Argentina v Saudi Arabia

SNIPER

that was one full on knee to the boat race at full force

/\ comedy gold
Wipeout - Surfaris

Did I say light years of added time-this injury will almost ensure it!

Ouch, that's looked very painful

Nasty

Horrible accident there to a Saudi player and typical of the commentator to initially call it time wasting! Lucky not to have a broken jaw.

5 mins left when they restart.

78 minutes added time so far over 5 games

This is the sort of performance we would dole out under McClaren

That’s insane

McClaren *shudders*

Seems about right. Another 8 minutes of pointless studio debate and a lot of advertising time gone for ITV. Will they sue FIFA?

Can't wait for Keane to chin sourness after the match...

1.08

A fine selection of ladies to be delivered to the managers Hotel room tonight

1.02

Awful stuff from Argentina

Well 2 great goals from saudies .... 1 dodgy pen for argentina

101 mins

Biggest upset in World Cup history?

My Sussex informant is telling me queues already forming at Beachy Head!

Another massive amount of added time

Nov 22, 2022 -- 12:05PM, Whippin Piccadilly wrote:

Biggest upset in World Cup history?

I would say so

13 mins

WOW! Onto the next one!

Test matches are shorter than this

lots of 800-1 + small stakes punters happy though

How much are these refs getting paid to prolong the games? £50 a minute overtime?

They love their added time

Biggest upset since usa 1 England 0 in 1950.

Amazing

Green jerseys do win

You love to see it.

Plenty on rope watch after that

that was Diego Schwartzmann they just showed in the crowd, he looked devasteted

Thats WINS for biggest shock in World Cup history IMO.

Never in doubt.

They hardly threatened second half, pathetic stuff

Can we get coach sacked cos this unbelievable

Yeah biggest shocker that

Argentina were utterly pitiful there

There won't be an oil well drilled in Saudi Arabia tonight

Argentina fans to England fans "Yeah but you only beat Iran" lol

Time for all the goats to put their lippy on

I guess Argentina drift badly after that as well

A game of two halves, If ever a statement was correct!!!!

Diego Armando will be spinning in his grave

1.02            £312,953.70
1.03            £1,771,856.31
1.04            £988,883.24
1.05            £9,250.28
1.06            £1,717.87
1.07            £2,224.49
1.08            £9,368.25
1.09            £4,311.53
1.1            £73,986.76
1.11            £269,647.45
1.12            £147,373.41
1.13            £822,517.38
1.14            £2,814,708.78

1.02 with just a 1-0 lead at HT. Crazy scenes.

Saudis got shirts off like Newcastle fans...

Imagine staying in one of those tents and watching that (as an Argie fan)

Argentina out to 10 should be double that after that performance ffs

Ar$es. Did HT/FT and thought the job was done

Lots betting banks destroyed there

The Saudi 2nd goal was brilliant.  Not just the finish but the footwork beforehand.

You don't come back from a result like that, there will be mutiny in the ranks

As I say in my 25 years of punting, Ive never seen more of a shock regarding prices and in running movements. A few people out there will be speechless.

Messi had his pocket picked a few times. Di Maria shying away from tackles. Desire and fight with Saudis, not Argentina. Shocking.

Just when you think you've seen everything to see in Football...

1.02 at 1-0 up is bizarre, Saudis were sub 20 to win pre kick off, so you would expect it to be larger than the inverse of that.

Although they can probably take the short term hit, a few football syndicates will be on the floor after that!

Why did Laura Woods come dressed as a Ghostbuster

Nov 22, 2022 -- 12:13PM, Timber wrote:

You don't come back from a result like that, there will be mutiny in the ranks

1990 opener says hi!

Caramba did you see Schwartzmann in the crowd ?

suicide job looking bets matched

no. but I saw your post.

Never even got round to looking at any betting markets but how can any team be 1.05 or less when only 1 goal up at half time? Apart from Qatar, all of the other 35 teams have been through tough qualification to be there.

When you see Otamendi getting in ahead of Lisandro Martinez, you know its Messi and his mates picking the team

funny I never saw anyone talking up Saudis price at half time.

If Saudi's win the tournament it's a bigger feat than Leicester winning the league and Greece in 2004

Nov 22, 2022 -- 12:18PM, sageform wrote:

Never even got round to looking at any betting markets but how can any team be 1.05 or less when only 1 goal up at half time? Apart from Qatar, all of the other 35 teams have been through tough qualification to be there.

Did you watch the first half, sage? Ball in the back of the net 4 times, plus other opportunities.... Market didn't adjust, but that's gambling!

