I didn't see any of the England game today. Were the Cameroonians ROBBED or did they have a meltdown?
I didn't see any of the England game today. Were the Cameroonians ROBBED or did they have a meltdown?
They melted down inside 15 minutes and then stropped for the remaining 90.
https://www.thethirdhalf.co.uk/showt...869#post342869
Lads, you've got a thread.
It's a Summer Tournament Mahow.
Suarez appealing for a handball by the goalkeeper, before relaiseing its a goalkeeper.
Is he? Looks more like he's clapping his hands after failing to find Cavani.
Are you having a laugh?
He's obviously claiming hand ball, but I don't see the issue as he's so in the moment and trying to score he doesn't care what position the player trying to stop him is playing.
Yeah it's just a funny little video, I don't think anyone that's sensible thinks anything more than that.
Japan women so unlucky.
Best name ever.
All it needs is tinfoil around the trophy.
I see that chocolate wrapper all the time, but never tried it
As wafers go, they're not bad.
Currently watching Javier Aguirre's Egypt (and why not) stink the place out against DR Congo. 21 minutes in and Salah has given the ball away every single time he's had it.
I enjoyed watching Dr Congo time wasting from about the 3rd minute until the 8th, whereupon they realised they might just be the better side.
Oh, goal for Egypt.
Salah looking for a pen just there as well.
Cracking organisation letting Salah get a double up on the corner and allowing him to cut to exactly where he likes to shoot from.
Elmohamady is a bit of a geezer, he strikes me as one of life's troopers.
I see the doctors have a German 'play-it-out-from-ze-back' centre half so they're probably doomed to a 3-0 defeat.
I take it back, that ordered by height wall was organisational genius.
The play it from the back stuff was already shit when Lavolpe (who still has yet to win anything) was doing it in the nineties.
Tresor Mputu is one of my favourite footballers, mainly because of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1CBuJm04dY
You can even spot that mad bouncing keeper they used to have unsuccessfully trying to hold him back.
England vs Norway babes is starting now in the quarters. England with an early goal
Last edited by SincereTheRebel; 27-06-2019 at 07:09 PM.
This combined gender stats for all time records thing that's being pushed at the moment needs to stop.
An example I've seen is "highest ever international goalscorers" and all the top ones are women.
It's jarring at first but to be honest if/when womens football becomes more competitive across the board the highest scorers will probably seem like an anomaly in the womens game too once it's not just much more organised and professional teams smashing no-marks about.
England's leading goalscorer in World Cups is some woman apparently (maybe joint).
Although I don't know why it isn't extended to age group as well, after all, they are World Cups, are they not?
It's just tiresome. I don't know why women's sport can't just be enjoyed on its own terms. It's quite entertaining for the most part (the football that is). It doesn't need some forced, and frankly false, equivalence with the men's game.
Sue Smith
Former England forward on BBC One
That's bravery and confidence from Nikita Parris. She had her last penalty saved but she's brave to step up.
It's a good save. She saved one in the shootout against Australia. She's good at saving penalties.
Saw it the other day on Marta being the all time top goalscorer in world cups across both genders. They're different competitions ffs.
The men on the BBC are constantly referencing male footballers. Which I get that that's what they know but is that really what people promoting the womens game want? Or do they want to make people who don't normally relate to it by going "Oh whatserface is actually a bit of a Shearer-type striker for the team...."
It doesn't seem like it'd be that hard to educate people on it. Player X reminds fans of the team of Player Y off've the past, [brief highlight reel of both], job done.
As has been said they're just desperately going "Oh it's just as good! Honest!" When I've found an evenly-matched game I've enjoyed what I've seen of the World Cup so far.
Helps England won, but tonight's game was good.
Reminds me of when the BBC briefly had Women's Football under Football and headlines like Chelsea beat Man City 3-0 (when the men weren't even playing) were just confusing as fuck.
The thing I enjoy about women's football is the comparative lack of cynicism in the play.
Yeah, it's all very 'well done, you' or 'Ah, you'll get it next time'. If a player sells someone short because their pass was bollocks, I expect to hear something like that in the commentary.
From what I've seen England seem to be exclusively winning in a way that you'd be fucking seething about if it were Football Manager. Norway should've have, what, two tonight? Three?
Not that it matters if you do it all the way to the final but I've a horrible feeling we're going to hit the USA or whoever and get properly roasted.
The commentator in the Brazil-Paraguay game kept calling Firmino, Firminio, and it was very irritating. I mean, you are paid to know this shit.
That one always baffles me. There is literally nothing in the word 'Firmino' to suggest a y sound at the end.
Except the H and/or the curly bit on the ñ, that people seem to see.
I'm a twit
I was watching random football clips and the control, touch and reverse ball from Pirlo. The finish from Grosso with one minute of extra time reamining in a world cup semi-final
I watched a YouTube video yesterday of late goals. Drogba's header in the Champions League final was so much better than I remembered.
Morocco - Ivory Coast has been rubbish.
Morocco are by far the better side, but I can't bring myself to root for them because they spend so much time writhing on the ground.
Tried a bit of this but, as little as I'd care if I was watching France and the USA play in the real stuff, it still massively dwarfs how much I care about this.
How do Namibia have a very, very Aryan bloke named Manfred Starke playing for them?
He was born there. German colony that became independent a year before he was born.
Last edited by Shindig; 28-06-2019 at 09:00 PM.
Namibia has a fair few white people in the same way that South Africa does.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/48803076
Amr Warda was sent home by Egypt for sending shit like this to loads of women:
Salah has come out and said he's actually an alright bloke and they've recalled him just two days later.
Never change Egypt.
You cant even fish for naan anymore
One of the worst parts of my trip to Egypt was the men, it made even me feel uneasy. I swear I could (and should) have sold Banana with ease.