The_jagster

In fairness to my earlier point about Dublin, he pointed out earlier that Ecuador were making the pitch wider so he did have a bit of insight. Let down by talking about a high foot when VAR said they were looking at offside.

I've been reading my previews, the Ecuador team always gets described as strong and physical. That said, Qatar look pretty bad technically too.

Disagree, they are bad (if not necessarily that dangerous) tackles.

Champions of Asia stand a decent chance of qualifying tbh

Doesn't it come off the goalie then hit the Ecuador player and bounce up? If so it's offside.

Ibarra looks a very old 28

Why can't they just show the moment where he was offside like in normal VAR use?

This has really been stripped back the last few tournaments imo

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/63678624?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA This is a joke righ? Like a bad "Why is the rum gone?"

Not that unlikely

On the match itself I'd like to see Ecuador win comfortably. Then again I didn't want Russia to do anything but then thought it was brilliant when they knocked out Spain 🙃

I'm still not sure why Dublin is still a pundit, hasn't played for 15-20 years and doesn't really say anything. For MOTD they can at least say ex-United player, he's pleasant enough I guess.

"Just days" Unless they are doing it for every meal I'm sure it's fine.

The thread titles put me in mind of an old HIGNFY trope Rob went with "Under the PENALTY SPOT-light: refs giving too many pens to Qatar?" PH71 went with "Qatar results integrity: GONE?!" decapitated went with "FIFA warned over possible match-fixing in Qatar matches after unusually high number of penalties awarded in friendlies"

It gets worse... Bud zero is absolutely dreadful, and there are quite a few mass-produced low alcohol beers I like.

Just as microagressions are considered a power move on an interpersonal basis this is still a show of strength.

Sums it up well. A bit like when people go to Isis and find the people aren't very nice and steal stuff.

There's something special about a team winning against a big host, like Germany in 2014 and Greece in 2004, but the late goal here makes it. I watched the extended highlights earlier and the excitement's building for me. I probably bang on about this a lot but the official FIFA channel has re-recorded most commentaries and it's not the same.

I've no love for Qatar but who would have thought they would be the ones to stand up to FIFA when they have the most to gain from a smooth world cup.

Weak, Yule Rimet especially. '98 was better than the OG song too

Scary how bad normal people look kicking a ball compared to pros

If you are making a big play about charity causes, burning 10k just seems really bad taste so I can't imagine he will follow through on it.

It is much better than I expected a football comedy to be, I thought the thread meant it would be on TV tonight or something

Pre-tournament Bonuses: How many goals will be scored in the tournament? 174 Who will be top scorer for the whole tournament? Mbappe How many hat-tricks will be scored in the tournament? 1 How many own goals will be scored in the tournament? 3 Who will win the tournament? Argentina Who will be runner up? Portugal Group Stages Bonuses Which player will score the first goal in the tournament? Almoez Ali Who will score England's first goal? Harry Kane How many goals will be scored in the Group stages in total? 132 How many goals will England score in the Group stages? 2 Who will be the top scorer for the Group stages? Messi How many yellow cards will there be in the Group stages? 180 How many red cards will there be in the Group stages? 6 Good luck everyone. Thanks All times BST Group Stages Sunday 20th November - November! Group A 16.00 Quatar v Ecuador 1-1 Monday 21st November Group A 16.00 Senegal v The Netherlands 1-2 Group B 13.00 England v Iran 1-0 19.00 USA v Wales 2-1 Tuesday 22nd November Group C 10.00 Argentina v Saudi Arabia 5-0 16.00 Mexico Poland 2-1 Group D 13.00 Denmark v Tunisia 2-0 19.00 France v Australia 2-0 Wednesday 23rd November Group E 13.00 Germany v Japan 3-1 16.00 Spain v Costa Rica 4-0 Group F 10:00 Morocco v Croatia 1-2 19:00 Belgium v Canada 3-1 Thursday 24th November Group G 10:00 Switzerland v Cameroon 1-1 19:00 Brazil v Serbia 2-0 GROUP H 13:00 Uruguay v South Korea 2-1 16:00 Portugal v Ghana 2-0

Platt, mixture of importance of the goal and also that it required great technique. And the Motson commentary soundtracks it brilliantly.