To be fair Deano, if a decision goes against England and it's not clear whether it was bad or good, you would probably say it was bad, because it's England.
I'm not saying that in any negative way, I just think that's the way a lot of people think.
If England suffer a bad decision that has no bearing on the match, I don't think it's fair to a team doing better, that you go on about it.
EG: If by some chance, Australia beat Brazil, then they may very well have been good enough on the day to grab the win. If it's a result of a crucial bad decision, like a bad penalty given, then yes I'd be annoyed. However if it's just some inconsequential free kick, you can't really moan. I honestly don't think Brazil will lose at all tomorrow, but in the WC, all it takes is a little miskick or a decision and games can change.
I think Ivory Coast deserved to beat Argentina in their first game, but deserving to win doesn't count, winning does, and Argentina won fairly. If a team play their hearts out and get screwed, that's when it gets shit.
Either way, I've really enjoyed the WC so far.
-AC
Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
I live in East London, but of course, I can't possibly be from England, because I'm not supporting the team whilst in the pub shouting like some gutter-bred yob, right?-AC
ok, how was i supposed to know?? there is - however, racism in every country. I live in a very multi cultural society that doesnt tolerate any racism, so i wouldnt know.
Originally posted by RZA
Deano in all fairness man if that referee would have done the same in an England game, you would've been livid right now.
I don't see anything to debate there. The FIFA has given out clear instructions to the referees and at least the first two red cards handed out were perfectly justified because of the fouls that were commited there.
And I was laughing when I saw what Italy did in the second half considering they had one player more on the field. Please...5 people in the defence against one offensive player...laughable.
Originally posted by Deathblow
Yeah Argentina were incredible. Beautiful football. Riquelme had the entire game in his pocket. I feel very sorry for Serbia though.I'm so bummed the Elephants got knocked out. They were awesome, positive, fast and a good mix of talents. Whoever it was who said Drogba is their only good player obvious didn't watch the game. Boka, Yaya & Kolo, Dindane, Eboue, Romaric and the Kone's are players any team would want. Good luck to the Netherlands though. I hope Van Persie and Robben keep up the good work, they deserve a good tournament.
Riquelme had the entire game in his pocket?
In my last post I said "G'Night" and was about to go to sleep when I suddenly noticed someone complimenting Riquelme. He's one of the best players we have but if you had actually watched the match you would know he sucked ass and he shouldn't be complimented for anything he did in this WC except for the 2 good passes in the Ivory Coast match. Nothing more. He's getting slower and selfish everytime that Spanish press compliments him. He isn't even close to being the captain of the team and he thinks he IS the team. He's still a good player but I just can't tolerate people complimenting him just for his surname.