Soccer World Cup.

Kennine
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edited June 2018 in Sports #1

Should be interesting.  I hope England play well. ------ St George flags to the fore all over the country.  smile

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  • Freddy55
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    edited June 2018 #2

    It would be good to see England do well, but I ain’t holding my breath ☹️ With such low expectations, the only way is up...

  • Tammygirl
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    edited June 2018 #3

    I'm sick of it already and its only just started sealed

  • Bakers2
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    edited June 2018 #4

    SNAP why are the media so obsessed with football? Other sports are available  😤😭

    I loved this though do watch through to the end Well worth the watch

  • Tammygirl
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    edited June 2018 #5

    Very good Bakers, have to agree with you about the obsession. Football is never watched in our house just not interested, yet we love lots of other sport.

    Just wish football was kept to a channel all by itself, I'm sick of programmes being moved to make way for it frown

  • huskydog
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    edited June 2018 #6

    Then we've got Wimbledonundecided

  • Bakers2
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    edited June 2018 #7

    Tv channel changes for programmes are bizarre these days, could vaguely understand when been only had 2 channels and they swopped the coverage from bbc1 to bbc2 but it happens a lot with Wimbledon too, news being swopped etc, as you say a dedicated channel would be great they could then all share the revenue from ads and make it free to view for all those who want to watch. Sorted 😂.

    Son is sport mad, (knew that very early on whilst carrying him 😂) played footie to reasonable level now taken with golf. Fell for OH as he had no sporting interest. Changed as son grew, son can find most sports on tv and always could 😲😲. Rarely have to suffer that now but OH flicks about at times 😤😭

  • Tammygirl
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    edited June 2018 #8
    Thankfully we have the same interests when it comes to sport. Rugby, tennis, F1, Olympics & Commonwealth games. Really enjoy the winter Olympics, OH likes golf but that is not something that interests me, waste of a good walk I tell him lol.
  • Kennine
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    edited June 2018 #9

    Although I'm a real Rugby Football fan,  I can also enjoy watching a top class international  soccer match. 

    In fact I like most sports except that really boring cricket.  (A bit like watching paint dry). 

    That said, I am looking forward to England winning their early soccer matches to take them to the final, where the ideal opponent would be Russia. 

     

  • huskydog
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    edited June 2018 #10

    Is Soccer the same as Football???

  • Kennine
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    edited June 2018 #11

    Google is your friend HD

    K smile

  • huskydog
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    edited June 2018 #12

    I'm not that interested undecided

  • ABM
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    edited June 2018 #13

    After  tonight's  game  I  don't  think  the  England  team  is  too  interested  either  HD  wink

     

    As  to  your  query  Yes  Soccer  is  a  way  of  identifying  the  "Round  Ball  Game"  from  those  using  egg (ish)  shaped  balls  that  also  use  the  name  Football.

    Soccer,  I  was  told  by  somebody  with  no  love  of  sports  at  all,  is  just  a  mutilated  contraction  of  "Association"    --  whether  thats  true  or  not  I  ain't  too  sure  but  it  kept  me  out  of  trouble  a  time  or  too  !!

  • Fisherman
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    edited June 2018 #14

    As usual all hype and no substance. The team was pathetic- and they blamed the midges!!

  • JVB66
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    edited June 2018 #15

    When does it start?

  • Extugger
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    edited June 2018 #16

    Not taken a great interest in the primadonna's world cup. When do Wales and Scotland play? laughing

  • ABM
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    edited June 2018 #17

    Not  sure  about  "When"  JR,  but  there  is  a  marked  out  pitch  on  Southport   shore  --  Neutral  territory  I  reckon  !!

  • Fisherman
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    edited June 2018 #18

    As a self confessed yokel can someone explain 1) why do England play from side to side and not forwards  2) Why do England wait  to let the opposition defenders get in their right position before crossing the half way line. 

  • ABM
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    edited June 2018 #19

    Could  it  be  they  are  trying,  successfully,  not  to  show  those  johnny  foreigners,  how  bloomin'  superb English  footy  really  is  undecided??

    Could  be  really  embarrassing  if  they  go out  and  keep  winning  these  little  tournaments, after  all  it  would  be  very  sad  if  the  other  nations  get  so  depressed  they  stop  playing innocent .

  • Fisherman
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    edited June 2018 #20

    Long time since 1966- what winning?

  • Extugger
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    edited June 2018 #21

    1) You've got your telly upside down

    2) To give them a chance to get ready 

    😀

  • Fisherman
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    edited June 2018 #22

    You mean  "Jolly good show, English upper crust fair play". No wonder they win nothing.

  • Extugger
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    edited June 2018 #23

    And your trophy cabinet consists of?? Phahahahaha!! laughingundecided

  • JVB66
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    edited June 2018 #24

    I think most peoples "trophy cabinets" would contain things important to  them that were really earned (see Goldies posts) rather than any that as it seems in sport by the use of suspiciose meansundecided

  • Extugger
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    edited June 2018 #25

    JVB - cannot find any 'Goldie' posts on this thread, so don't understand that comment, sorry.

    With regard to  suspiciose means in my reply to a 'member' from the Principality - I shall wear pink today to reflect my feminine side 🤪😉😀

  • Extugger
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    edited June 2018 #26

    Back to the World Cup competition itself and the hosts have almost qualified without even a suggestion of spying 🕵️‍♀️ doping or chemical weapons! Maybe that's their substitution bench?

  • Extugger
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    edited June 2018 #27

    Oh dear, oh dear!

    Now I remember why I switched from round ball to oval.

    Unfortunately there was nothing on the gogglebox last night so we elected to endure the Iran vs Spain match. Enough said.

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited June 2018 #28

    Actually, Iran did a rather good job of pinning Spain down to a one-nil win. Not pretty to watch, but as a game plan it almost worked. There are a few teams such as Italy and Netherlands sadly missing. The group matches are never pretty. 

    Goldie, by the way jonray is part of a farming family. Prize winning breeders and herds with pedigrees to die for, and co-organisers of big Agricultural Show. Anyone who thinks football is full of tension, passion has never been in a big ring at an Agri Show! All for a rosette and a pittance money wise! With the chance of a rodeo kicking off at any moment..........laughing

  • Extugger
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    edited June 2018 #29

    Thank you for the info TTDA! 

    One thing I cannot abide is cheating, which was evident throughout the match. Thank goodness Blair & Bush are no longer in charge!

    It's perhaps a shame the footballers don't play for a very hard earned rosette rather than huge sums of money. Many of them look like they've been 'prepped and preened' a la the prize winners at the Ag shows! 

    Enough Bull! 

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited June 2018 #30

    Deep joy...........!!!!!

    Dont Cry for Them......Argentina! laughing

  • rich 81
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    edited June 2018 #31

    its football not soccer. the thread title is wrong

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