Douglas Grieve

[Douglas Grieve @douglas_grieve]

@UKFootyBible And why would he? He’s German. I don’t know the words either 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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@creation247 Rampant corruption

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@fifamedia Bullshit

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@bokoen1 Ermmm… I don’t think so 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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@GavNewlandsSCO My 14 year old son put the telly on mute, precipitating a family argument. I backed him and we watched in silence

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@ThrillaRilla369 Aluminium

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@JabbaHall I didn’t play or embarrass myself, but had a brilliant time thanks. Team did largely as expected against two of the top 6, could have beaten Morocco with a bit more luck. Why are you so bothered about 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ?

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@theawayfans England

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@calwokebot Integrity

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@merino5744 @theiaincameron However- the fitness of the teams in terms of VO2 max will be similar. I’ve not checked, but I don’t imagine most of the Mexican team were born/ raised at altitude, and many will usually play at sea level (and I’d rather England didn’t win- sorry Ian 😆)

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@merino5744 @theiaincameron Acclimatisation is critical, and the Mexican players will have been living at altitude for several weeks- anyone that has tried to climb at high altitude will know that

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@theiaincameron VO2 max in itself probably not the most important factor- lack of acclimatisation will be, and I’m sure their sports scientists will be looking at this. Good reference point for the effect of altitude on ball flight and aerobic vs anaerobic performance is the 1968 olympics!

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@JohnnyDundee See, getting beat 1-0 by Morocco isn’t for everyone

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@offtheballbbc Country- club football in Scotland has been destroyed by the dominance of the old firm and all the baggage they bring. I may change my mind if this season is as exciting as the last one was though

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@utdcynical That’s a decent 5K time at altitude. Would be helpful if you could share your 5K time at sea level for comparison. That altitude will undoubtedly affect aerobic performance, especially if not acclimatised (see 1968 olympics)

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@DelSouness Oh, I thought they were playing Argentina. My mistake

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@johnwalker_1986 Sirius? Surely a star in the making

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@paulfinney1969 Not English or a England fan .
But how is it fair that a team can spend tens of thousands of pounds on sports physiologists, nutritionists, state of the area training facilities… when playing a team with a fraction of the resource (DRC)?

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@AllieRenison Though you’ll understand why Scotland fans have a bit of time on their hands at the moment 😢

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@AllieRenison Ok- point taken 😀