World Cup final

Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 5:32 pm

Right.
Dodgy pen to Croatia. Scores.
A Shouldn't-have-been-given FK whistles into the top corner. 4-4

Game on.

karatekid · Post by **karatekid** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 5:32 pm

We should buy Ivan Perisic. He is a real SD player.

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 5:33 pm

Spijed wrote:Var was meant to make the game fairer!

If your french it has.

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 5:35 pm

cracking game spoiled by VAR

kaptin1 · Post by **kaptin1** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 5:35 pm

karatekid wrote:We should buy Ivan Perisic. He is a real SD player.

He plays for Inter and would be way out of our price range

karatekid · Post by **karatekid** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 5:38 pm

kaptin1 wrote:He plays for Inter and would be way out of our price range

Haven't you heard....we're rich now

wilks_bfc · Post by **wilks_bfc** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 5:38 pm

karatekid wrote:We should buy Ivan Perisic. He is a real SD player.

He currently plays for Inter and Jose is wanting to get him at ManU, but he might like omelettes so could still have a chance

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 5:39 pm

Mbappe=sterling

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 5:43 pm

shite ref

jrgbfc · Post by **jrgbfc** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 5:43 pm

Pretty sure United were chasing Perisic all last summer but Inter were asking for too much money. Think it's safe to say he's out of our price range. Maybe we could offer them Walters and Nahki Wells as a sweetener?

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 5:44 pm

tim_noone wrote:Mbappe=sterling

Mbappe is 100 times the player Sterling is

karatekid · Post by **karatekid** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 5:45 pm

If we swapped Walters and Wells for him they would owe us money

Archie Claret · Post by **Archie Claret** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 5:45 pm

Any one would think BBC want Croatia to win....

Wile E Coyote · Post by **Wile E Coyote** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 5:46 pm

shearer, will sum it up in depressing tones saying the match turned on those refs decisions, klinsman and ferdinand will dutifully agree.

Rileybobs · Post by **Rileybobs** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 5:47 pm

Wile E Coyote wrote:shearer, will sum it up in depressing tones saying the match turned on those refs decisions, klinsman and ferdinand will dutifully agree.

They’d be right wouldn’t they.

Dazzler · Post by **Dazzler** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 5:47 pm

tim_noone wrote:Mbappe=sterling

Mbappe=£100 Million pounds sterling
Sterling= £1 pound sterling

Wile E Coyote · Post by **Wile E Coyote** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 5:48 pm

Rileybobs wrote:They’d be right wouldn’t they.

course not, ref was spot on, excellent officiating.

karatekid · Post by **karatekid** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 5:49 pm

I blame his new tattoo.

Rileybobs · Post by **Rileybobs** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 5:49 pm

Wile E Coyote wrote:course not, ref was spot on, excellent officiating.

Funny how you’re pretty much the only person who thinks so

karatekid · Post by **karatekid** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 5:51 pm

Pogba

Stayingup · Post by **Stayingup** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 5:52 pm

France defensive playing on the break and it's worked. If we played like that we would be criticized no doubt.

I notice the referee pulled back a free kick taken quickly by the Croats. Unlike what happened against us at Man City in the cup.

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 5:52 pm

Dazzler wrote:Mbappe=£100 Million pounds sterling
Sterling= £1 pound sterling

I'll take sterling at that price . Thankyou

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 5:55 pm

Vegas Claret wrote:

Mbappe is 100 times the player Sterling is

I've seen nothing to suggest anything of the sort.both crap.

Wile E Coyote · Post by **Wile E Coyote** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 5:55 pm

here we go, moanathon from bbc panel

Rileybobs · Post by **Rileybobs** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 5:55 pm

Why wasn’t a handball given against Vida in injury time?

SalisburyClaret · Post by **SalisburyClaret** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 5:55 pm

Cracking game spoilt by 2 refereeing decisions

Other than that what a brilliant World Cup

Rileybobs · Post by **Rileybobs** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 5:55 pm

I still think it might be coming home.

taio · Post by **taio** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 5:56 pm

Wile E Coyote wrote:here we go, moanathon from bbc panel

Turn over.

Ashingtonclaret46 · Post by **Ashingtonclaret46** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 5:56 pm

Rileybobs wrote:Funny how you’re pretty much the only person who thinks so

Rileybobs, I am sure that the whole French nation will think so, however, I am with you because they have been gifted two goals.
It was a good game though and interesting to think that the French hierarchy were not too happy with Deschamps before the finals started.

karatekid · Post by **karatekid** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 5:58 pm

Kronenbourg 1664 and snails for tea it is then.

