Honest_Man#1 Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Does it seem to anyone else like the number of players feigning injuries is more than usual at this World Cup? Every single innocuous challenge or header and someone seems to be rolling about the floor. Feels like there’s a stoppage every few mins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Burkina Faso Burkina Faso have been pretty good these last few years, placing third and second in the Cup of Nations and missing out on WC2014 on away goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banana Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Luis Linekar and Valentin Shearer during the Panama national anthem... https://streamable.com/pce8o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve McQueen Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 So no 1 o'clock games tomorrow & the 4pm becomes 3pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 This is where we start losing our whole day of football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 A real life socceroo.http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-25/socceroo-disrupts-local-canberra-match/9905876 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 On 22/06/2018 at 20:56, Szamo's_Ammo said: Here's a question for you: There are approximately 528 people in Nigeria (pop: 185,000,000) for every 1 person in Iceland (pop: 350,000) which is a World Cup record for population disparity. What match in World Cup finals history held this record before today (going by current population figures)? The biggest disparity for Scotland (pop: 5,000,000) for example is against Brazil (pop :206,000,000) at 41:1. For the qualifiers, Germany (82,800,000) played San Marino (33,285). That is a ratio of 2,487 to 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsr Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 China v Costa Rica in 2002? Edit: already been answered. Oops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crùbag Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Limmy trolling... Benidorm UK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nowhereman Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 On 6/23/2018 at 16:04, Monkey Tennis said: It's a funny thing to get your head round altogether. We've been used to groups of four with three guaranteed matches. In 1954, it worked differently with just two games, but every other finals since has required three. The terror of defeat and the potential for stitched up second games, doesn't sound likely to enhance the viewing experience. There were groups of three at the 1982 finals although only after the groups of four Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 2 hours ago, Nowhereman said: There were groups of three at the 1982 finals although only after the groups of four Well, yes, but it still followed the established routine of three guaranteed initial matches in a group of four. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrshireTon Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 23 hours ago, Honest_Man#1 said: Does it seem to anyone else like the number of players feigning injuries is more than usual at this World Cup? Every single innocuous challenge or header and someone seems to be rolling about the floor. Feels like there’s a stoppage every few mins. Dislocated shoelaces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 On 25/06/2018 at 13:02, Crùbag said: Limmy trolling... Benidorm UK? He trolling the #FreeTommy lot too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eindhovendee Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Might have been posted elsewhere but this is football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 On 24/06/2018 at 19:10, Honest_Man#1 said: Does it seem to anyone else like the number of players feigning injuries is more than usual at this World Cup? Every single innocuous challenge or header and someone seems to be rolling about the floor. Feels like there’s a stoppage every few mins. This is definitely true, especially with fake head injuries. Almost every time there’s two players challenging for a header we get a minute break where both go down holding their face/head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLights Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 New ball to be used for knockout stage I haven't heard anything about the ball being used at the World Cup until this story. Past World Cups have seen the ball come in from heavy criticism, 2010 was the one that sticks out to me. It does seem unusual to change the ball half way through the tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve McQueen Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Just now, NorthernLights said: New ball to be used for knockout stage I haven't heard anything about the ball being used at the World Cup until this story. Past World Cups have seen the ball come in from heavy criticism, 2010 was the one that sticks out to me. It does seem unusual to change the ball half way through the tournament. I think it's just the same ball with red bits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peppino Impastato Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 8 hours ago, eindhovendee said: Might have been posted elsewhere but this is football. Might as well go the whole hog and tell him they won it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ginger Prince Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Maradona rushed to hospital supposedly. He looked like he was in a bad way during the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Angelo Barksdale Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 16 minutes ago, The Ginger Prince said: Maradona rushed to hospital supposedly. He looked like he was in a bad way during the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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