It's going to be tough beating France. They're so solid in defense.

Thought Benzema had a lacking energy game, not precise... Not one of his better efforts....But he had more chances after the switch was made.....

mags wrote:

qs! wrote:

When the commentator said that I knew you'd parrot it within minutes.

Too bad smarty pants....I'm listening in America.....never mentioned.....

..........Smarty pants.

Good win by an underperforming France

lol @ Ferdinand being fooled by Suarez

naz wrote:

It's going to be tough beating France. They're so solid in defense.

Surely they can't drop Kos after his last two performances.

What did he say Eb?

Praised him for "holding his hands up" and coming out with the apology.

Personally, it has Barcelona written all over it.

The team lacked depth.

And no creativity in midfield.

We relied on speed and power. We were always going to be found out at top level.

But that first goal was too weak to concede. Not at this level.

And how the fuck was that not a red on Matuidi? People tell me. How!??

Odemwingie , nuclear brain fart.

Individual errors killed the team. Shame.

I think those boys played with heart though, just lacked the ability. Kudos to them.

Onazi was so crucial to that midfield.

Soon as he went off the game swung in France's favor.

Nigeria did ok.

France on track to be the worst side ever to win the World Cup

They won't win it. Argentina will.

Giroud looked utter rubbish , hope we find someone better going into next sesson

flobaba wrote:

And how the fuck was that not a red on Matuidi? People tell me. How!??

He didn't mean it for one, and his reaction showing it the other.

Should have been a red. Was a decent game for the neutral, but France was pretty underwhelming. Oh, and Eeyore stank the place up. As soon as Deschamps decided he wanted to win the game and took him off France looked way better.

France are very competent in all positions, probably the team with the most even spread of talent.
I can't see them providing any great electric moments though.
I hope they get booted out in the QF.

People are getting on Giroud's back, but I think Benzema has looked fairly poor too in this World Cup. It's the same routine as in Real Madrid: he grabs a few goals when the rest of the team is doing well and does absolutely nothing when the chips are down. Every game just highlights that neither player is the answer to our needs up front.

banduan wrote:

flobaba wrote:

And how the fuck was that not a red on Matuidi? People tell me. How!??

He didn't mean it for one, and his reaction showing it the other.

Absolute nonsense.

When you make a tackle that could potentially end a players career who cares about your intention or reaction afterwards?

The rule which prevents FAs/UEFA/FIFA from taking action if the referee has ruled on an incident is absolutely brain dead btw. In this instance Matuidi is off the hook because he got a yellow card from that incident, but it so clearly should have been a red card and a suspension.