***Official 2014 World Cup Thread*** (2 Viewers)

[NewlyRetired]

Since I don't drink, I decided to whip up a batch of lemon and garlic hummus in tribute to my new favorite player. I have some pita bread that I will cut into triangles, season and toast to use as chips to dip into the hummus.

 

[The Gator]

I've got four lines of coke on the coffee table ready to celebrate the Colombia goals

4-2 Colombia

 

[Mjolnirs]

 

[kupcho1]

Big fan of Jacked Argentine Ref With Horrendous Comb-over.

Ed Hochuli's Argentine cousin

 

[kupcho1]

Let's go Colombia!

 

[ffldrew]

I hope Columbia comes out fully on the front foot at the whistle - I think they could get Brasil to wilt with an early goal

 

[otello]

Christo in la casa.

 

[Eephus]

Big Phil hates American sitcoms. Fred & Oscar in the lineup but Barney & Felix are out of the squad.

 

[The Gator]

Surround sound on for this one...crowd is great

 

[The Gator]

Neymar to Silva...I'll have some of that

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

No idea which Mexicans to root for here.

 

[TLEF316]

O hai

 

[The Gator]

'Fred goes down' might read 'Ozil dispossessed' status

 

[Eephus]

Colombia looking like Columbia right now.

 

[The Gator]

Maicon is a mess...offers as much as Alves defensively but minus about 23 steps

 

[TenTimes]

need more James goals

 

[ffldrew]

Columbia without discipline right now

 

[Slapdash]

"Talk about talking points"

Let's go no hot sports takes for now, ok?

 

[The Gator]

Hulk dance...oops

 

[The Gator]

Timmy Ospina having a blinder

 

[Steve Tasker]

I think the biggest revelation of the tournament for me so far is how good looking the Colombian women are. Zed was onto something.

 

[ffldrew]

They bum rushed that one - should have been yellow

 

[TLEF316]

Haha. They were 2 feet away when he kicked that

 

[Steve Tasker]

That's BS on that free kick. They had like 2 yards!

 

[Eephus]

Nice Medillin cap in the stands. It's the opposite of those ATF and DEA hats.

 

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What the #### is up with that charge?!!!! Joke cooking with the refs? Jesus Brazil is gettin away with everything

 

[Steve Tasker]

The Colombians are getting chippy in unfamiliar losing territory. If they go down 2-0, one of them might get a red.

 

[Eephus]

Don't get Darke and Macca started on Godin again

 

[The Gator]

Lucas Moura >>>>>>>>>> Hulk

 

[gianmarco]

How was that not called on that free kick?

 

[ffldrew]

How was that not called on that free kick?

Home crowd intimidation

 

[TLEF316]

Damn. Darke ripping on fred

 

[The Gator]

Hack-a-hummus going on

 

[El Floppo]

Honestly it's not trolling when his position has been correct time and time again. We've heard the same mantra from the likes of you for years. We've also heard you attack and name call those that disagree with you. Maybe you'll be right this time.

I'll save the you and the rest of the gang the embarrassment of calling me a troll or soccer hater. I've watched more soccer live in the last year than most anyone in this thread who isn't a ref. I've watched college, ODP, academy, state cup, regional levels, recruiting camps. My personal opinion is that the depth is good, but the best athletes are still playing football and basketball.

His position is that soccer sucks other than the World Cup. He isn't saying Americans won't watch, he's saying the entire sport sucks. How has that been proven correct?

I thought he was saying going back to sucking as back to obscurity. I didn't take it as saying the sport itself sucked. I haven't been in here much so it could be the other.

He is one of the biggest trolls on the sport. He seeks out any soccer thread he can find to make sure he lets everyone know what he thinks of the sport. It is really sad in a way but today was borderline disgusting.

In either case however, he is wrong, demonstrably so imo.

I seek out any soccer thread? Really?!?! Seriously?!?!?

I have not posted once EVER in the "official" soccer thread. And the post you personally attacked me for was my FIRST post in this thread.

Yes, I don't like soccer. But it's you that are at a football website. I wouldn't go to a soccer website and act like you do towards people who don't like football. There's likely going to be people there that don't like football.

Since we never talk about football in the FFA I tend to forget this. In fact, it's pretty childish to even bring it up. Having said that, it's actually a pretty good place to find new footy fans -- the people here tend to like sports and you can pretty much watch most of Swansea-Hull during the NFL commercial breaks. That is, if you'd really want to watch Swansea-Hull, ymmv.

All the prosthelytizing is the why people who don't like the sport feel led to say something. I understand they're here to recruit fans for their sport, but I don't want to become a fan, nor do I want to join your MLM "business opportuity". Amway sucks too.

