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  • Red_in_SE8
    Red_in_SE8 Posts: 5,961
    Algarveaddick said:

    Red_in_SE8 said:

    In my eyes a World Cup is not a real World Cup if any of Brazil, Argentina, Germany or Italy are missing. I desperately hope Italy get through tonight. The atmosphere in the San Siro will be amazing. Really looking forward to watching this tonight.

    I believe that the teams that do best in qualifying being there makes it a real world cup.
    I think you are taking my statement too literally. I am talking about the romance of the World Cup. I have followed every World Cup from 1970 and read many articles about earlier World Cups and seen grainy footage of some of the games from that earlier era. I have always looked forward intensely to each World Cup. And it has always been irrelevant, in terms of how much I looked forward to it, if England qualified or not. The dramas, passion, triumphs, disasters, controversies, personalities, and sheer number of world class players that those 4 nations have brought to the event over the years I have been watching, and before, means that for me, if one of those nations is missing, a little bit of the magic will be missing.
  • Daddy_Pig
    Daddy_Pig Posts: 496
    Red_in_SE8 said:

    Algarveaddick said:

    Red_in_SE8 said:

    In my eyes a World Cup is not a real World Cup if any of Brazil, Argentina, Germany or Italy are missing. I desperately hope Italy get through tonight. The atmosphere in the San Siro will be amazing. Really looking forward to watching this tonight.

    I believe that the teams that do best in qualifying being there makes it a real world cup.
    I think you are taking my statement too literally. I am talking about the romance of the World Cup. I have followed every World Cup from 1970 and read many articles about earlier World Cups and seen grainy footage of some of the games from that earlier era. I have always looked forward intensely to each World Cup. And it has always been irrelevant, in terms of how much I looked forward to it, if England qualified or not. The dramas, passion, triumphs, disasters, controversies, personalities, and sheer number of world class players that those 4 nations have brought to the event over the years I have been watching, and before, means that for me, if one of those nations is missing, a little bit of the magic will be missing.
    Feel the same about the Dutch. However if you're not putting the opposition away you don't deserve to be there.
  • Red_in_SE8
    Red_in_SE8 Posts: 5,961
    Daddy_Pig said:

    Red_in_SE8 said:

    Algarveaddick said:

    Red_in_SE8 said:

    In my eyes a World Cup is not a real World Cup if any of Brazil, Argentina, Germany or Italy are missing. I desperately hope Italy get through tonight. The atmosphere in the San Siro will be amazing. Really looking forward to watching this tonight.

    I believe that the teams that do best in qualifying being there makes it a real world cup.
    I think you are taking my statement too literally. I am talking about the romance of the World Cup. I have followed every World Cup from 1970 and read many articles about earlier World Cups and seen grainy footage of some of the games from that earlier era. I have always looked forward intensely to each World Cup. And it has always been irrelevant, in terms of how much I looked forward to it, if England qualified or not. The dramas, passion, triumphs, disasters, controversies, personalities, and sheer number of world class players that those 4 nations have brought to the event over the years I have been watching, and before, means that for me, if one of those nations is missing, a little bit of the magic will be missing.
    Feel the same about the Dutch. However if you're not putting the opposition away you don't deserve to be there.
    Yes, I almost included them. Then I realised they have never won it!
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,145
    Stuff Italy , Spain 82 when they beat the beautiful Brazil really fucked me off as an 11 year old no more Ziiiiico , Falcao , Socrates etc in that tourney
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,849
    Great game.
    Even the eleven and half year old me knew I had watched something special.

    Glad I didn't know about Rossi's match fixing ban at the time though.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,010
    Surprised that Italy have selected Gabbiadini up front ahead of Belotti, Insigne or even Bernadeschi, he's hardly been in good form for Southampton.

    Italy have not lost a competitive home game since 1999.
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,669
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:

    Surprised that Italy have selected Gabbiadini up front ahead of Belotti, Insigne or even Bernadeschi, he's hardly been in good form for Southampton.

    Italy have not lost a competitive home game since 1999.

    Tonight's the night.
    Sweden to qualify
  • ross1
    ross1 Posts: 50,974
    MrOneLung said:

    Great game.
    Even the eleven and half year old me knew I had watched something special.

    Glad I didn't know about Ross1's match fixing ban at the time though.

    It is a lie, I did nothing :smiley:
  • flyingkiwiDK
    flyingkiwiDK Posts: 5,722
    Last 6 World Cup playoff games....

    Honduras 0-0 Australia
    New Zealand 0-0 Peru
    Denmark 0-0 Ireland
    Switzerland 0-0 N Ireland
    Greece 0-0 Croatia
    Italy 0-0 Sweden

    Now 569 mins (9.5 hours) since last goal when Sweden scored on Friday.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,844
    Another 0-0 between Denmark and Ireland tomorrow night seems like a good bet!
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  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,763
    Great result for England that Sweden are through in place of Italy.

