They're performing way better than Italy and the Netherlands in Russia. The world football paradigm is shifting.
I thought the Aussies were great the last two matches. Moooooy played too deep I guess trying to neutralize any Erikson runs but I wish he had pushed forward more. Oz was missing a single pass to off foot schmeichal and smash one home. They were cheeky, tough and broke with pace and skill. I'm sure there is nothing we can learn from them.
It makes so much sense that France would field their best team in a warm up friendly and nit the opening World Cup match. Whatever the strength of your other arguments here, you damage your credibility with this statement.
Except that I'm right. Giroud and Matuidi started for France against the USA, as they did against Peru and Argentina (Matuidi was suspended for Uruguay, but Giroud started). Dembele and Tolisso started against AUS, who have only come off the bench otherwise in the WC. It is true, however, that Pavard and Hernandez, the outside backs that have started every other WC match, did not start against the US.
I'm pretty sure vegemite is a massive prank that Australians play on tourists. They're all like, "Oh yeah, mate - this is our national dish. You better eat it or we'll be insulted." Then they film the reactions from a hidden camera and show it to each other and laugh and laugh. It's like British people and "spotted dick." There's no real dish called "spotted dick". It's just a running contest among Brits to see how many foreigners they can get to accept and say that phrase without laughing. There's a big chart in Parliament where they keep tally of the points.
We legitimately love vegemite. According to this graphic- I want to die- because that's how I eat it on toast!
Speaking of- this was in the news today! Wildlife rangers in the Northern Territory have succeeded in capturing a monster 4.71 metre crocodile weighing 600kg that had been lurking near a boat ramp for a decade. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...weighing-whopping-600kg-decade-long-hunt.html
In England the equivalent of Vegemite is called Marmite. Slightly different texture. And Spotted Dick was on our school dinner (lunch) menu. At football matches there's nothing better than a cup of hot Bovril to keep you warm, which is basically Marmite mixed with cows' innards.
Suuuuuuure. "Bovril", you call it. A beverage extracted from the viscera of cattle - and ya drink it. Riiiiiiiiight. You zany Brits and your antics. Next you'll be saying you bake kidney meat into a pie-crust and it's a beloved national staple!
SO no this is kind of an old thread but couldn't let this go without a comment. Yes this must be true because all I have heard this offseason on Liverpool media are Reds getting really excited about the possibility of paying 50 million plus to bring Mooy over from Huddersfield. Oh wait I think that's someone else .... ummm tip of my tongue he plays for Dortmund you know who I mean right?