World Cup 2018 FIFA World Cup-Group D Thread (Argentina, Iceland, Croatia, Nigeria)

[Wolfs]

Great save.

 

[NarniMagic]

Honestly disagree on the VAR. think the majority of the decisions have been correct from it.

 

[Warsaw]

Kinda why you prefer to see teams with good players progress farther than the 'nice story' as Iceland more or less are.

Just want a market to give me odds on Sampaoli's firing and Messi inserted as player coach before the next game.

 

[Donakebab]

Sore wrist, out comes the stretcher...

 

[ioppolo]

John Obi Mikel is another one of those players who seems to have been around forever

 

[revo333]

Kinda why you prefer to see teams with good players progress farther than the 'nice story' as Iceland more or less are.

Just want a market to give me odds on Sampaoli's firing and Messi inserted as player coach before the next game.

I just want the teams that play the attacking styles to win.

Hopefully this world cup doesn't follow the trends of others and become a bore once the knock out stage starts.

 

[revo333]

Well this result makes the group alive and well.

Who ends up going through?

 

[Admiral Byng]

well done Nigeria.

 

[ioppolo]

Well I'm on the Nigeria bandwagon for next week. They should play like that second half more often

 

[Gavin Excell]

Nigeria v Iceland a fitting match up by organisers for the hero host city of Stalingrad

 

[hey shorty]

Well that blows things wide open. Can Nigeria beat the Argies ??

 

[Visions]

Well that blows things wide open. Can Nigeria beat the Argies ??

Don’t really need to. A draw should do it.

Lots of permutations possible with 2nd spot. With their goal difference Croatia should finish in 1st place in the group. But any of the other can finish in 2nd place.

Also there’s the possibility of a France - Argentina round of 16 battle.

 

[SM]

That first goal from Musa was filthy.

 

[Sozabarus]

Iceland are so overrated

What do you mean overrated? No one thinks they're a great side in the grand scheme of things but considering the size of the country what they've achieved as a nation in the last few years has been genuinely remarkable.

Some players in the squad have other jobs, they're not even full time footballers.

 

[Cruyff14]

Think Nigeria had just too much pace for Iceland in the end.

Both of the goals were brilliant.

 

[Stevi_Tigers]

Hope Argentina are eliminated

 

[hey shorty]

Hope Argentina are eliminated

Can only hope Nigeria don't get ahead of themselves

 

[Magma]

 

[hey shorty]

Hardly a shock, as awful as it is.

 

[BluesMan]

What do you mean overrated? No one thinks they're a great side in the grand scheme of things but considering the size of the country what they've achieved as a nation in the last few years has been genuinely remarkable.

Some players in the squad have other jobs, they're not even full time footballers.

More the fact people genuinely believe they should be making the knockout stages. They had a good run in euros, bit of a fluke really, but people need to lower there expectations of them. Im not really talking about posters in here overrating them in here

 

[nobbyiscool]

More the fact people genuinely believe they should be making the knockout stages. They had a good run in euros, bit of a fluke really, but people need to lower there expectations of them. Im not really talking about posters in here overrating them in here

Seems like a strawman argument. I don't think I know anyone who genuinely believed they'd make the knockout stages in a group that includes Argentina and Croatia.

 

[hey shorty]

Seems like a strawman argument. I don't think I know anyone who genuinely believed they'd make the knockout stages in a group that includes Argentina and Croatia.

The fact they're a live chance to do so amazing

 

[BluesMan]

Seems like a strawman argument. I don't think I know anyone who genuinely believed they'd make the knockout stages in a group that includes Argentina and Croatia.

People love the iceland story so much they start to believe they’re actually better than they are. Thats all im saying. Not trying to play the villian here, I hope they make the Qtrs over argentina.

 

[ioppolo]

The commentator only mentioned several hundred times that Halldorsson the keeper is a film director, and directed their Eurovision entry

 

[The Speaker]

Funnily enough, Obi Mekel had to pay the wages for the Nigerian team a few years ago.

Seems like a strawman argument. I don't think I know anyone who genuinely believed they'd make the knockout stages in a group that includes Argentina and Croatia.

I thought all four were a chance of going through, and Croatia were the most likely.