[Totally OT] World Cup prediction thread

[cmsahe]

Delete Spain & France and begin to consider Mexico.

[nampigai]

In football, I have a strong feeling that idea would be misused in order to waste time.

agreed - sometimes the calls goes your way sometimes they don't, that's the way of football.

terrible game by denmark yesterday - only positive thing was the fact that Cameroun was worse.

and cmsahe...Spain lost ONE match and you wright them off allready? I wouldn't be so quick, what made the differrence in the swiss game was Otmar Hitzfeld and the fact that del Bosque is a galactico moron. why the hell the fuck head didn't play two strikers from start beats the hell out of me.

What annoys me most is the fact that defencive and tactical football is the new black! I still hope Spain will go all the way - I hope Mexico will go far as well, though - I like their game, don't get me wrong.

I'm looking forward to Spain vs. Honduras tonight.

[Freakzilla]

[Freakzilla]

It's infectious:

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_le ... mlb,249912" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Aquila ka-Hecate]

It's infectious:

So's Ebola.

[Freakzilla]

It's infectious:

So's Ebola.

I don't get it.

[dune stroller]

It's infectious:

So's Ebola.

I don't get it.

Think Twelve Monkeys.

[nampigai]

btw french peaple! what the hell is going on with your national team?

bunch of spoiled brats is what they are.

[SandRider]

fuck the dumb shit .... En-Cee-Two-Ay College World Series is on ...

[Freakzilla]

The Atlanta Braves are up by 2.5 games and on a 5 game winning streak.

Fuck soccer.

[SandRider]

fuck Major League Baseball - fucking juiced-up, bat-corking gambling addicts ....
cheaters, the lot of them ....

but, yeah, fuck soccer ... good game for the kids, no expensive equipment to buy,
and the girls can play on a equal level with the boys ... that's true at the World Level, too ....
I think the American Women's team would kick three-quarters of the world's National teams' assess ...

[dune stroller]

fuck the dumb shit .... En-Cee-Two-Ay College World Series is on ...

Which country's favourite for that?

[Freakzilla]

fuck the dumb shit .... En-Cee-Two-Ay College World Series is on ...

Which country's favourite for that?

I think the US usually wins that one.

[Freakzilla]

N. Korea got beat by Portugal like a red headed stepchild, 0-7.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/soc_wcup_dej ... th_koreans" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[SandRider]

praise Allah !

so, I'm like, outta this pool now, right ?

[TheDukester]

Yes, you're toast. The godless Commies have managed to mathematically eliminate themselves after only two games.

[SandChigger]

Did they bawl again?


"PLAY! ... BAWL!"

Oh, wait, that's baseball, right?

[dune stroller]

but, yeah, fuck soccer ... good game for the kids, no expensive equipment to buy,
and the girls can play on a equal level with the boys ...

You just nailed the reasons it's the most popular sport in the world. All you need is a ball, anyone can play,
you don't need to be built like a brick shithouse or 7 feet tall, just ability. It's initially about participation
and kids all over the world grow up playing and then turn into fans. It's hard to get the attraction unless you
played as a kid and eventually it'll end up being most popular in the states too.

[dune stroller]

N. Korea got beat by Portugal like a red headed stepchild, 0-7.

Yeah, but nobodies gonna tell 'em.

[lotek]

It's infectious:

So's Ebola.

I don't get it.

That's the idea

And I for one am glad the French team got a whipping, maybe it will open up people's eyes on the farce that is big sport business and how it is just about fucking sponsors...

Plus traditionally it is used as a smokescreen to pass unpopular laws and all the politics pretend they like it when they only do because they think that's gonna make them popular.

So fuck you mr midget sarkozy, you're in the frontline now!

Sorry for the hijack but I don't know much about teams and their value and shit, so I just went for a rant!

[Freakzilla]

N. Korea got beat by Portugal like a red headed stepchild, 0-7.

Yeah, but nobodies gonna tell 'em.

It was broadcast live on TV to them.

[TheDukester]

... eventually it'll end up being most popular in the states too.

Not a chance in hell.

People have been saying that since at least 1974, when the old NASL tried to go big-time. And, of course, the 1994 World Cup was supposed to "change everything" and establish soccer as a big-time sport here. That hasn't quite happened.

We're just not wired for it here. It's not even the low scoring that's the problem for most people (I've enjoyed plenty of 1-0 baseball games or 2-1 hockey games), although the lack of good scoring chances in any given game is an issue, I think. That 2-1 hockey game I mentioned might feature 30 shots on goal by each team; a 2-1 soccer game might have a combined total of eight or nine scoring chances.

There's other factors, too. Americans will never, ever stop laughing at all of the ridiculous diving and theatrics, so the sport has a huge perception problem here. The offsides rule is also an issue. Also, our four major team sports are very firmly entrenched; there just might not be room for a fifth.

Sorry, but it's just not going to happen here. Not that that makes it a bad sport, of course ... it's just "22 foreigners in shorts" to the vast majority of Americans.

[dune stroller]

... eventually it'll end up being most popular in the states too.

Not a chance in hell.

People have been saying that since at least 1974, when the old NASL tried to go big-time. And, of course, the 1994 World Cup was supposed to "change everything" and establish soccer as a big-time sport here. That hasn't quite happened.

We're just not wired for it here. It's not even the low scoring that's the problem for most people (I've enjoyed plenty of 1-0 baseball games or 2-1 hockey games), although the lack of good scoring chances in any given game is an issue, I think. That 2-1 hockey game I mentioned might feature 30 shots on goal by each team; a 2-1 soccer game might have a combined total of eight or nine scoring chances.

There's other factors, too. Americans will never, ever stop laughing at all of the ridiculous diving and theatrics, so the sport has a huge perception problem here. The offsides rule is also an issue. Also, our four major team sports are very firmly entrenched; there just might not be room for a fifth.

Sorry, but it's just not going to happen here. Not that that makes it a bad sport, of course ... it's just "22 foreigners in shorts" to the vast majority of Americans.

I know, I was being tongue in cheek, although it would be interesting to check up in about 100 years. I do think participation-wise it'll end up bigger though, not through
any daft leagues but just down to the kids who play.

[dune stroller]

There's other factors, too. Americans will never, ever stop laughing at all of the ridiculous diving and theatrics

PS This is a major piss-off for us too and won't stop until retrospective punishments are applied. Sooner the better.

[TheDukester]

Wow, Group A is the first to finish, and both France and South Africa have managed to eliminate themselves.

The 1998 champions and the host nation, already gone. This tournament just got a whole lot more interesting, methinks ...