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Yeah, I don't think the historical context is that significant when it comes to a shared World Cup effort. If anything it would be more contentious if you included Northern Ireland in a World Cup bid and not the Republic considering we have no infrastructure up here to host a World Cup game...

This was more the image I had in mind:

My word there are a lot of racists in the comments section of that video.

Ha, Putin has previous to be fair... https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/heres-how-vladimir-putin-stole-a-super-bowl-ring-from-the-patriots-robert-kraft/ That might be a replica World Cup being lofted. :animatedf:

Let's be honest, how often are handballs "deliberate"? Yet they are given up and down the country every week during the season despite clearly not being deliberate. That the rule can be open to such interpretation is pretty ridiculous. The hand being in an unnatural position is not in the...

I haven't seen any decisions made by VAR without the referee reviewing the footage again and making the final decision. VAR has its place when the referee makes an obvious mistake, but yes, unless the VAR team believes the referee made an obvious error, the incident probably shouldn't be...

What are you talking about? The VAR team will tell the referee that he should have another look at an incident (implying a mistake has been made or that something is worth having a second look at), then it is up to him to decide whether or not a different decision should be made after he looks...

The referee has the final decision, no matter what the VAR officials tell him. He has to review it and ultimately make a decision himself. VAR gives the referee the option to look at the incident again in slow motion from a different angle. It gives the referee another team's perspective and...

Shame about the result, but deserved. France have been the best team in the tournament and pretty dominant since their second game. Very pragmatic, not the most fun to watch, but solid and very efficient on the counter and from set pieces. Lloris probably cost himself the Golden Glove with that...

This match is currently the 7th longest in history. The thing is, both players look stronger on their serve the longer it goes on because both players are too knackered to return effectively. They need to introduce 5th set tie-breakers.

This is like a TV show that you've started, has grown stale and overrun for a few seasons, but you can't turn off because you want to know how it ends.

This is so boring.

Hugh Juste Defensive midfielder 175cm 90kg Average in every physical category, very aggressive mentality, does not pass or receive passes from English players (he makes a point to dummy every pass in his direction from English players), however he will tackle English players with his 99...

I don't really understand the arrogance accusations, I think other nations have taken the whole "football's coming home" thing a bit too literally based on previous English attitudes to their national side. From 1998-2010 I noticed arrogance, as though both fans and pundits believed they had a...

It's happened a few times in recent months, so I think it's a common enough myth amongst players and fans. To be fair to players, it's a simple game, I doubt many have sat down and read a rulebook when the most complicated thing you really have to understand is offside. I hope they were just...

Even if they had scored legally I imagine they would have been pressured by fair play to give the goal back. It is a really pathetic desperate move to be honest.

I heard Jonathan Wilson a few weeks ago state this is a myth.

Straws. Unlucky England, I was rooting for you, but you fucked it in the second half. It should have been won by half time, you invited pressure on with an insecure lead as you always seem to and then paid for it. Croatia were the better side from that point on, but the goals were pretty...