    Pushes Croatia into pot 2. Would much rather we drew Sweden than Croatia in the group stage.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,763
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,763
    Peru will be in pot 2 if they qualify.

    If they do not, that leaves the door open for Denmark to get into pot 2 (given that they beat Ireland).

    If both Peru and Denmark fail to qualify, Iceland will be in pot 2.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,763
    edited November 2017
    1. Northern Ireland or Switzerland
    2. Croatia or Greece
    3. Italy or Sweden
    5. Tunisia or Congo
    6. Morocco or Ivory Coast
    7. Senegal or Burkina Faso or Cape Verde or South Africa

    4. Ireland or Denmark (14th Nov, 19:45)
    8. New Zealand or Peru (16th Nov, 02:15)
    9. Honduras or Australia (15th Nov, 09:00)

  • SheffieldRed
    SheffieldRed Posts: 3,772
    edited November 2017
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  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,010
    Play off update:

    NZ 0 Peru 0
    Honduras 0 Australia 0
    Croatia 4 Greece 1
    Denmark 0 Ireland 0
    NI 0 Switzerland 1
    Sweden 1 Italy 0
    Switzerland 0 NI 0
    Greece 0 Croatia 0
    Italy 0 Sweden 0

    6 0-0s from 9 games. Croatia scored more goals than the 11 other sides combined.
  • Danepak
    Danepak Posts: 1,628
    That 'butterflies in my stomach' feeling, before the game in Dublin tomorrow.
    So nervous about this. I think we'll screw it up somehow and fail to qualify.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,767
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:

    Play off update:

    NZ 0 Peru 0
    Honduras 0 Australia 0
    Croatia 4 Greece 1
    Denmark 0 Ireland 0
    NI 0 Switzerland 1
    Sweden 1 Italy 0
    Switzerland 0 NI 0
    Greece 0 Croatia 0
    Italy 0 Sweden 0

    6 0-0s from 9 games. Croatia scored more goals than the 11 other sides combined.

    A symptom of the modern game - "better" coached sides who know how to defendas units plus the fear of losing.

    Not many sides can play the sort of football that Barcelona and Man City do but plenty can know how to stop the opposition from playing. On the international stage, it is only the likes of the really weak sides such as Malta, Estonia, San Marino, Liechenstein that allow the number of goals per game to exceed the current average of less than 2.5 goals per game - this from an average of 4.6 per game some hundred years ago.

    At club level, outside the PL, not one of our top sides average 2 goals per game - in fact the likes of Shrewbury (League 1) and Dover (National League), the very best teams in their respective divisions, average 3 or less goals every 2 games. But if the season stopped now they would be crowned champions and their supporters would argue that the end justifies the means. It does all rather make a mockery of the so called "beautiful game".
  • palarsehater
    palarsehater Posts: 12,296
    palarsehater said:

    poxy millwall fans

    More than 20 police officers were injured in Brussels when celebrations over Morocco's qualification for football's World Cup turned violent.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41961801

    nailed on for us to get them.


    i fancy the swedes to cling on tonight, and republic to get a cheeky 1-0 tomorrow.

    halfway correct lets hope the other half of the prediction lands tonight @TelMc32
  • flyingkiwiDK
    flyingkiwiDK Posts: 5,722
    edited November 2017
    Dear Denmark,

    Please, please, PLEASE don’t mess it up tonight! I want to enjoy next years World Cup with you boys in it not sitting in a bar with a bunch of disinterested Danes supposedly supporting your Scandi “brothers” (Sweden) because you lot couldn’t beat a VERY average Irish side!

    Tak!

    PS - I think it’s going to be very tight
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  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,596
    Ireland 1 up
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,990
    flyingkiwiDK said:

    Dear Denmark,

    Please, please, PLEASE don’t mess it up tonight! I want to enjoy next years World Cup with you boys in it not sitting in a bar with a bunch of disinterested Danes supposedly supporting your Scandi “brothers” (Sweden) because you lot couldn’t beat a VERY average Irish side!

    Tak!

    PS - I think it’s going to be very tight

    Maybe not. 1-0 to Ireland, 5 mins.
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,617
    edited November 2017


    Similar goal to that against Italy in the Euros.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,844
    Duffy is having a great season
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,596
    1 1 now
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,596
    2 1 Denmark.
  • flyingkiwiDK
    flyingkiwiDK Posts: 5,722
    2-1!!!!!!!!
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,669
    Night Night Ireland
  • Sillybilly
    Sillybilly Posts: 9,234
    Ireland are awful defensively. Christie in particular having a mare. Denmark will win comfortably I think.
  • Pelling1993
    Pelling1993 Posts: 6,673
    Eriksen the best player on the pitch by such a huge margin

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