ForeverAndEver 71,371 Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 Just now, harlands plater said: Shite like Australia bring nothing to a tournament. 2026 will be even worse, an extra 16 teams Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEFTONG 60,074 Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 2 minutes ago, harlands plater said: Shite like Australia bring nothing to a tournament. Took 10,000 fans to today's game. So hardly nothing.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodRunsBlue 1,303 Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 1 minute ago, ianb1547 said: Totally agree with you.... and Lawro needs scrapped too....he's a pain doing commentary oh aye, he's been doin ma head in for ten years. Most negative whiney cunt on tv. I dont do twitter but everybody who has it should bury the bbc with complaints about him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 11,453 Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 3 minutes ago, harlands plater said: Shite like Australia bring nothing to a tournament. Well France haven't been much better today Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mols94 3,669 Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 4 minutes ago, harlands plater said: Shite like Australia bring nothing to a tournament. They pushed France quite far in this game Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
offminorthreat 1,463 Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 France are fucking rubbish, that Hernandez is a wee poof Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
harlands plater 16,958 Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 1 minute ago, simplythebest said: Well France haven't been much better today At least France are playing football. Australia are like Motherwell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlearyEyedBear 4,148 Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 4 minutes ago, offminorthreat said: VAR is a joke, totally ruined the "moment" of football It’s like banging a tidy burd, but you’re double-bagged. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Specky Forum Organiser 64,467 Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 Just now, harlands plater said: At least France are playing football. Australia are like Motherwell. If Australia tried to play football against France they'd get battered Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moody Blue Legend 61,394 Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 France play way too narrow at the back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianb1547 3,767 Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 A competition for the best 32 teams in the world.....crazy that it includes Saudi Arabia (ranked 67), Morocco (41), Egypt (45) and bloody Russia at 70 would never qualify....  whilst Italy (19) aren't there. Whole qualifying process is garbage Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 11,453 Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 3 minutes ago, harlands plater said: At least France are playing football. Australia are like Motherwell. Different kind of resources but it's good to see some varying types of footballers on this stage Expanding the number of teams further is too much though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlearyEyedBear 4,148 Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 I lost respect for Australia after they switched confederations, to avoid playing off against a South American team. They qualified for this World Cup by beating Honduras in a playoff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Proddy 609 Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 France are so easy to hate. Â Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammer93 15,056 Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 27 minutes ago, Inigo said: Rogic in lasting 70 mins shocker. 10mins more than normal? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tannerall 25,935 Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 Think this is going to be a tournament where all the big players turn it on, Ronaldo, Costa, Griezman, Pogba, and none of the lesser teams come close to qualifying. They all play together at such a high level it's like the Bjorg/Connors/McEnroe days in tennis years ago where the top players were consistently raising the standard against each other in major finals, whilst lesser players never got near a final. No shocks at all then, with all the big guns coasting through............ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.E.C. 18,714 Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 2 minutes ago, BlearyEyedBear said: I lost respect for Australia after they switched confederations, to avoid playing off against a South American team. They qualified for this World Cup by beating Honduras in a playoff. They played Uruguay in 2005 in a playoff? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperPapac05 3,383 Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 That French team will be winning fuck all as long as Dechamps is in charge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Hilts 12,819 Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 3 minutes ago, ianb1547 said: A competition for the best 32 teams in the world.....crazy that it includes Saudi Arabia (ranked 67), Morocco (41), Egypt (45) and bloody Russia at 70 would never qualify....  whilst Italy (19) aren't there. Whole qualifying process is garbage The rankings are alot of pish and mean next to nothing. Switzerland are currently ahead of France and Spain. The likes of Italy and Holland weren't good enough to qualify and I don't personally miss them at all. I'd rather watch a spirited Australia than an Italy underachieving.  Those moaning about teams missing from these tournaments are probably the same ones who moan about the same teams being in the Champions League every season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammer93 15,056 Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 6 minutes ago, ianb1547 said: A competition for the best 32 teams in the world.....crazy that it includes Saudi Arabia (ranked 67), Morocco (41), Egypt (45) and bloody Russia at 70 would never qualify....  whilst Italy (19) aren't there. Whole qualifying process is garbage That's the thing bud it ain't for the best teams no more....it's just about globalisation and supposedly promoting the game around the world. No matter how many African teams they allow into the competition they will still never yield a winner. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlearyEyedBear 4,148 Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 2 minutes ago, G.E.C. said: They played Uruguay in 2005 in a playoff? They joined the AFC in 2006. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd 10,756 Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 I like the wee teams being in the World Cup Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 11,453 Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 4 minutes ago, BlearyEyedBear said: They joined the AFC in 2006. Was that not really more about the lack of competition in the Oceania confederation?  They even beat a team 30-0 or something in the qualifying games for that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie0202 12,220 Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 5 minutes ago, simplythebest said: Was that not really more about the lack of competition in the Oceania confederation?  They even beat a team 30-0 or something in the qualifying games for that From Wikipedia Quote On 11 April 2001, the Australian and American Samoa national association football teams played each other in a qualifying match for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The match was played at the International Sports Stadium in Coffs Harbour, Australia. Australia set a world record for the largest victory in an international football match, winning the game 31–0. Australia's Archie Thompson also broke the record for most goals scored by a player in an international match by scoring 13 goals.[1] David Zdrilic, the scorer of eight goals in the match, achieved the second highest number of goals in an international match since World War I. The outcome of the match led to debates about the format of qualification tournaments, with the Australian manager Frank Farina and Thompson feeling that preliminary rounds should be introduced to avoid such unbalanced matches, views shared by the international footballing body FIFA. It eventually led to the introduction of a preliminary round in the Oceanian zone qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The unbalanced level of opponents also partly contributed to Australia's move to the Asian Football Confederation in 2006.  Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tannerall 25,935 Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 9 minutes ago, Siwel said: I like the wee teams being in the World Cup You support the national team ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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