Chelsea man myself. yeah hes no robben, but i mean henderson carried a player on his back as they tried to drop. harry is too content to hit the deck for such a strong player

He's got that good, clean cut, English boy look. If he falls down, someone must have fouled him persona.

Agree with Robben being the worst. Difficult to watch any game he is involved in. For that reason alone, I was happy Netherlands didn't qualify.

.... in Extra Sad news...... I'm doing both.

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stand .....

Belgium knows how to put the hearts in their fans throats. Was getting light headed over the last ten minutes. Brazil was wearing them down, you could see how it would end if it went into extras.

Thought the skills of Hazzard and DeBruyne were (more or less) equal, in watching the premier league. Not anymore. Hazzard is superior in every facet, minus the pinpoint pass in traffic.

Wonder if England will fold tomorrow, now that they vexed their PK demon.

Russia Croatia? That could get nasty physical.

Agreed. Looking forward to a good cruncher, now that all of the flopping divas are out of the tourney,

any bit of excitement in the next match will be good compared to this pone.

Ye! Yes! Yes!

Gotta say though, with what they had to work with, Russia sure made a deep run.
And Germany made a stinky poopy in da bed.........2 goals in 3 games.........with one of them a semi miracle?
Yikes....

Did 8-Track skip work today to watch the match?

Yup.

Hope that England v Croatia is an entertaining match...

Will be in place for Croatia v England.

Pulling for the likely-exhausted Croats.

Rooting for Croatia too but either way the final should be interesting.

last four teams seals the argument that Europe is still the center of the soccer world, and that the best players are in the top three/four leagues there, England, Spain, Germany, France

Best World Cup ever.

Croatia has more balls and determination than even I imagined.

When Trippier scored on 5 minutes, I couldn't conceive of this team coming back with the legs of Major Dan to make up, then overcome the deficit.

France should roll through them. Just like their last two, assumed, overlords.

France in a blowout...... right?

I'm only posting cuz tail did.

It will be an awesome match. I'm pulling for France, but with Croatia's heart...?

Side note, who knew the Ref was from Croatia in the England game?

I may have some resentment.

My guess is you have not been watching. This has been a great world cup.


I think they are starting to gain control over the flopping. I was hoping the VAR would result in more yellows when it happens but it seems as if the Refs are doing a better job of not calling the penalty and the VAR at times works in reverse.... if that makes sense....

Flopping hasn't been much of an issue and I love the world making fun of Niedermeyer (intentional spelling)



Go croatia.

Brazil's Neymar thanks you for the support.


Any sport that would allow such obvious flopping without enforcing any rules to prevent it should not be taken serious.

In the NHL some players started flopping, so they created the Embellishment penalty. And they enforce it, even though it's clearly a judgement call.
The NBA is doing the same thing. And it works.

This has been going on in soccer for decades, if not longer.
At the World Cup level.
And still no rules. Otherwise Neymar would have been sitting long before his team fell out of the tournament.

If you say so. You obviously have not been watching and did not grasp what I was saying. And I purposely misspelled Neymar who is the poster boy for the issue. he was largely mocked and his flops largely neutralized.

You don't have to like the sport, but its obvious you are not following it and your thoughts are a bit dated. The flopping issue is not totally resolved but they have made great strides without being draconian. There are rules and VAR.

I like what they have done, and if you had watched this world cup (which I'd guess you have no interest and even less knowledge about) you'd see flopping really has not been a huge issue..... neymar and what the mainstream media is telling you to think aside. its still there but not as you describe. I think you are out of your knowledge zone.

This is pure awesome.

In the history of sports talk, there has never been a discussion where somebody said "I don't like soccer", without hearing "well, you just don't understand it".
here we have yet another variation of it.

It's hilarious.

TW, you need justification?
OK fine.
I didn't watch enough of the world cup to have an opinion that matches yours.
But it's a catch 22. I don't watch because it's a joke sport. I can't be expected to watch and simply hope that it won't be WWE acting on the pitch.

Soccer fans are so needy.

And please don't misinterpret me. I am NOT being sarcastic.
If anything, I am understating how pathetic they can be.

We'll probably have to wait for a reply from TW.
He's too busy flopping to type.
(STILL not being sarcastic)



I do admit that I didn't catch your Neymar joke.

You claim that FIFA is addressing the flops? Didn't Naymar help Brazil beat Mexico AFTER a flop episode?

Gator,
I understand where your head is at. Ten years ago, I was EXACTLY in your viewing shoes. Saw a replay of a cheating Frenchman named Thierry Henry cheat Ireland out of a WC for 2010. In humor you wouldn't understand, two years later, I became an Arsenal fan.

Ironically, it was the NFL that made me a soccer fan. Enduring the endless breaks for commercials, I'd watch a little English Premier League. A full game all wrapped up in well under 2 hours. In the NFL, that only gets you midway into the third quarter.

As for flopping, there is far less flopping than there is holding in the NFL. Not even close. Compare the game flow of soccer. These athletes are almost always in motion. That, verses the six seconds of action, punctuated 40 seconds of no action, followed by five more minutes of screaming commercials. You can have the NFL.

Soccer snobs (and I) would tell you the same thing about understanding the game. Soccer is a chess match with human pieces. If you are a fan of structure, process and tactics, you'd like this. Don't watch where the ball is, realize where it is
going.

If you are into no flopping, physicality, give up on the NFL and watch Rugby. There is no reason (other than tradition) to watching the NFL.

LOL!