Group C: Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Poland

[Koke]

Unless Messi creates magic, this game has 0-0 written all over it.

[Tuna]

Ouch that looked painful for Alvarez!

[deejdeej]

According to Tim Vickery, the Argies aren't the same without Lo Celso. They do look poor in midfield.

 

 

[Guest nathan.]

Messi isn't 100% 

 

You can tell.

[tom27111]

8 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Dixon is dangerously close to Murphy/Lawro levels of dreadful comms. 

Dixon is great on the Premier League comms for NBC.

 

He's usually paired with our very own Arlo White. I think it's a chemistry thing.

[StanSP]

4 minutes ago, deejdeej said:

According to Tim Vickery, the Argies aren't the same without Lo Celso. They do look poor in midfield.

 

 

Agreed. Vickery is a great pundit but they miss Lo Celso - he's part of the reason they did so well in that unbeaten run too. 

[PhillippaT]

1 minute ago, tom27111 said:

Dixon is great on the Premier League comms for NBC.

 

He's usually paired with our very own Arlo White. I think it's a chemistry thing.

Now you're making me wish for an Arlo and Ally commentary team. Dammit  

[StanSP]

Unless there's a mistake or calamitous error, this is heading to a 0-0. Neither side can find a way to test either keeper. 

[Vacamion]

 

This game is extremely stop/start.

 

 

 

 

 

[Milo]

Fvck me, this is dull

[Smudge]

3 minutes ago, tom27111 said:

Dixon is great on the Premier League comms for NBC.

 

He's usually paired with our very own Arlo White. I think it's a chemistry thing.

Not any more, Arlo was let go by NBC and has been replaced with Peter Drury

[PhillippaT]

Cancelling each other out with cwappy little fouls  

[tom27111]

Just now, StanSP said:

Agreed. Vickery is a great pundit but they miss Lo Celso - he's part of the reason they did so well in that unbeaten run too. 

Vickery is exceptional. What he doesn't know about his expert field isn't worth knowing.

 

Used to enjoy the 5 live football phone in with him years ago. I think they moved it?

 

His proper Portuguese pronunciations of players is great as well, Man Utd's Fred is actually pronounced "Fre-Jo" Fre as in Freind and Jo with a soft J 

[Koke]

4 minutes ago, Vacamion said:

 

This game is extremely stop/start.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is what Mexico wants. Messi will destroy them if they go passive against them. They want this stop/start game full of silly little fouls.

[Raj]

It's like watching championship football....

[Tuna]

As clear a yellow card as you'll see there!

[Balj]

1 minute ago, Tuna said:

As clear a yellow card as you'll see there!

Sometimes you just gotta stand back and admire the foul - as you say, dictionary definition of a straight yellow!

[Super_horns]

Busy match for the ref - lots of tacking/fouls.

[Raj]

McAllister.

Wonder how long it took him to decide he wanted to play for Argentina  rather than Scotland!!!

[Vacamion]

9 minutes ago, Koke said:

 

This is what Mexico wants. Messi will destroy them if they go passive against them. They want this stop/start game full of silly little fouls.

 

I get it.

 

But it aint pretty.

 

 

[Milo]

6 minutes ago, Balj said:

Sometimes you just gotta stand back and admire the foul

[Amin]

24 minutes ago, tom27111 said:

Vickery is exceptional. What he doesn't know about his expert field isn't worth knowing.

 

Used to enjoy the 5 live football phone in with him years ago. I think they moved it?

 

His proper Portuguese pronunciations of players is great as well, Man Utd's Fred is actually pronounced "Fre-Jo" Fre as in Freind and Jo with a soft J 

I think it's on Monday nights now. Its still available as a podcast. 

[tom27111]

1 minute ago, Amin said:

I think it's on Monday nights now. Its still available as a podcast. 

Yeah I'd heard something like that. I used to struggle sleeping and that was brilliant to listen to until 4am at the weekend!

[Amin]

2 minutes ago, tom27111 said:

Yeah I'd heard something like that. I used to struggle sleeping and that was brilliant to listen to until 4am at the weekend!

Yes, I miss its slot in the early hours of Saturday. 

[Guest nathan.]

Messi is plodding around like hes lost the will to live.