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 Welcome, neutrals and Viking enthusiasts, to the Iceland World Cup 2018 Thread! This thread is brought to you by Iceland Foods Ltd. who were actually sued by the country of Iceland a few years back but I'm sure it's all fine now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mav2kkvakGY The country:  Iceland is a small island in the north Atlantic inhabited by trolls, elves and about 340,000 people. Pretty much everyone lives in or near the capital, Reykjavik, because the rest of the country is covered in ice and volcanos (and trolls) so basically gently caress that. It's really pretty though and lots of people go there to enjoy the natural hot springs and see the northern lights and drink incredibly expensive beer. Iceland is by far the least populous country to ever qualify for the World Cup, but don't expect them to be pushovers... The history:  Despite having had noted cool and good players like Eidur Gudjohnsen and Hermann Hreidarsson in recent memory, Iceland have done pretty much gently caress all in terms of tournaments until the last five years or so. They reached the playoffs for the 2014 World Cup before being knocked out by Croatia, then in 2016 went to their first ever international finals tournament at Euro 2016. They famously defeated England 2-1 in the round of 16, before getting heavily dicked on by France. Still, pretty good for a first attempt, even if England are poo poo (which they are.) This is considered something of a Golden Generation as a result. So who are these heroes of saga and legend, these Ice titans, these 23 footballers selected by their manager to represent their country in Russia? The team:  Do you recognise these men? If so, you're either from Iceland or some kind of savant for mediocre European football teams. Five of the squad play in England (plus one at Cardiff) three at Rostov in Russia, the three goalkeepers all play for Danish clubs for some reason, three are based in Iceland and the rest are spread around Europe. Notable players include Gylfi Sigurdsson of Everton/Swansea/Spurs fame who will be responsible for most of the creative spark, and Aron Gunnarsson the captain who plays for Cardiff and possesses both a large beard and a Delap-style long throw. His captaincy duties also extend leading the "Thunderclap." The thunderclap:  As seen in the video at the top, Iceland brought the new crowd interaction hotness with them to Euro 2016 and it's sort of taken off. Move aside Poznans and Vuvuzelas! It's time for thousands of angry Vikings to clap and grunt in terrifying synchronicity. Apparently it was invented two years ago and is of no historical or cultural significance whatsoever. Awesome! The prospects:  Iceland are in a group with Argentina, Croatia and Nigeria and honestly could come anywhere from fourth to second, or even first if Argentina poo poo the bed hilariously. Getting out of the groups would be considered a success for sure and anything beyond that would be a plucky underdog story the likes of which haven't been seen for, oh, two years? But most likely a cathartic victory over Croatia in payback for 2014 will take them to the second round where they'll be humped by France again. I hope you all have a "cool" time posting in this nICE thread haha
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Iceland are cool, I was there for a layover last year and saw some nice big rocks and craters. Also Icelandic people don't have last names so that's fun.
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Jun 2, 2018 21:15
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i hate every team who have supporters that have started copying that clapping
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Jun 2, 2018 21:47
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Jose posted:i hate every team who have supporters that have started copying that clapping Same Its every mls team btw
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Jun 2, 2018 22:29
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does anybody still do the poznan
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Jun 3, 2018 00:47
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Iceland were fun as hell in the Euros and I hope they do well this go-round. Not the best draw for them, they're prob gonna have to beat Croatia to go through.
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Jun 3, 2018 02:10
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I hope the cool and good vikings beat Argentina
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Jun 3, 2018 04:09
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Hey! I recognize Gislason because he used to play for my mediocre European football team.
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Jun 3, 2018 12:53
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Iceland are cool and i hope every MLS capo that copied their clapping gets thrown in a volcano. Non zero chance they get out the group. They aren't winning it but they were so well drilled at the Euro's and it's not like Nigeria have considerable amounts of firepower to break them down.
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Jun 4, 2018 06:27
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I think Iceland is pretty cool and will root for them in the upcoming tournament!
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Jun 4, 2018 17:18
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Go Iceland! 
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Jun 5, 2018 18:59
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Here is a sketch, that you will never understand, about a man who will never get the clap. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vquHCdo20E
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Jun 7, 2018 22:01
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Gigi Galli posted:Same It’s the worst and I hate it
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Jun 8, 2018 23:26
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Jose posted:i hate every team who have supporters that have started copying that clapping I look forward to England using it when we thrash them 7-1 in the final
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Jun 14, 2018 10:58
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the slow clap sounds like a venereal disease
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Jun 14, 2018 10:58
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Get in Iceland, get in. Also only team allowed to steal the Viking clap chant is a team called the Vikings. That is all. BUG JUG fucked around with this message at 13:15 on Jun 14, 2018 |
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Jun 14, 2018 11:56
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I went to France for the Euros. I’m a filthy American and it was my first international football experience, so I was shocked by how boorish and obnoxious the British fans were. They shitted up every drinking establishment singing the same stupid song about not wanting to go home over and over and over. On the way to the stadium they were really douchey to the Icelandic fans as well. I did a big lol when they lost and it made the whole rest of the month a better experience not having to hear that song anymore. So I like Iceland now, that’s my story. Edit: I was not really shocked, that was sarcasm
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Jun 14, 2018 14:22
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TheQuietWilds posted:I went to France for the Euros. I’m a filthy American and it was my first international football experience, so I was shocked by how boorish and obnoxious the British fans were. They shitted up every drinking establishment singing the same stupid song about not wanting to go home over and over and over. On the way to the stadium they were really douchey to the Icelandic fans as well. I did a big lol when they lost and it made the whole rest of the month a better experience not having to hear that song anymore. So I like Iceland now, that’s my story. The British are a plague upon the world, it’s true.
