BOF Posted June 27, 2018 Moderator Share Posted June 27, 2018 8 minutes ago, Chindie said: Listening to the commentary yesterday they mentioned that apparently on this latter point an English FA technical rep after the Tunisia game raised a point about the pulling and grabbing at corners to FIFA and subsequently refs and VAR have been harsher on it. Yeah I was going to mention that Kane was one of the few who was harshly treated in that regard, but as you say, he may have been the catalyst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted June 27, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 27, 2018 It's definitely better that they are looking at it more. I'd be happy with them giving out 5 penalties every game to be honest, would certainly stop players from doing it. They just need to be consistent with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 27, 2018 Moderator Share Posted June 27, 2018 5 minutes ago, PieFacE said: It's definitely better that they are looking at it more. I'd be happy with them giving out 5 penalties every game to be honest, would certainly stop players from doing it. They just need to be consistent with it. A point i made elsewhere yesterday. If they stay consistent then defenders will stop doing it, the penalties dry up and we get a cleaner game. Undoubtedly resulting in more goals because of more unimpeded attackers. The way it should be. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stevo985 Posted June 27, 2018 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted June 27, 2018 1 minute ago, BOF said: A point i made elsewhere yesterday. If they stay consistent then defenders will stop doing it, the penalties dry up and we get a cleaner game. Undoubtedly resulting in more goals because of more unimpeded attackers. The way it should be. Agreed. And it's something football has been shit at doing in the past, as I've said before on here. They're scared of upsetting people in the short term, for long term gains. It's the argument brought up when people say players should be booked for shouting at/swearing at the ref. "Oh but you'd give out 10 yellow cards every game" No you wouldn't. That might happen for a week or two, but they'd soon learn. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 29 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: I'd be surprised if they both make the final You're obviously new to Russian corruption 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 7 hours ago, bobzy said: I think Russia will beat Portugal. Russia playing Spain now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One For The Road Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 6 hours ago, PieFacE said: It's definitely better that they are looking at it more. I'd be happy with them giving out 5 penalties every game to be honest, would certainly stop players from doing it. They just need to be consistent with it. Absolutely. Some people are saying that the amount of penalties is ruining the WC. It's not that there's too many penalties, it's that there's too many fouls in the box and with VAR, those fouls are now (correctly) being punished. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 (edited) this WC is showing up the "48 teams will be because there will be no dead rubbers in the 3rd game" nonsense been some great permutations and tension in the final games, i think there have been about 4 groups where during the final game people have been yellow card counting, i dont remember that ever being a thing before england and belgium could still toss a coin if its a draw and england get more yellows Edited June 28, 2018 by villa4europe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 On 24/05/2018 at 12:21, bobzy said: ....or Senegal or Japan? Group H is wide open as ****. On 24/05/2018 at 13:05, BOF said: I'd be surprised if Poland and Colombia don't come out of Group H. Senegal aren't what they used to be and Japan are too soft a touch to cope with the other 2. For me the group that's wide open is Group E. Brazil will win it, but Switzerland, Serbia and Costa Rica can all lay legitimate claim to 2nd place. That'll be one tough bastard of a group. On 25/05/2018 at 09:10, bobzy said: I'd be surprised if Colombia don't qualify, but it's a close group. I think I'd probably tip Senegal to qualify with them (they're the strongest African team there IMO - expecting Mane and Niang to cause that group problems), but I wouldn't be confident picking the winner. There's a case for any of them to go through! It's the only group like it on paper. On 25/05/2018 at 10:10, BOF said: E is tighter IMHO. On 25/05/2018 at 12:37, bobzy said: Not for me. You have a clear winner - Brazil - and a clear weak link - Costa Rica. It's close between Switzerland and Serbia, possibly. H doesn't have this at all; potentially Japan as the weak link. I think F is a tighter group than E. Germany should win it, but you could make a case for any of Mexico/Sweden/South Korea finishing second. Yellow cards and a German implosion away from a complete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 29, 2018 Moderator Share Posted June 29, 2018 Japan have really outdone themselves. Poland woke up too late. Germany cost a lot of people ( ) money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 On 24/06/2018 at 12:56, rjw63 said: I haven't watched any of the games so far, not missing it either. Might take a look in the later stages. In my view you are missing the best World Cup since I started watching them in 1970 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 This has to go down as one of the best world cups ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 Enjoyable so far and not predictable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDuck Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 5 hours ago, Zatman said: and not predictable Apart from Neymar being a cockwomble. That was very predictable 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Worst day of the cup today. I hope the trend isn't to play it safe until penalty kicks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MrDuck Posted July 2, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 2, 2018 Cantona on Neymar 3 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Seen a fair bit on social being made about mbappe donating his £20k per match bonus from france to charity, since when did footballers get that kind of cash for playing at the world cup? Mental, the kid earns €17.5m a year salary at PSG who at the french FA thinks thats a good idea (obviously assuming ours do something similar but i know our players have been donating theirs for donkeys years) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 1 hour ago, villa4europe said: Seen a fair bit on social being made about mbappe donating his £20k per match bonus from france to charity, since when did footballers get that kind of cash for playing at the world cup? Mental, the kid earns €17.5m a year salary at PSG who at the french FA thinks thats a good idea (obviously assuming ours do something similar but i know our players have been donating theirs for donkeys years) I agree, but if that money is starting to filter down to charities then I'm all for giving the huge match bonuses England squad are set to donate all theirs too allegedly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 1 hour ago, lapal_fan said: I agree, but if that money is starting to filter down to charities then I'm all for giving the huge match bonuses England squad are set to donate all theirs too allegedly. I think there has been an agreement in place for many years that the England men's side always give all of their 'wages' when representing England to charity. I remember it even from the Ian Wright days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 yeah there has been, they get appearance money directly from the FAs sponsors, sure it used to be 5 sponsors paying £500 so £2500 per game, its a massive jump to £20k per game now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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