TRon

Yeah for the tournament it's not great. Well organised, but mainly a spoiler mentality.

Absolutely honking game management from Brazil at the end of extra time. Why the hell would you leave so much space at the back with a couple of minutes to go?

I doubt it.

Only Allison can give Brazil any sliver of hope now.

I think even Brazil would put their money on Croatia. No one will fancy playing them in the semis.

Bye Brazil, it was nice while it lasted.

My thoughts as well. Only thing he could have done is brought him down for a pen.

No fucking dancing please, wait until the final whistle!

What a goal! I take it all back, Neymar FTW!

I was talking about this game tbf.

In a tournament where the big stars are all performing, Neymar has been poor in this one.

They don't need to score, they can just play out extra time and win on pens.

Croatia have got some decent defenders. Those missed chances by Neymar might come back to bite Brazil on the arse.

Looks like that is how it's going. Brazil definitely stepping it up a bit.

Hmmm. That shove in the back on Thiago Silva was technically a penalty wasn't it?

Paqueta making Jonjo Shelvey look like Action Man.

This has got upset written all over it. Croatia are well set up to hit Brazil on the break.

Awful feet from Vini Jr.

Lovely feet from Vini Jr.

Looks like Brazil spent more time practising their dance moves and forgot the opposition might turn up.

Yeah I would reckon Bobby was actually the better manager, but we didn't have the same ambition when he was there as we did during Keegan's first stint.

You could argue the merits of Keegan or SBR with equal merit, only difference was the ambition of those sitting above making the decisions. During Keegan's years, the sky was the limit, we were beating Man U and Arsenal to sign the best players in England. After that we were signing Lee Bowyer on a free transfer from West Ham. Not saying that was Freddie Shepherd's fault directly, but clearly the ambitions had been lowered.

I think Howe can work the Keegan magic bringing the best out of players even if they've had some hard times. Karius was a huge prospect once, he's got the talent, maybe just needs a confidence boost after a nightmare period at Liverpool.

I think there was also real suspicion at how things were being run under Shepherd, we hired plenty of big name managers, and there was always a couple of trophy signings, but they were usually surrounded by second rate team-mates. So we probably had Shearer playing alongside Andy O'Brien at some point, then when it all went to shit, we brought in Graeme Souness to fix things. It was nothing like the SJH/Keegan days where we were genuinely competing for the best players in England, and some of the best in the world.

Looks uncannily like Mike, Gus Fring's hardman from Breaking Bad. I'd not be getting on the wrong side of him.