UKC

England, Belgium, Tunisia and Panama.

About as good a draw as could have been hoped for?

In reply to john arran:

Sends shivers down my spine. All bigger populations than Iceland.

In reply to john arran:
Is this our new post brexit trade deal?

In reply to Postmanpat:


Iceland will play Argentina, and I've just heard on the radio that it promises to be the 'Hand of Cod' game

In reply to john arran:

Do you still pass the Tebbit test?

In reply to Pedro50:

I have a bike but I haven't ridden it for a while.

In reply to john arran:

You've failed the Syd test, mind.

No obvious Group of Death this time. Group D, maybe?

In reply to john arran:
The type of group that allows an inflated level of confidence to develop in the English press.

I look forward to the resulting implosion

In reply to gavmac:



Who did Scotland get?

In reply to felt:


Well I haven't been picked for Adelaide, but there's still time to be picked for Sydney in January if a few of the other lads underperform.

In reply to john arran:



They'll still f*ck it up somehow.

In reply to Greasy Prusiks:



Yes except for Belgium and we’re having trouble agreeing with ourselves.

In reply to The New NickB:

Ach we don’t bother anymore as it’s just as much fun watching England fail. Plus who wants to go to Russia?

Doesn’t even seem to get to penalties anymore ... which is disappointing ... I miss the Waddle, Pearce, Southgate, Batty, Beckham (did I miss anybody?) days.

In reply to gavmac:



Seems a good time for a little reminiscence
https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/ally-mccoist-still-irked-by-96-miss...

In reply to Bob Kemp:

I'll give you that one. Bloody ball moved- still annoys me! And of course Seaman couldn't keep his legs shut in the Holland game. Pure class by Gazza though.

That was a good tournament 96, even your song was catchy, annoyingly catchy.

In reply to gavmac:



Never could understand what Uri Geller had against the Scots!

In reply to john arran:

I think Belgium could be a tough match. De bruyne, hazard, lukaku all very good players- Belgium are potential winners I think

But the other two shouldn’t really trouble England , so they should get out of the group whatever the Belgium result

In reply to Postmanpat:





Belguim will slaughter England.
England will come back and scrape a victory (own goal or the like) against one of the other two.
E, full of confidence, expecting to go through, will just put out yet another limp dicked performance and go home.

Shame Wales didn't qualify, men with balls!

In reply to Lusk:




You clearly haven’t seen the schedule. By the tine we play Belgium, we will have already qualified and so it will be a gimme

<playing the eternal optimist>

In reply to john arran:

Has anyone mentioned 1966 yet?

In reply to Removed User:

Only a Scot. Odd that.

In reply to john arran:

England haven't even got a hope on the hooligan front. The Ultras are training in military camps already whilst boozy George the Cockney is fattening up and learning a new song.