The Official World Cup 2018 Megathread

[Alan]

Rohr ought to be shot for employing these passive tactics AGAIN. You need 3 points, moron!

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Too bad, I thought Costa Rica would get out of their group. Couldn't repeat last Cup's magic.

Really? They have broadly the same squad as four years ago and there is no way on earth that they are better than Switzerland. Serbia can always go either way I'll grant you.

 

[Tony Towner]

Rohr ought to be shot for employing these passive tactics AGAIN. You need 3 points, moron!

Shooting someone, Yank reverting to type [emoji3]

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Wow, Ahmed Musa actually did something good.

 

[YoungWolf]

Goal! Decent break from Iceland throw. Musa did very well there as Moses cross wasn’t really that good

 

[Alan]

Hell of a goal.

 

[Tony Towner]

The sort of goal Cardiff will concede a fair few of next season.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Goal! Decent break from Iceland throw. Musa did very well there as Moses cross wasn’t really that good

Of course Keown praised the ball in.

 

[Alan]

Moses was lucky it was CSKA Musa in the box and not Leicester Musa.

 

[YoungWolf]

Of course Keown praised the ball in.

I know, I had to watch again to make sure I had seen the same goal as he had. Musa did brilliantly to create the goal for himself.

Nigeria have been much better so far in this half. That was almost a sensational goal by Ndidi (just noticed was deflected?)

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Good news for Argentina this. Stays as it is and a win probably rescues them, all back in their own hands. Very hard to see Iceland beating Croatia (unless they decide to rest a load of players, which I doubt).

Obviously I respect the achievements of Iceland, pound for pound it's an incredible last few years for them. I won't shed any tears if they get knocked out though, the football is woeful.

 

[Johnny75]

Wow, Ahmed Musa actually did something good.

He looks a different player today. Is he a 1 in 4 player?

 

[Alan]

He looks a different player today. Is he a 1 in 4 player?

He was always out of position for Leicester which didn't help.

Just noticed that every Icelandic player's surname ends in -son.

 

[Lycan]

Good news for Argentina this.

I think you mean Argentinia.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Just noticed that every Icelandic player's surname ends in -son.

Naming conventions innit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland_women's_national_football_team#Current_squad

Almost all the women's squad have names ending -dottir.

 

[Lycan]

He was always out of position for Leicester which didn't help.

Just noticed that every Icelandic player's surname ends in -son.

Icelandic naming custom. Your surname is your fathers first name followed by son or dottir.

 

[Tony Towner]

He was always out of position for Leicester which didn't help.

Just noticed that every Icelandic player's surname ends in -son.

Every male in Iceland ends that way. It means son of. So Bod is the son of Bodvar for instance.

 

[Johnny75]

Can somebody tell me how Icelandic names work please?

 

[Alan]

Icelandic naming custom. Your surname is your fathers first name followed by son or dottir.

So they don't have family names, then? In the sense that we do, I mean.

 

[Tony Towner]

Can somebody tell me how Icelandic names work please?

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