21 Jun 2026 10:51:55
Anyone else sick to the back teeth of all this diving and rolling around during the WC?
Grown men rolling around as if they have been smacked by baseball bats.
Then, if they see that ref has played on they make a miraculous recovery.
It's sickened me and last night the Ivory Coast players made a meal of every tackle.
Their goalie was worst.
21 Jun 2026 13:00:54
The worst thing I've seen so far were the actions of the turkey player, running to the linesman to grass the player for covering his mouth when speaking ???.
21 Jun 2026 14:25:40
The carry on from players these days has put me off watching a lot of football Tim.
That goalkeeper last night was an embarrassment.
The standard of refereeing has been a joke also, at one point the Ivory Coast keeper came out for a ball, jumped into his own player then started the screaming and the pretend injury 20 roll back and forward and the ref gave him a free kick.
I thought our refs were bad but that is extracting the urine.
When are FIFA or UEFA going to start hammering the Cheating.
21 Jun 2026 16:03:27
Modern football is frustrating and boring to watch.
I’ve hardly watched the WC although I constantly watch the updates of the latest scores even through the night.
Bring back the football from before 20 years ago when it was played by real men who were not scared of a 50/ 50 challenge.
I actually prefer watching American Football now with plenty of touchdowns and it’s great for betting.
I still don’t know all the rules but it’s more exciting betting on the American Football.
I think overtime in American Sports still count in betting but our Football ends after 90 minutes.
Another reason for betting on American Football especially with point scoring which i bet.
21 Jun 2026 16:39:10
Tim, they are doing it because they've been getting away with it for years, and its all down to one thing, poor refereeing.
Cuillina was excellent when he was a ref, telling players to get up, they soon get the message.
Player loses ball, player falls over, ref gives a foul. Brutal to watch.
I've even heard pundits like shearer and Lineker saying, after a player stays on his feet i after a dodgy tackle it the box, 'player was too honest there, if he'd gone down that would have been a penalty'.
It shows that that is what they are being coached to do.
21 Jun 2026 17:32:42
Wc been a good watch folks, Scotland havnt and Spain and Portugal stink place out first outings but games have been pretty enjoyable, there’s a mismatch within most groups of quality meaning odd game is one way, especially in first round but overall it’s better than no football for 6 weeks.
21 Jun 2026 18:25:55
I'm a huge NFL fan Buzz. I've been following the Bengals since we started getting the highlights on a Sunday night in the early 80's.
You don't see the carryon with players screaming and rolling about if the wind blows their eyebrow the wrong way.
22 Jun 2026 10:38:34
Modern foitball sucks. Players are taught to fall down and roll about with the slightest contact.
I remember playing 45 years ago. We had a corner and I bent down ( first mistake) to tighten my lace and got a size 9 in the head. No penalty, no talking to from the ref, we played on.
After the game I was walking home and have no idea what happened but I ended up in hospital for the night as I had concussion.
God knows what Sheraer a co would say about that. They encourage cheating. Shearer himself came from an era where players stayed on their feet and fought back and now they are encouraging falling over.
Vin Jr is one of the worst at is Reals new left back Cucureilla. Young kids watch it and copy it.