Russia 2018

[Cereal Killer]

no

 

Almost, after being busted and denying it all they've had to ship out two alternate mattresses

[boothill]

I see Martinez doesn't like selecting too many defenders


Final squad

Goalkeepers: Koen Casteels (Wolfsburg), Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea), Simon Mignolet (Liverpool).

Defenders: Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham Hotspur), Dedryck Boyata (Celtic), Vincent Kompnay (Manchester City), Thomas Meunier (Paris St-Germain), Thomas Vermaelen (Barcelona), Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham Hotspur).

Midfielders: Yannick Carrasco (Dalian Yifang), Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City), Mousa Dembele (Tottenham Hotspur), Leander Dendoncker (Anderlecht), Marouane Fellaini (Manchester United), Eden Hazard (Chelsea), Thorgan Hazard (Borussia Monchengladbach), Adnan Januzaj (Real Sociedad), Dries Mertens (Napoli), Youri Tielemans (Monaco), Axel Witsel (Tianjin Quanjian).

Forwards: Michy Batshuayi (Chelsea), Nacer Chadli (West Brom), Romelu Lukaku (Manchester United).

Thats a hell of a squad that

[stirlingblue]

I see Martinez doesn't like selecting too many defenders


Final squad

Goalkeepers: Koen Casteels (Wolfsburg), Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea), Simon Mignolet (Liverpool).

Defenders: Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham Hotspur), Dedryck Boyata (Celtic), Vincent Kompnay (Manchester City), Thomas Meunier (Paris St-Germain), Thomas Vermaelen (Barcelona), Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham Hotspur).

Midfielders: Yannick Carrasco (Dalian Yifang), Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City), Mousa Dembele (Tottenham Hotspur), Leander Dendoncker (Anderlecht), Marouane Fellaini (Manchester United), Eden Hazard (Chelsea), Thorgan Hazard (Borussia Monchengladbach), Adnan Januzaj (Real Sociedad), Dries Mertens (Napoli), Youri Tielemans (Monaco), Axel Witsel (Tianjin Quanjian).

Forwards: Michy Batshuayi (Chelsea), Nacer Chadli (West Brom), Romelu Lukaku (Manchester United).

I’m confused, who plays at left back for them?

Looking at that list the only option I can see is Vertonghen, surely they have a better option than an out of position CB?

[GLewis]

I’m confused, who plays at left back for them?

Looking at that list the only option I can see is Vertonghen, surely they have a better option than an out of position CB?

Think they played 3 CBs with Carrasco at LWB in their last game.

[stirlingblue]

Think they played 3 CBs with Carrasco at LWB in their last game.

Classic Martinez, as good as their squad is, playing a winger at left back is going to leave them exposed at the top level.

[Cereal Killer]

Didn't realise Timmy made the cut, more ex-Everton than current Everton players at the World Cup then

[Shogun]

Have we only got Gana, Pickford and Sigurdsson?

[TheRam]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-cup/0/world-cup-2018-fixtures-full-schedule-dates-matches/

Just trying to plot what games I'm going to miss.

Loads of 3pm and 1pm games which is a shame, but a few half days for them.

[GLewis]

Have we only got Gana, Pickford and Sigurdsson?

Yes

[Ramjam]

We’re in luck here, most games on at 8pm and 10pm, we usually get the shitty end of the stick but not this time

[Macca77]

Portugal V Spain on the first Friday night, excellent

[Gash]

When's Scotland's first ga........................... ...............oh.

[Omar]

When's Scotland's first ga........................... ...............oh.

I know how you feel, sucks for us in the states too. Can you imagine how they're feeling in Italy right now though?


That being said, GO England, Mexico, and Costa Rica!

In fact these are teams I'd like to see advance by group (not necessarily predictions though).

A Uruguay, Egypt
B NONE
C Peru, Denmark
D Iceland, Argentina
E Costa Rica, Brazil
F Mexico, Sweden
G England, Belgium
H Colombia, Senegal

[blargins]

Classic Martinez, as good as their squad is, playing a winger at left back is going to leave them exposed at the top level.

Just like England, Man Utd and Man City then.

[AllyBlue14]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-cup/0/world-cup-2018-fixtures-full-schedule-dates-matches/

Just trying to plot what games I'm going to miss.

Loads of 3pm and 1pm games which is a shame, but a few half days for them.

I'm doing some translation work for the World Cup (it's what I've always wanted to do, so buzzing to be involved) - but it means I have to watch as many matches as possible! 😃