[Football] *****Official World Cup 2018 Sweepstake & Draw Thread*****

[Durlston]

Nobody knows any of our African opponents. A re-hash of the seventies game show:

'Name That Tunis'...

Only Wabhi Khazri, who played for Sunderland.

"England hopes down the Khazri".

 

[Mellotron]

There is a difference between 'hate' and 'low expectations'. When we lost at home to Millwall a few seasons back, you could say at lot of people hated the Albion at that point.

I love England, but my expectations are very low, that doesn't mean I hate them though.

I have no issue with low expectations. I'm talking about people who actively say that they hate England and enjoy them losing etc.

 

[SeagullofMalaysia]

Only Wabhi Khazri, who played for Sunderland.

"England hopes down the Khazri".

Or Leicester defender Yohan Benalouane

"England sinks to a new Lou"

 

[Trigger]

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Croatia

Pedigree: Croatia gained admission to Fifa in June 1993, meaning they were too late to compete for a place at the finals in the United States in 1994. However, they qualified for a finals at the first time of asking at France 98 and have reached all but one of the five summer tournaments since. Their best performance to date remains their first, when Davor Suker, Zvonimir Boban et al helped them to a third place finish after losing to hosts and eventual winners France in the semis.

Key player: Luka Modric - once of Tottenham, now at Real Madrid - is the creative force at the heart of the Croatia side. Blessed with superb touch and vision, the 32-year-old has won the Champions League three times with his current club. He recently clocked up a century for his country, for whom he has scored 12 times.

Luka Modric
Luke Modric moved to Real Madrid from Tottenham for £30m in August 2012
Premier League players: Dejan Lovren (Liverpool), Nikola Vlasic (Everton)

Who's the boss? Zlatko Dalic's reign as Croatia national team boss has been short and sweet thus far. He only took over in October 2017, replacing Ante Cacic, who left with one qualifying game left and the country at serious risk of failing to make the play-offs. Dalic led Croatia to a 2-0 win in Ukraine in his first game in charge to seal a play-off spot, where they dispatched Greece 4-1 on aggregate. A midfielder in his playing days, he spent the first seven years of this decade coaching in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Brilliant, the dream team, nailed on!

 

[Trigger]

Not bad. But look who I'm paired with!

Anyone want to swap?

Can't we all just get along?

 

[Lord Sabre]

Justice will prevail Good omen except in this case

 

[Frankie]

Who won ?

 

[Kuipers Supporters Club]

As everyone knows this is the original.....