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    #26
    QF4. The battle of the Caribbean

    "Can the Dutch unstitch this tightly wound defense?"

    Is that a mixed metaphor or just a shit one?

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      #27
      QF4. The battle of the Caribbean

      I mean Costa Rica are under the cosh a bit, but they're not 'doffing their caps'. They're well organised and determined. Unlike France and Belgium were.

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        #28
        QF4. The battle of the Caribbean

        They're doing an excellent efficient Greece

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          #29
          QF4. The battle of the Caribbean

          Alternate thread title - Memphis Bleak?

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            #30
            QF4. The battle of the Caribbean

            I think Depay might be the key. They are defending brilliantly against van Persie and Robben, but eventually they will forget about Depay. The boy is good (alas).

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              #31
              QF4. The battle of the Caribbean

              Yeah, they've improved a lot. They started very poorly and uncertainly though.

              This match still has a feel of awaiting the inevitable about it though. Costa Rica need to get the ball, slow it down, hang onto it a little.

              (I am starting to feel a little fatigued by the world cup now though. I need to be surprised.)

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                #32
                QF4. The battle of the Caribbean

                Holland will score in the end, I'm sure, (or maybe not that near the end), and probably more than once, but Costa Rica can attack on the break, and Holland's defence can be got at.

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                  #33
                  QF4. The battle of the Caribbean

                  It might be Huntelaar for van Persie time. The precious one hasn't been that good really.

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                    #34
                    QF4. The battle of the Caribbean

                    You see what I want is for Costa Rica to step it up like they did against Italy, score a couple, control the game, etc., etc. Why shouldn't they? Holland aren't really all that.

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                      #35
                      QF4. The battle of the Caribbean

                      Maybe they've heard me. Good positive start to the second half.

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                        #36
                        QF4. The battle of the Caribbean

                        Littlewood wrote: They're doing an excellent efficient Greece
                        If they score it will be from a set piece. The Greece of Central America fits.

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                          #37
                          QF4. The battle of the Caribbean

                          Had to leave the pub, as some vacuous head-shaver (tautology) was insisting on playing a standard US violence/swearing film on his tablet. Still, it means that I can watch the second-half drinking Cumbrian gin...

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                            #38
                            QF4. The battle of the Caribbean

                            Dear commentators,

                            There is no letter "h" in Sneijder.

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                              #39
                              QF4. The battle of the Caribbean

                              Rather a flop from Campbell there, but there arguably was an arm in the back.

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                                #40
                                QF4. The battle of the Caribbean

                                I just had a huge deja vu.

                                Costa Rica will score from here if it follows through.

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                                  #41
                                  QF4. The battle of the Caribbean

                                  Deja vu fails. The matrix doesn't exist.

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                                    #42
                                    QF4. The battle of the Caribbean

                                    Not sure it was a penalty or not, but Martins Indi pointing at a ball that he was about 4m from was not a great defence.

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                                      #43
                                      QF4. The battle of the Caribbean

                                      Van Persie has been rubbish.

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                                        #44
                                        QF4. The battle of the Caribbean

                                        This half has been far more like it.

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                                          #45
                                          QF4. The battle of the Caribbean

                                          Tony C wrote: Van Persie has been rubbish.
                                          I thought that he was channelling Lampard until that offside...

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                                            #46
                                            QF4. The battle of the Caribbean

                                            I look forward to seeing Joel Campbell on loan at Wigan or Blackburn next season. There's no chance Wenger will consider him good enough to get a game for Arsenal.

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                                              #47
                                              QF4. The battle of the Caribbean

                                              Something of Gareth from The Office about Cillesen.

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                                                #48
                                                QF4. The battle of the Caribbean

                                                I've just started to watch. Have I missed much and is there anything I should know?

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                                                  #49
                                                  QF4. The battle of the Caribbean

                                                  Think my post there pretty much covers it.

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                                                    #50
                                                    QF4. The battle of the Caribbean

                                                    The one about Gareth?

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