World Cup thread (may contain SPOILERS)

[Betty]

Yep - quite simply we played shit against Germany.

A few ifs and buts that would have seen us through on 6 points or so:
. Timmy's questionable red card
. The German handball in the box (would have changed the complexion of the game)
. Harry's questionable red card
. The ensuing penalty

... and they are just the obvious refereeing decisions. Wilkshire's miss against Ghana would have been enough.

Despite people blaming Pim's tactics in game one they didn't determine the scoreline ... the players just weren't up for it. Did we deserve to go through? That's a tough one, arguably we did more with less talent ... but through my Green & Gold glasses we still tend to cop both ends of the pineapple from the refereeing fraternity (same could be said for NZ from what I have seen).