Sergeant Wilson Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 The Denmark game didn't do them any favours, but I don't find France boring to watch. You have to be able to appreciate different styles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 4 hours ago, GordonS said: Couldn't agree more. Unless they're at the level of Nelson Mandela, get the politicians to feck. Dead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheStadium Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Need a fact check here but.... Were France only a goal behind once in the tournament then proceeded to score another 3 (Argentina)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Nederlander Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 5 hours ago, Sergeant Wilson said: The Denmark game didn't do them any favours There were repeated mentions of that game being the worst of the competition from our Southern based broadcasters who conveniently overlooked the Belgium v England non-event at the end of the Group Stages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 7 hours ago, King Kebab said: Not giving a f**k!!! Putin always looks like his mind is on other things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 18 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: Putin always looks like his mind is on other things. Maybe that the Pussy Riot babes will be in jail for 15 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 21 hours ago, forameus said: They won the tournament. Comfortably. Ended up being a pretty great chance, regardless of how they played. Not comfortably. They were very lucky when they needed to be against Uruguay and Croatia, and the one time they were forced to play offensively was their best performance of the tournament. They absolutely shitfested their match against Denmark. The French should be overjoyed that they won, but no other football fans should. Winning it does not automatically means the tactics were the best. 12 hours ago, CheStadium said: Need a fact check here but.... Were France only a goal behind once in the tournament then proceeded to score another 3 (Argentina)? Yup. The one time they went behind and we saw what they were capable of, they blew Argentina away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameus Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 4 minutes ago, GordonS said: Not comfortably. They were very lucky when they needed to be against Uruguay and Croatia, and the one time they were forced to play offensively was their best performance of the tournament. They absolutely shitfested their match against Denmark. The French should be overjoyed that they won, but no other football fans should. Winning it does not automatically means the tactics were the best. That's pretty arguable. I'd say winning a World Cup meant their tactics worked just fine. They shit-fested the Denmark game because they didn't have to do anything else. Ridiculous decision from a neutral perspective, and rightfully booed, but again they won't give a shiny shit about that. They were the better side against Uruguay, and against Croatia. Their football wasn't the most attractive, but it was easily the most effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon EF Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 If France had got to play against Tunisia, Panama, Colombia, Sweden and Croatia in the run up to the final, I'm sure they'd have played more attractive football. But they didn't, they played much tougher teams, who were more likely to limit what they were bale to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 9 minutes ago, Gordon EF said: If France had got to play against Tunisia, Panama, Colombia, Sweden and Croatia in the run up to the final, I'm sure they'd have played more attractive football. But they didn't, they played much tougher teams, who were more likely to limit what they were bale to do. Wales didn't qualify m4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon EF Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 2 minutes ago, TheScarf said: Wales didn't qualify m4. Well they were totally limited in what they were bale to do then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Just now, Gordon EF said: Well they were totally limited in what they were bale to do then. I wonder how a Wales side spear-headed by Gareth Able would've done? Seems like they've regressed in the last 24 months, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon EF Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 1 minute ago, TheScarf said: I wonder how a Wales side spear-headed by Gareth Able would've done? Seems like they've regressed in the last 24 months, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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