World Cup 2014 (SPOILERS, YO!)

Post by **brian** » Tue Jun 24, 2014 9:54 pm

In case anyone is really curious 32 krona is about $5US. So guy won about $825.

Post by **Sabo** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 6:59 am

Will Watt, who covers Blackpool FC for the Blackpool Gazette, is reporting the guy who made the Suarez bite bet is a Blackpool fan. The fan in question has a Twitter account at @Syvers11. Looking through that guy's tweets, he also likes poker.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 7:07 am

Saw another tweet that 167 total people took the bet. Top payout was $3300.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 8:52 am

This is the year Freddy Adu leads us to World Cup glory, right?

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 9:54 am

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 9:55 am

degenerasian wrote:
govmentchedda wrote:Wow! That makes the US/Portugal result look heartwarming. What a gut punch. Do Ivorians care about soccer as much as 1994 era Colombians? I'd hate to be that defender right now.
Not just the defender, one of the midfielders pulled a Bradley.

What happened in that game at the end... Ivory Coast did something so much more egregious. SO MUCH MORE. They had huge numbers in the other team's half, and instead of passing it around and killing the last 30-60 seconds, they conspired to go to goal and take an incredibly weak shot right at the keeper. And then most of those guys don't get back... They gave the Greeks 60-70 yards, free, no pressure... Walking back on D. They allowed that cross into the box with virtually no pressure.

That was a STUNNING display in the final minute by Ivory Coast.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 9:57 am

Nonlinear FC wrote:
degenerasian wrote:
govmentchedda wrote:Wow! That makes the US/Portugal result look heartwarming. What a gut punch. Do Ivorians care about soccer as much as 1994 era Colombians? I'd hate to be that defender right now.
Not just the defender, one of the midfielders pulled a Bradley.

What happened in that game at the end... Ivory Coast did something so much more egregious. SO MUCH MORE. They had huge numbers in the other team's half, and instead of passing it around and killing the last 30-60 seconds, they conspired to go to goal and take an incredibly weak shot right at the keeper. And then most of those guys don't get back... They gave the Greeks 60-70 yards, free, no pressure... Walking back on D. They allowed that cross into the box with virtually no pressure.

That was a STUNNING display in the final minute by Ivory Coast.

Yep, and the clear foul in the box was just an utterly stupid move.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 9:57 am

Pruitt wrote:The announcer we got for that game here in Canada kept saying that there wasn't any contact on that penalty. While Samaras did make it look worse than it was, he was kicked.

By still, this guy kept insisting that it was a non-existent foul.

And this reminds me of something I notice at this stage of most big tournaments. Since Canadian broadcasters pick up the English feeds, we hear a lot of the English announcers. And if you take away the accent, some of them are little better than alan Partridge level.

Wow. I don't even think Samaras made a meal of that... at all. He was trying to put wood on that ball, and Sio got right into the back of his kicking leg, which caused the "trip a kid on the playground" type of flying in the air from Samaras.

Absolutely a PK, no question on any level.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 11:04 am

MEssi cleans up.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 11:05 am

This is nuts. Beautiful shot.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 12:08 pm

There's a gentleman's draw going on here.

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 12:13 pm

AB_skin_test wrote:There's a gentleman's draw going on here.

That ties Götze for the donkey-est goal so far.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 12:16 pm

meh.. with Bosnia winning.. these guys could score 100 goals and it won't matter. So why defend?

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 12:22 pm

degenerasian wrote:meh.. with Bosnia winning.. these guys could score 100 goals and it won't matter. So why defend?

You're right. THis looks like an NBA all star game.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 2:58 pm

86% humidity in Manaus.. the suisse will have fun with that.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 4:32 pm

Ecuador... making some bad choices.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 4:33 pm

degenerasian wrote:86% humidity in Manaus.. the suisse will have fun with that.

Prescient!

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 4:36 pm

Nonlinear FC wrote:
degenerasian wrote:86% humidity in Manaus.. the suisse will have fun with that.

Prescient!

They just stole the tie-breaker. Equators need to score 2.

Post by **brian** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 4:40 pm

P.D.X. wrote:
Nonlinear FC wrote:
degenerasian wrote:86% humidity in Manaus.. the suisse will have fun with that.

Prescient!
They just stole the tie-breaker. Equators need to score 2.

