Group A: Brazil, Croatia, Mexico, Cameroon

[sledger]

This is really wretched stuff from Cameroon. I don't care what Lee Dixon is saying about that being a great goal, it was absolutely garbage defending/keeping (again). Perisic just picked the ball up, ran it into the box and poked it in at the near post.

 

[Nate]

Perisic having a top game though.

 

[Cabinet96]

Nice defending that.

 

[sledger]

Perisic having a top game though.

Not taking anything away from him, but it's not difficult for a player of his quality to absolutely pee it against a mob like Cameroon.

 

[Cabinet96]

Eduardo

 

[sledger]

Eduardo

What a champ. Hope he scores.

 

[Nate]

Assist will do

 

[grecian]

That means the goal average will be over 3 per ganme in this WC, doesn't it?

Amazing really, could push it up even higher if they went for it Croatia.

 

[Cabinet96]

If that wasn't actually offside they might've managed to outdo themselves in terms of **** defending.

 

[sledger]

Assou-Ekotto is so crap. Belongs in the Clichy bracket of fullbacks.

 

[Nate]

Assou-Ekotto is so crap. Belongs in the Clichy bracket of fullbacks.

Pretty sure I just saw him headbutt a teammate off the ball?!

 

[Cabinet96]

What a ****. Can see why he and Adebayor are good pals at Tottenham.

 

[grecian]

Well, think I may give the hosts a swerve for the final match in this group.

 

[sledger]

Well, I don't think anyone will miss Cameroon.

 

[Cabinet96]

Well, think I may give the hosts a swerve for the final match in this group.

Croats v Mexico should be a good one though.

 

[sledger]

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Yeah, there it is again. What an asshole.

 

[Tangles]

That's just nuts.

Africa looking like the need less WC spots based on performance.

 

[Furball]

Africa contributes **** all to World Cups other than.votes to keep Blatter in power. The sooner they start losing places the better.

 

[GIMH]

Where would you give those places? There's enough European sides, same with South America, Asia etc. I think it's just the nature of having a 32 team tourney.

It's a shame that it isn't logistically feasible to have more intercontinental qualifiers. I know they have a couple but in a perfect world I would like to see a good 6 places or so determined by taking a few from each continent.

 

[Pothas]

African teams have really failed progress there can be no doubt about that but I don't mind the current set-up. It is the World Cup and I don't think swapping a couple of African and Asian sides for a couple from Europe and South America would improve the tournament as a spectacle. I mean is there really any European side that you are really missing from this tournament?