Wullie

Pity God took you out of the semi final, the massive cunt.

Any good offers on the final?

Have you still got your ST, brummie? Are Villa looking at a significant drop in attendances this season?

And how many times have those saying Pele seen him play outside World Cups?

Why did Gotze not play last night, was he just dropped?

Holland have been the first side Argentina have played that have been anywhere near their level tbf, you expect exceptional players to be able to impose themselves. Switzerland were amongst the top seeds tbf, and only one place behind Argentina in the world rankings (Holland are 10 places back). You have a valid point on great players imposing themselves but I can't believe how many chances Messi has put on for his teammates in the whole tournament that have been completely fluffed.

Why does Kroos want away from Bayern?

The problem Messi has in comparison to Maradona in '86 is that teams can do a lot more preparation work on shutting down a particular player when they can watch every minute of his career in glorious HD. Most of them have come to the conclusion that the way to do it is to sit deep, kill the game and play for penalties. Argentina are getting a lot of flak for being dull but it's not really their fault that nobody wants a football match to break out against them. One of the things I love about him is that having played for Barcelona, he's not the slightest bit interested in winning cheap free kicks 40 yards from goal like Neymar has focused on, he just tries to run through challenges by bouncing off them or vaulting over them. It works to his detriment though in games like tonight when it looks like he's just losing the ball as he tries to run through half a dozen Dutch players who are focused on nothing other than him instead of "being clever" and hurling himself to the floor. Argentina's problem has been some altogether atrocious performances from some of the supporting cast up front, particularly when it comes to finishing.

As sad it sounds 2002 was hard to enjoy too much because of the kick off times. Waking up early to watch England v Nigeria Was horrific. Watching Eng-Brazil in the hall at school before first lesson. Destroyed it all. My parents writing to the school that I had a dentist's appointment then coming to pick me up for it at lunchtime so I could watch England vs Tunisia in '98.

I'll never forget that iconic penalty in '94. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pNd3OrTCuks/TbZOXkQ7NjI/AAAAAAAAAC4/2kLpI8u40TE/s320/diana%2Bross.jpg

Spot on this.

Holland were really impressive in the groups, since then they've absolutely stunk the place out imo. Argentina have found it difficult to break down teams attempting to kill the game but at least they've not been the ones doing the killing. I can see why van Gaal went that way because there's not that much quality in their squad beyond the obvious and fair play to him for almost pulling it off, I'm just glad I don't have to watch it anymore.

Just as well all the amateur medical experts on here didn't have Mascherano hauled off in the first half.

It's funny like, if Newcastle had bought Sergio Aguero before the tournament and you knew nothing about him, you'd be convinced we had another Guivarc'h on our hands. I know he's not been fully fit like but then Suarez was fresh out of his wheelchair. Aguero's been bloody awful.

Third place playoff always has loads of goals because nobody cares about losing it.

Get away man, Holland barely got near Romero.

Germany won't try to contain him and subsequently make the game as miserable as possible like everyone else who's played Argentina. They'll just play their own game, ah man I can't wait.

Thank fuck.

Holland will win this, guaranteed. God they're absolutely miserable.

Hate this Dutch side.

Seems to be a very modern thing, kicking up a fuss about potential on-field concussion. I've seen hundreds of clashes of heads worse than Mascherano's that both players have carried on after, and very few gone off. Since Hugo Lloris's incident, there seems to be a lot more panic about it. Not saying that's right or wrong, just an observation.

O'Neill's enjoyed the quick throw-ins. What a horrible little creep he is.

Townsend doesn't understand offside.

I'm not having Ron Vlaar in the World Cup final ffs.

I'd love to injure Nigel De Jong's groin, with a fucking baseball bat.