midds

Completed.

Man City on opening day.

This could end up anything here. Scoring at will. They could even rest their legs for the final.

Fuck me, this is crippling.

North Shields, it's just like watching North Shield, it's just like watching North Shields....

Ructions on!

I predict a riot.

This may get very messy.

Geeeeeett in.

Come on you Teutonic twats.

Lads, man. Settle down ffs.

A sad day. One of the genuine giants of the sport. RIP.

Has he commentated since it happened btw? Don't recall hearing since.

At this point I think it'll be a Germany Argentina final.

Bet Charnley's on the phone already hawking the bloke around Europe.

Got zero confidence in Krul to save any like.

Bet the crack's immense between those 2 f***ing nimrods like. "here, Mapou..." "?" "yav dropped ya gay card ahahahahahahahahaha" Taylor's re-enacting the time he asked to shake the pizza delivery guy's hand and ask for his autograph last week. Fucking laaaad. Bantz. Etc.

Bet the crack's immense between those 2 fucking nimrods like.

Scenes!!

Got the distinct impression that Costa Rica are quite happy for this to peter out without much incident and take their chance on pens...

Costa Ricans are working the referee well here.

Looks like Borat.

He's clearly not as driven as some of the top players, that's pretty obvious. Which is why it's important that he plays for a manager who understands him, can motivate him and get the best out of him. Good managers recognise this is as being a key skill in their job and get difficult players to perform on a weekly basis. We've got Pardew. He doesn't have these skills, doesn't understand him, blames him, can't motivate him so he's going to sell him at a loss. Poor Alan.

All it needed was a strong ref last night and I honestly believe Colombia would have at least taken that to extra time last night. Spineless referees too scared to card a Brazilian player early on. Just allowing Brazil to systematically kick Rodriguez to shit, couple of justified yellows allows him more space to create chances and win the game. Fair to say Colombia were no angels either like, just a really weak refereeing performance which ultimately benefitted Brazil imo.

Deep breaths Pardew's you cunt. Get loads of them lovely toxic fumes coursing through your pathetic little carcass you piece of shit.