*World Cup Game Discussion Thread* (SPOILERS)

[cartman]

Wow. This game is out of control.

[MrBug708]

I have decided thatbeing a ref in the World Cup would not be worth it

[kingfc22]

Who doesn't have a card yet?

[AlexB]

Great line from Clive Tyldsley - 'I think the linesman was drawing the referee's attention to the fact that there's three players on the pitch that he hasn't booked yet'

FWIW - IMHO Deco & #17 both deserved yellow and no more in the previous incident.

[cthomer5000]

it's a fucking street fight

[Marc Vaughan]

A typical performance from England toward in vein with the rest of this world cup imho ... not great, just enough to do the job and a small smattering of luck to ensure that things stay on course ...

Its been a strange world cup so far, I've seen England teams play SO much better in past tournaments and yet not have such consistent results - so here's to 'just enough' continuing ...

[DaddyTorgo]

this is absurd

[kingfc22]

This is a joke. These two teams are filled with idiots.

[MrBug708]

See ya Deco

[DaddyTorgo]

byebye Deco. fuckin thug

[cthomer5000]

WTF??!!

[Katon]

And Deco's gone.

[DaddyTorgo]

cocu should prolly get one there too i suppose. this guy is almost as bad a ref as the ref in the USA-ITALY game

[Radii]

this is insane.

[cartman]

I wonder if either side is going to officially protest the results with FIFA?

[kingfc22]

Can't wait to hear what MIJB has to say about this one especially regarding what their media is saying.

[DaddyTorgo]

dutch still can't score though, which is kinda amusing

[cartman]

If the Dutch score, we might see 7 on 7 in the extra 30 minutes.

[AlexB]

Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

cocu should prolly get one there too i suppose. this guy is almost as bad a ref as the ref in the USA-ITALY game

He's having a Graham Poll style meltdown - unfortuantely there's 15 minutes left for people to get even instead of 5 this time.

Not sure about Deco's card - he over-reacted, but common sense says don't send him off

[kingfc22]

Way to kick it right into the keeper...

[MrBug708]

Great pass..Kuyt couldnt finish

[cartman]

Ouch, Ricardo got an asscheek full of metal cleats there.

[kingfc22]

This match has become a comedy.

[kingfc22]

So is FIFA going to back this guy up like they did the guy who did the US-Italy game?

[MrBug708]

Originally Posted by Jari Rantanen's Shorts

He's having a Graham Poll style meltdown - unfortuantely there's 15 minutes left for people to get even instead of 5 this time.

Not sure about Deco's card - he over-reacted, but common sense says don't send him off

The ref cant win in this game. Both teams are taking cheap shots at each other.

[kingfc22]

Hell, we might even see some guys on the bench get carded.

[DaddyTorgo]

JAN VENEGOOR OF HESSELINK IS COMING IN!!!!

I had him on my Roma team like...in CM 01 or something. Guy absolutely TORE UP Serie A

[MrBug708]

10 minutes of extra time Im assuming

[AlexB]

Originally Posted by kingfc22

So is FIFA going to back this guy up like they did the guy who did the US-Italy game?

The guy in the US-Italy game got a lot of minor decisions wrong, but excepting Pope's 1st yellow card, got the major decisions right

This guy has lost it English-referee-in-the-WC-style

[DaddyTorgo]

i'd love to see the dutch score and 30 more minutes of this madness

*evil cackle*

[Bek]

Originally Posted by kingfc22

This match has become a comedy.

I thought i was going to have to miss my sunday funnies for this game...but i was wrong

[cartman]

Originally Posted by Jari Rantanen's Shorts

Not sure about Deco's card - he over-reacted, but common sense says don't send him off

And how did the Dutch guy that spun him around and to the ground get away with not getting carded?

[Desnudo]

Prediction: Netherlands 2-1 in extra time. Both teams down to 8 at the end.

[kingfc22]

Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

i'd love to see the dutch score and 30 more minutes of this madness

*evil cackle*

That would be awesome

[AlexB]

Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

i'd love to see the dutch score and 30 more minutes of this madness

*evil cackle*

Great shout (even if largely it would mean that England's next opponents might have to start with a GK in an outfield position )

David Pleat - 'I hope Jan Venegoor of Hesselink doesn;t get booked, thaat would take another couple of minutes off the game'

[cthomer5000]

Kuyt seems to have really missed a lot of opportunities in there. I don't just mean shots, i mean even posessing the ball in key situations.

[kingfc22]

I still can't believe that Ruud is not out there.

[Solecismic]

I thought the Portuguese goalie had his leg amputated, the way he was writhing on the ground. But he can kick the ball the length of the field two minutes later.

There should be a rule that if you require a stoppage for your injury, you should have to sit out ten minutes, minimum, unless there's a substitution.

This isn't football. Or soccer. This is flopball.

15 yellows so far. I hope FIFA is enjoying what they've done to this year's tournament.

[DaddyTorgo]

sure looked like van persie just got tugged down in the box there...

[kingfc22]

Come on Dutch. Score a goal so this travesty of a WC game can continue.

[Katon]

Originally Posted by Solecismic

15 yellows so far. I hope FIFA is enjoying what they've done to this year's tournament.

Not sure how much of this is down to FIFA - I'd blame it more on both teams being niggly and the ref going nuts.

[DaddyTorgo]

wow. that was their shot there, they had to put that cross away

[DaddyTorgo]

RVN would have scored that!

[kingfc22]

We might just get 30 minutes of added time without OT

[Desnudo]

Kuyt is excellent at hitting the ball into the keeper's chest.

[Vince]

Now that there aren't stoppages and penalties everywhere, this is a rather entertaining match. I guess 10 v. 9 encourages wide open play.

[Solecismic]

Originally Posted by Katon

Not sure how much of this is down to FIFA - I'd blame it more on both teams being niggly and the ref going nuts.

The players are angry because the referees are buying all the flopping about and handing out cards for imaginary problems.

Wouldn't you get angry if your opponent faked an injury and was rewarded by a referee who wasn't watching closely enough?

[AlexB]

Originally Posted by Solecismic

I thought the Portuguese goalie had his leg amputated, the way he was writhing on the ground. But he can kick the ball the length of the field two minutes later.

There should be a rule that if you require a stoppage for your injury, you should have to sit out ten minutes, minimum, unless there's a substitution.

This isn't football. Or soccer. This is flopball.

15 yellows so far. I hope FIFA is enjoying what they've done to this year's tournament.

I understand where you're coming from, but this would be license to injure the opponent with a YC challenge, but not meriting a red. I'd take a yellow card if the opposition were a man down for the next 10 minutes.

I was thinking earlier that maybe you shoulf forget stopping the game for injuries, treat them as the game goes on (rugby style) but again there would be a certain license to injure the opposition.

If the player who caused the injury were to be off the field for the time it took to treat the 'injured' player, it would be license to fake injury.

This is the biggest problem right now in football - diving and getting up is almost becoming acceptable compared to rolling around feigning injury, a fact that is scandalous.

In England, and (as it would appear from this board) the US, such actions are ridiculed, and players soon stop. However this must not be the case elsewhere in the world. It is a problem, without an immediately obvious solution.

One answer might be to remind refs that just because it is a foul, and a FK, it is not necessarily a yellow card.

[cartman]

It looks almost like Ricardo wants to play an extra 30 minutes.

[Katon]

And there's another.