2018 World Cup

Hahahaha. I'm lovin' the snidey comments from the Irish, Scots and the Welsh! :lol: Bring on the bants, I say. Personally, I'm lovin' our performance and desire the first two games, irrespective of the results and opposition.

"It's only Panama" Yeah, absolutely. But, fact is, when was the last time we (or any of the home nations come to matter o_O ) beat minnows such as San Marino and Luxembourg by such a margin????

They played about as dirty as any international team I recall - as should have been their tactics given their lack of quality - and despite the kicking and shoving, we did the business. Bit disappointed to concede a soft goal, but hey ho.

Off the back of the first two games, I fancy our chances against Belgium. But equally, I won't be gutted if we lose. I actually hope he rests some players, so long as we still go for it. That's all I've ever wanted from the team. A bit of effort. I've got that now, so I'm happy.

New blood coming through, confidence and passion. Been far too long since we saw that - at a tournament and just in general.

Great that the only dirt the press could dig up pre-tournament was a shit tattoo. I doubted Southgate's appointment initially, but it looks like it's working. This is far from our best group of players. Far from our most experienced manager. Goes to show those two things are not the be-all-and-end-all. So there's hope for Scotland yet! :p
 
Hahahaha. I'm lovin' the snidey comments from the Irish, Scots and the Welsh! :lol: Bring on the bants, I say. Personally, I'm lovin' our performance and desire the first two games, irrespective of the results and opposition.

"It's only Panama" Yeah, absolutely. But, fact is, when was the last time we (or any of the home nations come to matter o_O ) beat minnows such as San Marino and Luxembourg by such a margin????

They played about as dirty as any international team I recall - as should have been their tactics given their lack of quality - and despite the kicking and shoving, we did the business. Bit disappointed to concede a soft goal, but hey ho.

Off the back of the first two games, I fancy our chances against Belgium. But equally, I won't be gutted if we lose. I actually hope he rests some players, so long as we still go for it. That's all I've ever wanted from the team. A bit of effort. I've got that now, so I'm happy.

New blood coming through, confidence and passion. Been far too long since we saw that - at a tournament and just in general.

Great that the only dirt the press could dig up pre-tournament was a shit tattoo. I doubted Southgate's appointment initially, but it looks like it's working. This is far from our best group of players. Far from our most experienced manager. Goes to show those two things are not the be-all-and-end-all. So there's hope for Scotland yet! :p
It is very funny the anti english brigade. Especially when you've got celtic & rangers who are trying to push playing in the english prem.

Most of Irelands football supporters are obsessed with liverpool & celtic.

Not forgetting cardiff, swansea & newport that play in the english leagues

:lol:
 
It is very funny the anti english brigade. Especially when you've got celtic & rangers who are trying to push playing in the english prem.

Most of Irelands football supporters are obsessed with liverpool & celtic.

Not forgetting cardiff, swansea & newport that play in the english leagues

:lol:

Easy answer there mate - we'll happily take your cash but don't want you winning anything at international level. :lol:
 
It is very funny the anti english brigade. Especially when you've got celtic & rangers who are trying to push playing in the english prem.

Most of Irelands football supporters are obsessed with liverpool & celtic.

Not forgetting cardiff, swansea & newport that play in the english leagues

:lol:
Say what you want,this day is a national holiday here in Ireland,there's movies,songs and 1million 30yr olds called Ray..:lol: male and female
 
so disappointed with denmark's kit....i remember they turned up at mexico 86 with michael laudrup strutting round like the duke of cool in that that boss hummel strip.

add in the fact their dads probably all worked at the lego factory, and the 9 year old me was in awe.
 
Absolutely buzzing. Stupidly stopped going England away a few years ago.. Bring on the Swedes..
 
As great as the tournament has been, I almost feel embarrassed as a football fan due to the amount of diving and playacting. Sure VAR has cut out the negative consequences of these actions and the conning of the referees, but it still is prevalent and it's a shame not enough players have been booked for it. Hopefully with Neymar and Brazil gone that should be the end of it.
 
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As great as the tournament has been, I almost feel embarrassed as a football fan due to the amount of diving and playacting. Sure VAR has cut out the negative consequences of these actions and the conning of the referees, but it still is prevalent and it's a shame not enough players have been booked for it. Hopefully with Neymar and Brazil gone that should be the end of it.
Over the years I’ve learnt to look at the diving and play acting as the comedy side of the game. That aside I’m just happy that in a World Cup where a lot of the focus during the build up was on trouble with fans we have actually seen some fantastic entertaining football.
 
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