🏆Match #60: Quarter Final - England v France (10/12/22, 7pm)

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🏆Match #60: Quarter Final - England v France (10/12/22, 7pm)

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Can our boys beat the World Champions to reach their 3rd semi final in a row?
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F*cking hope so, Shabs.
I really don't imagine that I'm going to enjoy watching it.. too much at stake..

Oh & sort your blooming match thread titles out.. someone'll have your guts for garters! :crylol:
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Samba wrote: Sat Dec 10, 2022 2:12 am F*cking hope so, Shabs.
I really don't imagine that I'm going to enjoy watching it.. too much at stake..

Oh & sort your blooming match thread titles out.. someone'll have your guts for garters! :crylol:
I know it's not prefect but it's better than having no match thread and everyone wondering what to do.

I'm hoping it doesn't go to extra time as I'll miss the end although I'll happily miss it if we win.
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Samba wrote: Sat Dec 10, 2022 2:12 am F*cking hope so, Shabs.
I really don't imagine that I'm going to enjoy watching it.. too much at stake..

Oh & sort your blooming match thread titles out.. someone'll have your guts for garters! :crylol:
I know it's not prefect but it's better than having no match thread and everyone wondering what to do.

I'm hoping it doesn't go to extra time as I'll miss the end although I'll happily miss it if we win.
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Same team as Senegal for me. 4-3-3 with Henderson, Saka and Foden in the side.

I think France have more chance of beating us in 90, but in 120 have the depth to take them. Sterling is thankfully back but he should be on the bench as he’s missed the majority of the week.

And I’m absolutely buzzing that our captain will be starting this game. Now the world will really see how good he is.
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Samba wrote: Sat Dec 10, 2022 2:12 am F*cking hope so, Shabs.
I really don't imagine that I'm going to enjoy watching it.. too much at stake..

Oh & sort your blooming match thread titles out.. someone'll have your guts for garters! :crylol:
I was really looking forward to this game until extra time in the first QF yesterday when I realised how stressful a similar experience would be tonight.

And then I watched the penalties.

And the second QF :crylol:
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So far in this WC my predictions have been not much short of useless but I’m going out on a limb with..

England 3 v France 1

I just think the way this tournament is shaping, it’s set for an England WC win. I said before that the winners tonight will win the cup and I stand by that.

However, the one caveat is that Southgate needs to start on the front foot, none of this cagey 20 passes in central defence nonsense as France will pounce on that with Mbappe and Dembele. Strike first and France can then be caught on the counter…
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I've been trying not to think about it, but I have hardly thought about anything else.
If England turn up and play as well as we know they can then we have a chance, but if the player are at all off their game or they are not set up right then it could be a mauling. This is a real test for Dec to see if the 'world class' tag is really justified.
My head says a France win, my heart says it's coming home.
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You know those posts you still see on our match threads from time to time, you know, those ones full of dread and foreboding and immediately you think, you tosser, you absosute ****, 'Can't see us winning this one, 2-0 loss coming loss coming I'm afraid. - Well, this is how I feel about this one
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Shabu wrote: Sat Dec 10, 2022 5:23 am I know it's not prefect but it's better than having no match thread and everyone wondering what to do.

I'm hoping it doesn't go to extra time as I'll miss the end although I'll happily miss it if we win.
I heard you the first time, Shabs..
And it's definitely not prefect... :crylol:
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I've just read Dec is a doubt! And he, Wilson, and Stirling haven't trained since before the Senegal match.
I'm hoping that's an old news story?
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They have more to fear than we do, I wouldn't like to be a Frenchman*.



* Nothing to do with football, I just wouldn't like to be French...... :lol:
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I've had a good few people ask me how I feel about this game. Weirdly not as nervous as I thought I'd be.

If we lose, it's France... you can't expect a win. A win is certainly possible but it's about 45/55 in favour of them I'd say.
If we win, thats the boost we will need, we could actually win the thing (until Croatia beat us in the final)

I think if it was a team like Croatia/Morocco who are dangerous but are less prestigious, I'd be ****ting myself a lot more.
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The French will surrender to us. It’s just what they do.
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Is that brainy octopus still around, predicting football results?
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Paul the Octopus, died 2010.
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sword wrote: Sat Dec 10, 2022 1:45 pm Paul the Octopus, died 2010.
Am sorry to hear of your sad loss.
RIP Paul.
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His funeral was a sombre, yet delicious, affair. Quickly fried in some good olive oil & finely sliced garlic & served with some linguini.
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Crossd_Hammrs wrote: Sat Dec 10, 2022 11:13 am I've just read Dec is a doubt! And he, Wilson, and Stirling haven't trained since before the Senegal match.
I'm hoping that's an old news story?
Didn't Rice post a photo of himself in training yesterday saying all the preparation was done?
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sword wrote: Sat Dec 10, 2022 1:45 pm Paul the Octopus, died 2010.
:newthumb: Bet he didn't see that coming..
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