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True. They'd play the runner-up of Group C - probably England, Denmark or Slovenia. Then it could be Spain in the quarters.

Yep. Arthur Freidenreich was a precursor, and the first black superstar, but he never reached close to the heights Pele did and is unfortunately mostly lost in the annals of history.

That's a fair point. However, you can also say that maybe they have taken their eye off the ball having qualified, and consequently underestimated Switzerland even though a defeat here puts Germany into second place. I think it works both ways. The truth is nobody is Nostradamus and we won't...

They're a solid team in every tournament they go to practically. They tend to be capped at the round of 16 or quarter-finals, but they mostly get through the group.

Scotland could play all night and not score here. So so poor creatively in the final third. The plan appears to throw in crosses or high balls and look for knockdowns. We don't deserve to qualify with this overly agricultural style of football.

Sorry, maybe some confusion. I didn't mean you - I am referring to a guy who said that elsewhere ages ago. I only quoted you as yours was the first post I read mentioning the differences between eras. My apologies. As for the bold, not sure who said that but it's not true at all, lol. He was a...

Fair points, but I still disagree.

See even stuff like this... 'The gesture to give the goal to a teammate' - even the way you phrase that and the excessive praise the pass has received, as if Fernandes should be on his knees worshipping Ronaldo for having the decency and grace to pass to him...it was 100 per cent the right...

It's all fun and games - I am sure that Fati, Temptation and others are decent people. Fati seems a nice lad and talked to me about TV shows. This is just banter for the most part, even if I do believe what I say about the guy.

The best you can say about him is he hasn't been a disaster. But as always with him, the rudimentary is claimed to be the extraordinary. Yesterday he had a few nice link ups, but messed a few up too, he had one nice dribble beating a defender at the by-line, and played a very basic pass to...

Lol I am just spending time online before tonight's game, that is the reason for the fast replies. I am posting intensively as I have nothing else on today. I will probably post regularly though as most people on here seem friendly, even when I disagree with them, so it could be a good place to...

There's a big conversation about this on Redcafe. And I have been saying the following since long before they did... You say he's being dragged down by United. There's an element of truth in that. It works the other way too though - the reason Man United are so wank is they have always catered...

He's a good player to a point, but him, Pogba and Rashford are three of the most overrated players I have ever seen in my life - and I have been watching football since the 80s. Rashford and Fernandes are the epitome of players rated for out of context stats which mask mediocre performances. The...

I am thinking about gambling with Jota in my fantasy team for the Georgia game - so the cunt better get rested.

England thinks about football all wrong (or did back then anyway). They prefer big physical power merchants like Lampard and Gerrard, who 'drive into the box' and score goals. Gerrard, Mr Hollywood ball and who was poor in tight spaces and left gaps all the time with his Roy of the Rovers me me...

Kante is actually quite good with his dribbling and driving runs, but yeah I get what you mean. Griezmann is the key to linking the midfield with the attack too, and he does it excellently.

I think De Bruyne is clearly better than Lampard. I'd have David Silva above the likes of Gerrard and Lampard - rating Gerrard and Lampard above Silva is everything that's wrong with English football in my opinion. I'd also rate Keane, Toure, Scholes and Vieira above Gerrard and Lampard. But...

They have a strong defence, energetic options in midfield with Kante, Tchouameni and Camavinga, and a wildcard in Mbappe. And if they are struggling, they can introduce Giroud as a target man. At international level those go a long way.

Anyway, as a Scot I am expecting Hungary to win tonight. It's the way that Scotland do things. Either that or win and become the first third-place team to be eliminated with four points (though I fully expect a win will be enough as I think plenty of the stuff we need will go right in the other...

Before the World Cup was created, Uruguay were the world superpower. They had won the Olympics in 1924 and 1928 I believe (one of them at least) and that was seen as a de facto World Cup. They and Croatia are probably the best football nations in the world relative to population size. They're...