World Cup 2022

[simongarnerisgod]

ffs

[jim mk2]

This brilliant World Cup continues to give

Come on the Nedders

[Mike E]

Argentina too complacent, like Brazil. Momentum now with the Dutch!

[DE.]

Unbelievable. 

[Exiled_Rover]

  On 09/12/2022 at 21:03, Mike E said:

Argentina too complacent, like Brazil. Momentum now with the Dutch!

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Another team that went a goal up then tried to shut up shop.

Just carry on playing your natural game - you just invite pressure otherwise.

[DE.]

Mid-2000s Bolton era tactics getting the Dutch back into the game. You love to see it. 

[G Somerset Rover]

Allardyce football at its finest tonight. 
Edit: DE beat me to it.

Edited December 9, 2022 by Gavlar Somerset Rover!

[simongarnerisgod]

for the last 10 years the dutch have been woeful and now they are playing like bloody wimbledon of the 80`s🙂

[riverholmes]

 

  On 09/12/2022 at 20:40, RoverDom said:

Said it before and will say it again. Messi is a cracking player, no doubt about it, but the commentators and pundits constantly are cringeworthy beyond belief with how they talk about him. 

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Agree it's irritating and factually just wrong, when he's walking around doing next to nothing. He's a wonderful player still and influential in bursts. If we were still in the era of the No.10 who only had creative responsibilities, he might be even more influential.

But, then again, the football world is caught up in denial. Jack Grealish has been used by Southgate as a defensive winger this tournament, as one might bring on  a DM to stabilise the game. A 100 million player brought on primarily to pass it backwards or win a free kick but you won't hear a pundit or commentator say it. (I'm not saying it's a bad tactic, just that no-one acknowledges this reality).

[matt83]

Holland need to go full Dave Bassett - lump it to the big lads

[Proudtobeblue&white]

God forbid we go to penalties tomorrow night, win or lose in nighty minutes, my blood pressure doesn't need it.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Dingle fans...that Dutch b'stard never scored like that for us!

Come on Netherlands.

[jim mk2]

A display from the Netherlands there for about 20 minutes of how England might have played under Sam Allardyce

Hands up who doesn't prefer it to boring pass-pass keep-ball? 

[simongarnerisgod]

how have argentina got so many fans in qatar when the country is allegedly on the brink of economic collapse and their are soup kitchens on the street corners of their major cities

[Darrenbot]

A lot of the fans in Argie shirts aren't Argentinian,they're middle eastern or south east asian  fans who have adopted Argentina as their National team to support

https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2022/11/7/world-cup-2022-thousands-of-argentina-fans-flock-to-qatar

[Mattyblue]

  On 09/12/2022 at 21:31, simongarnerisgod said:

how have argentina got so many fans in qatar when the country is allegedly on the brink of economic collapse and their are soup kitchens on the street corners of their major cities

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Because like a lot of countries there is also a sizeable middle class with plenty of disposable income.

[superniko]

Worst refereeing performance I can remember……and I watch the Championship each week. 

Amazed it took 75 minutes for them to realise the Argies just have a load of midgets at the back. 

Edited December 9, 2022 by superniko

[simongarnerisgod]

argies to win

[DE.]

Glad Argentina went through in the end. Only one team genuinely tried to win tonight and it wasn't the Dutch. Their first 83 minutes were shamefully lacklustre and they did nothing in extra time either, playing for penalties as if they were minnows. They didn't deserve to go any further. 

[Exiled_Rover]

If we beat France we can win the whole thing. Argentina aren't very good.

[AllRoverAsia]

What a bloody awful referee that was 

I assume he shags Messi.

[simongarnerisgod]

was a good game,referee should should seek help from a physchologist and the dutch plumb new depths by playing like conference north side

[G Somerset Rover]

  On 09/12/2022 at 21:45, superniko said:

Worst refereeing performance I can remember……and I watch the Championship each week. 

Amazed it took 75 minutes for them to realise the Argies just have a load of midgets at the back. 

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He’s a joke in the Spanish leagues too. Always claims the headlines regardless of the result.

[Giant]

A game with everything; goals, fights, pens and drama. Loved it.

[AllRoverAsia]

I cannot understand why the Dutch didn't stay with what worked and play it long to the Dingle. Really stupid by the fool van Whathisname.