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Re: World Cup 2026
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2026 9:02 am
by TheRam
I mean, we had to play Mexico in Mexico City and should have had Brazil in the quarters.
France should have had Germany in the last 16 as well.
The best four teams are in the semis because they’re the best four teams.
In reality, when you look at how all those four teams have played in recent tournaments it was daft to look past them and put Brazil to win in every single bet you had.
Who would do such a thing like that.
Re: World Cup 2026
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2026 9:42 am
by Shogun
Re: World Cup 2026
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2026 9:44 am
by TheRam
That embolo dive.
Hahahahaha. Funniest thing I’ve seen on the pitch for a long time.
Re: World Cup 2026
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2026 9:46 am
by AjaxAndy
Oof yeah it's hard to see anything in terms of it touching it, but the way it suddenly drops in a very unnatural fashion is pretty conclusive imo... We got very lucky there, but as Tuchel said in his post match presser - to win a major tournament you need a bit of luck along the way!
Re: World Cup 2026
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2026 9:56 am
by weimaranerblues
Re: World Cup 2026
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2026 9:58 am
by Shogun
You can see the way it suddenly drops and gathers pace on the way down though on the video. If snicko didn't pick anything up then it's clearly not fit for purpose.
Re: World Cup 2026
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2026 10:28 am
by Audrey Horne
Shogun wrote: ↑Sun Jul 12, 2026 9:58 am
You can see the way it suddenly drops and gathers pace on the way down though on the video. If snicko didn't pick anything up then it's clearly not fit for purpose.
Same as the Croatia equaliser, I will reiterate... He did not touch the ball.
Re: World Cup 2026
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2026 10:41 am
by TheRam
ITV reaching BT levels for dreadful coverage.
Gabriel Clarke losing his head with his questioning last night.
Dixon and matterface just awful. Dixon mumbles his way through the game.
Then the talking over wonderwall with Pougatch saying “we don’t know if you can hear this at home” here’s Ian wright and Gary Neville to speak over it because we don’t hear enough from them.
Just awful. Glad I don’t have to watch England on there again for this tournament
Re: World Cup 2026
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2026 10:53 am
by cassius
Embolo's dive was embarrassing.
But so was Kane's too. I thought he was showing his age last night, played 120 but was gassed after the first half and ended up looking for any slight contact to go down.
In the run up to their goal I'm sure he was holding the leg that didn't get any contact.
Re: World Cup 2026
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2026 11:55 am
by AjaxAndy
There's a serious lack of consistency, if Embolo deserved a yellow then did Spence not? What about the Kane non penalty?
Are are the rules just only a yellow if it's a seriously blatant simulation?
Re: World Cup 2026
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2026 11:58 am
by TheRam
AjaxAndy wrote: ↑Sun Jul 12, 2026 11:55 am
There's a serious lack of consistency, if Embolo deserved a yellow then did Spence not? What about the Kane non penalty?
Are are the rules just only a yellow if it's a seriously blatant simulation?
The embolo one was such a ridiculous dive it deserved a yellow.
It also only got pulled up because the Argentina player was given a yellow and VAR can go back and overrule them now.
The Spence one wasn’t even a dive. He bought the contact but bought it a bit too much.
Re: World Cup 2026
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2026 12:04 pm
by 777Kidnappings
AjaxAndy wrote: ↑Sun Jul 12, 2026 11:55 am
There's a serious lack of consistency, if Embolo deserved a yellow then did Spence not? What about the Kane non penalty?
Are are the rules just only a yellow if it's a seriously blatant simulation?
Spences isnt a dive. Its a foul by him.
Re: World Cup 2026
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2026 2:08 pm
by Audrey Horne
Just watched the Gabriel Clark interviews.
He couldn't fucking wait to tell Jude what Tuchel had said, shit stirring loser.
Re: World Cup 2026
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2026 2:18 pm
by Cereal Killer
TheRam wrote: ↑Sun Jul 12, 2026 10:41 am
ITV reaching BT levels for dreadful coverage.
Gabriel Clarke losing his head with his questioning last night.
Dixon and matterface just awful. Dixon mumbles his way through the game.
Then the talking over wonderwall with Pougatch saying “we don’t know if you can hear this at home” here’s Ian wright and Gary Neville to speak over it because we don’t hear enough from them.
Just awful. Glad I don’t have to watch England on there again for this tournament
Play top tunes though
Re: World Cup 2026
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2026 5:10 pm
by NomadskiEFC
My interpretation of what Spencer did was he fouled the Norwegian by putting his leg across him in trying to buy a penalty, and dived.
He should have been booked for simulation imo.