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Armadillo great little player. Brazil Norway be interesting.

Norway's national anthem seems to start to the exact tune of Deck the Halls(with Christmas Holly), bar one note right at the end

I actually turned it off when they dropped their 2 goal advantage Great result. Woltemade peno was abysmal. Gutted I have to sleep now and miss Morocco Netherlands.

...and I've turned it off. Gnight, Gesundheit

They're playing in Boston, where the temperature is 26°. Miami is currently 32°. It's the humidity in Miami which will kill teams. If we somehow make it past Mexico City's altitude & home support, that's where we could play Brasil.

24 years after Brasil won their last World Cup in Japan, Japan's number 24 puts them 1-0 in a knockout against Brasil.

Mum asked me why Jeremy Kyle was managing one of the teams.

These are both shite

Y'wot? How's that offside?

Oh no Ronny

Fair play if we go the whole way along that route, have to back yourself I suppose. Big logistical challenges, fitness, altitude, humidity. Senegal no mugs, Mexico in their home stadium most likely, then a grueling semi-final in Miami with no aircon. That's hard, c'mon England

You aren't looking at it logistically. North America & Mexico is humongous, winning the group sees us bouncing all over the place playing in altitude, heat, humidity. Even if we were to make the Final after that gauntlet France or whoever will absolutely pick us to pieces ala. Croatia in the 2018 final who were also knackered. Finishing 2nd is the best route. Yes we have to play big nations but you need to do that if you intend to win a World Cup. If this holds were Toronto and then all USA and air conditioned stadia. Don't listen to ITV Comms. They're full of shit morons who have bookies telling them what to say pmsl.

Ball isn't bouncing right on this surface either. Can't believe this is the best they can put out for a final.

Good. Hold.

It's where the Final is btw. America not especially into their sports turf.

They were bought up by Adidas a long time ago and they shat them out, much like Nike did with Umbro.

Draw today and either Ghana/Croatia beat eachother, or if Ghana beat Croatia whilst catching up with our +1 goal difference and overtaking it. Scenario 3 is we lose to Panama and either Croatia/Ghana is a draw or Ghana win.

Toronto, then Dallas, then LA, then Dallas again, then the New Jersey final. Verses Atlanta, Mexico City, New Jersey, Miami semi. I actually thought Miami was straight after Mexico City, sorry. But still one looks far less taxing on travel and playing conditions than the other. Compare that to France who are New Jersey, Philadelphia, Boston, Dallas. While also having their basecamp right near Boston. Argentina have a tough time with travel aswell but they might not have to play a major nation until the Semis.

I actually want us to finish second in the group. You have to win matches against the best countries if you want to win the World Cup, granted, but I think playing away in Mexico City's altitude and then straight after that in Miami in the heat and humidity will take too much energy from the players. Stick to the air conditioned stadiums. Focus on performances. Go as far as possible. Winning the group looks like a trap.

Blimey that was about 7 years ago or something. The Savile one is more entertainment than anything else, it's a classic conspiracy theory homemade YouTube documentary. Best moment is when it calls Leeds a literal esoteric portal to hell. Brings in a few secret society mentions, Peter Sutcliffe gets a mention. Savile's cigar being a wizard wand. Buried like a vampire. Someone took time to compile this thing and gave it their own unique thought. Suppose with the moon one you could see it as a guide to the arguments you'll face when encountering someone who thinks the moon landing was faked... or at least had to be reproduced on a movie set. People don't necessarily believe all of this stuff, they just like to ask questions of what they're being told; sometimes they're right, most of the time not.

Gary Neville spewing more shite after these games - said it shows the benefit of having an expanded World Cup with 48 teams by having Cape Verde qualify - facts are different though if he'd have paid attention to CV in the recent AFCON, and considered that even under the old 32 team qualification route they still would've made this WC. That they're a genuinely well organised unit who can compete at competition level. Neville underestimated them, so did alot of people, but he's too lazy to look into why and then tries kiss arsing up to FIFA/whoever backing this cobbledash format with dead rubbers in the groups and 3rd place qualification.

Uruguay getting desperate, they’re either going to get a red card or a goal.

Nice of Norway to rest their best players for that one, gives France a great run at winning the World Cup now. No games at altitude, air conditioned stadiums, one cross continental flight but everything else near their home base in the NE USA. How conveniently good for them, with a squad like that you wouldn't think they'd need luck/help, but here we are. They should absolutely steamroll the entire competition now, congratulations FIFA/France.