Agreed Ted.
I think a lot of people will be surprised when the entertainment quality of the game goes up instead of down due to the new rules and tech.
Should take a couple of years but IMO it will be a great success and finally we can cut down on the diving, sneaky fouls and blatant cheating.
No grabbing in the box for set pieces? Let's have the goals.
comment by JustCallMeTed (U21528)
posted 9 hours, 59 minutes ago
I like the fact that they are actually enforcing the rules.
None of these wrestling matches in the box awaiting corners or Fks. That's the way I remember playing the game at school.
Now we might see talent pay off a bit more than size and wrestling power.
Looking forward to Portugal V Spain .... the first REAL WC game!
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That game will be a bore fest
0-0
A bore 0-0 draw, can't see it. What about today's fixtures then? Any predictions for today?
Egypt 1-3 Uruguay
Morocco 1-0 Iran
Portugal 2-2 Spain
Salah's birthday today, can see him getting a goal but can see a goal fest in a couple of them.
Has Salah been observing Ramadan? EID today
Possibly, who knows. A big ask this for Egypt who have apparently never won at a World Cup finals tournament before.
Egypt 0-2 Uruguay
Morocco 2-0 Iran
Portugal 0-0 Spain
Iran winning through a last minute goal.
comment by sandy (U20567)
posted 5 hours, 44 minutes ago
Egypt 0-2 Uruguay
Morocco 2-0 Iran
Portugal 0-0 Spain
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I have changed my mind, I am going for a Spain win.
Told you it would be a boring 0-0.
comment by sandy (U20567)
posted 2 hours, 23 minutes ago
comment by sandy (U20567)
posted 5 hours, 44 minutes ago
Egypt 0-2 Uruguay
Morocco 2-0 Iran
Portugal 0-0 Spain
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I have changed my mind, I am going for a Spain win.
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Sandy, you total clown!
Boring 0-0??
This was probably the best match of the tournament.
1. Ronaldo theatrics with a hatrick and a wonder FK goal.
2. De Gea goalkeeping blunder.
3. Costa scoring off an obvious foul - to everyone but the referee.
4. A thunder strike from 30yds to low far corner.
5. Pique silky moves down the left bamboozling defenders.
6. Quaresma knocking down 2 defenders at the same time.....
I couldn't fill my coffee cup until halftime.
This game was a 3-3 riot. More to come when they meet again, as they will.
Sandy, you're a clown!
Yet another correct prediction from Sandy.
It will be hard to top that game that's for sure, it was ridiculous. What about the 4 games today? I'll put my predictions on the OP, but this is what I'm going for.
France 3-0 Australia
Peru 1-2 Denmark
Argentina 3-1 Iceland
Croatia 2-1 Nigeria
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posted on 14/6/18
Agreed Ted.
I think a lot of people will be surprised when the entertainment quality of the game goes up instead of down due to the new rules and tech.
Should take a couple of years but IMO it will be a great success and finally we can cut down on the diving, sneaky fouls and blatant cheating.
No grabbing in the box for set pieces? Let's have the goals.
posted on 15/6/18
comment by JustCallMeTed (U21528)
posted 9 hours, 59 minutes ago
I like the fact that they are actually enforcing the rules.
None of these wrestling matches in the box awaiting corners or Fks. That's the way I remember playing the game at school.
Now we might see talent pay off a bit more than size and wrestling power.
Looking forward to Portugal V Spain .... the first REAL WC game!
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That game will be a bore fest
0-0
posted on 15/6/18
A bore 0-0 draw, can't see it. What about today's fixtures then? Any predictions for today?
Egypt 1-3 Uruguay
Morocco 1-0 Iran
Portugal 2-2 Spain
Salah's birthday today, can see him getting a goal but can see a goal fest in a couple of them.
posted on 15/6/18
Has Salah been observing Ramadan? EID today
posted on 15/6/18
Possibly, who knows. A big ask this for Egypt who have apparently never won at a World Cup finals tournament before.
posted on 15/6/18
Egypt 0-2 Uruguay
Morocco 2-0 Iran
Portugal 0-0 Spain
posted on 15/6/18
Spain by a goal to nil
posted on 15/6/18
Iran winning through a last minute goal.
posted on 15/6/18
comment by sandy (U20567)
posted 5 hours, 44 minutes ago
Egypt 0-2 Uruguay
Morocco 2-0 Iran
Portugal 0-0 Spain
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I have changed my mind, I am going for a Spain win.
posted on 15/6/18
Told you it would be a boring 0-0.
posted on 15/6/18
comment by sandy (U20567)
posted 2 hours, 23 minutes ago
comment by sandy (U20567)
posted 5 hours, 44 minutes ago
Egypt 0-2 Uruguay
Morocco 2-0 Iran
Portugal 0-0 Spain
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I have changed my mind, I am going for a Spain win.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Sandy, you total clown!
Boring 0-0??
This was probably the best match of the tournament.
1. Ronaldo theatrics with a hatrick and a wonder FK goal.
2. De Gea goalkeeping blunder.
3. Costa scoring off an obvious foul - to everyone but the referee.
4. A thunder strike from 30yds to low far corner.
5. Pique silky moves down the left bamboozling defenders.
6. Quaresma knocking down 2 defenders at the same time.....
I couldn't fill my coffee cup until halftime.
This game was a 3-3 riot. More to come when they meet again, as they will.
Sandy, you're a clown!
posted on 16/6/18
Yet another correct prediction from Sandy.
posted on 16/6/18
It will be hard to top that game that's for sure, it was ridiculous. What about the 4 games today? I'll put my predictions on the OP, but this is what I'm going for.
France 3-0 Australia
Peru 1-2 Denmark
Argentina 3-1 Iceland
Croatia 2-1 Nigeria
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