Jump to content

Recommended Posts

Caught about half an hour of that Denmark/Ireland game last night and it was bloody awful.  Long throws, 60 yard free kicks to the back post at every opportunity etc.  It was like a classic Allardyce v Pulis Premier League game with less quality.  If that's how they play all the time then i won't be in a hurry to watch either of them next summer.

 

Yeah it was absoluely rank. Ireland had no interest in attacking and Denmark were too shit to create many meaningful chances.

Link to post
Share on other sites

International football is getting more dull year-on-year.

 

Also feels more even.. or tight than ever before. A lot of teams decent at keeping it tight. Not playing regularly means better sides often rely on "a bit of magic" to score goals. When teams evenly matched - dire.

 

I think that the last decent international tournament was probably the 2002 World Cup, since then and especially in the knockout stages I just remember tournament football being such a let down.

Link to post
Share on other sites

Enjoyment is largely down to how well your team does. 2002 was also one of the last times England turned up without being preditable.

 

Ghana a penalty kick away from a WC semi final? Smashed the US. Fucking loved WC2010. England got smashed in what must've been a very exciting match for a neutral.

 

The Germany vs Brazil game is such a landmark game imo. 2014 was cool. Some exciting games.

 

Group stages and finals tend to suck but second round, quarters and semi's often full of drama.

Link to post
Share on other sites

For me it wasn't anything to do with how England performed as our football was completely turgid.

 

You had the drama of the games involving South Korea, France and Argentina going out in the group stages, Turkey making the semi finals as well as the emergence of Senegal.

 

I also don't know how anybody couldn't have been overjoyed for Ronaldo after the nightmare four years that he'd suffered. That was one of the greatest moments of watching football for me.

Link to post
Share on other sites

Guest
This topic is now closed to further replies.
×
×
  • Create New...