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Jun 14, 2018 14:24
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blue footed boobie posted:The British are a plague upon the world, it’s true. Protip: the British are great, the English, Welsh, Irish and Scots are scum.
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Jun 14, 2018 17:17
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Lionel who? Good job, Ice lads
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Jun 16, 2018 20:07
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Jose posted:i hate every team who have supporters that have started copying that clapping Iceland copied it from Motherwell
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Jun 16, 2018 22:45
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TheQuietWilds posted:I went to France for the Euros. I’m a filthy American and it was my first international football experience, so I was shocked by how boorish and obnoxious the British fans were. They shitted up every drinking establishment singing the same stupid song about not wanting to go home over and over and over. On the way to the stadium they were really douchey to the Icelandic fans as well. I did a big lol when they lost and it made the whole rest of the month a better experience not having to hear that song anymore. So I like Iceland now, that’s my story. Funny cuz Britain weren't playing in the euros
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Jun 16, 2018 23:43
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sebzilla posted:Lionel who? 
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Jun 17, 2018 01:33
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At what point would Iceland lose the minnow tag? We have been ranked the top team in the Nordics for some years, have performed consistently for 4 years now, beating England, Netherlands, Croatia and Turkey. Now we have held top teams to a draw in major tournaments. We are small but have access to world class coaching and facilities at all levels. When do we go from minnow fairytale to just a country that’s good at football?
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Jun 17, 2018 11:38
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Dog Friday posted:At what point would Iceland lose the minnow tag? We have been ranked the top team in the Nordics for some years, have performed consistently for 4 years now, beating England, Netherlands, Croatia and Turkey. Now we have held top teams to a draw in major tournaments. We are small but have access to world class coaching and facilities at all levels. When do we go from minnow fairytale to just a country that’s good at football? When your population gets above 500k.
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Jun 17, 2018 13:08
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Goddamn did russian commenter Vasiliy Utkin thrown utter truthbombs about Iceland. They are not there to play football they are here to ruin football for others. There is no genius or spark, they figured out a way to be roadbump for everybody else and retardedly stick to that because they are unable to create anything else. Vicious. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UktEANpfFDk
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Jun 17, 2018 14:49
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lol I like that we all disagreed with you in the other thread so you came and posted the same thing here in the cool Iceland thread for the cool Icelandic team instead
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Jun 17, 2018 14:54
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Well at least it's in the right thread! There were definitely a few people in the mdt that agreed though.
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Jun 17, 2018 14:59
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Gigi Galli posted:Well at least it's in the right thread! They were also wrong though.
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Jun 17, 2018 15:02
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vyelkin posted:They were also wrong though. They are entitled to their insanely bad opinion.
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Jun 17, 2018 15:03
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Well, sure my mistake by posting in the other thread but what would you have me do once its done?
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Jun 17, 2018 15:05
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It's bollocks, though. I find them really unusual to watch because they actually look like a real, league football team. They know how to play together and according to a plan in a way you barely see at international level. Alright the players are a bit limited, but that's true of half the teams in the tournament. Also with slightly better finishing they would have been 3-1 up against Argentina by half time, that's not a "roadbump".
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Jun 17, 2018 15:08
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And they did score their goals in the Euro, it's just that they were up against Argentina and not one of the weaker nations.
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Jun 17, 2018 15:10
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Sekenr posted:Goddamn did russian commenter Vasiliy Utkin thrown utter truthbombs about Iceland. They are not there to play football they are here to ruin football for others. There is no genius or spark, they figured out a way to be roadbump for everybody else and retardedly stick to that because they are unable to create anything else. Vicious. When will this meme die off? Did people who are absolutely wrong just forget that football is a contact sport and included in contact sport is strength and physicality? oh boo loving hoo did your tiny twinky-taka boys team get bullied by the big strong men team? "but they dont play football they are just frauds!!!" Maybe pick one player from your nation of 30mil+ who can wrestle a cat and win Pathetic
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Jun 17, 2018 15:16
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Iceland is my team and I can see why people are saying this since we were more defensive than usual, but they don’t usually and won’t play like this in the next two games and the doubts will be put to rest
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Jun 17, 2018 15:17
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Sekenr posted:Goddamn did russian commenter Vasiliy Utkin thrown utter truthbombs about Iceland. They are not there to play football they are here to ruin football for others. There is no genius or spark, they figured out a way to be roadbump for everybody else and retardedly stick to that because they are unable to create anything else. Vicious. do you speak russian? because if you did, he actually gives them props for the type of style they bring to the WC, he just muses on some typicall "romance of the beautifull game" BS, not an "utter truthbomb" by any means also who the gently caress says truthbomb?!?!
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Jun 17, 2018 15:18
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Also what is this guy even saying?  
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Jun 17, 2018 15:26
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iceland play exactly like burnley and it rules
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Jun 17, 2018 18:07
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BUG JUG posted:Protip: the British are great, the English, Welsh, Irish and Scots are scum. hmm this doesnt sound right at all
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babypolis posted:hmm this doesnt sound right at all agree I think we're being bamboozled
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