PaulC Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Var is being used wrongly. The ref didn’t spot a handball leading up to the goal, it wasn’t a clear and obvious error, the goal should have stood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakotaDakota Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 (edited) Probably the most annoying thing about the whole tournament is the whole. Gold, Silver & Bronze medal thing. It's football not athletics. The team that wins the tournament are the champions, nobody else matters. There is no great pride in getting beat in a final, You are not silver medalists, You are runners-up/losers. Winning a pointless 3rd/4th place play off doesn't make you bronze medalists, It just means you won a game nobody even wants to play. Even Phil is at it : https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48896767 Neville received some criticism for calling the match a "nonsense", with Manchester United keeper Siobhan Chamberlain - a member of the Lionesses squad which finished third in Canada four years ago - saying: "Try telling the 23 players who went to Canada that a bronze-medal match is a 'nonsense' game. "Winning a medal at a World Cup is a great achievement and I guarantee you every player out there wanted a medal just as much." After being pressed on his description of the game, Neville added: "We came to this tournament to win gold. Throughout my life, winning is all that matters - not finishing second, third or fourth. My players feel exactly the same way as me on this matter. In 2015 we won bronze with a performance that was great and we celebrated and applauded. "It's now 2019 and we wanted gold. Since losing that semi-final we've been hurting because it was a vision that we had and accepting second best is something we aren't going to do. Just piss right off with that crap. Edited July 7, 2019 by LakotaDakota Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Has been a World Cup tradition since the start. Strange thing to complain about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakotaDakota Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 (edited) 51 minutes ago, Zatman said: Has been a World Cup tradition since the start. Strange thing to complain about I know they physically get a medal but find one piece of commentary or media report other than the past couple of womens tournaments & last years mens where anyone ever has been referred to as a silver/bronze medallist, Hell even a gold medallist. Almost as annoying as when the entire media seemed to start referring to West Hams ground as the Boleyn Ground for it's final year or two after calling it upton park for decades Edited July 7, 2019 by LakotaDakota 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 The tea thing is just some banter. What is the big deal? Get over it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted July 7, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted July 7, 2019 I've won a fair few bronze-medal games in both ice-hockey and football as a youth. I always thought it was brilliant. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 7 hours ago, LakotaDakota said: Probably the most annoying thing about the whole tournament is the whole. Gold, Silver & Bronze medal thing. It's football not athletics. The team that wins the tournament are the champions, nobody else matters. There is no great pride in getting beat in a final, You are not silver medalists, You are runners-up/losers. Winning a pointless 3rd/4th place play off doesn't make you bronze medalists, It just means you won a game nobody even wants to play. Even Phil is at it : https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48896767 Neville received some criticism for calling the match a "nonsense", with Manchester United keeper Siobhan Chamberlain - a member of the Lionesses squad which finished third in Canada four years ago - saying: "Try telling the 23 players who went to Canada that a bronze-medal match is a 'nonsense' game. "Winning a medal at a World Cup is a great achievement and I guarantee you every player out there wanted a medal just as much." After being pressed on his description of the game, Neville added: "We came to this tournament to win gold. Throughout my life, winning is all that matters - not finishing second, third or fourth. My players feel exactly the same way as me on this matter. In 2015 we won bronze with a performance that was great and we celebrated and applauded. "It's now 2019 and we wanted gold. Since losing that semi-final we've been hurting because it was a vision that we had and accepting second best is something we aren't going to do. Just piss right off with that crap. I think that the game does have a point - it's to establish the 3rd best team of the tournament. However, I don't think any success driven sportsman or woman should be celebrating it. It's a bit like a medal for participation. Everyone is a winner type of thinking. No. There is only one winner. Sure, tell your grandkids that you came 3rd in the world cup and say it with pride. But it's nothing to shout about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Not really care is Sweden finish 3rd 4th or 12th, but still a bit smug since the England team came our ahead of the game and called Sweden and Holland the 2 worst teams they've seen in the tournament. Way to give your opponents motivation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 2 hours ago, villalad21 said: The tea thing is just some banter. What is the big deal? Get over it There is no deal...let alone a big deal, no one cares The story is people being pissed off, they're not Its one of these strange social media non event things 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuartc445 Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, villalad21 said: The tea thing is just some banter. What is the big deal? Get over it There isn't a big deal it's just the snowflake twitter generation we have now, I didn't see it but if i did i would have laughed. Edited July 7, 2019 by Stuartc445 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Zatman Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 I am still not sure what the tea celebration was for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 2 hours ago, Stuartc445 said: There isn't a big deal it's just the snowflake twitter generation we have now, I didn't see it but if i did i would have laughed. It's not even that Like I said it's one of these weird social media things where it's trending because of the number of people talking about criticising the people that are complaining about it But you can't find anyone actually criticising it...No doubt professional limelighters piers Morgan and Katie Hopkins waded in on it but there's no traffic from people offended, just lots from people talking about people being offended Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted July 7, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted July 7, 2019 Dion’s face when Gaby Logan says “of course, Hope (Solo). You’ve been out there with balls being smashed at you”. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Rapinoe has scored a penalty in the final and won the tournament, is she allowed to tell Trump to **** off now? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Happy Rapinoe scored, lot of men on social media have a thing agInst her for having an opinion on stuff Pretty embarrassing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMitch Posted July 7, 2019 Author Share Posted July 7, 2019 17 minutes ago, Zatman said: Happy Rapinoe scored, lot of men on social media have a thing agInst her for having an opinion on stuff Pretty embarrassing Having any sort of political opinion in the USA right now is sort of taboo. Hate or support Trump, and you're going to get harassed by the other side. If you're a celebrity, you're probably going to get some sort of death threat for stating your opinion now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Hate to see the US have any sort of success in any area what so ever but at least it pisses Trump off so that's something I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 (edited) On 06/07/2019 at 17:52, a m ole said: saw something like that, or if it leads to a goal. If it is technically a correct call under the intent of the new rules, then the new rules need to **** off. I can’t get along with something not being a foul under the rules unless it leads to a goal - it either is or isn’t. Hard to even see where it hits the arm here. Does it also hit the defenders arm? All I noticed was White touching her boobie. Edited July 7, 2019 by foreveryoung Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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