Digital Sportspage

It's a convincing case, although the causation between the injury and the decreased production can't really be established given that it coincides with a summer with no meaningful break. This conclusion is along the lines of the point I made: Despite the slump, the current Harry Kane is still the ou...

Only into it if it contained quirky titles with mechanics or settings that aren't available in contemporary titles. I'm thinking of Tenchu, Armored Core and Bushido Blade off the top of my head. Playing run-of-the-mill fighting, racing games or JRPG's doesn't really appeal to me.

What a game. Whoa. I still standby my statement that Kane and Salah are two of the most overrated footballers out there. They can't create a damn thing for themselves and make stupid errors. Salah almost cost Liverpool the game. Thankfully my boy Firmino came on and iced it. This is a truly crazy t...

Holy f*ck, what a match. Henderson and Milner were beasts in the midfield, especially in the first half. PSG came alive when DiMaria came off and Neymar moved to the middle. What drama by Firminho. Did I see Salah throw his water bottle in disgust on the bench when the guy who subbed for him scores...

Mane frustrating. Salah imitating him today. Still Loverpool with a great win. Who is going to win the league? 8) I hesitate to draw any conclusions from the first game back from international breaks, especially when both sides had so many players traveling. That said, 5 from 5 without having reall...

Danimal wrote: Game locked up on me in my first Web.com event, also suffering a lot of stuttering at impact and when the ball leaves the club.

I've only played one round so far, but I had the same issue a few times, particularly when chipping.

She's is in the uppermost of the uppermost of American musicians. The elite's elite. Louis, Duke, Hank, Ray, Bird, Miles. Rare air. I can't recommend David Ritz's biography ("Respect") strongly enough. She had a crazy, complicated and fascinating life. Ritz co-wrote her autobiography as well, but sh...

After following soccer for the past two years, and heavily last year I am looking forward to the season of futbol waaaaay more than football this year. Can’t believe that happened but it’s true. Working from home has turned me into a huge soccer fan since I can watch all the games televised during ...

Congrats, Pal! Welcome to the club. Now you'll really understand why you had an advantage over those of us playing late nights with the wiggly little ones on our laps.

I'm sure you'll dismiss all this as basement-dwelling stat nerd wankery, but by any of these measures, traditional or innovative, Croatia made significantly more chances for themselves than France did. Listen here, love child of Billy Beane and Daryl Morey: The only metric that truly matters is the...

it has to be called surely despite how the annoying rule is written. This is borderline insane to me. This isn't how rules work. Refs don't get to make de facto alterations to suit their needs. The only thing that makes organized sports work is the agreement that the rules are, in fact, the rules. ...

Can anyone illuminate when VAR can and can't be used? FIFA limited VAR use to 4 circumstances: goals (which is liberally construed to include offside play leading to them), penalties, straight red and mistaken identity. I didn't watch much Serie A, but from what I've seen in the WC, I think it woul...

Now, now, boys. Let's not start denigrating each other's intoxicants of choice. France were somewhat fortunate in the match, but it's an overstatement to say they don't deserve to be champions. The proper call on the Griezmann dive and a better break on the PK call and the it is easy to see Croatia ...

A tough loss made harder because we so thoroughly outplayed them for long stretches. I'm fine with not being able to handle M'bappe, but them getting the breaks on the Griezmann dive and the dubious PK is frustrating in that it gave them a foothold they didn't deserve and forced Croatia on the front...

I re-watched the France-Belgium semi as methadone to get me through to tomorrow's 3rd-place game. I think France will try roughly the same gameplan that England did against Croatia. The differences are two and they are enormous. Kante and M'bappe. M'bappe can do things 1v1 that the England forwards ...

England's best performances all featured their WB's and wingers. They don't really have a command the center-type MF. Henderson is good at what he does, but it's more structural. He helps the team keep its shape and moves the ball quickly. Lacking the ability to match Croatia in the middle, they dep...

Pickford did his best to save his team into PK’s. Unfortunately for England Walker and Stones went for a nap together. I said about 100x in the run-up, England are younger, fresher, faster and deeper. The only advantage Croatia had was that England are also England, and it turned out to be propheti...

Holy $hit they actually did it!

Totally incapable of analytical thought after not breathing for over an hour.

What a match!

Up to this point this has been the most enjoyable WC in my life time. Hope I didnt jinx it. Looking forward to the DSP Liverpool civil war when England and Croatia square off. Jimmy vs Rob...Lovren vs Henderson. Good times eh? England have every advantage. Croatia have played 120 minutes in consecu...

But Kompany gets away with a penalty in front of goal which should have been a PK. That was not a PK, it went to VAR and confirmed. There was some contact but ball was already out of play. I thought the contact was minimal at best in any event and that they got that right. What a terrific match. de...

wco81 wrote:All the UK commentators are resentful of Neymar's antics.

Heads might explode if Brazil wins the cup.

And yet they twiddle their thumbs while Ashley Young does the same thing. At least one of those guys is a world-class footballer in addition to being a shitty actor.

Paul, stop it. Continue your anti-Spain jihad if you must, but do not try to make this truly terrible Russia side into anything more than the garbage fire, second division bus-parkers that they are. A gaudy score against a Saudi Arabia team that shouldn't have been within 500 miles of Russia does no...

I am hoping against hope for Portugal to drop the ball today and crash out, if only to see every journalist in the world have to swallow their words about CR7 "elevating his team" etc.

XXXIV wrote: Poor reffing has cost both South Korea and Sweden.

A busload of refs in their favor couldn't have helped that ROK team. Nice strike to break the shutout, but they were garbage.

pk500 wrote:Why did Sweden continue to park the bus with an extra man in the last 15 minutes? Grow a set!

I could NOT stop saying this during the 2nd half. It was pathetic and I'm glad that the soccer gods doled out the appropriate punishment. Gutless.