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1 hour ago, bolty58 said:

Nor should you expect to. You young uns are so impatient. Without even trying too hard I can think of winners Argentina losing their opener in Qatar, winners West Germany losing to East Germany in '74 and I'm sure there are other similar examples.

Tournament football, not the FA Cup. You may already have seen the winners or are just about to.

Spain losing to Swiss in 2010.

England not played yet.

10 hours ago, MancWanderer said:

Japan are a great team to watch

No tippy tappy shite

And as I type this they’ve just made it 2-2

And their fans are giving it a “Whites Away” vibe

They were when they had to have a go.

Showed what they can do.

Prior to that, they showed their discipline and team ethic, but had little "out ball" to give the defenders and defending as a whole a bit of a break.

Functional, and a bit dull.

Buy hey, when they had to press, and generally up the tempo they were good.

2 hours ago, bolty58 said:

Surely they can tint the fucker or summat?

They could.
They could also install shutters / blinds / curtains if they wanted.

Jerry doesn't want to, because he's a prick.

That 5+ goals in this game bet is looking a bit sorry for itself currently.

18 hours ago, Traf said:

It really is dreadful.

Absolutely scandalous!

Fuck um.

This Cape Verde keeper is having the game of his life so far

Brilliant stuff

Spain are bottlers haha

Fantastic!

Well done Cape Verde! 👏

(Spain will probably go on to win it now!)

Remarkable.

That header at the death should have won it.

And had opportunities to create something on tbe break afterwards too.

They'll take a point though.

Based on wiki that keeper only seems to have started playing/ gone pro in his mid 20s

Edited 16 hours ago16 hr by auckland_bwfc

Biff. Take that.

Great strike.

1 hour ago, auckland_bwfc said:

Based on wiki that keeper only seems to have started playing/ gone pro in his mid 20s

Apparently he had 20k Instagram followers before the game, he now has over 1million. "Apparently"

Interesting that so far European teams aren’t doing particularly well. Just 3 wins out of 9 games, and now Belgium behind. Early days of course, but probably confirms gut feel that other regions esp Asia/Africa continue to get stronger.

Edited 14 hours ago14 hr by Bertie

These drinks breaks can fuck off

Or do them in the middle with no coaches

Edited 14 hours ago14 hr by L/H White

1 minute ago, L/H White said:

These drinks breaks can fuck off

Or do them in the middle with no coaches

They had them in a fully air conditioned stadium last night :D

13 minutes ago, Bertie said:

Interesting that so far European teams aren’t doing particularly well. Just 3 wins out of 9 games, and now Belgium behind. Early days of course, but probably confirms gut feel that other regions esp Asia/Africa continue to get stronger.

So far.

Plenty of time yet.

Belgium are feckin boring!!

45 minutes ago, gonzo said:

They had them in a fully air conditioned stadium last night :D

There was one game where some of the players weren't even having a drink

56 minutes ago, L/H White said:

These drinks breaks can fuck off

Or do them in the middle with no coaches

We are just entering the 4th quarter! 😂

2 hours ago, L/H White said:

These drinks breaks can fuck off

Or do them in the middle with no coaches

All so American TV can show adverts.
45 minutes without ads is just too long apparently

10 hours ago, burnden said:

This Cape Verde keeper is having the game of his life so far

40 years old

they said WTF

8 hours ago, Traf said:

All so American TV can show adverts.
45 minutes without ads is just too long apparently

Yeah 100% just an ad break

Won't be long before it's introduced here

59 minutes ago, L/H White said:

Yeah 100% just an ad break

Won't be long before it's introduced here

Hydration break at the Reebok in mid-December whilst it's blowing a gale. (as in very windy, not Joel Randall blowing Thierry Gale)

On 15/06/2026 at 15:22, L/H White said:

Sweden scored some crackers

Big Vik. Good un that lad.

15 hours ago, L/H White said:

Brilliant stuff

Spain are bottlers haha

There you go again. Remember what the last bottlers you labelled did? Won the PL.

Don't go off too early even if it has been the habit of a lifetime.