The Official World Cup 2018 Megathread

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

I just switched the kettle on and the water boiled to the tune of Three Lions. It's coming home, lads.

 

[Kenny]

I just switched the kettle on and the water boiled to the tune of Three Lions. It's coming home, lads.

You are stealing the office kettle?

 

[Deleted Cyber]

You really need to let others be the judge of that.

This is fun- please take this with the tongue in cheek

if youre quoting me use the whole quote not your selective part that suits your context. Thank you.

 

[Sniffer]

You are stealing the office kettle?

:clap:

 

[Deleted Cyber]

cyber.. morphing into russell grant.

5ft 4 and fat?

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

You are stealing the office kettle?

I'll flog it to a gullible England fan.

 

[Deleted Cyber]

I'll flog it to a gullible England fan.

either way the kettle...... is coming home

:run:

 

[SLA]

if youre quoting me use the whole quote not your selective part that suits your context. Thank you.

I'm not sure it changes anything. Whether things are fun or humorous is up to the audience, even if there's prior warning that it is a "JOKE".

This is a perfect example - my comment was meant as a joke. But you, the audience, did not find it funny, (or even recognise it as a joke) so therefore it was not funny. I take full responsibility for that and vow to work tirelessly to make my posts funnier to you.

 

[machin05]

You should become a headline writer for the E&S, SLA.

 

[Dublin Drummer Wolf]

 

[The Bear]

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I see the Count of Monte Bisto has been bollocking on about how we should drop Trippier or Walker and go to a back four on Saturday.

Yeah, that'd be a good idea you fucking idiot. Abandon a system which is working and that we've trained on using for an entire month, maybe drop one of our best players too? Thank fuck he never managed us at a tournament, one game was quite enough.

 

[Kenny]

I see the Count of Monte Bisto has been bollocking on about how we should drop Trippier or Walker and go to a back four on Saturday.

Yeah, that'd be a good idea you fucking idiot. Abandon a system which is working and that we've trained on using for an entire month, maybe drop one of our best players too? Thank fuck he never managed us at a tournament, one game was quite enough.

Its the England way. Utterly abandon the system that got you so far...how many tournaments in the last 20 odd years have we pulled that trick

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

He had the nerve to criticise us for a lack of creativity in open play too. As if no-one actually saw his efforts at Everton last season (to be fair, I wish I hadn't).

Disgraceful fat prick.

 

[The Bear]

Here's an article to make us all feel old.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-44724516/england-world-cup-why-fans-sing-football-s-coming-home

 

[Deleted Cyber]

I'm not sure it changes anything. Whether things are fun or humorous is up to the audience, even if there's prior warning that it is a "JOKE".

This is a perfect example - my comment was meant as a joke. But you, the audience, did not find it funny, (or even recognise it as a joke) so therefore it was not funny. I take full responsibility for that and vow to work tirelessly to make my posts funnier to you.

Thank you. My response was also so tongue in cheek it choked me! I take absolutely none of this or you seriously 99% of the time. When I do, you know! I am really enjoying what has so far been probably the best seasons football in my living memory as a Wolves and England fan and the piss you all take out of me and my ridiculous mumbo jumbo superstitions makes me ham it up all the more. Sorry, no offence was meant.

 

[Tredman]

Hmm. This thread needs the football back.

 

[pr0sl0]

Ignore the typical American-paper-reporting-on-football quirks (Man City are the "most dominant force" in global soccer??), this is pretty interesting about Southgate using basketball plays as inspiration for England set piece routines: https://www.wsj.com/articles/englan...le-from-the-nba-1530523802?mod=article_inline

 

[White Wolf]

I know next to nothing about the guy but apparently our effectiveness at set pieces is down to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Russell

 

[YoungWolf]

He's the attacking coach who coached Afobe around the time he joined us (the first time). Worked with quite a few strikers at that point. I hadn't realised until just before the tournament started he was working with England.