Well, it’s certainly been a World Cup to savour with shocks and excellent goals aplenty. What have been your highlights?
As usual the knockout stages have had far too many penalty shoot outs, but as that adds to the drama, no-one is really complaining.
For England the whole thing ended a bit like a damp firework failing to explode but given the limited nature of the side, was wholly to be expected.
Good luck to RC’s France and Eddie and VP’s Croatia. At least the best two players of the tournament, Modric and Mbappe get to grace the Final.
Apparently the World Cup in Qatar in 2022 will be held in November through to December. What a bizarre season that will be.
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Roll on the proper football.
I’m pleased I did this today as I thought the Final kick off was 7pm until I looked for a screen print!
Thanks again for everything throughout the competition, Chas.
A mate has told me the World Cup in Russia has not attracted anything like the number of tourists a host nation would normally expect, despite stadia being full, but I hoped, and expected, many empty seats in Qatar, and that was before your news of it being held mid-season.
Awful, awful decision to have it there in the first place
Yip, ditto on the 7pm KO
the wrong timing must be contagious, I’ve started doing this too
I have no doubt that France will win, they are very good. Modric drives my team, but it might not be enough today.
World cup in December ffs. Great idea, the temperatures should drop from 50 to just above 30, cool
chas – thanks for your posts!!! you carried this blog through the summer and you did a good job. Much appreciated mate
Just been reading Foreign Office advice on travelling to Qatar.
Homosexuals are banned and the cameramen will not be zooming in on scantilly clad women, ‘cos they’re banned too. Sing songs with pints of cool beer are….yip, banned
Can’t see it be a big hit with fans
homosexuals are banned, but camels will be made available.
no homosexuals and no beer I could cope with is I was to go. But christmas day final in the desert?? I think not
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Reckon Christmas will definately be off limits for sure
Crikey, don’t even know what happened in the play off game yesterday, but judging by the euphoric comments on here, I’m guessing England either won or lost
Out doing stuff later, but hope to be back for 2nd half at least
What were my highlights you ask in the post, probably the game against Argentina and then the game against England
7pm’ish here
Agenda for tonight
9pm doors open at the Croatian Catholic Centre (which is opposite the church).
Multiple spit roasts underway
10pm live band starts up
midnight mass at the church to pray for the team
1am kickoff
Win we celebrate all night and day
Lose and we still celebrate the occaision but not all night
i was abused in the woods by a spurs supporter shouting ‘no even 1 Arsenal player in the English squad’. He asked for it, too many spuds, bottlers, 4th place not a trophy.
VP 🙂 🙂 good luck son
Yes, VP, your mob stuffing the Argies was very enjoyable, though the France Argies game that ended 4-3 had to be game of the tournie for me.
Loving Midnight Mass as prep for the game.
Will you be slightly inebriated by then?
Sorry VP & Eddie but I am firmly behind France who were my pick pre tournament.
Hoping for a Giroud brace and a scorcher from Mbappe
nothing to be sorry about BR
you can have your Snails and Frog Legs whilst Eddie and I dine on Papryka Nadziewana or Punjene Paprike
I know which meal I would prefer
Viva Croatia
Zivjela Hrvatska
war of dishes 🙂
you’d better stop there VP – I don’t like paprika.
it would be an amazing, historical achievement if our country was to win today. I am not very optimistic though, Frenchies are very good this time round. Still, second in the world ain’t bad. Win or lose we won, big time
at 27 years old and 4mil people, this is a BIG WIN
In
WC in November, you kidding right
21st Nov to 18th Dec 2022.
All done and dusted before Chrimbo.
so no EPL on boxing day or New year. Terrific
The Qatar Wc is a disgrace and yet more evidence of the larceny of Sep Blatter and his cronies.
If infantino had any cojones he would abandon it now,
Eddie how many international teams do you support
Qatar WC will be crap but 2026 going to be vibes
Let concacaf show you all how to host a WC
Lol @ micky
Yea giroud brace would be nice
Appalled by the France support giroud went to give fans an autograph and no one seems to want one
Has the league announced how they would be scheduling around this debacle
Actually jack warner is to blame for that debacle
Am even more ashamed that he is my fellow country
Around his tenure is littered with corruption
Mens Final tedious already
The Croatian Catholic Centre must be buzzin.
Midnight Mass must be taking on an extraordinary flavour.
dear lapsed catholic – you won’t be laughing when with the help of the Almighty we lift the trophy today
I’m doing the complete opposite of laughing.
I’m 100 % jealous.
Everyone knows there is no God.
