World Cup 2018 Russia

Thoughts_Arrive

I still cannot predict the winner.

HesCalledDyer

Just need France and Brazil out and all will be well.  And I hope Croatia beats Russia so bad this weekend that they separate the vodka from their piss.

jeffbr

Cliffy6745 said:

Thoughts_Arrive said:

Going back to Croatia vs. Denmark and Rebic being tripped from behind leading to Modric missing the penalty.
I think the rules should be changed so that if you have a clear goal in front of you and get tripped it should be a goal.
It is unfair when what would've been an easy tap in goal by Rebic ended up being a saved penalty.
Thoughts?

I think a red is enough deterrent on an intentional take down on a goal scoring opportunity. Didn’t see this but sounds like there wasn’t a red?

Correct. For some reason IFAB changed the law this year and DOGSO, which used to require a sending off (Red Card) is now only punished with a Caution (Yellow Card). I hate that rule change, and it totally creates the incentive for a team to do just what Denmark did. A blatant, last-ditch trip to stop a sure goal, creating a penalty kick that was missed. All they received was a caution. That sort of infraction should require a sending off every single time. It is bullshit.

Tristelune

They can still put a Red card along with a penalty kick, it’s just not automatic anymore and yes the danish fault deserved a red card.

Indifference71

This is getting ugly.  This ref has zero control over this game.  These Colombian players are acting like whiny children...absolutely ridiculous.  

HesCalledDyer

Yeah, soccer players don't really help their cases too much against people calling them a bunch of pansies.

jeffbr

Indifference71 said:

This is getting ugly.  This ref has zero control over this game.  These Colombian players are acting like whiny children...absolutely ridiculous.  

MLS ref. Well, actually PRO, but same idea. I can't stand him domestically, and I think he's in way over his head at this tournament. When he refs games here we expect to get Geigered. 

Cliffy6745

jeffbr said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Thoughts_Arrive said:

Going back to Croatia vs. Denmark and Rebic being tripped from behind leading to Modric missing the penalty.
I think the rules should be changed so that if you have a clear goal in front of you and get tripped it should be a goal.
It is unfair when what would've been an easy tap in goal by Rebic ended up being a saved penalty.
Thoughts?

I think a red is enough deterrent on an intentional take down on a goal scoring opportunity. Didn’t see this but sounds like there wasn’t a red?

Correct. For some reason IFAB changed the law this year and DOGSO, which used to require a sending off (Red Card) is now only punished with a Caution (Yellow Card). I hate that rule change, and it totally creates the incentive for a team to do just what Denmark did. A blatant, last-ditch trip to stop a sure goal, creating a penalty kick that was missed. All they received was a caution. That sort of infraction should require a sending off every single time. It is bullshit.

I did not know this changed. Should be a straight red everytime 

mcgruff10

FUcking England! Argh

Cliffy6745

Well that was intense 

Indifference71

Good!  Fuck Colombia and all their bullshit antics and whining.  Maybe if they actually played instead of complaining the whole time they would have won.

Thoughts_Arrive

Colombia were a disgrace. Glad they lost.

That ref sucked.

Thoughts_Arrive

I wish that foam spray referees use to mark the grass doubled as OC spray. Would've been nice to see him spray it into the eyes of the Colombian players every time they got in his face.

PJWGIII

MayDay10 said:

PJWGIII said:

This has been one awesomely bizarre and fun FIFA World Cup guys!

Word.  I love it.  Even with no usa, its been captivating.
 

I think no USA makes it fun in a completely different way, you get the upside of enjoying the whole tournament without it revolving around the stresses of your own team's matches. Of course there is nothing like watching your own favorite team, but this is fun in another way.

lastexitlondon

England withdrew as soon as going level. We didn t  play well enough but man what the hell were the Colombian players doing.  They would have won in extra time if they were concentrated  on playing . Some of their  antics just shameful. That said all teams are at it. Neymar the other day let down all his young fans behaving  like he did.  It's gone too far now but remember  when football was real. And great tackles were applauded . Now people  are rolling around when nobody is touching them all the damn time
 The ref s   job is ridiculously  hard as it is . So VAR is a necessity.  

Annafalk

lastexitlondon said:

England withdrew as soon as going level. We didn t  play well enough but man what the hell were the Colombian players doing.  They would have won in extra time if they were concentrated  on playing . Some of their  antics just shameful. That said all teams are at it. Neymar the other day let down all his young fans behaving  like he did.  It's gone too far now but remember  when football was real. And great tackles were applauded . Now people  are rolling around when nobody is touching them all the damn time
 The ref s   job is ridiculously  hard as it is . So VAR is a necessity.  

I'm looking forward to Saturday 16:00 pm. I think it will be a tough game for us.

goldrush

Cantona trolling Neymar... this is the highlight of the World Cup so far!

https://youtu.be/QJBDXwjs7P0

Thoughts_Arrive

^ ^ HAHA!
FK Neymar, I hope Brazil lose to Belgium because of him.

PJWGIII

Today was a convenient day off, with the absence of exciting FIFA World Cup action, I was able to watch Wimbledon, Cubs/Tigers baseball, and one of my favorite July 4th traditions in the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest.

lastexitlondon

Annafalk said:

lastexitlondon said:

England withdrew as soon as going level. We didn t  play well enough but man what the hell were the Colombian players doing.  They would have won in extra time if they were concentrated  on playing . Some of their  antics just shameful. That said all teams are at it. Neymar the other day let down all his young fans behaving  like he did.  It's gone too far now but remember  when football was real. And great tackles were applauded . Now people  are rolling around when nobody is touching them all the damn time
 The ref s   job is ridiculously  hard as it is . So VAR is a necessity.  

I'm looking forward to Saturday 16:00 pm. I think it will be a tough game for us.

I'm worried about Sweden so well organised and very defensive. If we score first it will be ok but if you do. You win.

Cliffy6745

Ugh, came to a VERY slow work day today, anticipating the games being on, only to realize they are tomorrow....ugh.

lastexitlondon

Yeah no game days are shit. Just get used to 3 games a day and bam 

TFlyer

I will just leave this here....





...it's coming home 

lastexitlondon

^^^I'm with you in spirit but in all honesty  who have we beaten
Minnows .
Lost to Belgium  and  the country goes ape shit with euphoria
 As nice as that is. We are not a great team by any stretch 

pjsteelerfan

Be nice to see Uruguay and Belgium win today. 

Tristelune

Won’t happen sorry.

goldrush

In our office competition, I've gone for Uruguay, Belgium, England, and Croatia to win this weekend. The first 2 are more 'heart over head', but we've had some strange results this year so why not!

Spiritual_Chaos

TFlyer said:

I will just leave this here....





...it's coming home 

Hobbes

goldrush said:

In our office competition, I've gone for Uruguay, Belgium, England, and Croatia to win this weekend. The first 2 are more 'heart over head', but we've had some strange results this year so why not!

I'd be pleased with that four. Replace England with Sweden and that would be fine, too.

Cliffy6745

Such nonsense that yellow cards carry over this long and people aren’t playing because they got 2 over 4 friggen games