Rio de Janiero - 2014 Fifa World Cup Thread

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

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Diego Costa for £32 million isn't looking to hot either...Chelsea could be looking at the 3 most expensive striker flops in history in Shevchenko, Torres and now Costa.

He lacks pace and mobility which for me are essential in the premiership.

Tbf this isn't the same Costa that's been playing for Atletico, a long hard season and a few injuries catching up with him here I think

[Guest]

Don't tell me Suarez is biting again?

[NickisBHAFC]

Happy Italy are going home. There performance against Costa Rica was laughable.

[Hammersmith harrier]

Ivanovic and Chillieni have one thing in common, I wouldn't go out of my way to rile them, the dirty sewer rat needs putting down, oh well the pool fans will defend him.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

What's the Italian media done to Suarez then...

[Guest]

He's off to Madrid anyway most probably.

[Kurt N. Jurqa]

Hope Chiellini catches up with him in the tunnel afterwards.

[Hammersmith harrier]

Good riddance, it's truly embarrassing having him associated with our league in any way, about time he was banned for life.

[compelling and rich]

can fifa give him a world wide ban that would affect club sides as well? i'd laugh my jubblies off if they did, only what he deserves as well

[Ent]

Yeah if he has bitten 3 players he should get a lifetime ban.

[Guest]

Suarez should be put down

Extremely talented but an absolute headsgone. Three times now hes bitten somebody, just no defending him

[Guest]

Liverpool will be in trouble next season without him, banned or sold.

[owen10ozzy]

Haven't seen the bite; watch highlights later!

I said to give Roy another 2 years earlier; his uninspired subs have made me think otherwise. Unless Frank, Johnson and Gerrard take the decision out of his hands I expect them to continue making squads.

Take out our best link in the middle of the park to bring on Gerrard no legs...setting up a midfield combo that everyone and their dog knows never works in the middle of the park. Bring off Lallana...the top midfield scorer and assist English player in the Premier League when Milner is knackered and offering nothing on the other side!! Then bring on Rooney for a 20 odd minute cameo and don't even give Lambert a chance...a man who has been brilliant for the past 3 years for Southampton and scored more goals in open play than Rooney last year!!

Played a 4-3-3 today with two wingers who aren't actually wingers...that makes sense Roy!!!   

Things look even worse when you take into account Costa Rica beat the two teams we couldn't and we were the only ones who failed to pick up anything against Italy!!

I have given up any hope that Roy will be able to fully push aside his negative side to be able to get the best out of England....something he simply has to do if he want's to make the most of what we have!

[The Special Juan]

Chiellini should leather him.

[Duty281]

I always wonder why people on here, some people anyway, defend Suarez.

He's a disgusting, vile individual.

He shouldnt be allowed to play football as he is clearly mentally ill; no sane person would ever bite anyone, let alone three times.

[GSC]

Sorry, 3rd times the charm. Ban the nutter until Jan

[NickisBHAFC]

If any player Eduardos or Ramseys Suarez next season. Can they be knighted?

[cherriesfna]

Wilshere who IMO was on of our better players is taken of so we can have the two slowest players in the squad next to each other and have no pace in our midfield ,
Lallana is more creative , still had energy and was much a bigger threat than Milner gets taken off while Milner was literally dying out there. And the the playe who over the last 4 years had earnt his way from league 2 to the England setup , gets 5 mins total while danny welbeck manages to start two games,
However bringing through youth has just about saved woy his ion

[hampo17]

Can't believe he's been stupid enough to do that. His general behaviour has been very good this season, and by that I mean he hasn't done anything that every other player doesn't do, so for him to do this is just stupid.

If Barca or Real want him and cough up the cash I'd bite their hands off.

[Duty281]

Oh and I'm disappointed that Godin, a player who should have been suspended, scored the goal that put Italy out.

[GSC]

So would Luis.

Must be hard for Liverpool fans to keep defending him. Crimey will manage it though

[Fernando]

Can't believe he's been stupid enough to do that. His general behaviour has been very good this season, and by that I mean he hasn't done anything that every other player doesn't do, so for him to do this is just stupid.

If Barca or Real want him and cough up the cash I'd bite their hands off.

  

[Kurt N. Jurqa]

Can't believe he's been stupid enough to do that. His general behaviour has been very good this season, and by that I mean he hasn't done anything that every other player doesn't do, so for him to do this is just stupid.

If Barca or Real want him and cough up the cash I'd bite their hands off.

Can tell you're a Liverpool fan

[catchweight]

England out, Uruguay in and Suarez rubbing everyones nose it. Next up a selfie of Suarez and Maradonna celebrating together while taking a p1ss on the english flag.

[Nakatomi Plaza]

Luis Suarez heat map from this afternoon's match

Spoiler:

[Fernando]

[The Special Juan]

Wonder if Brendan will have a word with him, or is it because it was for Uruguay that he'll get away with it?

[Duty281]

I've heard Suarez lost a tooth as well in his disgusting assault.

