polishgenius Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Poland and Japan conspired to absolutely shaft Senegal, that was a disgrace. I'd be too ashamed to show my face if I went through on fair play off the back of that. England have made eight changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Lineups: England: Jordan Pickford; Phil Jones, Gary Cahill, John Stones; Trent Alexander-Arnold, Eric Dier (capt) Fabian Delph, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Danny Rose; Jamie Vardy, Marcus Rashford Belgium: Thibaut Courtois (capt); Thomas Vermaelen, Dedryck Boyata, Leander Dendoncker; Nacer Chadli, Mousa Dembele, Yori Tielemans, Adrian Januzaj; Marouanne Fellaini, Thorgan Hazard; Michy Batshuayi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philokles Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Japan going through on fair play points after the most obvious stitch up since Gijon (everyone else since tried to make it look real) is one of the most perversely ironic things I’ve heard in a long time. There are sanctions in place in other competitions to penalise sides who do not put in sufficient effort which Japan could hardly claim to have done - three disciplinary points sounds about right. Hopefully this will spell the end of nominal decing factors - though I can only think of it being used once before, in a couple of AFCONs ago where they drew lots - if sides are level on points, gd, goals scored and head to head than have a penalty shootout. Samara and Volgograd aren’t too far from each other, penalties in Saransk tomorrow would fill the rest day nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Tough way for Senegal to go out. There's always going to be the potential for shenanigans since all sides involved will be aware of what's happening in the other game and there's no solution that will be palatable to everyone. The only thing I can think of is to go straight to a penalty shootout if a match ends in a draw during the group stage. That way at least head-to-head will be the decider rather than something like fair play points and drawing lots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronn Stone Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Ancalagon El Pistolero said: This fair play bullshit is a cruel way to end your World Cup. What would the tie-breaker in this case have been before the Fair Play rule was created? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 I would be more ok with the fair play tiebreaker if it was only for the direct match, and not all the matches. Because the main problem is inconsistency between referees. Some aren't shy to give out cards left and right, others... don't have the balls to give a red to CR7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 4 minutes ago, Bronn Piedra said: What would the tie-breaker in this case have been before the Fair Play rule was created? Drawing of lots which is even worse. At least yellow/red cards are part and parcel of the game. Picking a name out of a hat is not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltaran Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Belgium clearly aren’t worrying about the fair play score Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Apparently Adnan Januzaj is still alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Belgium deservedly in front. Been the better side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltaran Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 34 minutes ago, Maltarinho said: Belgium clearly aren’t worrying about the fair play score And now we see why - lovely goal from Januzaj there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Just now, Eusebio da Silva ljkeane said: Apparently Adnan Januzaj is still alive. He's coming off a pretty good season with Real Sociedad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philokles Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 After that debate five years ago about whether Januzaj is eligible for England he goes and scores the goal to put England into the soft side of the draw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Colombia will be a tough game. Besides, the soft side of the draw didn't help England much in Euro 2016. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philokles Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 That was the hard side of the draw, we just lost to the worst team in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philokles Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 twitter.com/federix12/status/1012413152712167424 Oh Michy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Rashford should be tucking that away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clan Lindsay Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 I don't watch any English football at all but I do take an interest in Rashford, really like him. Seems he scores really great goals then struggles to finish the simple ones, keep in mind I don't watch enough to know how spot on I am there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Rashford is unreliable in front of goal and his decision making is poor more often than not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clan Lindsay Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Stramash in the box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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