The World Cup Thread

[renard_ruse]

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[JackSprat619]

^ There's always one! Haha

 

[deskuser]

You could argue that real men don't wear motorbike helmets when they play rugby.

 

[KelBel12]

^ There's always one! Haha

I love that he used a picture of Brian Cushing: A "real man" who took & tested positive for fertility drugs as a masking agent for PEDs to try & restart the natural testosterone production because of the effects of the steroids. He's now suspended.

Great example!

 

[cumnchat]

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No, they play a proper man's game without armour & padding , it's called RUGBY UNION

 

[cumnchat]

Getting back to the World Cup , I think Neymar was lucky to stay on the pitch never mind score two goals .
If you watch the replay he knew EXACTLY what he was doing when he elbowed the Croatian player

 

[KelBel12]

Getting back to the World Cup , I think Neymar was lucky to stay on the pitch never mind score two goals .
If you watch the replay he knew EXACTLY what he was doing when he elbowed the Croatian player

More than likely. But again, who's going to send off the golden boy of the host country in the opening game? No one. I'm pretty sure any player for Brazil could've shanked a Croat & it would've been ok.

 

[cumnchat]

More than likely. But again, who's going to send off the golden boy of the host country in the opening game? No one. I'm pretty sure any player for Brazil could've shanked a Croat & it would've been ok.

i reckon you cracked that Brazilian nut

 

[Blue Dolphin]

ESPN reporting that FIFA has called on the US to be ready to host 2022 if Qatar is stripped of the honor...which they most certainly should be, even without the bribe scandal.

I would hope NOT the US, it should be Australia

 

[SDLRob]

Two legitimate goals for Mexico ruled out... Makes you wonder if they just picked random people out the crowd last night and tonight to be the officials...

 

[HoHoBomb]

Chicharito

Too bad Mexico sucks. They shouldn't even be at the World Cup.

 

[Weird Harold]

Chicharito

Too bad Mexico sucks. They shouldn't even be at the World Cup.

They were better than Cameroon all day. A well deserved 1-0 win that should have been at least 2-0. I hope goal difference doesn't figure into who advances.

 

[RjThoughts]

They were better than Cameroon all day. A well deserved 1-0 win that should have been at least 2-0. I hope goal difference doesn't figure into who advances.

The two things I can't stand when I have to see Mexico play are the BAD acting - flops worse than LeBron, DWade, and the Indiana Pacers combined plus the "oh MY GOD he broke my leg" bullshit after being touched - and the "gang mentality" they rush the official when, God Forbid, they commit a foul. I love the game of soccer MORE than the fraudulent, for-gambling-purposes ONLY NFL but with displays Mexico puts on EVERY TIME they step onto the pitch makes me have to just say, "They're the Justin Beiber of International Football" - overrated talent that try to be "macho" when they're actually just cupcakes.

 

[RjThoughts]

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Real men wear helmets and protective gear when they play the game we played without them in the backyard? Sorry, real men don't take drugs so they can play a GAME.

 

[RedAllan]

Ok, I'm English so.....
But! in various sweepstakes I have Portugal, Uruguay, and Algeria so...
Ana as a sports man I've played soccer, rugby and Oz rules so..

WHAT!

 

[RjThoughts]

Ok, I'm English so.....
But! in various sweepstakes I have Portugal, Uruguay, and Algeria so...
Ana as a sports man I've played soccer, rugby and Oz rules so..

WHAT!

I "got my name in the paper" for playing:

bowling
basketball
baseball
softball
soccer
track
lacrosse

plus for (go) karting.

I loved playing soccer - both on the FIFA pitch and indoors - and love those American football players that say they were more athletic than me. Really? All you played was football and nothing else.

(BTW I played lacrosse since it was the sport of my paternal grandmother, born on a Mohawk reservation.)

 

[RedAllan]

I "got my name in the paper" for playing:

bowling
basketball
baseball
softball
soccer
track
lacrosse

plus for (go) karting.

I loved playing soccer - both on the FIFA pitch and indoors - and love those American football players that say they were more athletic than me. Really? All you played was football and nothing else.

(BTW I played lacrosse since it was the sport of my paternal grandmother, born on a Mohawk reservation.)

Actually if I added other sports,
There's from my Irish background Hurling, and Gaelic Football.
I have played softball, and hockey.

Never played Lacrosse ( but it looks fun)

Karting yes great fun.

I once got mentioned for sports in the press for rugby and darts, (but I don't think of that as a sport in the same way)

And still world cup wise I think it will go to South America.

 

[RjThoughts]

Actually if I added other sports,
There's from my Irish background Hurling, and Gaelic Football.
I have played softball, and hockey.

Never played Lacrosse ( but it looks fun)

Karting yes great fun.

I once got mentioned for sports in the press for rugby and darts, (but I don't think of that as a sport in the same way)

And still world cup wise I think it will go to South America.

I was going to attend a few games in '94 when the U.S. held the games - I'm 2 hours from NYC, 3 from Boston/Foxborough - but mt son was born in June of that year.

Have fun!

 

[DesEsseintes]

I just can not get into soccer. Maybe it is because I am not familiar with the subtle rules, I don't know. To me it is like watching grass grow.

Perhaps you'd be better off with Test cricket...

 

[RedAllan]

Perhaps you'd be better off with Test cricket...

Where you can hear the grass grow

 

[mark197205]

Superb Dutch goal, great pass and brilliant finish.

 

[KelBel12]

Diego Costa with a decent acting job for Spain.

 

[KelBel12]

Superb Dutch goal, great pass and brilliant finish.

That was just nasty by RvP.

 

[Porkwarrior]

Superb Dutch goal, great pass and brilliant finish.

Loved that Superman header! So far this game is living up the billing, first decent football played so far.
Except for yet another BS penalty.

And Mexico really deserved that win, they mopped the floor with Cameroon.
Goals only count towards advancing if there's a tie on points (Win=2pts, Draw=1pt, loss=0pt, then counting goals scored)

 

[RjThoughts]

Loved that Superman header! So far this game is living up the billing, first decent football played so far.
Except for yet another BS penalty.

And Mexico really deserved that win, they mopped the floor with Cameroon.
Goals only count towards advancing if there's a tie on points (Win=2pts, Draw=1pt, loss=0pt, then counting goals scored)

3 points for a win