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No different to any other for me. Do you think theres been any more or less acting/foul play ?Eh? What did I say to provoke that?? I'm describing the games in THIS world cup!
No different to any other for me. Do you think theres been any more or less acting/foul play ?Eh? What did I say to provoke that?? I'm describing the games in THIS world cup!
I was trying to be nice ....stick to rugby 😁You are right, to a degree, that population size is not an absolute barrier to World Cup success.
But the World Cup has changed hugely in the 72 years since Uruguay last won in Brazil in 1950 and in the 1930 finals in Uruguay there were only 13 teams playing, by invitation, with only four European teams and no England.
The modern World Cup is a vastly different tournament and smaller nations have struggled since then.
This is not to say that Wales has not been a pretty mediocre team over the years, with just the occasional bit of success, but hopefully this might start to improve as the game gets a higher profile and rugby in Wales continues its slow decline. I think the days of using the excuse that rugby is our national sport are long gone with shrinking crowds at club rugby matches, an awful regional system, and, from what I see, many more football matches than rugby on our parks pitches.
No different to any other for me. Do you think theres been any more or less acting/foul play ?
Wales population about 3.2million. Uruguay population about 3.4million and have won world cup twice.
Which proves the point size doesn't matter 😁
You are right, to a degree, that population size is not an absolute barrier to World Cup success.
But the World Cup has changed hugely in the 72 years since Uruguay last won in Brazil in 1950 and in the 1930 finals in Uruguay there were only 13 teams playing, by invitation, with only four European teams and no England.
The modern World Cup is a vastly different tournament and smaller nations have struggled since then.
This is not to say that Wales has not been a pretty mediocre team over the years, with just the occasional bit of success, but hopefully this might start to improve as the game gets a higher profile and rugby in Wales continues its slow decline. I think the days of using the excuse that rugby is our national sport are long gone with shrinking crowds at club rugby matches, an awful regional system, and, from what I see, many more football matches than rugby on our parks pitches.
Agree about the "acting" I can't stand the holding in the box from set pieces/corners etc.Does my head in that it's become accepted !I'd say it's been broadly similar - see my comments about the Brazil incident a fair few years ago, and that Uruguay have always had a reputation for dirty play. In the loooooong run, acting is worse this century than before - but that seems inevitable now that the threshold for a foul/card is lower than in the '50s; it's more effective to get the ref on your side, than to try kicking an opponent back.
Ouch....nobody likes a sore LOSER matewith a professional football league since 1900 you mean.....and last won it 1950. and only won it 1930 as an invited group of 13 countries, to which only 4 were European
But how big is the population of the last country to knock out England in the world cup and how many times had they won it???? let me remind you, it was croatia 3.9m population and the answer is ZERO
I don't think it's much worse than the last 3-4 (remember Brazil - Ronaldhino? - holding his face by the corner flag??), just IMO. Sad to see though (and before the usual comments fly in, English players have had their moments too!)
What really saddens me is the crowds of players trying to intimidate the ref. It's probably also no worse than usual, but I'm really starting to notice it in Qatar- I thought there was an inititiative to stamp this out?? Chapeau to the refs though, they seem totally unswayed by this petulant behaviour.
I don't watch much football but having seen a bit of the tournament I'm amazed at how much players get in the face of, and generally challenge, the ref, compared with Rugby League anyway.
Ouch....nobody likes a sore LOSER mate
But how big is the population of the last country to knock out England in the world cup and how many times had they won it???? let me remind you, it was croatia 3.9m population and the answer is ZERO