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Clark with a vintage legbreaker there.

Won't find many strikers for that price who will outscore Mitrovic in this market.

No, Nice let him go to Dortmund for less money because that's where he wanted to go. What makes you believe that this is the case, rather than us not wanting to spend the money it would take to sign him?

It was an own goal. There’s no offside. What? Pogba pushes Mandzukic in the back, he is clearly involved in play.

Why didn't they use VAR for the offside on the first goal?

A rare occasion. Both Euro finals, basically most match where the opposition is half decent and wants to actually play football. I agree that the matches where they're trying to break down teams can be dull, but how you come to the conclusion that that's their own fault and it's them that are playing anti-football is beyond me. For me, their anti-football is defined by their lack of ambition to score. If they get a lead, they are happy to deprive the opposition of the ball for the rest of the game. It's more reprehensible than a Russian/Greece anti-football manifestation because they have the quality (in fucking abundance) not to be that way and put on a show. Only Germany and Belgium scored more goals than Spain in the qualifiers. They scored twice the amount that England and France did, for example. Only Russia, Croatia, Belgium and England scored more than Spain in the group stages.

Scored more goals in this World Cup already than shitty Spain did in 2010. Because rank teams like Russia sat back against them for the full tournament. Still won the whole thing as well. They won it through anti-football. Alonso and Busquets in the middle, Xavi and Iniesta wide. Monopolising the ball for 90 minutes, playing at walking pace, no width or directness and grinding out 1-0s. Easily the most boring successful side of my lifetime, just ahead of Greece 2004. So other teams not bothering to press them is Spain's fault? Yes. Spain have loads of amazing players with off-the-chart technical ability. They have generally used it to dominate the ball (by packing the midfield, playing without width, and without forwards), slow down the pace of play, and constrict the natural life and flow out of games. Even good sides against them have been resorted to camping and countering. It's certainly impressive and successful, but it's also absolutely as negative as a team that sets up to just defend. I put the 2010 team more negative than Greece, because at least Greece had an excuse for it with their extremely limited player pool. The Euros teams either side were marginally more entertaining, especially 2008. Constrict the natural life and flow out of games? What is a natural life and flow in a game anyway? You say that good teams have been resorted to camping and countering, as if Spain gets to pick the tactics and strategy of their opponents, instead of the truth which is that teams chose to play that way against Spain. At the end of the day they played to the strengths of their players, which were exceptionally strong in the midfield. If you find a way to play all of Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets and Xabi Alonso, then of course you're gonna do that. Playing a bunch of holding central midfielders isn't negative then? Righto. The way Spain plays creates games that are unwatchably dull. Depends on what you do with them. The mistake in your argument lies in the premise that Spain forced other teams to sit back instead of press. If a team decides to sit back against a team with a lot of possession, then surely it's the team sitting back that's being negative?

Scored more goals in this World Cup already than shitty Spain did in 2010. Because rank teams like Russia sat back against them for the full tournament. Still won the whole thing as well. They won it through anti-football. Alonso and Busquets in the middle, Xavi and Iniesta wide. Monopolising the ball for 90 minutes, playing at walking pace, no width or directness and grinding out 1-0s. Easily the most boring successful side of my lifetime, just ahead of Greece 2004. So other teams not bothering to press them is Spain's fault? Yes. Spain have loads of amazing players with off-the-chart technical ability. They have generally used it to dominate the ball (by packing the midfield, playing without width, and without forwards), slow down the pace of play, and constrict the natural life and flow out of games. Even good sides against them have been resorted to camping and countering. It's certainly impressive and successful, but it's also absolutely as negative as a team that sets up to just defend. I put the 2010 team more negative than Greece, because at least Greece had an excuse for it with their extremely limited player pool. The Euros teams either side were marginally more entertaining, especially 2008. Constrict the natural life and flow out of games? What is a natural life and flow in a game anyway? You say that good teams have been resorted to camping and countering, as if Spain gets to pick the tactics and strategy of their opponents, instead of the truth which is that teams chose to play that way against Spain. At the end of the day they played to the strengths of their players, which were exceptionally strong in the midfield. If you find a way to play all of Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets and Xabi Alonso, then of course you're gonna do that.

Scored more goals in this World Cup already than shitty Spain did in 2010. Because rank teams like Russia sat back against them for the full tournament. Still won the whole thing as well. They won it through anti-football. Alonso and Busquets in the middle, Xavi and Iniesta wide. Monopolising the ball for 90 minutes, playing at walking pace, no width or directness and grinding out 1-0s. Easily the most boring successful side of my lifetime, just ahead of Greece 2004. So other teams not bothering to press them is Spain's fault?

You wanted the cheat Sergio Ramos to go home, you'd rather have sweet old doping Russia in the World Cup. Is that ironic or not?

You think Russia deserved to go through after that showing? I hope you're in the minority I really do.

First time I've seen a full game with Mitrovic in it since he left, and whilst it's only one game he really looked as shit as he was when he was here. The missed chances weren't even the core issue, they're the icing on the cake - he's been beaten all night long in practically every aerial situation by Brazil's two centrebacks. Absolutely gash for a target man to be so easily and consistently beaten in the air (most of the time he's not even trying to jump), and when he does get a header in he heads it to noone. And then on top of that you have the icing where he misses sitters. They were playing Brazil to be fair

Mitrovic hauled off in shame

Not his man

Assume play is dead after the ref gives the foul against Mitro so what happens after is irrelevant(?). VAR can't overrule that decision So basically the on field ref fucked it by thinking Mitro was the one doing the fouling Why not?

He been sent off yet?

Feel sorry for Karius. Biggest game of his life and he completely fucks it up, absolute nightmare.

The bloke is ridiculous, like. He is so clearly on steroids it's not even funny.

Take away Zaha and this Crystal Palace team would be long gone.

Why does the game need that?

Great goal!

How many times can they possibly stay up? Must be the 30th time or something now.

Love this forum, and I love you Stifler

If Misstrovic was a proper british "hard man" he would have kicked the defenders head clean off. Serbian fraud.