RichardCFC

Your point may be valid but pundits opinions mean nothing to me. I just don't like the way he went down with his right foot which wasn't touched - it collapsed.

Sometimes I can't stand football. Look at that - he went down 5 seconds after he'd been touched. Pathetic.

Glad Netherlands are winning. Wish that idiot didn't score it though.

Look at the World Cup thread. And look at how Costa's right leg (the one that wasn't meant to have been touched) fell away as well. It was a dive.

Did Mark Lawrenson really make the joke I just think he did? About Paul the Octopus - "as someone once said, you can't win anything with squids". Really?

Diving to "win" a pen isn't a good thing in my book.

The commentators are diabolical. "Well done to the ref for being in a good position". Maybe well done for that, but no mention of making the wrong decision from a dive!

Yeah. Surely the ref could just wear black, or dark blue like the Dutch.

Terrible effort. Straight to Casillas.

Costa getting a frosty reception to say the least.

Really really really want Dave to do well and cement his place in the starting XI. He deserves it.

Rio Ferdinand as a pundit was asked to go through the Spanish line-up. Mentioned every player except Cesar Azpilicueta.

It's what Arsenal fans did when Ozil signed.

Something like this with Fabregas shirts would put Arsenal fans over the edge.

I like that formation, more of a 4-3-3. Courtois for Cech and maybe a Left Back for Ivan/Dave. I don't think Fabregas would work in the double pivot of a 4-2-3-1 so hopefully we do something like that.

I always wanted this to happen but never thought it would. When I saw "Official: Chelsea Sign Cesc Fabregas" I couldn't believe it. Very excited.

He is senile and useless. I really hope he goes soon - under him FIFA has been corrupt and ineffective. Having said that, just getting rid of him wouldn't solve the underlying problems. As AnIrishTrueBlue said, FIFA needs an overhaul from top to bottom.

To be fair that tackle wasn't worthy of such a long ban. It wasn't malicious or anything like that. I hope Kalas impresses on loan and can challenge for a first team spot the season after next. Terry could be gone, Ivanovic too maybe so their could be a place up for grabs.

I think it's a type of loss leading stragey by Coral. They know that they will lose a few quid but thousands of accounts will be opened up with many going on to bet (and probably lose) on the World Cup.

Maybe it's just me but it just wouldn't be right not being able to call the ref a w***ker.

https://twitter.com/richard_conway "Breaking: Blatter proposes 2 challenges for managers during a match, TV review for ref." Didn't know what section to put this in so I put it here. Thoughts?

Just read this. Please don't let your favourite player be Hazard, they all seem to leave!

Welcome!

Still not convinced this will happen. I hope it will but I wouldn't be at all surprised if it didn't. Odds gone to 4/11 on skybet, from 1/12 a few days ago, not that it means much. Man Utd just 2/1.

What are both of those d***heads doing?! It's a charity match for Christ's sake. Give it a rest.