On the Eve of the new Season...

atomic wrote:

slappy wrote:

atomic wrote:
The system is stupid. 

Well, you do know stupid pretty well.

Yeah as I watched a lot of soccer lately.

Too bad you couldn't figure out a way for that not to happen.

Looks like Russia has to score another goal if they want to advance.  Tied with Algeria in Goal Differential but Algeria has scored more goals. 

I don't know why they don't have a playoff game tomorrow for the teams that are tied.  They aren't playing any games anyway.

So Algeria vs Germany and US vs Belgium. 

atomic wrote:
So Algeria vs Germany and US vs Belgium. 

the soccer hater who really is not following the WC chimes in……brilliant!  ;D

anyways, Germany automatic pass to quarters where they likely face France in a tough game….if they make it through that they face most probably Brazil in Brazil although watch out for Colombia……Germany-Brazil would be a killer of a game…. Germany certainly did not look like worldbeaters today….

on the other side of the draw, the easier one,  the US has a decent chance against Belgium and then would play the winner of Argentina/Switzerland and while Argentina is probably favored over the Swiss they haven't exactly set the world on fire in the weakest group in the cup… on the top  half of that side of the draw you have to like the dutch but they are always very hard to measure; they have a real tendency to self destruct and Mexico will play with knives in their mouths…..

unfortunately penalty shootouts will probably very much come into play as pressure intensifies and teams and their players tighten up and take less and less chances…so it all could become more random than people think although generally i've observed that the team that deserves to move forward tends to handle the shootouts better…..a classic example is Germany-Argentina 2006…when Germany came back to tie it it was clear Argentinna was so deflated they would lose the shootout and they did….

The two best beer countries in the world going at it.

atomic wrote:
US vs Belgium. 

James wrote:
The two best beer countries in the world going at it.

atomic wrote:
US vs Belgium. 

That is funny.  Germany for beer and soccer. 

hutch wrote:and Mexico will play with knives in their mouths…..

POTW

Even a blind (jingoistic, racist, neoconservative nut-job) squirrel finds a nut occasionally…

http://uproxx.com/webculture/2014/06/ann-coulter-on-the-world-cup-growing-interest-in-soccer-a-sign-of-the-nations-moral-decay/

I'm going through withdrawals today.  Very entertaining Group Stages.  Even the typically crappy Uruguay v Italy game was saved by a fascinating plot line.

to help with your DTs:

The World Cup Flopping Rankings
http://online.wsj.com/articles/the-world-rankings-of-flopping-1403660175

The Suárez Of The Lambs [OFFICIAL TRAILER]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTkjlWwBubc

sweetcell wrote:
to help with your DTs:

The World Cup Flopping Rankings
http://online.wsj.com/articles/the-world-rankings-of-flopping-1403660175

This made me crack up
The Team Most Likely to Grin and Bear it: Bosnia and Herzegovina. These World Cup newbies obviously don't get how this works. They only had two "injuries" in two games for a total of 24 seconds of writhing time.

Brazil are like cockroaches..you have to crush them to beat them…. when Chile had that shot off the crossbar in the last minute I had a bad feeling…….

The games today were pretty exciting.  Glad the Mexicans got knocked out.  Now they can go back to cutting grass and cleaning bathrooms like they should.  I wanted Greece to win but they deserved to lose by not being able to score a goal in extra time with the extra man.  It takes them to long to start kicking penalty kicks.  They should move the penalty shot spot to make it more interesting.

I root for the teams based on which country I would rather visit.  So in the last two days I rooted for Netherlands, Greece, and Chile.  Wouldn't want to visit Columbia or Uruguay so didn't care who won.

atomic wrote:
  Glad the Mexicans got knocked out.  Now they can go back to cutting grass and cleaning bathrooms like they should. 

:o :o :o :o :o

hutch wrote:

atomic wrote:
  Glad the Mexicans got knocked out.  Now they can go back to cutting grass and cleaning bathrooms like they should. 

:o :o :o :o :o

Sorry I forgot picking fruit and doing roadwork.  Anyway that was a joke. 

atomic wrote:

hutch wrote:

atomic wrote:
  Glad the Mexicans got knocked out.  Now they can go back to cutting grass and cleaning bathrooms like they should. 

:o :o :o :o :o

Sorry I forgot picking fruit and doing roadwork.  Anyway that was a joke. 

Wow you really know how to dig yourself in deeper don't you… And seeing as multiple people reported your initial "joke" to the moderators, people clearly didn't find it funny.  So consider this a warning to watch the 'jokes".

Yeah…it's a joke.  and your not a total a-hole.
Give me a break.  You hoping to get on duck dynasty walk on?

The only Mexican I know is a chef.