I Have No Objection To.......

[Jeza]

Football on the TV. But why start the programme at 7 pm when kick off is 9 pm. Strikes me it's a bit like some of the story lines on the soaps "It's alright but it goes on too long".

[ChillDoubt]

They were no doubt obliged to show the Opening Ceremony, even though it was cack.

[jeffa]

It really was, wasn't it!

[royfromaus]

I have an objection to that penalty decision.

[Jeza]

Aaaaaah didn't know it showed the opening ceremony. Was it really bad and why?

[Baldric]

Oh common Jeza, it only happens every 4 years, it takes a while for the average footie fan to realise what's going on, along with wondering how they got those scars on their knuckles!

[ChillDoubt]

Me too roy. Was hoping for a showpiece, it's descended already into feigning injury and the hosts 'getting away with a few' shall we say.
Nothing changes, sadly.

[jeffa]

Or, put more succinctly, cheating. There's no other word to describe it. The pundits may call it gamesmanship, but it's cheating.

[royfromaus]

I want to see that again...was it for ball out of play or imaginary foul?

[jeffa]

It wasn't off-side. The ball didn't go out of play. I think that the foul was given for being Croatian or, more likely, for NOT being Brazilian.

[ChillDoubt]

Unfortunately I have a bad feeling that for a lot of Brazil's games we will be talking about the negatives and how the ref favoured them, rather than the football to come.

[royfromaus]

Yep, replay says foul (cough)

I would dig out a boxset to watch if I had one.

[wolf63]

Is this the Rugby cup they are playing for? I love the Maori dance thing before the game.

[jeffa]

What's Croatian for "Who's the *** in the black?"

[ChillDoubt]

That would have been a foul in midfield had it been the other way, one feels.
On this performance though, my money is on Argentina or Germany.

[scorpiojo]

tko Je gad u crno

[pussnboots]

Football on tv takes over now, I have no interest whatsoever in overpaid men who kick a ball about for millions of pounds pay. England have no chance from what I have heard and I will be glad when it is all over.

[magicmick]

If I was a Croatian supporter I would be saying "who is the *** in the green"
but I do agree with chilldoubt in his comments,

[royfromaus]

To take something positive from the game, the Euro teams will get a boost from the game (if not the result) Croatia were very hard done by.

[Jeza]

Called away, I'm back. Baldric, I like football. I didn't realise they showed the opening ceremony. I thought it would be all the pundits giving their opinions.

[ChillDoubt]

Demonstrations started outside the ITV studio with FIFA Go Home banners on show. Studio glass has been damaged by missiles too.
This is a proper FIFA mess and no mistake.