Off Topic World Cup 2018

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Get the feeling that if France go two up Uruguay will revert to 1978 when they kicked teams off the park!

Interview with Bierhoff after this match on ZDF - they are bigging it up, sounds like he isn’t going to mince his words and will say that Özil and Gundogan should have been left at home after their meeting with Erdogan.

I’m half expecting him to quote my prediction on here before it all started - “Zat shrewdie Oddy, he knew” <laugh>
 
Interview with Bierhoff after this match on ZDF - they are bigging it up, sounds like he isn’t going to mince his words and will say that Özil and Gundogan should have been left at home after their meeting with Erdogan.

I’m half expecting him to quote my prediction on here before it all started - “Zat shrewdie Oddy, he knew” <laugh>

My satellite system which gives me access to 'live' ZDF is f****d; keep me posted.

Cheers.
 
My son said he would sing a song if we beat Columbia and we thought FFS Anyway, he came up with this and we all joined in. Subscribe, like and share and let's see if we can get it to Russia.
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Stand by for a bloodbath! France should be thinking of getting Griezmann and Mbappe off after seventy minutes (at the latest).
 
Thank god Uruguay are gone the cheating dirty South American bastards. To say they have some really good players they do play some unatractive ****e football.
 
Interview with Bierhoff after this match on ZDF - they are bigging it up, sounds like he isn’t going to mince his words and will say that Özil and Gundogan should have been left at home after their meeting with Erdogan.
I’m half expecting him to quote my prediction on here before it all started - “Zat shrewdie Oddy, he knew” <laugh>

You certainly did. Why didn't Bierhoff say something before the squad left for Russia on those two Turks? He really is a characterless and unworthy member of the German management team, as I mentioned to BK today in a PM. Please see related article on the t-online.de website. German FA should chuck the prat out.

A workmanlike and professional performance by France today, against a very dirty and cynical team. Loris was outstanding.
 
My Mrs is funny. “Should we go to Ikea on Saturday” I’m on the phone to divorce lawyer after I’ve typed this

Let her go to Ikea – you can watch the football in peace. Tell her when she has bought the flat-pack furniture to ask to speak to Barbara Petersen. She must be an expert in such things because in the end credits of ‘Diagnosis Murder’, it says that she does Dick Van Dyke’s Wardrobe.

Then you can lock the missus in the wardrobe for the start of the football season – much cheaper than a divorce lawyer. <laugh>
 
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The Germans never go down the middle, go watch the 4 v England in 1990, the 5 in 1996, the 6 v Italy. They go for the bottom corners with pace or place it high to the corner. Go watch their shootouts online.

GERMANY v ENGLAND in Turin 1990

Gary Lineker – down the middle
Andreas Brehme – middle-left, under Shilton
Peter Beardsley – half-way up right
Lothar Matthaus – down the middle, under Shilton
David Platt – half-way up left
Karl-Heinz Riedle – half-way up right
Stuart Pearce – down the middle, saved
Olaf Thon – bottom right
Chris Waddle – high and wide

Germany 4 penalties, 2 not in the bottom corners or high to the corner

ENGLAND v GERMANY in London 1996

Alan Shearer – top right
Thomas Hassler – middle-left
David Platt – half-way up right
Thomas Strunz – half-way up middle
Stuart Pearce – middle-left
Stefan Reuter – half-way up middle-right
Paul Gascoigne – half-way up right
Christian Ziege – half-way up middle-right
Teddy Sheringham – top right
Stefan Kuntz – top right
Gareth Southgate – middle-left, saved
Andreas Moller – half-way up middle-right

Germany 6 penalties, 5 not in the bottom corners or high to the corner
 
5/4 for Croatia to beat Russia looks seriously tempting.I don't know how Russia got through against Spain but their luck will run out eventually and I reckon Croatia will wear them down more effectively with the little maestro Modric pulling the strings.

Ninety minutes play, I presume. They always do look seriously tempting and frequently afterwards they are seriously regrettable.

The whole tournament we have been told how poor Russia are but they are still in it whilst the likes of the Argentinians and Germans have gone home. We expect Croatia to win but we expected Spain to win as well. Russia on the handicap gives me the draw and the slight chance of Russia causing the upset.
 
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My satellite system which gives me access to 'live' ZDF is f****d; keep me posted.

Cheers.

Ollie Kahn giving him a real hard time on squad selection (why the hell wasnt Sane selected) and team selection (particularly Neuer after his injury). Sounds like there was no unity in the squad between those who were World Champions (and therefore first names on the team sheet) and the young, hungry players trying to break into the team. The Özil thing was apparently a misquote, doesn’t regret taking him.
 
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My son said he would sing a song if we beat Columbia and we thought FFS Anyway, he came up with this and we all joined in. Subscribe, like and share and let's see if we can get it to Russia.
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Crikey a like just for effort would be appreciated lads. A lot of hard work because FIFA blocked a few better versions and commentaries had to be removed. The filming of us lot trying to record the singing (????) in time with the video was ****ing hilarious. Wish we had videoed that <laugh>
 
Who gives a flying **** which way the bloody penalties go, as long as they go in. Analyses not required, waste of time.
 
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