[Football] World Cup - Day Three

[Kinky Gerbil]

Best save Hartsons ever seen apparently.

Can’t see many games

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

The refs do appear reluctant to allow any subs on.

 

[Simster]

Best save Hartsons ever seen apparently.

Can’t see many games

ITV, the home of hyperbole.

Although to be fair, it was a good save.

 

[St Leonards Seagull]

Please god, don't let him be commentating when England play Wales, please just NO.

BBC for the Wales game, so hopefully not.

 

[jcdenton08]

ITV, the home of hyperbole.

Although to be fair, it was a good save.

Matterface and Tyldesley are unbearable with the hype and empty buzzwords they fart out.

 

[Poojah]

Yesterday’s performance and result against Iran is looking better by the minute.

 

[Simster]

Yesterday’s performance and result against Iran is looking better by the minute.

Indeed. I reckon all the teams in the tournament will have at least one game where they play well - even Qatar. And I certainly wouldn't be surprised to see Iran beat one of the other two teams in our group.

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

Saudis there in big numbers, the Tunisians in massive numbers.

It's not like there aren't massive numbers of arabs who are into football, so why the f**k have they given this tournament to the one arab nation that isn't interested?

I'd love a north African world cup, I think that would be brilliant. Vibrant culture, passionate fans and in a part of the world that would attract large numbers of fans from all over the world.

Morocco bid for the 2026 one but lost out to the Canada/U.S/Mexico bid which while it'll be a good world cup for the fans I can't help but feel is a bit undeserving. It'll be Mexico's 3rd time and the U.S's second while Africa has had one in total.

Apparently Morocco are bidding again for 2030. Hopefully they'll get it this time.

 

[Insel affe]

Apparently Morocco are bidding again for 2030. Hopefully they'll get it this time.

Depends how big the brown envelope is

 

[Seagull58]

The proposed change which I think will come through in a year or two is that as long as any part of the player is onside, he's onside. A good change imo.

That is a major change.

 

[Simster]

I'd love a north African world cup, I think that would be brilliant. Vibrant culture, passionate fans and in a part of the world that would attract large numbers of fans from all over the world.

Morocco bid for the 2026 one but lost out to the Canada/U.S/Mexico bid which while it'll be a good world cup for the fans I can't help but feel is a bit undeserving. It'll be Mexico's 3rd time and the U.S's second while Africa has had one in total.

Apparently Morocco are bidding again for 2030. Hopefully they'll get it this time.

Yes, a Morocco or Morocco/Tunisia joint bid would be great. I'd say an Australian bid needs to be considered at some point too. Ridiculous that Qatar was chosen over their bid.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

This has turned into a stinker

 

[Durlston]

I'm so glad that most of the matches so far are either fixed or just plain shite by the sounds of it.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Yes, a Morocco or Morocco/Tunisia joint bid would be great. I'd say an Australian bid needs to be considered at some point too. Ridiculous that Qatar was chosen over their bid.

Australia are normally excellent hosts.

Wouldn’t the time difference be an issue for footballs biggest market areas?

 

[Seagull58]

I'm so glad that most of the matches so far are either fixed or just plain shite by the sounds of it.

I wouldn't be surprised if the Asian betting syndicates have some of the officials in their pockets. Lots of weird stuff has already happened.

 

[KZNSeagull]

Denmark hit the post from 6 inches

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Denmark doing their best not to score

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Denmark hit the post from 6 inches

Looked like 12 to me

 

[The Wizard]

Peter Walton is an absolute clown, a penalty for that? It’s rebounded and hit his arm in a running motion…

What on earth are these ‘professionals’ paid for

 

[KZNSeagull]

Sideshow Bob playing for Tunisia