FIFA World Cup 2018

[MDK]

[Colly]

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[Arjen Robben]

I hope his underpant lining has fared better than Alan's did.

[MDK]

9 minutes ago, Arjen Robben said:

I hope his underpant lining has fared better than Alan's did.

[Arjen Robben]

I am haunted 

[Adam]

12 hours ago, MexicoJack said:

Unrelated, but I'm amused by all the "arrival/emergence of Mbappe" takes there are already. The guys a back to back Ligue 1 winner and the second most expensive player of all time. Safe to say he's already arrived.

Sure, but players tend to "arrive" with a big performance on the biggest stage, like Pele or Michael Owen in a World Cup. What has Mbappe actually done that we can remember before now? Ligue 1 isn't the big stage really in any way, shape or form.

[The Lusophone]

1 hour ago, PanamAdam said:

Sure, but players tend to "arrive" with a big performance on the biggest stage, like Pele or Michael Owen in a World Cup. What has Mbappe actually done that we can remember before now? Ligue 1 isn't the big stage really in any way, shape or form.

How about the Champions League then?

He's hardly Santiago Munez and the press should stop pretending like he is.

[Lineker]

Has he done it on a wet and windy Wednesday night in Stoke yet though?

 

I think not.

[TCO]

Mbappe is scarily like a young Henry, only much better than Henry was at his age. I don't think he'll ever get to Ronaldo/Messi level, nobody in our lifetime is likely to but he's going to be very good. Mbappe being stuck in Ligue 1 and playing second fiddle to Neymar is going to do him no favours either..

I just want him to win a Balon D'or with PSG before Neymar does.

[DavidMarrio]

57 minutes ago, MexicoJack said:

How about the Champions League then?

He's hardly Santiago Munez and the press should stop pretending like he is.

I suppose it's how many eyes are going to be on the product. Unless you're a keen football fan and will know how good he has been I imagine for a lot of casual football fans this would potentially be their first chance of seeing him perform to this level. 

That and the World Cup is going to have a lot more viewers than Champions League matches between the likes of Monaco/Dortmund in terms of a global scale but nationally as well. Like my granddad won't see any of the champions league as he only has freeview whereas he's probably seen a lot of the world cup with it being on ITV and BBC.

So I can see both sides of it really. From a keen football fan view it's not really a big arrival for a lot of people. But for a lot of other people it is. 

 

[Gazz]

Obviously, he's not come from nowhere, but I think in fifteen years or so when we're reflecting on his career, that game 'where he tore Argentina to pieces in the knockout phase of a World Cup' will be one of the ones that are remembered.

[Baddar]

£10 on Spain, Croatia, Brazil, Belgium in 90mins for a £60 return. Come ooooon. 

[Lineker]

Wow, Iniesta dropped.

[FLiam]

Why isn’t the picture on the red button HD? It’s dumb.

[Lineker]

1 minute ago, Liam Mk2 said:

Why isn’t the picture on the red button HD? It’s dumb.

Bandwidth issues.

[Mx. Canadian Destroyer]

That was the weirdest goal ever. 

[Lineker]

How Ramos stuck that in I'm not quite sure.

[Baddar]

Definitely came off a Russian leg.

[Chris2K]

Imagine if any Russian defender decided to try and win the ball instead of spearing Ramos.

[FLiam]

That was some awful, awful defending.

Seems like that Russian defender is a BIG DAWG fan. Wanted to spear Ramos more than worrying about the football. Not even looking in the direction of the ball!