Group E: Spain, Costa Rica, Germany, Japan

[pSinatra]

They've shown the angle several times..........the angle they're demanding to see

 

just fvcking weird now

[coolhandfox]

Do these 4 have German heritage 

[foxfanazer]

7 minutes ago, Corky said:

Could we just have a break from Gary Neville's voice?

Could Gary Neville's voice break?

[Apollo]

Am I missing something? The side on angle shows part of the ball still covering the line, therefore still in play. Why are they still banging on?

[foxfanazer]

Neville does know he isn't talking about United right? 

[Raj]

Soain manufactured that.

You Would rather lose and play Morocco than Croatia.

Hope Morocco crush them.

 

 

[coolhandfox]

There it is Neville managed to mention De Gea.

 

Blokes a massive bellend.

[Vacamion]

 

Oi, People's Poet, pipe down and go and count your appearance fee.

 

[shen]

5 minutes ago, TJQuik said:

I love the idea that Spain orchestrated this result to finish 2nd, I suppose because people think they'd rather go to our side of the draw - but I bet these same people think we're utter crap because we drew with the USA and only beat little old Wales and Iran, and there's no way we would beat Spain or France? The logic some people use is astounding

You're making a whole raft of assumptions there and constructing your own narrative. Did they plan this? Not a chance. But will this result upset them? I highly doubt it.

Edited 1 December 2022 by shen

[RoboFox]

Just now, foxfanazer said:

Neville does know he isn't talking about United right? 

Bloke genuinely can’t help it. Just like Carragher. 

[yorkie1999]

3 minutes ago, Apollo said:

Am I missing something? The side on angle shows part of the ball still covering the line, therefore still in play. Why are they still banging on?

Dunno. But who gives a fvck

Edited 1 December 2022 by yorkie1999

[foxes_rule1978]

4 minutes ago, shen said:

"Intentional or not" - fact is this result will have given Spain an - on paper for what it's worth - easier route to the semifinal.

It is not, but yes good on them, and if they make the semi final I won’t say it’s because they had it easy either. It is never easy 

[Vacamion]

 

A gazillion times this:

 

 

 

[Super_horns]

Souness certainly sounds like he had a bet on them or got Germany in a sweepstake..

 

 

[The Bear]

[TJQuik]

7 minutes ago, shen said:

That's not what I said. But if I was Spain's manager, I'd want to avoid Croatia and Brazil in that side of the draw. This result achieves just that. Intentional or not, this will ironically increase Spain's chance of winning.

Yes, they'd much rather be on the side with france, england and probably Portugal.

 

If they play like that against any of those sides they're going home. Morocco will be up for it now too.

[Foxdiamond]

18 minutes ago, MattFox said:

Germany out in the groups two tournaments in a row

 

Don’t think we’ve ever been that bad

We were worse when we did not qualify in 74 and 78. Still hurts

[Wymsey]

1 minute ago, The Bear said:

Possibly photoshopped?..

 

Seriously, only 0.01% of the ball led to this final decision.

Edited 1 December 2022 by Wymsey

[Foxdiamond]

Just now, Foxdiamond said:

We were worse when we did not qualify in 74 and 78. Still hurts

Sorry realised you meant the Euros and WC

[RowlattsFox]

Over the line or not, it's crazy he even managed to claw it back at all. 

[Samilktray]

The Germans are crying into their curry wurst tonight and I bloody love it 

[The Bear]

My word, do a search for Souness on Twitter (he's trending any way) and it's fvcking hilarious some of the tweets. 

 

https://twitter.com/search?q=Souness&vertical=trends&t=JXg4S_5Qh6wf8DBR6D0FZA&s=09

 

 

[The Bear]

 

 

 

Edited 1 December 2022 by The Bear

[J. James]

3 minutes ago, Wymsey said:

Possibly photoshopped?..

 

Seriously, only 0.01% of the ball led to this final decision.

Photoshopped? Fake? Yeah right Donald 🤣🤣

[shen]

1 minute ago, TJQuik said:

Yes, they'd much rather be on the side with france, england and probably Portugal.

 

If they play like that against any of those sides they're going home. Morocco will be up for it now too.

For sure. I will concede that this World Cup has made a mockery of favourites and seedings. 

I was just making the point that on paper this result is not one that we can read much into at this point. 

Much like Argentina's defeat to the Saudis.

 

If Spain get dumped out by Morocco, then fair play. I would still fancy Spain higher here than against Croatia.