BONTEMPI Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Phil Neville's commentary was awful. Couldn't sound less enthused. Ridiculously 1 toned. Match kicks off at 11pm and they have Mr Enthusiasm to keep every one awake. Genius! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 I thought Henry, Shearer and Ferdinand all made really good, more insightful than usual points. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 I couldn't really understand the criticism of Rooney for missing a couple of chances tbh. They were hardly straightforward and it would take a player of his calibre to have scored them regardless. The lack of insight in English football is depressing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 I thought Henry, Shearer and Ferdinand all made really good, more insightful than usual points. Ferdinand's been better than i thought he would. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 I couldn't really understand the criticism of Rooney for missing a couple of chances tbh. They were hardly straightforward and it would take a player of his calibre to have scored them regardless. The lack of insight in English football is depressing. The worst one was the very definition of straightforward. The keeper even dived out the way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ste Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 I couldn't really understand the criticism of Rooney for missing a couple of chances tbh. They were hardly straightforward and it would take a player of his calibre to have scored them regardless. The lack of insight in English football is depressing. The worst one was the very definition of straightforward. The keeper even dived out the way. It's a terrible miss even taking into account the difficulty of getting into that position. It's no use to anyone if there's no end product after he's taken a defender out of the game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 I couldn't really understand the criticism of Rooney for missing a couple of chances tbh. They were hardly straightforward and it would take a player of his calibre to have scored them regardless. The lack of insight in English football is depressing. The worst one was the very definition of straightforward. The keeper even dived out the way. TRon comes from the Stan Collymore school of forum posting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 In short, we were vastly improved from that toothless 2012 performance, but still not good enough. Encouraging signs for the future, though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ste Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 One positive we had from Neville's commentary is that, coupled with the state of the pitch, we got to see what it was like to listen to his commentary AND watch paint dry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Some good games tonight, looking forward to the France and Argentina games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Italy looked remarkably nonathletic and slow in both midfield and defense. It seemed as though Cheliini, De Rossi, and Prilo were being walked past most of the match. Any side with a decent amount of pace and explosiveness will trouble them a bit based on that effort. Manaus may have played a factor, but the match was in the evening, so conditions were far from extreme. England wasted a chance to win with some fairly silly defending and missed chances (very African performance). Cote D'Ivoire should definitely get out of their group now, tbh and looked quite impressive in the first half. For the two African sides debuting on Monday, a win is also crucial. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 If our friendly with Honduras is any indication then France will probably be kicked all over the pitch, really looking forward to Argentina and Bosnia though. Argentina speaks for itself and will be interesting to see how their array of attacking talent matches up against a good Bosnia side with some very good players like Pjanic and Dzeko. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Bailey Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 In short, we were vastly improved from that toothless 2012 performance, but still not good enough. Encouraging signs for the future, though. Wonder if Woy will lead us into the next couple of tournamnets?...alternatives? Personally would like to see what Hoddle could do with this lot going forward....never gonna happen like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Italy looked remarkably nonathletic and slow in both midfield and defense. It seemed as though Cheliini, De Rossi, and Prilo were being walked past most of them match.Any side with a decent amount of pace and explosiveness will trouble them a bit based on that effort. Manaus may have played a factor, but the match was in the evening, so conditions were far from extreme. England wasted a chance to win with some fairly silly defending and missed chances (very African performance). Cote D'Ivoire should definitely get out of their group now, tbh and looked quite impressive in the first half. For the two African sides debuting on Monday, a win is also crucial. If they can get the ball off them for extended periods of time that is, they might be slow but its not gonna mean much when Pirlo, De Rossi and Verratti hardly give the ball away between them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collage Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Italy looked remarkably nonathletic and slow in both midfield and defense. It seemed as though Cheliini, De Rossi, and Prilo were being walked past most of them match.Any side with a decent amount of pace and explosiveness will trouble them a bit based on that effort. Manaus may have played a factor, but the match was in the evening, so conditions were far from extreme. England wasted a chance to win with some fairly silly defending and missed chances (very African performance). Cote D'Ivoire should definitely get out of their group now, tbh and looked quite impressive in the first half. For the two African sides debuting on Monday, a win is also crucial. If they can get the ball off them for extended periods of time that is, they might be slow but its not gonna mean much when Pirlo, De Rossi and Verratti hardly give the ball away between them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 How fucking good is this World Cup Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Nicked of Twitter but that's a lovely picture of Pirlo after the final whistle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 This world cup has been awesome so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Who was that who was stretchered off? Didn't have a clue what was going on at the time like I assumed someone had had a heart attack in the crowd or something. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaus Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 England Physio wasnt it? broke his ankle when we scored Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Fucking hell Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 I couldn't stop laughing at that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-more Mag Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Rio apparently tweeted that he should man up and run it off. Classy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Dutch bloke eyes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley17 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Who was that who was stretchered off? Didn't have a clue what was going on at the time like I assumed someone had had a heart attack in the crowd or something. We were in the pitcher & piano for some god awful reason and there was no commentary, was worried it was Roy as we hadn't seen him celebrate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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