World Cup 2014

Figueroa with a flying, De Jong-esque challenge on his own team-mate, there. It is very much looking like this may not happen for Honduras.

they'll tackle ANYTHING

yes put something with holes in it on your head that'll stop the blood

Oh dear.

shaqiri AGAIN rah rah

how many more goals do switzerland need if ecu win by one?

i think i said as much upthread but i'm thinking that suarez to barca for sanchez and a bag of money is looking like a better deal every day

― gbx, Wednesday, June 25, 2014 8:27 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

A lot of Liverpool fans have been saying that. I say keep the crazy, brilliant bastard.

i'm watching the other game but that first Shaqiri goal was fucking A+

http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/10984370/portrait-serial-winner-luis-suarez-soccer-most-beautiful-player

Really kind of fascinating.

The mini-table in the corner said they're level on goal difference now, so Switzerland would need one more if Ecuador scored. Switz have scored more goals, and won the head-to-head too.

xp yeah I linked that upthread but it's quite a read

Sorry ogmor, never saw it. The conspiracy stuff - considering the defence to FIFA seems to be it's a conspiracy against him - is fascinating.

thx WBS

why do they have a drinks break so close to half-time?

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/6/25/1403728832259/81bb9591-4a98-462c-8cfa-e254635e1825-460x276.jpeg

xp aldo - it's just fun, ringing around, meeting the wall of silence, the various characters he meets, plus all the stuff about suarez's wife, it almost reads like a roberto bolano story

ecuador's exit would be the harshest so far, they've looked decent every game

controversial from pnev, benzema not quite at the level of messi/ronaldo

Aw these poor lads in the BBC3 studio, a big screen behind them where Copacabana should be

xp - would also end Enner Valencia's fairytale run to the Golden Boot.

Switzerland in charge at half-time. Wouldn't say it's comfortable, because I don't think anyone would really be comfortable against Honduras as such, but it's difficult to see a way that Switzerland don't win this.

enner valencia he so high

Scratch that, they were asked for best goals and just listed every long-range effort

drmic/shaqiri link up has been good

dmac/sharivari linkup itt so good tbfttl

dmac/sharivari linkup not bad either

scratch that, it's actually shite

Waddle and Shearer (surprise) defending the elbow

granit klata

gokhan imago

ban everyone

Why's Waddle defending it? Is shearer to his left?

dmac is perhaps the drmic to sharivari's shaqiri.

did deschamps really make pogba read fergie's book? bet he loved that.

all the holding that goes on in the box and that. It's annoying

it is tho

the final word on England

gabby logan sooooo serious

hope

less

how was this unthinkable?

oh lolz at the rte lads

shearer pretending england are "too honest"

he was homeless, that lad

he was bill

literally homeless

lived in the stadium bill

you can't pretend to be hungry

you can't

he's literally hungry

you don't get it here bill

"we perhaps at times are too honest"

Shearer actually just said that

they're essentially a beckett improv football analysis group

Thought that was Leighton Baines on tambourine on the left of that trio for a minute

ooh so close greizmann

utd's valencia off red card

bollocks decision

he's got ta get tae fuck

fucking stupid. Especially considering his injuries in the past

it was two footed lil jump. rolled off top of the ball admittedly but hardly surprising a red card resulted