The Official FIFA World Cup 2022 Megathread

[WsWolf]

Could have been 5/6 this and Brazil haven't even played well.

 

[jd1981]

Could have been 5/6 this and Brazil haven't even played well.

Yep but Serbia have been dreadful, they’ve been good but nothing better than France, Spain, England so far.

 

[Alan]

I can’t remember the last time I watched Serbia and thought, “yep, that’s a team playing up to their potential”.

 

[WsWolf]

Yep but Serbia have been dreadful, they’ve been good but nothing better than France, Spain, England so far.

I don't think they have been good. Flashes of stuff but that's it, if they do click then it'll be scary.

 

[jd1981]

I don't think they have been good.

Second half they’ve played some good stufff

 

[WsWolf]

Second half they’ve played some good stufff

Better but still not quite on the wavelength. They'll probably improve but their defence doesn't exactly fill me with confidence.

 

[jd1981]

Mitrovic has looked Marlon Harewood esque tonight

 

[Del Woppio]

Quick, very quick?

 

[Jinky]

Looks sore.

 

[Tony Towner]

These games are coming a lot quicker than usual aren't they? Wales Tuesday night to Friday morning a couple of days earlier than would ordinarily happen I think

 

[Carrotdude]

Squeezing the World Cup into a smaller window than normal I guess as it’s mid season?

 

[BillyDee]

Four games a day instead of three.

 

[GLASGOWOLF]

I'd say we have the joint second best squad in the tournament so I'm very positive about England. Just worry about Southgate!

My worry about Southgate is he will change when we play another top team, and go defensive. The central midfield to me has a perfect balance young Yam Yam Bellingham is a stunning player that allows Rice to do what Rice does which is protect the back 4

 

[Langers]

My worry about Southgate is he will change when we play another top team, and go defensive. The central midfield to me has a perfect balance young Yam Yam Bellingham is a stunning player that allows Rice to do what Rice does which is protect the back 4

My hope is that he realises that the centre of our midfield is better than it was in Euro 2020, and that we don't have to be quite as defensive.

Hoping for an entertaining draw for Wales later so a win v USA tonight guarantees us top spot in the group.

Think we might have to wait though - I think Wales will win.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

We absolutely need to win simple as.

 

[Dinowolf]

Problem for Wales is that Iran know that if they lose they're going home, so it could be quite a battle.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Wales are effectively going home if they lose as well. But a win with a good goal difference boost gets the campaign properly off the ground.

 

[lemonjelly]

certainly expecting Wales to win this one. They have enough quality to beat Iran, as long as they aren't complacent, which doesn't seem to happen.

 

[Quirkafleeg]

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