Iran v Portugal/Spain v Morocco 19:00 BST, BBC1/BBC4.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Come on Iran. :bow:

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Guess Iran vs Portugal should be the game to watch

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I'll probably have both on.

[Marc Overmars]

Lol just lol if Iran win.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Drogba is such a terrible pundit. I miss Cesc. :(

[Goonermerree]

Argh, which match to watch?

[Goonermerree]

Did anyone see the girl from Huddersfield who took the match ball out for the England game being interviewed? She was delightful and she plays football for her local team posting videos of her games so that other girls will take up the sport.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Iran winning this would be absolutely lelworthy.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

9 minutes in and Lawro is already insufferable. :doh:

Why haven't the BBC replaced this clown already?

[Master Splinter]

Pique just got away without even a yellow for a red card challenge.

[Master Splinter]

Spain 0-1 Morocco, BOUTAIB!!

:haha:

[Goonermerree]

Morocco 1 Spain 0

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Iran to win the group. :bow:

[Master Splinter]

Iniesta having a shocker.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

ISCO!!!

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Have I tuned into the wrong match? :lol:

[Cripps]

Iranian fans :bow:

[Cripps]

Lawro quite positive for once, and about Iran :lol:

[Goonermerree]

Bisoufa is going to get himself sent off if he keeps pointing his finger at the ref.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Portugal: Patricio, Cedric, Pepe, Fonte, Guerreiro, Adrien Silva, Carvalho, Mario, Quaresma, Andre Silva, Ronaldo.

Iran: Beiranvand, Azmoun, Rezaeian, Pouraliganji, Haji Safi, Ezatolahi, Ebrahimi, Amiri, Hosseini, Taremi, Jahanbakhsh.

Gurreiro bokoed. Disgraceful tackle.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Spain: De Gea; Carvajal, Pique, Ramos, Alba; Busquets, Thiago; Isco, Silva, Iniesta; Costa.

Morocco: Kajoui; Hakimi, Da Costa, Saiss, Dirar; El Ahmadi, Boussoufa; Belhanda, N. Amrabat, Ziyach; Boutaib.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Free header for Busquets, goes way over!

[Master Splinter]

Gurreiro bokoed. Disgraceful tackle.

Bokoed :bow:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Da Costa, El Ahmadi, Amrabat and Boussoufa already booked for Morocco. :haha:

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Portugal are too slow shifting the ball.

Arsenal transfer legend William Carvalho especially culpable.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Bokoed :bow:.


maccy.bot made a mistake?? :faint:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I'm normally flawless as we all know from my Premier League match threads. :scarf:

[Master Splinter]

Quaresma :haha:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

QIBTR. :bow:

[Goonermerree]

Bokoed :bow:.

Could be a new football term. :shrug:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ronaldo, cheating fuck.

[Master Splinter]

QIBTR. :bow:

:gp:

QUARESMAAAAAAAAA!!!!

[Goonermerree]

Portugal 1- Iran 0

[Letters]

Great goal.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Quaresma :haha:

Always rated him.

[Marc Overmars]

What a goal!!

Quaresma confirming his status as the ultimate YouTube player.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What a goal!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rolled across goal, deflects, Diego Costa somehow manages to miss it.

[Goonermerree]

Watching the Spain match so didn't see it. The other channel showed both the goals in this match.

[Marc Overmars]

Portugal are too slow shifting the ball.

Arsenal transfer legend William Carvalho especially culpable.

He’s awful, even slower than BFG.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Spain 1-1 Morocco, HT.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Portugal topping the group as it stands.


Spain vs Uruguay
Portugal vs Russia

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Oh yeah,

Joao Mario. :haha:

Belated but deserved.

[Marc Overmars]

Portugal topping the group as it stands.


Spain vs Uruguay


Would love to see that fixture.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Can the world handle that many wankers at once?

Then again we've already had Diego Costa, Sergio Ramos and Pepe on the same pitch and we survived.

[Goonermerree]

Can the world handle that many wankers at once?

