Football Thread - World Cup Special IV : Othor Games

» Wed Dec 30, 2009 8:02 pm

Well that referee's well and truly screwed up my fantasy football team <_<

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 12:31 am

Eat that Beckenbauer!

Maybe they should have gone route 1?

EDIT: This group is looking fantastic now, just need the Aussies to pull one out of the bag later.

» Wed Dec 30, 2009 9:55 pm

I hope that ref goes home immediately. I don't mind Germany losing, and Serbia aren't bad, but when a ref shapes the game like that everyone loses.

Gonna have to miss the USA game, I have to get some sleep before the England game, I only had 5 hours last night and England will be 2.30 am my time.

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 12:15 am

GOAL! Go Slovenia, go!

Here's to hoping they keep it up.

» Wed Dec 30, 2009 6:28 pm

Goal! Woohoo!

» Wed Dec 30, 2009 4:34 pm

woah, is the the night of upsets?

Serbia beats Germany.....now Slovenia has an early lead on USA.....Algeria better not beat England....

» Wed Dec 30, 2009 10:11 pm

I hope that ref goes home immediately. I don't mind Germany losing, and Serbia aren't bad, but when a ref shapes the game like that everyone loses.

I don't see why everyone hates this referee so much. Finally a referee who has the balls to judge and whistle and show cards the way he's supposed to without protecting anyone, no matter how good or popular they are. If it's a crude foul, it's a yellow card. If it's a second crude foul, it's a second yellow card, and that's it. No philosophy, no looking at which player is good and which one is not, just looking at who does crap like that on the pitch. So what if he did his second crude foul in 38th minute, or whatever it was? He shouldn't have done it and he wouldn't have gotten the second yellow card, it's as simple as that. And as for the competent Germans, they had their penalty, why didn't they score? Now stop bashing the referee and watch the next match, it's looking interesting so far.

» Wed Dec 30, 2009 1:57 pm

His decisions weren't good and he breaks the flow of football. Poor refereeing. We need Collina.

» Wed Dec 30, 2009 12:13 pm

His decisions weren't good and he breaks the flow of football.

His decisions were perfect, he sends off players who think they deserve to break the flow of football simply because they play good. Just because they're Germans they should get to make any kind of foul they want without paying the price? Please. Yes, with most referees it would've worked, but I can't tell you how much I'm glad that it didn't with this one.

Look at any foul that he awarded with yellow card and tell me that the yellow card wasn't deserved. Should he have opted not to show the yellow card even though the foul deserves it just because it's early in the game and that would damage the Germans? Wait, isn't that up to Germans to take care of, that they don't make fouls for which they'll be sent off early so their team doesn't get damaged?

» Wed Dec 30, 2009 12:15 pm

Well most football fans would disagree with you. :shrug: Anyway, back to the USA match.

EDIT: Now that's a yellow card offense.

» Wed Dec 30, 2009 5:44 pm

Well most football fans would disagree with you. :shrug:

Well good for them then. :rolleyes: Some fans they are, preferring that their sport is unfair.

» Wed Dec 30, 2009 11:58 pm

Well good for them then. :rolleyes: Some fans they are, preferring that their sport is unfair.

That's not my point. My point is a card happy referee breaks the fast flow of football, and by 'most fans don't agree' I meant that a lot of us don't find those cards fair or warranted.

EDIT: Wasn't a handsball! Bad decision.

» Wed Dec 30, 2009 5:56 pm

Smacked in the face and a yellow card. Bad day for Findley it seems.

» Wed Dec 30, 2009 11:36 am

Goal!!!

» Wed Dec 30, 2009 8:37 am

EDIT: Wasn't a handsball! Bad decision.

As far as I could tell, you are right.

But 2:0 for our team, yay!

» Wed Dec 30, 2009 8:58 pm

2-0. Slovenia!

Also I can't believe I missed Germany lose. Fail.

» Wed Dec 30, 2009 6:58 pm

That's not my point. My point is a card happy referee breaks the fast flow of football, and by 'most fans don't agree' I meant that a lot of us don't find those cards fair or warranted.

In the rules of football in the parts that say when a yellow or a red card should be brandished, there is no mention of how much time has passed since the beginning of the match, nor which team will be more damaged by the action of the player who deserved the card. If he deserved it it's his fault that he deserved it and will get it, not referee's. And the players should learn to play by the rules instead of expecting from the referee to "not break the flow of football" by forgiving them crude fouls just because it's still early in the match or something silly like that.

WHOA SLOVENIA 2-0!!!

» Wed Dec 30, 2009 2:35 pm

I must say I'm very happy with this first half. We're leading 2:0 and it's because we're actually playing well.

» Wed Dec 30, 2009 11:28 am

But 2:0 for our team, yay!

Well I jinxed the Germans looks I have jinxed the USA hopes I aint jinxed England but well done Slovenia for a very good first half

» Wed Dec 30, 2009 9:37 pm

I'm still raging over that yellow card Findley got... puuure bs

» Wed Dec 30, 2009 3:19 pm

IIRC USA's coach was joking with something like "What is Slovenia? Does anyone even know where that is?" (yes, typical), and the Slovenia's coach responded with "Ask the Russians." :lol:

» Wed Dec 30, 2009 9:13 pm

2-1 great start to 2nd half good goal too

» Wed Dec 30, 2009 9:39 am

2-1 great start to 2nd half good goal too

Great goal. Poor goalkeeper, though.

» Wed Dec 30, 2009 9:14 am

Would have given red for that.

» Wed Dec 30, 2009 11:38 pm

Would have given red for that.

The ball wasn't in his possession, therefore yellow.