The Actual World Cup 2022 Thread

bosstrabs

Hursty Just seen the French team, wow, they should definitely be right up there
Goalkeepers: Alphonse Areola (West Ham), Hugo Lloris (Tottenham), Steve Mandanda (Rennes).

Defenders: Lucas Hernardez (Bayern Munich), Theo Hernandez (AC Milan), Ibrahima Konate (Liverpool), Jules Kounde (Barcelona), Benjamin Pavard (Bayern Munich), William Saliba (Arsenal), Dayot Upamencano (Bayern Munich), Raphael Varane (Manchester United), Axel Disasi (Monaco).

Midfielders: Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid), Youssouf Fofana (Monaco), Matteo Guendouzi (Marseille), Adrien Rabiot (Juventus), Aurelien Tchouameni (Real Madrid), Jordan Veretout (Marseille).

Forwards: Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), Kingsley Coman (Bayern Munich), Ousmane Dembele (Barcelona), Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain), Randal Kolo Muani (Eintracht Frankfurt), Marcus Thuram (Borussia Monchengladbach).

France’s problems are internal. Pogba (who isn’t going) tried to have someone cast a spell on Mbappe 😆 Everyone apparently hates Benzema. Rabiot is supposedly a massive bellend.

They have by some distance the best squad but this is France, who are known to implode. They went into 2002 with the strongest squad too, having won the previous World Cup and Euros, and got dumped out in the group stage without even a win, as I recall.

Jules72

bosstrabs deschamps is a pretty uninspiring manager too

bosstrabs

ScottBailey you know it!

I’ve only gone and drawn Qatar in the work sweepstake 🤦🏼‍♂️

Maybe they’ll buy it…

Our work sweepstake is really decent. The equivalent of a tenner in, each, but the prizes are for overall winner, the team who ends 17th (i.e. doesn’t get out of the group but is the best 3rd place team) and the wooden spoon. Therefore, not shit if you draw a crap team. I’ve got Japan so could grab that 17th spot prize. Keeps it very interesting.

Millsy

bosstrabs just as long as this trend doesn’t permeate the end of year board awards I’m all for it

bosstrabs

Winner gets 160 quid, the other two prizes are 80 quid.

bosstrabs

Millsy just as long as this trend doesn’t permeate the end of year board awards I’m all for it

Most mediocre poster = SM001 or Nasser.

Hursty

Just drawn Argentina in our sweep, could be worse

SM001

bosstrabs We can’t all be as awe inspiring as you, Dave.

Wally

Rumours circulating that match tv broadcasts are going to be delayed by three mins so they can edit out anything they don’t like.

Harry Kane to be edited out completely because of his rainbow laces protest so the England score will just magically change with all the players teleporting to new positions and play kicking off again.

ScottBailey

Wally Harry Kane is pretty good at disappearing for England even without TV editing, so no change there then

Hursty

Apparently Ecuador have already been bribed to throw the game and lose 1-0, 2nd half goal.

https://sportsbrief.com/football/28069-reports-qatar-bribed-ecuadorian-players-74-million-lose-opener/

Mad_Cyril

Loving all the ‘apparently’ rumours of late from Twitter whoppers.

GET IT FUCKING PEER REVIEWED

Wally

Mad_Cyril FUCK THAT, CYRIL.

WILD SPECULATION AND RUMOURS FTW.

bosstrabs

Mad_Cyril Loving all the ‘apparently’ rumours of late from Twitter whoppers.

Well, the Benzema
https://www.espn.com/soccer/real-madrid/story/4344169/why-karim-benzema-wont-represent-france-anytime-soon-despite-brilliance-at-real-madrid
and Rabiot issues are well reported.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/adrien-rabiots-mums-side-story-24913526

Not just Twitter rumour nonsense.

Mad_Cyril

Wally WILD SPECULATION AND RUMOURS FTW.

Apparently!

Mad_Cyril

bosstrabs
Relax Dave, enjoy the Crack

Hursty

And where else would you get top notch rumours from?

Mastodon? Lol, please… 😆

Cankles-McJeggings

In the words of Infantino’ I feel gay, I feel disabled’.
Sorry that was actually Edwand.

Cankles-McJeggings

It’s ok though because the migrants earn 10 times more than anywhere else.

What a fucking inconsolable fucking twat. Again Infantino but could easily be Ed.

vinnyt77

Cankles-McJeggings

That’s a very fucking weird press conference…

Cankles-McJeggings

vinnyt77 That’s a very fucking weird press conference…

25 minutes before football was even mentioned. Complete fucking shambles.

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