ExiledAjax Posted November 22, 2022 Report Share Posted November 22, 2022 2 minutes ago, !james said: Don't need him until QFs. No problem giving him a rest. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshtonGreat Posted November 22, 2022 Report Share Posted November 22, 2022 1 minute ago, RedHienz said: Believe Haaland and Modric are, Benzema also. De Bruyne, Messi also have a shout Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted November 22, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2022 1 minute ago, RedHienz said: Believe Haaland and Modric are, Benzema also. You can't really compare Modric. Halaand and Mbappe are evenly matched imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretSam Posted November 22, 2022 Report Share Posted November 22, 2022 Hernandez (22) has been superb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTonyTony Posted November 22, 2022 Report Share Posted November 22, 2022 1 hour ago, RedHienz said: Thanks Dan. You are welcome Terence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedHienz Posted November 22, 2022 Report Share Posted November 22, 2022 1 minute ago, Super said: You can't really compare Modric. Halaand and Mbappe are evenly matched imo. Every award ceremony does the name. All subjective. Watching Modric play is a joy. As a player he is sublime. Haaland Vs Mbappe could be the new Messi Vs Ronaldo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted November 22, 2022 Report Share Posted November 22, 2022 1 hour ago, SecretSam said: C'est fini 1 hour ago, 1960maaan said: Mais oui 1 hour ago, Lanterne Rouge said: Certainment! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerseybean Posted November 22, 2022 Report Share Posted November 22, 2022 Kane possibly injured - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63724625?at_format=link&at_campaign_type=owned&at_ptr_name=facebook_page&at_medium=social&at_link_origin=BBC_Sport&at_link_id=64172F3A-6AB2-11ED-9053-50FE2052A482&at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_link_type=web_link&at_bbc_team=editorial&fbclid=IwAR1vUwyrlpNk9yuKE-J0oWKSfI_c9aEj-b6Sbcl_0-oHAWpSOSt6xfYHESA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted November 22, 2022 Admin Report Share Posted November 22, 2022 22 minutes ago, Jerseybean said: Kane possibly injured - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63724625?at_format=link&at_campaign_type=owned&at_ptr_name=facebook_page&at_medium=social&at_link_origin=BBC_Sport&at_link_id=64172F3A-6AB2-11ED-9053-50FE2052A482&at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_link_type=web_link&at_bbc_team=editorial&fbclid=IwAR1vUwyrlpNk9yuKE-J0oWKSfI_c9aEj-b6Sbcl_0-oHAWpSOSt6xfYHESA Personally reckon Wilson would be a more than adequate replacement, certainly more in form Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted November 22, 2022 Admin Report Share Posted November 22, 2022 1 hour ago, ExiledAjax said: Don't need him until QFs. No problem giving him a rest. Just like people panicking when Jimmy Greaves got injured and some bloke called Geoff Hurst replaced him 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSSEL85 Posted November 22, 2022 Report Share Posted November 22, 2022 Think they will rest him for the USA game, he will be stronger in the tournament for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_BCFC Posted November 22, 2022 Report Share Posted November 22, 2022 We should be able to get out of group without Kane. I personally don’t think england will win WC with him let alone without. Hopefully nothing serious and rest him Friday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-S-M Seagull Posted November 22, 2022 Report Share Posted November 22, 2022 2 hours ago, Super said: You can't really compare Modric. Halaand and Mbappe are evenly matched imo. Haaland and Mbappe are evenly matched? Excuse me? One plays in a farmers league and has rarely done anything of note. The other has now played in 2 of the best leagues in the world and smashes in goals for fun. Mbappe should not be spoken about in the same sentence as Haaland. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted November 22, 2022 Report Share Posted November 22, 2022 Here is one thing. Why is the schedule so condensed this time?? 4 games a day right through the group stage excluding the last round where both games kick off simultaneously is rather condensed! Looked at past WCs ie the last couple and was 3 in a day tops- is it purely as it is midseason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malago Posted November 23, 2022 Report Share Posted November 23, 2022 3 hours ago, phantom said: Personally reckon Wilson would be a more than adequate replacement, certainly more in form You’re right. But Southgate being Southgate, he’ll go with Rashford instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted November 23, 2022 Report Share Posted November 23, 2022 @chinapig and others. Looks like the German Football Association has lodged a case with CAS against FIFA in order to "clarify whether Fifa’s procedure is in fact legitimate". This follows a major sponsor of the DFB cutting ties as a direct result of the OneLove armband fiasco. Through that process FIFA will be forced to explain to the CAS arbitrator(s) why it felt it could impose "sporting sanctions" in relation to the OneLove armbands. Should be interesting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted November 23, 2022 Report Share Posted November 23, 2022 Yesterday was the first time that I’d seen Mbappe play - what a fantastic player! I’d obviously heard about him but to actually see him perform was something else. He’s lightening quick along with an all round game. A terrific player. Came over really well when interviewed pre match, speaks excellent English. Shame he was born in France………. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted November 23, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2022 8 hours ago, W-S-M Seagull said: Haaland and Mbappe are evenly matched? Excuse me? One plays in a farmers league and has rarely done anything of note. The other has now played in 2 of the best leagues in the world and smashes in goals for fun. Mbappe should not be spoken about in the same sentence as Haaland. Guess doing it on the biggest stage counts for nothing then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted November 23, 2022 Report Share Posted November 23, 2022 47 minutes ago, Super said: Guess doing it on the biggest stage counts for nothing then. I know some have said that Norway are on an upward trajectory, but I don't know how far they can go, I think I am right in saying that all but a handful of teams are part timers. It will be a shame if he is consigned to the George Best, George Weah group of players whose national sides were not able to get him to the biggest stages. