I was thinking that until the game last night. The French defenders were literally wrapping their arms round Nicholas Jackson at every set piece and not a thing done...
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Finishing 3rd in a group of 4 but still going through seems unnecessary to me. 8 of the 3rd place teams go through don’t they? For me that’s too many.
8 games to win the tournament is too many. Playing over 100 group games just to go from 48 to 32 seems silly too.
I’m sure I’ll get into it once the last 16 comes.
I’ve no interest in seeing Curacao, Cape Verde, Jordan, Azerbaijan play. Just feels like qualifying.
Also seemed to elbow someone in the second half, which isn't getting the coverage
I basically don't.
Eventually you get some decent "for the neutrals"
heavyweight games, but they tend to be
few in numbers.
I am pondering watching the England game
purely to see a Modric last hurrah +
the possibility of seeing Vuskovic against
what would be PL top third opposition.
I get that they don't want to be the official to send him off. There must be enormous pressure on them to keep him on the field, even if they don't recognise it consciously. However, they do have a duty of care to the other players and if the challenge is dangerous then they have to intervene. Suspect Messi would have to do something far more obvious - like actually break someone's leg - for action to be taken.
Portugal is a lovely country and the people are great, but when it comes to football they really piss me off.... 
They are like the worst aspects of Leeds, Liverpool and City all rolled into one!
They are like the worst aspects of Leeds, Liverpool and City all rolled into one!
So much talent and so negativePortugal is a lovely country and the people are great, but when it comes to football they really piss me off....
They are like the worst aspects of Leeds, Liverpool and City all rolled into one!
Ronaldo completely anonymous.
And how Roberto Martinez continues to land some of the biggest jobs in football is a mystery.
And how Roberto Martinez continues to land some of the biggest jobs in football is a mystery.
There’s no doubting Ronaldo is one of the GOATs but it feels like Portugal are desperately trying to keep him relevant and focusing too hard on trying to get Ronaldo to score/ win the game than actually Portugal itself.
I think in their next game, Martinez needs to make the difficult call to start Ronaldo on the bench and have him come on at around 60. He’s done phenomenal to last as long as he has but I think elite football is now beyond him as a starting player.
I think in their next game, Martinez needs to make the difficult call to start Ronaldo on the bench and have him come on at around 60. He’s done phenomenal to last as long as he has but I think elite football is now beyond him as a starting player.
There might be plenty of 2 year olds watching DR Congo with Mukau in the team
That's the technical descriptionThey're just a bunch of ****s.
Much like Switzerland, they assumed they just needed to turn up and they'd get three points...and didn'tPortugal is a lovely country and the people are great, but when it comes to football they really piss me off....
They are like the worst aspects of Leeds, Liverpool and City all rolled into one!
That being said, Portugal were uniquely obnoxious: the first three minutes had them playing keepaway and not deigning to pass the ball forward, after scoring any time DR Congo started to build momentum by getting a few passes strung together the cynical challenges flew in to snuff that out ASAP, and they were dicking around with the ball to rub their noses in their being 1-0 up for most of the first half
It would be terrible if they wound up crashing out in the opening round, really it would...
The second half of the france cameroon game was excellent...well worth looking it up on the net