2022 World Cup.

[Slime]

Lee Dixon saying the keeper tried to win the ball.

What pearls of wisdom will we get next? Night follows day? The sun is warm?

I thought day followed night.

 

[Dando]

He came out but planted his feet ,he wasn’t still moving when the striker ran into him.

Maybe keepers need to be like those in subbuteo

 

[clubchamp98]

How many penalty’s is there going to be when a keeper dosnt get the ball but there’s contact if that’s a penalty.

 

[Deleted member 29109]

I thought it was a harsh penalty.

I’d be annoyed if it was given against me, but damn sure I’d be claiming for it if it happened to me.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

How many penalty’s is there going to be when a keeper dosnt get the ball but there’s contact if that’s a penalty.

If the Keeper is spreading himself and going for the ball and misses and makes contact with the player then every single time it will be a penalty.

Anytime that’s happened it’s a foul

 

[Dando]

If the Keeper is spreading himself and going for the ball and misses and makes contact with the player then every single time it will be a penalty.

Anytime that’s happened it’s a foul

but the player ran into a stationary keeper

 

[Deleted member 15344]

but the player ran into a stationary keeper

https://twitter.com/x/status/1602757336400945152

He wasn’t stationary - he made himself bigger to try and get the ball , he missed and got the player

 

[Deleted member 18121]

Seems to me the only way the striker could have NOT run into the keeper was by not trying to get a strike on goal.

Well there's a new one to me... You're only allowed to shoot if you make sure you dodge anyone trying to stop you scoring.

 

[Fade and Die]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1602757336400945152

He wasn’t stationary - he made himself bigger to try and get the ball , he missed and got the player

Surely that’s the end of the argument?

 

[Deleted member 29109]

This Messi kid has potential.

 

[nickjdavis]

could have been a Ballerina....pure genius.

 

[pokerjoke]

Surely that’s the end of the argument?

Give it a week and you will have everyone bored by then

 

[srixon 1]

The pundits will be needing a box of tissues now. We’ll never hear the end of it.

 

[pokerjoke]

could have been a Ballerina....pure genius.

It wasn’t genius though was it.
Just very good play
Lee Dixon is going wax lyrical with everything Messi does,to me it’s getting boring.

 

[Slime]

Yeah, it was a tremendous piece of skill for the assist.

 

[srixon 1]

It wasn’t genius though was it.
Just very good play
Lee Dixon is going wax lyrical with everything Messi does to me it’s getting boring.

He’s good, but I’d like to see him try doing the same on the pitches that Bestie used to do it on.

 

[Deleted member 29109]

It wasn’t genius though was it.
Just very good play
Lee Dixon is going wax lyrical with everything Messi does,to me it’s getting boring.

The genius is how easy he makes it look and how often he does these things.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

could have been a Ballerina....pure genius.

He is brilliant to watch - reminds me of that 86 WC where Maradona carried the team to the win

 

[Swango1980]

He’s good, but I’d like to see him try doing the same on the pitches that Bestie used to do it on.

Or if Bestie had to play against the athletic, super fit defenders Messi has to play against (P.S. I love Georgie Best)

 

[Deleted member 29109]

He’s good, but I’d like to see him try doing the same on the pitches that Bestie used to do it on.

And I like to see Bestie do what he did at the pace the modern game is played at for one game, never mind 50 or 60 games a season for over a decade.

Messi probably grew up playing on awful surfaces. Many of the worlds best do. He’d be as good on any pitch. A poor pitch would probably only make it easier for him to stand out.