General World Cup Discussion Thread

[CNF55]

CNF55

Pls. read carefully nex time as I've NOT mentioned any penalty on Klinsmann.......

This is the dive I'm talking about..........http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB7Y33VteME

Mea culpa - will be more careful next time.

Watched the video and agree that the acting was worth an Oscar - but I nonetheless I think it was a foul.

[samuibeachcomber]

i do wish people would stop referring to him as 'JT'. nothing personal at you smokie, just mean the world at large. it makes him sound cuddly and likeable rather than the massive, massive cun_t he is.

It does leave interpretation open though

Jerk and Tosser come to mind

dont understand why everyone hates JT so much.He's a great defender,should still be england captain and plays his heart out for england and chelsea,more than can be said for gerrard.

[carmine]

i do wish people would stop referring to him as 'JT'. nothing personal at you smokie, just mean the world at large. it makes him sound cuddly and likeable rather than the massive, massive cun_t he is.

It does leave interpretation open though

Jerk and Tosser come to mind

dont understand why everyone hates JT so much.He's a great defender,should still be england captain and plays his heart out for england and chelsea,more than can be said for gerrard.

Hmmmmm

[hansum]

i do wish people would stop referring to him as 'JT'. nothing personal at you smokie, just mean the world at large. it makes him sound cuddly and likeable rather than the massive, massive cun_t he is.

It does leave interpretation open though

Jerk and Tosser come to mind

dont understand why everyone hates JT so much.He's a great defender,should still be england captain and plays his heart out for england and chelsea,more than can be said for gerrard.

He has on the pitch been Englands best player so far IMHO, its just off the pitch where he just doesnt seem to have socials skills linked to a human that are is problem. ie his recent press interview .... every players knows to talk a lot without saying much.

[samuibeachcomber]

i do wish people would stop referring to him as 'JT'. nothing personal at you smokie, just mean the world at large. it makes him sound cuddly and likeable rather than the massive, massive cun_t he is.

It does leave interpretation open though

Jerk and Tosser come to mind

dont understand why everyone hates JT so much.He's a great defender,should still be england captain and plays his heart out for england and chelsea,more than can be said for gerrard.

He has on the pitch been Englands best player so far IMHO, its just off the pitch where he just doesnt seem to have socials skills linked to a human that are is problem. ie his recent press interview .... every players knows to talk a lot without saying much.

true,but then you could say "someone needed to say it and no one else had the balls to"but i agree that it was not very pc to do so.I am biased as i am a chelsea supporter,but i do think JT puts his heart into every game he plays.

[StevieH]

i do wish people would stop referring to him as 'JT'. nothing personal at you smokie, just mean the world at large. it makes him sound cuddly and likeable rather than the massive, massive cun_t he is.

It does leave interpretation open though

Jerk and Tosser come to mind

dont understand why everyone hates JT so much.He's a great defender,should still be england captain and plays his heart out for england and chelsea,more than can be said for gerrard.

i'm assuming you're a chelsea fan then?

terry's an enormous bloated self-regarding gobshite of a player. he's a good defender, not a great one, gets done on the turn and is short on pace. he shouldn't be england captain because he's a massive cun_t. gerrard never gives less than 100% for england by the way and loves playing for them, wherever he's asked to play. doesn't do press conferences which attempt to undermine the team manager either, which is a bonus in your team captain eh?

[samuibeachcomber]

Just have to agree to disagree with you on this one,gerrard has played many games for england and liverpool where he just might as well have not ben on the pitch,whether cos of injury or domestic problems,often he just does not perform to his ability.But i agree his heart is in the right place.

[hansum]

BBC reporter on the Italians going out just went on about how no Inter Milan players were picked despite their successful season.

Now considering the champagne socialists at the BEEB spent twice as much money on reporting the WC then ITV .... taxpayers money i may add .... youd think the ignorant w4nker on the jolly would have done a little research to actually see how many Italians were regulars in the Inter team.

It'll be a great day for football when the PC BBC loses its WC TV rights it gets through antiquated no doubt illegal anti competition laws.

[mrbojangles]

i do wish people would stop referring to him as 'JT'. nothing personal at you smokie, just mean the world at large. it makes him sound cuddly and likeable rather than the massive, massive cun_t he is.

