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World Cup 2026 After Hours Thread

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  • #152
    Deub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,706 ✭✭✭Deub


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124550998#Comment_124550998

    The first half was great. The second half was a lot less exciting.



  • #153
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42,017 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    Great save by the Japanese keeper.



  • #154
    cj maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 18,691 ✭✭✭✭cj maxx


    Delete

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  • #155
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42,017 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    Japan finally doing something.



  • #156
    French Toast
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,001 ✭✭✭French Toast


    Japan soaking pressure well at the back and are dangerous on the attack (seldom and all as that may be…)



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  • #157
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 13,965 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    Only seen the last ten minutes of this, it's an entertaining game.



  • #158
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 13,965 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    Japan have lovely jerseys.



  • #159
    Jelle1880
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,801 ✭✭✭✭Jelle1880


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124551214#Comment_124551214

    Good for you, first half was atrocious :D Second half luckily livened up.



  • #160
    Jack Daw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,944 ✭✭✭Jack Daw


    Brian Brobbey just described as a giant of a man by John Kenny on RTE is 5ft11

    Giants clearly are getting smaller



  • #161
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 13,965 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    Deserved equaliser



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  • #162
    murtyd17
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 562 ✭✭✭murtyd17


    Took a flick on the way through



  • #163
    Jack Daw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,944 ✭✭✭Jack Daw


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124550634#Comment_124550634

    All but 1 are born outside Curacao

    When the Dutch team appear in the world baseball classic all their players are Curacaon born , the opposite is the case for Curacao in football



  • #164
    French Toast
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,001 ✭✭✭French Toast


    Delighted for them!



  • #165
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 13,965 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    Hope to God betting ads will be banned soon and I'll no longer have to suffer their f*cking "banter"



  • #166
    Trevor_Cory
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭Trevor_Cory


    I had Japan to win this on our work competition. Delights for them though, they play nice football. Dutch look good, I think they could go far once they get a head of steam. The dynamics in difference of height and physicality made for an entertaining game.



  • #167
    trashcan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭trashcan


    I'm not a James McClean hater (honestly 😊) but he must be the worst pundit on TV ? Absolutely nothing insightful to say.



  • #168
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 13,965 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    No RTE commentators on this game.



  • #169
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 13,965 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    Ivory Coast Vs Ecuador, the type of match up I watch the World Cup to see.



  • #170
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 13,965 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    I get the feeling that Apres Match had probably run it's course, but it's a pity there's no comedy linked to the action, although that could be a good thing.



  • #171
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 13,965 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    It's a fairly dull match, might fall asleep before the end.



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  • #172
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 13,965 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    DIALLO SAVES US FROM THE FIRST 0-0 OF THE TOURNAMENT!

    5 minutes away from bedtime.



  • #173
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 13,965 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    This group is a prime example of why third place teams qualifying is bollox, that goal would have been decisive in this group, but because both teams will most likely get three points against Curacao there's a good chance both will get through anyway.



  • #174
    .Donegal.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,994 ✭✭✭.Donegal.


    Doesn’t say much for South American football if they finished 2nd in qualifying.



  • #175
    kowloonkev
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,814 ✭✭✭kowloonkev


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124551532#Comment_124551532

    Yeah actually maybe the best third place teams should have excluded results against bottom teams. The second Curacao is in your group you are into the last 32.



  • #176
    Jelle1880
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,801 ✭✭✭✭Jelle1880


    Have to say, I'm having massive FOMO of seeing those Scotland fans :)

    Thousands of them rocked up to Fenway Park and had a massive party and it seems the locals are loving it.



  • #177
    divillybit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 849 ✭✭✭divillybit


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124551405#Comment_124551405

    Hard to get much chat out of James McClean so he's not really suited to being a pundit..Would love to see Brian Kerr doing a bit of punditry on the again rte



  • #178
    Trevor_Cory
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭Trevor_Cory


    Can't tell if Sweden are great or if Tunisia just flattered them with how terrible they are. Belgium vs Egypt should be a decent game, Egypt aren't amazing but they're no fools either.



  • #179
    Jelle1880
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,801 ✭✭✭✭Jelle1880


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124552938#Comment_124552938

    Never won a game at the World Cup apparently, which kind of surprised me. They're quite decent on AFCON but this looks like a different level.

    That said, curious to see if this new Belgian generation can deliver.



  • #180
    adaminho
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,122 ✭✭✭adaminho


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124552041#Comment_124552041
    https://twitter.com/Lewis1876/status/2065899987007836222?s=20

    Load of them out in Limerick last week, flew to Shannon and used pre-clearance onto Boston. Was cheaper than going direct from Scotland.



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  • #181
    Pherekydes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 16,336 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    Cabo Verde keeper is having a blinder.

    Is Pico the only "Irish" player here?



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