2014 World Cup thread

Seriously............ I have no idea why RVP is still on the pitch. Couldn't even stay onside and when he is, he ******* misses everything. And brilliant, time for extra time at 6am in the morning.
 
This is ridiculous. LVG has made a huuuuge call there with Krul.
 
This isn't even a **** mode. This is something else. Amazing how Holland didn't win.
 
It paid off. Unreal. Can see Van Gaal giving United fans some jitters with his decisions.
 
Talking about ******* balls. Well done LvG, subbing your GK was amazing.
 
GodCubed said:
Well maybe. For all we know the first choice would've saved them too. :P
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Cilessen never saved the pen in his carrier. And Krul guess every ******* pen. Because LvG whispered where to dive in his ear. Greatest man ever after Zaha.
 
It's kind of annoying because the Dutch penalties will be overshadowed by LVG now - all of which were fantastic
 
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LFCMarshall said:
It's kind of annoying because the Dutch penalties will be overshadowed by LVG now - all of which were fantastic
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To be honest though I personally thinks the Dutch have a ******* lethal penalty taking team.
 
LVG never leaves anything to chance, his preparation is just amazing.

He knew Krul was better at Penalties and brought him on and also seeing GK diving in the right way for every single penalty makes me think the prep was spot on and very detailed.
 
Vanjagl said:
Cilessen never saved the pen in his carrier. And Krul guess every ******* pen. Because LvG whispered where to dive in his ear. Greatest man ever after Zaha.
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Not true, that's Moustapha Salifou.

dasty said:
To be honest though I personally thinks the Dutch have a ******* lethal penalty taking team.
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Which makes a change. The Dutch are historically **** at penalties.
 
dasty said:
To be honest though I personally thinks the Dutch have a ******* lethal penalty taking team.
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I thought this before the penalties started

RVP, Robben, Kuyt, Sneijder, Huntelaar - what a line-up.
 
What was the football like? Went and watched the tour de france for all of about 20 seconds then ended up on the lash in harrogate just managed to see the pens but was the other 2games any good
 
sunilvk7 said:
LVG never leaves anything to chance, his preparation is just amazing.

He knew Krul was better at Penalties and brought him on and also seeing GK diving in the right way for every single penalty makes me think the prep was spot on and very detailed.
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Let's not get ahead of ourselves. This isn't 1965, preparation for pens is a common thing. Shooters get briefed on goalkeepers and goalkeepers get briefed on shooters.

If this was just about stat tracking of Costarican pen takers, the other GK would have save some pens as well. I'd say the swap was about mindgames more then anything else. It ****** with Costaricans heads properly. Versus Greece all of their pens were executed brilliantly. Krul would also constantly provoke them since he doesn't really need to worry about bookings.
 
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Van Gaal has quoted that the reason for the switch was because Krul is two inches bigger and has a longer reach.

Insert innuendo here.......
 
Van Gaal proved why he is a master tactician this World Cup and been a winner with every club he has managed. I can't wait to see him in the Premier League.
 
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