that algerian defender definitely got good ball control..full of thrust

neuer should play up front 🙂

expecting hoddle to come out with some pearls of wisdom ( algeria new sub eileen drewery).

I know you can do it Glen 🙂

neuer should play up front .. clearly new tactic/ formation by yogi

germany warming up nicely.. looks like more eventful than the france game already.whats up with ferghoulis head? Visions of terry butcher 🙂

i’m loving algeria at the moment.. shame they cant figure out what they need to do in the final third

predictions for algeria v germany? 1:4 ?

I would’ve liked to see algeria v france but I dont think that will happen.

the same reason why goal line technology was only recently introduce in the world cup ( corrupt seb bladder the dinosaur)

I propose you do away with human eye for the offsides and concentrate on the activity areas so the lines men dont run up and down but focus on what is happening. After all the computerised analysis of off side looks remarkably like hawkeye in tennis.

Maybe the refs can carry a screen like the size of the mobile phone on his arm to check replays or video sent by the tmo. Heck why not use thermal imaging to show hotspots when contact is made so divers cant just kick the ground?

People talk about the flow of football but each time a foul occurs it pretty much stops the play for enough time to get a replay. I mean so far there been so much diving and playacting you could fill an episode of Eastenders and cast Robben as Phil mitchell? 🙂

looks like i didnt miss much.. off for a ride !

ahhh theres a football justice some where:)

Well done costa rica, lets see how total football copes..! Quarter finalists from a country with 5m inhabitants.. now theres a story 🙂

i’ll take that and raise you the costa rica goalkeeper takes a penalty too!

hopefully another 15minutes please …

I reckon the refs got one of Jamie’s mega accumulators going on!!

cant we keep mexico and send costa rica and greece out

oh crap.. thats gone and done it..should have kept my mouth shuit.. another 30minutes of this rubbish

I think the 1 goal scored in the whole tournament for greece says it all. 20minutes against 10 men and they cant muster up a shot.

Better off playing Dolly parton , at least she has a decent 2 upfront 🙂

i was wondering earlier why their players were rolling around.. Seems the 10 men tactic was part of the plan. A bit naive from costa rica.

time for a red card for greece 🙂

i going to need a drink to see me through the next half …. come on costa rica.. its going to be painful watching greece in the next round

its like watching two teams that dont want to lose or win in 90 minutes 🙂

Although nearly a goal for greece

dutch housemate like Sabine?

Shame as I really like mexico and chile. lets hope costa rica get through tonight.

No regional news.. oh what am I going to do??? why dont they stick it in whilst they are taking their comfort breaks?

why cant england take penalties like that?? come to think of it why cant england play like any of the teams in the playoffs?

nooooo!!!!! why speedy why???

goallllllllll!!!!!!!

wah? wah wah?

hmm mexico looks pretty handy.. if the heat keeps up, its going to be speedy gonzales all the way 🙂

apparently they keep saying the premier league is the best league in the world.. just propaganda to make it seem like you get value for money when buying sky / ( bt sport)

James is pretty tasty. I hope columbia stay in to see him pop in a few more goals

can women be bellends too or is this a sexist thread?

err .. can I have a No please.

motogp on dsf not rtl although still in german 🙂

1pm chaps and chapesses .. could be worse you could have zanelli in moto3

I use rtl over satellite pointing to 19.2E. Its a free germanl channel. They also do f1 too which satisfies my motorsport needs.
The only problem is the german commentary but you can use 5 live for f1 ..not sure about motogp.

I love the fact that the lack of money means they all sell out to create a show to drum up more money via tv rights ( Bernie’s deep pockets).

I thought racing was a sport and not a show.. if I wanted to watch a show I’d turn over to wwf wrestling.

Its a last ditch attempt to generate more revenue in a declining market. The show doesnt have to go on and sooner or later the fans will come to realise it.. Unfortunately there isnt an alternative formula ( maybe formula – E)

well thats was disappointing.. roll on the weekend.

err isnt that what they did to georgia? anyway lookslike my predictions are all pants .. nothing to see here…..

i noticed on the bbc matches the red button changes the audio. Not sure what the audio will be but will try it next time so I dont have to listen to Mavins brother aka philpot neville.

I still think andy townsend and griff rhys jones are related somewhow

predictions for this evenings matches?

algeria 2-1 russia ( red card to someone)

belgium 2 – 3 south korea wishful thinking

so which one to watch?

not any more ..dont think portugal want a draw.. just need germany to score 3 more goals

yep U S and A would go though as it is. Shame as I’d prefer either ghana or portugal.. come on..lets be ‘avin you!

if they cant tax it , they will ban it.

what no anger management? what no therapy? its gonna happen again.. he cant help himself.. lucky the chinese never make the major tournaments as they’d be proper tasty..

It’s all a bit fishy to me.. smacks of seb bladderism ( we dont need goal line technology)

i wonder if the ban starts at the beginning of the season or now..in which case its only 2 months.

I reckon they should make him wear a gum shield for all the rest of the matches.. shame they didnt insist on therapy too as its just going to happen again.

Pretty poor conclusion seeing he got 10 match the last time from the domestic league and if it only 2 months then maybe 8 games of the league. Smells of sepp bladder to me.

will they need a dinghy for the usa and germany game.. geez who’d thought we’d have better weather so far here !!!

seeing the $18m cash shipped out for ghana players I see them going the same way as cameroon. Money first, everything else on hold.

Portugal for the win