FIFA World Cup 2022 Final + Play-off ** spoilers ** [17th - 18th December 2022]

[JamesH85]

0 attempts on goal 62 mins into a WC final. Wow.

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

Now they try and cross it with Giroud on the bench? Deschamps has got this all wrong so far.

 

[Tombstone]

Ah here comes Acuna, this guy is a top tier expert at falling over with fatal injuries

 

[Mr Jack]

That is obviously not remotely true lol, have you ever watched him?

Hasn't turned up since the last sixteen, tbh.

 

[Shamikebab]

This is definitely the worst final that I can remember, feels like it's been over for ages.

 

[manic111]

The first part isn’t wrong. He’s a flat track bully. Against good players he hasn’t done much. Griezmann has been their standout easily.

To be fair you're not giving him much of a sample size. They've only played one particularly decent team before this match, and that was us.

 

[Shamikebab]

Hasn't turned up since the last sixteen, tbh.

Right, but that doesn't mean he is just a pace merchant lol.

 

[manic111]

Now they try and cross it with Giroud on the bench? Deschamps has got this all wrong so far.

Yeah I found that odd. No focal point up top without him

 

[DanTheMan]

God I hate the Argies. Its like the worst parts of Italian and Spanish culture were shipped out there and have spent the last couple of hundred years marinading into an insufferable bunch of *****.

 

[Shamikebab]

Now they try and cross it with Giroud on the bench? Deschamps has got this all wrong so far.

What else can he do? Can you imagine the riots if he'd take off Mbappe?

 

[Tombstone]

This is definitely the worst final that I can remember, feels like it's been over for ages.

Its not been much of an exciting spectacle worthy of a World Cup final thats for sure.

 

[GlitterBalls]

 

[manic111]

What else can he do? Can you imagine the riots if he'd take off Mbappe?

Didn't need to bring on Muani and Thuram at the same time, at least not that early.

 

[Tombstone]

Pity Morocco didnt make it to the final, they'd have put up more of a fight than this

 

[Mr Jack]

Yeah I found that odd. No focal point up top without him

Think they're struggling with fitness? Several players have been ill.

 

[Shamikebab]

Didn't need to bring on Muani and Thuram at the same time, at least not that early.

Dembele was being dominated too. He had to have the workrate of players on the flanks to counter the Argentinian fullbacks. So where is he playing Mbappe if Giroud is staying on too?

 

[manic111]

Rabiot is such a turd of a player. He's basically Pogba without the talent

 

[fez]

To be fair you're not giving him much of a sample size. They've only played one particularly decent team before this match, and that was us.

He was rubbish against Morocco as well. France have laboured through their knockout games relying on their opposition to miss their chances to progress. They were second best in the England and Morocco games IMO.

 

[manic111]

Dembele was being dominated too. He had to have the workrate of players on the flanks to counter the Argentinian fullbacks. So where is he playing Mbappe if Giroud is staying on too?

They've pushed Griezeman on with Giroud going off. You'd have kept him deeper, and played Mbappe off Giroud

 

[manic111]

He was rubbish against Morocco as well. France have laboured through their knockout games relying on their opposition to miss their chances to progress. They were second best in the England and Morocco games IMO.

Yes, I agree. But that's not on Mbappe - a forward can't do much if his midfield isn't performing, and this French midfield has been really poor. It's been the same problem that Messi has had in every world cup until now.