***Official 2022 World Cup Thread***

[Bigman38]

Might have spoke too soon, Morocco weathered that early storm and looked pretty good the rest of the half.

 

[coolerifyoudid]

If we had had another player like Mbappe to take all the attention Giroud would have scored way more goals in his time at Arsenal. Instead we had Yaya Sanogo, Theo Walcott, and Danny Welbeck.

How dare you besmirch the great Theo Walcott

 

[Gunnerclone]

How dare you besmirch the great Theo Walcott

I know he’s somewhere out there sitting on an injury table right now.

 

[jmb]

Studs up into Bono.

 

[jmb]

Looking at the replay, it looked like the keeper may have gotten his hand sandwiched in there. Helluva a shot either way.

Keep looks like he made a timely save.

 

[cyclonespiker33]

Mbappe is kinda fast

 

[jdoggivjc]

Studs up into Bono.

There has been a lot of that both ways in this game. Just happened to Mbappe.

 

[jmb]

There has been a lot of that both ways in this game. Just happened to Mbappe.

I am from the school where keepers need to be protected a bit more than the average field player.

 

[cyclonespiker33]

I am from the school where keepers need to be protected a bit more than the average field player.

To me it looked like he lost his balance when he got a hip shove from the defender.

 

[3TrueFans]

Arsenal fans have a longstanding love/hate relationship with Giroud

You mean love/love relationship. Giroud only knows how to do two things, be handsome, and score goals.

 

[coolerifyoudid]

Morocco missed a good chance there on that bad giveaway by France.

 

[jdoggivjc]

coffin nailed

 

[Clonefan32]

Dang that's some pretty soccer.

 

[coolerifyoudid]

That Moroccan player was so concerned about not being called for a foul in the box that he completely took himself out of the play and didn't defend at all. That was odd.

Also, I didn't catch the deflection on that pass watching it live.

 

[coolerifyoudid]

What do you think it would take to get Mbappe to change his citizenship? I could add him to my T-mobile family plan. My wife probably has some Kohls cash lying around.

Let's make this happen.

 

[AlaCyclone]

France vs. Argentina is a PERFECT final.
The lucky bastards who get to go to it.
I really like both teams.

 

[JP4CY]

Entertaining consolation. Croatia has been attacking hard.

(Also, nothing sounds better on my Sonos system than the World Cup)

 

[AlaCyclone]

Entertaining consolation. Croatia has been attacking hard.

(Also, nothing sounds better on my Sonos system than the World Cup)

The faded in noise is annoying enough as is.
I cannot even imagine it enhanced.
Just my onion.

 

[JP4CY]

The faded in noise is annoying enough as is.
I cannot even imagine it enhanced.
Just my onion.

I like the background cheering for this. I think it's cool.

 

[AlaCyclone]

I like the background cheering for this. I think it's cool.

I don't mind natural background noise, cheering, etc. What I don't like is when they fade / mix it in and out to enhance the noise and even worse when there is faux noise created that is not there. Just have the natural noise at a decibel level that doesn't pierce the eardrums and drown out the announcers, and I'd be down with that.