April 20, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, George Clooney said: I'll be rooting for Switzerland. I started watching them in 2014, and I've followed them ever since. Their absolute ceiling is a quarterfinal appearance, but I'll be rooting for them nonetheless. You are full of shit.
April 25, 20187 yr I got you fam ...absolute horse shit. I will be watching Telemundo or streaming an international stream.
April 26, 20187 yr Shit, I didn't realize that was posted, but ... whatever Fox Sports is phoning in the World Cup. https://deadspin.com/fox-sports-is-half-assing-the-world-cup-1825544146 Quote Fox Sports said that eight of its 12 commentators for the 2018 World Cup matches are American and only four of them—the teams of John Strong and Stu Holden, and JP Dellacamera and Tony Meola—are actually going to physically be in Russia for the tournament. The rest—Aly Wagner and Derek Rae; Glenn Davis and Cobi Jones; Jorge Perez Navarro and Mariano Trujillo; Mark Followill and Warren Barton—will be watching and commentating from the Fox Sports studio in Los Angeles. Citing an unnamed source, World Soccer Talk wrote that “FOX Sports was in discussions last year to hire more talented commentators. But given FOX’s decision to slash budgets, the American broadcaster decided to hire a mostly American crew instead.” Quote “There’s no question that we did this deliberately, and the message is that we have an abundance of outstanding American play-by-play voices and frankly it would make no sense not to avail ourselves of that,” said David Neal, executive producer of Fox’s World Cup coverage. “It’s as solid a group of American voices as have ever been collected for a World Cup.” Total crap - I also will be watching a world feed or Telemundo.
April 26, 20187 yr This might be regional bias but Mark Followill is a good broadcast. He does FC Dallas games, Mavericks TV play by play, and has called other friendlies. Not being onsite is pretty terrible but hey, it's Fox. Edited April 26, 20187 yr by mdmost
April 26, 20187 yr Talking about World Cup.... Michael Bradley just missed a pk and Toronto won’t go to the club World Cup.
April 26, 20187 yr 3 hours ago, Captain Ron said: Shit, I didn't realize that was posted, but ... whatever Fox Sports is phoning in the World Cup. https://deadspin.com/fox-sports-is-half-assing-the-world-cup-1825544146 Total crap - I also will be watching a world feed or Telemundo. Blink 182 what the fuck.gif
April 26, 20187 yr 34 minutes ago, JNip said: Talking about World Cup.... Michael Bradley just missed a pk and Toronto won’t go to the club World Cup. Wow. Video?
April 26, 20187 yr 31 minutes ago, JNip said: Talking about World Cup.... Michael Bradley just missed a pk and Toronto won’t go to the club World Cup. I was hoping that SOMEONE saw that. Toronto should have wrapped it up in the 87th minute when the little Itai crossed from the left corner, but the wide open Toronto player skied his shot. Didn't even hit the keeper. Then Toronto was already down a goal when the second guy hit the crossbar, but HOLY SHIT MICHAEL BRADLEY SUCKS!!!
April 26, 20187 yr He went up there and skyed it into the luxury boxes with absolute confidence. The Univision announcers were mentioning that he was used to taking these pressure kicks. (BEFORE he actually kicked it.)
April 26, 20187 yr That's less about the World Cup and more about how the MLS needs to start winning that tournament on a regular basis. Any talk of the MLS taking the next step ends when you look at the CCL.
April 26, 20187 yr 6 hours ago, Napoleon said: He went up there and skyed it into the luxury boxes with absolute confidence. The Univision announcers were mentioning that he was used to taking these pressure kicks. (BEFORE he actually kicked it.) They just said that he was used to taking them, but they didn't say anything about efficacy. Assuming it didn't ascend directly to heaven, that ball will land somewhere near wherever this one ended up.
April 26, 20187 yr 40 minutes ago, Captain Ron said: That's less about the World Cup and more about how the MLS needs to start winning that tournament on a regular basis. Any talk of the MLS taking the next step ends when you look at the CCL. This. The best MLS team flounders against an average Mexican team? Sheeeeet.
April 26, 20187 yr 3 hours ago, Cheeseweasel said: This. The best MLS team flounders against an average Mexican team? Sheeeeet. 10th year of ConcaChampions and 10 Mexican champions. 7 of the 10 finalists have been Mexican and 3 from the MLS. This year's champion, Chivas, is the 17th place out of 18 teams in LIGA MX.. That's just dominance. Edited April 26, 20187 yr by JNip
April 26, 20187 yr I saw some bullshit where Fox is pushing Mexico as "America's Team". FUUUCK that caca. And fuck Fox and their no-bid 2022 contract as well. Hope they lose a billion. Fuck Qatar while we're at it. And fuck a winter world cup. And fuck bruce arena Edited April 26, 20187 yr by Bottlecap
April 26, 20187 yr That Bradley penalty kick was quite dangerous. https://giant.gfycat.com/SociableWavyJay.webm
April 26, 20187 yr 4 minutes ago, Cheeseweasel said: Kicked it all the way to Porto! Well of course, just proving he couldn't hit the ocean if he was kicking off a dock.