Then again we've already had Diego Costa, Sergio Ramos and Pepe on the same pitch and we survived.

Could be highly entertaining watching them slug it out to see who is the biggest wanker of them all.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Also if Spain finish second it makes England finishing second in the group all the more appealing.


Would mean that Belgium, Spain, France, Germany, Brazil would all stuck in one half of the draw. :dunce:

[Goonermerree]

Also if Spain finish second it makes England finishing second in the group all the more appealing.


Would mean that Belgium, Spain, France, Germany, Brazil would all stuck in one half of the draw. :dunce:

Everyone is saying they should just go for a win to keep the momentum going. If it stays like this we'll have goalies from Belgium and England seeing who can sling he ball in the back of their own nets the fastest.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Also if Spain finish second it makes England finishing second in the group all the more appealing.


Would mean that Belgium, Spain, France, Germany, Brazil would all stuck in one half of the draw. :dunce:

France are on the other side of the draw.

Also, Pique with a blatant handball, to go along with his horrendous tackle earlier. Both 'missed' by the ref and VAR somehow.

[Cripps]

VAR :haha:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

RONALDO MISSES from the spot!

[Letters]

Ronaldo :haha:

[Master Splinter]

Ronaldo :haha: :haha:.

[Letters]

RONALDO MISSES from the spot!

Bottled it tbh.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ronaldo. :haha:

What a bottle job.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Bottled it tbh.

:lol:

I get the feeling you're going to enjoy the next few minutes.






Until he scores.

[Letters]

Cripps :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Iran are getting really pissed off with Portugal.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Everyone is saying they should just go for a win to keep the momentum going. If it stays like this we'll have goalies from Belgium and England seeing who can sling he ball in the back of their own nets the fastest.

Normally I'd be vary of being too cute about this but the draw would be mental that I think it's worth trying to fuck it up.


France are on the other side of the draw.


No I checked. As winners of group C they couldn't play the runners up of group G (England) until the final.


It's crazy how it may work out because no one expected Spain, Argentina & Germany to fuck up.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Safi off, Mohammadi on.

[Marc Overmars]

Penaldo :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Saiss clears off the line to deny Isco!

[Goonermerree]

I've been an advocate of video reffing, but I actually don't like it much now it's here. Goal line technology, yes, but VAR is too subjective. Also, if the ref is asked to come and look at the incident himself, it implies that the others think it should be, so it puts the match ref in a tricky situation.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pique header, just drifts wide!

[Marc Overmars]

Portugal are just the worst team.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I wish Lawro was hit by a lorry so we'd know what that really looks like.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Quaresma just poleaxed an Iranian.

In the plums as well.

[Marc Overmars]

Lawro is such a fucking dinosaur

[Goonermerree]

Quaresma just poleaxed an Iranian.

In the plums as well.

That was so unnecessary too.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

WTF Lawro?

Quaresma booked, it wasn't a red.

[Goonermerree]

WTF Lawro?

Quaresma booked, it wasn't a red.

I think he did say red at first then changed his mind when he saw the replay.

[Letters]

I've been an advocate of video reffing, but I actually don't like it much now it's here. Goal line technology, yes, but VAR is too subjective. Also, if the ref is asked to come and look at the incident himself, it implies that the others think it should be, so it puts the match ref in a tricky situation.

I like it overall, but it’s clear it doesn’t stop arguments, it just changes them.
That penalty was one of those “you see them given” ones.
It wasn’t clear cut but probably was one so VAR got a decision right that would have been got wrong.
Isn’t that a good thing?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Normally I'd be vary of being too cute about this but the draw would be mental that I think it's worth trying to fuck it up.



No I checked. As winners of group C they couldn't play the runners up of group G (England) until the final.


It's crazy how it may work out because no one expected Spain, Argentina & Germany to fuck up.

It isn't as complicated as you say.

France will either be the 49th match or the 51st match, if it's the 49th they'll play the runners up of Group D or if it is the 51st they'll play the winners of Group D.

