FT: BELGIUM 1 - 0 CANADA. Match thread

[Rjk]

Re: BELGIUM v CANADA. Match thread, ko 7pm

Started to feel like Belgium are some weird relation of ours.

Sure someone will know this, but with Hoilett playing, how many players that have played for Cardiff City have played in a World Cup?

quite a few in this tournament

[BLUETIT]

Re: BELGIUM v CANADA. Match thread, ko 7pm

How come that wasn’t a pelanty ?

[Cleve van Leef]

Re: BELGIUM v CANADA. Match thread, ko 7pm

Hoilett, Schmiechel, Ramsey, Cornelius. Any others?

[ToTaL ITK]

Re: BELGIUM v CANADA. Match thread, ko 7pm

shame..they didn't deserve that

[RichardM]

Re: BELGIUM v CANADA. Match thread, ko 7pm

How come that wasn’t a pelanty ?

Because they missed the first and don't deserve a second chance, FIFA can't have too many upsets.

[Ninja]

Re: BELGIUM v CANADA. Match thread, ko 7pm

To Canada?

Yes :hehe:

What a game...

What a mad world cup so far!

Nice to see Hoilett playing really well too.

I'm stunned, impressed, and gutted.
I had De Bruyne to get 3 or more shots on target at 7/1 with Billy Hill 😂

[RichardM]

Re: BELGIUM v CANADA. Match thread, ko 7pm

That should be a second pelanty the offside was wrong

Why was the offside wrong?

Just seen the replay...back pass.

[fugsyphil]

Re: BELGIUM v CANADA. Match thread, ko 7pm

The defender played the ball back

Just read your later response... Yeah back pass

[Rontomuk]

Re: BELGIUM v CANADA. Match thread, ko 7pm

Hoilett, Schmiechel, Ramsey, Cornelius. Any others?

Derrick Sullivan, Ron Hewitt, John Charles, Ken Jones, Graham Vearncombe, Colin Baker, Mel Charles, and Ivor Allchurch, all were in the 1958 squad, and all played for Cardiff at some time in the career

[Rontomuk]

Re: BELGIUM v CANADA. Match thread, ko 7pm

Hoilett, Schmiechel, Ramsey, Cornelius. Any others?

Derrick Sullivan, Ron Hewitt, John Charles, Ken Jones, Graham Vearncombe, Colin Baker, Mel Charles, and Ivor Allchurch, all were in the 1958 squad, and all played for Cardiff at some time in the career, 5 were playing for Cardiff at the time.

[blue matt]

Re: FT: BELGIUM 1 - 0 CANADA. Match thread

if you didnt know that Belgium were playing in red you would have thought Canada were lucky with that win

[chrisp_1927]

Re: FT: BELGIUM 1 - 0 CANADA. Match thread

Thought Belgium were awful. They were so under the cosh that the odds actually changed significantly quite early on. Belgium had started the game odds on. Were 2.3 on Betfair inside 10 minutes.

[Cowbridge Blue]

Re: FT: BELGIUM 1 - 0 CANADA. Match thread

Belgium will win nothing.

Their 'Golden Generation' have failed thus far and I don't somehow see the situation changing now.

I don't know what it is but there's a winning ingredient missing.

Is it that they're just too nice, no killer instinct?

Which wouldn't say much about the manager who, himself, is a good guy - but obviously not demanding enough. I suspect they'll fall at the last again and Roberto will be on his way.

[chrisp_1927]

Re: FT: BELGIUM 1 - 0 CANADA. Match thread

Belgium will win nothing.

Their 'Golden Generation' have failed thus far and I don't somehow see the situation changing now.

I don't know what it is but there's a winning ingredient missing.

Is it that they're just too nice, no killer instinct?

Which wouldn't say much about the manager who, himself, is a good guy - but obviously not demanding enough. I suspect they'll fall at the last again and Roberto will be on his way.

Personally I think a lot is down to how crap they are in centre defence and centre midfield. They end up dropping so deep to cover that. Witsel and vertonghen must do something I can't see, because to my eyes they've always been crap and are getting even worse.

[the other bob wilson]

Re: FT: BELGIUM 1 - 0 CANADA. Match thread

Belgium looked like a team whose time has gone last night. Martinez is surely going to have to trust a bit more in youth if they are to avoid an embarrassment if they get to face one of the better sides later on.