Rio de Janiero - 2014 Fifa World Cup Thread

[FootballLight]

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This **should** be the main article for the Fifa World Cup 2014 competition that happens in 10 days time. Lets try and keep the debate simple yet reasonable about all of the build-up, the stadiums, the countries, the players, the qualifying, the winners and most importantly, the "bought" 2022 World Cup.

Enjoy! (And... lets try and make this World Cup as good as possible considering all of the poor build-up, tragic deaths and he outrageous violence that has been happening over recent months)

[AberdeenSteve]

Ent, you sir, are an idiot....

  

[Duty281]

Great sign of there Thierry, 2-0 is better than 1-0.

God he's terrible.

Fantastic eye candy though!

[Ent]

Lol rio- you can smell pele has been here.

I like rio as a pundit but he doesn't help himself.

[Lowlandbrit]

Then from Asia you should have South Korea, Australia, Japan and North Korea. Some teams there that could compete.

Besides the fact that it seems you want some sort of invitational tournament, North Korea is your idea of a competitive team?

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Then from Asia you should have South Korea, Australia, Japan and North Korea. Some teams there that could compete.

Besides the fact that it seems you want some sort of invitational tournament, North Korea is your idea of a competitive team?

obviously impressed by there 7-0 defeat to Portugal in 2010!

[phildange]

I'm puzzled , as always, by some people's ways of seeing . Palacios made a foul, when he came down ( you can see it with the front camera ) his foot goes down on Pogba's leg . As it's not enough, and you can see it with the back camera, after his landing he gives a deliberate kick with his left foot into Pogba's leg . That's when Pogba reacted as the young lad he is, but I think Palacios expected that . Everything is dirty from Palacios in this one . A red for Pogba would have been morally unfair even though legally correct . But what did Palacios deserve ?
OK he got it after, but I'm worrying about injuries or red cards for the French team who includes many unexperimented players .

[Ent]

Ent, you sir, are an idiot....

  

No need to get personal just because you disagree with me.

Facts are ref didn't give a free kick for palacios tackle and restarted with a free kick to Honduras.

[skyeman]

Palacios kicks Pogba on the ground twice... real hard man that he is.

Pogba shouldn't react, but I can fully understand why he did.

Should Becham have been sent off? Pogbas was much worse.

Pogba's defending himself, Beckham's kick was rather cowardly.

That is silly Duty. Laws of the game. This is not Dunkirk.

[Duty281]

The system works!

[kingraf]

Jeez what the hell?

[Nachos Jones]

I have no idea why they have Henry as a pundit. He is awful, he was a brilliant player though.

He is hardly the person you want judging foul play as well given his track record...

[The Special Juan]

Goal line technology... AND THEY STILL CAN'T DECIDE WHETHER IT'S A GOAL OR NOT!!!???

[Duty281]

It is over the line, well done the technology.

Just the replays muddied the waters somewhat.

[Scrumpy]

Farce the ball never crosses the line despite what the tech says.

[Hammersmith harrier]

Should have just used Hawkeye, it's good enough for every other sport so why not football?

[The Special Juan]

What the Frak is Pearce on about? Man peaked on Robot Wars.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

The ball is over the line, what are they debating about?!?!

Retards

[JamesLincs]

where the fck is the confusion? they showed both instances where the ball is either on or over the line. maybe it was pointless showing the ball hitting the post. but they showed both incidents and it was confirmed as a goal.

honduras are annoying me, actually want france to win

[Hoggy_Bear]

The goal-line technology worked fine.
They just shouldn't have put up the result when the ball hit the post before they'd checked when it came off the keeper.

[Kurt N. Jurqa]

Jonathan Pearce go home you're drunk.

[Ent]

Should have just used Hawkeye, it's good enough for every other sport so why not football?

Not accurate enough.

Mind you this tech has something like A 3.6 mm error margin.

[Duty281]

Palacios kicks Pogba on the ground twice... real hard man that he is.

Pogba shouldn't react, but I can fully understand why he did.

Should Becham have been sent off? Pogbas was much worse.

Pogba's defending himself, Beckham's kick was rather cowardly.

That is silly Duty. Laws of the game. This is not Dunkirk.

Both reds; if I'm allowed to use common sense, Pogba gets a yellow and told to calm down.

