The Rolling Football Thread 2017-18 (inc Russia World Cup 2018!)

[BelfastBloke]

As in previous years, footy fans please sign in with

1. Which team you support.
2. Which country you support, or will be supporting in the World Cup.
3. Which team(s) and/or countries you loathe.
4. How you are getting your kids to follow the correct team.
5. A thought on this season (Premiership/Championship/Champions’ League/FA Cup/World Cup/all leagues world wide.)

Good riddance to Neymar

I agree. Bye bye Neymar. He has done his reputation no good at all

Only European teams left now!

All three main Best Player contenders are out. Will it mean someone else will rise to the challenge?

Kane has a chance to win the Golden Boot.

www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/world-cup-golden-boot-standings-12864371

Well Lweji they may have been the big headline names before the tournament but two out of three were a complete disappointment.

I think Lukaku might have something to say about Kane and the golden boot! I really love Lukaku.

Ok, leading 2:0 - they are getting there ....

I'm watching at an airport. It's tense. COME ON ENGLAND

Congratulations England!

(And that bottle stays with me, too.)

Hurray! !!

Phew!!

I missed the England game. And no, I wasn't at a wedding.

Nicely done, Croatia.

I expect the Russian players to suffer a series of unfortunate accidents in the next few months. Poor things. I hope they stay away from window and stairs.

France / Belgium
England / Croatia

it getting "possibler and possibler"

it's even

Watching the joy of the English fans on Portuguese news. It's a slow news day.

Nice work by Pickford.

I only watched the highlights of the Russia v Croatia game but I am glad Croatia won.

Looking forward to the semi finals

Did you hear that captain Luka Modric is facing gaol time for perjury? Perhaps he needs to win the World Cup just to earn leniency in his own country?!!

It's a powerful motivator.

No football for days now

It's back on tomorrow. Chin up.

Meanwhile, Russian players have reportedly been accused of sniffing ammonia.

e.g. www.marca.com/en/world-cup/2018/07/09/5b43676622601d1c4b8b45fe.html

Although, among all other possibilities for doping or game fixing, it seems positively mild.

I find I want Belgium to win, even though I know French players, and France, better.

As a family we've decided we want Belgium to win as we don't think we could bear losing to the French in the final

It's France but they are beatable, come on England!

we don't think we could bear losing to the French in the final

This^^ I'm down now

Not France! I'm quite sad for Belgium.
Although, I have a soft spot for Griezmann. Maybe because he has Portuguese grandparents.

I have confidence about beating Croatia - although they are dangerous - but I pretty much have no confidence of beating France.

We played well for 45..they took control the rest. Right result as annoying as it was.. You knew the goals were coming and they did. Oh well.. Did well to get that far