My dream team in tatters

own up then who bet argentina 1.02 :D

1.17 pre match

Could have been a stroll for Arg if their strikers knew how to hold their runs first half

Nov 22, 2022 -- 12:25PM, SontaranStratagem wrote:

1.17 pre match

not during the match. millions done at 1.04 and lower

The starting lineup in hindsight for Argentina was staggering. Their whole left side are pensioners (Including the left sided centre back so thats 4 players past their best. Messi on the right side wont raise a leg to work (Even worse than Ronaldo imho). Di Maria has been awful when he has played for Juventus this year. Lisandro has been by an absolute mile Man Utds POTY and he cant get in ahead of Otamendi

No, I only heard bits of the first half on the radio and of course the commentators were quite sure that Argentina would win 5-0. So typical of football that they assume that the relative standards of the 2 teams is the same as it was 5 years ago. Argentina were like a bunch of OAPs (which many of them are in football terms) in the second half.

Pleased for Saudi Arabia though, after sl@gging them off at HT

They’ve done themselves proud there

Fair to say never saw that coming but Allah be praised I did not have a bet!

Kwality central defender!

January will be interesting as players emerge!

Glad it happened to Argentina but I carry no prejudice about the sins of their fathers

Missed the match, but what a result! Messi is too old, Argentina are too old, and their game plan falls apart if he has a bad game. I think they will still qualify, so you can't write them off completely. But they are always placed as possible winners, when, in fact, they are not as good a Brazil, France or even Spain. Saudis are obviously much better than I gave them credit for, and a different animal to Qatar or Iran. A worrying result for Poland and Mexico.

always 1 or 2 "big" teams go out in the group stage of every world cup. argentina will still qualify i think so

Mexico have been a good team and won't be a pushover. Poland is relying on an ageing star forward and that didn't work for Argentina. We will know more later today, but Argentina need points against both of them.

PATHETIC result. However, just like it would count for zilch to cruise through to final and LOSE, to stumble there and actually WIN would hold the same worth. Unless the mentality of the Argentine players is piss weak(which doesn't seem likely if you've paid close attention to how they built up their unbeaten streak) they should be able to dismiss this loss for the freak result it was. They have completely blank/fresh canvas to work on again. If they fail to collect all 6pts from the next 2 matches,, the entire squad should leave the tournament with their heads hanging in shame.

just seen the saudi winner. great strike. the keeper got a hand on it too.

I've read on here that Argentina were 1.17 pre-match but what
were the other Bumfair SPs for Saudi and also the draw?

Saudis are now shorter to win World Cup than Wales.

Appears to have been absolute carnage to some of the self-confessed BIG Hitters on here...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4uivPpzCGo&ab_channel=VanBalion

True!

I was going to have a decent bet on Argentina -1! Lucky I did not!


Fancy France and Brasil on the handicap though!

I had over 7.5 goals at 40/1 LOL. Mind you, Argentiin had some ruled out didn't they?

Only two ruled offside so max 5 goals.

Watching the last 20 minutes, was anyone else picking up a possible juiced up vibe? Not that I ever accuse any Arab nation of cheating!

ah well, only a fun bet. They normally don't cop anyway.

A few teams have played at high energy and intensity this week (Tunisia, Saudi, Mexico, USA in the 1st half), but I wouldn't think it would be anything dodgy. Who knows? Tunisia and Saudis probably see that as their best chance anyway, Mexico always play like that and USA gassed in the 2nd half.

3 ruled out for offside

Have a look at Argentina's opening match in the 1990 world Cup.

Only two given by the ref and overturned by VAR though?

A little look back at some of the grade-A mugs on here who had written the Argies off after this opener..

Racingqueen • November 22, 2022 11:22 AM GMT
This team was always awful

Di Maria, Otamendi, De Paul (Seems to think he's Messi's bodyguard), Papu Gomez, Tagliafico......all either well past it, out of form or not good enough

insane to think anyone thought this team would win a WC

Whippin Piccadilly • November 22, 2022 11:30 AM GMT
Whatever happens in this game, England are now a full bank job for me. They will never have a better chance of winning a World Cup.

Whippin Piccadilly • November 22, 2022 11:46 AM GMT
England should be shorter in the market than Argentina. I've certainly overestimated them before this Tournament.

SontaranStratagem • November 22, 2022 12:12 PM GMT
Argentina out to 10 should be double that after that performance ffs

Des Pond • November 22, 2022 12:48 PM GMT
Missed the match, but what a result! Messi is too old, Argentina are too old, and their game plan falls apart if he has a bad game. I think they will still qualify, so you can't write them off completely. But they are always placed as possible winners, when, in fact, they are not as good a Brazil, France or even Spain.

Nice bit of digging

does Pro Sniper post up his own wrong calls ? or is he just a ****  ?