The Fish 10674 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Toonpack said: Why would you ever not ?? I also think a WC without Italy, ain’t a World Cup, would say same for Germany, Brazil and Argentina. Jesus Christ. Quick, what's the number for HR? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 9112 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 2 hours ago, Craig said: I don't subscribe to this. If you're not good enough to beat North Macedonia, you have no right being there. Whoever you are. It'd be like say the Premier League without Manchester United or Liverpool isn't the Premier League. Completely different, world cup is every 4 years and a short "festival of football" (albeit with a lot of turgid shite thrown in). Maybe I'm just coloured by my age. Back when I really loved the world cup, it was the first time you'd ever heard of, never mind seen, many of the players who came out of nowhere and were just "wow" !! See all the "stars" week in week out these days, few surprises. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob toonpants 3902 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Italy has always been my second team, I've always loved watching them play and sometimes even preferred them to England Didn't stop me laughing my tits off last night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 32614 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 6 hours ago, Gemmill said: A world cup without Italy or Germany is an extra specially hilarious World Cup to me. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15347 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathras 244 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 (edited) I absolutely loved the 1994 Italy squad. Baresi, Maldini, Baggio, Zola, Costacurta, Albertini, Donadoni.... Never really liked any of their squads since then as much. And actively disliked them in 2006 and 2010. Still, I want the World Cup to have the best teams in it, and there's little debate that Italy is one of those teams. One of the reasons I think there should be fewer spots for Asia, CONCACAF, and CONMEBOL. Edited March 25, 2022 by Zathras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30167 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 They failed to beat Switzerland, Bulgaria, Northern Ireland and North Macedonia on their way to being dumped out of the WC qualification. That doesn’t happen the best teams. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 34725 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 I agree about CONCACAF though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathras 244 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 They've lost two games in the last four years and won the Euros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6670 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Zathras said: They've lost two games in the last four years and won the Euros. Their qualifying record for this tournament doesn't lie. If they can't beat the teams outlined then they don't deserve to be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isegrim 9680 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 2 hours ago, Zathras said: I absolutely loved the 1994 Italy squad. Baresi, Maldini, Baggio, Zola, Costacurta, Albertini, Donadoni.... Never really liked any of their squads since then as much. And actively disliked them in 2006 and 2010. Still, I want the World Cup to have the best teams in it, and there's little debate that Italy is one of those teams. One of the reasons I think there should be fewer spots for Asia, CONCACAF, and CONMEBOL. Sure. I do also want the best teams to compete. Apart from Italy who are diving cunts. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathras 244 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Craig said: Their qualifying record for this tournament doesn't lie. If they can't beat the teams outlined then they don't deserve to be there. It's a fair point, but they've literally lost twice in 43 games, whereas Ecuador and Uruguay will qualify having lost six times each during qualification. Hell, Peru might qualify with more losses than wins. CONMEBOL has the largest margin for error in qualifying. Africa has the least, then Europe. Edited to add: To be fair, the conditions in South America and Central America and the Caribbean can be really extreme at times. I do not think European teams would fare tremendously better than most of the South American teams traveling to Quito, La Paz, or Mexico City. Edited March 25, 2022 by Zathras 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathras 244 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 2 hours ago, Isegrim said: Apart from Italy who are diving cunts. One of my all time favorite football songs is one we used in 2006 against Italy: (To the tune of the Oscar Meyer Wiener jingle) Oh I'd love to be a f***ing diving wanker That is what I'd really like to be For if I were a f***ing diving wanker I could make my home in Italy 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 34725 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 (edited) Italy were in a shite group, managed only four wins from eight games then lost at home to a team previously ranked 67th in the world. People wanked over their performances at the Euros too but they were lucky against Spain and England barely crossed the halfway line after that early goal and they still needed pens to win. Think they’re obviously a decent side but they’ve had issues with killing off sides for ages now. It’s easier than ever to qualify for major tournaments too Edited March 25, 2022 by Alex 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 16994 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 In a 32 team competition Italy not getting through is a disgrace for them tbh Hoping if the game goes ahead that Ukraine beat Scotland in June…..that’ll mean that Wales shoot Bambi, not us… 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isegrim 9680 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 The xA (expected annoyance) of a world cup without Italy and Turkey is almost 0 when it comes to fans here I am now starting to look forward to it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 13762 Posted March 25, 2022 Author Share Posted March 25, 2022 54 minutes ago, Alex said: Italy were in a shite group, managed only four wins from eight games then lost at home to a team previously ranked 67th in the world. People wanked over their performances at the Euros too but they were lucky against Spain and England barely crossed the halfway line after that early goal and they still needed pens to win. Think they’re obviously a decent side but they’ve had issues with killing off sides for ages now. It’s easier than ever to qualify for major tournaments too It’ll piss me off forever that Southgate didn’t try Sancho, Grealish or any other positive sub earlier to try and catch out their tired legs. I think Saka came on but that was after they had already equalised. Let’s hope he’s learned his lesson because there’s not many managers with more quality options at his disposal at international level these days and he’s going to need to be brave to win a World Cup 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 11094 Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 20 hours ago, Toonpack said: Why would you ever not ?? Because it's clearly a crime against humanity! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohhh_yeah 2930 Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 On 25/03/2022 at 08:50, ewerk said: They failed to beat Switzerland, Bulgaria, Northern Ireland and North Macedonia on their way to being dumped out of the WC qualification. That doesn’t happen the best teams. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohhh_yeah 2930 Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 Erikson scores with his first touch. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 Maguire 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6670 Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 What a fucking twat. And this dickhead repeatedly gets picked despite being shite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isegrim 9680 Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 There is only Croatia left when it comes to annoying fans living here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 19814 Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 On 27/03/2022 at 12:31, Tom said: Maguire Tyrone Mongs come out and said he stopped the ball to give the lads in the middle a breather. So those on social media don't know what they're talking about. Oh so why is Henderson having a go at him? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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