CynicalGooner wrote:Hansen is a grade A muppet, I've long thought he gets paid off to express certain views on live tv in front of millions. All this shite about Holland being thugs being spouted by the BBC and Sky is nonsense. De Jong committed the only horrible foul of the night and he maybe should have been sent off for it, but otherwise Spain were the embarrassment to the sport. How many players did Iniesta alone get booked? 3, 4? Hetinga's second yellow there was NO contact. NONE! Yet for reasons I can't fathom other than money changing hands, these regular Stoke lovers are applauding the worst playacting team in the history of the world.
I switched over to the CBBC commentary just after half time and I'm glad I did. They were having a right laugh, commented freely on Spain's disgusting theatrics and took the piss out of Hansen
Yes, very good points. I was thinking the same about Iniesta. When Heitenga got sent off I thought how many players now has Iniesta got booked? Every time someone touched him dived and rolled around. To be fair Heitenga's first yellow (on Villa I think) he only got that because Villa was rolling on the floor after little contact.
I cannot believe how biased the coverage was last night. It was a disgrace to be honest. There were 2 key incidents (apart from a lot of others) where things went Spain's way (as it did most of the night). Robben is clean on goal and is trying to score. I counted three fouls on him by Puyol in that one action. Puyol was already on a yellow. There was a case for a straight red. Not even deemed a foul by Howard Web.
Second incident Heitenga puts his arm on Iniesta for a fraction of a second. He is sent off straight away. Can anyone seriously claim that Heitenga made more contact with Iniesta than Puyol with Robben who was all over him.
I can pick up so many more bad decisions. End of the day Holland were unlucky to be honest. They had the better chances Spain had the better luck.
But I dont care so much about this since I dont care about Holland or Spain. But it really amazed me to see how the bbc muppetts were praising spain and having a go at Holland. Think about it this way if it was stoke vs arsenal and the exact same game what kind of reaction would you expect from them?