Group H: Portugal, Ghana, Uruguay, South Korea

[Foxxed]

An elbow and a goal. Great work from the centre backs there. Cmon Ghana.

[leicsmac]

5 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Totally against the run of play 

Yeah.

 

Goodness knows I'm rooting for Korea, but they really lack the cutting edge necessary in these kind of situations.

[Manley Farrington-Brown]

1 minute ago, trabuch said:

It stands. If anyone understands the hb laws these days they're better than me.

IFAB clarified handball last year; included the sentence:

 

"Accidental handball that leads to a team-mate scoring a goal or having a goal-scoring opportunity will no longer be considered an offence."

 

So on that basis absolutely right to give the goal.

[Manley Farrington-Brown]

Just now, leicsmac said:

Goodness knows I'm rooting for Korea

I'm rooting for the team with a Leicester player. Always do; no exceptions!

[StanSP]

1 minute ago, Manley Farrington-Brown said:

I'm rooting for the team with a Leicester player. Always do; no exceptions!

What if they come up against each other? 

[StanSP]

Good header by Kudus. S. Korea haven't done much since going behind. 

[trabuch]

Nice

 

[RumbleFox]

All of these teams, everyone, in the whole competition, are better to watch than us eh? Bar maybe Belgium. 

Edited 28 November 2022 by RumbleFox

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

South Korea are boring but Ghana have been very decent

[Manley Farrington-Brown]

Just now, StanSP said:

What if they come up against each other? 

Well if one has more Leicester players I go for them. Otherwise - I want a draw? Or they just cancel each other out and I don't care!

[StanSP]

6 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

Yeah.

 

Goodness knows I'm rooting for Korea, but they really lack the cutting edge necessary in these kind of situations.

The over-reliance on Son will hold them back. 

[leicsmac]

4 minutes ago, Manley Farrington-Brown said:

I'm rooting for the team with a Leicester player. Always do; no exceptions!

Nah, this is international football,  club affiliation doesn't mean much to me.

 

Understand that others feel differently, however.

 

Think this one is over as a contest already anyhow tbh.

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

2 minutes ago, RumbleFox said:

All of these teams, everyone, in the whole competition, are better to watch than us eh? Bar maybe Belgium. 

 

We've had one brilliant game and one mergh game (which we still didn't lose, against a tidy enough side), we really haven't been bad or anywhere near the worst side to watch in the tournament. Look at the Dutch, Belgians, Argies, Germans.

 

That's before you get to Mexico, Qatar, South Korea...

Edited 28 November 2022 by Miquel The Work Geordie

[leicsmac]

Just now, StanSP said:

The over-reliance on Son will hold them back. 

And Son is a playmaker, not an out and out goalscorer unless he has genuine quality players supplying him, yeah.

[trabuch]

I love watching teams like Ghana when it starts to click for them. They make football look fun.

[Finnegan]

As if anyone would want to force a move to Everton. 

[Tommy Fresh]

Big Dan, absolute unit

[Finnegan]

4 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

And Son is a playmaker, not an out and out goalscorer unless he has genuine quality players supplying him, yeah.

 

Bit harsh. I hate Son with a passion, he's a cynical little cheat. But he's a fantastic player and an excellent goal scorer capable of goals out of nothing through sheer individual brilliance. 

 

The rest of the team are a bit average and over rely on him though certainly. 

[trabuch]

Amartey having to deal with Son when he's on a yellow worries me a bit, but he's doing OK so far.

[leicsmac]

Just now, Finnegan said:

 

Bit harsh. I hate Son with a passion, he's a cynical little cheat. But he's a fantastic player and an excellent goal scorer capable of goals out of nothing through sheer individual brilliance. 

 

The rest of the team are a bit average and over rely on him though certainly. 

Well, for this team he's having to be both playmaker and goalscorer, so yeah, over reliance.

 

IMO the quality of the Spurs players around him allows him the opportunity to bring more of those moments of brilliance for them.

 

And for how I judge his footballing merit, I have a lot of time for Son as a person given the way he's further raised footballing interest in this country.

[ARTY_FOX]

Big fan of the long added times. Long overdue due.

[RumbleFox]

12 minutes ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

 

We've had one brilliant game and one mergh game (which we still didn't lose, against a tidy enough side), we really haven't been bad or anywhere near the worst side to watch in the tournament. Look at the Dutch, Belgians, Argies, Germans.

 

That's before you get to Mexico, Qatar, South Korea...

Be gone with your reason and understanding. I want to post wild, unfounded conjecture on this forum without fear of people countering me with valid points. 

[trabuch]

Jonathan Pearce's pronunciation of the Korean players reminds me a bit of Wayne's World. 

[Criggers]

25 minutes ago, RumbleFox said:

Be gone with your reason and understanding. I want to post wild, unfounded conjecture on this forum without fear of people countering me with valid points. 

IIRC, the forum T&C’s state when signing up that you must do exactly this.

[Criggers]

Horrendous defending there. Big Dan would have cleared it.