On the Eve of the new Season...

The Ikea video is reason #1 why England deserves to win the cup.

why did the Lightning Seeds create such a horrible song
the memes are funny though

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-cup/2018/07/09/best-coming-home-memes-20-best-englands-world-cup-2018-campaign/

TheRealHatchie wrote:
why did the Lightning Seeds create such a horrible song

You stop it right there.  It's so good there are two versions….

vansmack wrote:It's so good there are two versions….

Lame and Lamer

I see, it's going to be like that….

Three Lions (Original)
Three Lions '98
Vindaloo
All Together Now
World In Motion
We're on the Ball
England Belongs to Me
Come On England

I'm nearly on week three of shuffling that playlist and there's nothing you can do to stop me!

in DC/MLS news….new Audi Field opening this weekend
https://www.blackandredunited.com/stadium-news/2018/7/10/17552008/dc-united-audi-field-ribbon-cutting-erick-thohir-jason-levien-wayne-rooney

Hazard was totally fouled by Giroud… ref biased?

sweetcell wrote:
Hazard was totally fouled by Giroud… ref biased?

well he just gave a yellow to Kanté for fouling Hazard…not sure that theory holds

tv coverage cut to Macron right after Umtiti scored, and all I could think was "shouldn't you be in Brussels?!?"  then again, considering who's waiting there for him, i'd be hiding out too…

TheRealHatchie wrote:

sweetcell wrote:
Hazard was totally fouled by Giroud… ref biased?

well he just gave a yellow to Kanté for fouling Hazard…not sure that theory holds

even a biased ref can only be blind to so much…

sweetcell wrote:
Hazard was totally fouled by Giroud… ref biased?

I don't think he was biased, I think he just missed the call. 

France's defense was just too much for Belgium.  Sad for Belgium's golden kids, but this young French team has the potential to be great for 3 world cups…

I don’t think they are that good although they may well win cup

I don’t get country leaders attending any game other than final unless it’s the dictator of the host…such a loser mentality

8 players of Congolese descent amongst both squads…notable

sweet goal by tripper!

Goddamn it, I told someone at the start of this thing I would watch the final if it was England v France because it was the most Julian American final possible out of the 32 teams. This is a nightmare.

Next World Cup they might as well have each team take five free kicks, 5 corners and 5 penalties…whoever scores more wins…

Julian, wrote:
Goddamn it, I told someone at the start of this thing I would watch the final if it was England v France because it was the most Julian American final possible out of the 32 teams. This is a nightmare.

looking like you are going to need to reserve a bar stool at Gus' Bar & Grill Saturday morning

Sidehatch wrote:

Julian, wrote:
Goddamn it, I told someone at the start of this thing I would watch the final if it was England v France because it was the most Julian American final possible out of the 32 teams. This is a nightmare.

looking like you are going to need to reserve a bar stool at Gus' Bar & Grill Saturday morning

I would probably have to camp out to get into Penny Lane (Richmond's Liverpool/England bar). I should go as a GWAR-man.

By the way, the ASCII characters in your name fuck up the UBB code. Hard to "quote" you as is.

Good to see - per usual- Mick Jagger at the game

Julian, wrote:Hard to "quote"

I like that tag line

Lovren is a thug

man those British defenders are FAST