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International Soccer
- Thread starter Yankee151
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Chase
Well-Known Member
France and England (Holland, to a degree) are either gone crash out in the group round or could very easily get to to a QF. Wouldn't be surprised if Ecuador won that group.
Didn't one of you guys create a World Cup bracket group on ESPN?
Snorky's Shame
Well-Known Member
On ESPN2 Tonight:
Couldn't find the English version or the ensuing riot.
Couldn't find the English version or the ensuing riot.
Orangebird
Premier League Champs
Me. Password is chibob, not sure if you need anything else.
Orangebird
Premier League Champs
Also Benzema is still gonna be there so the underage prostitutes will still be in business.
Yankee151
Hot Girl Summer
@Travis7401 tune to the Portugal-Mexico game, Eder is bossing the mexican twinks
Karl Hungus
Here to fix the cable
I love love love that Deadspin is excerpting Soccer in Sun and Shadow right now. Such an amazing book.
GuyIncognito
pressure cooker full of skittles
Lol Mexico
Snorky's Shame
Well-Known Member
Reus out of the World Cup.
Ghana better pay that witch doctor. Ask Australia what happens when you don't.
Ghana better pay that witch doctor. Ask Australia what happens when you don't.
Karl Hungus
Here to fix the cable
Strained ligaments.
To me that looked like a broken ankle to me, surprised it wasn't worse outcome. That probably would have killed Deadman.
DeadMan
aka spiker or DeadMong
They have to shoot me? I can't even get the common courtesy of a morphine overdose?
BasinBictory
OUT with the GOUT
The Oberyn treatment is always an option.
Orangebird
Premier League Champs
Spain is really fun to watch in person. Makes you better appreciate tiki taka seeing how much goes into it off the ball.
Karl Hungus
Here to fix the cable
But twinks.
Spain is really boring to me. They piddle around too much.
Rob's FSU
Well-Known Member
You shut your whore mouth!
hayvis
Will-Gnome Member
They've done this for years. They bored their way to winning Euro 2012. They will bore their way to winning the World Cup. This sort of football used to be considered "attractive". Ticky tacky has become a 4-2-3-1, false 9, no pace bore-fest. Unfortunately, it's quite a good system to win stuff, especially in hot climates.
Don't get me wrong, I respect them for creating a system that fits their strengths and allows them to win. I just don't understand the people who hate the Greeks for their style and love Spain. Honestly it is almost the exact same thing, Spain is just "defending" all game by playing keep away instead of soccer. Spain are like that high school basketball team that just passes around the back court all game because there is no shot clock and they are trying to limit possessions and win a 8-6 game. I can respect giving your team the best chance to win by playing some inherently limiting/negative style, but as a spectator I would rather watch something else.
The juxtaposition between Spain love and Greek hate is what confuses me. I'm convinced that most people just don't actually watch Spain play. They watch like 5 minutes of cool passing and then leave and watch the highlights later. If that's all you see, it is a thrilling style! Meanwhile, I watch every minute of Spain's games because my wife has a boner for them, and I end up yelling at the TV for them to fucking take a shot. I've seen them literally pass up a free shot from inside the box so they could dump it back to Xavi and work it around some more. FUUUU.
The thing that really pisses me off most is when they are in a tied game in the second half and they still do fucking short corners when they have Pique and Sergio Ramos on the roster. Look, you cunts, this is like the one time you can legitimately use your big guys who are good in the air and you piddle dick it short instead. You have some of the most accurate corner takers in the world and a couple of the most prolific scoring defenders and you don't try to score on these set pieces? (and spain get about a million corners per game too) FUUUUU. I understand short corners when they have the lead (more time wasting possession) but when they are trying to score a goal against a team that is bunkered, why not bring up Ramos and give him a chance? My favorite part about the corners is that I swear to God they only sent like 2 normal corners in properly during the whole 2010 world cup, and one ended up as the huge goal Puyol had to give them the lead against Germany (and the other he almost scored but was just off target)
In 2010, they at least had Villa who would take a chance from outside the box. During the 2012 Euros they were impossible to watch.
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goblue96
Disney and Curling Expert
This is what attracted me to the older Dutch style of play. They wanted to entertain. They wanted to win 4-3 compared to winning 1-0/2-1. Did they win anything with that philosophy? No. Was it fun to watch? Hell, yes.
goblue96
Disney and Curling Expert
hayvis
Will-Gnome Member
INGERLAND. We're not all cunts.
hayvis
Will-Gnome Member
Come join the Dutch fan club with me and Milo.
My next door neighbour is Dutch, and out of my whole neighbourhood, she's the most annoying person. They have a fucking "know it all" way about them. And they don't all look like that. Most Dutch people that I know are "big boned". Actually, a few of those girls are deceptively big.
Milo
Well-Known Member
I stopped renewing my subscription when Nigel De Jong tried to break Stuart Holden in half.
I'm all in on Switzerland(dat midfield, 2011-12 FC Basel team with Xhaka and Shaqiri) and I've been riding the Belgium bandwagon since that 06-07 Standard Liege team with Defour, Fellaini and Witsel(and Gooch).
I just cheer for Brazil, Argentina, Spain, Germany, and Belgium* because I like winners.
*Reserves right to swap Belgium out for better team.
*Reserves right to swap Belgium out for better team.
silverwheels
PLAY LA BAMBA BABY
South Korea, babby.
ZeekLTK
Well-Known Member
What about if we've recently visited Belgium?
I think the loser of Engerland vs Italy is going to flame out big time and not make it out of that group. Either way, I think it will be entertaining.
silverwheels
PLAY LA BAMBA BABY
I bet it will be Ingerland.