Today's Footie - C'MON Ecuador

[fidelcastro]

I’d rather have Celine Dion as co-commentator

Okay.

[dermotdermot]

BBC Football live reporting says that all the Qatari fans that left at half time haven’t returned and the stadium is half empty now. They soon lost interest. I imagine that there will be quite a few half empty stadiums from now on.

[Rileybobs]

Loads of empty seats.

[Vegas Claret]

You're wasted on here with insight like that, Viva!

I know mate, I'm in competition with KRBFC for the best football mind on here (he'll take that as a tongue in cheek joke btw as intended !)

[Vegas Claret]

Loads of empty seats.

Senegal and Holland will have them going home after 20 minutes

[gsyclaret]

Loads of empty seats.

Won't be down the pub I suppose.

[Bordeauxclaret]

That’s blown the tournament wide open.

[ElectroClaret]

They'll be smashing up the pubs in Qatar tonight.

[mdd2]

May have been posted already but Qatar’s coach and Danny Murphy share some similar facial features IMO

[Carport]

Dublin awful. The Qatari fwd is way offside for that chance before half time

Actually having seen it again I don’t think he was offside. Not that it matters!

[CaptJohn]

Have the Qataris paid for "rent a mob" for their supporters behind the goal? When the camera panned across their fans, all suitably kitted out in the same matching shirts, I couldn't see too many that resembled Qataris. Have they bought in some songsters to ensure that they have a little bit of vocal support

[Taffy on the wing]

Have the Qataris paid for "rent a mob" for their supporters behind the goal? When the camera panned across their fans, all suitably kitted out in the same matching shirts, I couldn't see too many that resembled Qataris. Have they bought in some songsters to ensure that they have a little bit of vocal support

Apparently so.......but have decided not to pay them at the last minute!

[morpheus2]

If they've opened the exits and you can get in for free, I would beheading there at half time.

[Aclaret]

If they've opened the exits and you can get in for free, I would beheading there at half time.

Beheading ? ...think that's their neighbours.

[Newcastleclaret93]

Well that was a poor game all round. Expected the quality to be much higher

[taio]

Well that was a poor game all round. Expected the quality to be much higher

Qatar were dreadful

[RVclaret]

Qatar were dreadful

How they won the Asian Cup and are ranked 50th in the world is beyond me, based on that.

[dougcollins]

Thought Ecuador looked decent in the first half. Game was won by half time and second half was extremely flat.

[dermotdermot]

Nothing like getting off to a flying start.

[ecc]

Hot-weather fans.

[Newcastleclaret93]

How they won the Asian Cup and are ranked 50th in the world is beyond me, based on that.

They were excellent against Japan in that tournament, expected so much more tonight.

[KRBFC]

Yes this Qatar side is well organised and stubborn defensively. Hard to see how Ecuador will break them down.

Not quite what I said, I said it's a different proposition. The requirement/occasion etc, I never mentioned difficulty level, not sure if you're stupid or just purposely taking my comment out of context.

[taio]

Not quite what I said, I said it's a different proposition. The requirement/occasion etc, I never mentioned difficulty level, not sure if you're stupid or just purposely taking my comment out of context.

Yes, you did say it was a different proposition with a clear inference that it would difficult to break Qatar down, otherwise why make the feckin point in the first place.

[MrAngry]

Can't believe how many people don't understand the simple rule of offside

[KRBFC]

Yes, you did say it was a different proposition with a clear inference that it would difficult to break Qatar down, otherwise why make the feckin point in the first place.

No, it's a different proposition parking the bus against Brazil (who had already qualified and didn't need to win) and attacking a park the bus team at home in the first game of a World Cup. Some teams get better results when they're underdog and on the backfoot as opposed to being asked to break a team down. Us under Dyche were that, we could draw against the big sides in the PL and couldn't break down lower league sides.

I have never seen Qatar play before, I'd have no idea on the difficulty.

[Silkyskills1]

Methinks the man does protesteth too much.

[dougcollins]

Methinks the man does protesteth too much.

Again.