Really?springrain wrote:They weren't humiliated at Italia '90, either.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.joe.ie ... a-90-12833
That is pretty humiliating in my book...
Post by ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ » Thu Jul 12, 2018 10:38 am
Really?springrain wrote:They weren't humiliated at Italia '90, either.
Post by Hanno » Thu Jul 12, 2018 10:44 am
ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ wrote:Really?springrain wrote:They weren't humiliated at Italia '90, either.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.joe.ie ... a-90-12833
That is pretty humiliating in my book...
Post by springrain » Thu Jul 12, 2018 11:26 am
Yep, the TV briefly showed him sitting up there. (I think he was singing 'It's All Over Now' at the time. )chubacca wrote:Apparently Mick Jagger went to the game.........
Post by McPhisto » Fri Jul 13, 2018 12:05 am
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/foo ... 42731.htmlWorld Cup 2018: England fined £50,000 for wearing wrong socks in Russia as FA consider appeal
Dele Alli, Eric Dier and Raheem Sterling have been wearing the Devon-made Trusox over their official Nike socks
The Football Association is set to launch an appeal after Fifa fined it more than £50,000 because three England players have been wearing unauthorised socks at Russia 2018.
Dele Alli, Eric Dier and Raheem Sterling have been wearing the Devon-made Trusox over their official Nike socks and have ignored a Fifa warning to stop doing so.
In a statement published on its website four-and-a-half hours before England's World Cup semi-final against Croatia, Fifa said it was fining the FA 70,000 Swiss francs for "breaching media and marketing regulations and the FIFA equipment regulations".
It added: "Fifa had previously requested the Football Association to cease the activity that led to the sanction.
"In particular, several members of the English national team continued to display unauthorised commercial branding on playing equipment items before and during the quarter-final match between Sweden and England."
This brings the total number of players to be sanctioned for wearing the non-slip sports socks during the game in Samara to four, as Sweden's Andreas Granqvist has already been punished.
It is understood the FA is likely to appeal against the severity of fine.
Post by springrain » Mon Jul 16, 2018 5:16 am
Post by badboybubby » Mon Jul 16, 2018 10:22 am
certainly the most efficient and solid if not attractive...not the first and most likely not the last...springrain wrote:Well done, France!
A victory for what most would agree was the best team in the competition, overall.
Post by newnewnewbie » Mon Jul 16, 2018 1:36 pm
Post by ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ » Mon Jul 16, 2018 2:01 pm
Yeah certainly most efficient, but I’m not about your comment about attractive - unless you are talking about physical appearance!badboybubby wrote:certainly the most efficient and solid if not attractive...not the first and most likely not the last...springrain wrote:Well done, France!
A victory for what most would agree was the best team in the competition, overall.
Post by Miguelito » Mon Jul 16, 2018 2:14 pm
They had an incredible route to the finals, going through Argentina, Uruguay, and Belgium.ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ wrote:Yeah certainly most efficient, but I’m not about your comment about attractive - unless you are talking about physical appearance!badboybubby wrote:certainly the most efficient and solid if not attractive...not the first and most likely not the last...springrain wrote:Well done, France!
A victory for what most would agree was the best team in the competition, overall.
Deschamps is a conservative coach, he had them well drilled and they were extremely professional and pragmatic. I remember a few times early in the competition when they were ahead and a break was on and Griezmann dictated that the play be slowed down and the ball taken to the corner. But with Mbappe, Griezmann and Pogba they certainly had players who were able to turn on the flair.
Worthy winners in my opinion - no one could say they got an easy route to final either. They absolutely earned it.
Post by badboybubby » Mon Jul 16, 2018 4:52 pm
i agree...their front third were always dangerous...i'm just not a fan of that style of footy...wouldn't choose to watch them unlike the brazilians or the likes of belgium etc...ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ wrote:Yeah certainly most efficient, but I’m not about your comment about attractive - unless you are talking about physical appearance!badboybubby wrote:certainly the most efficient and solid if not attractive...not the first and most likely not the last...springrain wrote:Well done, France!
A victory for what most would agree was the best team in the competition, overall.
Deschamps is a conservative coach, he had them well drilled and they were extremely professional and pragmatic. I remember a few times early in the competition when they were ahead and a break was on and Griezmann dictated that the play be slowed down and the ball taken to the corner. But with Mbappe, Griezmann and Pogba they certainly had players who were able to turn on the flair.
Worthy winners in my opinion - no one could say they got an easy route to final either. They absolutely earned it.