World Cup 2014 Super Thread copyright warning #1645

seligehgit

Cracking game,tough on the Chileans.Referee has been exceptionally good.

Dempsey

Somebody better drug test Robben...

Iused2likebusts

Robbed has had some tournament so far

Meglamonia

Yeah think it has to be the Croatia game Cameroon will be muck

Fizman

Tokarev wrote: »

Yes, as it's on the sky go app on Ipad along with itv , itv2 , itv 3 and some new channel itv encore.

Just got home and checked in 'other channels' and no sign of it.

Tokarev

Fizman wrote: »

Just got home and checked in 'other channels' and no sign of it.

Not sure about that, But what i'm saying is it's on the sky go app on Ipad.

So it must be available to sky subscribers in someway.

For the record i'm not a sky subscriber but my sister (subscriber to sky) gave me her password details which i use on Ipad.

Col200sx

Fizman wrote: »

Is ITV4 available to Sky subscribers?

Fizman wrote: »

Just got home and checked in 'other channels' and no sign of it.

I'm not near my tv now, but I'm 99% sure I have ITV4 on my Sky "Other Channels".

So it should be available.

Pudsy33

Is my only chance of watching Croatia Mexico to use the RTE player?

Reekwind

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

Robbed has had some tournament so far

The man just keeps getting faster and better with age. Gerrard should be taking notes.

Headshot

Damn live on sat being offline.

Can anyone tell me is the Mexican match on BBC or ITV?

Pro. F

Headshot wrote: »

Damn live on sat being offline.

Can anyone tell me is the Mexican match on BBC or ITV?

Only ITV4 which might be blocked or some shít.

Tokarev

Headshot wrote: »

Damn live on sat being offline.

Can anyone tell me is the Mexican match on BBC or ITV?

Itv 4.

Gbear

Reekwind wrote: »

The man just keeps getting faster and better with age. Gerrard should be taking notes.

You'd swear he's some sort of geriatric.

He's only 30. The baldness has made him look old his whole career.

Maximus Alexander

Maybe I missed something, but the lads on RTE were just ****eing on as if this was the first World Cup with 32 competitors. That changed in 1998...

Agent Coulson

Reekwind wrote: »

The man just keeps getting faster and better with age. Gerrard should be taking notes.

The guy is 4 years younger than Gerrard and has always been fast and his career was built on being fast and skillfull.

Gerrard was never fast even in the prime of his career.

So I'm not really sure what notes Gerrard should be taking.

GLaDOS

Down in wexford with no WiFi so stuck with the Brazil game, really annoyed wth RTE

batistuta9

Fizman wrote: »

Just got home and checked in 'other channels' and no sign of it.

you'll need to add it yourself, 10.758 V 22000 5/6

Nunu

Rte have exclusive rights. There is no reason why they couldn't put the other game on their RTE News Now Saorview channel. Dzopes.

Reekwind

Agent Coulson wrote: »

So I'm not really sure what notes Gerrard should be taking.

Probably the bit about not losing that yard of pace and actually improving with time. You know, as I said in my post.

Agent Coulson

Reekwind wrote: »

Probably the bit about not losing that yard of pace and actually improving with time. You know, as I said in my post.

Your post still doesn't make any sense in regarts to Gerrard though! as I pointed out in my full post which you forgot quote fully.

Reekwind

I didn't quote the bits that weren't relevant.

So Robben has always been a speedster? How does that diminish the fact that he's still as fast (if not faster) at 30 than he was 26? How does that take away from the fact that Gerrard* has (and had) lost the pace that used to make his forward runs possible? Does it change the reality that Robben seems to get better with each passing season - how long since anyone could legitimately claim the same about Gerrard*?

*Or any other England player in decline. The comment was less about a specific comparison than it was marvelling at Robben's continued excellence. Gerrard was mentioned because his terminal decline at international level has been so cruelly displayed in Brazil

Dolph Starbeam

Brazil - Holland will be an epic match.

KERSPLAT!

YayaBanana wrote: »

Brazil - Holland will be an epic match.

Is it not Brazil v Chile?

Lucas Hood

YayaBanana wrote: »

Brazil - Holland will be an epic match.

Brazil play Chile?

Looper007

Lucas Hood wrote: »

Brazil play Chile?

