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  2. Goooooooooooooooooooooooooool

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    Posted · Edited by mjazzg

    10 hours ago, Dmitry said:

    I'm actually quite surprised at how the Russians had blossomed from match to match. No doubt the coach is a major factor. All in all an indistinguishable team, like the Swedes, the Danes, and (sorry) the English, they'd disciplined themselves, and played some decent football.

    Good post. There's invariably sides in these competitions that by teamwork and good coaching play better than everyone expects and Russia have certainly exceeded the initially low expectation of the home crowd

     

    10 hours ago, Dmitry said:

    and (sorry) the English

    No need to apologise. I've said all along that England are a limited side with a lack of midfield creativity which will be an issue when they come across a side that has what we don't - this could well be Modric and Rakitic. But so far an excellent coach has a young, internationally inexperienced team (this seems to be missed by many commenters because the names are known from the PL) playing to their strengths which have been too strong for their opponents, and long may that come to pass.

    And whilst as football fans we all want to see the beautiful game let's not forget this isn't a beauty contest.

  4. Goooooooooooooooooooooooooool

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    10 minutes ago, erwbol said:

    Hopefully Russia against Croatia will be more entertaining. I turned the England game off and went outside for a bit.

    I can understand that. As a neutral I want the beautiful game but right now as an England fan I'll take boring and a victory into the semi-final :)

    I'm not too sure who I want to win the other match.Croatia are the better side but Russia with home advantage in the semi could be equally difficult? 

  10. Goooooooooooooooooooooooooool

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    1 hour ago, Dmitry said:

    I don't think we watched the same match.

    Brazil took 9 shots on target, Belgium only three. Brazil 27 shots overall, Belgium nine. Brazil 8 corners, Belgium 4.

    If that's not bad luck, I don't know what to call it, but definitely not outclassed.

    and anyway, my response was to this post where you were trying to explain away Brazil's inability to convert shots and corners into goals as bad luck. No mention of the Belgian first goal here that I see...hello? :)

  14. Goooooooooooooooooooooooooool

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    36 minutes ago, Dmitry said:

    I don't think we watched the same match.

    Brazil took 9 shots on target, Belgium only three. Brazil 27 shots overall, Belgium nine. Brazil 8 corners, Belgium 4.

    If that's not bad luck, I don't know what to call it, but definitely not outclassed.

    but for all those shots and corners they didn't score enough which was down to some very good Belgian defending and goalkeeping. That's not luck that's performance. I agree, I don't think Brazil were unlucky - what example of bad luck can you give? An unfortunate deflection, hitting the post or bar with the goalkeeper beaten, goal-line clearance? I can't remember any of those

    Belgium were better all round.they tore Brazil away on the break and then with a very organised defence kept Brazil at bay as your statistics prove.Brazil weren't good enough to find away to win and for once there was a referee who was suitably dismissive of Neymar's attempts to cheat an advantage. Maybe that's where Brazil's bad luck came in? :)

  16. Goooooooooooooooooooooooooool

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    32 minutes ago, sidewinder said:

    I remember watching the ‘66 final on the TV with family and then having a football kickeround afterwards. Good times. :)

    Also remember for the ‘70 finals collecting those Esso World Cup coins at service stations. Had the full set ! Abiding memory of those finals is Bobby Moore being ‘set up’.

    My kickaround after the 70 defeat, I went straight into the garden when Germany scored, was not nearly as celebratory. 

    Loved those coins. I had the set too as my father did lots of driving for his job. There was also shoulder/head figurines. A different petrol company perhaps.

    St. Bobby Moore. Now, there was a footballer

  17. Goooooooooooooooooooooooooool

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    9 hours ago, Brad said:

    The 66 World Cup is the first one I remember seeing.  I was 15 then. We lived in Brasil when they won in 1962 but I have no recollections at all of that.  

    I was just too young for 66. It's the heartbreak of Mexico 70 that's my first WC memory. I can still see Muller's winner...scarred for life.

  21. Coltrane: Both Directions At Once (lost album)

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    2 hours ago, Steve Reynolds said:

    Like most us here I’ve listened to a large amount of Coltrane over the years but I’m thoroughly uninterested in hearing this. Just where I’m at. 

    MUCH more interested in current or more recent jazz/improvised music

    Not as many shows this year but maybe 20-25 per year over the past 9-10 years and I buy and listen to a decent amount of newer creative exciting music. 

    Just ordered the new 5 CD box called Diversity from Zlatko Kaucic - a drummer I recently discovered via an amazing Not Two recording. This new box features Evan Parker, Lotte Anker, Rafal Mazur & Agusti Fernandez among others. This I’m excited to hear especially the trio session with Kaucic, EP & Fernandez. Not that’s an exciting discovery to me. 

    You probably know this but just in case, here's a very good Kaucic

    https://www.discogs.com/Barry-Guy-Maya-Homburger-Zlatko-Kau%C4%8Di%C4%8D-Without-Borders/release/10237884

    Thanks for highlighting the boxset

  23. Goooooooooooooooooooooooooool

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    Just now, Dmitry said:

    All those, of course. Swiss, German, Belgian etc.

    Rakitic could've been playing for Switzerland btw.

    Well, Ok, if you're including them it would be pretty useful. Still struggling to come up with a striker though :) Although the midfield would be so good the team wouldn't need one, maybe

    4 minutes ago, Brad said:

    A horrible mistake by the goalie but I don’t think the result would have been any different. 

    France is marching through Latin America. They started at the bottom of the Southern Hemisphere, marched northwards. Following this geographical progression, Brasil is the next one up :D

    Nice spot, Brad. And then, lose to their northern neighbours in the final ...

  25. Goooooooooooooooooooooooooool

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    12 minutes ago, Brad said:

    It’s a shame Britain doesn’t have a combined team. It would be a heck of a team. 

    Bale, absolutely. Ramsay maybe but I'm not sure who else would get into the current England team from any of the other sides?

    8 minutes ago, Big Beat Steve said:

    Wouldn't this require ALL the Home Nation divisions/premier leagues to be worked into ONE first? And how likely is that to happen?

     

     

    Very unlikely, it's not in the PL's interest as no team from outside England would get in and the Scottish League isn't going to subsume itself and see Celtic struggle in the Championship and no longer have any chance of European football.

    But we do manage to come together for the Olympics so there is precedent

    11 minutes ago, Dmitry said:

    If Yugoslavia had a unified team, they'd be wiping the floor with any team in the world right now. 

    It would be good but not that good. Who would be the main striker? Still stuck with Mandzukic or Dzeko, both 32 years old. Croatia's attack and midfield with a few Serbs to strengthen midfield and defence. Can't think of too many players from other nations although I'm sure I'm missing someone

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