Sexy Football

[Rob Noxious]

Today brings an encounter which Ruud Gullit would surely describe as "sexy football." It's Brazil v Holland ... this promises to be one beautiful game, though I'd wager that the Dutch would need to go a bit ugly in order to win it. This Brazilian side have combined defensive solidity to their indisputable flair and it will take a robust performance from the Oranje to withstand some of those intricate link-plays that Kaka and co. specialise in. Then again, Arjen Robben's looking impressive and in Van Persie, the Dutch have an unpredictable forward who can fire from impossible angles. The stage is set, the lounge is booked, and Mrs S will be dispensed forthwith to her allotment whilst I engage in the serious business of World Cup chairobics. Charity begins at home ... and I hope this game really gets these quarter-finals going. :clap:

 

[ian_the_girth]

it's actually Netherlands v Brazil. I predict a 1-0 win for the orange army.

 

[Rob Noxious]

it's actually Netherlands v Brazil. I predict a 1-0 win for the orange army.

I like your 'exactitude'! :) Not quite 'sexy football,' but a gripping game nonetheless. Interesting to see the Brazilians lose their cool when things weren't going their way and it's looking like the Dutch may go all the way to the final, although Uruguay seem quite a resilient side ... so far.

 

[chapperzUK]

Not "Sexy Football", more like "Ugly Football", diving, unsportsmanship and, to round it all off, a stamp.

Melo cost Brazil big time. For getting sent off and was caught ball watching to allow Sneijder the space to score from a corner.

 

[Ayrshire Blue]

Holland to win it for me, been very impressive throughout the whole tournament.

 

[canveyshrimper]

Not seen the game or highlights, but I'm quite pleased to see Brazil go out. Not least it'll stop the fawning ******** from the so called pundits who always line up to applaud Brazil however ordinary they may be, and IMO this is a very ordinary Brazil side.

 

[chapperzUK]

Not seen the game or highlights, but I'm quite pleased to see Brazil go out. Not least it'll stop the fawning ******** from the so called pundits who always line up to applaud Brazil however ordinary they may be, and IMO this is a very ordinary Brazil side.

Agreed, one player shows one piece of skill and it is a "typical Brazil" performance. Suarez is a cheating ****, he even looked surprised when he got sent off! He flapped at it like a girl. A few inches lower and that would have been a cracker.

 

[chapperzUK]

Not deserved. Blatant cheating goes unpunished, he will get a 1 match ban and is being made a hero. Hope he never plays in the Premiership.

 

[Grayson]

Give over. You'd want a Southend defender to do the same. If Suarez lets it go in, he gets no semi-final. Nobody does. He sacrificed himself for the team, and they got lucky. No moral higher ground here.

 

[chapperzUK]

His hands were nearly in front of his face, so he could have headed it. He tried to acted innocent when he got shown the red card. He is a diving scum bag.

 

[Grayson]

No way. If it was a Ghanaian you would be lauding it, not scathing of it, no doubt.

I agree he could've headed it, all more the fool him. But he stopped the goal, for his nation, where Uruguay would have had no chance to come back. He did the right thing.

Don't be so sensationalist.

 

[Grayson]

To quote Jonathan Stevenson, who put it better than I could, from the BBC live text:

22:34 Commentary

OK, I'm hearing you - but can we just get one thing clear? Luis Suarez did not cheat. He used the rules to his advantage, got lucky and then got even luckier. It's football's fault there isn't such a thing as a penalty try, not Luis Suarez's.

And he's spot on.

 

[chapperzUK]

To be fair, if you had to watch the game of 120 minutes plus breaks with my parents then you would have been a bit peed off as well.

I guess that I get extremely annoyed with cheating, and sometimes I just snap (nearly done it in a game once).

 

[OldBlueLady]

Enjoyed both games today though got annoyed at the gamesmanship in both South American sides' play. I'm now firmly backing the Dutch to win.

 

[Grayson]

To be fair, if you had to watch the game of 120 minutes plus breaks with my parents then you would have been a bit peed off as well.

I guess that I get extremely annoyed with cheating, and sometimes I just snap (nearly done it in a game once).

I can empathise with that mate!

 

[Rob Noxious]

I can empathise with that mate!

Me too ... did I hear right that Bailey's got a 'dream move' to Middlesbrough? :offtopic:

 

[Southend Neil]

Well its always great to see Brazil go out. Nothing annoys me more than all the pundits and people in our own country as well going on about how great they are even when they clearly aren't. 1 bit of skill and we all have to wet ourselves. The fact that Gilberto Silva gets in the side says it all and if England had played like they did against North Korea and Portugal, they would have been castigated.

Notice how they normally come up short when conditions aren't in their favour, ie 100 degrees, European teams can compete when its not so hot and their wins, 1958 excepted, have come in Chile, Mexico, USA and Japan. They are lucky that their only real competition outside Europe are Argentina.

Also on last nights game, I never known such bias in commentary and from the pundits. Why do we all have to support Ghana, most English people are no more Ghananian than Uruguayan. I think there is some sort of latent patronising going on there. Well done Uruguay, I personally am delighted that a player and a man as good as Forlan is in a semi final.

As for Suarez, the mistake he made was that he could have headed it. No cheating, i would expect everyone to do the same and his country is through because of it. He has paid his price in that he will miss the biggest game of his life.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Well its always great to see Brazil go out. Nothing annoys me more than all the pundits and people in our own country as well going on about how great they are even when they clearly aren't. 1 bit of skill and we all have to wet ourselves. The fact that Gilberto Silva gets in the side says it all and if England had played like they did against North Korea and Portugal, they would have been castigated.

Notice how they normally come up short when conditions aren't in their favour, ie 100 degrees, European teams can compete when its not so hot and their wins, 1958 excepted, have come in Chile, Mexico, USA and Japan. They are lucky that their only real competition outside Europe are Argentina.

Also on last nights game, I never known such bias in commentary and from the pundits. Why do we all have to support Ghana, most English people are no more Ghananian than Uruguayan. I think there is some sort of latent patronising going on there. Well done Uruguay, I personally am delighted that a player and a man as good as Forlan is in a semi final.

As for Suarez, the mistake he made was that he could have headed it. No cheating, i would expect everyone to do the same and his country is through because of it. He has paid his price in that he will miss the biggest game of his life.

I know what you mean. Shearer claimed at half-time in the Germany-Argentina game that it was "a shame that Ghana have been knocked out because they've offered so much to the tournament".

Really? What have they offered? They scored five goals in 510 minutes of football, two of which were penalties. Their games were so unmemorable I had to look up to see who they'd played (their 2nd round game v the US wasn't bad actually). Less of the patronising ******** please BBC. We wouldn't have to put up with it if was a white European team.

 

[chapperzUK]

I know what you mean. Shearer claimed at half-time that it was "a shame that Ghana have been knocked out because they've offered so much to the tournament".

Really? What have they offered? They scored five goals in 510 minutes of football, two of which were penalties. Their games were so unmemorable I had to look up to see who they'd played (their 2nd round game v the US wasn't bad actually). Less of the patronising ******** please BBC. We wouldn't have to put up with it if was a white European team.

I think he means the spirit that they have brought to the competition, just because you don't score hundreds of goals doesn't mean that you can't bring anything else. Football isn't just about goals, and Ghana brought something different to the game and the tournament.

 

[canveyshrimper]

These pundits need to get a reality check, I heard that cretin Alan Green earlier saying Messi has been one of the few players who has delivered in this World Cup. :stunned: Delivered what? He's been pitiful throughout.