Scary Bear Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 So, how will this one go? I have a treble of Colombia, France and Argentina. Just waiting on Argentina, so they are sure to let me down and fail to win in 90 minutes. I was thinking of cashing the bet in but it's for piddly amounts of cash, as per usual, so i'll let it ride like the big spender I am. Also have a huge £1 on Shakira, or whatever his name is, scoring first for Switzerland and then 2-1 Argentina @85/1. It's another lunchtime kick off so I can see it being played at a fairly sedate pace again, but it's only forecast to be in the twenties, so you never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eindhovendee Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Argentina will pump Switzerland. 1-0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevthedee Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Messi to play on his own and win 3-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev23 Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Switzerland in 90 minutes for me. My reasoning? I have none. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted July 1, 2014 Author Share Posted July 1, 2014 Switzerland in 90 minutes for me. My reasoning? I have none. Good reasoning there. I use that all the time. The man the bookies fear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 As usual, the "give the ball to Messi" tactic narrowly defeats the "give the ball to anyone but Messi" tactic by one goal to nil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottMc77 Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Hope this is half as good as yesterdays late game. And I actually think it could be THE game of the last 16. 3-2 the Argies and Messi not to score. Or else 1-0 Messi and a dull encounter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 I can see this being quite an open game to be honest. Argentina will do the business though, as they seem to have a Lionel Messi who is hungry for the goals. And that's a bad sign for most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperTon Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 3-1 Argentina ( Di Maria x2, Messi 1) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 3-1 Argentina. Both defences are poor but Argentina have far more going forward. Shaqiri is too inconsistent and I think his good game is past him, so can't see him doing much today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumigoo Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Argentina to win, Switzerland will cause problems but won't do enough. Argentina will have the clinical edge in this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confidemus Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Interesting stuff about Xherdan Shaqiri.. He's the first player to score a left footed hat-trick in the World Cup and is known as the Lionel Messi of the Alps. He was also born in Kosovo. I reckon Argentina will edge it 2 - 1. I also predict the commentators will be extremely partisan towards Switzerland, although perhaps not to the extent Townsend, Chiles and Tyldesley were towards Algeria last night. How quickly will we get a "hand of god" comment, do we think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmothecat Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Mon the Swiss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Darkest Timeline Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Could Pearce have sound any more bored if he'd tried there? Anyway, looking forward to this. 2-1 Argentina, couple from Messi, Drmic for the Swiss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Naitch Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Argentina to win, Switzerland will cause problems but won't do enough. Argentina will have the clinical edge in this one. Agree with this. Will go for 3-1 Argentina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Argentina to win this at a canter in my opinion. Don't like the look of that Swiss centre defence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmothecat Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 I often base who I support in matches where I have no strong feelings on how much I like the town, city or country when I visited. Usually that means I support a team I've spent a lot of time in. With these two I have only spent a couple of hours in each. With Switzerland, I entered by traveling down an alp on a pair of skis. It was a beautiful, sunny, winters day with a beautiful backdrop and friendly people. Argentina had the most beautiful waterfalls I have ever seen in my life, absolutely immense and breathtaking. The town we stopped in was one of the dirtiest, depressing places I've ever been to however. Based on that, I'm backing Switzerland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Will be tight I think but a moment of Messi magic will edge the Argies it 1-0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 f**k off Pearce. Utterly unnecessary 1966 reference there. As P&B wod say 'Scrambling for relevance'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaviliunas Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Atmosphere sounds incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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