Group B: England, Iran, USA, Wales

[Iran]

15 minutes ago, NasPb said:

I reckon Iran will go through in this group. They're a hard fighting side. Show much more effort and togetherness than most teams. Reminds me a bit of us in 15-16. Peace on them and the Iranian people ✌️❤️

Thank you for your kind messages.

 

Good luck to Morocco as well. ❤️

[Finnegan]

Today I feel Iranian

[yorkie1999]

4 minutes ago, Foxdiamond said:

Those idiot fans do not represent my views or behaviour. The reason Argentina and Germany are rivals is because they are great teams . Bit like if Leicester beat Liverpool or Man City. If they were rubbish it would not matter so much

Nah, the reason they're footballing rivals is because of the amount of times they've cheated us out of games, the non footballing reasons are fairly obvious.

[yorkie1999]

Just now, Finnegan said:

Today I feel Iranian

How much for a drone?

[Leicester_Loyal]

Knew they'd bottle wearing um.

 

So much for taking a stand

[Foxdiamond]

2 minutes ago, yorkie1999 said:

Nah, the reason they're footballing rivals is because of the amount of times they've cheated us out of games, the non footballing reasons are fairly obvious.

Just about forgotten the hand of god and Beckham sending off

[Tommy G]

England and the FA are pathetic, if they were that bothered they'd take the yellow. Hardly a stance is it? What is the point in taking the knee either? Virtue signalling rubbish alongside all the british media over there. 

[Finnegan]

2 minutes ago, Tommy G said:

England and the FA are pathetic, if they were that bothered they'd take the yellow. Hardly a stance is it? What is the point in taking the knee either? Virtue signalling rubbish alongside all the british media over there. 

 

So taking the knee and the BBC criticising Qatar is virtue signalling but the armband wasn't? Or is it just the backing down that you object to and you didn't give a shit about the message?

[davieG]

Omid Djalili urges England team to make ‘scrunch, snip’ gesture for Iran protestors during Qatar World Cup

 

Comedian and actor Omid Djalili is campaigning for England’s football team to stand in solidarity with protestors against the Iranian regime, during their match against Iran in the World Cup today (21 November).

The star, who is of Iranian heritage, had posted a video on Twitter earlier this week urging players to make a hair-cutting gesture in support of the protests that have swept Iran since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, while in the custody of the country’s so-called morality police in September.

[Fox92]

18 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

 

I'm perfectly calm brother I'm having a great time watching your jimmies get rustled by a throw away comment in generic football interview.

Makes me laugh. Of course a Welsh International is gonna say they want to beat England. We want to beat your lot.

Media make it a headline and it gets people up for the game more. Job done.

Come on England.

[Tommy G]

16 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

 

So taking the knee and the BBC criticising Qatar is virtue signalling but the armband wasn't? Or is it just the backing down that you object to and you didn't give a shit about the message?

The arm band is different as they are backing down to FIFA for the sake of a yellow card. There's a clear difference.

 

ps. Hope Wales get stuffed by the USA later. Cheers

Edited 21 November 2022 by Tommy G

[Iran]

I also hope Wales goes through in this group.

[Izzy]

In honor of todays opponents

 

 

[KFS]

Hark now hear

The England sing

we’ll beat Iran away

and we will fight forever more

this year til Boxing Day 

[tom27111]

Mason Mount starts.

 

And all my enthusiasm has just immediately gone.

[bmt]

Our team is woeful. Love it

[davieG]

England XI: Pickford, Stones, Maguire, Trippier, Rice, Bellingham, Mount, Shaw, Saka, Kane, Sterling

Iran XI: Beiranvand, Moharrami, Hajsafi, Mohammadi, Jahanbakhsh, Pouraliganji, Taremi, Cheshmi, Karimi,Hosseini, Nourollahi

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

Nice of the BBC to give one of the most prestigious sporting events the respect it deserves by giving it a ****ing theme tune I'd expect to hear on some BBC Three programme called something like Crouchy's Football Fest

[Chelmofox]

Looking forward to seeing Stirling run around in circles a lot and then falling over. Presume he will get the penalty that gets us the 1-0 win and all pundits will say how important he is.

[RowlattsFox]

Predictable starting 11. 

[foxes_rule1978]

Decent lineup, Bellingham and saka in a like it. Should have too much 3 nil 

[Fox92]

come on England

[Detroit Blues]

Is that 4-3-3 for England?

 

Any surprises from Iran's starting XI?

[martyn]

1 minute ago, Detroit Blues said:

Is that 4-3-3 for England?

 

Any surprises from Iran's starting XI?

Azmoun not starting, and he's a very decent player. Albeit they may only be going with 1 up top (Taremi).

[Fox92]

4 minutes ago, foxes_rule1978 said:

Decent lineup, Bellingham and saka in a like it. Should have too much 3 nil 

I think it'll be tigher but still going for a win.