Group F: Belgium, Canada, Morocco, Croatia

[Jattdogg]

3 minutes ago, Molson Canadian said:

Davies must be feeling terrible he missed that penalty. 

You live and learn. We deserved more but thats just the way the cookie crumbles some times. So proud still!

[StanSP]

Fortunate for Belgium. But Canada were always going to run out of legs in second half. 

[spacemunky]

So proud of the lads right now.

[KFS]

That was shit 

[Scotch]

1 minute ago, spacemunky said:

So proud of the lads right now.

You should be mate. Great effort. Made a fan out of me. 

[CosbehFox]

Martinez is stuck in 2017 ain’t he? How’s he managed to make a team full of talent look so boring. He’d still be playing Vertonghen until he’s 45 given the chance 

[purpleronnie]

Surely Canda have a chance if they play like that against Croatia and Morocco.

[Ric Flair]

5 minutes ago, StevieLynex said:

We need to sign Buchanan

Absolutely sickening that Club Brugge have had De Ketelaere, Skov Olsen, Sowah and Buchanan as left footed ACMs / wingers.

[tom27111]

3 minutes ago, Aus Fox said:

Well I think I’ve seen enough from Canada to suggest they will give both Croatia and Morocco a game, they’re certainly not out of it yet.

On the flip side, nothing in this Belgian side makes me think they are genuine contenders to win the cup.

 

Still very early on and difficult to say.

 

Teams often have poor starts and grow in to the tournament. 

 

Spain in 2010.

 

Likewise, other sides peak too early and fizzle out.

 

Still anyones at the minute.

[Vacamion]

 

I thought the 1st half was immensely entertaining for a 1-0, and it was mostly down to Canada out-running Belgium.

 

 

[Jonezy]

Belgium lucked out massively and Canada must be the darlings of this world cup so far. Impressive effort from Canada; need to work on the composure though, that finishing were proper woeful after all that good work.

[Aus Fox]

Just now, tom27111 said:

 

Still very early on and difficult to say.

 

Teams often have poor starts and grow in to the tournament. 

 

Spain in 2010.

 

Likewise, other sides peak too early and fizzle out.

 

Still anyones at the minute.

I would agree, however, watching this Belgian side they look to have a lot of holes in the back line better teams will walk through and looked poor going forwards. KDB looks well off the pace and Hazard not really upto it.

 

All my quality analysis there means this post will be quoted after the final, so go and stick a tenner on Belgium to win it 😂 

[RowlattsFox]

The Canada manager talks like I do when I do a pretend post match interview to myself on football manager 

 

 

[Samilktray]

Can’t believe anyone thought Belgium were ever serious contenders. Wasted a golden generation and now they look very very average. Shame to see Hazard like this aswell 

[RoboFox]

2 minutes ago, RowlattsFox said:

The Canada manager talks like I do when I do a pretend post match interview to myself on football manager 

 

 

Did he just say we’re going to “eff Croatia” 

[Molson Canadian]

13 minutes ago, Jattdogg said:

You live and learn. We deserved more but thats just the way the cookie crumbles some times. So proud still!

lehlo

[Molson Canadian]

18 minutes ago, Jattdogg said:

You live and learn. We deserved more but thats just the way the cookie crumbles some times. So proud still!

I have learned the hard way missing a penalty for the gurdwara team as a youngster.  Non-stop yelling of "panchod" "kutha" "haramjatha" etc from the sidelines

[theadmans]

21 minutes ago, StevieLynex said:

We need to sign Buchanan

 

We had already tried him out a few years back - wasn't as good as Trevor Peake but fair play was way better than Lineker...

 

...must be knocking on a bit age wise by now.

 

 

[st albans fox]

9 minutes ago, theadmans said:

 

We had already tried him out a few years back - wasn't as good as Trevor Peake but fair play was way better than Lineker...

 

...must be knocking on a bit age wise by now.

 

 

Trevor? 

[Jattdogg]

15 minutes ago, Molson Canadian said:

I have learned the hard way missing a penalty for the gurdwara team as a youngster.  Non-stop yelling of "panchod" "kutha" "haramjatha" etc from the sidelines

I played for dixie back in the day it was horrendous for that ish.

[theadmans]

6 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

Trevor? 

 

Sorry Andy Peake - like I say it's been a few years...

 

...didn't realise that Dave Buchanan lad was a Canuck.

[StanSP]

KDB was given man of the match

 

[Jimothy]

1 hour ago, tom27111 said:

 

Still very early on and difficult to say.

 

Teams often have poor starts and grow in to the tournament. 

 

Spain in 2010.

 

Likewise, other sides peak too early and fizzle out.

 

Still anyones at the minute.

I don't think it's Costa Ricas.

[Jattdogg]

11 minutes ago, StanSP said:

KDB was given man of the match

 

https://twitter.com/Squawka/status/1595506546024321025?s=20&t=bOhOXSM1xbyyN_g3ZbN4mQ

[Detroit Blues]

I was really impressed by Canada. I think they completely out played Belgium, and ought to have gotten a result out of the game. Hopefully they can bring that intensity to Croatia and Morocco, and still find a way to get out of the group.

 

They were excellent in world cup qualifying and the world got to see that massive improvement today. From being a third tier Concacaf team to going toe-to-toe Belgium. John Herdman deserves a lot of credit. Though Canada has a handful of really good players, they definitely play like a team that's greater than the sum of their parts. They play a lot of different formations and are comfortable playing a lot of different styles, sometimes even within the same game. Perhaps he deserves some serious consideration for big jobs on the international level. England maybe??? 😂

 

It's crazy to think, if not for the pandemic (and the change of the qualifying format), this team would have been left out of the final round of qualifying. I think, especially with the expansion of the world cup to 48 teams, Canada is going to be a much more regular fixture on the global landscape.