Or have Honduras somehow peg one back while Ecuador score. Neither of which looks likely at this point.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 4:41 pm

Looking at the names of the Swiss team ... who knew that Switzerland was such a melting pot?

It's jarring, like the Germans relying on Miroslav and Mesut and Podolski.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 4:43 pm

Nonlinear FC wrote:
degenerasian wrote:86% humidity in Manaus.. the suisse will have fun with that.

Prescient!

It's a skill.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 4:55 pm

The Bracket is almost complete

Brazil
Chile

Colombia
Uruguay

France
Nigeria

Winner G
Second H

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Netherlands
Mexico

Costa Rica
Greece

Argentina
Switzerland

Winner H
Second G

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 4:57 pm

Luckily Honduras was able to hold onto that 0-3 deficit and stay ahead of Cameroon for 32nd place.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 5:05 pm

Wow, only three European teams in the knockout rounds so far. And one is Switzerland.

Post by **brian** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 5:07 pm

Unfortunately Greece is in there, not Cote D'Ivoire

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 5:08 pm

sorry fixed.

joeyclams · Post by **joeyclams** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 5:13 pm

Steve of phpBB wrote:Looking at the names of the Swiss team ... who knew that Switzerland was such a melting pot?

It's jarring, like the Germans relying on Miroslav and Mesut and Podolski.

Switzerland has 4 official languages because it borders so many countries. And was a haven for all the war deserters during WWI and WWII.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 5:38 pm

So .. Honduras beat Canada by 7 goals when trying to qualify for the Hex ... and then went 0-3 in the group stage.

I can accurately extrapolate that we would have gone 0-21.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 7:27 pm

4 CONMEBOL teams in one quarter of the bracket.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 12:51 am

Goaline Technology

Post by **Sabo** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 7:55 am

Ghana manager Kwesi Appiah kicked Sulley Muntari and Kevin-Prince Boateng off the team this morning, shortly after all the Ghana players received a $3 million (total) bonus from the Ghanian president. Apparently KPB got into a shouting match with Appiah, and Muntari allegedly assaulted a member of Ghana's management committee.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 7:59 am

that all sounds very promising, frankly.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 8:05 am

WELCOME TO THE HIMALAYAS!!

Banished Sulley Jokes will get us through the morning, just trust me

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 8:16 am

Wait--do we want Ghana to win or not? Sorry if I missed it.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 8:24 am

Johnny Carwash wrote:Wait--do we want Ghana to win or not? Sorry if I missed it.

Ghana winning and us losing is the straightest way to sadness for us. They can win by one and us lose by one, and we are ok. But if they win by two and we lose, we are hosed. Or if they win by one and we lose by two or more we are hosed.

Ghana tying or losing is really for the best.

Portugal could still catch us but needs to make up a goal differential of 5. Let's hope not.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 8:24 am

Johnny Carwash wrote:Wait--do we want Ghana to win or not? Sorry if I missed it.

We do not want ghana (or portugal for that matter) to win. A draw for those two is our best case. A win by either coupled with a US loss would mean it could come down to goal differential.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 8:26 am

AB_skin_test wrote:
Johnny Carwash wrote:Wait--do we want Ghana to win or not? Sorry if I missed it.

We do not want ghana (or portugal for that matter) to win. A draw for those two is our best case. A win by either coupled with a US loss would mean it could come down to goal differential.

And we are stronger against Portugal than Ghana in goal differential currently.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 8:34 am

govmentchedda wrote:
AB_skin_test wrote:
Johnny Carwash wrote:Wait--do we want Ghana to win or not? Sorry if I missed it.

We do not want ghana (or portugal for that matter) to win. A draw for those two is our best case. A win by either coupled with a US loss would mean it could come down to goal differential.
And we are stronger against Portugal than Ghana in goal differential currently.

Definitely, but I can't rule out Ronaldo pulling a show like he did against Sweden in the playoff, even on a bum leg. Then all it would take is a 2 goal win by Germany.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 9:45 am

Suarez gets 9 games! WOW!

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 9:50 am

AB_skin_test wrote:Suarez gets 9 games! WOW!

It still doesn't help Italy who are on a plane home. FIFA really should have kicked the whole team out especially after comments from coach and captain

captain Lugano: "Chiellini is less of a man for crying and photoshoping pictures"
coach Tavares: "This is a football tournament, not a place for morality"