April 26, 20187 yr I’m with Bottlecap. Just realized I’ll be at DisneyWorld throughout most of the first round. Oh well.
April 26, 20187 yr 17 minutes ago, Bottlecap said: I saw some bullshit where Fox is pushing Mexico as "America's Team". They actually have commercials pushing for you to "root for your roots" that is partnered in with 23 and me. I'm telling you - the Telemundo dancing girls is the way to go.
April 26, 20187 yr 5 hours ago, Bottlecap said: I saw some bullshit where Fox is pushing Mexico as "America's Team". FUUUCK that caca. And fuck bruce arena Maybe they mean NORTH AMERICA'S ONLY TEAM in the World Cup. (Though "Panama to the Hudson Bay" is sometimes considered "North America".)
April 27, 20187 yr I’d probably root for Iran against Mexico. N Korea as well. Whoa. Mexico v Aggy in soccer. That’s be a hard call.
April 27, 20187 yr The Match Up: Mexico vs the Minions of Hell for the souls of all humanity Me: HAIL SATAN!!!
April 27, 20187 yr Counter point: The farther Mexico goes into the tourney, the harder it will hit them when someone arjenrobben's the Cup away from them.
April 27, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, HenryJames said: What about Mexico versus the posters who stayed on Shaggy? It would be a shit show.
April 27, 20187 yr 4 hours ago, skipperj said: What if all of them are El Tri fans? 4 hours ago, Netzer said: It would be a shit show.
May 15, 20187 yr A few countries have named their preliminary rosters. Most are over 23, but a few have named their final 23. Most countries haven't released their rosters yet. http://www.espn.com/soccer/fifa-world-cup/4/blog/post/3497902/world-cup-preliminary-squads-who-will-be-on-the-plane-to-russia
May 15, 20187 yr Author Looked at criticism regarding Mexico's list and the consensus seems to be Rodolfo Pizzaro and Gallito should not have been left out. Gio will always be criticized in Mexico. Even after he scored the goal against the Netherlands in the last world cup he was taken out only to have Aquino come in a give up the goal that tied the game. All in all the preliminary list seems fine to me.
May 15, 20187 yr Pizzaro should definitely be included, but fuck it. Hope Mexico doesn't make it out the group
May 15, 20187 yr 2 hours ago, DanTheHorn said: Looked at criticism regarding Mexico's list and the consensus seems to be Rodolfo Pizzaro and Gallito should not have been left out... I'm looking at fan discussion in Buenos Aires (mainly expats, very few locals) and the point was made that Kranevitter (24 y.o. DM for Zenit) should have been included in large part because Mascherano can't cover the ground that he used to. (Plus, Masche has seen most of his action as a CB for the last few years, so a 2014 Masche destroyer/ball winner is very important.) I can't remember if I mentioned it above, but I don't see Argentina making it to the Quarterfinals, especially with Messi making the personnel decisions. It would not surprise me if Argentina starts at least 7 players who are 30 years-old or older in their opening match. Tournaments are a young man's game. You can't run out a team full over old guys every 4 days. When in doubt, you should ALWAYS choose the YOUNGER outfield player for a tournament if everything else is equal. (And sometimes even when it isn't.) Just did some research... LAUTARO MARTINEZ (20 y.o.) absolutely needs to be on the final roster... and needs to see the field as much as possible for the team to make it out of their group. He's the future. (Probably more so than Dybala.)
May 16, 20187 yr ESPN's "Round Table" with dramatic high school black box theater dramatic lighting discussing how good Germany is and whether they will repeat.http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=3499095 They all have coffee cups in front of them. I know of a certain country in the Southern Cone of South America that would have wine glasses filled with water in front of each of these guys. (And they would probably all be wearing sports jackets and dress shirts with a few wearing ties as well.)
May 16, 20187 yr 9 hours ago, chainsaw said: Fuck Russia and fuck FIFA and fuck this entire farce of an event. The only thing farcical about it is the location and the draw for the host. The former will be forgotten if there are no incidents, and the latter will be forgotten if the referees let nature run it's course.
May 19, 20187 yr I thought that Rabiot was a member of the second 11. Not even in the 23? 😲 Edited May 19, 20187 yr by Napoleon
May 19, 20187 yr Meanwhile England debates about whether or not Jake Livermore deserves his spot. And I don’t even mean that as a diss to England- France is loaded.
May 20, 20187 yr Some pretty dope World Cup apparel, in case anyone is interested: https://cleansheet.co/collections/2018-world-cup
May 20, 20187 yr On 4/19/2018 at 5:06 PM, George Clooney said: Yes. Who's the better lay... Julia Roberts or Brad Pitt?
May 20, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, HornPhD said: Who's the better lay... Julia Roberts or Brad Pitt? Julia for sure.
May 20, 20187 yr 50 minutes ago, George Clooney said: Julia for sure. Now we know you're not George Clooney
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