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2014 absolute rubbish. Crap quality all round.

Fancy dress everywhere, face paint hell. Even saw on geezer in a half an half shirt the other day.

Brazil tears... Pitiful.. Sad.. Embarrassing..

Few goals I will grant but overall play about 4/10. Nobody has been any good really. Classic games? None.

No flags, sad ***** who spend 90 mins looking up at the big screens to see if they come on.. Crap TV coverage..

One or two individual highs but not enough for me.

Roll on next Sunday and it will be finished.

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Been the best World Cup since I've started following football to be honest.

 

Even the poorer nations have given it a good go and to say some of the games haven't been classics is harsh.

 

Define a classic? A 3-3 draw between Brazil and Germany? That happens like once every 20 years and hardly in a competition where so much is riding on it.

 

There have been some great games at this World Cup. 

Holand vs Australia

Mexico vs Croatia

Germany vs Ghana

USA vs Portugal

France vs Switzerland

Algeria vs South Korea

England vs Italy was decent as well.

 

Not to mention some wonder goals from David Luiz, James Rodriguez, Lionel Messi and Fellaini of all people.

 

This by far tops the 98, 02, 06 and 2010 IMO on goals, entertanment and surprises.

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Oh you're in the camp where every shot, every pass and every tackle has to be inch perfect for a game to be good.

Not at all... that would be boring.. Just not buying into the hype of this one..

There has to be some quality though.. Just sat through Belgium v Argies and again not impressed.

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Also how can you say nobody has been any good?

 

Players like James Rodriguez, Divock Origi, Ochoa, Keylor Navas and Ahmed Musa have practically won themselves big moves to big clubs on the basis of this World Cup.

 

Think you're judging the who tournament on Argentina, Germany and Brazil's 1-0 or 2-1 wins in recent games.

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Not at all... that would be boring.. Just not buying into the hype of this one..

There has to be some quality though.. Just sat through Belgium v Argies and again not impressed.

 

What were you not imopressed about? Were you expecting Lionel Messi to run rings around a Bayern Munich and Man City centre-back pairing?

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Been the best World Cup since I've started following football to be honest.

 

Even the poorer nations have given it a good go and to say some of the games haven't been classics is harsh.

 

Define a classic? A 3-3 draw between Brazil and Germany? That happens like once every 20 years and hardly in a competition where so much is riding on it.

 

There have been some great games at this World Cup. 

Holand vs Australia

Mexico vs Croatia

Germany vs Ghana

USA vs Portugal

France vs Switzerland

Algeria vs South Korea

England vs Italy was decent as well.

 

Not to mention some wonder goals from David Luiz, James Rodriguez, Lionel Messi and Fellaini of all people.

 

This by far tops the 98, 02, 06 and 2010 IMO on goals, entertanment and surprises.

A classic is difficult to define.. A boxing match of a game if you like.

This year and 2010 far too plastic and commercial for me.. Yes some decent games but with poor quality, it is meant to be the apex of football. 

Just dont like the whole vibe of the thing.

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A classic is difficult to define.. A boxing match of a game if you like.

This year and 2010 far too plastic and commercial for me.. Yes some decent games but with poor quality, it is meant to be the apex of football. 

Just dont like the whole vibe of the thing.

 

I can understand if you think you've been sold short, that's fair enough and to be honest I've been slightly disappointed with both Argentina and Germany so far in the way they've laboured through games.

 

I reckon there have been some excellent end to end games though, though not necessarily between the top teams. Greece against Costa Rica was a right ding-dong in extra-time and for me personally I loved Mexico and Croatia's winner takes all match.

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About 87 mins of it... No not expecting Messi to destroy everyone, one world class pass was decent.

What were you impressed with?

 

Argentina's solid defending and I think Higuain was absolutely brilliant.

 

Belgium, like France before them, seem to have no belief that they could win the game.

 

This game certainly wasn't a classic. In fact, it was pretty void of goalmouth action throughout. But I enjoy watching Messi play no matter who for and who is the opposition. The guy is an absolute genius even when he's not 100% fit and everytime he gets the ball nothing is beyond him.

 

That control he did on the edge of the box in the first-half where he drew the foul was magical, as was his throughball for Di Maria.

 

Argentina IMO would be pretty turgid to watch if Di Maria, Higuain, Lavezzi and Messi aren't on form. Luckily so far, at least one of them has managed to dig the Argies out of a hole each game. If they all click at the same time, they will win the World Cup.

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Only side that has disappointed me has been Russia. With the players they have, they looked so disinterested. They should have absolutely blitzed South Korea, and Algeria, and given Belgium a run for their money.

Greece were.....Greece. They don't really have the players to play any other way.

All the rest, at least tried.

Have to say, I really enjoyed watching the US. They play with a certain level of naivity that's just refreshing/great to watch.

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