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Post by gillyp on Jul 11, 2018 8:22:55 GMT
I think we can do it! I'll go with gillyp and say 2-1. This world cup has been a bit of a revelation for me because I really don't watch football normally. But I am home recovering from my surgery and it has been a great distraction. Also, I never really realised that my OH liked watching it either (I don't know what we were doing four years ago in the last one!) and we have discussions about tactics and styles of play...its amazing how much more interesting it is when you start to understand it a bit more. Is this how it starts? Am I going to become obsessed? Have I got to pick a premiership team to support now? 😂😂😅 I used to support Manchester United in the days of George Best and Bobby Carlton (in the last century!) then I slowly lost interest as the game seemed to be taken over by more and more prima donnas. I tend to just watch the internationals now. There seems to be an aura of calm over the England team at the moment which is good to see.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2018 9:51:36 GMT
The TV and radio coverage is off the scale, people are bubbling over with excitement. Fans are hightailing it to Moscow by any means possible, the numbers were down as a result of the problems with Russian fans in France in 2016. Although England LOVES football they have not had great luck on the international stage and the fans are really hoping for a good result. The ironic thing is that the game was invented in this country and yet we seem to have fallen virtually at the first fence so many times on the international stage. The fans don't help either at times, they are the first to vilify the team and also so many managers in the past. The fans take no passengers that's for sure. I think this team is so different in character to many recent past teams though. There were great individual players in those past teams but this team seems to be more passionate and somehow, more honoured, to represent their country rather than how much pay and publicity they can muster up. I think Gareth Southgate's character has a lot to do with that, he's quiet and unassuming in his manner. It rubs off on the players IMO.
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Post by wellway on Jul 11, 2018 10:49:52 GMT
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Post by gillyp on Jul 11, 2018 11:22:02 GMT
Totally cute wellway but as I can’t stand the song I only watched a little!
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Post by lemondrop on Jul 11, 2018 14:21:43 GMT
TFS! The match will be smack in the middle of my work day so I'll be sneaking updates!
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Post by imsirius on Jul 11, 2018 14:24:53 GMT
I only watch soccer in World Cup or Olympics!
I'm so happy for England and hope they kick ass today! There are a couple of Croatian men at our local coffee shop who my friend and I have gotten to know and they are insufferable to listen to about soccer!
I really want England to win, not just because I've been rooting for them since the start, but for BRAGGING rights to take down the two guys at the coffee shop lol.
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Post by imsirius on Jul 11, 2018 17:58:53 GMT
HERE WE GO!! Go ENGLAND!⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️
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Post by jennyap on Jul 11, 2018 18:02:20 GMT
I’m sooooo nervous. I think we can do it. If we carry on as we have done up to now we should do it. But. There’s always a but. I’m too used to failure.
I also really would love Gareth Southgate to be the manager to take them all the way. He’s a local boy, family stil live just round the corner from me. My DH knows his dad well.
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Post by wellway on Jul 11, 2018 18:05:16 GMT
Woohoooooo
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Post by imsirius on Jul 11, 2018 18:05:22 GMT
GOAL!!! Huzzah!
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Post by anniebygaslight on Jul 11, 2018 18:05:30 GMT
Whoo! Ist goal to England within 5 minutes!
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Post by gillyp on Jul 11, 2018 18:05:45 GMT
O. M. G!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by imsirius on Jul 11, 2018 18:06:18 GMT
What a shot...perfectly executed!
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Post by sleepingbooty on Jul 11, 2018 18:08:13 GMT
Trippier, that was gorgeous!
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Post by wellway on Jul 11, 2018 18:49:01 GMT
They just showed the reaction to the goal in Hyde Park, 30,000 people who had full pints in their hands and then didn't.
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Post by joelise on Jul 11, 2018 18:59:09 GMT
They just showed the reaction to the goal in Hyde Park, 30,000 people who had full pints in their hands and then didn't. That made me laugh when I saw it! They will all be soaked in beer and there will be a massive queue at the bar for refills!
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Post by paget on Jul 11, 2018 19:24:08 GMT
My dd is in Croatia right now in Dubrovnik watching the game in a bar with a view of the sea. She says it’s very exciting even though everything in in Croatian and she doesn’t really know the rules. Lol
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Post by jennyap on Jul 11, 2018 19:53:20 GMT
Fuuuuuuck
Not sure I can cope with 30 more minutes of this
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Post by anniebygaslight on Jul 11, 2018 20:22:43 GMT
Nooo! Come on England. Get yer finger out!
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Post by imsirius on Jul 11, 2018 20:36:38 GMT
Damn..now or never!! I can't take it
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Post by ntsf on Jul 11, 2018 20:38:22 GMT
boo hoo...I wanted england to win.. but exciting match
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Post by wellway on Jul 11, 2018 20:43:11 GMT
Uggghh. I figured they would regret those missed chances in the first half.
So so close.
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Post by wonderwoman on Jul 11, 2018 20:48:28 GMT
OMG ~ That had me on the edge of my seat... I love England but I was rooting for Croatia..
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Post by gillyp on Jul 11, 2018 20:48:31 GMT
Drat. If we’d shown the same urgency at the end of the first half as extra time we’d have been 3 up going in at half time. Croatia’s experience paid off but we finally have a team to get behind and have some faith in. Looking forward to good things in the future from England.
I think I have a bit of a crush on Gareth Southgate.
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Post by JoP on Jul 11, 2018 20:52:24 GMT
Good effort lads, you’ve done more than many well fancied England teams have done in previous comps 👏🏻⚽️
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Post by anniebygaslight on Jul 11, 2018 20:53:47 GMT
Buggeration.
I think I might be a bit in love with Gareth Southgate too. What a gent.
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Post by AmeliaBloomer on Jul 11, 2018 20:56:28 GMT
Ooh, that smarts. So close. Nothing to say to make it better. Except... I watched this and, typical of the vast differences between British and American sign languages, it looks like the only two identical cross-pond signs here are COME and FOOTBALL. Well, SOCCER. We have a sign for American football that consists of smashing all the fingers of one hand, to signify a line of big, brutish, brain damaged millionaires, against the fingers of the other hand. Organized murder. Which proves that your football is infinitely better than our football, and that’s all I can give any heartbroken Brits in the consolation department today.
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Post by craftykitten on Jul 11, 2018 20:56:38 GMT
Gutted. I really thought they could do it , based on that first half performance. Really disappointed.
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Post by sleepingbooty on Jul 11, 2018 20:59:16 GMT
Big hug for the English supporters in here.
What a match though. It was nailbiting stuff. Very beautiful to see the English players and Southgate being so fairplay after the end. This English team is invigorated, fresh and ready to take on more in the future. It's just a beginning. I really dig everything Gareth Southgate is doing. Double thumbs up from me.
Croatia have fought their way through the competition like hungry dogs. For a country of 4 million people that has only existed since 1991, this is (yet another) display of great talent and resilience in the face of adversity. This team has a genuine chance of taking the trophy home. Les Bleus better watch out. And the kiddos playing on the field right now with the supporters cheering on them is such a cute final image.
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Post by joelise on Jul 11, 2018 21:12:50 GMT
Good work guys! Let’s hope the media attention won’t spoil it for the future! It was good to see a fresh new team who seem to love the game more than themselves!
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