yeah, he is v amiable though. everyone is stressing that this is not a classic korea side but I like them going forwards, lee chung-yong has a nice way of stroking it about
― ogmor, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 23:01 (nine years ago) link
enjoyed that defensive bicycle kick
― ogmor, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 23:07 (nine years ago) link
AP is reporting an explosion at a World Cup fan fest in Nigeria
― dan m, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 23:11 (nine years ago) link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-27896257
― ogmor, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 23:14 (nine years ago) link
that's really sad. wonder if anyone at the WC will comment on boko haram deeming football un-islamic
― ogmor, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 23:18 (nine years ago) link
Pffff
― In the airplane over the .CSS (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 23:24 (nine years ago) link
oh akinfeev
― ogmor, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 23:24 (nine years ago) link
Unbelievable.
― the europan nikon is here (grauschleier), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 23:24 (nine years ago) link
wft Igor. Such a good keeper but has looked awful today.
― Wristy Hurlington (ShariVari), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 23:24 (nine years ago) link
Korea sure knows to hit where it hurts. Akinfeev let go of the ball how many times tonight? Bizarre.
Shades of Pakie Bonner in 94
― everyday sheeple (Michael B), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 23:25 (nine years ago) link
Shades of Bruce Grobelaar in whatever year that was imo.
― ewar woowar (or something), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 23:26 (nine years ago) link
Poor old capello not much luck with goalies in opening world cup games
― pandemic, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 23:27 (nine years ago) link
Wow
― In the airplane over the .CSS (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 23:30 (nine years ago) link
dzagoev has been great
― ogmor, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 23:33 (nine years ago) link
Eps now showing replays of Rob Green v USA lol
― dan m, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 23:52 (nine years ago) link
Espn that is
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BqYJotOCEAASlsE.jpg
Seeing a lot of this. Also his head on the statue of Christ at Rio, on Gandalf at the bridge with the Balrog, and on a pack of condoms.
― dan m, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 02:08 (nine years ago) link
i got talking to a usmnt fan tonight about him. he is the talk of the hipster anglophile bars of brooklyn it's true.
― caek, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 02:10 (nine years ago) link
Mexico kept their shape astonishingly well last night, nearly every time Brazil went forward you'd see this line of five just *assemble*.
Brazil's main problem seems to be lack of creativity in midfield, which leads to their more dangerous attacking players either having to drop deeper than they should or being isolated upfront. I blame Paulinho.
I watched the game under the railway arches at Waterloo with a load of Brazilian and Mexican people who were going crazy, the place would have exploded if anyone had actually scored. Pretty exciting for a 0-0 though.
Belgium unsurprisingly looked like a shitty Premiership team for most of their game.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 08:14 (nine years ago) link
Unheralded bit of that Dunphy clip is Didi HAMANN disinterestedly sitting there playing with his phone on live TV.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 08:18 (nine years ago) link
No idea where that random capitalisation came from.
intelligent autocorrect imo
― dn/ac (darraghmac), Wednesday, 18 June 2014 08:26 (nine years ago) link
don't wanna have to choose btwn mexico and Croatia
if opener ref wasn't a crook I mightn't have had to.
― dn/ac (darraghmac), Wednesday, 18 June 2014 08:27 (nine years ago) link
tbh Ochoa has routinely pulled off performances like this all year in Ligue 1 with Ajaccio - can't fathom why he still hasn't been snapped up (although he was supposed to come to PSG a couple of years ago but deal fell through at last minute due to some doping allegations)
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 18 June 2014 08:50 (nine years ago) link
well tbh he has had a few jaw dropping performances with incredible saves but sometimes you get the feeling he could have made an easy save but went for the flashier & riskier one. which occasionnally puts his team in a bad spot. very good reflexes on his line, not as good in the air i think. then again he was playing at ajaccio, terrible defense in front of him. i have no doubts some ok-to-good team will get him in the summer.
