I would disagree with your assessment of this World Cup and VAR.Hasn't been a great WC when all's said and done, Germany's shitness aside all I've seen is unfancied teams put 11 players behind the ball and basically hoof -counter every game.
VAR has killed the spontaneity and flow of the spectacle, players are surrounding refs after every word said in anger and doing their best "Hey look guys, I can do a square!" impressions.
All the while, FIFA have let the lesser nations have their fun but ultimately giving Brazil a bye to the final, where they'll meet clearly inferior opposition. Perhaps to make up for their home-based horror show of four years ago
It's basically rigged, yes rigged
Platini admitted as much when saying matches are engineered as best as possible.
I do believe Edskullmurphy has actually been right this whole time. It stinks!
So, err, we agree thenI would disagree with your assessment of this World Cup and VAR.
Every World Cup has been hyped to the max by the media and as sports lovers we are only too keen to buy into it.It is age that slowly allows us to see things without rose tinted glasses.
VAR does seem to be having a mixed introduction as far as I see. Holding up the flow of the game is worth it,but only as long as it shows consistency. It has not done that for me so far because it has only highlighted bias when clear sendings off and decisions have not been given despite that access to replays to make decisions on.
England have been treat so far in the same way we have been treat in a few decades of Eurovision song contests
My god. I drink once a week and never before the day has been long. I just think that this World Cup has been the same as it has ever been in my lifetime. Other than the first few that I watched between playing on the fields with mates between gamesSo, err, we agree then
Keep telling you to lay off the cider before midday. You never listen
I do not see it that way. Their first two games they where quite positive and the game against Belgium was never going to be a true reflection of our abilities. Against Columbia we where better in every department and that is why Columbia's frustrations where shown in their awful conduct.
(Sorry Sara )
I'm at a loss what MGM contributes really. Terrible composure in front of goal, can't pass and can't crossWa-hey! I remember clearly the 1990 SF against Germany. Like this year we were in a long hot heatwave and I had just bought my first house. I stood out on the lawn trying to cool down and absorb the disappointment, the numbness at about 10:45 that 1st. July 1990. Work the next day was subdued, everybody. So near yet so far. I want any team except the French to win, anybody. If you want a mystery, like where's the gold 'D' on Bonanza, tell me how on earth the Machine Gun Midget has manged to accumulate 50 England caps. I'm baffled, he must have something on somebody.
Well done England. Surprisingly comfortable.
They finally did what they so often fail to do in the really big games and got that second goal.
Kane didn't score, but he's still looking good for the Golden Boot.
More importantly, he's going to be the highest scoring player on Sun Dream Team
I'm just wondering (like Mr. D is) why Sterling continues to get minutes on the pitch.
Rashford has pace (if that's the excuse they are using for continuing to play MGM), but he actually knows how to score goals,
yet he has spent the tournament keeping the bench warm instead of playing.
Funny to think that in 2007, England failed to qualify for the Euros after they lost their final two games to.....Russia and Croatia.
Guess where that loss to Russia happened? In the Luzhniki, where England's semi final is being played.
Funny how things can sometimes come full circle.
Southgate decided to stick with the same team as vs Columbia, for continuity if anything. Although Rashford should always play partnered with Kane, with Sterling as super- sub......
I think that Rashford would have taken those chances that Sterling wasted. I love the fact that Pickford has had to really battle to make the grade after being farmed out on loan to various lowly teams on loan spells.I'm at a loss what MGM contributes really. Terrible composure in front of goal, can't pass and can't cross
I think his saving grace is how he pulls defenders wide and opens up the defensive line, for better players around him to exploit the gaps, that's about it
Erectile dysfunction is no laughing matterI think that Rashford would have taken those chances that Sterling wasted. I love the fact that Pickford has had to really battle to make the grade after being farmed out on loan to various lowly teams on loan spells.
Anyhoo. for me its a sign of the times that I'm getting so excited about a potential semi!
