Jump to content

Recommended Posts

Yep and yep, but I was starting to look forward to a shootout and feel robbed. Bastatds!


Complacency was the wrong word really, just meant they didn't like it up 'em at that stage.


Well deserved especially over the tournament. But that match would have been well resolved with a great goal from eitherr side.

And it was a great goal I thought Otta, incredibly cool finish under the circumstances. Thankfully no penalty shoot out this time and also Messi had a good opportunity and pulled it wide so not cool under the greatest of world cup pressure.


Golden boot to James Rodriguez (100/1 thank you) and BBC goal of the tournament and should I thought also have been the Golden Ball winner, Messi didn't have a great tournament I thought and they gave it to him as a consolation.

Mick Mac Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> And it was a great goal I thought Otta,


That was my first yep.



Messi probably embarrassed by that award. A nonsense.


He carried his team in the earlt stages for me, but failed to step up when it really mattered. Which is a shame, because he is a great player.


Not sure I'd agree that he was anonymour tonight (in fact I disagree), but couldn't do much special.


Best team won.

Mick Mac Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> Jah might have been in Franklins for too long

> today to notice the nuances of Messi's performance

> tonight ;) or maybe just someone who looked like

> Jah. Eek.


I was in Franklins during the afternoon and probably did overindulge on the vino but I stand by what I said about Messi. He certainly went missing for long periods of the game and doesn't deserve the player of the tournament award.

I said the same thing, not deserving of any award. But did think he had a v good first half and a decent overall game - not anonymous.


However for me he'd been overall poor for the whole tournament apart from the odd late goal against tiring defences, last night was his big chance and he didn't take it.


He'll be hurting more than most today. I wanted him to shine and he didn't unfortunately.

"There were no great teams at a great World Cup" Discuss


Pretty much.


Actually there was a great team at the world cup, it's just they played badly and looked, for want of a better desdcription, knackered!!! (spain of course)


Fantastic world cup, even quarters onwards, the entertainment value drained away but there were still some fascinating encounters.


And of course noone will EVER forget *that* game.

I think the 'verve' of teams like Chile, Costa Rica, Colombia, USA were an antidote to the slowly-slowly possession-minded football everyone has been copying from the Spanish/Italians; and was delighted the pressing and creativity of the Germans (who were far from 'efficient and clinical') won out over the 'defence with counter attacks' philosophy.

El Pibe Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> well, it was the team that won three championships

> back to back.

> If that doesn't qualify, I'm not quite sure what

> you would accept.


were a good team is not the same as are a good team.


Otherwise England might as well send Gazza, Gary Lineker, Peter Shilton and co.

In terms of good teams - I'd like to have seen Columbia get past Brazil and that might have made for a better semi final (Germany Brazil was a non event mis-match). They were for me the surprise package and good quality and would like to have seen James Rodriguez in the latter stages.


That's my only disappointment as I think the ref helped Brazil on that night.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Latest Discussions

    • Eh? That wasn't "my quote"! If you look at your post above,it is clearly a quote by Rockets! None of us have any  idea what a Corbyn led government during Covid would have been like. But do you seriously think it would have been worse than Johnson's self-serving performance? What you say about the swing of seats away from Labour in 2019 is true. But you have missed my point completely. The fact that Labour under Corbyn got more than ten million votes does not mean that Corbyn was "unelectable", does it? The present electoral system is bonkers, which is why a change is apparently on the cards. Anyway, it is pointless discussing this, because we are going round in circles. As for McCluskey, whatever the truth of that report, I can't see what it has to do with Corbyn?
    • Exactly what I said, that Corbyn's group of univeristy politics far-left back benchers would have been a disaster during Covid if they had won the election. Here you go:  BBC News - Ex-union boss McCluskey took private jet flights arranged by building firm, report finds https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp3kgg55410o The 2019 result was considered one of the worst in living memory for Labour, not only for big swing of seats away from them but because they lost a large number of the Red-wall seats- generational Labour seats. Why? Because as Alan Johnson put it so succinctly: "Corbyn couldn't lead the working class out of a paper bag"! https://youtu.be/JikhuJjM1VM?si=oHhP6rTq4hqvYyBC
    • Agreed and in the meantime its "joe public" who has to pay through higher prices. We're talking all over the shop from food to insurance and everything in between.  And to add insult to injury they "hurt " their own voters/supporters through the actions they have taken. Sadly it gets to a stage where you start thinking about leaving London and even exiting the UK for good, but where to go????? Sad times now and ahead for at least the next 4yrs, hence why Govt and Local Authorities need to cut spending on all but essential services.  An immediate saving, all managerial and executive salaries cannot exceed and frozen at £50K Do away with the Mayor of London, the GLA and all the hanging on organisations, plus do away with borough mayors and the teams that serve them. All added beauracracy that can be dispensed with and will save £££££'s  
    • The minimum wage hikes on top of the NICs increases have also caused vast swathes of unemployment.
Home
Events
Sign In

Sign In



Or sign in with one of these services

Search
×
    Search In
×
×
  • Create New...