― Jibe, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 09:09 (nine years ago) link
yeah you're right - seems he's incredible on his line (which makes him very TV-highlights friendly) but maybe not that impressive when it comes to directing play (which he would have to do more if playing in a better team). Monaco should get him.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 18 June 2014 09:24 (nine years ago) link
i interrupt this discussion of the 2014 world cup to bring you this profoundly depressing dispatch concerning the 1974 games
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/history/newsid_1993000/1993333.stm
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 18 June 2014 09:32 (nine years ago) link
don't wanna have to choose btwn mexico and Croatiaif opener ref wasn't a crook I mightn't have had to.― dn/ac (darraghmac), Wednesday, 18 June 2014 08:27 (1 hour ago) Permalink
or if Croatia had Mexico's goalie, they would be winning the world cup
― ^ 諷刺 (ken c), Wednesday, 18 June 2014 10:26 (nine years ago) link
good alternate angle https://vine.co/v/MIPHpOui9z9
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 13:43 (nine years ago) link
lagoon loves the world cup
― maybe/whatever/so what/boring (admrl), Wednesday, 18 June 2014 13:44 (nine years ago) link
legume and world cup sittin in a tree iirc
― Sufjan Grafton, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 13:45 (nine years ago) link
i always loved the world cup
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 13:47 (nine years ago) link
yeah
― maybe/whatever/so what/boring (admrl), Wednesday, 18 June 2014 13:47 (nine years ago) link
this is photo of me with all my trophies and girlfriends
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BqasQxaCEAEClU4.jpg
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 13:52 (nine years ago) link
That doesn't look like Vermont
― maybe/whatever/so what/boring (admrl), Wednesday, 18 June 2014 13:52 (nine years ago) link
That's the weird part of Vermont
― 龜, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 13:53 (nine years ago) link
i see ben & jerry's
― Sufjan Grafton, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 13:55 (nine years ago) link
so it checks out
everyone in that photo is on the winter olympic team
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 13:57 (nine years ago) link
rightmost gf is trey anastasio's niece
― Sufjan Grafton, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 13:57 (nine years ago) link
leftmost gf works at waffle cabin
― Sufjan Grafton, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 13:58 (nine years ago) link
middle two sell Aqua Vitea Kombucha
― Sufjan Grafton, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 13:59 (nine years ago) link
pesky vermonts
― houllier than thou (darraghmac), Wednesday, 18 June 2014 14:11 (nine years ago) link
yeesh
Jonathan Pearce @jpearcefootballSorry not been able to tweet for few days. Technical problems with phone. Ha ha tweets following honduras game made me laugh.You didn't see everything that happened back at home on Tv.Was I confused by GLT goal? Yes. So were world feed commentator, both managers and fifa by their own admission due to stadium faultYes I was confused as were the world feed commentator, french commentators, both managers and ref. 1/ benzema shoots. Hits post.2 ball rolls back in play. Gk pushes it back into goal. I call goal3 assistant ref runs towards half way. So does ref. Goal given. GLT graphic in stadium shows goal. You didn't see that TV shot4. Then no goal graphic comes up. Crowd goes mad. Honduras surround ref who comes to delegate to ask for clarification. You didn't see that5 then GLT graphic says goal even though grpahic bears no resemblance to actual ball position close to line.Comments start: "fifa right to show NO GOAL referring to Benzema original shot" . Incorrect. They only "need" to show ultimate keeper errorRobbie Savage said that. He has phoned to apologise. Fifa have ordered change in application of GLT. They have admitted problemHope that clears things up a bit. Won't change views of those with preconceptions. Nothing will. That doesn't bother me. But one thing doesHow come the eventual GLT goal graphic showed ball clearly over the line when replays showed it was not to. "Something was wrong" - P.NevinPat's not the only one worried. If it had been a major side suffering would there have been more fuss?
Sorry not been able to tweet for few days. Technical problems with phone. Ha ha tweets following honduras game made me laugh.
You didn't see everything that happened back at home on Tv.
Was I confused by GLT goal? Yes. So were world feed commentator, both managers and fifa by their own admission due to stadium fault
Yes I was confused as were the world feed commentator, french commentators, both managers and ref. 1/ benzema shoots. Hits post.
2 ball rolls back in play. Gk pushes it back into goal. I call goal
3 assistant ref runs towards half way. So does ref. Goal given. GLT graphic in stadium shows goal. You didn't see that TV shot
4. Then no goal graphic comes up. Crowd goes mad. Honduras surround ref who comes to delegate to ask for clarification. You didn't see that
5 then GLT graphic says goal even though grpahic bears no resemblance to actual ball position close to line.
Comments start: "fifa right to show NO GOAL referring to Benzema original shot" . Incorrect. They only "need" to show ultimate keeper error
Robbie Savage said that. He has phoned to apologise. Fifa have ordered change in application of GLT. They have admitted problem
Hope that clears things up a bit. Won't change views of those with preconceptions. Nothing will. That doesn't bother me. But one thing does
How come the eventual GLT goal graphic showed ball clearly over the line when replays showed it was not to. "Something was wrong" - P.Nevin
Pat's not the only one worried. If it had been a major side suffering would there have been more fuss?
― Number None, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 14:13 (nine years ago) link
Jesus christ
― houllier than thou (darraghmac), Wednesday, 18 June 2014 14:23 (nine years ago) link
I hope this keeps going for the duration of the tournament.
― tsrobodo, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 14:26 (nine years ago) link
"Something was wrong"
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 14:39 (nine years ago) link
Pat's not the only one worried.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 14:42 (nine years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bqa23XrIQAIm2w8.jpg
― dan m, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 14:43 (nine years ago) link