The JOE World Cup Minipod #22 featuring France restoring order, the worst ever Golden Boot winner and Conor McGregor’s Putin endorsement
Allez France! Allez Paul Pogba! France won their second World Cup in a Moscow final which contained some of the chaos, some of the VAR craziness and a little of the madness which has made the tournament so special. Croatia will feel they were unlucky but why couldn’t that sense of grievance help them as […]
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The JOE World Cup Minipod #21 featuring Croatian shithousery, England choking on Roy’s words and France’s redemption
It’s a massive weekend of football-England take on Belgium in the 3rd place play-off. There’s also a World Cup final taking place and it’s time to figure out how Croatia did it and why England failed. Roy Keane had the answers and now England must wrestle with the same problem that has troubled Ireland for […]
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The JOE World Cup Minipod #20 featuring Keane’s happiness, same old England and why Harry Kane shouldn’t be in a team of the tournament
They’re coming home. You could be harsh on England and say they went out of the World Cup to the first decent side they played…Croatia are in the World Cup final on Sunday after Gareth Southgate’s side failed to capitalise on their early lead and lost their heads. But is the criticism severe? England have […]
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The JOE World Cup Minipod #19 featuring the destructive power of France, England’s media revolution and Gareth Southgate’s inevitable knighthood
Allez les bleus! France are heading to the World Cup final after a mind-numbingly impressive performance against Belgium. Roberto Martinez’s side couldn’t find a way through the French defence and now England or Croatia will have to work out a way to break them down. Ahead of the biggest England game in 28 years, Paddy […]
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The JOE World Cup Minipod #17 featuring Gareth Southgate’s semi-final masterplan, Mother Russia’s anguish and Harry Maguire
No, maybe it really is coming home. England might have been in the better half of the draw, but nobody imagined them reaching the semi-final of the World Cup with such ease. But that’s where this World Cup is now and as England rejoices in the unlikely dull victory against a brutal Sweden team, it’s […]
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The JOE World Cup Minipod #16 featuring Plan A Fellaini, the tactical genius of Roberto Martinez and Neymar’s tarnished legacy
A tactical masterpiece. Not Roberto Martinez’s words, but the words of a TV interviewer after Belgium’s stunning victory against Brazil on Friday. But Martinez will be hailed as a tactical genius for the way in which the favourites were undone in Kazan. Neymar is in danger of ruining his legacy with his commitment to diving […]
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