The College Dropout

Gutted for Costa Rica.

Never usually works does it?

This is crazy btw. Tim Krul saving 2 penalties out of 5. Crazy. Where the fuck has that come from?

Damn shame for Costa Rica. I'm sad for them but happy for Krul.

Krul's waiting until the very last to move.

Shit pen, good save.

Krul on for penalties. What a bizarre move.

Tommy could've saved that.

If Krul saves a couple I will be livid. Been garbage for us at saving penalties.

Exactly, only Neymar has the capabilities to play that way. What the pundits are expecting of them they are not actually capable of. Everyone wants us to play with four #10s so when we lose we're naive and idiots. Also Fernandinho has given this team so much inte knockouts. Been so impressed with his ability on the ball. He brings aggressiveness and roughness defensively and calmness and class offensively. Say what you want about being lucky with the yellow cards, but he's class and comparing him Van Bommel is an insult. (Whoever did that) It's the "luck" with the officials that's bringing the Van Bommel comparisons... that's saying what we want. Aside from that he has been brilliant. I like him more in the Paulinho role rather than the Gustavo role. Gets to play a bit more expansively. Also thought Maicon added good power to the backline.

Has he picked up a single yellow yet? I'm certain Brazil will somehow make it to the final. Certain.

It's absolutely ridiculous. I'm not going to deny the fact that there were plenty of decisions going Brazils way, but jesus f***ing christ some on here completely forgetting plenty of occasions. No wonder why someone calm like Kanji got p*ssed at some of you lot. I'm just going to laugh as I'm going to be in Belo Horizonte watching Brazil v the most likeable German side I can remember. Svein Oddvar Moen was the ref. He absolutely loves favourites. Loves them. He's got years of priors. s*** ref. Yeah, he loves them, just like Howard Webb loves us as well and almost sent us out. Moen must've missed the foul on Maicon prior to the penalty. Get over, ref was terrible, both ways just like it's been for almost every game this World Cup. Also, Zuniga escapes a yellow card and fractures Neymars back. Funny how everyone thought James was getting kicked around. That's because James was getting kicked around. And the challenge Neymar got injured in didn't deserve a yellow card I'm sorry, but what James got today is what players like Messi, Neymar and many others get every single game every single f***ing week. Now that he has shown what he's capable off, he can expect as much as them. Also, not a yellow? So a f***ing knee to the spine off someone who is chesting down a ball and you have zero chances of getting first to it ain't a yellow? I'm happy you have your specs on. Not surprised. People love an underdog, so much so every single decision that goes the favourites way gets amplified and every decision that goes against them gets ignored. Happens all the time and has been especially noticeable in this World Cup. Disagree. It was an ill-disciplined game. The referee lost control. Players were kicking lumps out of the game. The average PL or CL game is regulated much more tightly. I haven't seen a player in a top level match get kicked about as much as Rodriguez did in a long time. I haven't seen such an ill-disciplined game with so few yellow cards in a long time too. Brazil committed 31 fouls ffs. Colombia got in on the act too no doubt. The foul 10 minutes before 2-0 by Cuadrado which didn't receive a yellow card to me is when the game officially descended into war.

Not from what i've seen on other forums. Superior athletes + "sound fundamentals" is their mind state.

I agree but from Ashley's perspective it sort of makes sense. If the signing's a success ala Ba, Cabaye then the club stands to make a healthier profit if the player's tied to a longer contract. If, as seems to be the norm these days, the signings under-perform or outright bomb then at least Ashley can hope that another club will take a punt on the basis of the player's reputation, in which case the lengthy contract will surely push the fee up a bit more. Aye, should still be able to get decent money if he flops in a few years anyway. Unless he's Sylvain Marveaux.

I'd have said fire sale because of the ownership change, but getting Koeman in is a bit of a...er..coup. He'll have an excellent youth system plus a fair wodge of cash to remodel the team the way he wants. they clearly still plan on staying in the division. Probably getting jealous of Fat Mike's pockets. Their losses where unsustainable but they'll be more than fine now and could tick along nicely with that youth set-up.

Spurs showed you can resist a lot until the offer is too good to turn down. £60m for those 2 players is brilliant. But to me it looks like a fire sale rather than a Levy move.

As in being their best CB? Hummels probably but no great shakes either. More comfortable on the ball and running back to his own goal though.

None of the Germany CB's are the most mobile either. Boateng probably the most athletic and he can barely run.

Why do that when you can play the worlds best FB in midfield even though you have loads of other decent central midfielders though? it doesn't make sense, just managers trying to be too clever for their own good Not as bad for Bayern as at least they have a brilliant LB and some passable RBs but this shower? Nah, nee sense. I still think Bayern would be better off playing a full back at full back, its not like full backs aren't important in modern football Bayern do actually play a natural fullback / wingback which might actually suit their team better. These lot don't have a fullback at all.

Would love it if Algeria won this. Love it. Loewe is terrible. Play a proper fullback ffs.

There's a long history of match-fixing in Italian football and nobody brands European football with the same brush. 2 South American federations where compromised with the same approach as Ghana during the run-up to WC2010 and Asian League football has its share of match-fixing problems. "Last year Europol alleged that more than 380 professional matches in Europe and more than 300 matches played in Africa, Asia and central and South America were under suspicion as the scale of the activities of match fixing gangs from eastern Europe and Asia became clear." http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/23/world-cup-corruption-allegations-fifa-ghana It is certainly not an African specific problem.

Words fail me. Hope they ban them from the World Cup in future if this is found to be true. Hardly the most robust of sources. If this picks up steam elsewhere I would start to get concerned but at the moment....

what a load of s**** Sorry but it happens all the time. Crappy ones at least. Zidane style headbutts are rare. Elbows and headbutts are built into football games lol.

As bad as it sounds, kicking, headbutting and elbows are a part of the game. The biting is perverse and disgusting. Had he just leant his head into Chiellini or swung an elbow he might've got away with it or at worst pick up a 1 game ban.