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Netherlands v Costa Rica (Quarter Final) Saturday 5th July 2014

Lord Camomile said:
Nope, dad's the rugby fan.

I was obviously being a bit flippant with the mighty sweeping statement, but there does seem to be a general culture in football of keeping things 'simple' or retaining the staus quo, at times to the detriment of the game.
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Football's simple rules are one of the reasons it's the most popular game in the world, and not just played by a few anal retentive public schoolboys in the ex colonies.
 
If the Dutch do win please let it be Sloth who scores

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big eejit said:
Football's simple rules are one of the reasons it's the most popular game in the world
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I wouldn't disagree and have often argued along similar lines, I just think the current advantage rule is a bit nonsensical and actually contributes to the prevalence of diving and simulation in the game.

e2a: also, "simple" and "popular" are not necessarily the be all and end all. The X Factor is simple and popular, do you really want football to be the X Factor of sport?! :D ;)
 
Argh! C'mon, give your teammates a chance with a decent ball! (Says the man who can't play a decent ball anything further than 15 yards :hmm: )
 
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