Lowest quality World Cup ever?

Originally Posted by Coracao

Spain the standout side I have seen thus far. If Costa maintains his start, then I can't make a case for favouring any side over them atm.

But who knows in the knockouts.

Not massively convincing yesterday, shurely?

Originally Posted by TheFatGoth

Great games

Spain 3-3 Portugal

Good games

Mexico 1-0 Germany
Russia 5-0 Saudi Arabia
Argentina 1-1 Iceland
Argentina 0-3 Croatia

Stand out players

Ronaldo
Lozano
Modric
Kane
Godin
Rebic
Erikson

£#%&! off

VAR
Female commentators/pundits
Mundane games
Old Trafford's WiFi

wasn't so long ago people were saying it was an excellent world cup.

alex scott has been a high point. female commentators are shit, though,

Originally Posted by Arnold Muhren

Lowest quality? New to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa pol?

This. Vuvuzelas plus absolute dross.

Originally Posted by S/Side.Red

Some romanticised World Cups like ‘90 and ‘94 were slaughtered at the time by all accounts

1990 was crap, I thought that at the time and have been totally unwavering in said assessment since

1994 had some great games, but was let down by a deeply anticlimatic final. Which is, inevitably, all that quite a few will remember.

86 was good. 90 was ace. 94 was decent. Everything since has been shiiiiiiiite.

Originally Posted by General Woundwort

86 was good. 90 was ace. 94 was decent. Everything since has been shiiiiiiiite.

98 and 06 were cracking

Originally Posted by General Woundwort

86 was good. 90 was ace. 94 was decent. Everything since has been shiiiiiiiite.

I genuinely don't know what this frequent assessment is based on (though I suppose England doing well is part of it)

Much of the football was such cynical defensive shite that the pass back rule got changed

Originally Posted by General Woundwort

86 was good. 90 was ace. 94 was decent. Everything since has been shiiiiiiiite.

Loved the Japan 2002 one

£30 on Fat Ronaldo/Brazil outright double @ 130/1

My fave

Italia 90 is one of the most overrated WC in history

Also for the "£#%&! off" section, when people repost stuff like Colombian or Japanese fans litter picking in the stadium and say "This is what the World Cup is all about"



Also, saw an image of a white player helping a black player up off the turf, zoomed in on their hands with the caption "best moment of the World Cup"

Clearly not been in the WC Women thread

Originally Posted by TheFatGoth

Also for the "£#%&! off" section, when people repost stuff like Colombian or Japanese fans litter picking in the stadium and say "This is what the World Cup is all about"



Also, saw an image of a white player helping a black player up off the turf, zoomed in on their hands with the caption "best moment of the World Cup"

Clearly not been in the WC Women thread

wow i've never seen you this angry

Originally Posted by armchair

wow i've never seen you this angry

This is what the World Cup is all about

Originally Posted by rubbernecker

Loved the Japan 2002 one

£30 on Fat Ronaldo/Brazil outright double @ 130/1

My fave

What is it with these odds ffs? Brazil had reached the previous final and if Ronaldo is fit he's a favourite surely?

Hated 2002. Had school exams during the group phase. Usually got home just as the last game of the day was finishing. Pure shite.

Plus most of the big teams and best players were physically shot.

Originally Posted by S/Side.Red

What is it with these odds ffs? Brazil had reached the previous final and if Ronaldo is fit he's a favourite surely?

Hated 2002. Had school exams during the group phase. Usually got home just as the last game of the day was finishing. Pure shite.

Plus most of the big teams and best players were physically shot.

Brazil were about 10s and Ronaldo was considered a has been at the time and widely written off .You could get 28s on the injury cursed fatboy at the time IIRC.I chose to take 130/1 on the combined bet off at the Tote bookies on Stretford Rd.

Just checked and half the teams have only played one game.

Let's see how things progress...

Originally Posted by rubbernecker

Brazil were about 10s and Ronaldo was considered a has been at the time and widely written off .You could get 28s on the injury cursed fatboy at the time IIRC.I chose to take 130/1 on the combined bet off at the Tote bookies on Stretford Rd.

£30 too..

Fair play, that would have made it my favourite World Cup too.

Originally Posted by S/Side.Red

£30 too..

Fair play, that would have made it my favourite World Cup too.

Didn't have much money at the time so it was much needed.

Funniest thing was I persuaded my mate to do the same except that he was putting a grand on it.

He changed his mind at the desk and put it on England and obviously missed out on picking up 130 grand.

Still blames me on not making him

Originally Posted by red in cumbria

Much of the football was such cynical defensive shite that the pass back rule got changed

Pretty sure it was Euro 92 that was the tipping point.

Originally Posted by rubbernecker

Didn't have much money at the time so it was much needed.

Funniest thing was I persuaded my mate to do the same except that he was putting a grand on it.

He changed his mind at the desk and put it on England and obviously missed out on picking up 130 grand.

Still blames me on not making him

You have rich mates. A grand

Quite liked Italia 90 but it could have been the atmosphere in the pub where we watched all the games at the time.(every weekend was top in there back then)

Rose tinted specs and all that

Loved 74 to 94 but that could be down to as said before, there is just wall to wall football on tv now.(a bit like the FA cup which after about 2000 just doesn't feel the same)

Var and split arse commentators/pundits can £#%&! right off.


This one has been ok nothing more