But if he’s going to help me by helping my team to victory, then I’ll certainly say many prayers to him. ☺
you is not EVERYONE, some of us believe
And, what is even more worrying is that physics’ scientists (the most intelligent human beings) are certain there is another universe and that the existence of God is very plausible. It always worried me that very intelligent clever people go to church/mosque/synagogue/temple, etc. Alongsiide milions of morons of course
God help us!!
Not everyone.
Shame PEA’s hatrick doesn’t count at season’s end.
Another unworthy winner in the WC will be Kane. Once again showing he is only good against poor defenders. An oaf like Lovren had him in his pocket. So did Kompany and the Spurs twat. Golden Boot? More like Puss in
wasn’t Eduardo Croatian?
Please no head butting
Yea he was
French striker Giroud worries me
Budge up
3 sendings off each for fun and spicy action
2-2 at 90
3-3 at 120
Croatia on pens after furious VAR debate on last kick due to goalkeeper mooning and saving first attempt
Why?
He’s proven world class.
I was hoping for 3-2 in 90 mins.
With the team getting 3 the one scoring the best goals.
The Combover Kid is reffing again.
Must be good.
I imagine Giroud to be the very least of your worries Eddie 🙂
GriezMann in the air before the challenge.
Cheat.
OG scored.
No not that one.
feck
ffs Croatia dominating and an own goal off a dive…grr
Eddie
If you eat a paprika sandwich, parity will be restored.
Ooo, game on. Fantastic
what a goal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
Superb.
Best goal by a mile so far.
Must be mayhem in the Croatian Catholic Centre. Wish I was there.
Deserved equaliser after the clear dive by griezeman
Now they can start from scratch, preferably without any cheating.
The sandwich did it!
Now France will have to come out and earn it again!
Shit. That’s a pen
Clear hand to ball. Penalty
so France with 0 shots on goal now have 2.
Croatia can get another back!
I remember losing 0-3 to Boro at home when they had one shot on target.
That’s nothing, Chas, I remember when I was vice captain of the Under 11’s….
Very exciting half. Harsh on Croatia who are the better side so far
same old, same old – no goalkeepers, Croatia wins. Bloody Lloris
I thought France would walk this, but they have been awful so far, and not just because Croatia have been playing well
those muppets will never enjoy sunny days again. It’s cold in Syberia all year round
ha ha Eddie, I was thinking the same thing
all over.
damn, fRance not deserving this, but that is the breaks sometimes as many Arsenal fans know here.
Best goal best player
a reverse blowout my goodness
easy to do that when up 3-1 chas, and Modric has been better by miles
4-2
Still time
THAT was proper goalkeeping ROLF
lovely hugo lovely
ps Aaron
Have a chum from Australia staying. Surfers there have to deal with great whites AND crocodiles and the salt water variety are bloody huge!
Best line of the match from Martin ” nice little legover”
That’s Botham, Martin
Well, we have the landlord to deal with out at Ano Nuevo state park, where the bull elephant seals breed and get fed on. Check out some information sometime on the Red Triangle. Wonderful to think about when surfing the coast from Pt. Conception up to SF. I never surf alone out there in sketchy places without friends. It is not out of friendship or companionship really, just like to lower the odds.
On the bright side, the French ladies are about to peel off
Third time lucky baby
Well, that’s that then. A great World Cup with some outstanding games and many upsets.
TF that’s over.
well, I am proud to be Croatian
I’m happy for Ollie, he worked hard in every game.
i strangely enjoyed watching Macron kissing and hugging his players..all very tasteful. The French know how to kiss
Can you imagine Theresa May kissing the lads? perhaps it was a good job they didn’t win
….
what the hell are we going to talk about for a month??
chas? perhaps just random pics will do, you know how to find them
I am preoccupied with Trump’s suggestion to T May:’Don’t negotiate, sue them’ 🙂 🙂
Sue for what exactly?
wonderful world cup, Ruskis did well to my great surprise.
Sue them for everything they’ve got
🙂 on what grounds? Nutural is not an answer
On the grounds that they’re not going to let us leave and still have all the advantages of being a member state, of course.
they’ve got the lump of gold they won yesterday, we could demand that for …imposing ban on bent bananas
not allowing to leave? you are out, next year I think. Apart from this government doing a sterling job of backstabbing one another, yeah, the EU won’t let UK leave.
Yeah, but they’re being unfair and don’t want us to have the same member privileges when we do leave. Sue ’em.
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I decided to put that photo of Big Ollie up as a post to give Micky something to be livid about on a Monday morning. 🙂