Then they would play the winners of Uruguay v [insert name here] if they're the 49th match and the victor of Runner up Group A/Winner of Group B if they're the 51st match.

49 plays 50.

51 plays 52.

[Goonermerree]

I like it overall, but it’s clear it doesn’t stop arguments, it just changes them.
That penalty was one of those “you see them given” ones.
It wasn’t clear cut but probably was one so VAR got a decision right that would have been got wrong.
Isn’t that a good thing?

It is a good thing, but I think it could be implemented better. Sometimes play has gone on, or players are celebrating a goal with fans only for it to be called back. It has changed the game somehow.

[Goonermerree]

It isn't as complicated as you say.

France will either be the 49th match or the 51st match, if it's the 49th they'll play the runners up of Group D or if it is the 51st they'll play the winners of Group D.

Then they would play the winners of Uruguay v [insert name here] if they're the 49th match and the victor of Runner up Group A/Winner of Group B if they're the 51st match.

49 plays 50.

51 plays 52.

Ha, I understood it all until you posted this.:wacko::yikes:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

We'll probably lose to Senegal anyway.

[Goonermerree]

We'll probably lose to Senegal anyway.

Now, now, keep it positive!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Spain 1-2 Morocco! :haha:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

FOR ALL OF MOROCCO AFRICA THE WORLD

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great header from the Emissary of Morocco or whatever his name is.

[Goonermerree]

Penaldo under suspicion of a red card, being Varred at the moment.

[Marc Overmars]

Ronaldo booked after a VAR check

What nonsense, it was something of nothing

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ronaldo should be off.

[Goonermerree]

Yellow card, it was nothing and shouldn't have been a card. A lot of play acting from the Iranian.

[Marc Overmars]

This game is a farce

[Globalgunner]

I so much enjoy seeing Ramos miserable.

[Letters]

Penaldo under suspicion of a red card, being Varred at the moment.

Yellow.
Probably right tbf
VAR :bow:
;)

It has changed the game. I don’t think for the worse though.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

David Silva hauled off, Rodrigo on.

Monreal is needed.

[Goonermerree]

Yellow.
Probably right tbf
VAR :bow:
;)

It has changed the game. I don’t think for the worse though.

I'm mixed about it though. It is good that decisions are given correctly, but it just makes the match feel like a farce.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Asensio came on at some point, I missed that. :lol:

[The Emirates Gallactico]

France will either be the 49th match or the 51st match, if it's the 49th they'll play the runners up of Group D or if it is the 51st they'll play the winners of Group D.
.

No France as winners of Group C will be the 50th Match!

https://www.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article12660701.ece/BINARY/Russia%20World%20Cup%20wallchart%202018%20PDF

Assuming they win their R16 they'll play the winner of the 49th match (Uruguay vs Spain) in the QF's!

[Goonermerree]

It really comes down to which one of you has the best wall chart.

[Letters]

Yellow card, it was nothing and shouldn't have been a card. A lot of play acting from the Iranian.

And this right here is why VAR doesn’t end the debates.
You posted this right after Maccy posted that Ronaldo should be off. :lol:
This stuff IS highly subjective. BUT, at least with VAR the referee has as much information as possible to make the decision.
Before VAR there were too many instances where everyone at home knew almost immediately that a big decision had been got wrong. That shouldn’t happen now.

[Goonermerree]

And this right here is why VAR doesn’t end the debates.
You posted this right after Maccy posted that Ronaldo should be off. :lol:
This stuff IS highly subjective. BUT, at least with VAR the referee has as much information as possible to make the decision.
Before VAR there were too many instances where everyone at home knew almost immediately that a big decision had been got wrong. That shouldn’t happen now.

Yes, but Maccy just wanted Ronaldo off regardless.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

It really comes down to which one of you has the best wall chart.

At any rate I'm sure more intelligent people than both of us will clear this up soon.

I hope.

[Goonermerree]

Disallowed goal for Spain, get VAR on it.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Disallowed goal for Aspas. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

That has to be VAR ruled, should be a goal.

