The World Cup 2018

[Leyton388]

Get in there Mo.

[lickedlollipop]

Salah goal!

[Kenneth]

Danny Murphy Mind Reader, isn't sure that Salah put the penalty where he wanted to.

[Chris]

VAR is boss, thats the sort of thing that we get done over with at Old Trafford. Like when Mascherano fouled Valencia outside the area and they got a pen for it.

Also, what the **** is Murphy on about?!

[Roboklopp]

VAR is boss, thats the sort of thing that we get done over with at Old Trafford. Like when Mascherano fouled Valencia outside the area and they got a pen for it.

Also, what the **** is Murphy on about?!

Don’t think he knows himself most of the time.

[Zapater]

Haha. Sorry guys. Panic over. I vaguely remember a friendship with Mane and thought he was Senegalese.

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Their time at Salzburg overlapped for a few months where Mane showed him the ropes and helped him with speaking German etc.

[lickedlollipop]

that was a pen

[Roboklopp]

The garden party, cucumber sandwich eating conservatives are just as bad as the "grubby working classes" in their own way.

A couple of weeks ago I went to a village fête in Sussex and there was a UKIP flag hoisted up in the middle of it.

Each to their own. They can think what they like. But they don't represent me and I don't represent them. I'm not interested in theirs or anyone else's Nationalism.

If that makes me a snob, I'm cool with that.

I love living in England. I'm just not proud of being labelled as English.

Worse I’d suggest.

[Phoenix07]

Don’t think he knows himself most of the time.

Especially what he said about De Bruyne being the best he's ever seen at opening up defences.

[Exiled_red]

Young team, a world class goalscorer, and a manager who is trying different things. If they don't win it, they'll get close.

It'll be difficult to judge, England tend to get put out by the first decent side they meet in the knockout stages (if they get that far). This is an young side and you would normally say if they got to the quarter finals they would have done well but it wouldn't take much to reach a quarter final with the potential draw. They could qualify from the group if they beat Panama making the Belgium game meaningless, if they qualify they will meet the winner or runner up from group H in the last 16 (Japan/Senegal/Poland/Colombia), you would have to say that is a fairly favourable draw up to that point, and they wouldn't have had to beat a top side yet

[Exiled_red]

Danny Murphy Mind Reader, isn't sure that Salah put the penalty where he wanted to.

It's a shame he couldn't do it when he was a player it might have improved his game

[badpiggy]

Zhirkov had the look of a fella whose shoes broke on his way to work on a wet day and then his tie went into his soup at lunchtime.

[Phoenix07]

It'll be difficult to judge, England tend to get put out by the first decent side they meet in the knockout stages (if they get that far). This is an young side and you would normally say if they got to the quarter finals they would have done well. They could qualify from the group if they beat Panama making the Belgium game meaningless, if they qualify they will meet the winner or runner up from group H in the last 16 (Japan/Senegal/Poland/Colombia), you would have to say that is a fairly favourable draw up to that point, and they wouldn't have had to beat a top side yet

The only thing you could say about their last 16 opponents, is that they'll throw everything at them, but, like you saw last night, a world class goalscorer who can win you the game when you're not playing well is invaluable.

I think once you get to the quarters, it'll be a different kettle of fish with the pressure of playing top sides - having to beat 3 top sides to win the tournament. Also, there's the question of fitness. With England players having played a lot of football already, we'll see how they get on. I haven't read or heard anything about Southgate's methods regarding conditioning. I think that could be crucial in the latter stages.

If they can handle the psychological and physical aspects at that point (Quarter-Finals and beyond), they could stand a great chance, as they have the technical aspects sorted IMO.

[Kenneth]

African football isn't in a great state if these first round games are anything to go by.

[ChesterDave]

Danny Murphy Mind Reader, isn't sure that Salah put the penalty where he wanted to.

He is as big a bellend as possible.