The World Cup Thread (16 Viewers)

[Deleted member 5849]

Well he's off and running, and interacts with a football in the more traditional manner.

 

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[Sky Blue Harry H]

Well he's off and running, and interacts with a football in the more traditional manner.

Top, top goal by Mr Messi

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

Nigerians haven't gone for it - very surprised.

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

Higuaín should have scored from Messi's pass

 

[Otis]

Nigerians haven't gone for it - very surprised.

They have to now.

 

[SkyBlueSoul]

Iceland having a bloody good go at this!

 

[Otis]

Iceland having a bloody good go at this!

You have to admire their pluck!

 

[Otis]

Hmmm, Jenas saying he is not sure on the Nigeria pen, but to me that looked pretty obvious.

 

[Paul Anthony]

Hmmm, Jenas saying he is not sure on the Nigeria pen, but to me that looked pretty obvious.

What happened after that was ridiculous. Farcical. Cooly taken though, Moses cool as a cucumber.

 

[stupot07]

Hmmm, Jenas saying he is not sure on the Nigeria pen, but to me that looked pretty obvious.

I agree, he had hold of him. That was a pen. The solution is simple, just stop holding on to your opponent

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[Otis]

I agree, he had hold of him. That was a pen. The solution is simple, just stop holding on to your opponent

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Exactly!

They keep giving pens it will soon put a stop to it.

 

[Paul Anthony]

It's game after game and nobody seems to be learning their lesson. There is no need to have your arms round the attacker. It's a foul and therefore a penalty. Not a hard concept to understand.

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

Players haven't got to grip with how much they are 'allowed' to foul in the penalty area! Think it might kick off big time later in the Argie game.

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

Also Argies will be diving in the box and appealing for everything. Get back to playing (giving it to Messi) and they might win.

 

[SkyBlueSoul]

Put a few pennies (literally, 75p over the two bets) on Nigeria Argentina draw and Croatia and under 2.5 goals...

 

[Paul Anthony]

Nigeria looking more likely at the minute. Argentina heads have gone a bit.

 

[Otis]

I have an Argentina Nigeria draw.

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

Nigeria looking more likely at the minute. Argentina heads have gone a bit.

Thought Mascherano was going to get himself sent off after the penalty

 

[Deleted member 5849]

Players haven't got to grip

Surely the problem is that they have?

 

[Liquid Gold]

Nigeria getting deeper and deeper

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

Feel sorry for Messi - he really does carry this team and having to try stuff he wouldn't normally because the rest of them aren't producing - and even Messi (at the moment) has gone a bit off the boil.

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

Nigerian keeper will take ages over goal kicks - watch Argies get angrier as game progresses

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

Di Maria having a mare

 

[Nick]

Haynes long lost brother just gone on for Argentina?

 

[Paul Anthony]

That should have been a second for Nigeria.

 

[Deleted member 5849]

That should have been a second for Nigeria.

Might still be! The curse of VAR striking again.

 

[SkyBlueSoul]

Iceland pen, Sigurdsson only JUST gets it under the bar

 

[Paul Anthony]

They were never getting a penalty for that.

 

[Otis]

Well played ref. Why did the VAR ask the ref to review it?

 

[I_Saw_Shaw_Score]

Iceland pen, Sigurdsson only JUST gets it under the bar

About time he did!

 

[Otis]

Nigeria doing themselves no favours by keep trying to win freekicks and going down far too easily. Ref's having none of it.

 

[Deleted member 5849]

Nothing's quite under control for Nigeria.

 

[Otis]

Nothing's quite under control for Nigeria.

Especially not their emails out of the country.

 

[no_loyalty]

Hope Nigeria hold on, or get one on the counter

 

[Deleted member 5849]

That's been coming really.