The 2014 World Cup

That Greek bloke took some Robben lessons about European diving for the second Duarte yellow. First one was well deserved, not sure about the second one which seems to have been awarded for amount of theatrics and not contact.
 
I'm not a bookie but we keep betting for the favourites.
 
But in a real betting parlour - how would the house win? Anyway, I think tomorrow is a bit up for grabs so perhaps there will be surprises. Except for Germany, because my boss will be in a bad mood and I'll have a miserable summer if they go out early.
 
Fwiffo said:
But in a real betting parlour - how would the house win? Anyway, I think tomorrow is a bit up for grabs so perhaps there will be surprises. Except for Germany, because my boss will be in a bad mood and I'll have a miserable summer if they go out early.
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Well, the payouts were relatively small, and you have people betting on all aspects of the games, plus the underdogs. The house would do fine here.
 
Rambo said:
Mexico up 1! I don't know Betelgeuse Betelgeuse , watching Miguel Herrera is a joy unto itself.
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I had a nice laugh at all of those that, my gosh, they had faces like if their must loved significant other has passed away.

A bit of a random comment: Everybody is pissed off to this Robben guy cause he fell intentionally and well he just recognized he did it on purpose but I think that that's the essence of soccer. To see how acts better and get the call in favor of the referee. So why are they complaining? All the soccer players do that, so what's the problem, ins't that what soccer is about lately?

No one would be crying if the situation would happened to a Mexican, they still being celebration. My 2 cents. :truestory:
 
Betelgeuse said:
I had a nice laugh at all of those that, my gosh, they had faces like if their must loved significant other has passed away.

A bit of a random comment: Everybody is pissed off to this Robben guy cause he fell intentionally and well he just recognized he did it on purpose but I think that that's the essence of soccer. To see how acts better and get the call in favor of the referee. So why are they complaining? All the soccer players do that, so what's the problem, ins't that what soccer is about lately?

No one would be crying if the situation would happened to a Mexican, they still being celebration. My 2 cents. :truestory:
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You really need to play up how depressed you are about this. Maybe you can swing some sympathy pussy in the next few days.
 
Bete is a good person, and handled it with class.

Robben is an asshole, but the truth is any Mexican player would have done the same shit. Marquez left a leg hanging, so he asked for it. Not that it excuses anything, but at least Mexico can go to sleep tonight telling themselves "we're exactly the same sort of cheats so eh".
 
Fwiffo said:
Robben. When he's on your squad, you love him.
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I don't want to see him in my two favorite kits. well, it's practically impossible, anyway.

he is effective. he lacks the beauty of the game and he moves like a spastic. he should stick with FC Hollywood, I don't mind.
 
I wouldn't say it's unprofessional. I work for a German firm so let's say 75 percent of the staff worldwide will be heartbroken. We have an office pool for the World Cup on an Excel spreadsheet. Then being Germans, they programmed some website for 3000 plus employees to track a worldwide pool; winner gets tickets to Champions League finals. I joked our World Cup website looks better than any system we ever use.
 
Fwiffo said:
I wouldn't say it's unprofessional. I work for a German firm so let's say 75 percent of the staff worldwide will be heartbroken. We have an office pool for the World Cup on an Excel spreadsheet. Then being Germans, they programmed some website for 3000 plus employees to track a worldwide pool; winner gets tickets to Champions League finals. I joked our World Cup website looks better than any system we ever use.
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my comment was made in jest. well, no, but you get the idea.

on a random note: I have an e-buddy, who is german and we have an agreement not to discuss football. he routes for the bayern, too. so this is really challenging.
 
Rambo said:
You really need to play up how depressed you are about this. Maybe you can swing some sympathy pussy in the next few days.
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OfficePants said:
Bete is a good person, and handled it with class.

Robben is an asshole, but the truth is any Mexican player would have done the same shit. Marquez left a leg hanging, so he asked for it. Not that it excuses anything, but at least Mexico can go to sleep tonight telling themselves "we're exactly the same sort of cheats so eh".
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This. That is exactly what I was trying to say. When everybody do the same thing, you can't complain, IMO.
 
France takes it. Gotta give Nigeria credit. They held strong for 75 minutes there. Kind of fell apart at the end.
 
African teams are usually never disciplined at the back. That's my take.

Deutscheland scored when I left the bar.
 
OfficePants said:
They got a 2nd. Algeria scored late but it was too late.
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the second was totally unnecessary and the first was a typical krauts goal. oh well...

imo, algeria was the stronger team in the first half but couldn't take advantage of it. I blame them not to have the guts and risk the foul with Manuela outside of the box. the way he attacks would cause a red. sheez.
 
Christ, the end Of the US/Belgium match was fucking intense.

Day 4 bets paid out. I'll try to setup the round of 8 matches tonight.
 
Rambo said:
Christ, the end Of the US/Belgium match was fucking intense.

Day 4 bets paid out. I'll try to setup the round of 8 matches tonight.
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I don't know crap about countries or futbol, but following Rambo's bets is almost surefire. On here, at least.
 
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They have a golden generation of footballers right now but three tournaments later they will be nobody?
 
JimmyRustler said:
Hey, you want us in this sport you're going to have to accept American English is the standard and you're going to have to change how ya'll do some things.
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I'm white America, but know that they don't want us in this sport. We want to nose in and call penalties extra points and say stupid shit like "great hustle", "head ball", wait until the end...





Or even here, where the goalkeeper is not doing a good job "in net" and the shooter "gets shots on frame".


 
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Russell Street said:
I don't know crap about countries or futbol, but following Rambo's bets is almost surefire. On here, at least.
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I do seem to be on quite a roll lately. Hopefully I can keep it up in the round of 8. Some of these matchups are going to be tough to pick.

Next match isn't until Friday, so I'm going to wait until late tomorrow to create the bets, to try to give the odds time to settle out.
 
Man, you guys are REALLY underestimating Columbia. That's an excellent team, with the most in-form striker in the whole tournament. France - Germany is a toss.
 
OfficePants said:
Man, you guys are REALLY underestimating Columbia. That's an excellent team, with the most in-form striker in the whole tournament. France - Germany is a toss.
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I think Brazil still has a better defensive edge. But I agree that those odds are definitely favoring Columbia. I would not be surprised to see an upset.
 
Dammit, looks like my streak's come to an end. That was a really really close game. France just couldn't equalize after that early mistake.
 
Fuck, better scratch that. Neymar is out for the rest of the tourney after getting kneed in the back. Cracked one of his vertebrae.
 
Isn't it Colombia?

Anyway, Neymar would never survive in the Premiership. He needs more bulk. He won't survive when he gets old being small and quick (or slower). My boss will be secretly happy because Deutscheland advances.

Just saw a replay of the fixture, pyrhhic victory for Brazil. Neymar and Thiago Silva. Easier job for the Germans.
 
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Rambo said:
OfficePants OfficePants how about those Brazilians now?
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Not sure what you mean. They won, but you consider it convincing? Colombia played a naive strategy, giving tons of space and gifting Brazil possession.

Also, they were stupidly engaging in a foul-a-thon which ate up time and disrupted any flow they could develop. The referee was awful, he wouldn't show a yellow for anything and players were falling down at the slightest contact all over the pitch. Typical S American garbage football, really.

If anyone believes that Brazil had any control of that game past 20 minutes, you're kidding. They finished the game substituting in defenders because they were backs to the wall. That's not a performance that should command the statement "how about those Brazilians now".
 
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