The shitness of modern football

[Redder Lurtz]

Goal music. At the World Cup.

 

ffs.

[VladimirIlyich]

Missing out on qualifying in World Cup based on yellow cards. What utter bollocks! Your destiny is in the hands of a stroppy ref,or not. One of the biggest piles of shite I've heard in a long while. Like having your destiny in the hands of a US jury.

[dockers_strike]

Missing out on qualifying in World Cup based on yellow cards. What utter bollocks! Your destiny is in the hands of a stroppy ref,or not. One of the biggest piles of shite I've heard in a long while. Like having your destiny in the hands of a US jury.

 

Just means the snidey twats in the game like Ramos may not prosper for a change doesnt it.

[Trumo]

Just means the snidey twats in the game like Ramos may not prosper for a change doesnt it.

 

How? His team are almost never likely to be in a position where progress from the group comes down to the number of cards.

[Bob]

What did it used to be? Was it straight to drawing lots/coin toss?

 

This can’t be the first time there’s been a decider required.

[House of Dirk]

What did it used to be? Was it straight to drawing lots/coin toss?

 

This can’t be the first time there’s been a decider required.

 

Lots were drawn in 1990 to determine Ireland and Hollands place in the first round group as all games were draws except Ingerlund beating Egypt.

 

It meant Holland playing Germany and Ireland playing Romania as a result. This was in the days of a 24 team tournament where only a few of the third place teams with the best records went through, so there would have been a danger of someone going out of the tournament in another year if more teams had 4 points, rather than the 3 these had.

[dockers_strike]

How? His team are almost never likely to be in a position where progress from the group comes down to the number of cards.

 

Come on and stop taking every flipping example as an absolute. There is a MAY in that sentence. Any team can have a poor world cup. Look what happened to the last 4 or 5 winners.

[Captain Turdseye]

[dockers_strike]

[Dr Nowt]

Most sensible thing you’ve said in ages.

[SammyAftershave]

Is that a vegetarian chicken wing?

[Strontium]

Missing out on qualifying in World Cup based on yellow cards. What utter bollocks! Your destiny is in the hands of a stroppy ref, or not.

No, your destiny is in your own hands, it just requires winning more than one of your three group games.

[easytoslip]

What's wrong with toss of the coin? 68 Anfield v Athletico Bilbao? Might be wrong.

[Aventus]

Crossbar challenge is the only way to settle this, they don't even need to be in the same stadium to do it, get the team in the other game up on the big screen then each team takes turns until all 11 players are used, after that sudden death.

[El Rojo]

Crossbar challenge is the only way to settle this, they don't even need to be in the same stadium to do it, get the team in the other game up on the big screen then each team takes turns until all 11 players are used, after that sudden death.

That’s actually a decent shout. Fair bit of skill involved in that. I’d draw the line at each player running up the camera to banter their name out Soccer AM style, though.

[lifetime fan]

Crossbar challenge is the only way to settle this, they don't even need to be in the same stadium to do it, get the team in the other game up on the big screen then each team takes turns until all 11 players are used, after that sudden death.

 

You’re Jermaine Jenas and I claim my £5.

[VladimirIlyich]

No, your destiny is in your own hands, it just requires winning more than one of your three group games.

Occasionally it's never quite this simple.

[Redder Lurtz]

"GOATs"

 

Fuck off.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Antoine Griezmann doing a 30 minute documentary just to announce at the end he’s staying at Atletico Madrid.

 

Fuck off you drama queen.

The whole drawn-out cock-teasing saga was stomach-turning enough when it involved a genuine in-demand star like Griezmann.

 

To see Screech doing much the same to Man U is jaw-dropping.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

(A lot of hyphens in that post.)

[AngryOfTuebrook]

What's wrong with toss of the coin? 68 Anfield v Athletico Bilbao? Might be wrong.

And FC Koln.

[easytoslip]

And FC Koln.

Was it ?i remember my programme for that match and a pendant on my bedroom wall and the Bilbao one,wish I had all that stuff now from when a kid.

[Tj hooker]

Didn't the first time they flipped the coin it landed sideways in the mud so they had to do it again

[easytoslip]

Didn't the first time they flipped the coin it landed sideways in the mud so they had to do it again

Yes I think that was the Bilbao one ,not sure.

[Jairzinho]

Cutting to the crowd after the Di Maria goal and even in the Argie "section" only half of them are celebrating, presumably because the place is full of neutrals that have all paid about 300 quid a ticket.