World Cup General Discussion Thread - 2030 The Jokes On You

Pape Gueye coming on - that's now 3 current or former Watford players on the pitch at the same time in a World Cup match, must be a record.

 

Great goalkeeping there. Both teams don't look like world beaters.

 

England are the only team to have played well so far. Cue unrealistic expectations.

 

It's coming home
It's coming home
It's coming
Ishmaila's coming home...

 

The same VAR official who ignored the rugby tackle on Maguire in the first half. If he thought that wasn’t a penalty then he couldn’t possibly give anything against Stones, unless he was bent of course. The only logical conclusion. It’s a FIFA competition. The World Cup winners will be the ones who pay Infantino the most money.

 

Qatar would require a few players past southern league level and they'd be in with a shout.

 

Rainbow bucket hats being confiscated from Welsh fans at the turnstile apparently. Lolz.

 

Four.

 

Wales are poor tonight

 

Pushing Qatar and Iran for worst team in the competition.

 

This is an utter sh1tshow. They need a rocket up their collective arses. No energy, suicidal passing out the back. Midfield getting overrun time and time again.

 

USA 100 miles an hour, well over the edge of reasonably physical. All Wales needed to do was draw fouls until USA have no option but to retreat a little. USA have 2 or 3 good players but they're just as gash as Wales.

 

And the US fans are the worst most cringe fans in the world with the worst chants and songs.

 

Pagey has ****ed up not picking Kieffer Moore I'm afraid

 

Embarrassing. Like watching Watford last season.

 

Only if he doesn't knock too many past the hosts...

 

64 years waiting to get to another World Cup and you serve up that utter dog turd of a first half.

This is going to need the mother of all turnarounds.

 

What a joke tackle that was on Bale.

Draw here would be ideal for England though.

 

USA looked good in the first half but have no clue how to deal with a big target man.

 

How have we ended up with 9 extra minutes here?

 

So basically if we beat the US on Friday night we’re through to the Round of 16.

 

Wall-to-wall football from 10am to 9pm.

Yeah. Go on then.

 

Like England do things the easy way?

 

Well done Gareth
Well done Rob
A big target man in Kiefer Moore and a bit of good passing and what a difference.
A game of 2 halves and on the up at the end…
Well done Cymru
Build on this, win Friday vs Iran and Wales could be through.
Great to have 2 home nations in the knock outs….

 

Interesting how the USA players suddenly stopped going down injured after Wales scored.
I'm loving the real injury times now.

 

Forgot Ake was playing - good point!

That's quite extraordinary.

 

You mean they way they bang the stupid drum and chant W A T… … er … U S A….
Yeah, very embarrassing, as the Coventry City fans pointed out to us…
“What the **** was that ….” ??

 

Theres been about a whole game added onto the 3 games today.

 

World cups always seem to be a bit of a testing ground for new rules, and it seems they’re testing out adding on every single minute that should be added on for injury time etc., I'm all for it.

 

Talk about being put through the wringer. So much better in the 2nd half. Kieffer Moore gave Wales territory and breathing space to play their game and put the screw on the USA. Bale and Ramsey both a yard short due to lack of matches however, used their nous to engineer the move that lead to Wales penalty and a deserved point. It's a shame that the cynical foul at the end of the game prevented Bale from attempting an audacious half-way line winner. Credit Rob Page for realising he got it wrong tactically, changing it at half-time and delivering a rousing team-talk. Talk about a game of 2 halves. Special mention in Dispatches to Ethan Ampadu and that crunching defensive tackle near the end. Talk about commitment and putting your body on the line. Wales will have come off elated rather than deflated. I doubt if I'll get to sleep before 2am.