[NickisBHAFC]

Jonathan Pearce what an idiot. How can a grown man be that thick.

The ball went over the line, the system said it was a goal? What's the problem???

[kingraf]

Anyone want a running bet over how many squad members Honduras will have left by the third match?

10/11 > 20
15/10 <20

[The Special Juan]

Has to be 10/11.

[Hammersmith harrier]

Should have just used Hawkeye, it's good enough for every other sport so why not football?

Not accurate enough.

Mind you this tech has something like A 3.6 mm error margin.

Exactly the same as Hawkeye which is more tried and tested in other sports.

[The Special Juan]

Odds, not squad members obviously.

[sportform]

Goal line technology...  AND THEY STILL CAN'T DECIDE WHETHER IT'S A GOAL OR NOT!!!???

Yes they can. The referee gave a goal instantly. Those replays/ images have nothing to do with the actual technology. When the ball goes over the line the referee gets a signal. The images are just for show afterwards.

The trouble is people not understanding how it works.

[Duty281]

No Jonathan, the second goal is not controversial at all.

[Duty281]

Now you can't see the side-netting, Jonathan! #retire

[Hammersmith harrier]

Is there something wrong with the nets or something, that's twice now it's looked like a goal when it wasn't?

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Somebody give Pearce a stiff drink, the poor mans lost it

[NickisBHAFC]

What is wrong with Jonathan Pearce.  He must of had a beer or 2 in Brazil today! 

[sportform]

No Jonathan, the second goal is not controversial at all.

He's just given them a third goal.

[Ent]

Should have just used Hawkeye, it's good enough for every other sport so why not football?

Not accurate enough.

Mind you this tech has something like A 3.6 mm error margin.

Exactly the same as Hawkeye which is more tried and tested in other sports.

Issue was with how many camera views it needs to have to make a decision.

Wouldn't have been any use for scrambles with players in the way.

[Duty281]

Somebody give Pearce a stiff drink, the poor mans lost it

I'm ashamed to have the same surname as him! Total shambles.

[The Special Juan]

Goal line technology...  AND THEY STILL CAN'T DECIDE WHETHER IT'S A GOAL OR NOT!!!???

Yes they can. The referee gave a goal instantly. Those replays/ images have nothing to do with the actual technology. When the ball goes over the line the referee gets a signal. The images are just for show afterwards.

The trouble is people not understanding how it works.

Sorry, I meant the coms lot. I love the vibrating watch idea - very original. Just hope it doesn't run out of battery (or you don't take someone else's)!!

[skyeman]

Palacios kicks Pogba on the ground twice... real hard man that he is.

Pogba shouldn't react, but I can fully understand why he did.

Should Becham have been sent off? Pogbas was much worse.

Pogba's defending himself, Beckham's kick was rather cowardly.

That is silly Duty. Laws of the game. This is not Dunkirk.

Both reds; if I'm allowed to use common sense, Pogba gets a yellow and told to calm down.

Both should have been, but you were saying Beckhams was worse than Pogbas.  

[The Special Juan]

What's really shocking is Benzema doing something on the big stage for once.

[skyeman]

Has to be 10/11.

Jahu does not want us talking of betting. He says kids are watching.  

[kingraf]

Has to be 10/11.

Jahu does not want us talking of betting. He says kids are watching.  

Right, completely forgot about that. DON'T GAMBLE KIDS... BECAUSE GAMBLING IS BAD... M'KAY?

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

I've had to mute it, the poor bloke has lost it, surely his producer can have a word

[skyeman]

Has to be 10/11.

Jahu does not want us talking of betting. He says kids are watching.  

Right,  completely forgot about that. DON'T GAMBLE KIDS... BECAUSE GAMBLING IS BAD... M'KAY?

PMSL.

[kingraf]

Benzema will need to fill his boots in this group. Could win the golden boot.

[NickisBHAFC]

I did say Benzema would be leading scorer

[kingraf]

John's about to have an aneurysm...

You can call me the Oracle

[Scrumpy]

What do the 3 stars under the French bag stand for?

I thought they only had 2 euro wins?

[Hammersmith harrier]

What do the 3 stars under the French bag stand for?

I thought they only had 2 euro wins?

They did also win the World cup remember.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Twitter has been fantastic tonight

[skyeman]

My god, is this the WC for stupid haircuts.

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