Beren

Gerrin!

Playing mostly shite sides, but are they 14-0 up going off their last three games It's easy to get unstuck against supposedly shite sides. No malo.

Not a fan of his, but it was great composure to put it across on a plate for Valbuena.

France look pretty sexy, but I'm not sure if it's the Swiss lingerie that's doing it for them.

Going through them like Swiss cheese.

that's him all over. I still personally think he's class though Think that's a bit harsh. He's quite good in that position, or at least he can be, but the consistency isn't there for sure.

Shite penalty from Benzema. Never confident in him scoring.

Can only assume he thought he was under pressure

About the same ease of chance from first blush. Really hope it came to him higher than it loooked.

Newcastle connection Let Yohan take it!

Hipster kernt Lured [/conned] by long-odds kernt. Expertly cashed out (read: bitched out) after the Costa Rica game. Knew I wouldn't have a decent internet unrestricted internet connection later (ie. now).

As if they're going to talk about England again, now.

Quite like this ref. England would have loved him.

Lineker's just excellent in general, whether he's cracking daft jokes, chipping in with a bit of analysis or directing the conversation a certain way. Can see why the better pundits/presenters would prefer to be in the studio like, piece of piss really in comparison. You can see his analysis is often much better than the idiots he is asking the questions *cough*Lee Dixon*cough*

Anyway, enough about that - Costa Rica are fucking class. What a joy to watch them still getting into dangerous areas after 85 minutes

It's a tough fucking job tbh, you're never going to please everyone if you're commentating for one of the mainsteam broadcasters on a regular basis. Eventually, they'll stick you alongside some cunt who talks absolute cliche-driven twaddle, and to maintain any credibility you'll have to bring his idiotic views to the ground with a tirade which would get you sacked You can have decent knowledge, a bit of charisma and a bit of humility though. Would like to see Lineker commentate actually.

It really is, he's much like Mark Bright - a former footballer who was bang average, whining on about the performances of players on another level entirely to him. A bit like us then Well aye, but to a significantly larger audience. No, there is a big difference tbf. I'm only winding you up. It's a tone of voice thing in some ways, like when Savage says "if you're marking Suarez, you have to be staying goal side of him when the ball comes over" - which may be true, but the way Savage would say it, is like he personally did it himself 100 times before.

Nice bit of skill for the highlight reel

It really is, he's much like Mark Bright - a former footballer who was bang average, whining on about the performances of players on another level entirely to him. A bit like us then

Good performance though.

Hipster kernt Lured [/conned] by long-odds kernt.

Costa Rica Switzerland Honduras/Ecuador draw

Can't stop thinking about Danny Murphy's comment earlier: couldn't see Columbia or Ivory Coast giving England problems