World Cup 2018 Match Thread

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Post by Hjl » Sat Jun 16, 2018 1:29 pm

God its hard not to like Iceland isnt it. Not pretty football, but they have an incredible determination.

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Post by bodacious benny » Sat Jun 16, 2018 1:29 pm

Argentina look s*** defensively, not a chance in hell that they'll win the tournament.
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Post by Hjl » Sat Jun 16, 2018 1:34 pm

Messi is a great player, but honestly watching him get pushed off the ball by Iceland vs watching Ronaldo dominate spain.... Ronaldo looks miles better.

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Post by Chappy » Sat Jun 16, 2018 1:40 pm

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Post by The Deluded Pablo Diego Jose Francisco » Sat Jun 16, 2018 1:46 pm

Hjl wrote:
Sat Jun 16, 2018 1:34 pm
Messi is a great player, but honestly watching him get pushed off the ball by Iceland vs watching Ronaldo dominate spain.... Ronaldo looks miles better.
Its a little bit different when there is 4/5 players around Messi whereas Ronaldo was marked by just one player.

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Post by Hjl » Sat Jun 16, 2018 2:08 pm

The Deluded Pablo Diego Jose Francisco wrote:
Sat Jun 16, 2018 1:46 pm
Hjl wrote:
Sat Jun 16, 2018 1:34 pm
Messi is a great player, but honestly watching him get pushed off the ball by Iceland vs watching Ronaldo dominate spain.... Ronaldo looks miles better.
Its a little bit different when there is 4/5 players around Messi whereas Ronaldo was marked by just one player.
But dominating spain vs being made redundant by iceland...?

Every single time I've seen either of them in a game Ronaldo looks better.

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Post by bodacious benny » Sat Jun 16, 2018 2:24 pm

Oh dear Messi. He misses a fair few penalties.
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Post by The Deluded Pablo Diego Jose Francisco » Sat Jun 16, 2018 2:24 pm

Hjl wrote:
Sat Jun 16, 2018 2:08 pm
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Its a little bit different when there is 4/5 players around Messi whereas Ronaldo was marked by just one player.
But dominating spain vs being made redundant by iceland...?

Every single time I've seen either of them in a game Ronaldo looks better.

He hardly dominated Spain though did he? His first was a pen, second was a complete f*** up by De Gea (that anyone else could have saved) and the third was a freekick.

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Post by Hjl » Sat Jun 16, 2018 2:24 pm

Well, guess that's settled.

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Post by Chappy » Sat Jun 16, 2018 2:37 pm

Messi 😂😂😂
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Post by Blue & Maroon » Sat Jun 16, 2018 2:40 pm

Messi has poor game and misses penalty. Obviously Ronaldo is better. <erm>

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Post by Hjl » Sat Jun 16, 2018 2:44 pm

El Magdia wrote:
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Messi has poor game and misses penalty. Obviously Ronaldo is better. <erm>
Messi has a poor game and misses a penalty, obviously messi is better?

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Post by bodacious benny » Sat Jun 16, 2018 2:46 pm

I find the debate completely and utterly pointless. They're as good as each other and we're bloody lucky that we've been able to watch them do it at that level for year after year.
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Post by Blue & Maroon » Sat Jun 16, 2018 2:46 pm

Hjl wrote:
Sat Jun 16, 2018 2:44 pm
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Sat Jun 16, 2018 2:40 pm
Messi has poor game and misses penalty. Obviously Ronaldo is better. <erm>
Messi has a poor game and misses a penalty, obviously messi is better?
Or it's stupid to judge World Cup performances in isolation.

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Post by Don Sholeone » Sat Jun 16, 2018 2:50 pm

At his peak Messi was better than Ronaldo, but ive got to say Ronaldo is aging much better than Messi is, imo

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Post by Blue & Maroon » Sat Jun 16, 2018 2:52 pm

Don Sholeone wrote:
Sat Jun 16, 2018 2:50 pm
At his peak Messi was better than Ronaldo, but ive got to say Ronaldo is aging much better than Messi is, imo
Messi has played more games and scored more goals than Ronaldo the past couple of years ffs <laugh>

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Post by Blue & Maroon » Sat Jun 16, 2018 2:55 pm

Brilliant from Iceland <applause> maybe people can start talking about that result instead.

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Post by bodacious benny » Sat Jun 16, 2018 2:57 pm

Iceland deserved that.
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Post by Chappy » Sat Jun 16, 2018 2:59 pm

Iceland <awe> <love>
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Re: World Cup 2018 Match Thread

Post by Hjl » Sat Jun 16, 2018 3:00 pm

Played a bit like Newcastle. Be hard to beat first, then try and score.

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