World Cup so far (14 replies)

What do people think? Some of my impressions.

Yet to really take off on the pitch though the odd shock has been entertaining- still very enjoyable.

Refereeing has been pretty good on the whole in my view, I suspect the fewest sendings off and bookings too for a while in a World Cup. Don’t think the refs have been take in by too much play acting and like the way they have let players roll around until the sheepishly get up. Having said that have to admit games get out of hand and loco behaviour is something I probably shouldn’t but do like very occasionally.

Var still not working for me. Perhaps the offside and handball laws (better say that before some pedant) need to be clearer - one or two of the interventions have been a bit odd. Perhaps if players weren’t deemed to ‘have the right to go down’ on mild contact it would help too.

Too much crying and wailing from the players and fans for me.

Pointless number of pundits, though have liked the foreign ones more. I liked Pochettino (and Zabaleta) who seemed to be able to communicate more insight and knowledge of the game than people who have a much better command of English (in theory).

Quite like the winter World Cup too, though being retired helps.