It does leave interpretation open though

Jerk and Tosser come to mind

dont understand why everyone hates JT so much.He's a great defender,should still be england captain and plays his heart out for england and chelsea,more than can be said for gerrard.

i'm assuming you're a chelsea fan then?

terry's an enormous bloated self-regarding gobshite of a player. he's a good defender, not a great one, gets done on the turn and is short on pace. he shouldn't be england captain because he's a massive cun_t. gerrard never gives less than 100% for england by the way and loves playing for them, wherever he's asked to play. doesn't do press conferences which attempt to undermine the team manager either, which is a bonus in your team captain eh?

Gotta agree with Samui on this one Stevie. Terry isn't one of my favourite people but did you see him put his head in the way of a boot the other night. Something he does regularly. Credit where credit is due IMO.

[StevieH]

Gotta agree with Samui on this one Stevie. Terry isn't one of my favourite people but did you see him put his head in the way of a boot the other night. Something he does regularly. Credit where credit is due IMO.

i don't question his commitment to getting in the way of things bo. he's very good at that. better defenders than him don't need to throw themselves about on the floor quite so much though.

[noel2499rk]

BBC reporter on the Italians going out just went on about how no Inter Milan players were picked despite their successful season.

Now considering the champagne socialists at the BEEB spent twice as much money on reporting the WC then ITV .... taxpayers money i may add .... youd think the ignorant w4nker on the jolly would have done a little research to actually see how many Italians were regulars in the Inter team.

It'll be a great day for football when the PC BBC loses its WC TV rights it gets through antiquated no doubt illegal anti competition laws.

I agree there's not many Italians worth bringing from Inter apart from Davide Stanton and Mario Balotelli the rest are past their sell by date. Lippi should rightly be criticised for not bringing Balotelli though, especially given the insipid performances of Gilardino and Jaquinto.

[noel2499rk]

Ciao Italia and vaffanculo home!

Team of lazy directed by an arrogant coach. He left home many of the best and in the bench another bunch. Italy deserve completely to go back home.

Is not of consolation we go away together with France and England (next match).

:annoyed:

Mentality of the team was summed up in the way, having just scored a goal and with precious minutes remaining, one of your players feigns being hit in the face in the goal net and wastes a good three or four minutes trying to get a booking out of it. Amazing.

Thanks for your encouraging words re England.

The diving, time wasting and faking injury was just as bad from the Slovakians, who played brilliantly but got very cynical in their attitude in the last ten minutes.

Pretending to get hit in the face is becoming very popular and on the whole is a very successful tactic for getting people sent off, look at Keita for Ivory Coast and the Chilean player who got Behrami sent off for Switzerland, so expect to see more of it in the later rounds. The referees have to start booking players who go down clutching there faces and rolling around while peaking through their fingers hoping to see the red card getting pulled and then when it comes out jumping to their feet.

Look out for Uruguay doing the most cheating especially Saurez up front who has so far pulled of the best dive of the tournament, the best in that he won a penalty and got the South African keeper sent off.

[rixalex]

The diving, time wasting and faking injury was just as bad from the Slovakians, who played brilliantly but got very cynical in their attitude in the last ten minutes.

Yes i do have to agree with you there, particularly in terms of the last ten minutes. I'd love it if football adapted the rules from rugby whereby they have no injury time added but simply stop the clock when the ball is out of play. Would bring a stop to all this terribly boring (and terribly frustrating if you are the opposing team) time wasting.

Pretending to get hit in the face is becoming very popular and on the whole is a very successful tactic for getting people sent off,

I think Rivaldo has the copyright on that one.

[StevieH]

I think Rivaldo has the copyright on that one.

slaven bilic making laurent blanc miss the '98 world cup final always pissed me off.

[noel2499rk]

The diving, time wasting and faking injury was just as bad from the Slovakians, who played brilliantly but got very cynical in their attitude in the last ten minutes.

Yes i do have to agree with you there, particularly in terms of the last ten minutes. I'd love it if football adapted the rules from rugby whereby they have no injury time added but simply stop the clock when the ball is out of play. Would bring a stop to all this terribly boring (and terribly frustrating if you are the opposing team) time wasting.

Pretending to get hit in the face is becoming very popular and on the whole is a very successful tactic for getting people sent off,

I think Rivaldo has the copyright on that one.

Rivaldo got banned for that, but so far nothing from Fifa on the ban front

[rixalex]

I think Rivaldo has the copyright on that one.

Rivaldo got banned for that, but so far nothing from Fifa on the ban front

Unless action is taken during the game, it doesn't really make much difference what they do after.

[Miiyai46]

Talking about rugby "rules", why don't they add the instant reply on football as well.