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted November 23, 2022 Report Share Posted November 23, 2022 9 hours ago, Mr Popodopolous said: Here is one thing. Why is the schedule so condensed this time?? 4 games a day right through the group stage excluding the last round where both games kick off simultaneously is rather condensed! Looked at past WCs ie the last couple and was 3 in a day tops- is it purely as it is midseason. Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted November 23, 2022 Report Share Posted November 23, 2022 9 hours ago, Mr Popodopolous said: Here is one thing. Why is the schedule so condensed this time?? 4 games a day right through the group stage excluding the last round where both games kick off simultaneously is rather condensed! Looked at past WCs ie the last couple and was 3 in a day tops- is it purely as it is midseason. 2 minutes ago, Northern Red said: Yes. 48 teams in 2026, that presumably will either mean. 6 week tournament or multiple games being shown at the same time. An expensive one too, when the daily rate compensation for players is factored in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexukhc Posted November 23, 2022 Report Share Posted November 23, 2022 Fair play to Giroud for levelling French international top goal scorer, criminally underrated player 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted November 23, 2022 Report Share Posted November 23, 2022 ITV are making de Jong and Robson-Kanu work for their money aren't they. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinapig Posted November 23, 2022 Report Share Posted November 23, 2022 2 hours ago, ExiledAjax said: @chinapig and others. Looks like the German Football Association has lodged a case with CAS against FIFA in order to "clarify whether Fifa’s procedure is in fact legitimate". This follows a major sponsor of the DFB cutting ties as a direct result of the OneLove armband fiasco. Through that process FIFA will be forced to explain to the CAS arbitrator(s) why it felt it could impose "sporting sanctions" in relation to the OneLove armbands. Should be interesting. Yep, I mentioned this in the Politics & Current Affairs thread. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/22/german-football-federation-legal-action-fifa-onelove-armband-ban-world-cup Where's the response from the FA and FAW I wonder? Or is support for the DFB compromised by a potential World Cup bid? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted November 23, 2022 Report Share Posted November 23, 2022 2 minutes ago, chinapig said: Yep, I mentioned this in the Politics & Current Affairs thread. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/22/german-football-federation-legal-action-fifa-onelove-armband-ban-world-cup Where's the response from the FA and FAW I wonder? Or is support for the DFB compromised by a potential World Cup bid? It's now a legal case being arbitrated by CAS, and that can be discussed without dipping into the politics of the armband itself. I therefore think it is highly relevant to football matters and so see no need to restrict it to the Politics forum. I guess the FA and FAW (and the Dutch and other FAs) have not suffered similar commercial consequences. No sponsors have left them (so far as I know) and so no money has been lost. They don't need to respond to the CAS case being brought by the DFB as they aren't party to it. Quite sensible for them to keep quiet. As for a WC bid - we withdrew from 2030 IIRC. I thought we were concentrating on Euro 2028 instead? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinapig Posted November 23, 2022 Report Share Posted November 23, 2022 3 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said: It's now a legal case being arbitrated by CAS, and that can be discussed without dipping into the politics of the armband itself. I therefore think it is highly relevant to football matters and so see no need to restrict it to the Politics forum. I guess the FA and FAW (and the Dutch and other FAs) have not suffered similar commercial consequences. No sponsors have left them (so far as I know) and so no money has been lost. They don't need to respond to the CAS case being brought by the DFB as they aren't party to it. Quite sensible for them to keep quiet. As for a WC bid - we withdrew from 2030 IIRC. I thought we were concentrating on Euro 2028 instead? Fair comment and no doubt you're right. I haven't seen any journalist ask the FA or FAW for any comment but no doubt it would be no comment anyway. As to your first para, I don't think this stuff is politics in the usual sense. It's rather football 'politics' with FIFA at the centre and belongs in Football Chat. But I am probably in a minority. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted November 23, 2022 Report Share Posted November 23, 2022 2 minutes ago, chinapig said: Fair comment and no doubt you're right. I haven't seen any journalist ask the FA or FAW for any comment but no doubt it would be no comment anyway. As to your first para, I don't think this stuff is politics in the usual sense. It's rather football 'politics' with FIFA at the centre and belongs in Football Chat. But I am probably in a minority. Australia were theoretically playing 4 - 5 -1, but for too much of the game it looked more like 4 -6 - 0 even when in possession. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted November 23, 2022 Report Share Posted November 23, 2022 3 minutes ago, chinapig said: As to your first para, I don't think this stuff is politics in the usual sense. It's rather football 'politics' with FIFA at the centre and belongs in Football Chat. But I am probably in a minority. Happy for mods to split it into a separate thread if they want to kept his one "pure" on-pitch WC football related. Or you and I can discuss by DM seeing as we appear to be the only two sad enough to be interested in this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcusX Posted November 23, 2022 Report Share Posted November 23, 2022 13 hours ago, !james said: He should have been taken off sooner to protect him! Apparently Sterling and Trippier missed training too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcusX Posted November 23, 2022 Report Share Posted November 23, 2022 50 minutes ago, alexukhc said: Fair play to Giroud for levelling French international top goal scorer, criminally underrated player I've always thought this. I think Arsenal fans did love him, but he always seemed to be under-rated and not talked about as highly as other great strikers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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