Feel so amazing now that we've won the World Cup
Amazing tournament and every team played well but in the end true skill prevailed
USA! USA! USA!
― 龜, Thursday, 26 June 2014 19:20 (nine years ago) link
i do think it's great that we can take the whole thing w/out winning once, just like every war we've lost after 1945
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 26 June 2014 19:22 (nine years ago) link
Inaccuracy just might be on purpose ;)
― dan m, Thursday, 26 June 2014 19:22 (nine years ago) link
fwiw there are round robin tournaments in america like the college baseball world series, tho theyre more common in high school sports
― lag∞n, Thursday, 26 June 2014 19:26 (nine years ago) link
really great trolling from dunphy right here
― leave the web boys alone (darraghmac), Thursday, 26 June 2014 19:29 (nine years ago) link
how many baseball teams win the world series with zero playoff losses
― iatee, Thursday, 26 June 2014 19:29 (nine years ago) link
some did before they turned it into a fucking monthlong tournament
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 26 June 2014 19:36 (nine years ago) link
Strachan going nuts here:
don't talk about morals we don't have anywe applaud drunk drivers and wife beaters and kung fu cantonait's all abouy winningwell played Uruguay standing by Suarez
― a curious shade of pale (onimo), Thursday, 26 June 2014 19:43 (nine years ago) link
v late but how the fuck didn't beckermann get a red card for that foul on Schweinsteiger?
― pandemic, Thursday, 26 June 2014 19:46 (nine years ago) link
its a fair argument if anyone on that panel were fit to the ease it out with a decent opposite position, like dunphy on rte
― leave the web boys alone (darraghmac), Thursday, 26 June 2014 19:47 (nine years ago) link
XP his leg was limp at contact, swung across him not a pointed impact imo
― leave the web boys alone (darraghmac), Thursday, 26 June 2014 19:48 (nine years ago) link
Rooting hard for Algeria
― In the airplane over the .CSS (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 26 June 2014 19:55 (nine years ago) link
Russia
― pandemic, Thursday, 26 June 2014 19:57 (nine years ago) link
― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Thursday, 26 June 2014 19:59 (nine years ago) link
Kerzhakov starts with Kokorin, which is positive. Dzagoev still on the bench though.
Allez les Fennecs!
― Wristy Hurlington (ShariVari), Thursday, 26 June 2014 20:00 (nine years ago) link
I'm not confused by the mechanics and math, i'm just not a fan of anything other than Wins and Losses determining who WINS AND LOSES. Points for a tie is the dumbest thing ever. Just seed the teams properly, have a best of 3 and the winners move on. Or do Sudden Death every match.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 26 June 2014 20:01 (nine years ago) link
FP stfu and get out
― leave the web boys alone (darraghmac), Thursday, 26 June 2014 20:03 (nine years ago) link
KOKORIN!!!!!
― pandemic, Thursday, 26 June 2014 20:06 (nine years ago) link
That's beautiful
― In the airplane over the .CSS (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 26 June 2014 20:06 (nine years ago) link
Great finish.
― Wristy Hurlington (ShariVari), Thursday, 26 June 2014 20:06 (nine years ago) link
Jeez, what a header
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 26 June 2014 20:06 (nine years ago) link
What minute does Capello sub Kherzhakov and bring on a DM?
― pandemic, Thursday, 26 June 2014 20:08 (nine years ago) link
Surprised he hasn't done it already
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 26 June 2014 20:13 (nine years ago) link
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C7n4tnbgFf8/UKZbrlkLlKI/AAAAAAAAA3g/f9foesnBuYs/s1600/Dungeon_Master_Profile.jpg
― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Thursday, 26 June 2014 20:13 (nine years ago) link
This is the Russia I like though. No big superstars, but a flowing machine pre-1989 like.
