France vs Honduras 20:00 RTE2/BBC1

Angron

Idiotic thing to do by Pogba.

Boom__Boom

Palacios should be off for his tackle

Mars Bar

The Honduran should get a card too. They're a dirty team all round and the tone from the ref needs to be set now.

bad2dabone

Palacios stamping all over him, then pogba missed.

DildoFaggins

Refs don't have the bottle to send him off.

Gbear

Scumbaggery by Palacios there.

Washington Irving

Pogba lucky to still be on. Can see why he reacted like that though

CurryFlavoured

To be fair, what Palacios did was far far worse than the little reaction by Pogba. Poor challenge followed by another kick, followed by a bit of a stamp. Silly by Pogba all the same.

Boom__Boom

Shouldve been 2 reds

Nuri Sahin

To be fair to Pogba, Palacios stood on him at least three times there.

bad2dabone

Get off that stretcher you clown

efb

Polacios should be off

Da Shins Kelly

efb wrote: »

The blue on their flag

Yeah, I don't think it needs to be exactly like that though...A good strong dark blue/navy-ish colour works.

~Rebel~

DildoFaggins wrote: »

Refs don't have the bottle to send him off.

you make it sound like a red could have been completely deserved...Palacios was much worse of the two.

GreNoLi

Lucky.

LightningBlue

Palacios is a proper....

Pogba shouldn't have reacted to it.

I hope Honduras get destroyed now. Just blatantly nasty.

Adamocovic

I think the call was ok, Palcios made a meal of it, not much in it and Palocios did stamp on Pogbas leg. Palcios was looking to get Pogba sent off, would have ruined the match.

Paully D

Another poor, big decision by an official. The list grows longer by the game.

Omackeral

Ref was right there. Common sense not to send him off. I've lost loads of respect for Wilson Palacios over the last half hour.

~Rebel~

Paully D wrote: »

Another poor, big decision by an official. The list grows longer by the game.

think it would have been worse to have sent off Pogba to be honest.

CurryFlavoured

Omackeral wrote: »

Ref was right there. Common sense not to send him off. I've lost loads of respect for Wilson Palacios over the last half hour.

Over the last half hour? He's been a hatchet man his whole career.

Turtwig

Should have been red for the Honduras player. Stood on Pogba at least twice!

Pogba lucky not to get red from referees point of view. He was unsigted for initial incidents. But clearly saw kick out.

blueser

That was sly and nasty by Palacios, but Pogba shouldn't have reacted the way he did. There was a case for both of them to be sent off.

Mars Bar

Pogba had his shirt tugged earlier too and he swung a bit of an arm. They know it will only take one hefty tackle now to get him sent off.

The Backwards Man

I like Honduras' attitude.

It's the World Cup, not a popularity contest.

Omackeral

Paully D wrote: »

Another poor, big decision by an official. The list grows longer by the game.

Poor in what sense? A sending off would have been OTT. Palacios' stamps were worse. Ref got it right IMO

Da Shins Kelly

Are those horns the Brazilian equivalent of vuvuzelas?

Moneymaker

Honduras more interest in hacking then playing football.

Hope France whip them.

Omackeral

CurryFlavoured wrote: »

Over the last half hour? He's been a hatchet man his whole career.

I mean the rolling around on the deck, not the rash challenges. The rolling around is worse I think.

Lennonist

Paully D wrote: »

Another poor, big decision by an official. The list grows longer by the game.

I think the ref did the right thing there.

stampydmonkey

French strickers are too deep. Then need to stretch the honduran defence. Very easy to defend the french attack

CurryFlavoured

It wasn't a poor decision. Unfair to ask for Pogba to be sent off, he gets challenged poorly, bumped into on the ground and a few stamps to go along with that. He reacted childishly but did zero damage, people need to get a grip.

Ranchu

If the ref had seen it clearly Palacios would have gone and Pogba would have been booked.

Fescue

Sensible refereeing for me also.

murpho999

Paully D wrote: »

Another poor, big decision by an official. The list grows longer by the game.

In fairness, it can never get shorter!

Fuhrer

Palacios should have been off for his tackle and his dive.


Can a referee give a player two yellow cards at once? Presumably not because you cant warn someone not to do something and then punish them straight away

greendom

France seem to have lost their impetus since the Pogba Palacions incident

Adamocovic

l'd love a goal late in this half to spice this match up even more

~Rebel~

(I still think it was ridiculous that Beckham got sent off against Argentina)

mike65

Honduras play football like they live their lives on the streets.

As for Jonathan Pearce whats his beef with Sakho? Always a little negative slant "under pressure" when he dealt with the high ball perfectly. Martin Keown rather more knowledgeable.

Nuri Sahin

Big challenge from Sakho.

Da Shins Kelly

Kinda surprised Honduras have held them off for so long. I think it's just a matter of time before France score though.

CurryFlavoured

French flow has been disrupted a bit.

Also, what's up with South and Central American keepers being good shot stoppers but awful in the air/at handling? They do know that they're allowed to catch the ball right?

rockbeast

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I like Honduras' attitude.

It's the World Cup, not a popularity contest.

No one likes us, no one likes us
No one likes us, we don't care!
We're Honduras, super Honduras
We're Honduras from, eh, Honduras!

:pac::pac::pac:

Paully D

Omackeral wrote: »

Poor in what sense? A sending off would have been OTT. Palacios' stamps were worse. Ref got it right IMO

Poor in the sense that Palacios clearly stamped on an opponent and wasn't sent off.

Nuri Sahin

Remy should be starting.

mike65

Great calm stuff from Sakho, better than Varane so far.

Cypher_sounds

Frace missing a player like Nasri to link up mid to attack better.

murpho999

Paully D wrote: »

Poor in the sense that Palacios clearly stamped on an opponent and wasn't sent off.

He clearly stamped on your HD TV with super slow motion from 4 angles. You're forgetting that.

Fuhrer

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I like Honduras' attitude.

It's the World Cup, not a popularity contest.

Me too

It reminds me of a guy I used to play indoor with. Every time he saw someone doing a stepover or some poor cruyff turn he just plough through them like a train.