Today's World Cup Games

[swaddon]

Mexico and South Africa start off the World Cup tonight at 8 pm, and that's followed by South Korea v Czechia at 3 am. Both games are in Group A.

I think a home win and a draa in those games.

[Kowalski]

Need to be pretty keen to watch the second game. 

[swaddon]

4 minutes ago, Kowalski said:

Need to be pretty keen to watch the second game. 

I have to be up at 4 for work, so I'll catch some of the second half.

[Don Julio]

¡Viva Mexico! 

[BigAl]

Roy Keane making Ian Wright look like a champion of rationale and level headedness.

How the fuck does this nugget get a gig on ITV 

[STFU_Donny]

Had to do a double take when I saw the lad called “Sithole”

[Jormungandr]

Christ these wee plaaar intros have gotten even worse -  each one wi an individual video now, waggling their hands or staring moodily at the camera. Poovery o the highest order.

[STFU_Donny]

[Kowalski]

1 hour ago, BigAl said:

Roy Keane making Ian Wright look like a champion of rationale and level headedness.

How the fuck does this nugget get a gig on ITV 

Fucking three of them (incl Neville) are terrible. 

[RicoS321]

Reckon we could take both these teams. 

Water breaks are fucking gash, get them in the sea. "Referee view" is an abomination.

[BigAl]

Just now, RicoS321 said:

Reckon we could take both these teams. 

 

100% this 

Literally just said this to the missus.

Admittedly she just gave me a vacant look but she knows feck all about the glorious game and was complaining about Corrie not being on 

[Kowalski]

1 hour ago, STFU_Donny said:

Had to do a double take when I saw the lad called “Sithole”

Apparently his house is a right mess. 

[BigAl]

What a fecking joke that red card is

South Africa down to nine men

[RicoS321]

Game ruined. Aye, all of football. That is shite.

[BigAl]

And another red card

That is seriously questionable as well I think  

[Jormungandr]

That game, if played in 1982, would have had 2 yellow cards.

[Jute]

How were there 3 red cards in that game. There were hardly any fouls. Can see me not bothering with many games if this is how they are going to ref the tournament. 

[RicoS321]

8 minutes ago, BigAl said:

And another red card

That is seriously questionable as well I think  

Yep, but not ridiculous for a ref to give that in real time. At least it was a proper foul.

Nobody in the entire world wanted VAR to intervene for that second red. It's anti football shite. There's no way on earth that player would have been given a retrospective red in times past for that. 

[manc_don]

The second red was a complete and utter farce. If anything, the mexican should have been done for obstruction. It was completely unnecessary. 

Wasn't the greatest game, Mexico definitely deserved it and there was some noise coming through. I doubt the yanks will be anywhere near as vociferous. Too busy sat at tables eating their burgers on the side of the pitch 

[Nellie The Don]

10 hours ago, Kowalski said:

Need to be pretty keen to watch the second game. 

It's been a cracking game.

Korea are a great attacking side, but defend set pieces about as well as Aberdeen.

[manc_don]

1 hour ago, Nellie The Don said:

It's been a cracking game.

Korea are a great attacking side, but defend set pieces about as well as Aberdeen.

Typically I missed all the goals in this one.

[RicoS321]

Just watched the highlights. South Korea looked decent and Czech Republic looked like a Robinson St Mirren side. Interesting that the BBC commentators weren't up to speed with the VAR offside for the disallowed goal. It's clear that the linesmen/lady are waiting for the quicker offside decision from VAR rather than raising their flags. It's clearly a good bit offside but the problem we have now is that the linesmen are waiting for, say, four to five seconds for the VAR indication before flagging just to avoid confusion. The gap is now much shorter but still takes away the spontaneity suppressed by the immediate flag of old. It's obviously a large improvement on what we had in the SPFL last season.