Knockout Stages - Round of 32

[StanSP]

1 hour ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

A lot of discussion online about combined French and English 11’s after Viera and Neville’s comments last night so thought I’d chuck mine in:

 

Maignan

 

Kounde

Upamecano

Saliba

O’Reilly

 

Anderson

Rabiot

 

Dembele

Olise

Mbappe

 

Kane

Bellingham for Rabiot the only change for me out of that. Maybe Rice for Anderson but I've quite liked Anderson's contributions so far. 

[StanSP]

Just clocked we get to see Haaland vs Gabriel in the next round again. 

[Footballwipe]

11 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Just clocked we get to see Haaland vs Gabriel in the next round again. 

"There we can see the teams gathering in the tunnel, so will Haaland humble Brazil or is Gabriel gunner keep him quiet? Join us after the break for the anthems."

[Leicesterpool]

Holland fans are understood to be calling for Gareth Southgate to be their next manager. How could you see that panning out?

[Trent Steel]

6 minutes ago, Leicesterpool said:

Holland fans are understood to be calling for Gareth Southgate to be their next manager. How could you see that panning out?

nah its gonna be Slot

[Trent Steel]

does anyone else have this horrible feeling that we will lose tonight against the DR congo ?

 

 

[Samilktray]

22 minutes ago, Leicesterpool said:

Holland fans are understood to be calling for Gareth Southgate to be their next manager. How could you see that panning out?

Where?

[Sol thewall Bamba]

1 hour ago, Footballwipe said:

"There we can see the teams gathering in the tunnel, so will Haaland humble Brazil or is Gabriel gunner keep him quiet? Join us after the break for the anthems."

LIFE IS A HIIIIIGHHWAAAYY

[FoxesWalk]

6 hours ago, Footballwipe said:

Absolutely insane people seemed to convince themselves Ecuador were the real deal after beating Germany.

 

Shows that one decent performance against a superpower team on the wane covered up the pathetic performances they put in against Ivory Coast and Curacao.

It’s not just that though, they have top class defenders and world class CDM, they’ve conceded 5 goals in about 20 games pre World Cup.

 

They only lost 2 games in qualifying, less than anyone in South America (Argentina came top and lost 4, Ecuador came 2nd and lost 2). They finish comfortably ahead of Brazil who only just scraped through. They beat Argentina, and both of their losses were early in qualifying, they went around 2 years without losing a competitive match pre World Cup 

Edited 4 hours ago by FoxesWalk

[RowlattsFox]

Think I'd prefer to go out tonight rather than getting knocked out in the middle of the night by Mexico  

[Footballwipe]

18 minutes ago, FoxesWalk said:

It’s not just that though, they have top class defenders and world class CDM, they’ve conceded 5 goals in about 20 games pre World Cup.

 

They only lost 2 games in qualifying, less than anyone in South America (Argentina came top and lost 4, Ecuador came 2nd and lost 2). They finish comfortably ahead of Brazil who only just scraped through. They beat Argentina, and both of their losses were early in qualifying, they went around 2 years without losing a competitive match pre World Cup 

That's fine, and a fair point, but there's no denying they were also absolutely abysmal against both Ivory Coast and Curacao, and I'm not sure why that seemed to be forgotten, especially as they were playing a hyped and confident Mexico team in Mexico.

 

It is a shame with their track record going in they weren't any better - I'm being harsh but the tournament would've been a damn sight better for them being in that qualifying form.

[ramboacdc]

38 minutes ago, RowlattsFox said:

Think I'd prefer to go out tonight rather than getting knocked out in the middle of the night by Mexico  

Will be a pisser at 4am, the sun is coming up and we just been panned 3-0

[RonnieTodger]

DR Congo’s defence doesn’t look much worse than ours 

[filbertway]

6 hours ago, StanSP said:

Only if they're incorrectly given. 

 

If it's incorrectly not given, it remains a goal kick. 

Ah legend, it was driving me mad as I couldn't work out why they used it sometimes but not others

 

I don't understand why they don't do it both ways but at least I know now thanks.

[StanSP]

18 hours ago, StanSP said:

Did I hear Murphy say earlier 'used to have a cat called Bob'?! 

 

18 hours ago, fox_favourite said:

Yes. Both my kids laughed at that 

 

18 hours ago, Nalis said:

Was that before he was talking about a sticking it in a Royal Mail van before the awkward silence with the commentator? I was wondering what that was all about

The whole clip

 

Maybe the heat was getting to him

 

Edited 3 hours ago by StanSP

[spacemunky]

3 hours ago, Trent Steel said:

does anyone else have this horrible feeling that we will lose tonight against the DR congo ?

 

 

It's the English way! 

[StanSP]

 

 

 

[Super_horns]

No surprise to see Gordon dropped .

 

Madueke back in for Saka.

Edited 1 hour ago by Super_horns

[RowlattsFox]

Is Stones carrying something? All the clamour to take him and he hasn't played since the first game. 

[spacemunky]

3 minutes ago, Super_horns said:

No surprise to see Gordon dropped .

He needs to rest up before joining Barca.

[spacemunky]

Looks like Hamza in the midfield for them.

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

If he isn't injured I'd have Stones in there 100%, not mad on that Geuhi / Konsa pairing. Other than that its strong, Gordon had to be dropped.

[The Bear]

I hate the way that team sheets are always in a squad number order rather than by position nowadays. Get in the bin. 

[Lionator]

4 hours ago, Trent Steel said:

does anyone else have this horrible feeling that we will lose tonight against the DR congo ?

 

 

I think we’ll squeeze through but they drew v Portugal, should’ve gotten something v Colombia and battered Uzbekistan. They can definitely trouble us and have some very good players, they’re definitely better than Ghana. A convincing win will help.

[whoareyaaa]

Stones should be in there really if fit agree, don't think Madueke should be starting either

Edited 1 hour ago by whoareyaaa