World Cup 2014

thinkin baout things

uruguay looked a little toothless without suarez didn't they?

Incisive observation

Btw, the guy on Univision keeps saying something that sounds like "cebolla." Is there a player whose nickname is "The Onion"?

Things that sound like an onion article but aren't

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristian_Rodr%C3%ADguez

Thx

smh at anyone coming on this thread thinking dmac hasn't already got the bite puns covered

http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/9600000/Toothless-how-to-train-your-dragon-9626388-1920-816.jpg

the corner of u jpeg has a bite mark...suarez is in the thread

I missed the Colombia game cos I was out, but having seen the first goal I'm now imagining all the school kids called James in Britain insisting on pronouncing their name HAMEZZ and it's making me smile. Quite drunk tbh.

HAM EZ

thought I was an onion 'cause I used to mark Ham EZ

Nice to hear a balanced Uruguayan perspective.
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/28/i-criticised-luis-suarez-uruguay-traitor

Because in football, kicks and elbowing are normal – but bites are not.

I see the point he's trying to make but I disagree with the details. Kicks and elbowing are penalized as well and shouldn't be considered normal.

Not sure you do, kicks and elbows can occur as a result of sanctioned movements when playing. Bites can't.

yeah, when's the last time a bite happened organically

Mark de Vrij streaks out into the lead in the Worst Singing of a National Anthem race.

lol yeah
It's Stefan though

Ah...

I think I did hear somebody making an ill-considered journey into their upper register during the end of the Mexican anthem, though, possibly Ochoa or Marquez.

Really looking forward to a game with less baggage.

hoping for a patient/deliberately lazy display from mexico

this looks just like USA 94 love it

if netherlands can't break through or nick something from a set-piece I bet they start blasting it

callin this for Mexico btw

Damn, de Jong is injured

Mexico are looking really good/hungry

RVP, you stupid ass

cunt ref

coward cheat disgrace cunt ref. stay home if the game's too big son.

Nice counter there. Dutch defence not tight enough though

Wait, what's wrong with the ref?

marquez has such a great role popping out from the centre of defence

Yeah he seems to have forgotten his lenses or something
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finally figured out how to fit more commercial breaks into soccer, nice one guys

Tiempo de hidratación

mexican(?) dudes on commentary for espn approx 1m x better than the usual english dregs

worried Mexico gonna regret not getting something from that early brilliance

that kick to a Mexican head was a blatant eh kick to the head. chest height, dangerous play, yellow card, penalty.

eh it was giveable but not 100 percent clear cut i think

I don't mean to disagree

but it was 100% clearcut

Yeah, it was give-able, but I can understand erring on the side of caution of giving early penalties in a world cup match. And just a bit after he failed to give another margin call to the Netherlands just outside the box. Ref is facilitating flow to the play and seems to have the respect of the players. In my mind, as someone who has ref'd many games, if you've got those two down, who cares about breaking down each play into a technical right/wrong?

not sure how much precedent there is for penalties given for purely dangerous play rather than obstruction of some kind

as someone who hasn't reffed any games but cares about defenders kicking ppl in the head, be serious ffs

lol now it balances out I spose

but its not good reffing

there's no one in the stands? is that cuz Spanish fans went home or something

It's not as black&white as you make it out to be
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The people in the lower stands are going to shaded free seats in the upper stands to escape the heat.

mexican(?) dudes on commentary for espn approx 1m x better than the usual english dregs

40+ degrees, sun. The stands = scorching