[Football] France vs Belgium World Cup Semi-final

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timbha

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Jul 5, 2003

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Sussex

• Jul 10, 2018

• #101

Belgium had more potential match winners (hazard, Lukaku, de bruyne, Fellaini) and star performers who on their day could either beat us or stop us scoring. France have a few but play better as a team. If we beat Croatia it’ll be down to whoever turns up on the day. Pogba will be the one to stop.

 

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Billy the Fish

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Oct 18, 2005

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Haywards Heath

• Jul 10, 2018

• #102

Thunder Bolt said:

Not standing ten yards away from free kicks, and throw ins.

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Ahhhhhh, yes I saw that. Was pretty stupid really as the French were going to the corner anyway, Belgium wafting their own time

 

Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's Tackle

NSC Patron

Oct 8, 2003

50,105

Faversham

• Jul 10, 2018

• #103

Only 3 pages. Not much of a threat for Croatia....or....England. Nothing much to see there

 

Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's Tackle

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Oct 8, 2003

50,105

Faversham

• Jul 10, 2018

• #104

Weststander said:

In fairness to Murphy, he was distracted. Frantically searching the Grindr app, for “Mbappe”.

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Thunder Bolt

Silly old bat

Aug 18, 2009

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Beside the seaside, beside the sea

• Jul 10, 2018

• #105

Billy the Fish said:

Ahhhhhh, yes I saw that. Was pretty stupid really as the French were going to the corner anyway, Belgium wafting their own time

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It happened before that, especially the free kick to the left of the French goal, which could have resulted in a second goal.

 

Megazone

On his last warning

Jan 28, 2015

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Northern Hemisphere.

• Jul 10, 2018

• #106

portlock seagull said:

I did laugh when Danny Murphy said 'he's unbelievable...I can't think of ANY other word to describe him'. We all knew he was simply underlining how good a player he is but at the same time I did think 'well Danny, there are many other words you could use, but footballers do like to over use the same ones...like 'massive' as you say!

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Sometimes he pretends he's speechless when describing a players good performance. 'Brainless' would be a lot more of an honest excuse.

 

ferring seagull

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Dec 30, 2010

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• Jul 10, 2018

• #107

Never minding specific actions in tonight's semi, even 'assuming' we get past Croatia, it will be a monstrous task to defeat France in the WC final. I just worry a bit about our defence against their obvious attacking threats.

Let's just think about Croatia for now !!

 

portlock seagull

Why? Why us?

Jul 28, 2003

17,075

• Jul 10, 2018

• #108

ferring seagull said:

Never minding specific actions in tonight's semi, even 'assuming' we get past Croatia, it will be a monstrous task to defeat France in the WC final. I just worry a bit about our defence against their obvious attacking threats.

Let's just think about Croatia for now !!

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Quite. Talk about cart before the horse. Tomorrow is THE biggest game in English football since...last Saturday

 

Dick Head

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Quaxxann

• Jul 10, 2018

• #109

Megazone said:

If we get to the final, this could be great revenge for what they did to Admiral Horatio Nelson. No apology either. Typical French!

Come on England!

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ferring seagull

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• Jul 10, 2018

• #110

Double post !

 

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ferring seagull

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Dec 30, 2010

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• Jul 10, 2018

• #111

Megazone said:

If we get to the final, this could be great revenge for what they did to Admiral Horatio Nelson. No apology either. Typical French!

Come on England!

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What ! - You mean it would be 'one in the eye' for the French - always assuming that we get there of course !

 

smillie's garden

Am I evil?

Aug 11, 2003

2,598

• Jul 11, 2018

• #112

After we lose to Croatia, we're going to lose to France.

 

Javeaseagull

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• Jul 11, 2018

• #113

smillie's garden said:

After we lose to Croatia, we're going to lose to France.

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Oops. To play France we have to beat Croatia. Do try to keep up.

 

smillie's garden

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Aug 11, 2003

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• Jul 11, 2018

• #114

Javeaseagull said:

Oops. To play France we have to beat Croatia. Do try to keep up.

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Thanks for clarifying

 

BadFish

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Oct 19, 2003

17,112

• Jul 11, 2018

• #115

Weststander said:

Going behind in modern football, whether it be PL or internationals, is a bit of a nightmare.

The French took 90 seconds to take a bog standard free kick on about the 90 minute mark. Mbappe separately making off with the ball.

And all the BBC duo would say was well you can’t blame them.

Rugby Union dealt with this many years ago, by adding on every second of game stopped time. The clock is stopped immediately.

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Stopping the clock is surely the easiest and most effective way of stopping such time wasting.

 

Thunder Bolt

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Aug 18, 2009

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• Jul 11, 2018

• #116

smillie's garden said:

After we lose to Croatia, we're going to lose to France.

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If we lose to Croatia, we could lose to Belgium, on Saturday.