Confederations cup 15th-30th june

DerekDGoldfish

Jax Teller wrote: »

Tahiti's only professional has never played for them before tonight .

Never played competitivly, I think he has played friendlies

No chance of crowd congestion tonight

Bertser

How I would love Tahiti to come away as 3-0 winners.

Turtwig

Giruilla wrote: »

Yeah, I don't see the difference between doing this and passing it around their back four + CM in their own half constantly is. Yet one is greeted vitriolically and booed while the other is deemed 'pure' football.

I know there's massive difference there skill wise, but from an entertainment point of view they're essentially the same thing.

There's a massive difference between holding the ball at the back four compared to the corner flag. The corner flag leaves your options completely limited. Space is ridiculously tight so the most probable outcomes are throw-ins, goal kicks,corners or free kicks. You can't really develop a play or create space other than a limited 50/50 cross into the box.

Out the field you have the chance to move the ball around, drag players out of position or put your own players into position so they can hurt the opposition. It's slow and it's methodical but playing the percentages you're far more likely to create a decent attack from the middle of pitch. Conversely, you're also far more vulnerable to a counter attack. Which could also be entertaining if it's performed efficiently.

Spain's game is percentage based. Everything they do is based on the probability of them denying a goal to the opposition e.g Zonal Marking set pieces, and creating a goal against the opposition e.g refusing the standard "English" 50/50 cross. if they were truly into creating boring football they'd be playing less high risk football. One wayward pass and their high defensive line is very vulnerable to the counter attack. Against France in the home group game of the WC qualifiers they were 1-0 up with no time left on the clock. They kept it in the midfield and tried to create an attack. France intercepted the move, counter attacked and scored with the second last touch of the game. The last being the kick-off restart.

MarkY91

tahiti never lost a game in the world cup. #respect #unbeatable

klose

Tahiti -1

Mint Sauce

Tahiti have gone from 29/1 to 55/1 in the opening two minutes.

Just lumped on a euro.

Professional Griefer

Oh come on. Poor guys.

klose

Nooooooooooooooooo

Jax Teller

Awh that's cruel .

GLaDOS

You can't help but laugh :pac:

Bertser

Hit the referee in the build up. Conspiring against Tahiti.

klose

Double deflection and an assist from the ref, bad start

markc1184

Between bouncing off the ref and 2 deflections, it doesn't get more unlucky.

Darkglasses

Where do they find these flipping refs...

ollie1

That should have been a corner :mad:

Mint Sauce

Might have to try and win my euro back. Nigeria -5 3/1

roanoke

18-0 at this rate.

Neeson

Who else will Tahiti play? Will they play Spain or any good team who can thump them?

Amirani

Neeson wrote: »

Who else will Tahiti play? Will they play Spain or any good team who can thump them?

They play Spain next.

Professional Griefer

Neeson wrote: »

Who else will Tahiti play? Will they play Spain or any good team who can thump them?

They're playing Spain Thursday night.

GLaDOS

Neeson wrote: »

Who else will Tahiti play? Will they play Spain or any good team who can thump them?

Spain and Uruguay, could get ugly.

Mint Sauce

Neeson wrote: »

Who else will Tahiti play? Will they play Spain or any good team who can thump them?

On thursday.

Neeson

I look forward to it so

Neeson

Ah for feck sake. Trying to be too smart.

roanoke

In fairness to Tahiti, they're getting forward in numbers when they get the ball. Usually around seven of them moving up on breaks.

Completely insane, but what the hey.

Amirani

Hope it doesn't go to double figures. Really feel bad for them. Should be the proudest moments of their lives but it can't really feel in anyway good to lose like that.

GLaDOS

Nigeria taking the piss at this stage

Ulysses Gaze

roanoke wrote: »

In fairness to Tahiti, they're getting forward in numbers when they get the ball. Usually around seven of them moving up on breaks.

Completely insane, but what the hey.

They'll exhaust themselves after 60 mins if they continue like that.

They are an amateur set-up so won't have the fitness.

Neeson

Probably wish they were playing Ireland instead.

RasTa

Tahiti are due a win and I think Spain is where they will shock the world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqma7f7ecxk

roanoke

Neeson wrote: »

Probably wish they were playing Ireland instead.

Their passing and movement on occasions is actually better than Ireland's.

0-3 now.

Professional Griefer

haha

Amirani

You'd have to ask questions of the goalkeeper there.

Mint Sauce

Trying not to laugh.

GLaDOS

Haha well done Keeper

Mint Sauce

Good stop.

Amirani

Ridiculously selfish there. Good goalkeeping.

Knex*

Think we need an intervention to stop Tahiti from playing Spain.

klose

Of course they are poor and devoid of ideas george they probably all had to book off work at the factory to get over there to play

Amirani

Their defenders are basically standing on the half way line any time Nigeria have the ball, crazy ****ers.

Mint Sauce

Nigeria are starting to showboat.

Knex*

NiallSparky wrote: »

Their defenders are basically standing on the half way line any time Nigeria have the ball, crazy ****ers.

Its like when I come home from the pub, half drunk, decide to play a game of FIFA and go all out attack.

GLaDOS

Super run there, so close

Oat23

This game is better than the one last night, at least both teams are getting chances.

tolosenc

The Tahiti #3 would get into the Ireland team. He's not bad.

GLaDOS

Hahahahahah this is brilliant

Neeson

Spain will rape them. It will be a hollocaust.

keith16

Captain Hindsight Houghton at it again.

"Well, he should have taken it on his right foot and stuck it into the net"

No shit Ray

Hammer Archer

Any of these Tahitians have an Irish granddad by any chance?

Amirani

Need to be doing better from those sort of positions.