World Cup 2014 thread

[IvanMC]

Originally Posted by Christian Benteke

Happy for you Ivan, hopefully one day I'll know what it's like to see my country play in a World Cup final .

The vultures will be circling our Ron now , best defender in the World Cup and actually had the guts to take the first penalty even if it was a shit pen. What a set of shitbags Robben, Sneijder, Kuyt and Huntelaar are letting a defender go up first in a World Cup semi final and take the first penalty.

Totally unforgivable.

I agree, Christian! He really did have guts! It really really does take huge guts to go take the 1st one under such pressure! 2 players chickened out and he was brave enough to summon up the courage to go and take it!
Didn't remember you were a Villan in spite of your nick. Great team, mate, although they haven't lifted cups for some long time; when I was a kid I used to play commodore 64 games such as Footballer of the Year (I&II), Peter Shilton, etc etc and Aston Villa was always the team I'd pick out. Then I was a stupid teenager and still kept hooked on footie games when FIFA 98 came out, and I'd still pick out the Villans (there was Yorke at that time!). I started to support West Ham when Tevez arrived in East London. Nowadays I've been playing some Master League on PES and Rangers have been the chosen ones (don't hate me!) because I loved the chants

[Cuthbert]

Originally Posted by IvanMC

Didn't remember you were a Villan in spite of your nick.

Course man, gotta rep the ends.

Great team, mate, although they haven't lifted cups for some long time; when I was a kid I used to play commodore 64 games such as Footballer of the Year (I&II), Peter Shilton, etc etc and Aston Villa was always the team I'd pick out. Then I was a stupid teenager and still kept hooked on footie games when FIFA 98 came out, and I'd still pick out the Villans (there was Yorke at that time!). I started to support West Ham when Tevez arrived in East London. Nowadays I've been playing some Master League on PES and Rangers have been the chosen ones (don't hate me!) because I loved the chants

I'm not just saying this because you posted it but Rangers are one of the teams I like, partly out of dislike for Celtic. Rangers have the most beautiful ground in Britain, thanks to Archibald Leitch.



And you are right, it's been far too long. Still bitter about O'Neill.

Regarding World Cup matters, Brazil play the Netherlands today. Louis van Gaal isn't a fan of the third place play off - BBC Sport - World Cup 2014: Louis van Gaal claims third-place play-off unfair

[14232949]

Originally Posted by Christian Benteke

. Rangers have the most beautiful ground in Britain, thanks to Archibald Leitch.

You must be joking. Ibrox is one of the biggest dumps in British football.







You find this aesthetically pleasing, how?
Look at that brickwork, the ground looks like a 70's built council estate.

[James]

British stadiums are generally underwhelming. When I was in Holland we saw the Ajax stadium and wow, different class.

[Mojo]

Originally Posted by Goofle11

I've predicted the quarters and the semis perfectly. Argentina will beat Germany.

Me too and I put some money on mine

I chickened out of picking a winner in Brazil v Colombia and put both teams to score instead, although I did have Brazil in my slip originally and deleted them.

On form alone it's hard to see Germany losing tonight, of course, but it's not like they looked invincible before the Brazil match. I still quite fancy Holland tonight and Argentina tomorrow to be honest.

[Cuthbert]

Originally Posted by Mankycaaant

You must be joking. Ibrox is one of the biggest dumps in British football.

You find this aesthetically pleasing, how?
Look at that brickwork, the ground looks like a 70's built council estate.

No way.

What do you think is the best ground in this country? inb4 Emirates/Wembley.

[Goofle]

[Cuthbert]

^ For rich people yeah. Not football fans. & It's also a complete rip off of Estadio Da Luz.

Can confirm the top 5 grounds in England are:

5 - Craven Cottage:

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4 - Anfield:

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3 - Hillsborough:

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2 - Old Trafford:

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1 - Villa Park:

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[Goofle]

Keep the goal posts firm please.

Emirates is clearly the nicest looking ground aside from maybe Wembley.

[Cuthbert]

It is not. And even if it was, it would lose points because it is actually a copy of Estadio Da Luz (minus the Emirates logos).

Big, tall stands with the corners open > bowl.

The brickwork, mosaics, stained glass and gold trim of Villa Park > bowl.

The nice touch of having a children's football pitch next to the home of the 4th most successful English club >>>

It doesn't look good at all, those other grounds have far more character & are more interesting than the Emirates - Emirates Stadium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

lol at Arsenalisation.

https://twitter.com/GNev2/status/360522559965495297

They're all waxing lyrical on SkyScraperCity about our ground and I'm sure they know a thing or two about architecture - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1065537