EURO 2012

his job's not to avoid booking players

I didn't find him unreasonable

amnesty after the QFs

― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 22:08 (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the fuck is the point of this? it just means that players could dick around here with no risk.

Better than players missing out on the final imo

Ismael, I agree. If they'd merely played a defensive game, I might be somewhat less sanguine about it, but they took some chances. It was, all in all, a better game than the Spain vs France game, for example.

Yeah, 60% is actually pretty damn low if I think about the rest of the cup. Typed before I thought it out.

― indian rope trick (remy bean), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 21:44 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

It should get lower towards the final as the opposition/occasion becomes more difficult to cope with - it's still v high by anyone else's standards.

Pepe's "MY FUCKING BALL" throughout that game was excellent.

Spain to take it on pens, CRon to CRy.

They risk giving up free-kicks and being booked twice and sent off. xps

Meh, cunts shouldn't be encouraged to be cunty just because they want to sell more shirts. the players who deserve to be in the final shouldn't be the ones who have had a bunch of yellow cards ruled out.

it just means that players could dick around here with no risk.

It also means the 'lesser' sides don't go into the semis with third string players. Uefa know what they're doing in this regard.

xps Problem is they've devalued bookings so much, a suspension for two yellows has become far too harsh. They need to make it a rolling amnesty - a yellow drops off three games later, something like that

Doesn't this happen in the WC, too, where there's a card amnesty after some stage?

lol shearer feels less nerves watching a neutral match than an england one. crazy! whowudathunkit?

eh make up yr mind sam you want the ref to avoid punishing players for football reasons or yr shocked that players may not be punished correctly

Fabulous save.

incredible save

good peno, great save

save!

fuck yes!

surprised how much i am supporting portugal.

"it's a poor penalty to be honest"

rui patricio killin em

This is going to go on for like 15 penalties.

that second one wasn't good

darragh, half the yellows tonight have been for ridiculous things barely worth a free kick. the ref can be wrong AND the rule can be wrong.

another great save! oh iniesta spoiling the party.

This'll have to go to a best-of-3 Rock Paper Scissors between the team captains.

I bet one of these players tries a panenka, they're too vain not to think they can replicate Pirlo's effort.

good ol' peps.

I think they should have coin toss to choose between pentaly kicks and keepy-uppies or something; they're something so unsatisying about penalties.

fine pair of penalties

centre halves be taking great penalties

lol what was that about

Michael they are unsatisfying to win by but they can break yr heart if your team lose and really that is what sport is about.

lol Ramos

told you

i hope that secretly was a dick move and bruno alves is their best penalty taker.

we just disagree on the fouls that were yellows then sam, thought they were all yellows

unlucky son

Poor Alves.

big run up, it's going over.

oh fuck! he looked so unconfident, david batty esque.

it has to be that twat (plz come back)

jammy fucker

lol cronaldo picking 5th

damn, espana

Well done nani

nani a dick, cron gonna cry, alves shouldn't have stepped up.

I think Ronaldo's about to go back into the dressing room and kill everyone in there one by one.

Really wanted Nani to try something audacious and fall flat on his face and was disappointed when he didn't.

Wasn't Nani's fault if Alves was going out of turn.

ronaldo you shit out.

Nani should have just let him go. Such a dick move.

Poor Coentrao, 'ave a cry son.

clever move not letting ronaldo take one.

Nani's pen was great. So was Fabergas'.

Nani hasn't got the brain power to make such a decision.