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Match Day Thread England World Cup thread - ITS NOT COMIN HOME

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    Harry Kane maybe, although that’s more on potential rather than delivery.

    Harry Maguire...I think not <yikes>
     
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    'No Hope Pope' would get into either squad <ok>
     
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    I love this Iceland team.
     
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    The BBC have wasted no time getting a woman footballer on their World Cup pundits table today.

    She was bland and inane, and not surprisingly was able to offer no insight into men’s football at this level.

    #boxticked
    #notequalitsrubbish
     
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    Yeah but she made a lovely cuppa at half time <laugh>
     
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    <laugh> you missed the BBC coverage yesterday then?..... the BBC are becoming more like W1A every day.
     
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    I like the BBC<ok>
     
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    Cracking World Cup so far.
     
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    Danny Murphy is the worst pundit on God’s earth.

    Listen to him carefully for 10 min if you can stand it.

    Commentator: “the pitch is bobbly”

    Murphy: “it’s a bobbly pitch”

    :headbang:
     
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    Looks very much like a European dominated WC.
     
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    Argentina can’t win a World Cup with Willy Caballlero in goal. Not a vintage team from them.

    The TV pictures of Maradona in the crowd apparently suffering from a very bad cold <whistle> were very funny ...

    #charlie
     
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    Ronaldo v Messi? No contest!
     
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    Every knowledgeable football Scout in the world (and Reams) must be poring over these World Cup games.

    I bet a few are in a dilemma about the Peruvian players ...lovely skilful technically gifted footballers, but in many cases barely bigger than the Elfs :emoticon-0106-cryin
     
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    Whenever I hear mention of anything Peruvian, I cannot help but hear the wonderful tones of Michael Hordern's voice narrating tales of the bear from "Darkest Peru"...

    Peru.jpg

    Apologies for straying off-topic.
    Paddington was one of my all-time favourite kids shows, and I was just the right age to enjoy it when it first appeared on telly in the 70's.
     
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    There was the Scotland supporter in 1978 who took his gun and started blazing away at the pigeons in his back garden. His wife was shocked, and asked him what the hell he was doing. He replied "They kept going peroo, peroo, peroo<sorry>
     
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    England winning the World Cup or Charlton winning the Checkatrade Trophy, Charlton everytime.

    It makes my cringe when these tournaments come around and the whole country gets England fever, how many % of these people never go to see football live.
     
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    There was a small lad playing for Argentina yesterday, he missed a penalty but looked useful <ok>
     
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    A truly shocking penalty as well. Very much up to the standard I have been watching for the past 18 months.
     
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    After watching Spain v Portugal I dreamed that I was playing football, and gave the wife a kicking in my sleep, something I wouldn't dare to do while awake.
     
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    2 women on the ITV panel of 4 for the Costa Rice/Serbia game.
     
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