Road to Russia 2018

[sledger]

Australia sending a warning to the rest of the world with a 4-0 thumping of the highly rated Czech Republic side over night.

Yeah....hate to break it to you, but it's not 2004 anymore.

 

[cpr]

I doubt Burgey has got past 1996

 

[Burgey]

Give it a couple of weeks and you’ll have your quadrennial wailing and gnashing of teeth as your bundling out gets underway. Looking forward to it. Meanwhile, we’ll continue to fly under the radar to at least the quarters, most likely the final.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Nobody is expecting us to do anything anyway so as long as we get out of the group nobody will care.

 

[Furball]

Always worries me when there's no hype about England.

Although usually there's a reason for it and the early exit is pretty hilarious.

 

[Uppercut]

I got them in the sweepstake so if they must win a World Cup then they might as well do it now.

 

[vogue]

What’s the best app to get to follow this, or is everyone on here doing their own thing/stuff ?

 

[Furball]

I got them in the sweepstake so if they must win a World Cup then they might as well do it now.

I got Russia.

Basically just need Putin's heavies to start murdering wives and children of referees and I'm all set.

 

[Uppercut]

I got Russia.

Basically just need Putin's heavies to start murdering wives and children of referees and I'm all set.

I've taken the 9/1 on the Saudis to beat them in the opening game, so hoping their utter uselessness can out-turd the traditional home-town fix.

Saudis aren't too bad at the corruption either.

 

[auditor]

I got Russia.

Basically just need Putin's heavies to start murdering wives and children of referees and I'm all set.

ahahahahhahahahahhaaaa

 

[auditor]

Putin said if Egypt wins, it will prohibit tourists from flying to Egypt.

Take Russia's victory over Egypt

 

[sledger]

Aren't they already banned?

Edit: Ah no, I see that ended a few months back.

 

[Daemon]

So how many matches until Germany win the final?

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44034290

 

[Burgey]

Man I wish this would just start already. Best sporting event in the world imo.

 

[sledger]

Yeah, usually I find it rolls around really quickly after the Prem finishes but it seems like the waiting is dragging on big time this time around.

 

[harsh.ag]

What's the best XI of players not going to Russia (injuries aside)?

 

[sledger]

Not sure about best XI, but Buffon, Keita, Alaba, Veratti, and Pjanic spring to mind in terms of notable player absentees.

At least we won't have to endure the "Do it for Buffon because he is a nice man" rhetoric/narrative this time round though.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Yeah, usually I find it rolls around really quickly after the Prem finishes but it seems like the waiting is dragging on big time this time around.

Having been involved in play offs I haven't had to wait so long so not that desperate. Shame we have no proper cricket this weekend to go into it. A test this week would have been ideal.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Anyone having withdrawal symptoms the History channel has loads of stuff on at present. The Fifa films of World Cups etc...

 

[sledger]

Haha, you mean the History Channel actually has historical content these days? A few years back the only thing they showed was Ice Road Truckers, Pawn Stars, Swamp People, and Lizard Lick Towing.

Not that I minded this, but it always raised an eyebrow about why the channel had the word "History" in the title.