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Match Day Thread Thread to watch and enjoy the blood cup (soulless)

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  1. moreinjuredthanowen

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    Better that than a rent boy for butchers ;)

    Anyway, which world cup did you enjoy most of that past 49 years then?
     
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    86 and 90 were quite epic tbh
     
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  3. moreinjuredthanowen

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    1990? As in the German borefest to the final....mind you the "unknown age" of Roger Milla was a good story.

    Granted England had a good run but the group was dire. I can recall platts goal v Belgium was it and the Cameroon hat trick for Lineker.

    The rest of that tournament was a bit of a slog. Imo it was a big reason in the rule changes we saw after.

    86 had a very interesting Brazil side and French side as well I can't recall if that was a qf game but it was some game.

    02 and say 06 were also interesting.

    10 was awful.
     
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  4. moreinjuredthanowen

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    https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/63066393

    Danish football kit maker decides to "make a point" thus getting publicity for their brand out of the blood cup by saying how bad the blood cup is.

    Have to love the modern world.
     
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    Have you met MITO? Being miserable and tapping are what he lives for on this forum.

    Ask him to make you a list.
     
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    Enjoyed 06 because of the atmosphere over here, but the football from the quarters onward was a bit boring, decent enough before that though.

    2014 Germany won the final about 10 minutes before my birthday. Yay me. The reaction Was more muted than I expected though. Guess they're more used to it.
     
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    2006 was a good one for me, as I was in Germany, but not watching England.

    GF at the time was Italian, so we had tickets for all the Italy group games, which are much easier to get than England tickets. Based ourselves in Hannover and went to games in Hannover, Gelsenkirchen and Hamburg. Also watched a game on a massive screen in Berlin at the Brandenburg gate.

    It was a sickener tbh. We had "follow-my-team" tickets for Euro 2004 in portugal, which would have taken us all the way to the final if they progressed, but they got knocked out in the group stages. For WC2006, we thought they'd be shoite, so only got group stage tickets, and then the ****ers won it.
     
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    We were in the fan zones in Cologne and Gelsenkirchen for the England games against Sweden and Portugal. We lived in Bochum at the time and saw the Germany Italy match in a Bar, then after the game walked home, switched on the TV and saw them reporting from where we'd been 10 minutes earlier.
     
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  9. moreinjuredthanowen

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    you are all describing what the blood cup has robbed fans of.

    Partying in the streets of wherever ( temps right now in qatar are 36 degrees and will be up to 30 when the thing starts.) thats not happening. Its not a drinks culture and all of that.
     
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    It was interesting to see the Germans for the first time start to embrace being proud of their country again, while at the same time having a big public discussion about whether it was ok or not. Can we be proud of Germany? Is it ok to put German flags up? Very different to the UK.
     
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    was listening to the radio yesterday and some spokesperson for the World Cup said it’s ok to walk down the street holding your boyfriends hand

    so chill…you’ll be reet
     
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    The world cup used to be ace, it was an opportunity to see players you'd never usually see play.

    You'd also get a few sunrises, a break out star, something a bit extra.

    Now with the champions league and the ever increasing amount of football from around the world on the TV anyway, you know most anyway.

    The national teams are no longer better than the local. I'd put city against any national team and I expect they'd win without breaking a sweat

    **** me I feel old, it's just not what it was.
     
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  13. moreinjuredthanowen

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    Will you come to qatar and hold my hand so i can push you in front of the first cop we meet so you can take the beating with canes for us both?
     
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  14. moreinjuredthanowen

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    This is true. 94 and that mad bastard colombian keeper, or seeing zidane in 1998 (that was actually a novelty) or whatever.

    you are right its a step down in quality compared ot the elite club level, city would beat england like they beat Burnley or whoever. you'd certainly struggle to do what southgate is trying on in the CL to grind though the rounds.
     
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    That's it. The scorpion kick from redknapps shot.

    The Africans running round like ****, but not having much of a clue.

    South Americans being much much more skillful than every one else.

    Brave bulldog spirit.

    It used to be Ace.
     
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    He was talking to a woman, tbf.
     
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    i thought that was in a friendly at Wembley?
     
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  18. moreinjuredthanowen

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    It was.

    He was dribbling up the park for fun at the world cup in 94. The scorpion came later.
     
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    It's the only word they can all spell.
     
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