Purely on football and drama alone, it was clearly the best WC Final ever IMHO. Nothing in recent memory comes close.
6 goals, 3 penalties, a hat-trick, 2 goals in 90 seconds, extra-time, chances for both teams to win in the 120th min, shootout.
As for whether it was the best WC ever, there's...
'I love football so much that watching it is my job - was my World Cup boycott worth it?'
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/18/love-football-watching-my-job-world-cup-boycott
Decent balanced article that's worth a read in full as it covers a lot of what we've discussed...
Stockport v Charlton FA Cup 2nd Round replay on ITV4 now.
A chance for a look at our League Cup opponents.
Edit...ex-Brighton player Will Collar (1 EFL Cup appearance) gets a hat-trick for Stockport.
Keep posting on here mate. I know it's tough for you at the moment. Feel free to PM when you've got a moment with an update.
I watched this year's REMF game with @Guinness Boy and had a great evening. I'm pretty sure you'd both get on famously irl.
And on that matter, a Christmas NSC...
At least there's some live FA Cup 2nd Round on BBC 1 today for the WC non-watchers.
King's Lynn v Stevenage (k.o. 12:45pm)
Forest Green v Alvechurch (k.o. 3pm)
I'll happily concede that they're both likely to be much more interesting than the snorefest that was England v USA. :)
I hope I'm not one of them mate. I value your comments and friendship here.
We can agree to disagree on the secondary things (like this particular World Cup) whilst still having the primary things (NSC, Albion and a love of football as a whole) very much in common. That goes for anyone else...
It's never been an either/or binary position with which NSC threads to post on. One generally isn't automatically ruled out of posting on one thread because one's posted on others.
Subconscious guilt? Not here. That's a huge projection. I felt great before the England game and even better...
Here's an illuminating and sobering 2021 article from Safety and Health Practitioner regarding construction fatalities.
https://www.shponline.co.uk/construction/paris-2024-past-and-present-olympic-construction-fatalities-indicate-we-still-have-a-long-way-to-go-says-health-and-safety-expert/
It...