The Football (all sorts) Thread

[5FDP]

Stop the game!!!!!

St Louis 7- San Francisco 0 (in the 1st quarter)

Enjoy it while you can

[Bartrim]

Enjoy it while you can

Are you watching the game? I'll be watching it tonight when I get home.

[Bartrim]

Fair and square 24-24 end of OT. Ball even ended up on halfway

I can't wait to see this game tonight. I want to see this illegal formation call on St. Louis at the start of overtime was fair or bogus.

[5FDP]

I'm gonna say this - the Rams should have won that contest. They wanted it more than the 49ers who were deplorable on defense. There's no excuse especially considering they just came off the bye

Sure, Alex Smith was knocked out of the game (our starting QB), but that's football.

I hate draws... they make you feel so empty.

Probably the reason why I have no interest in soccer

Are you watching the game? I'll be watching it tonight when I get home.

Nah, I was following it on NFL.com. Unless it's on ONE, I usually see the game 1-2 days after as I download them when they're available. Found that I only kept Foxtel for the NFL. In the end, it wasn't worth it because it was a rare occasion that they would actually show a 49ers game. The coverage on ONE is on par with Foxtel.

[i_amtrunks]

After watching alot of A league thanks to the Wanders and foxtel, this friendly is terrible.

South Korea are carving the Aussies up, and rightly deserve their lead, should be further infront; however, their diving is atrocious, they must have been taking lessons from the Italians

I know it is a very good strategy to use against the Aussies, they have a reputation for being physical, but it is a terrible look for the game to casual fans and as always gives ammunition to haters of soccer.

The way the players fall seconds after being gently bumped and then clutch the wrong part of their body gives away a dive compared to a true injury, and any player caught doing so should be instantly red carded. If a player is stretchered off, they should have a 5 minute "healing window" to minimise the number of times players come straight back on once they have caught their breath.

[Sharky]

diving is the worst thing in the game and it has turned the sport into one for fairies... i played the game for 18 years in a few different levels of the sport and i can not watch it, its a disgrace and a joke... diving is easily spotted and should be punished hard... do this for a season and it will be out of the game alltogether...

the worst is the blatent dive in the penalty box.. this i believe should be reversed, you get pinged diving in the box the ref marches up the other end and gives the opposition the shot from the spot.

[i_amtrunks]

the worst is the blatent dive in the penalty box.. this i believe should be reversed, you get pinged diving in the box the ref marches up the other end and gives the opposition the shot from the spot.

That I like, but would never happen, it would require FIFA to grow a pair! The only international sporting body worse than FIFA is the Cricket governing body.

The NBA has taken a tougher stance on diving this season, and I feel already it has worked, players are not rolling around after a hit/collision anymore.

[5FDP]

49ers (6-2-1) v Bears (7-2-0) about to start - battle of the backup QB's on Monday Night Football in the game of the year