Group F: Netherlands, Japan, Tunisia, Sweden

[Super_horns]

Poor keeping but Japan probably deserves that .

[MPH]

19 minutes ago, The Doctor said:

it's so blatantly an attempt to create more ad breaks.

 

gonna be pure shite when Sky and TNT want in on that and you've got a "hydration break" in Newcastle the Saturday before Christmas 

 

Just for the record, the hydration break had totally come from FIFA and isn’t a request of the home nations or their broadcasting companies..

[Jordan]

This is a damn good game

[Parafox]

1 minute ago, JonnyZeroFox said:

I want England to win it but I’m team Japan up till that point  

I won't forgive them for Pearl Harbour, though

[Parafox]

3 minutes ago, MPH said:

 

Just for the record, the hydration break had totally come from FIFA and isn’t a request of the home nations or their broadcasting companies..

Yes. So far. But it's exploitable and therefore will be exploited 

Edited 5 hours ago by Parafox

[martyn]

Really poor subs by Koeman cost the Dutch there.

[StanSP]

Glad that game eventually lived up to its billing. First half was a bit tepid. Exciting 2nd half though. Enjoyable, and almost always is when Japan play. 

[OntarioFox]

Took its fair bloody time but that second half was proper entertaining.

I still reckon Japan are dark horses.

[PhillippaT]

5 minutes ago, MPH said:

 

Just for the record, the hydration break had totally come from FIFA and isn’t a request of the home nations or their broadcasting companies..

They used the Club World Cup last year as a testbed for this years World Cup, so that's where it comes from.

[JonnyZeroFox]

Dutch went 2-1 up, and then it was pretty much all Japan. I would say 2-2 was fair though, great second half 

[Foxdiamond]

3 minutes ago, martyn said:

Really poor subs by Koeman cost the Dutch there.

Never liked Koeman since that foul against David Platt

[kingfox]

You’d just love a couple of Japanese players at Leicester wouldn’t you, baffling we haven’t used their market since Okazaki.

[StanSP]

Wait, do Japan coaching staff put up how many minutes are left

 

There's a massive scoreboard isn't there? 

[Wymsey]

It seems like the Japanese team lack the physicality side, as otherwise they're quite organised and technical.

Edited 5 hours ago by Wymsey

[OntarioFox]

7 minutes ago, kingfox said:

You’d just love a couple of Japanese players at Leicester wouldn’t you, baffling we haven’t used their market since Okazaki.

That's the problem, as much as it's a stereotype it's a true one - Japanese (east Asian players in general) work their bollocks off. Which is the absolute antithesis of our "philosophy" under Top and Rudkin.

 

We'll keep getting lazy "technical" players from shit French teams and cast-offs that even struggling Prem / Championship sides like Spurs and Southampton no longer want instead. And we'll head it all off by appointing Laszlo from What We Do In The Shadows to lead them into battle by passing it around at the back every week.

[Leicesterpool]

That was a good game between Netherlands and Japan, really took off in the second half after really dull first half. Would this group be considered the group of death?

Edited 5 hours ago by Leicesterpool

[ACF]

The AFC teams starting strong this World Cup. 

[Wymsey]

Reckon Graham Potter's Sweden will be the dark horses..

[MPH]

Sweden are playing with Gyorkes and Isaac.. quite a strong strike force on paper.

[Aus Fox]

4 hours ago, Foxdiamond said:

Never liked Koeman since that foul against David Platt

This, and the David Beckham red vs Argentina and the two incidents in football I find myself thinking about the most.

The fact that he should have been sent off, then scored later on to stop us going to USA94 still grinds my gears now. 

[MPH]

Great opening goal after 7mins for Sweden!

[MPH]

Goalie went on a safari expedition!

[MPH]

Absolute golden opportunity by Tunisia to equalize..

 

 

and I’m monologuing so I’ll go enjoy the game

[PhillippaT]

I'm only kinda watching it in the background tbh.

[OntarioFox]

I've been watching five minutes and Isak has been offside more times than prime DJ Campbell