― In the airplane over the .CSS (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 26 June 2014 20:16 (nine years ago) link
playin some Fantasia - Lose to Win up in here
― Sufjan Grafton, Thursday, 26 June 2014 20:20 (nine years ago) link
finding out you've won after you lost is like waking up for school to learn it's cancelled due to snow
― Sufjan Grafton, Thursday, 26 June 2014 20:21 (nine years ago) link
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, June 26, 2014 4:01 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol that doesn't even make sense. How would you 'seed the teams properly'? arbitrarily rank them at the onset of the tournament? sudden death every match? what, like March Madness? boring. Round robins do a better job of ensuring the better squads make it to the knockout round.
also wtf is wrong with points for a tie, hockey did that for years (and now currently awards points to overtime losses now that they eliminated ties). you're acting like teams who went 0-1-2 are advancing to the knockout round.
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 26 June 2014 20:32 (nine years ago) link
the only reason they use points (or should I say, point, as a tie is only 1 point) is because determining champions by win percentage becomes very difficult when ties are involved and doesn't really paint an accurate picture
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 26 June 2014 20:34 (nine years ago) link
You know you've had it with a football thread if people barge in questioning the most basic game rules that have been around for ages. Jesus Christ.
― In the airplane over the .CSS (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 26 June 2014 20:36 (nine years ago) link
Russia giving the ball away too much. There's real chances to break here but they keep wasting them. Algeria have 2 or 3 v good dribblers.
― pandemic, Thursday, 26 June 2014 20:37 (nine years ago) link
Brb, off to the baseball thread to nag about why there's nine innings and not three or seventeen. Nine is just a ridiculous number. Also, why not use a tennis racket instead of a bat?
― In the airplane over the .CSS (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 26 June 2014 20:38 (nine years ago) link
Why can't they just pick up and throw the damn ball like gentlemen?
― Sufjan Grafton, Thursday, 26 June 2014 20:39 (nine years ago) link
Or just roll it to home base. Why throw? It's so aggressive, someone could get hurt.
― In the airplane over the .CSS (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 26 June 2014 20:40 (nine years ago) link
Algeria trying their best, just not dangerous enough yet.
― In the airplane over the .CSS (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 26 June 2014 20:41 (nine years ago) link
Red card on belgium
― you can't put your arms around a lamprey (brownie), Thursday, 26 June 2014 20:45 (nine years ago) link
classic defour
― pandemic, Thursday, 26 June 2014 20:46 (nine years ago) link
Why thank you Belgium! Keep up the good work.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 26 June 2014 20:46 (nine years ago) link
Going from prior performance Korea not likely to benefit from the red
― 龜, Thursday, 26 June 2014 20:46 (nine years ago) link
Otm
― you can't put your arms around a lamprey (brownie), Thursday, 26 June 2014 20:47 (nine years ago) link
Leg breaker
― In the airplane over the .CSS (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 26 June 2014 20:52 (nine years ago) link
points for a draw damned close to fuckin communism imo
― leave the web boys alone (darraghmac), Thursday, 26 June 2014 20:53 (nine years ago) link
yeah, the team with the richest owners should win
― Sufjan Grafton, Thursday, 26 June 2014 20:56 (nine years ago) link
not at all, the team with the most efficient use of their available resources will always triumph in the long run
― leave the web boys alone (darraghmac), Thursday, 26 June 2014 20:57 (nine years ago) link
all right wtf is the 'ohh way ahh' clip that ESPN endlessly uses as transition music
― mookieproof, Thursday, 26 June 2014 21:01 (nine years ago) link
fuck that was the game right there
― pandemic, Thursday, 26 June 2014 21:04 (nine years ago) link
― mookieproof, Thursday, June 26, 2014 5:01 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
catchy is what it is.
― mizzell, Thursday, 26 June 2014 21:07 (nine years ago) link
Isn't that part of the official FIFA ad campaign? I think everyone has to use that. ESPN's own intros show lava devouring Rio, which is then relocated to the middle of Russia, then back to Brazil.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 26 June 2014 21:12 (nine years ago) link
Yep, sick of the 'Oh whey yahh' thing here too.
― In the airplane over the .CSS (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 26 June 2014 21:16 (nine years ago) link
its a rip of the theme tune from the snorkels btw
― leave the web boys alone (darraghmac), Thursday, 26 June 2014 21:17 (nine years ago) link