World Cup - rubbish teams, rubbish players

[chris123]

Fantastic performance from Cape Verde, celebrate the underdog.

 

[syd snot]

I don't watch too much international football but living here in the North of Ireland I've seen their team a little bit.....they really are s***!

 

[ASCPFC]

I don't watch too much international football but living here in the North of Ireland I've seen their team a little bit.....they really are s***!

They nearly got through didn't they?

 

[Willo]

Tunisia have sacked erstwhile Cardiff and Nottm Forest manager Sabri Lamouchi after the 5-1 drubbing by Graham Potter's Sweden.

 

[McAhuna]

Tonight Spain play Cabo Verde.

A bunch of taxi drivers, waiters, & farm-labourers.

That aged well

 

[syd snot]

They nearly got through didn't they?

Nope they lost a play off semi to that great Italian outfit.

 

[ASCPFC]

Nope they lost a play off semi to that great Italian outfit.

They got in the play offs isn't too bad for them.

 

[PalazioVecchio]

That aged well

I never said which team were shyte ....answer = both of them.

 

[Runningman]

Tunisia have sacked erstwhile Cardiff and Nottm Forest manager Sabri Lamouchi after the 5-1 drubbing by Graham Potter's Sweden.

Wow, is that a first ?

 

[chris123]

I never said which team were shyte ....answer = both of them.

Not the essence and beauty of sport?

 

[chris123]

I didn't realise that Cape Verde's centre back plays for Shamrock Rovers.

 

[Willo]

Wow, is that a first ?

A total of 5 managers have been relieved of their duties during a 'World Cup' but I am not aware of any being 'Shown the door' after an opening match.
Julen Lopetegui was removed from his post just 2 days before Spain's opening match after accepting the job at Real Madrid without informing the federation.
The 1998 World Cup is the tournament most associated with mid-competition sackings, with at least 3 managers losing their jobs before the event ended.

 

[BromleyMonkey]

They are pasta it.

Don’t be Sicily

 

[BromleyMonkey]

I didn't realise that Cape Verde's centre back plays for Shamrock Rovers.

What you didn’t know Cape Verde was in the Irish Sea? Or is that the Isle of Man? I always get them two muddled up

 

[ASCPFC]

What you didn’t know Cape Verde was in the Irish Sea? Or is that the Isle of Man? I always get them two muddled up

It's one of the Irish Channel Islands.

 

[Part Time James]

So many nothing teams the fixtures look like Burnley vs Southampton to me most nights. I.e.: coma inducing rot.

 

[esox lucius]

Play against Japan they pick up all the rubbish.

 

[chris123]

So many nothing teams the fixtures look like Burnley vs Southampton to me most nights. I.e.: coma inducing rot.

I'm disappointed the beauty has passed you by.

 

[ASCPFC]

So many nothing teams the fixtures look like Burnley vs Southampton to me most nights. I.e.: coma inducing rot.

Frankly, international football is rarely as good as decent club football.
I genuinely wonder how Southampton or Burnley would get on if they played the international sides at the world Cup?
They'd definitely get through the groups and I reckon it would take one of the top ten sides to beat them. Just a guess, but always consider club sides play together every week. The football's almost bound to be better. Obviously, Palace would easily win it, but FIFA continue to block our entry.

 

[Teddy Eagle]

Frankly, international football is rarely as good as decent club football.
I genuinely wonder how Southampton or Burnley would get on if they played the international sides at the world Cup?
They'd definitely get through the groups and I reckon it would take one of the top ten sides to beat them. Just a guess, but always consider club sides play together every week. The football's almost bound to be better. Obviously, Palace would easily win it, but FIFA continue to block our entry.

Remember when Ron Greenwood had six Liverpool players in the team in the 70's for a game against Switzerland (who weren't the giants of world football they've since become) and we drew 0-0.