Archie Claret · Post by **Archie Claret** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 6:01 pm

SalisburyClaret wrote:Cracking game spoilt by 2 refereeing decisions

Other than that what a brilliant World Cup

The penalty may have been soft but the free kick was just that.

In my opinion.

Dazzler · Post by **Dazzler** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 6:01 pm

Mbappe=Half a football brain
Sterling=bandy legged football braindead

watsonsclarets · Post by **watsonsclarets** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 6:06 pm

Steve Marandana is there sub keeper blooming nora!!!!

Stayingup · Post by **Stayingup** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 6:08 pm

karatekid wrote:Kronenbourg 1664 and snails for tea it is then.

Why not cuisses de grenouilles?

IndigoLake · Post by **IndigoLake** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 6:10 pm

I think that Lovren, as one of the world's best defenders, did extremely well to limit France to 4 goals.

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 6:11 pm

Wile E Coyote wrote:here we go, moanathon from bbc panel

Correct. And now to itv and slavan bilic wearing his Croatian tinted var spectacles

boatshed bill · Post by **boatshed bill** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 6:14 pm

Dazzler wrote:Mbappe=Half a football brain
Sterling=bandy legged football braindead

Half a football brain or not, they do manage to create plenty of opportunities for him to run at his full-back, and somehow create space on the right most of the match

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 6:28 pm

I'm at a loss to see what the fuss is all about.

dermotdermot · Post by **dermotdermot** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 6:31 pm

Putin is staying relatively dry when everyone else is absolutely soaked.

dermotdermot · Post by **dermotdermot** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 6:33 pm

Gold leafing all round.

lucs86 · Post by **lucs86** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 7:25 pm

France's first shouldn't have been a free kick, but why it's not gone down as Griezmann's goal? It was on target, usually if the ball is on target and gets a touch or deflection off a defender it's credited to the striker not the defender.

dsr · Post by **dsr** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 8:14 pm

The first goal looked offside as well. I'm sure the French forward who challenged for the ball was in an offside position when the kick was taken.

chekhov · Post by **chekhov** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 8:17 pm

dsr wrote:The first goal looked offside as well. I'm sure the French forward who challenged for the ball was in an offside position when the kick was taken.

That's a good point! I thought the same thing.

dsr · Post by **dsr** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 8:18 pm

piston broke wrote:The law needs changing so any handball is handball. The onus is then on the player to keep his arms tucked away. But FIFA love controversy so it won’t happen.

If FIFA loved controversy, they would change the rule like you say. Then you'd get the controversy over whether the ball brushed the player's finger or not; whether the chest trap brushed his sleeve as it bounced off his shirt; whether the ball that hit the shoulder hit the part of the arm that counts as handball or not. And bearing in mind that (shoulders being attached the way they are) it is physically impossible to keep your arms tucked away when facing an opponent, it would become a tactic to aim at the arm of any player trying to block a shot in the hope of getting a touch on the sleeve.

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 8:20 pm

I think if FIFA loved controversy then we still wouldn't have goal-line tech.

boatshed bill · Post by **boatshed bill** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 8:32 pm

piston broke wrote:The law needs changing so any handball is handball. The onus is then on the player to keep his arms tucked away. But FIFA love controversy so it won’t happen.

What happened to the giving of an indirect free-kick for accidental/ unintentional handball in the box?

Ashingtonclaret46 · Post by **Ashingtonclaret46** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 8:45 pm

boatshed bill wrote:What happened to the giving of an indirect free-kick for accidental/ unintentional handball in the box?

No such thing as an indirect free kick for handball so should never be awarded, you just play on if your decision is that it was accidental.

I really think that we should tape all outfield players' arms to their side and watch them play like subbuteo figures and that may alleviate the problem.

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 8:57 pm

What was the first half stats has to corners for France and Croatia.........got it.

Caernarfon_Claret · Post by **Caernarfon_Claret** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 9:40 pm

England and Uruguay (although their 1950 win was through round robin rather than a final) still the only teams with 100% record in Final of a World Cup.

Croatia join Netherlands (x3), Czechoslovakia (x2), Hungary (x2) and Sweden in losing finals.

Germany (runners up four times)
Argentina (runners up thrice)
Brazil (runners up twice)
Italy (runners up twice)
France (runners up once)

Pstotto · Post by **Pstotto** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 9:43 pm

Wilks, all those boots weren't Nike, were they?