[Letters]

I'm mixed about it though. It is good that decisions are given correctly, but it just makes the match feel like a farce.

How so? Because of the delays?
I think that’s partly because we are not used to it. Other sports have embraced it and in some cases it can add to the tension. I think we’ll get used to that.

[Letters]

Yes, but Maccy just wanted Ronaldo off regardless.

Rightly so ;)

[Marc Overmars]

VAR is shit.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Spain 2-2 Morocco, Aspas!

[Marc Overmars]

Iran penalty!!!!!

VAR :haha:

[Goonermerree]

Goal given for Spain

[Letters]

VAR Pel to Iran :haha:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

:haha:

This is great.

[Cripps]

Football has progressed from arguing about fouling and conning the ref with diving to arguing and pointing to VAR :lol:

[Goonermerree]

I can't keep up with these matches!

[Letters]

VAR is shit.

A well thought out argument

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

GOOOOOOOOOLLLLL

I've got no idea what it means, but who cares.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

I don't know what's going on anymore. :haha:


If Iran score now then Spain top the group!!

[Marc Overmars]

1-1!!!!!!!

[Goonermerree]

VAR to win the world cup. Iran score.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Iran 1-1 Portugal!!

Come on!!!!

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Spain now top the group!

We don't need to debate this anymore Maccy. :lol:

[Letters]

1-1 :haha:

THAT is how to take a penalty, Ronaldo

Ronaldo :haha:

[GP]

This is hilarious :lol:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Iran fuck it up!

He's got to at least hit the target.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Oh you berk, that was the chance for Iran!!!

[Marc Overmars]

Iran should have had a second!!!

[GP]

1-1 :haha:

THAT is how to take a penalty, Ronaldo

Ronaldo :haha:

LOLnaldo

[Goonermerree]

If Iran can nick another goal Portugal go out. Not much time left though.

[Letters]

This is hilarious :lol:

:gp:

VAR :bow:

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Oh my god, so close for Iran!

[The Emirates Gallactico]

By the way if Iran win this they top the group! :haha::haha:

[Coney]

Cmon Iran!!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Both matches are in chaos!

[Master Splinter]

:haha:

:wacko:

This is all utterly mental.

Iran have turned the crazy up to 11.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Spain 2-2 Morocco, FT!

[Goonermerree]

It's all about VAR not the football says Lawro, and I kind of know where he's coming from. Maybe teams should have so many VAR shouts for decisions they don't agree with. I sometimes wonder if the ref, knowing that any of his mistakes will be look at, bottles it a bit.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Iran 1-1 Portugal, FT.

Football ruined.

[Goonermerree]

All over between Iran and Portugal.

[Marc Overmars]

Portugal v Uruguay :haha:

What a cuntfest that’s going to be

[Letters]

No idea what is going on any more :blink:

[Cripps]

Iran :bow:

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Spain top the group. Portugal second.

Spain vs Russia
Portugal vs Uruguay

:faint:

[Master Splinter]

Shearer furiously going through his thesaurus again.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What will we talk about with VAR though? :(

[Letters]

Ronaldo :haha:

Cost his team the group win.
What a bottler

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Shearer furiously going through his thesaurus again.

It's a disgrace, shambolic.

It's a shambolic disgrace.

A disgraceful shambles.

[Goonermerree]

It's a disgrace, shambolic.

It's a shambolic disgrace.

A disgraceful shambles.

He has a creative use of word order.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Shearer on some stupid anti VAR rant.

[Marc Overmars]

Shearer is right, what VAR has inadvertently done is encourage cheating, crying and bitching to the ref.

[Letters]

Shearer is right, what VAR has inadvertently done is encourage cheating, crying and bitching to the ref.

Oh yeah. That never went on before VAR
:sarcy:

[Goonermerree]

Shearer is right, what VAR has inadvertently done is encourage cheating, crying and bitching to the ref.

The players don't ask for cards anymore, just gesture for the TV screen.

