Meenzer 15524 Posted July 10, 2018 Author Share Posted July 10, 2018 Couple of good WC pieces on the Blizzard that I'd missed, this on West Germany and that match in 1982, and this on the 1994 tournament (which is still one of my absolute favourites, but I suppose anything that happens in your younger years tends to be). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isegrim 9772 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 2 hours ago, Meenzer said: Couple of good WC pieces on the Blizzard that I'd missed, this on West Germany and that match in 1982, and this on the 1994 tournament (which is still one of my absolute favourites, but I suppose anything that happens in your younger years tends to be). Excellent! 1982 was my first World Cup, but I was just excited about the Brazilian team and didn’t care about the German team. I was not upset when we lost the final but when Brazil went out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35077 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Just now, Isegrim said: Excellent! 1982 was my first World Cup, but I was just excited about the Brazilian team and didn’t care about the German team. I was not upset when we lost the final but when Brazil went out. Exactly the same. First World Cup I can remember too and England went out after drawing with Spain in the evening but Brazil going out (iirc) earlier that afternoon had me absolutely gutted England, less so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PaddockLad 17252 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 1 hour ago, Ant said: Got any email there from. Helen at itv about talking on good morning Britain Friday "to represent Newcastle fans and talk England! After tomorrows result" Oh I'll talk England alright Helen Hope you forwarded that email on to @The Fish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17252 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35077 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Real high quality match this 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerosum 234 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Curious on thoughts.. Southgate. Nice bloke. Done a great job so far with a young team, definitely helped with his knowledge of them all from their younger age coaching.. Do you think in future he can make it in the premier league? Or is England his best place? He didn’t have such a good time at Boro , but then he’d just finished playing.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerosum 234 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 France lead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15524 Posted July 10, 2018 Author Share Posted July 10, 2018 4 minutes ago, zerosum said: Curious on thoughts.. Southgate. Nice bloke. Done a great job so far with a young team, definitely helped with his knowledge of them all from their younger age coaching.. Do you think in future he can make it in the premier league? Or is England his best place? He didn’t have such a good time at Boro , but then he’d just finished playing.. He makes me think of Löw in a way, someone who isn't obviously suited to club management but might be the right character to quietly and effectively guide a bunch of disparate players at national level. Or he might just have got incredibly lucky. Also like Löw. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 13863 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 I’m laughing at the idea of it being Belgium vs England in the 3rd place playoff with both teams playing the subs again 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17252 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 England have had some luck for a change. Strikes me the biggest factor though is that Southgate is England's first manager to have played at the top level in the modern era, i.e. the premier league. He understands these mostly unsung lads, knew the blend for a good squad, knew how important set pieces could be etc... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 13863 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 8 minutes ago, PaddockLad said: England have had some luck for a change. Strikes me the biggest factor though is that Southgate is England's first manager to have played at the top level in the modern era, i.e. the premier league. He understands these mostly unsung lads, knew the blend for a good squad, knew how important set pieces could be etc... Aye, that’s a good point. I wonder if that was the thinking behind getting the likes of Beckham and Neville in and around the squads but their coaching wasn’t up to it. Or whatever it was Beckham was there to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isegrim 9772 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 How did the referee miss that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21915 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 1 hour ago, Meenzer said: He makes me think of Löw in a way, someone who isn't obviously suited to club management but might be the right character to quietly and effectively guide a bunch of disparate players at national level. Or he might just have got incredibly lucky. Also like Löw. But unlike Low, he doesn’t like to sniff his own balls in front of the world’s cameras and think he can get away with no one noticing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anorthernsoul 1221 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 France nowt special there like! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21915 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 We can beat the cheese-eating surrender monkeys 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTF 7295 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Wonder if it'll be better for England to lose this one to go into the easier side of the draw in the next round. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15524 Posted July 10, 2018 Author Share Posted July 10, 2018 1 hour ago, Dr Gloom said: But unlike Low, he doesn’t like to sniff his own balls in front of the world’s cameras and think he can get away with no one noticing. Yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44853 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Fuck me, I'm excited about this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizza 105 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 I haven't felt this nervous before a game in years, not since we last got to a cup final. Work today is going to be fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7025 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Me too. Unfortunately the wife's at work and my parents are in Barcelona so I'm watching it in the house with a 2 year old tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30598 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Otherwise you'd be down the boozer with the lads singing Three Lions? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44853 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Is everyone aware of these little dollops of insanity btw? The last one is like some found footage shit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17252 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Am hoping England win but am fairly ambivalent about the whole thing...international football is ok, but it's not real life is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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