Argentina vrs Netherlands, World Cup Semi-Final , 9/7/2014 , 9.00pm

daRobot

bmcc10 wrote: »

Somebody please tell Giles that Sneijder isn't the player he once was

He also appears to have spray on hair.

JONJO THE MISER

Pulled the collar off him.

Al_Coholic

Kicking someone is not a yellow card but Demechilis gets a yellow for that

Smithwicks Man

alchemist33 wrote: »

Yes, I'm serious. How many years did you want him to stay? You'd think he left straight off the treatment table the way you're going on.

And going to another club to win trophies -- what do you think football is about?

And you make it sound as though he was doing Arsenal a massive favour staying those first 6 years. Nobody wanted him because he was constantly injured.

We must have different views on loyalty but the way I see it, Arsenal stuck by him for 6 years where he struggled with injuries. He came good in the end and looked as though he was going to repay them only to jump ship as soon as he became top class.

He could have won trophies at Arsenal, he was the clinical striker they needed at the time although I do blame Wenger for not investing in the squad to persuade him to stay.

Turtyturd

Demichailis almost stopped him falling over.

SlickRic

that's a booking, but the fact more Dutchmen aren't in the book first is laughable.

An Argie goal would make it a good game as the dutch might try and play then

Nuri Sahin

bmcc10 wrote: »

Somebody please tell Giles that Sneijder isn't the player he once was

Someone might want to tell Van Gaal that, tbh. Though it'd be nice if he brought him to Manchester

That_Guy

Janmaat is supposedly joining Newcastle. Knowing our luck he'll get injured.

Cypher_sounds

That's free kick was sneijder here nor there.

Angron

Feck, thought the keeper had ballsed that up there.

murpho999

Cillesen does a Neuer

SlickRic

the ridiculous thing is, if the Dutch played to get Robben running at the Argie defence, they'd get joy.

Washington Irving

murpho999 wrote: »

Cillesen does a Neuer

His confidence certainly doesn't seem to be dented, as some speculated.

efb

Argentina vs Netherlands #GoogleDoodle
https://g.co/doodle/9z737k


More fun than the game!

Rayne Wooney

Almost every time De Jong is losing the ball under pressure

Holland haven't got a midfield

Jelle1880

Cracking atmosphere now.

JONJO THE MISER

Its safe to assume we can take toilet breaks tonight without fear of missing anything.

derm0j073

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

Holland haven't got a midfield

Van Gaal will feel right at home come August :pac:

SlickRic

Vlaar has been brilliant this World Cup.

monkey9

The Dutch are extremely boring. That Argentinian defence is there to be got at big time and the Dutch have the players to exploit that. They seem to have been settling for penalties from the start.

Rayne Wooney

Dealing with Messi very well but he will still end up scoring

Nib

Ron Vlaar has been brilliant in this World Cup.


The bigger clubs could do a lot worse.

Mantis Toboggan

Both teams seem to have settled for extra time already.

Liam O

Playing De Jong and 3 CBs really impacts the ability of the Dutch to keep possession. Wijnaldum is better further up and not a great link man. I think someone like Van Der Vaart would have been good for that role as it's somewhere they're really lacking imo.

Iused2likebusts

Jelle1880 wrote: »

Cracking atmosphere now.

that was the argies singing their song mocking brazil its a great chant.

JONJO THE MISER

Hulk Hogan:eek:

Smithwicks Man

De Jong doesn't look fully fit, he's usually a lot more solid on the ball

Mantis Toboggan

please LVG bring on RVP

That_Guy

Great defending. A sure goal.

Nuri Sahin

Superb defending.

Smithwicks Man

Really like Blind

Iused2likebusts

Buddy Holly wrote: »

please LVG bring on RVP

To be fair rvp, robben, messi, higuan have all been quiet so far.

Alfred Borden

Please dont let this go to extra time.

Mantis Toboggan

De Jong is muck, hope United don't sign them.

TheTownie

Good time to make your World Cup debut. A semi final stalemate.

tayto lover

Raf32 wrote: »

Please dont let this go to extra time.

I think Leo will sort that problem out soon.

he's fcuked

Nuri Sahin

Good to see Clasie on. Inforfun will be like a proud father right now

shamrock55

Has maxi rodriguez had any game time in this world cup, they could do worse then bring him on

Smithwicks Man

Buddy Holly wrote: »

De Jong is muck, hope United don't sign them.

RVP plays with a slight illness and plays poorly - "it's because he's not fully fit"

De Jong plays with a bad injury and plays poorly - "it's because he's rubbish"

Makes sense :cool:

fearrua

Messi's good yeah, but it remains to be seen if he can do it on a wet, windy Wednesday in Sao Paolo...

On a serious note, this has been a really good game considering the lack of real chances we've had so far.

Nib

Buddy Holly wrote: »

De Jong is muck, hope United don't sign them.

De is brutal alright but Jong is decent.

briany

I'm recording this game to play whenever I can't sleep.

Smithwicks Man

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

Good to see Clasie on. Inforfun will be like a proud father right now

Nuri, was it you that tipped De Jong 1st player subbed cause he'd only play 60 mins? You were off by about 90 seconds


Two Dutch subs already doesn't bode well for them if this heads into extra time

SlickRic

both teams now look terrified to lose.

Rayne Wooney

Blinds vision is awful

That_Guy

What in the fook was that pass?

fearrua

Oh wow that was a piss poor ball from Blind. *insert pun about his name here*

Jelle1880

Blind doing his name service there.