[Goonermerree]

Oh yeah. That never went on before VAR
:sarcy:

Has it increased it though?

[The Emirates Gallactico]

VAR was never meant to be a panacea to all of football's problems.

It has overall made things a lot better and accurate so it's worth persevering with.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Shearer on some stupid anti VAR rant.

I've heard it causes autism.

[Letters]

I don’t see how it increases cheating.
In theory it should lessen it because players should get away with it less.
Whining maybe as it gives them something else to whine about.
It’s interesting how much whining you get from players after a VAR decision has been made - the penalty to Portugal for example. Iran mooned their collective tits off about that despite the ref having just seen slow motion replays of the incident before making the decision

[Marc Overmars]

VAR was never meant to be a panacea to all of football's problems.

It has overall made things a lot better and accurate so it's worth persevering with.

I suppose the concept is not the problem, it’s the refs implementing it.

[Letters]

I've heard it causes autism.
:haha:

[Goonermerree]

I wonder what NQ's take on VAR is, where is he?

[The Emirates Gallactico]

I suppose the concept is not the problem, it’s the refs implementing it.

Agreed. The problem today was that the ref was an inept moron, not that VAR was wrong.

[Master Splinter]

Dids can get his excellent point across elegantly but Shearer is about to explode because his pea brain can't handle the stress of EVENTS and TOO MANY WORDS and LOUD NOISES.

Embarrassing human being.

[Letters]

I wonder what NQ's take on VAR is, where is he?

He’s probably gives himself an aneurysm by now

[The Emirates Gallactico]

I wonder what NQ's take on VAR is, where is he?

"Back in my day, we didn't have to rely on stupid fancy technology! Football's going to the dogs! Brexit means Brexit!!" :oldboy:


P.S. - Insert gratuitous insult about Letters.

[Letters]

Letters :haha:

[Marc Overmars]

Agreed. The problem today was that the ref was an inept moron, not that VAR was wrong.

Some kind of challenge system would be good, that should lessen the amount crying and appealing for anything and everything.

[GP]

I wonder what NQ's take on VAR is, where is he?

Letters banned him for being black.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

https://i.imgur.com/zgNguXt.gif

Iranian players making their feelings quite clear about VAR.

[Letters]

Some kind of challenge system would be good, that should lessen the amount crying and appealing for anything and everything.

Yes. I’d like to see a tennis style appeal system.
Get 3 appeals and lose one every time you make a spurious one.
It’s cut out a lot of the “you cannot be serious” from tennis

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Portugal v Uruguay :haha:

What a cuntfest that’s going to be

Our new boy Torreria vs Penaldo


There's only one winner in that one.

[Cripps]

https://i.imgur.com/zgNguXt.gif

Iranian players making their feelings quite clear about VAR.

Err that's not Iran. It's Morocco.

[Cripps]

I wonder what NQ's take on VAR is, where is he?

He's still crying about Tommy Robinson going to jail :haha:

[Marc Overmars]

Just seen Pique’s 2 footer. What a cunt.

Not even a yellow from the ref. :lol:

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Err that's not Iran. It's Morocco.

They look the same tbh.

[Marc Overmars]

Ethnics :lol:

[Mac76]

Just watched the Spain match, was out but recorded it

Great game, harsh on Morocco but still 2-2 v Spain is a good result, heads held high etc

And yes Pique should have gone in the first half

[Mac76]

And now just seen iran penalty - looked fair to me :haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

I wonder what NQ's take on VAR is, where is he?

Not watching the WC. The football is too poor to endure. Did see the blind ref in one of the French games though. Trouble with VAR is if the ref's blind then it doesn't do much good. It isn't helping because some of these refs are absolutely determined to be shit.

[Niall_Quinn]

He’s probably gives himself an aneurysm by now

What kind of tense is that, cunt? At least try to support your cutesy routine with credible grammar.

[Ernesto]

VAR killed the radio star

[Letters]

VAR killed the radio star

Buggles :bow: