IdleRich

IdleRich
It felt so disengaged somehow, dissociated from everything - the players looked like ants and seemed as though they were miles away. I was hit by a powerful disappointment after about five minutes. Or that's how I remember it anyhow, it sounds made up, like when people go "I always knew there was something weird about that guy" but I think I really did have that feeling.
 
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WashYourHands

Cat Malogen
I’m with Souness the hun for once

Scotland played 5-3-2 for a reason - to constrict and harass England - and it worked. SC knew our limits and your strengths but none of that gets echoed. Same old England, always moaning

With Rashford and Grealish you missed a trick leaving it late bringing them on, not that they’re miracle workers. Foden wasn’t perfect but he looked capable of adding to a goal

Pickford’s matured, you can rotate a few versions of your team with certain formations and expect you to improve. Can’t see Scotland getting out of the group and Wales could nick a draw against Italy. Rough/smooth
 

IdleRich

IdleRich
I like Rashford but I've never really got any belief that he will come on and change things at international level. In the last world cup I thought whatever threat we did have vanished when he took Sterling off.
An aside, I really don't like this 'best loser' thing, basically third is good enough in all but two groups, there is little jeopardy. 4 pts will likely get you through and so if Scotland beat Croatia they will be in the next round... I reckon they would have taken that going in right?
 

WashYourHands

Cat Malogen
Yep insomuch as we don’t have your depth, so you have take a more pragmatic approach when it’s 24 teams

Typed while Germany equalised and work prolapses
 

IdleRich

IdleRich
Portugal taking the lead was totally against the run of play. When you are so dominant and yet somehow you go behind is exactly when I feel like the football gods are not smiling on you and you are certain to lose. And if it were England they would cave in at that point, but fair play, this was was like an old German team, they just rolled up their sleeves, said "fuck the gods and banged in a couple of goals".
Girlfriend had popped out to buy some fags and a large ceramic penis when the Portuguese goal went in and the woman in the shop gave her a celebratory ginja.
 

IdleRich

IdleRich
There is more to it than originally met the eye in fact....

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In this region ceramics in general are a speciality, and penis ceramics even more so. Loads of souvenir shops here and many of them have piles of peni in the windows in all shapes and sizes. This one is apparently designed for drinking from, I dunno if that is always the case, nor do I know if it's standard practice to include a bonus vulva in the base. This one will be a gift for friends of ours.
 

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version

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I cba with the football atm. I was really into it then just couldn't be bothered to watch any at all yesterday and haven't watched any today. Dunno what happened.
 

catalog

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I think they shouldn't have bothered doing it this year, should've just chalked it up as deus ex machina and waited for 2024. Doesn't feel right. That plus Erikson having a heart attack on the pitch. You feel like they all need a rest, but they're being forced to perform. And this whole business of letting the top losers into the knockout, what's the fucking point. Its supposed to be a cup. All feels a bit tacked on and not within the spirit of anything remotely pleasant.

That said, I skimmed through Hungary France today and really enjoyed watching the Hungarians score. And Germany Portugal was pretty good. Always good to see a Ronaldo goal but then they lose.
 

version

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The Copa's been really disheartening to watch, moreso than the Euros. They've been streaming matches on iPlayer and they've got the deadest commentators and completely empty stadiums. Feels like a complete non-event, like everyone left and forgot to tell them to stop playing.
 

catalog

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I've been watching the footie with music playing over the commentary cos it winds me up most of the time and stops me from enjoying the game. Ally MaCoist seems to be over a lot of games and makes a lot of pronouncements. Same with Jenas. You wanna ask them to wind their necks in.
 

IdleRich

IdleRich
Still enjoying it myself, had a minor (major) blip yesterday when the England game started but otherwise I'm in as deep as always... great players, reshuffled into national teams and busting their guts to win. I can't help getting swept up in it.
 

version

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The media frenzy surrounding 'taking the knee' now feels like even more of a storm in a teacup than I'd expected. We had all these Tories wailing and gnashing their teeth about it being some sort of Marxist takeover if they went ahead with it then you watch the games and they literally just kneel for a couple of seconds then kick off as usual.
 

catalog

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The thing that makes it a bit different for me as a viewer this year is the covid factor I think. Would normally go to thd pub or a mates house in a big group for the England games but that hasn't happened at all, for obvious reasons. When England won the first game, I expected people to be out in the streets as I drove home but there was nothing
 
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