Group F: Belgium, Canada, Morocco, Croatia

[Lobster Johnson]

Yeah this squad and manager is certainly at its final tournament imo, needs fresh ideas and a rebuild.

I bet KDB could wring Simon Hattenstone's neck about now. Perfect timing, that.

 

[allen]

So Martinez likely loses his job today.

Not delighted at the thought of him being jobless and mooching around. ?

 

[carolinablue232]

Two major schools of thought. One along the lines of "WTF was he thinking?" The other along the lines of "Hey, we're not here to be nice or show fear; he's just trying to motivate the players." Given Davies' penalty miss and Jonathan David's sub-par effort, he may have been trying to deflect attention away from that. And for half an hour, it worked.

He was just trying to give his team confidence after a hard defeat. Making a mountain out of nothing here

 

[Azza]

Shock as Belgian squad falling apart under Martinez.

 

[Stevie Nicks Bootleg]

He was just trying to give his team confidence after a hard defeat. Making a mountain out of nothing here

I hope Canada are not too down and turn up today- which I think they will. It'd be a great shame for them to lose all three games as i've really enjoyed watching them, despite their 2nd half collapse on Sunday. I think the group winner will come from the other game.

 

[stipe]

Hopefully Canada can do us favor vs Morocco, i doubt we (Croatia) could deal with wounded beast like Belgium is today

 

[Azza]

Good start from Belgium.

 

[Azza]

Well this is interesting now.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Croatia Belgium has started like the game means something. Novelty.

 

[kenada_blue]

Belgium look like they're playing in slow motion. So slow. Can't run

 

[BainesontoastNEW]

Hopefully Canada can do us favor vs Morocco, i doubt we (Croatia) could deal with wounded beast like Belgium is today

You're doing well so far, pal.

 

[Wizard]

Missed the beginning and just realised he’s dropped Hazard. Wise decision

 

[Wizard]

Belgium basically need to win whatever don’t they? I think a draw only helps them if Morocco lose to Canada by 3 or more

 

[Rita_Poon]

Contrast the comms on bbc 601 and ordinary bbc 1, he's doubling up for 5live, its rather amusing.

 

[Gwladysstreetlad]

Imagine having a team of the quality that Belgium do at your disposal and struggling (quite likely failing) to get past the group stages of the world cup! Roberto Martinez, one of the biggest frauds the sport has ever seen. A utter conman that has been stealing a living from the sport his entire professional career and who's only major achievement (winning the FA Cup) was overshadowed by a far bigger disaster (seeing Wigan, a team that had been a stable PL club, relegated and then implode!).