The Football.....

[BrumJim]

First game for Curacao coming up. Whose manager is Dick Advocaat.

Which sounds more like a drinking contest than a football game.

 

[midlandsgrimpeur]

Off to a fine start. We were pish for the last 20 minutes, but I'll take that.

TBH, Scotland really need to back themselves against Brazil, they look very average. Thiago, Paqueta, Guimaraes, Casemiro are solid PL players but nothing to worry about. If you go into it with a bit of belief and really go for them, there is a result in that game for Scotland.

 

[Dorset Boy]

Looked good for Curacao up to the first water break, which really couldn't have come at a worse time for them as they had Germany rattled at 1-1.
Oddly, being ranked c98th in the world showed in the end as they were humped.

 

[BrumJim]

Am I alone in remembering one of the outstanding features of the 1994 World Cup in the USA was the elaborate pitch cutting patterns, particularly in the centre circle?

Haven't seen anything similar this year. Disappointed. 🫤

 

[ianrauk]

Am I alone in remembering one of the outstanding features of the 1994 World Cup in the USA was the elaborate pitch cutting patterns, particularly in the centre circle?

Haven't seen anything similar this year. Disappointed. 🫤

Iirc mad patterns have now been banned. Maybe wrong.

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

I wonder how long before the Premier league thinks counting down to the kick off as seen in the World Cup is a good idea 🤔😡

 

[Mike_P]

With all the technology today puzzled why the refs stopwatch is not linked to giant displays in the stadium. No need then to announce time as it will be plainly obvious

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

With all the technology today puzzled why the refs stopwatch is not linked to giant displays in the stadium. No need then to announce time as it will be plainly obvious

That would be to clever for them Mike.

 

[Vapin' Joe]

With all the technology today puzzled why the refs stopwatch is not linked to giant displays in the stadium. No need then to announce time as it will be plainly obvious

Match length should be taken out of the referees hands. In the EPL the average time the ball is in play is 54 minutes. So let's make a match sixty in play minutes, the timekeeper stopping the clock every time the ball goes dead. That will mean taking an age to walk to a corner kick or taking a throw or goal kick will be pointless, both practices which drive fans up the wall. And it eliminates the controversy over whether the ref added too much time or not enough.