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 Jimenez  SELHURSTPARKCHESTER,DA BRONX 31 May 18 12.27am |
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Fantastic money earner (for me) just wished the USA, Italy,Chile and even Ireland had qualified. Still Peru and Colombia make up for them.
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Stuk  Top half 07 Jun 18 5.28pm |
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Hosts Russia will enter their own World Cup as the lowest-ranked side of all 32 teams competing in the tournament. A trend I expect to be extended to the next two World Cups too.
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eagleman13  On The Road To Hell & Alicante 07 Jun 18 6.28pm |
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Not too excited, will probably grow into it, BUT, I fear there will be far to much coverage on the 'off-field' antics in the BBC/ITV news coverage than the actual finals. Just my opinion tho
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 07 Jun 18 7.00pm |
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I have a proclivity not too get too excited about the WC in the build-up to it but once it starts I generally become quite enthusiastic about the tournament.At this present time I am none too enthused but I suspect this will all change next Thursday.
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| Casual Orpington 07 Jun 18 10.06pm |
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Love the World Cup, love that all my mates that support different clubs will be supporting England. Feel sorry for people that think that they need to say ‘ club before country’ and all that s*it. Can love both of them. Can’t wait for it. Edited by Casual (07 Jun 2018 10.06pm) Edited by Casual (08 Jun 2018 6.46am)
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collier row eagle  romford essex via another galaxy 07 Jun 18 10.27pm |
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I'm sort of looking forward to it, but there again I didn't even realise that England were playing tonight.........
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| steeleye20 Croydon 07 Jun 18 10.39pm |
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Putin thinks that Pele and Di Stefano are great but the best is Russian legend goalkeeper Lev Yashin. In the 1958 tournament Finney sent him the wrong way from the penalty spot with his weaker foot. Can't help noticing that was 60 years ago Vladimir.
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| kenbarr Jackson Heights, Queens, New York ... 08 Jun 18 12.59am |
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I want Mexico to do well just to stick it to Trump. I hope both Iceland and England do well as well. I certainly won't miss the overpaid and overhyped U.S. team. Bring on the Women's World Cup 2019.
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| YT Oxford 08 Jun 18 7.53am |
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Whatever anyone thinks of Donald Trump, I hardly think Mexico winning a few ‘soccer’ matches will bother him in the slightest.
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| collier row eagle romford essex via another galaxy 08 Jun 18 9.19am |
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Originally posted by YT
Whatever anyone thinks of Donald Trump, I hardly think Mexico winning a few ‘soccer’ matches will bother him in the slightest. He might bomb them
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| Pete53 Hassocks 10 Jun 18 1.02pm |
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I am not overly excited yet. The anticipation I used to feel in the lead up to a World Cup has dissipated somewhat. The tournament has become a bit overblown, although I appreciate that the standard of football around the world has increased enormously over the years meaning that it would be unrealistic to have only 16 teams in the finals as was the case until Spain '82. In recent tournaments (the last 25 years) some of the best games have been in the earlier stages, whilst some of the finals and semis have been dire and often spoilt by one side being over-cautious - the worst examples probably being Italy in '94 and Netherlands in 2010. Fortunately both got their just desserts and lost.
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| slubglurge welling 10 Jun 18 7.34pm |
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Much more confident than previous ones. Young squad with no primadonnas to upset team spirit plus we actually seem to have a plan. The only thing missing is a really top class centre back
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