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 DanH  SW2 30 May 18 1.06pm |
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Originally posted by matthau
If your unemployed or retired yeah it’s great Or self-employed, eh Stuk?
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Frickin Saweet  South Cronx 30 May 18 1.31pm |
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I'm really looking forward to it. Mainly because I'll be on paternity leave so I'll be able to watch way more matches than i have for years - probably since university so that's Japan and South Korea in 2002. It's not s much about watching England but being able to sit back and watch an elite competition and get excited about teams and underdogs that I wouldn't ordinarily care about. And there will be spectacular matches and goals, there always is. and who knows, maybe England will give us some excitement, but there's no expectation.
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| steeleye20 Croydon 30 May 18 1.48pm |
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I find the World Cup rather tedious. Its long drawn-out and needs a face-lift. I would replace the league system with knock-out qualifying games and shorten the tournament. A final where the players are still sharp not knackered. The public want excitement thrills and skills but the present format is dated and is a bit of a yawn. There is a series on RT with Peter Schmeichel showing the locations and stadiums quite interesting. Crystal Palace with Wilf a lot better than the World Cup IMO, quite unbiased of course.
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| Stuk Top half 30 May 18 2.10pm |
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Originally posted by DanH
Or self-employed, eh Stuk? Yep. Just going to order a new monitor for the early kick offs.
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| monkey Sittingbourne,but made in Bromley 30 May 18 3.03pm |
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Originally posted by matthau
If your unemployed or retired yeah it’s great Or a night worker like myself!! Sleep is for wimps
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| monkey Sittingbourne,but made in Bromley 30 May 18 3.31pm |
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I love the World Cup, but mainly because I’ve always liked watching the South American teams!! It’s nice to see our cousins from down under in it and I’d like to see Serbia do well for obvious reasons!! I’ve always been able to support England with a passion in the tournaments,but I’ve really struggled with this England team in recent years,because Palace lock horns with these players week in week out, and it’s hard to then switch to cheering this lot on, most of my palace supporting life we’ve been a championship/2nd division team and it was easy to separate the two!! But having said all that, if the players give their all for the shirt, put in a few performances and get through to the knock out stages I’ll be back on the bandwagon with everyone else
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pefwin  Where you have to have an English ... 30 May 18 4.25pm |
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Actually excited but I would prefer it to be a contest of the best teams rather than a political mish mash of w***.
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| baldeagle73 Leamington spa 30 May 18 4.36pm |
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I will enjoy if Germany win as I've put a oner on the at 6/1
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| .TUX. 30 May 18 6.51pm |
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Originally posted by Frickin Saweet
I'm really looking forward to it. Mainly because I'll be on paternity leave so I'll be able to watch way more matches than i have for years - probably since university so that's Japan and South Korea in 2002. It's not s much about watching England but being able to sit back and watch an elite competition and get excited about teams and underdogs that I wouldn't ordinarily care about. And there will be spectacular matches and goals, there always is. and who knows, maybe England will give us some excitement, but there's no expectation. This. (PS good luck with the nipper).
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| Direwolf Lincoln 30 May 18 8.27pm |
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Not so much for watching England but will be interested to see Palace players playing for their national teams. Milo -Serbia, RLC - England, Tekkers - Belgium and Lee -S. Korea. Edited by Direwolf (30 May 2018 8.35pm)
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| YT Oxford 30 May 18 9.21pm |
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Originally posted by Direwolf
Not so much for watching England but will be interested to see Palace players playing for their national teams. Milo -Serbia, RLC - England, Tekkers - Belgium and Lee -S. Korea. Edited by Direwolf (30 May 2018 8.35pm) I was going to ask the better-informed-than-wot-I-am HOLs for a list of Palace players in the World Cup. So is this the extent of it (albeit that squads are still not finalised)? Thanks.
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chateauferret  30 May 18 10.20pm |
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Originally posted by YT
I was going to ask the better-informed-than-wot-I-am HOLs for a list of Palace players in the World Cup. So is this the extent of it (albeit that squads are still not finalised)? Thanks. Plenty of players who might have been there but aren't for various reasons. Tomkins - England - too stupid to pick him
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