Rich Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 Glad Spain won in the end. Could not have stood to watch van Bommel winning. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 Yep, Van Bommel is scum. I think his hardman act would actually look a lot funnier when cast opposite Vinny Jones as opposed to 5'7" Spaniards who live with their parents. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpal78 Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 Overall pretty average but a few games really stand out and upgraded the world cup standard to decent. Don't think we'll ever get a game with so many mixed emotions and drama as the Uruguay vs Ghana match. Other outstanding games were the Uruguay vs Germany, Uruguay vs Holland, Holland vs Brazil, Germany vs Argentina and of course Germany vs England (though I zone out for the last 10 minutes of that one). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tachikoma Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 I've only seen 3 world cups so far, so this one goes down as good. Didn't like the 06 world cup at all, for some reason. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 I've only seen 3 world cups so far, so this one goes down as good. Didn't like the 06 world cup at all, for some reason. I'm Baffled. Dowie is baffled. That was the best I've seen from '94 onwards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 I've only seen 3 world cups so far, so this one goes down as good. Didn't like the 06 world cup at all, for some reason. I'm Baffled. Dowie is baffled. That was the best I've seen from '94 onwards. '94 was totally mint, then it's '02 for me...'98, '06 and this pile of shite were forgettable Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 '06 was great man! Argentina alone make it better than this one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gggg Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 Apart from one performance by Zidane v Brazil and one semi, 06 was utterly forgettable...because I've forgotten it all already Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gggg Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 '06 was great man! Argentina alone make it better than this one. because of one game v a shite Serbia? Germany have been far more entertaining than anyone last time and the two finalists were better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 '06 was great man! Argentina alone make it better than this one. because of one game v a s**** Serbia? Germany have been far more entertaining than anyone last time and the two finalists were better. No, because of all of their performances, including the one they lost against Germany. Czech Rep were a decent watch too. The goals that were scored were excellent too. This World Cup Van Bronckhorts was probably the best. It wouldn't have made the top 5 from the '06 WC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 Apart from one performance by Zidane v Brazil and one semi, 06 was utterly forgettable...because I've forgotten it all already same, i actually forgot who won it the other day when i was trying to think back Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 Poor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 This was one of the worst WCs I can remember. There were precious few outstanding players, hence Forlan being chosen as the best player at the tournament. As an entertainer, he wasn't in the same league as some from the past, like Garrincha(Brazil, 1958), Pele(Brazil, 1962 and 70), Cruyff(Holland, 74), Eusebio(Portugal 1966), and more recently, our own Gazza(1990) and Zidane,(France 2006). I think the tournament has become sterile and over-politicised, probably as a result of Blatter's policies. He is also to blame for the blatantly-stupid policy of avoiding technology, something at which football now lags other major sports in adopting. I believe this to be a means of enabling referees to have a hand in dictating the way games go, thus casting doubt on the honesty of the whole sport. There is no excuse to continue this antediluvian policy because it takes only split seconds from an official in the stand watching the TV replay(or a bleeper in the goal frame/ball)to confirm or change a ref's faulty decision. All refs now have head-sets, and most stadiums replay screens.... Those who fight against this are totally wrong - football has ALWAYS had to change its rules when players or managers have adopted policies that enable them to use the rules to their own advantage, but spoil it for the spectators. Our own Bill McCracken & Frank Hudspeth were responsible for the change to the offside rule in the early years of last century, because they had it off to a fine art - Newcastle were renowned for the ploy, and so successful at it that it was changed from 2 defenders(excl GK) to one - the rulers of the game at that time felt that it ruined the sport for the fans by limiting the number of goals. Likewise, the back-pass to goalkeepers was banned more recently to try to prevent time-wasting ... Blatter is a dinosaur(and a suspect one at that ..!), and should be removed as head of FIFA. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Swift Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 2002 was class, man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 Poor, but it filled some of the summer. Also, there are very few year-round football fans in my office so it was nice to have some football chat, even if most of it was bollocks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Brummiemag Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 A shockingly poor World Cup in my opinion, the worst I can ever remember. 64 games and not one classic. Maybe 3 or 4 decent games in total. Football is becoming duller, more negative and devoid of exciting, attacking play. It just wasnt entertaining for me. In addition to the cautious, midfield based yawnfest we have all the playacting and cheating as well. I think football as a spectator sport is going to have a major problem in the future and the Premier League isnt much better either. I honestly think that the time has come for FIFA to consider and experiment with changes to make football more exciting, whether that involves rule changes and/or incentives for scoring goals I don't know, but they need to do something. Cannot beat a great game of football but you hardly ever see one anymore. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 Definitely a World Cup for the purist and not the part time fan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 The third place game was the only end-to-end "you hit I hit back" goalfest. And that's because teams threw caution to the wind. As a football fan I was actually entertained by the tactical battles that were presented, but I admit as purely an spectator it wasn't that great. But there a few good games still, and 2006 was a bore. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 The acting and cheating is reaching critical levels now, it's totally spoiling my enjoyment of football. The rule should be that you have to stay on your feet unless you physically can't... not that you can go down every time a hand brushes your shirt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 Problem is that as long players think that unless they go down like a sack of s*** they will be getting squat from the ref, they will keep doing it. If we do video refereeing at least for game-changing incidents and card divers that try to get penalties, etc... it will do a lot I think. I like that this WC has brought up the debate about officiating the game. Hopefully it won't fall on deaf ears (FIFA's). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 The danger is that it's already become accepted. Commentators and pundits hardly mention it... unless it's to say a player should have gone down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuv Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 The acting and cheating is reaching critical levels now, it's totally spoiling my enjoyment of football. The rule should be that you have to stay on your feet unless you physically can't... not that you can go down every time a hand brushes your shirt. For me its when players get lightly clipped round the ankles. You just wouldn't fall over. Fair enough if you stumble then fall. But the slightest touch, the player cries in agony and their up straight away for the free kick. This happened several times last night and it drove me mad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 I'm trying to ignore/accept it, but it's spoiling more and more games for me now. More so on TV where it gets replayed in slow motion... live games are still OK. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen927 Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 From an England perspective, shite. Neutral, aye, it's been canny. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TheGreatNUFCSwindle Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 Best World Cups ive seen so far ..in order ... 1. 1970 2. 1982 3. 1978 4. 1990 5. 1974 6. 1986 All the rest have been s*** imo ...hardly worth watching ..including this latest one . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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