Round of 16 matches

[Uppercut]

Algeria will be furious. 120 minutes of crap final balls and they score from the one attack that didn't make any difference.

 

[GIMH]

Actually relates to group stages but as an ongoing discussion point...

The World Cup Flopping Ranking - WSJ

 

[Uppercut]

Yeah I noticed Germany weren't time-wasting at all when 1-0 up yesterday. Must be part of their ongoing campaign to become less hated by the world.

 

[Furball]

This is why they should change the clock in football.

 

[Tangles]

Media here saying Altidore is fit for selection. Can't possibly be fully fit after what looked like a proper hamy twinge. Have a feeling he will start and be subbed before half time. I see him as a crap version of Hesky so I'll be pissed if he plays.

 

[sledger]

Better pure athlete than Heskey.

 

[Tangles]

He may be better than the bench strikers but every time I see him his finishing is awful. I doubt he's fully fit so a big risk.

 

[sledger]

Yeah, he's not a great player by any means. I do quite like him though.

 

[Spark]

Geez, what a **** up

 

[sledger]

Keeper there absolutely all over the place. Lucky for them that the Swiss finish was dire also.

 

[Spark]

Keeper there absolutely all over the place. Lucky for them that the Swiss finish was dire also.

Classic "stuck between two options, take neither" case, it seemed. Not a good look under pressure

(for the keeper, that is. might apply to the striker too)

 

[Howe_zat]

Has there been a new rule passed after the group stage that no one can score in the first half?

 

[sledger]

Classic "stuck between two options, take neither" case, it seemed. Not a good look under pressure

Yeah, genuinely one of the worst thing you can do in that situation tbh (if you avoid an ends justifying the means approach anyway).

 

[Spark]

Feel like we've seen this game before...

 

[sledger]

Oh man, wtf was Di Maria doing there?

 

[Spark]

Oh man, wtf was Di Maria doing there?

Reverse backheel banana, trying to curl it in? Was bizarre.

 

[Cabinet96]

He's successful with it most of the time tbf. Must have one of the worst weak foots in the game though.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Reverse backheel banana, trying to curl it in? Was bizarre.

If by "bizarre" one means "twatty", then yes, yes it was.

This has been comfortably the worst second round game so far. Argies look very ordinary, Lionel Rainman aside.

 

[sledger]

Yeah, tried to rabona the ball into the box. Given the situation/nature of the match it was a really dumb thing to attempt.

 

[OverratedSanity]

There are few things I hate more than a striker trying to be chip the keeper when a straightforward strike on goal is a better option, and that's the behind the leg cross. Learn to kick with both feet you ****s