[Hammersmith harrier]

So he's now bitten three different players, racially abused another, is a serial cheat who goes down like he's been shot without any contact and saves a certain goal with his hand yet he'll still get paid 250k a week.

[Champagne_Socialist]

I always wonder why people on here, some people anyway, defend Suarez.

He's a disgusting, vile individual.

He shouldnt be allowed to play football as he is clearly mentally ill; no sane person would ever bite anyone, let alone three times.

yet you continue to defend John Terry....

[Hammersmith harrier]

Throw Uruguay out the world cup as well.

[owen10ozzy]

Wilshere who IMO was on of our better players is taken of so we can have the two slowest players in the squad next to each other and have no pace in our midfield ,
Lallana is more creative , still had energy and was much a bigger threat than Milner gets taken off while Milner was literally dying out there. And the the playe who over the last 4 years had earnt his way from league 2 to the England setup , gets 5 mins total while danny welbeck manages to start two games,
However bringing through youth has just about saved woy his ion

  

I don't even think you can use the 'he was giving them their last chance in spotlight' to defend it because all signs point to him wanting them involved in a playing sense moving forward!

Like I said earlier on in the thread; I would give him the two years because frankly no one else out there and secondly he has been in the setup two years and players know him etc. However he must....absolutely must select a squad clear of any corpses of 2006,08,10 excluding Joe Hart....based on this I don't think he will.

Is he tactically able to bring out the strengths of the likes of Sterling...Lallana...etc?! I'm not so sure. The Southampton lot had more than any other player earnt there places in this side yet one featured for 5 mins and the other didn't get a full 90 mins and didn't even start until a non entity of a game despite him being the most creative English player in the game! Absolutely crazy!

The subs were uninspiring to say the least!

Next thing you know he will be lining up with two holding midfielders and no central midfielders despite having Wilshere, Barkley, Oxlade at his disposal! Oh no wait...he will play them...but just one as a DM with Henderson and the other two as wingers despite having Townsend, Walcott, Sterling etc available!   

[Duty281]

So he's now bitten three different players, racially abused another, is a serial cheat who goes down like he's been shot without any contact and saves a certain goal with his hand yet he'll still get paid 250k a week.

And cheated to beat a Conference team!

I wonder if Liverpool will lower their standing on their once proud club still further by keeping him as a player or, worse still, defending him.

[Ent]

Being good for the 9th best team in the league doesn't earn you a starting spot at the World Cup IMO.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Seriously the bloke clearly has some issue, he needs to be banned for a long time.

Its just disgusting behaviour

[Hammersmith harrier]

Well Barkley and Oxlade aren't central midfielders that might be why Owen, Carrick and Cole should have gone; Baines, Gerrard and Henderson were all well and truly found as not being good for this level.

[lorus59]

So he's now bitten three different players, racially abused another, is a serial cheat who goes down like he's been shot without any contact and saves a certain goal with his hand yet he'll still get paid 250k a week.

The modern day footballer.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Gotta be honest Lallana didn't really impress me greatly any of the times in the warm ups and today, he's good on the ball and all but doesn't effect the game all that often

That said I barely watched the second half, I was watching Italy/Uruguay instead. Nothing to be taken from what was essentially a glorified friendly

[GSC]

Uruguay are printing the free Suarez t shirts already

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Also what I saw of Sturridge today, shocking. Missing easy chances, flopping all over the place, very disappointing

[catchweight]

Suarez sure can wind people up. He will be off to Spain now on ridiculous money laughing at the English all the way.

Wouldnt put it past him to Liverpool out of the Champions League next year either. Hes the perfect villain.

[The Special Juan]

Best World Cup ever!!

[The Special Juan]

Gaston Ramirez doesn't cover himself in glory, trying to flick Chiellini's shirt back. Ban him too.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Seriously he needs to go to some sort of mental institute or something, he's not right in the head

Three times he's just bitten someone, I can't get my head round it

[cherriesfna]

Also like to say the right side on Milner and Phil jones has to surly be the most uninspiring piece of management ever

[Kurt N. Jurqa]

If Suarez gets a 2 year ban he'll be just back in time for the birth of Raheem Sterling's 25th child.

[Champagne_Socialist]

2nd World Cup in a row that Italy have been knocked out at the group stages.

they really are so inconsistent, win the WC in 06, QF Euro 2008. lose in group stage of the WC 2010 then Finalists in Euro 2012 and then knocked out in the WC 2014.

[Lowlandbrit]

Being good for the 9th best team in the league doesn't earn you a starting spot at the World Cup IMO.

Gary Medel wasn't even good for the 20th best team in the league...

[The Special Juan]

Imagine if he'd bitten Roy Keane...

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

First caller into 5 live was a Liverpool fan and said...

"I'm glad he did it. Means nobody will buy him and take him away from us."

I just huh, what, eh, huh *bangs head against desk*

[Fernando]

Are you going to pay 70m+ for a player that gets banned for 12-15 games a season? No

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