The Official 2018 Russia World Cup natter

[Puggit]

Staggering number of ColOmbia fans. Especially considering we only sent 2500 to Volgograd.

[mickk]

Puggit said:

Especially considering we only sent 2500 to Volgograd.

Sounds like a prison sentence.

[Puggit]

mickk said:

Sounds like a prison sentence.

For the Germans it was a death sentence! History nerd Out of over a million Germans and allies who fought in the battle of Stalingrad, only 5000 returned home - the last were repatriated in 1956!

[silverfoxcc]

If Columbia is said again

Would it be a record?

For those of a more mature age!

[Mothersruin]

Quality header.

Was on the cards though.

[Mothersruin]

Honda misfire there...

[Puggit]

Poland vs Senegal next.

As tempting as Russia vs Saudi Arabia on paper...

[Ascayman]

Puggit said:

Poland vs Senegal next.

As tempting as Russia vs Saudi Arabia on paper...

Still some good players on display, Lewandowski, Mane..

[coldel]

Ascayman said:

Still some good players on display, Lewandowski, Mane..

Kouyate :-)

Said on the west ham thread, with any luck he will do a Sissoko and convince the world he is a £30m player based on a few performances in a major tournament!

[TCEvo]

coldel said:

Ascayman said:

Still some good players on display, Lewandowski, Mane..

Kouyate :-)

Said on the west ham thread, with any luck he will do a Sissoko and convince the world he is a £30m player based on a few performances in a major tournament!

[Frank7]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

What on earth was Sanchez arguing about. He did t. The ref saw it. The asst ref would have seen it. VAR would have seen it. What's the point in standing there for 5 mins protesting his innocence.

I’m intrigued by the fact that the ref in the Colombia/Japan game is a Slovene.
Now while I can believe that quite a few of the Colombians can speak English, and maybe one or two of the Japanese, and that maybe the ref does too, how do they sort things out when one side is screaming for a corner, while the other side is disputing who had the final touch?
Or when a player goes down, and three of his team mates are urging for the miscreant to be sent off or booked, while the other side’s players are making diving gestures.
Let’s say a side like Belgium play Russia, and the ref is a Kuwaiti, communication nightmare.

[soupdragon1]

Frank7 said:

I’m intrigued by the fact that the ref in the Colombia/Japan game is a Slovene.
Now while I can believe that quite a few of the Colombians can speak English, and maybe one or two of the Japanese, and that maybe the ref does too, how do they sort things out when one side is screaming for a corner, while the other side is disputing who had the final touch?
Or when a player goes down, and three of his team mates are urging for the miscreant to be sent off or booked, while the other side’s players are making diving gestures.
Let’s say a side like Belgium play Russia, and the ref is a Kuwaiti, communication nightmare.

I think the ref gives the decision based on what he see's, rather than what the players say?

[coldel]

Damn, Kouyate on the bench! lol

[Adam B]

I would say a referee hearing white noise rather than the shouty garbage coming from protesting footballers is a positive advantage

[Gavia]

Adam B said:

I would say a referee hearing white noise rather than the shouty garbage coming from protesting footballers is a positive advantage

Racist. Reported

[coldel]

Boom! Senegal!

[Mothersruin]

Frank7 said:

Let’s say a side like Belgium play Russia, and the ref is a Kuwaiti, communication nightmare.

Not really. A Kuwaiti will have understood the Russian that slipped him a thick brown envelope.

Doesn't need to know anything else.

[Puggit]

England (should we qualify) will be playing someone from Group H in the next round. That's someone from Japan, Colombia, Senegal or Poland. At this point, we don't have a clue who!

[TCEvo]

coldel said:

Boom! Senegal!

Double boom.

Poland sound dreadful.

[wjb]

God help us if we ever conceed a goal like that.

Senegal look worryingly disorganised at times, but are 2-0 up and likely to score a third here!