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Originally Posted by pineapple stu
You must be. I still enjoy pundits for better or for worse. Plus I get energy hating Chiles.
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Originally Posted by pineapple stu
You must be. I still enjoy pundits for better or for worse. Plus I get energy hating Chiles.
Basel border with Frenchies to the left of me and zee Germans to the right:DQuote:
Originally Posted by geysir
Most people in the city are not Swiss. Lucky its the weekend, as Id imagine the French will have calmed down by Monday morning, ha
Lawro comes for a lot of stick, I don't mind the guy at all. Probably he's outstayed his welcome as a bbc tv pundit.
I enjoyed his articles on the Irish team.
In this springtime he predicted that Norwich would beat Sunderland in a crunch game, that Norwich would still go down and Sunderland would survive the drop. This logic enraged all fans to the point of frenzy, even the sunderland ones who couldn't comprehend losing this game but would still survive, but Lawro got it right and probably not one of those morons would come back and admit he got it right.
Remove thy tongue from thine cheek.Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
Wow Bonnie think I agree with 90% of that!Quote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
I hate Brady though, thick aul bstard. Right about Kenny Cunningham and Dieter Hammann. Why isnt Souness not back? He was the best pundit RTE ever had IMHO.
I dont hate Chiles as much as most do, I can stand him in small doses, he is passionate and wears his heart on his sleeve.
If Linkeker hadnt have played for England he'd never last as a presenter. I just think of him as that idiot in the crisp ads. Too smarmy for me. And Hansen wasnt good since the late 90's
ITV:Have liked Dixon, Hoddle and a surprise for me is Clarke in the night games.
BBC: Like Seedorf and Henry on the Beeb
And for the morning after, its the Guardian podcasts with Richardson and Glendenning
Havent listend to Talksport or Radio 5 yet as too busy, but Danny Baker was a highlight in the last world cup for his morning shows.
Bonnie, give my sympathies to your anger/hate management counsellor :)Quote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
One of most self-aggrandising characters I've ever heard is Slavan Bilic, you'd think you were listening to one of those parodies, if you didn't know it was actually for real.
Kilbane. Suwon.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
90%? Must be a record you left-wing pinko.Quote:
Originally Posted by bennocelt
Argentina on the back foot against Iran for much of this second half. Wonderful save there from Romero; one of the best of the tournament.
What is going on at this World Cup?
No idea. I want Argentina to win. But by god Iran have been brilliant. Deserve a point from this at least.
What a way to win it. Fupp.
For all those complaining about the pundits be glad you dont have to listen to Alexi Lalas. Hes the most over confident bullsh1t artist Ive ever had the misfortune to listen to in football.
Goal for Messi there was brilliant but such a kick in the stomach, Iran deserved a draw out of this
Heartbreaking for Iran. Super from Messi. What an enthralling game. How Iran could play that first half and do what everyone was saying they shouldn't do - open up and attack - and yet put in a second half like that is amazing. Yet Messi has done it again; two in two after two iffy world cups.
I'm reckoning Argentina v Germany in the final. But I wouldn't be at all surprised to see a first-time finalist.
I'm getting more convinced that this will happen as it goes on.Quote:
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That would be a classic.Quote:
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By the way, I'm with you on the punditry except I fast forward.
I don't think Iran deserved anything but admiration for a plucky and brave display.
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Originally Posted by SkStu
It was more than plucky. They were very very good. And unlocked only by one of the greatest players ever.
Well, a point would have been nice!Quote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
But who? Belgium maybe? Colombia or Chile, with huge support there? Costa Rica!? :pQuote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
I reckoned at the start that 11 teams had a chance at the quarters - Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Italy, Spain, Holland, Germany, England, France, Belgium and Portugal. Three of those are out already. Another one at least will get knocked out in the round of 16 (Belgium v Portugal/Germany). But at the moment, the remaining big teams are pulling out the results and could well top all the groups (bar group C). That'd be disappointing in a way.
The big teams aren't doing great. Some of the middling teams are doing quite well. It's great to watch.
Who though? Outside of maybe Chile, I can't see any minnow possibly win 3 or 4 in a row. Belgium?Quote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
Haha! I didn't see that post Stu, I swear!
Panel all reckon Dejagah had no shout for a penalty because Zabaleta made the slightest contact imaginable with the ball before he took him out of it with both feet. Baffling considering this has never been a rule in football.
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Chile are hardly a minnow.Quote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
Colombia are my outsider.
Just shouted that at the TV. My constant row with football.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
And how the ref gave a goal kick after it, I don't know.
Zabaleta did make contact with the ball; Dejagah didn't before hitting the ground, therefore corner at least, surely?
Absolute slam dunk penalty for me. The slight contact had nothing to do with it. He cleaned the player out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
I hate this cliché, but in the middle of the pitch it's a foul, a tackle from behind and a yellow card.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
They're not a big team.Quote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
I can't see any of the teams mentioned win three in a row to reach the final or four to win it.
Tackle from behind?Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Well, maybe not a "tackle from behind" but if somebody nips in ahead of you and you tackle them from the back it's a foul even if you gets some of the ball.Quote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
The latest betting from Paddy Power-
Brazil 10/3
Germany 7/2
Argentina 4/1
Holland 10/1
France 10/1
Belgium 20/1
Chile 22/1
Colombia 25/1
Italy 25/1
Portugal 40/1
Uruguay 40/1
Costa Rica 50/1
Mexico 80/1
Ivory Coast 100/1
Croatia 100/1
USA 150/1
Switzerland 150/1
Russia 150/1
Bosnia-Herzegovina 150/1
South Korea 300/1
Ecuador 400/1
Ghana 400/1
Japan 400/1
Nigeria 500/1
Greece 500/1
Algeria 1000/1
Iran 1000/1
Honduras 1000/1
I was going to take a piece of Italy at 16/1. Might have a punt now at 25/1.
About the only time you'd be tempted to say, 'make a meal of it', 'roll around a bit' when an Iranian hit the deck.
If you are going to play Argentina in the world cup, no better place than Brazil to do it in. It was as if all the Brazilians said, 'today we are Iranians'.
Carlos Q was on track for the open top parade through Tehran and freedom of the city.
Unfortunate double entendre from the BBC commentator in Germany v Ghana just now.
"[German player] gets the cross in but there's nobody there, nobody white anyway".
They aren't a big team per set, but they are a good team. If Greece can win the toughest international competition then Chile could win a weaker one. Especially given they're a much better side.Quote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
Fwiw... I don't think they'll do much after the group.
Colombia for a SF. :)
Uruguay to get out of their group.
I don't think the World Cup is weaker than the Euros. Take the three worst teams out of the Euros (say, us) and put in Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay (not to mention Chile, Colombia, even Australia) and you've a stronger tournament, not a weaker one surely?
Ghana 2-1 Germany.
And yet I still get surprised at this tournament.
Why is Schweinsteiger on the bench?
Oh, yes! Ghana are just a great team to watch. Brilliant stuff.
Miroslav Klose. Legend.
Klose is too good.
He's no Robbie!
He never quite got the hang of that somersault, did he? Fair play to him for never giving up.