World Cup 2014

currently have two eagles perched on each shoulder

they will cry on command, don't make me!

i'm kinda curious how the US will do and god knows rooting for australia is nigh on pointless, more out of sympathy than anything so hey, why not

I was too emotionally involved in the opening match. It's only getting worse tho.

FP'd VG

no wavering

Brazil most likely to play the Netherlands or Chile in round 2? agreed on tonight's showing either one of them would have a chance

it wld be funny and sad if brazil got knocked out early and argentina won it all

still think Argentina can win this but their defence is likely as suspect as Brazil's. Brazil will get stronger and will continue to get the rub of the 60-40 decisions tho.

fp'd brownie for fp'ing me -- lack of work is making you listless, stop lashing out

:-D

I'll try to keep it under wraps.

u guys everyone here is first and foremost usa soccer fans dont let this "world cup" tear us apart

rooting for: usa usa usa, argentina, chile, ivory coast, spain i guess

rooting against: mexico, ghana, "england", germany, russia

tbh i don't even know who I'm favoring at this point

maybe I'm just gonna let the beautiful game wash over me

the only thing I know is that I'll probably root against the Netherlands, cheating bastids

no way dude ganja

plus a tradition of tolerance

not of other football teams or each other, sadly

nah tbf before they tried to kick Spain to death last World Cup they only ever fought amongst themselves

neymar off, no pen ffs obvs, Croatian second rightly disallowed, big Phil off, Gustavo off, pletikosa's feet appalling, olic pure shite after that cross.

Croatia to go further than Brazil.

cracking opening game.

Looking forward to this. Wishing there was a game on tonight.

VG onsides.

what's wrong with Ghana?

xpost cracking opening game.

It was an good game but the referee messed it up. The only thing that's consistent about refereeing at the world cup is that it's going to be inconsistent

I'm not quite at nv levels of loving that shit but I wasn't partisan enough for the Croats that the absolutely predictable joke ref didn't add a satisfying tinge of gratified cynicism tbh, most great games have the outrageous talking points.

i think a draw was the likeliest outcome for that game and thats where it was heading. this brazil team is shit but theres time for them to be found out yet.

what's wrong with Ghana?

nothing tbh, just rooting

Nothing wrong, but they're Ghana lose!

I'll leave now.

haha

accran't believe you just did that

That's just capitol.

Isn't it a rule that a player can't touch a goaltender while he is in the air (and inside the box)? I have been under this impression for very long. Perhaps an expert here could illuminate us ?

Pretty sure it isn't a rule

Don't think refereeing was that bad certainly not as bad as the two goalies fucking horror show

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bp0orWpCAAErtHu.jpg

bleeding flag otm

People saying Brazil are shit are missing the fact that they played a very poor game and won 3-1. Croatia never actually scored. Even when Brazil play a bad game, they can crush a team like Croatia.

final goal was just cause croatia was pressing due to dwindling clock, desperation caused byt 2nd goal on a terrible call

prob shouldve been a draw

Isn't it a rule that a player can't touch a goaltender while he is in the air (and inside the box)? I have been under this impression for very long. Perhaps an expert here could illuminate us ?

― Van Horn Street, Thursday, June 12, 2014 8:39 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

no that is not a law.

but yes that was a free kick. there was no chance of playing the ball when you're going for a high ball against a keeper in that situation, so he was playing the man by defn, which is a free kick in almost all circumstances.

the penalty decision was not insane. i thought it was a pen at full speed, but not on the replay.

the neymar yellow should have been a red. that's the only decision i emphatically disagreed with.

ppl saying that Brazil played a poor game and one are ignoring the ref and the opposition gk

won, obv

world cups are always full of trite goalkeepers anyway, especially in the first round. that's hardly a knock against brazil.

Brazil were far from poor - they just weren't that strong

I had no idea that Tommy Smyth was so hated in the UK, his radio calls were the best thing about 2010 (as someone who knows shit about soccer and thinks it's kind of dull on TV but A+ in person).

love the way the BBC news just used "controversial" to elide a borderline iffy penalty with violent protest against intolerable poverty

intolerable poverty of courage from ref u mean

food shortages in re moral fibre

jesus you talk like you've never see a Man United match

Howard Webb'll show these guys how not to favour the top dogs

riots over water shortages and his bottling of same

Lovren was a dick for putting the hand up to his shoulder, after that it's just a bit of bad luck and a ref hamming it up for the TV