Group A: Mexico, South Africa, South Korea, Czech Republic

[JonnyZeroFox]

He was responsible for the first goal too 

[Libertine]

Sithole is going to have to sit out this one while South Africa shithouse a win.

[st albans fox]

Manufactured contact 

throws his legs back and up to make contact 

 

[RonnieTodger]

Just now, st albans fox said:

Manufactured contact 

throws his legs back and up to make contact 

 

Very Vardy

[foxile5]

Well played by Guitierrez (sp).

 

Great move across the man to draw the foul and get him off. He was getting closed down and the chance wasn't a definite goal. Easy to beat ten men with a goal advantage. 

[The Horse's Mouth]

Ian Wright flogging go compare this brother down bad 

[The Doctor]

3 minutes ago, ramboacdc said:

Had a browse of this week's fixtures. There really isnt anything that shouldn't just be a run over or very low quality football. 

 

Expanding this has diluted the group stage too much. 

Brazil v Morocco and France v Senegal should be decent

[Jattdogg]

1 minute ago, st albans fox said:

Manufactured contact 

throws his legs back and up to make contact 

 

Stupid for not reading what was going to happen.  You saw it happen before the knob fell for it

[StanSP]

That guy has a wand of a left foot

[fazzyfox]

Commentator - “and now he has the indignity of having his name read out lover the tannoy”….. the tannoy man pronounced it correctly, it could have been worse 

[st albans fox]

4 minutes ago, RonnieTodger said:

Very Vardy

S Africa needed Jon Moss 

[Finnegan]

This might be the most boring Mexican side of my life time. 

 

[foxfanazer]

Some questionable barnets in that Mexico side 

[fox_favourite]

1 minute ago, foxfanazer said:

Some questionable barnets in that Mexico side 

Why is one wearing a headband with number on the sides and short on top? Made me laugh. 

[Zear0]

1 minute ago, foxfanazer said:

Some questionable barnets in that Mexico side 

Alvarado has one the worst I’ve ever seen

[21st Century Fox]

1 minute ago, Finnegan said:

This might be the most boring Mexican side of my life time. 

 

Screaming out for a Cuauhtemoc Blanco type player.

[PhillippaT]

22 minutes ago, The Doctor said:

hosts against qualifying group winners, this isn't the expansion of the tournament, this is just how some of the world cup group stage is in every tournament 

Too many people really don't remember how bad most group games tend to be at the WC.  Which is precisely why I mention the Olympics, instead, because EXPANDING upon that original tournament is what the World Cup was always intended to be and do.  The Olympics is the original elite football tournament that it seems too many wish the World Cup would regress to instead.  That even with 48 teams, some otherwise 'decent' countries STILL haven't qualified (Italy/Nigeria/Cameroon/Chile etc.) should tell you that, if anything, it might not be big enough to still truly be a 'WORLD' Cup, regardless of what many people think.  The one thing about this tournmant, though, that does differ from before, is that it has 3 host countries from the same confederation, which is how Curacao managed to qualify, though even then they still had to beat Jamaica...

 

To everyone complaining about the quality of the world cup? Aww, diddums, boo-hoo.  The game/sport is bigger now than it ever has been, and the World Cup has expanded to reflect that.  Other Sports WISH they had that 'problem'

Edited Thursday at 20:31 by PhillippaT

[The Horse's Mouth]

If Mexico are this shit they could at least play ochoa 

[Fear Of The Fox]

1 minute ago, Finnegan said:

This might be the most boring Mexican side of my life time. 

 

With a bit of luck South Africa will score on the 90th min and it will be all over for Mexico in this tournament. It will take an own goal though because I can't see any other away SA would score.

[foxile5]

Whilst the football is pretty missable the shirt colours on display are pure World Cup. 

 

The fever is setting in, boys.

[Fear Of The Fox]

1 minute ago, PhillippaT said:

Too many people really don't remember how bad most group games tend to be at the WC.  Which is precisely why I mention the Olympics, instead, because EXPANDING upon that original tournament is what the World Cup was always indended to be and do.  The Olympics is the original elite football tournament that it seems too many wish the World Cup would regress to instead.  That even with 48 teams, some otherwise 'decent' countries STILL haven't qualified (Italy/Nigeria/Cameroon/Chile etc.) should tell you that, if anything, it might not be big enough to still truly be a 'WORLD' Cup, regardless of what many people think.  The one thing about this tournmant, though, that does differ from before, is that it has 3 host countries from the same confederation, which is how Curacao managed to qualify, though even then they still had to beat Jamaica...

1982 and 1986 just entered the chat just for starters.Some of us aren't in our 20s you know. 

[JonnyZeroFox]

Bit of a dull half this 

[fox_favourite]

1 minute ago, foxile5 said:

Whilst the football is pretty missable the shirt colours on display are pure World Cup. 

 

The fever is setting in, boys.

I really like the Mexican kit. 

[Ian Nacho]

Mexico are crap. Any average side would be about 4 up. 

[J.Lisemore]

Brussellball by the Mexicans, signs of what is to come for us  nothingness possession. Willing South Africa to get something here.