Iran vs Nigeria 20:00 RTE2/BBC1

Washington Irving

Two pre tournament favourites kick off their World Cup campaigns this evening while Turtyturd looks to continue to his impressive betting form.


IRAN LINE-UP: Haghighi, Heydari, Haji Safi, Hosseini, Sadeghi, Nekounam (c), Timotian, Montazeri, Ghoochannejad, Dejagah, Pooladi

NIGERIA LINE-UP: Enyeama (c), Ambrose, Oshaniwa, Oboabona, Omeruo, Mikel, Onazi, Azeez, Musa, Victory Moses, Emenike



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Aenaes

Ah, Khosro Heydari. He's in my WC fantasy team as a forward, shame he actually plays right-back.

wonga77

Cant wait to hear the attempts at pronouncing some of the surnames, i hope to fcuk Brian Kerr is on :pac:

CR 7

First 0-0?

mike65

Keep your eye on the Nigerian keeper and the clock

/just sayin'

The Super Eagles have a decent bench Peter Odemwingie, Joseph Yobo, Shola Ameobi :cough:

kfallon

Gonna go play 5 a side instead of watch this, cue a 6-6 draw now.....and our 5 a side game will prob be a drab 1-0 affair :pac:

mike65

wonga77 wrote: »

Cant wait to hear the attempts at pronouncing some of the surnames, i hope to fcuk Brian Kerr is on :pac:

Reza Ghoochanneijhad, make it happen.

Talib Fiasco

Fifa legend Emineke to run riot for Nigeria. Expecting good things from them.

TheRedDevil10

Your dedicated to the World Cup if you watch this







will probably regret not watching

namloc1980

Normally wouldn't watch this in a month of Sunday's....but it's the World Cup so gonna be glued to it!!

mike65

Anyone fancy a sweepstake on the how long into the game it takes before a commentator mentions how Nigeria play with "freedom" and such "joy" (first world media code for they're Africans who can't really play this game yet).

CR 7

TheRedDevil10 wrote: »

Your dedicated to the World Cup if you watch this







will probably regret not watching

Japan ivory coast was the game to demonstrate dedication. I was weak and turned it off after 14 minutes.

Nuri Sahin

Victory Moses quest for 20 goals in the EPLWorld Cup begins now!

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efb

CR 7 wrote: »

Japan ivory coast was the game to demonstrate dedication. I was weak and turned it off after 14 minutes.

I lasted half time before I nodded off

namloc1980

mike65 wrote: »

Anyone fancy a sweepstake on the how long into the game it takes before a commentator mentions how Nigeria play with "freedom" and such "joy" (first world media code for they're Africans who can't really play this game yet).

How about "defensively naive". That's guaranteed to be mentioned even before kick off.

Seaneh

Mikel will be MOTM, calling it now.

The Backwards Man

Always liked Teymourian, thought he was a classy middle of the park man. Sneaky feeling they might get a result here, so long as Ameobi isn't unleashed upon them from the bench.

Nuri Sahin

Seaneh wrote: »

Mikel will be MOTM, calling it now.

10/1 if you fancy a nibble. Tends to perform much better for country than club.

kfallon

I'm going for a draw in this, saw Nigeria play USA a couple of weeks ago and they were muck!

Seaneh

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

10/1 if you fancy a nibble. Tends to perform much better for country than club.

He's given a licence to play for his country, he's the main play maker. He's a fantastic passer of the ball. I think he's wasted as a destroyer, he has so much more to his game.

Rhys Essien

Fact of the day.

Cork man Frank O'Farrell managed Iran to win the Asian Cup in 1976.

Omackeral

I love how RTE are blaring the music so ya can't hear Whelan's lack of knowledge on the Iran side.

Nuri Sahin

Seaneh wrote: »

He's given a licence to play for his country, he's the main play maker. He's a fantastic passer of the ball. I think he's wasted as a destroyer, he has so much more to his game.

Talk of Twitter of him being fixed for MOTM whatever his performance, helps if he has a good one though obviously. As low as 13/2 and as high as 9/1 now.

GreNoLi

Hope Kerr has a good game, he invariably does, top top commentator.

fuzzydunlop85

Think this is the first game I will give a miss.

Will I Amnt

GreNoLi wrote: »

Hope Kerr has a good game, he invariably does, top top commentator.

With those Iranian names? It's going to be hilarious :pac:

Witcher

fckin lens flare

GreNoLi

Quieroz looks well for 61, wouldn't think that he had been 'around the block'.

Turtyturd

Washington Irving wrote: »

Two pre tournament favourites kick off their World Cup campaigns this evening while Turtyturd looks to continue to his impressive betting form.

100 euro on Victory Moses hat trick.

Turtyturd

Shot on target from Vic the bet is on.

Angron

That lens flare is getting annoying pretty quickly.

Anyway, probably not going to be getting a classic here, I'm thinking Nigeria to edge it.

Invertpyramid

Blay wrote: »

fckin lens flare

Football. J.J. Abrams style.

briany

That lens flare is slowing my stream down, and I can't find the option to turn it off. Maybe if I reduced AA from 16x to 2, and set shadows to medium?

LightningBlue

Not a foul on the keeper for me. Soft decision.

Oat23

briany wrote: »

That lens flare is slowing my stream down, and I can't find the option to turn it off. Maybe if I reduced AA from 16x to 2, and set shadows to medium?

Witcher

Not a bad match....

Washington Irving

Good chance for Nigeria. Decent start to the game

Augmerson

maudgone wrote: »

Some of those Iranians would look comfortable with machete's or machine guns.

Why do you say that?

fearrua

Nigeria don't look half bad so far, might adopt them as my team for the tournament. Come on you boys in green! :P

Omackeral

I reckon Nigeria are gonna cruise this.

Turtyturd

Victor the only big player living up to the hype so far.

djPSB

Victor Moses is a cert for player of the tournament.

The nigerians like the long balls


*yawn*

Oat23

Augmerson wrote: »

Why do you say that?

Don't worry, they're Iranian so it's okay. If he said something that could be construed as racism when describing the Nigerian fans, that would be wrong.

murpho999

Just switched on and my hopes for Nigeria nose-dived when I discovered that Moses made the squad let alone the first team.

Headshot

Nigeria playing anti football

Paully D

Bring on Ameobi FFS :pac:

Invertpyramid

Anybody else think that he didn't mean that cheeky shot and that he just shanked his cross terribly?

Biddy_61

are the bright pink boots ankle booties?

LightningBlue

Great save by Enyeama.

Headshot

wow the Nigerian players a missing a few brain cells