# World Cup 2018 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 7, 2018, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615 "2018-06-07T18:09:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 64
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1262 "2018-07-03T20:18:10Z")
Where the Fuck is the fight in England? Colombia are taking it to them and England isn’t responding. This is hard to watch. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1263 "2018-07-03T20:18:56Z")
England showing nothing during Extra Time. Like they have no idea what to do. Columbia much more likely to score. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1264 "2018-07-03T20:20:00Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > In every German news outlet I read today, it was mentioned that Southgate has done PK practice for over a half year and has even picked out the shooters preemptively. Could this be the WC where Germany suffers its greatest trauma, being 4th in group stage, while England overcomes its greatest trauma, penalty shootouts? They even have a competent goalie this time for a start. Think of Germanys trauma as a forrest fire. Yes it destroys today’s forrest. But it allows the rebirth of a new healthier forrest. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1265 "2018-07-03T20:22:16Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > England showing nothing during Extra Time. Like they have no idea what to do. Columbia much more likely to score. They did that a bit during the group stages - just ran out of ideas for periods, and no-one really experienced and authoritative on the pitch to change things. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1266 "2018-07-03T20:23:30Z")
I have a feeling we’re going to see the opposite lesson learned from yesterday’s Japan-Belgium game. In the same that being overaggressive cost Japan, being too passive is going to cost England today. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1267 "2018-07-03T20:25:41Z")
Vardy has brought some fire to this match. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1268 "2018-07-03T20:25:44Z")
It HAS been 12 years since we got to see England do PKs in a World Cup though so I do look forward to that ---
**Author:** ![Busy\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@Busy\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Busy_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1269 "2018-07-03T20:27:08Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Can someone please tell me why Sterling plays over Rashford? Sterling has horrible composure in front of goal. Remember Man U three match losing streak against Liverpool? If Sterling could finish that would have never happened. Agree Sterling can be a frustrating player to watch, but if had composure he’d be in the world eleven. He’s still an excellent player - head and shoulders above most other England players. Dele Alli absolutely stank the place out there, again. Something going badly wrong with that bloke moving from a Spurs to an England shirt. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1270 "2018-07-03T20:28:13Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Think of Germanys trauma as a forrest fire. Yes it destroys today’s forrest. But it allows the rebirth of a new healthier forrest. 🙂 Well, as we use to say, [_Dein Wort in Gottes Ohr_](https://www.dict.cc/deutsch-englisch/Dein+Wort+in+Gottes+Ohr.html). ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1271 "2018-07-03T20:32:14Z")
Vardy’s speed causing problems… ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1272 "2018-07-03T20:32:16Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Well, as we use to say, [_Dein Wort in Gottes Ohr_](https://www.dict.cc/deutsch-englisch/Dein+Wort+in+Gottes+Ohr.html). Germany has great young players. Didn’t they win all 5 FIFA youth cups? ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1273 "2018-07-03T20:33:10Z")
Rashford on. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1274 "2018-07-03T20:39:37Z")
I have a bad feeling about this… ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1275 "2018-07-03T20:40:06Z")
I like me some PKs ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1276 "2018-07-03T20:42:18Z")
Nos gustamos las patadas! ¡Vamos Colombia! ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1277 "2018-07-03T20:42:33Z")
Regardless of the outcome, the British media will have a great narrative to tell. Either the national trauma continues or Southgate breaks the cycle. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1278 "2018-07-03T20:42:59Z")
Columbia kicking first. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1279 "2018-07-03T20:43:31Z")
Do soccer fans really enjoy penalty kicks? I’m only a casual watcher of soccer, but penalty shootouts happen in hockey, too, and I hate them there. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1280 "2018-07-03T20:43:50Z")
If England win the shootout, the WC is theirs for the taking, big mental block gone. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1281 "2018-07-03T20:44:00Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Regardless of the outcome, the British media will have a great narrative to tell. Either the national trauma continues or Southgate breaks the cycle. When have the British media ever NOT had a great narrative they were willing to tell? 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615.md?page=63) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615.md?page=65)