JadedWolf

Speaking of cringeworthy, that looked painful. Portuguese defending straight from the manual.

Cringeworthy defending there.

Not many of those sound believable to me. Then again, sometimes conspiracy theories are actually true.

They're the team that's looked the best so far, I'd put Colombia second. That said, there's plenty of precedent for teams starting out weak and playing themselves into great form throughout the tourney. If this tournament has taught me anything so far is that there seem to be no favourites. France does look good, but how will they fare against tougher opponents? As for Colombia... Eh, no. I don't see it. Edit: That being said, I'm still sticking with Germany at least reaching the finals. They may have played a ... less than spectacular game, but I still think they have the metal.

Poor Iran, they really did not deserve to lose this.

The thing is, we keep spiders around to keep us safe from spiders. We let the Daddy Longlegs (Pholcidae) stay because they hunt down and eat the dangerous spiders such as Redbacks. Truly man's best friend. Hmm. Spiders as pets.

? Not sure how this makes any sense. Do you mean that this group has honduras as a *easy* challenge? As for the game. We lost after 7 minutes. That injury threw off thhe players / any strategy. Mericless assassination and easy pickings afterwards. How the world cup for us continues depends solely on if the swiss players can get over what happened today. They are certainly not living up to their potential / what they have shown during qualification so far, though. I mean that even though Switzerland is, to me, the only team that deserves the second place in the group, France is so much more superior. It's a very unbalanced group.

Poor Swiss, they are having a rough evening. It says a lot about this group that the Swiss can still go through.

Good work by the keeper.

Oh my, that should have been the 1-2.

I always find the beginning bit where all the players fold their arms a bit funny. It's like you've done something bad and they all want to show their disapproval. From 0-0 to 0-2 in what feels like less than two minutes. Well, that was fast.

Costa Rica absolutely deserved it, well done to them. Italy looked really uninspired.

You're a die-hard watching that match. I'll watch anything, but I am sooo skipping that.

I would rate Suarez higher than van Persie to be honest, and even though Ronaldo didn't show much this tournament he would still certainly deserve a spot in the top 5 based on his performance the rest of the year. Remember that he has been playing while less than fit during the Portugal games. Although Robben technically is not a striker, in his current form is up there with the greats. What a beast. Excuse me while I do include him in my best 5. Based on today's performance, actually, I give Suarez the top spot. My list would be: 1) Suarez 2) Ronaldo 3) Robben 4) Messi 5) van Persie* * To be honest, based on chauvinism and his showing this tournament. If based on the rest of this year, he'd come nowhere near the top 5. I would probably place one of the German chaps here if I were more impartial, but being Dutch I can't bring myself to do that.

The way the English think of Suarez, I could see that happening. They would roll out the red carpet and escort the Costa Rican striker to their own goal while cheering him on, and applaud him after scoring.

Interesting, England is almost certainly out, and yet Uruguay's fate may depend on England winning against Costa Rica.

Such a difference he makes, Uruguay looked awful without him against Costa Rica.

Say what you want about Suarez, but he manages to consistently look dangerous. Edit: aaaaand he scores again.

The grass must be very wet today, people are constantly slipping and falling...

To be honest, I always feel England fans are too harsh on Rooney. First, they ascribe a level of talent to him that he simply does not possess. Then, they get angry at him for not living up to their fantasy.

Fee, fi, fo, fum, are you chance an Englishman?

I am pretty sure there will be a few very livid people in England cursing Suarez at this moment.

Which hand do you want him to score with, his right or his left?

Not really, players go off after taking a bump to the head or something that can be numbed or stretched, that takes a minute maybe in addition to on pitch treatment. Making his side go down for 5 minutes seems unfair. Works fine as is, referees just need to make sure the game starts back and he's off the pitch as soon as he can. Shame they can't have someone assess the guy while play continues and then let the referee stop it (he can't really do that and follow the play), that way they can be gauge it better. Also, although of course there are people feigning cramps, it does actually happen. Even players who are on the losing side and who would really have no interest in delaying the game have been observed suffering from cramps. The thing to do is for the ref to keep time and to add extra time, even 10 minutes if need be.

Duck stampede: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxlg5unYTyU