Was/Were Has/Here

[Joe_Fox]

"Denmark is a very well organised team. They have a very clear game plan in possession and out of possession and Harder is a big part of that too."

It just sounds wrong to me. It's either "Denmark IS a very well organised team. IT has a very clear game plan" or "Denmark ARE a very well organised team. THEY have a very clear game plan.

 

[Payne74]

Won 4 u Volpone "would of/have"

 

[Robin127]

"Organised team Denmark are" - Yoda.

 

[jb5000]

"Denmark is a very well organised team. They have a very clear game plan in possession and out of possession and Harder is a big part of that too."

It just sounds wrong to me. It's either "Denmark IS a very well organised team. IT has a very clear game plan" or "Denmark ARE a very well organised team. THEY have a very clear game plan.

Damn it Joe - they're football commentators, not playwrights

(Though as Shakespeare shows, playwrights get plenty of leeway to bend the rules of a language in the name of a good line)