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Old 29-06-2014, 19:35
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...or on the other hand Holland played it perfectly, let the mexicans spend 70 minutes burnig themselves out then give the ball to Robben! I knew an equaliser was coming because of the amount of space they left, and we still had the legs to utilise it.
I am guessing it takes more energy to continually face wave after wave of attacks than it is to pass and move as they were doing upto the last 35 minutes.

You would think the coaches would have stats for saying how many times parking the bus is a success percentage wise but Mexico had the momentum and the Dutch were poor so handing them first the initiative and then giving them several bites at the cherry didn't look like the best plan ...
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Old 29-06-2014, 19:38
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Makes you sick doesn't it. The team that should have been banned from this WC for their thuggery in the 2010 final are through.
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Old 29-06-2014, 19:39
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I cannot have that.

England players did more than their fair share of diving at this tournament.
Yep, they are just not very good at it. They should bring Franny Lee into the coaching team, use the experience of the record holder for the most penalties in a season in England.
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Old 29-06-2014, 19:40
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I cannot have that.

England players did more than their fair share of diving at this tournament.
Exactly - the reason they are sitting on a beach somewhere is not because they can't dive with the best of them but simply they are not as good as they think they are and even more worringly don't look like they can be arsed pulling on their nations shirt.
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Old 29-06-2014, 19:40
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I cannot have that.

England players did more than their fair share of diving at this tournament.
More than diving. I mean cunning, nerve. Journalists, commentators and others have mentioned similar. Doesn't mean it's a fact of course, I just think there's an element of truth to it. Maybe I'm reading too much to it, and playing by the rules can win you things as much as bending the rules now and again.
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Old 29-06-2014, 19:55
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Makes you sick doesn't it. The team that should have been banned from this WC for their thuggery in the 2010 final are through.
I think Mexico deserved to be beaten though due to their stupid tactic of sitting back just because they'd scored a goal. It would have been safer for them to have taken the game by the scruff of the neck and kept their composure.
Being 1-0 up against Holland is simply not going to be good enough to be complacent about and just sit back hoping to defend for the rest of the match. Inviting them to score one back against you is suicidal.
As I understand it Holland have come back from 1-0 in some of their matches already.

I don't know what Mexico were playing at, but they blew it.
I feel sorry for them, as I think if they had kept their composure this game was theirs for their taking, but they still blew it.
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Old 29-06-2014, 19:55
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Robben is the dirtiest player in the game and the standard by which all professional football bad guys are measured...What a legend you are Robben.
Robben dives and kind of feigns injury. More OTT theatrics really. He's not really a danger to other players.

Suarez does that plus rakes achilies, gouges eyes and bites players. Also his feigning injury is premeditated.
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Old 29-06-2014, 19:57
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Often you see players dive when there's a high chance of them scoring if they stay on their feet.
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Old 29-06-2014, 20:01
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Makes you sick doesn't it. The team that should have been banned from this WC for their thuggery in the 2010 final are through.
Behave.
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Old 29-06-2014, 20:20
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Wesley Sneijder has scored more World Cup goals than the entire England squad put together.
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Old 29-06-2014, 20:22
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What a horrible player Robben is, cannot stand watching him on the field.

Shame as he's actually a quality player when he has the ball at his feet.
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Old 29-06-2014, 20:26
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I don't see what Robben did wrong with regards to the penalty. I know the dive was a bit theatrical but I don't believe that influenced the ref. Marquez clearly stood on his foot.

Mexico were a tougher test for the Dutch than I thought they would be. Credit to the Dutch though for coming back. I hope they go on to win it.
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Old 29-06-2014, 20:26
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I really hope the Netherlands don't deny us a classic Argentina vs. Brazil final. Although I suppose Robben trying to dive his way to a winners medal when surrounded by passionate Brazilians could be quite entertaining also.

I don't see what Robben did wrong with regards to the penalty. I know the dive was a bit theatrical but I don't believe that influenced the ref. Marquez clearly stood on his foot.
Of course it influenced the ref. If he tried staying on his feet he almost certainly wouldn't have been given the penalty. And that's the justification for the over-theatrical antics, because you don't get decisions if you're honest.
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Old 29-06-2014, 20:26
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BBC:

Mexico coach Miguel Herrera said: "We'd done really well. Then the team sits back and we start to give chances to a team that had not done anything."

Even the Manager was mystified at that.
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Old 29-06-2014, 20:31
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Makes you sick doesn't it. The team that should have been banned from this WC for their thuggery in the 2010 final are through.
But they got their just deserts in the last wc as Spain won. I was in Holland during that time and every single person was gutted including the team and their entourage.

IMO that penalty was deserved, dive or no dive.

I was torn as have family from both countries so whoever won would have been sad for the other family but I think Holland deserved it for really going for it when Mexico sat back after one goal
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Old 29-06-2014, 20:35
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I really hope the Netherlands don't deny us a classic Argentina vs. Brazil final. Although I suppose Robben trying to dive his way to a winners medal when surrounded by passionate Brazilians could be quite entertaining also.



Of course it influenced the ref. If he tried staying on his feet he almost certainly wouldn't have been given the penalty. And that's the justification for the over-theatrical antics, because you don't get decisions if you're honest.
Marquez was standing on his foot. If someone was standing on one of my feet while I was trying to move forward, I'd probably lose balance too. I think the theatrical fall is irrelevant to the ref if there is a foul, which I believe there was in that moment.

Besides, if you don't like diving, you'd better hope we don't get a Brazil vs Argentina final.
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Old 29-06-2014, 20:40
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I don't see what Robben did wrong with regards to the penalty. I know the dive was a bit theatrical but I don't believe that influenced the ref. Marquez clearly stood on his foot.

Mexico were a tougher test for the Dutch than I thought they would be. Credit to the Dutch though for coming back. I hope they go on to win it.
It would be interesting if one of these days a theatrical dive is punished with a yellow but the penalty still given for an obvious foul.
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Old 29-06-2014, 20:44
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It would be interesting if one of these days a theatrical dive is punished with a yellow but the penalty still given for an obvious foul.
Surely that's not possible?
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Old 29-06-2014, 21:02
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Surely that's not possible?
Dunno.
Penalty given for foul.
Card given for unsportsman conduct?
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Old 29-06-2014, 21:03
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BBC:

Mexico coach Miguel Herrera said: "We'd done really well. Then the team sits back and we start to give chances to a team that had not done anything."

Even the Manager was mystified at that.
So it wasn't even a tactic by the manager.
I feel bad for him. the team had a great opportunity to really put the pressure on Holland but did the opposite.
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Old 30-06-2014, 03:36
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Pfffffffffffffffff, gutted for Mexico.
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Old 30-06-2014, 06:53
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Robbed admits diving now in yesterday's game.

Should be banned.
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Old 30-06-2014, 08:42
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Robbed admits diving now in yesterday's game.

Should be banned.
Robben comes from a long line of divers who continue to get away with it.

Remember, it wasn't long ago that the Premier League claimed it would be cracking down on "simulation", but still we see this week in, week out and only a handful of bookings. So if the PL are failing to take this seriously, what hope for the WC run by FIFA?.
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Old 30-06-2014, 08:57
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Robben comes from a long line of divers who continue to get away with it.
But he was genuinely fouled, twice before in this match and in the penalty box. Both missed by blind refereeing. So things kind of equaled out. Falling over easily is nowhere near what Maradonna did in '86, which was deliberate and blatant cheating.
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Old 30-06-2014, 09:01
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Robben left Chelsea once

Should be banned.
I hear ya.
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