World Cup Thread

[Scott Brehaut]

No justice in this world. Does my **** head in.

Two goals scored by a player who shouldn't even be on the pitch and the penalty decision was a **** joke.

Brazil eh....what a bunch of cheating ****.

[gullintwoplaces]

Putting sarcasm to one side, I would be mightily pi$$ed off this morning if I was a Croat. That ref was poor enough to have been a League 2 or even a Conference official in England.

For me, however, the sight of a Brazil shirt normally makes me smile as I think of samba, the sunshine and Pele, whereas the Argentine shirt brings me out in a sweat making me think of cheating, diving and spitting.

[PhilGull]

Unlicky Croatia, not much you can do about a homer referee. I though Modric and Oscar were the two best players on the pitch. Modric worked so hard for the full 90 minutes and Oscar was Brazil's biggest threat going forward.
Neymar is good, but he has a long, long way to go before anyone can compare him with Messi.

[Behind-the-Gulls]

Oscar,yes-but Modric no-pulled out of too many tackles and didn't relish it when the Brazilian players started to get more aggressive in their play.

[cambgull]

Anyone watching the Mexico v Cameroon game? A couple utterly ridiculous decisions by the linesman. I find it difficult to believe that in the entire world, you can't find a core group of Referees and Assistants who are at least vaguely competent. If Cameroon go on to win this, it would be criminal.

[chunkygull]

Last nights game was the same old typical, boring, predictable shit. Crap refereeing, a player goes down after hardly being touched and gains a penalty, which changes the game. 1 1/2 games in, and Im bored of it already.

Christ, could it be that the modern game has diminished and slowly been destroying my passion and love for football.

Hopefully it will buck up when England enter the proceedings.

[Scott Brehaut]

What a superb goal by RVP!!

[chunkygull]

Well that was more like it. An unpredictable result, I love seeing teams you would not expect getting a stuffing.

A great goal from RVP and the Dutch could have had a few more.

The Dutch are usually a big headed arrogant bunch of t0$$er$ but they do play some decent stuff and I am glad they gave Spain a doing. Something a bit different for a change.

[cambgull]

What a result from Holland. Unbelievable result.

Watching the Chile v Australia game now and this is shaping up to be a good game. Chile went 2-0 up in quick succession but Australia have just scored through Tim Cahill to make it 2-1.

[Scott Brehaut]

I was impressed with the Australian team. Didn't give up, came out and took the game to Chile in the second half.

Group B is shaping up to be a cracker!!

[cambgull]

It was absolutely mad seeing Spain at the bottom of the group.

A real shame for Australia because they didn't deserve to lose by 2 goals. They're probably going to see the wrath of Spain in the next game too.

[Scott Brehaut]

It was absolutely mad seeing Spain at the bottom of the group.

A real shame for Australia because they didn't deserve to lose by 2 goals. They're probably going to see the wrath of Spain in the next game too.

Australia have the Dutch next - not sure they will be revelling that one!!

[chunkygull]

Well, here we go then!

[Gullscorer]

England won't get out of the group stage. They just aren't good enough..

[Dave]

Totally disagree , nothing wrong that performance at all, looking at how we played tonight and the other teams in the group, there's every chance we'll get out of the group. At times thought we carried the greater attacking threat and forced more saves from there keeper than they did from ours, difference they were more clinical, looking at the age of our team, one things for sure, our future's a lot brighter than most think.