Sparky

《Live and let live》

I might occasionally say something others find funny. Lap it up guys, as it doesn't happen very often..

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@itvfootball @gabrielclarke05 ITV's coverage of the world cup has been awful. Shallow commentary, shallow insight into play, cliche remarks, poor halftime and fulltime examination of the game. Oh, and disingenuous Gabriel Clarke trying to be the 'edgy' interviewer by making two stones fight.

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@matthewjamesali England expects, Scotland regrets.

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@MikeyTheBuddie Argentina speaks Spanish. I expect flags played a part in that.

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@HawkeyeMikeB In terms of an open play situation, in possession, it cost Norway dearly. Fine margins.

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@NorwayFoot If you play in enough world cups, you would be familiar with this feeling. Definitely some kind of prejudice going on when games are tight. If England or Norway had gone 2 goals up then that makes the prejudice less effective and so it is left to play out, but when its tight?

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@FabrizioRomano Bellingham and Gordon speak Spanish, so that gives England and edge they usually do not have. 😆

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@TeleFootball If the ball had fallen to a Norwegian player.. then what?

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@JanAageFjortoft All this ball stuff is disingenuous. If that ball had fallen to a Norwegian player, and resulted in a goal, I don't think Norway would have ran to the ref and ask for the goal to be struck off.

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@MelissaReddy_ If that ball had fallen to a Norwegian player , and Norway scored, I don't think Norway would have stopped and asked for the goal to be struck off. Thats how disingenuous all this flack about a ball is.

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@EuroDale Haaland was dead weight in this match.

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@LiverpoolFF I take it you only watch England play then?

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@_DIGB Seeding happens in any top tier tournament, any sport. Even sport like F1, they have qualifying rounds, and those poor sods at the back of the grid only get a chance at the big time when someone leading the front has a bad day. Tournament football is the same.

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@Ste_1888 Ok Gloria.

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@CreatingGodfred @fifamedia Thats the problem - not everybody sees it the same. If that were the case you wouldn't need a referee in the first place.

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@OleAsbjoernNess So Norway qualifies for the first time in 28 years, and thinks that means all the word cup's in between where straight down the line fair and square? Welcome to the world!

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@obrien_jonathan ...and what difference did that make? Did that stop Scotland getting to the final?

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@MikeyTheBuddie You don't understand why the yellow card was given obvs.

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@Michael52164548 @ChhabraHemal @Kasparov63 'When the keeper jumps for the ball and ends on the floor' play stops.

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@jeffhawk30 Goalkeepers going down hard from a fall, play is usually stopped.

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@BBCMOTD Norway had good clear shots, headers on goal, they just didn't go in. Fine margins.