Group H: Portugal, Ghana, Uruguay, South Korea

[Jimishorts]

If I find the cave and you bring the booze, would you consider hibernating with me until all humanity has expired?

What about otter-girl? Might need some cushions and pillows in that cave.

 

[Bohemian Toffee]

What about otter-girl? Might need some cushions and pillows in that cave.

We were fundamentally incompatible; she wanted a back she could groom and I enjoy shoulders that don't need a coiffure.

I do enjoy a supplemental cushion though.

 

[Eggs]

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….I feel a bit like that watching Kudus, what a fine player he is.

 

[helpimonfire]

 

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Rumours Bielsa will take the Uruguay job

 

[jonnyboy316]

Remember the RS fans forgave and denied every single snide thing Suarez did, but when he squared up to that nugget Robertson they all saw their arse over him and decided he was a rat

I have been travelling so just catching up with the highlights and presume this comment relates to the disgraceful attempt to damage the penalty spot. This should be an automatic red card. Can you imagine if this were golf and a player had a 10 footer on the final hole to win the tournament and his rival was deliberately trying to scuff up his putting line it is incredible the antics footballers can get away with

 

[Lineker]

I have been travelling so just catching up with the highlights and presume this comment relates to the disgraceful attempt to damage the penalty spot. This should be an automatic red card. Can you imagine if this were golf and a player had a 10 footer on the final hole to win the tournament and his rival was deliberately trying to scuff up his putting line it is incredible the antics footballers can get away with

At the very least it should be a yellow for unfortunate behavior, but by that standard, there should be about 100 cards a game.

 

[Bluerover]

At the very least it should be a yellow for unfortunate behavior, but by that standard, there should be about 100 cards a game.

Rarely I agree with Mr White but this is pretty good.

Pathetic, disgraceful and ugly – Why nobody should shed a tear for Uruguay’s demise

At the end there were not many sharing Luis Suarez’s tears at Uruguay’s departure from this competition. The South Americans, as is usual at World Cups, have won few friends along the way.

www.independent.ie

 

[Drico]

I have been travelling so just catching up with the highlights and presume this comment relates to the disgraceful attempt to damage the penalty spot. This should be an automatic red card. Can you imagine if this were golf and a player had a 10 footer on the final hole to win the tournament and his rival was deliberately trying to scuff up his putting line it is incredible the antics footballers can get away with

The whole culture of the world game needs to change. The abuse of referees is appalling. It needs to become like rugby. It's all very well pointing the finger at other cultures taking their gamesmanship and cheating to stratospheric levels, but the lack of respect for officials is worldwide and endemic.

By the same token, if FIFA want the power of Caesar when it comes to VAR, they need to mic up all officials so the public knows what a referee is being asked to look at and why a decision is arrived at. Respect is a two-way street. FIFA need to help referees, not throw them under a bus. In this tournament, there have been some incredible decisions that, perhaps, if explained transparently would make some sense: the Argentinian penalty against Poland, the two denied Uruguayan penalty claims against Ghana, the American goal disallowed against Iran, and the Portuguese penalty against Uruguay immediately stick out. In each and every one of those cases, the opposite decision could just as easily have been made. We need to know precisely why they made the decisions they made. After all, what are they hiding?

 

[jonnyboy316]

The whole culture of the world game needs to change. The abuse of referees is appalling. It needs to become like rugby. It's all very well pointing the finger at other cultures taking their gamesmanship and cheating to stratospheric levels, but the lack of respect for officials is worldwide and endemic.

By the same token, if FIFA want the power of Caesar when it comes to VAR, they need to mic up all officials so the public knows what a referee is being asked to look at and why a decision is arrived at. Respect is a two-way street. FIFA need to help referees, not throw them under a bus. In this tournament, there have been some incredible decisions that, perhaps, if explained transparently would make some sense: the Argentinian penalty against Poland, the two denied Uruguayan penalty claims against Ghana, the American goal disallowed against Iran, and the Portuguese penalty against Uruguay immediately stick out. In each and every one of those cases, the opposite decision could just as easily have been made. We need to know precisely why they made the decisions they made. After all, what are they hiding?

For me the penalty spot tampering is an easy one to nip in the bud. Red card for deliberate tampering of the play surface and people would stop doing. That is a terrible visual to have a team having to guard the penalty spot