Beren Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 How/why is Marc Wilmots the manager of Belgium? Has this ever been addressed? He was a reasonable forward for them during darker days, sure, and that's great but how has he landed this job with this generation? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.S.R. Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Belgians starting as tentatively as they played the first half. I see the team talk went well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Russia to top this group is looking a more promising bet by the minute. Russia - USA if the yanks finish second, right? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucaAltieri Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 People underestimating Algeria a bit. They've got heart. Be surprised if this is easy for Belgium. They only barely qualified (on away goals, I think) with a dodgy win over Burkina Faso. Hey, it's accurate. Algeria will still do nowt. Gifted a penalty, nothing more. Gifted? Needless foul. What? Are you watching a different game? I must be. In the Belgium v Algeria match I am watching Vertonghen pulled back from behind a forward in the penalty area, who would otherwise have got a one on one chance with the goalkeeper. What game are you watching? In the game I'm watching the cross into the box was garbage and the ball was bouncing over the forward's head. Cool. Which game is this? I might watch a stream on my laptop. The ref obviously agrees with me, hence only a yellow card. The striker was never getting on the end of it. Debatable but I'm of the same belief as you. Stupid foul by Vertonghen nonetheless. Even if he gets to the ball the chance he'll score is even smaller. I don't understand how it is gifted though? I think we can all agree a penalty was the correct decision. Vertonghen was caught out by the Algerian's movement and felt he had to hit the hand break. Whether the forward would have actually got to the ball or scored is irrelevant. If that was a "gifted" goal every penalty is, or indeed every goal, because without people making mistakes there wouldn't be (m)any goals. Fair enough. I describe it as "gifted" because if he'd paid attention to the flight of the ball and just let it run instead of making the foul there would have been no goal. Fouling cost his team the goal. He actively caused his team to go behind. If he'd done nothing they'd still be level. To me, that's gifting Algeria a pen/goal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 People underestimating Algeria a bit. They've got heart. Be surprised if this is easy for Belgium. They only barely qualified (on away goals, I think) with a dodgy win over Burkina Faso. Hey, it's accurate. Algeria will still do nowt. Gifted a penalty, nothing more. Gifted? Needless foul. What? Are you watching a different game? I must be. In the Belgium v Algeria match I am watching Vertonghen pulled back from behind a forward in the penalty area, who would otherwise have got a one on one chance with the goalkeeper. What game are you watching? In the game I'm watching the cross into the box was garbage and the ball was bouncing over the forward's head. Cool. Which game is this? I might watch a stream on my laptop. The ref obviously agrees with me, hence only a yellow card. The striker was never getting on the end of it. Debatable but I'm of the same belief as you. Stupid foul by Vertonghen nonetheless. Even if he gets to the ball the chance he'll score is even smaller. I don't understand how it is gifted though? I think we can all agree a penalty was the correct decision. Vertonghen was caught out by the Algerian's movement and felt he had to hit the hand break. Whether the forward would have actually got to the ball or scored is irrelevant. If that was a "gifted" goal every penalty is, or indeed every goal, because without people making mistakes there wouldn't be (m)any goals. Fair enough. I describe it as "gifted" because if he'd paid attention to the flight of the ball and just let it run instead of making the foul there would have been no goal. Fouling cost his team the goal. He actively caused his team to go behind. If he'd done nothing they'd still be level. To me, that's gifting Algeria a pen/goal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Mertens leaves the defender to dry(s) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Dembele is far too casual. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Strangely Townsend is a lot less annoying after having to listen to Savage, Neville and Lawrenson. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.S.R. Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Lukaku hauled off Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 New kid seems like hot shit. Don't know why. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 People underestimating Algeria a bit. They've got heart. Be surprised if this is easy for Belgium. They only barely qualified (on away goals, I think) with a dodgy win over Burkina Faso. Hey, it's accurate. Algeria will still do nowt. Gifted a penalty, nothing more. Gifted? Needless foul. What? Are you watching a different game? I must be. In the Belgium v Algeria match I am watching Vertonghen pulled back from behind a forward in the penalty area, who would otherwise have got a one on one chance with the goalkeeper. What game are you watching? In the game I'm watching the cross into the box was garbage and the ball was bouncing over the forward's head. Cool. Which game is this? I might watch a stream on my laptop. The ref obviously agrees with me, hence only a yellow card. The striker was never getting on the end of it. Debatable but I'm of the same belief as you. Stupid foul by Vertonghen nonetheless. Even if he gets to the ball the chance he'll score is even smaller. I don't understand how it is gifted though? I think we can all agree a penalty was the correct decision. Vertonghen was caught out by the Algerian's movement and felt he had to hit the hand break. Whether the forward would have actually got to the ball or scored is irrelevant. If that was a "gifted" goal every penalty is, or indeed every goal, because without people making mistakes there wouldn't be (m)any goals. Fair enough. I describe it as "gifted" because if he'd paid attention to the flight of the ball and just let it run instead of making the foul there would have been no goal. Fouling cost his team the goal. He actively caused his team to go behind. If he'd done nothing they'd still be level. To me, that's gifting Algeria a pen/goal. I still don't think it's 100% certain the forward wouldn't have got to that cross though. Can't be proven either way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameritoon Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Mirallas would be a decent option right now, need some pace and to be more direct Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 That World Cup animation ffs. Looks like a guy getting strangled. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Hoof! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Belgium are playing horribly so once paced and narrow Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicago_shearer Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 What on earth does Fellaini offer in this situation? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Any change in match style since HT or more of the same? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Got to do better there man. Fucking loft it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucaAltieri Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 What on earth does Fellaini offer in this situation? Hair. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 What on earth does Fellaini offer in this situation? Aerial fret. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Put £50 on a Belgium/Brazil/Russia treble Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Can't say I'm a fan of the Brazilians chanting for Brazil during a game in which they're not playing like. Same happened with the Russian Ukranians in the Euros n all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 SUPERSUB - great header. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Some header. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 What on earth does Fellaini offer in this situation? That Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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