Jacob

Lapsed writer and wonk. Has lukewarm takes on football, indie rock, and effective altruism

Tweets about both 🇳🇿 and 🇬🇧

[Jacob @Needmorethan280]

Well deserved two goal lead for Canada, excellent finish from David

Looking like it'll be them through to the knockouts, alongside Switzerland

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Incredibly harsh yellow card for Canadian defender Derek Cornelius

Could come crucial, if I'm Qatar I'm running at him all game to win another foul

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Also, there's something about "Derek Cornelius" that makes it a wonderfully North American name

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The sleep deprivation was worth it after all

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@jamesfeng24 @Economissive @ryanator109 Germans call Germany "Deutschland"

Chinese call China "Zhongguo"

Why shouldn't New Zealanders call New Zealand "Aotearoa"

endonym vs exonym

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@SimpGanassi Superb

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@ALeagueHQ @AnthonyRJoseph He's currently contracted to the end of 2027/28, and he's 32.

I've loved him his whole time at the Nix, and I'll be sad to see him go, but we should absolutely cash in on this if this is true

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@KiddSpade1 Applies to mussels too, didn't realise how good we had it

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@EnzerEnzer Points, then head to head record, then goal differential, then cards!

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I can finally breathe again, what a game

Fair play to Iran, really hope that they beat Egypt or Belgium

Superb performance from the All Whites against a very good team

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@Economissive I hate to do this, but our opener in 2010 was against Slovakia!

I'll take any chance to remember the game against Italy

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@seanHPN I would love for this to happen, but it won't. Asia is already enormous - teams as far away as Jordan, Australia, and Japan play each other regularly, adding Samoa to this makes it even harder

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@TiernanWalker Won't watch NZ v Iran or South Korea v Czechia

But they'll sit through 90 minutes of haram ball of England v Croatia

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@spokeyjack He's really struggled

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JUST GIVE IT TO ELI!!!

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A change here might be needed

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Far too much time and space at the top of the box there for the Iranian attacker

Boxall needs to have a word with his defenders, get then focused

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@efcnix I can see us getting a result here, 100%