The Scarlet Pimpernel Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 2 hours ago, Jourdan said: Brilliant performance from Russia, considering all the pre-tournament gloom. Golovin and the boys in red must have been inspired by Bris’s posts about the team flopping and him missing the rubbish opening game to get a manicure. ? Saudi Arabia were complete rubbish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jourdan Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 11 hours ago, The Scarlet Pimpernel said: Saudi Arabia were complete rubbish. I completely agree. Most rational people expected a comfortable Russia win against footballing minnows like Saudi Arabia. And so it proved. But Russia came into the tournament under a grey cloud. Despite being hosts, there was little optimism as they started the competition with several key players injured, as the lowest ranked team, and on one of their worst runs in their history. They hadn’t won since October of last year. So it’s not a surprise that some experts had their doubts. This was very much a banana skin. Like a cup game between teams levels apart. They still had to approach the game calmly and professionally. It was also a must win game given that they are not favoured against the stronger opposition in the group, but winning this game would provide a timely boost. So the fact they were able to produce a convincing win rather than edging a nervy game shows that they handled the occasion and the importance of the game well, in my opinion. Momentum is key in knockout football and starting the tournament with a big win could prove crucial to Russia’s hopes advancing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoetheRam Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 19 hours ago, JoetheRam said: Just spotted the "Spenge" and "Halle/S" banners in the crowd. Those guys must have been at 90% of matches at major tournaments in the last 10 years. Makes the Bexley Rams look like occasionals. It's there again at Egypt v U Are Gay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRam Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Suarez is going through some kind of internal crisis during this game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 13 minutes ago, SaintRam said: Suarez is going through some kind of internal crisis during this game Will he bare his teeth though? Munch on Mo is the striker duel we want to see in this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViewsFromTheMiddle Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Egypt look a decent side even without Salah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramit Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 14 minutes ago, ViewsFromTheMiddle said: Egypt look a decent side even without Salah. i think Uruguay is making them look good by their low intensity, low tempo, ball to feet 442. If they pick up the tempo and start running onto the ball in the final third, Egypt won't be able to handle them i reckon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuespachRam Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 A rubbish game with no goals played in front of a half empty stadium with loads of pink seats showing, one of the teams are in red and the other hasn't been famous since god was a boy..... remind you of anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViewsFromTheMiddle Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 12 minutes ago, MuespachRam said: A rubbish game with no goals played in front of a half empty stadium with loads of pink seats showing, one of the teams are in red and the other hasn't been famous since god was a boy..... remind you of anything? Forest v Leeds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRam Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 17 minutes ago, MuespachRam said: A rubbish game with no goals played in front of a half empty stadium with loads of pink seats showing, one of the teams are in red and the other hasn't been famous since god was a boy..... remind you of anything? Its not half empty - The VAST temporary stand is completely full. It is about 7k shy though. I don't know what's happened with the ticket allocation, it looks like they sold the temp stand before the actual stadium seats. Which is frankly bizarre. Thinking about it, probably in order to justify the £45m cost of that temp stand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuespachRam Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Is Suarez a bigger see you next Tuesday than even John Terry...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andicis Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 That game lacked any quality in the final third. Suarez was absolutely shocking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViewsFromTheMiddle Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 I had 1-1 in the prediction league so that goal did me out of a point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRam Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Best atmosphere at the tournament so far is Morocco v Iran (early I know) - genuinely think we're missing out not having the 2026 WC in Morocco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sexydadbod Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 I wouldn’t be surprised to see Morocco qualify from the group. They have some very good players with Benatia, Ziyech, Belhanda, Hakimi. Games like these tend to be ignored by the casuals but some very good gems can be unearthed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sexydadbod Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 10 minutes ago, SaintRam said: Best atmosphere at the tournament so far is Morocco v Iran (early I know) - genuinely think we're missing out not having the 2026 WC in Morocco Had to put the game on mute, I thought we had heard the last of the vuvuzelas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoetheRam Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Decent game so far. Still waiting for Iran to launch a few long range missiles up to the striker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViewsFromTheMiddle Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Schalke's Amine Harit looks a good player for Morocco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuespachRam Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Decent game.....? it is awful, I could get into both of their starting line ups..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 I'm watching the England v South Africa women's cricket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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