Last night Skrtel did save a ball that in my opinion was over the goal line. Below is the link

http://vodpod.com/watch/3896217-skrtel-on-line-save-from-quagliarella-slovakia-italy?u=101greatgoalscom&c=de

[samuibeachcomber]

Agree,video replay for ball over the goal line,penalty decisions when not clear cut also.Add the so called fouls where players role around in agony,make them watch their theatrics,everyone can then laugh at them and shame them too.

[Jockstar]

Add the so called fouls where players role around in agony,make them watch their theatrics,everyone can then laugh at them and shame them too

:lol: I like it!

[noel2499rk]

The rugby rule I want to see brought in, is when a player goes down injured the game is not stopped and the physio just runs on treats the player while the game carries on all around. Then if the physio thinks its serious he can ask the ref to stop the game. Would put a stop to players faking injuries to slow the game down if their under pressure and using it as a time wasting tactic.

[bkkjames]

The rugby rule I want to see brought in, is when a player goes down injured the game is not stopped and the physio just runs on treats the player while the game carries on all around. Then if the physio thinks its serious he can ask the ref to stop the game. Would put a stop to players faking injuries to slow the game down if their under pressure and using it as a time wasting tactic.

Hmm, we have enough problems with the ref getting in the way of play already.

[rixalex]

Talking about rugby "rules", why don't they add the instant reply on football as well.

Last night Skrtel did save a ball that in my opinion was over the goal line. Below is the link

http://vodpod.com/wa...atgoalscom&c=de

Actually that video is far from conclusive, but i agree that goal line technology should be introduced.

[noel2499rk]

The rugby rule I want to see brought in, is when a player goes down injured the game is not stopped and the physio just runs on treats the player while the game carries on all around. Then if the physio thinks its serious he can ask the ref to stop the game. Would put a stop to players faking injuries to slow the game down if their under pressure and using it as a time wasting tactic.

Hmm, we have enough problems with the ref getting in the way of play already.

But what would you perfer to see the ball hitting a physio now and again or the current ridiculous sight of grown men rolling around clutching their face or ankle in order to get the ref to stop the game.

[bkkjames]

The rugby rule I want to see brought in, is when a player goes down injured the game is not stopped and the physio just runs on treats the player while the game carries on all around. Then if the physio thinks its serious he can ask the ref to stop the game. Would put a stop to players faking injuries to slow the game down if their under pressure and using it as a time wasting tactic.

Hmm, we have enough problems with the ref getting in the way of play already.

But what would you perfer to see the ball hitting a physio now and again or the current ridiculous sight of grown men rolling around clutching their face or ankle in order to get the ref to stop the game.

I am not sure why people want to change the most popular sport in the world.

What's next, getting half a goal for hitting the woodwork?

[rixalex]

I am not sure why people want to change the most popular sport in the world.

What's next, getting half a goal for hitting the woodwork?

Just because it's the most popular sport in the world, does that mean changes can't be made?

When they introduced the rule about back passes it was the most popular sport in the world then as it is now. Didn't stop a change being made and a change that has drastically improved the game.

I don't agree with having physios treating players on the pitch, but i do think something needs to be done about injuries feigned and time wasting. Stopping the clock seems so logical to me. What's the downside?

[bkkjames]

I am not sure why people want to change the most popular sport in the world.

What's next, getting half a goal for hitting the woodwork?

Just because it's the most popular sport in the world, does that mean changes can't be made?

When they introduced the rule about back passes it was the most popular sport in the world then as it is now. Didn't stop a change being made and a change that has drastically improved the game.

I don't agree with having physios treating players on the pitch, but i do think something needs to be done about injuries feigned and time wasting. Stopping the clock seems so logical to me. What's the downside?

No worries mate, I will argue with a rock if it looks at me the wrong way (he says on his 6th beer)

[rixalex]

No worries mate, I will argue with a rock if it looks at me the wrong way (he says on his 6th beer)

If only you could have seen the way that sixth beer just rolled its eyes at you when your back was turned.

[bkkjames]

No worries mate, I will argue with a rock if it looks at me the wrong way (he says on his 6th beer)

If only you could have seen the way that sixth beer just rolled its eyes at you when your back was turned.

Rix, you are almost up to your 5000 post mate, I would hate for you to use up all your good material before then. Pace yourself, there is a limit to how much humour you are capable of in one day.

[Donnyboy]

good to see the ref handing out yellow cards for fake flops in the Brazil/Portugal game

[Miiyai46]

good to see the ref handing out yellow cards for fake flops in the Brazil/Portugal game

Yes, what a shame for Tiago. He got a yellow card and wasted a good oportunity for his team!!!