Beren

Chile-'Stralia for me, like. Reckon Chile could demolish them.

Olic decision wasn't a foul for me. He just outjumped the flappy-handed Cesar and the ref gave the decision to the keeper - as appears to be the vogue when anyone challenges a keeper aerially and wins. Crap decision, but not uncommon sadly.

Is the first match usually alone on the first day? I can't recall. Don't think so, but memory might be going. As an aside, when Shola got the call-up for Nigeria, I forgot (until now) he'd be playing in Brazilian heat. This is gonna be brutal.

I hope you're wrong too. Didn't say many decisions which smacked of corruption tbh - wrong calls, yes. Based on that I'd say Brazil got lucky this time - not least because Croatia had useless Jelavic upfront rather than someone to convert some of the fantastic positions they got in, first half. They were excellent. Really deserved at least a point the poor blighters. Playing 3 ball playing midfielders away to Brasil in an opening day WC game Be interesting (if a little sad for La Liga) to see how Rakitic gets on at Barça, hope he plays a lot. Really impressed.

I hope you're wrong too. Didn't say many decisions which smacked of corruption tbh - wrong calls, yes. Based on that I'd say Brazil got lucky this time - not least because Croatia had useless Jelavic upfront rather than someone to convert some of the fantastic positions they got in, first half. They were excellent. Really deserved at least a point the poor blighters.

Bit disappointed because I usually really enjoy watching Brazil - especially at the World Cup. Oscar and Hulk were terrible first half, really poor control in the final third - and Brazil's passing was about as I'd expect from Newcastle in pre-season (or October for that matter). Football's shiteness is spreading to areas which should be sacred. Understand the penalty in a way - when swivelling to shoot on the turn, any physical impediment to that is critical. As it happens I think Lovren did stop short of actually impeding him, but the initial intention was there and Fred "capitalised". I wouldn't have given that particular one but I think more of that sort should be. Forgot how truly turboshite ITV commentary is - when Hulk fed a ball through which Fred couldn't get on the end of, the camera cuts to a close-up of Hulk and the Flemish/Portuguese-speaking-and-lip-reading Townsend chimes in: "You can see Hulk telling Fred he needs to be a bit livelier there" FUCKING IS HE, YOU TALENTLESS NOBODY? IS HE?!

Funny if it happened again. Excited by the World Cup, but feel like I'll have more difficulty in watching it all as I'd like to now I'm a bit older/more responsibilities. In days of yore, I'd sit in my underpants on my couch surrounded by chocolates and crisps with a laptop and two TV screens, and that's me for the next month.

Dodgy reffing earlier mind you. Let play go for a foul when Start were breaking, then it goes up the other end and then he blows the whistle!

Gerrout

Staebaek's first touch in the final third is gash

Kaizero, you're such a fucking bookwanker man.

To qualify from Groups: Brazil Croatia Spain Chile England Italy France Switzerland Argentina Bosnia 59/1

Larsson and Williams in the same side. They're really going for that 'likable' team gig, aren't they?

Some guy at work loathed his job, but wouldn't retire because then he'd have to spend time with his wife and she would nag him to do the gardening. Choice was taken out of his hands and he was made redundant in the end. Poor guy.

Just tell her you've renewed and enjoy a heavier wallet/freedom of the city on Saturday.

Felipao in 5, 4, 3...

Will be thrown to the lions the first opportunity Pardew gets.

Oh man. Sometimes you think you have it bad, and then... just wow.

Yohan

The names ffs Awful. Class of Ramage, Duff, Pattison, Geremi-esque...

https://www.google.co.uk/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=sepp%20blatter%20step%20ladder

What! It took me a whole ten seconds to come up with Sepp Blatter's Step Ladder, you arsehole So nice on the ear and all.

Good advert yet all I could think was: I eat too much paneer.

Sepp Blatter's Step Ladder

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