Holland vs Mexico
Chile vs Brazil

Dolph Starbeam

Ye sorry got that mixed up somehow.

vidor

Italy v Uruguay and Japan v Colombia on RTE tomorrow, right?

Looper007

vidor wrote: »

Italy v Uruguay and Japan v Colombia on RTE tomorrow, right?

yep pretty much.

yohan the great

shamrock55 wrote: »

Croatia will go further in this world cup then brazil

Told you I'd hold you to that

dfx-

Lucas Hood wrote: »

Averging 2.9 goals a game compared to 2.3 goals a game in 2010.

http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/statistics/index.html

Is that 2.3 goals per game at the same stage of the competition or overall.

You would imagine that 2.9 will come down as the (better) defence and defensiveness of 'bigger teams' play a bigger role as the knockouts come around.

Beefy78

Reekwind wrote: »

I didn't quote the bits that weren't relevant.

So Robben has always been a speedster? How does that diminish the fact that he's still as fast (if not faster) at 30 than he was 26? How does that take away from the fact that Gerrard* has (and had) lost the pace that used to make his forward runs possible? Does it change the reality that Robben seems to get better with each passing season - how long since anyone could legitimately claim the same about Gerrard*?

*Or any other England player in decline. The comment was less about a specific comparison than it was marvelling at Robben's continued excellence. Gerrard was mentioned because his terminal decline at international level has been so cruelly displayed in Brazil

I don't like or rate Gerrard particularly but this is a ridiculous comparison. Gerrard is 35 and a central midfielder. Robben is 30 and a winger. Five years is a lifetime at the latter stages of a career. If your comment wasn't about a specific comparison then don't use a specific comparison.

Wayne Rooney is a far better comparison to Robben anyway.

Maximus Alexander

dfx- wrote: »

Is that 2.3 goals per game at the same stage of the competition or overall.

You would imagine that 2.9 will come down as the (better) defence and defensiveness of 'bigger teams' play a bigger role as the knockouts come around.

Not sure if that holds true, in 2010 the matches from the QF on had a higher goal average than the tournament as a whole: 2.42.

Kermit.de.frog

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KERSPLAT!

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

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3 interesting points you've made there

Peanut Butter Jelly

Yes, they are very well rounded points.

Agent Coulson

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

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I was just about to make those points myself.

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Lucas Hood

Say Bosnia are snapping the linesman wrongly disallowed that goal against Nigeria.

Looper007

The last 16 matches so far

Holland vs Mexico ( I reckon this will be a very good match)

Brazil vs Chile ( hope Chile do them over, but think Brazil will pip this)

Columbia vs Uruguay ( this has the potential of been a classic)

Costa Rica vs Greece ( I'm going Rica for this expect this to be a dour match leading to penos)

only two European teams through so far, here's hoping a few more make it.

MagicIRL

Stupid 5 o'clock kick off ruining my football enjoyment.

TimeToShine

MagicIRL wrote: »

Stupid 5 o'clock kick off ruining my football enjoyment.

Missed the last few because of traffic. Not a happy camper.

vidor

MagicIRL wrote: »

Stupid 5 o'clock kick off ruining my football enjoyment.

I've recorded the odd game and managed to avoid any results but it's a bit of work doing that!

Lucas Hood

Apparently Kevin Prince Boateng & Sulley Muntari have been removed from Ghanas squad.

Cantona's Collars

Lucas Hood wrote: »

Apparently Kevin Prince Boateng & Sulley Muntari have been removed from Ghanas squad.

Confirmed now,they have been sent home.

Oat23

Boateng was going to retire after the world cup anyways (then shockingly un-retire in 2017). The man doesn't give a sh*t about Ghana and just uses them as a platform to showcase his talent on a world stage. I wouldn't have him in my team if I was the Ghana manager.

Nerdlingr

Muntari should have been sent home for wearing his shorts half way down his arse anyway.

D.Q

still fancy them to beat portugal.

Saint Sonner

Will Ronaldo play today?

Lucas Hood

This is pretty cool

http://babb.telegraph.co.uk/2014/06/the-1966-world-cup-final-on-twitter/

Not sure if its suited here or in a new thread but I'll leave it here for the time being.

Meglamonia

Do ye reckon USA and Germany will just play out for a draw today?

Lucas Hood

Saint Sonner wrote: »

Will Ronaldo play today?

Should do , I hope they play him up front ahead of Eder who is absolute dirt, Have Nani & Varela on either side of him.