What's new

World Cup Discussion Thread - Day 20 (3 July)

Marty

Audere est farce
Mar 10, 2005
39,885
62,562
Yankspurs think's he's the worst ref in all of MLS.

I think he's by far the best American born referee ever and has a good chance at a semi or the final if he does well today.

So take your pick. :)
The person who has an opinion opposed to yankspurs is more likely than not in the right.
 

cwy21

Well-Known Member
May 11, 2009
9,448
7,930
The person who has an opinion opposed to yankspurs is more likely than not in the right.

But that person is someone who's involved with a prediction pool that involves trying to predict which referee will be assigned to each match of the World Cup. So yes, I'm probably a little mental in the mind. :)
 

LSUY

Well-Known Member
Jul 12, 2005
24,010
66,826
Bar one or two tournaments England have been doing this since 1970, I'm not sure why two good results against shite and the draw opening up makes that any more likely, it's in our DNA :D

I'll let myself get carried away if we reach the final, until then I know what I'm expecting, it's my inbuilt safety mechanism :p

I think I'm excited because there are a lot of Spurs players (I'll inc Walker) on the team which I haven't seen in years and I know if they play the way they can they can beat Sweden/Switzerland and Croatia to get to the final. But then I remember there are a lot of Spurs players on the team so there's the real possibility they might go Spursy and lose games they should be winning.
 

Marty

Audere est farce
Mar 10, 2005
39,885
62,562
does anyone here not believe sweden v switzerland will be a draw and penalties? *yawn*
I went for 0-0 and no first goalscorer in the prediction comp. Mind, I've been awful at it this time round so I half expect to see a Belgium-Japan repeat in the second half.
 

Marty

Audere est farce
Mar 10, 2005
39,885
62,562
Sweden have had a couple of good chances. So it's a better game than France-Denmark at least.
 

Col_M

Pointing out the Obvious
Feb 28, 2012
22,639
45,681
The Sun headline is terribly crass today. I hope England distance themselves from it.

As 3 Lions face nation that gave world Shakira, great coffee and er, other stuff, we say … GO KANE!”
 

Danners9

Available on a Free Transfer
Mar 30, 2004
13,998
20,756
Yankspurs think's he's the worst ref in all of MLS.

I think he's by far the best American born referee ever and has a good chance at a semi or the final if he does well today.

So take your pick. :)
He's certainly no stranger to controversy and has, in the past, been quick to hand out a red card.

Just by searching his name, two incidents come up over and over. Mexico vs Panama in the Gold Cup and NE vs DC.

Panama said that match was fixed, various reports say it was chaos and it was the ref's fault (however, we've all seen how Panama defend...) and Jermaine Jones pushed the ref over a 92nd min penalty not given. I also remember seeing him send off Giovinco earlier this season after video review and thought it was a harsh decision given the context.
 

cwy21

Well-Known Member
May 11, 2009
9,448
7,930
Panama said that match was fixed, various reports say it was chaos and it was the ref's fault (however, we've all seen how Panama defend...)

Geiger admits he made mistakes that night. He even considered retiring afterwards.
 

fluffybunnyuk

Well-Known Member
Oct 16, 2017
2,210
2,473
*taps tannoy* *coughs* quality to Saint Petersburg. quality to Saint Petersburg. We have a football match apparently in progress.
 

SpursD22

Well-Known Member
Aug 3, 2017
4,682
8,929
We had so many chances, we need to be more clinical in the second half. Especially Berg has been shit

KOM IGEN SVERIGE ??????
 
Top