 52485]

1 minute ago, TexasHooch said:

Dammit, I zoned out after the 1st game and forgot to switch channels.  It's not that I missed anything, but I was forced to endure 15 seconds of Skip Bayless before figuring it out.

Same. What an incredible douche bag. 

[Braff Zacklin 13552]

53 minutes ago, alincoln said:

I kind of enjoy how little he speaks.  The less color man, the better.

[Longboard Horn 40293]

LOL someone in the office saw the Netherlands line up and asked where Arjen Robben is. 

Me: um, you do realize he retired right? He's almost 50 years old.... 

Edited November 21, 2022 by Longboard Horn

[ztejas 43411]

Just now, Longboard Horn said:

LOL someone in the office saw the Netherlands line up and asked where Arjen Robben is. 

Me: um, you do realize he retired right? He's almost 50 years old.... 

I mean he's 38. 

I was surprised Bergkamp didn't get the call up.