• Dear Guest, Please note that adult content is not permitted on this forum. We have had our Google ads disabled at times due to some posts that were found from some time ago. Please do not post adult content and if you see any already on the forum, please report the post so that we can deal with it. Adult content is allowed in the glory hole - you will have to request permission to access it. Thanks, scara

World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

elyid said:
Obviously dislike Haaland for playing for Emirates Marketing Project, but 2 brilliant finishes there. That 3rd goal was ridiculous to react in time and keep it on target.
Click to expand...

You just know that he’ll come back with a vengeance after missing that sitter in the first half.

Very entertaining match. Our defense is flakey, and Senegal press suicidally high. There’ll be more goals in this one.

Sarr coming on for Senegal.
 
Lucky at the end there…that header could have easily gone in!

Impressed how fast Norway are playing though. Very quick passing, particularly around the box. Deserved win!
 
elyid said:
Lucky at the end there…that header could have easily gone in!

Impressed how fast Norway are playing though. Very quick passing, particularly around the box. Deserved win!
Click to expand...

Offensively we’re top top notch, up there with the best I’d say, but sadly lack solidity at the back.

Very proud and impressed by the team. This is the best team we’ve played for years, and we dominate them. A wall of Norwegians doing the (rather cheesy) row thing with the players at the end there was pretty epic.

All the players I’ve criticized, Ødegaard, Aursnes, Berg, Sørloth - all had a phenomenal game. I need to criticize a few more.
 
Very impressive from Norway, so well deserved. Offensively we're top level, and will cause problems for most teams. With a bit of luck, I'd say a quarter final is within reach, but we have to cut the sloppiness at the back.

Had we had the defensive solidity of the 90s team, we'd be absolute mustard.
 
Robbo said:
Messi 5 goals
Mbappe 4 goals
Haaland 4 goals

Over to you tonight, Harry Kane.
Click to expand...

Its nice to see the big players stepping up, poor Ronaldo. See if Martinez has the guts to drop him, I really hope so - Portugal have such a good squad they could win the whole thing. Vitinha and Neves in midfield is ridiculous.
 
P.D. said:
Its nice to see the big players stepping up, poor Ronaldo. See if Martinez has the guts to drop him, I really hope so - Portugal have such a good squad they could win the whole thing. Vitinha and Neves in midfield is ridiculous.
Click to expand...
Can't stand Ronaldo and never could but I've found the pile-in on him over the last week a bit distasteful to be honest.

I heard one pundit last night say "has Messi decided the GOAT argument with Ronaldo once and for all". It's a bloody stupid question. This version of Messi, as outstanding as he still is, is nowhere near the peak of his powers. What happens now and what's happened over the last few years isn't really a factor in that conversation- if you're making a judgement on who the GOAT is, you do it when players were at their peak and both Ronaldo and Messi at their peak are very worthy contenders for the accolade.

Ronaldo shouldn't be in the Portuguese team IMO. He's a long way off it. But that's on Martinez who keeps picking him. Ronaldo is a selfish narcissist but he's always been that since he first walked into Man Utd. He's also been an absolutely incredible footballer for such a long period of time and in very different roles on the pitch - his genius and achievements shouldn't be sullied by his performances in this World Cup and, for me, people really shouldn't be making fun of him the way I've seen over the last week.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back