*** Official Match Thread : Spain v Chile ***

[The Wizard]

They are so disjointed, it's unbelievable what's happening here.

 

[The Modfather]

What a world cup this is turning out to be

 

[DumLum]

No chance Spain will lose this, money down the drain for anything else

Looks like those drains may be at the top of my pockets.

 

[The Fifth Column]

No chance Spain will lose this, money down the drain for anything else

Ahem, still confident of that?

I wonder if not having to play any qualifiers and the pressure of being current champions with perhaps a slice of complacency has made Spain a shadow of their former selves?

 

[Frutos]

Spain look appalling - God knows why Casillas is playing again, he made an utter arse-up of that second goal.

 

[Mackenzie]

Wow!

Fair play to Chile, but how poor are Spain. What has gone wrong there?

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Spain have been show up after having to stall their blood doping.

 

[The Wizard]

Spain look appalling - God knows why Casillas is playing again, he made an utter arse-up of that second goal.

Indeed, choosing a keeper who's not even been first choice for his club is down right stupid IMO. They just don't seem to care that much, it's a strange one really.

 

[blueandwhitestripes]

Chile con carnage!!!

 

[Frutos]

Indeed, choosing a keeper who's not even been first choice for his club is down right stupid IMO. They just don't seem to care that much, it's a strange one really.

Exactly.

Last season he wasn't even the best Spanish goalkeeper at Real Madrid, far less anything else.

 

[Mackenzie]

Spain have been show up after having to stall their blood doping.

Is that what they've been doing?

 

[Paul Reids Sock]

Really hope Spain step it up in the second half. I have a fiver on 3-3!

They have just been so poor, Costa up front isn't working, maybe he doesn't fit their style, or maybe the midfield is just so poor they aren't getting anything to him!

 

[TomandJerry]

Chile con carnage!!!

 

[banjo]

Spain 9/1 to win now Had a similar bet On M Utd when the were 2-0 down against Hull. You never know.

 

[TomandJerry]

Spain 9/1 to win now Had a similar bet On M Utd when the were 2-0 down against Hull. You never know.

Spain don't get Fergie time though

 

[CorgiRegisteredFriend]

I need Spain to win or that's almost it on the v cash front.

 

[banjo]

Spain don't get Fergie time though

Very true.

 

[hybrid_x]

great bet: 11/4 chile to win - draw no bet.

 

[1066familyman]

Really hope Spain step it up in the second half. I have a fiver on 3-3!

They have just been so poor, Costa up front isn't working, maybe he doesn't fit their style, or maybe the midfield is just so poor they aren't getting anything to him!

I just don't see it with Costa. Everytime I've seen him, for club and country, he's been poor. Spain just don't have any decent strikers, full stop.

 

[banjo]

Bring on Torres