[Football] France vs Belgium World Cup Semi-final

Farehamseagull · Jul 10, 2018

Pogba was magnificent tonight as he has been for most of the tournament. He needs to get away from Mourinho for the good of his career.

France overall were superb, totally professional as they have been all tournament. They also seem to have another couple of gears. They will be massive favourites in the final whatever happens tomorrow night.

Badger · Jul 10, 2018

portlock seagull said:
eh? Nothing wrong with using a term. It's over use and in football, GG & Legend are two of the worst offenders!

So is millennial. It's completely meaningless and overused. I was born in 1984, and I have very little in common with someone who was born in 1999. For some reason we get lumped into the same category though.

I find it just as irritating and pointless as using legend or golden generation.

Weststander · Jul 10, 2018

seagulls4ever said:
I haven't read the thread - it's probably already been mentioned - but when are the commentators going to start calling out Mbappe for his cheating? Does he get a pass because he's talented and young?

And why didn't the ref add on at least 30 seconds for the sub in added time? There was a minute between a free kick at the start of added time, the sub, and the free kick being taken.

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.

Megazone · Jul 10, 2018

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!

GT49er · Jul 10, 2018

I wanted to get revenge over Belgium for their reserves beating our reserves in the group stages. I don't want that to happen in the third place play-off match though.........

portlock seagull · Jul 10, 2018

Badger said:
So is millennial. It's completely meaningless and overused. I was born in 1984, and I have very little in common with someone who was born in 1999. For some reason we get lumped into the same category though.

I find it just as irritating and pointless as using legend or golden generation.

But it's a) not used in football and b) is a widely used demographic grouping just the same as baby boomer or generation 'x'!! Apart from that, you may have a point :lolol:

Beach Hut · Jul 10, 2018

France were better and exceptional in defence, however they underperformed in the Euros final recently

portlock seagull · Jul 10, 2018

Farehamseagull said:
Pogba was magnificent tonight as he has been for most of the tournament. He needs to get away from Mourinho for the good of his career.

France overall were superb, totally professional as they have been all tournament. They also seem to have another couple of gears. They will be massive favourites in the final whatever happens tomorrow night.

Shame Mbeppe is an old pro already when it comes to cheating. It's been the most disappointing trait of the world cup. FIFA have condoned it too.

dazzer6666 · Jul 10, 2018

portlock seagull said:
eh? Nothing wrong with using a term. It's over use and in football, GG & Legend are two of the worst offenders!

‘Massive’

Massive game/performance/tackle/goal/equaliser.......

Is it PotG? · Jul 10, 2018

Best result possible for the other semi-finalists.

Jolly good luck England.

Badger · Jul 10, 2018

portlock seagull said:
But it's a) not used in football and b) is a widely used demographic grouping just the same as baby boomer or generation 'x'!! Apart from that, you may have a point

a) I never said it was used in football.
b) That's the whole point I was making. We're talking about overused, but largely meaningless labels.

I completely agree with you on GG and legend. You just highlighted a label which annoys you by using a label which annoys me!

BUTTERBALL · Jul 10, 2018

France imperious and Pogba superb tonight. Stern opposition if we make the final.

Thunder Bolt · Jul 10, 2018

Billy the Fish said:
Did you mean France? Mbappe not giving the ball back

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

portlock seagull · Jul 10, 2018

dazzer6666 said:
‘Massive’

Massive game/performance/tackle/goal/equaliser.......

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!

Weststander · Jul 10, 2018

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!

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

portlock seagull · Jul 10, 2018

Badger said:
a) I never said it was used in football.
b) That's the whole point I was making. We're talking about overused, but largely meaningless labels.

I completely agree with you on GG and legend. You just highlighted a label which annoys you by using a label which annoys me!

Is it meaningless? Or a recognised demographic grouping? Where's legend is ridiculously subjective as is GG. Whatever, we all belong to one generation grouping however much we might dislike. I blame the UN office of statistics... :moo:

portlock seagull · Jul 10, 2018

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

couldn't be arsed to look up his spelling. His fault for being FOREIGN and not called something easy to spell like SMYTH.

Two Professors · Jul 10, 2018

Quite honestly,didn't think either team would bother England that much.

Guinness Boy · Jul 10, 2018

Two Professors said:
Quite honestly,didn't think either team would bother England that much.

Up Yours Delores

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Two Professors · Jul 10, 2018

Guinness Boy said:
Up Yours Delores

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