Sheaf Saint

Just trying to think - when was the last time we played Argentina at a WC? Was it when Becks scored the penalty conceded by Poch in the group stages in 2002?

Just watched the highlights of Argentina v Switzerland. Looks like the Argies didn't really create anything after going 1-0 up, and can be thankful for the red card otherwise the Swiss might well have beaten them.

It was a far from perfect performance, but I thought we were worthy winners in the end. Tuchel getting very annoyed with the interviewer!

That was fucking brilliant from Spence.

Guess he's just burned himself out.

Wasn't clear and obvious. Yeah he moved his leg over to protect the ball, but he's allowed to do that and he was still tripped. Should have stuck with the on-field decision.

And then took a very faint touch off a Norway player before going out.

So the goal gets overturned and the corner is to be retaken. But it shouldn't have been a corner in the first place because the ball came off a Norway player last and it wasn't checked.

This aged well 😉

No doubt Honest Bob Jenrick will already be brushing up his knowledge of bins and drafting his defection letter in readiness.

Because despite the fact that he's now been released without charge, the victim was a high-profile member of a divisive political party, and there exists a large subsection of society in this country who will automatically assume he must be a radicalised immigrant, and use that false assumption to have a rant about Islam / immigration in general. There have been numerous examples of that on this very forum over the years.

He Bazzed it.

Yep. Arm clearly in an unnatural position. No VAR check. The inconsistency of its use is infuriating.

I honestly don't know how anyone could have believed he would be any different once elected. His record as an MEP was even worse. For years and years he bleated on about how British fishermen were being let down by the EU. Yet when he got himself onto the Fisheries Committee, where he could have actually had some influence to try and improve things for the very people he was pretending to give a shit about, he only bothered to turn up to one out of something like 48 meetings. He's nothing but a fraud and a grifter. It's been obvious from the moment he caught the attention of the public with his attention-seeking "Who are you?" monologue in Brussels. He's a shameless charlatan with the moral integrity of a whole nest of vipers. Quite how anyone could be so fucking stupid as to be taken in by such a blatant self-serving bullshitter is beyond my comprehension.

This is something that's really pissing me off with this WC. Case just proved further with the VAR check for Mbabbe's goal. There's a clear reluctance from the TV directors to show any replays at all of VAR checks or other potentially controversial incidents. Can't have Joe Public seeing the evidence for any suspicious decisions now can we.