Easy enough. Don't come into the threads.

You're really reaching here, Spock. You don't usually go this much out of your way to be such a troll. What's really wrong?

I came into this thread because I watched yesterday's World Cup game. Just like when I watch the Olympics I go into the Olympics thread. There were tons of people trolling througout the 300+ pages. I made one post, and the thread went livid responsding to me. Making one post is not going out of my way. It's as close to the fish jumping in the boat before the worm is even on the hook as you can get. It's the trolls who posted over and over and over again for the first 300+ pages who are the ones who went out of their way.

The "other people were worse than me" defense is a poor one. But I accept your apology.

Apology for what?

If I went to a soccer website and said "soccer sucks", then that would be inappropriate opinion to post.

But on a football website, in a forum that is "free for all", posting that "soccer sucks" is just as valid of an opinion as posting that "soccer is great".

You're not a vitcim of a negative opinion on soccer on a website where people are free to have any opinion of soccer. I've told the hockey fans here that hockey sucks too. But they don't take it as a personal attack. Soccer fans take it personally.

The difference is, we're US soccer fans who's team just lost. You came in and pissed on that team... our team. It would be like you going into a specific NFLs teams thread the second they lost in the playoffs and trolled them. You really don't think they'd care? If so, then you're as idiotic as you are childish

 

[ffldrew]

Brasil getting away with a lot of mugging

 

[El Floppo]

I've got four lines of coke on the coffee table ready to celebrate the Colombia goals

4-2 Colombia

Lolz

Lines of rum and coke, right?

 

[Eephus]

Floppo on tilt

 

[Steve Tasker]

Guys. Just don't respond to the trolls.

 

[El Floppo]

The Colombians are getting chippy in unfamiliar losing territory. If they go down 2-0, one of them might get a red.

Dis gunna git good n chippy fo sho

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

Hack-a-hummus going on

Between Paulhino's lack of a yellow card after textbook persistent fouling, and Neymar being at most five yards from that free kick when it was struck I'm seeing a high likelihood of a big call in favor of the team in yellow if push comes to shove.

 

[El Floppo]

Guys. Just don't respond to the trolls.

If he's just being an #######, so be it. But he seems to not get why... so I try to explain. If can't get it, than yeah- he's a moron AND an #######. Good for him.

 

[El Floppo]

Hack-a-hummus going on

Between Paulhino's lack of a yellow card after textbook persistent fouling, and Neymar being at most five yards from that free kick when it was struck I'm seeing a high likelihood of a big call in favor of the team in yellow if push comes to shove.

But there was no spray foam line, so he was all good.

 

[GregR]

How was that not called on that free kick?

Someone who knows the nuances of the rules better can jump in here. But the first player moved the ball before the second player kicked it. Once the first player moves it, they no longer have to stay back, right?

 

[Sinn Fein]

How was that not called on that free kick?

Someone who knows the nuances of the rules better can jump in here. But the first player moved the ball before the second player kicked it. Once the first player moves it, they no longer have to stay back, right?

this

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

How was that not called on that free kick?

Someone who knows the nuances of the rules better can jump in here. But the first player moved the ball before the second player kicked it. Once the first player moves it, they no longer have to stay back, right?

this

Missed the touch I guess.

 

[Slapdash]

How was that not called on that free kick?

Someone who knows the nuances of the rules better can jump in here. But the first player moved the ball before the second player kicked it. Once the first player moves it, they no longer have to stay back, right?

Can't expect the commentators to actually pay attention to this stuff: http://gfycat.com/IndolentGiganticAgama#

 

[GregR]

How was that not called on that free kick?

Someone who knows the nuances of the rules better can jump in here. But the first player moved the ball before the second player kicked it. Once the first player moves it, they no longer have to stay back, right?

this

Missed the touch I guess.

It was a very small amount. Inches probably, but it definitely was moved.

Wouldn't surprise me if it wasn't an intentional play, hoping the defense would react as they did but that the ref wouldn't notice the ball was moved.

 

[ffldrew]

How was that not called on that free kick?

Someone who knows the nuances of the rules better can jump in here. But the first player moved the ball before the second player kicked it. Once the first player moves it, they no longer have to stay back, right?

this

Missed the touch I guess.

They were still rushing it within the 10 before a touch

 

[Slapdash]

How was that not called on that free kick?

Someone who knows the nuances of the rules better can jump in here. But the first player moved the ball before the second player kicked it. Once the first player moves it, they no longer have to stay back, right?

Can't expect the commentators to actually pay attention to this stuff: http://gfycat.com/IndolentGiganticAgama#

Or watch the replay, that idiot is still on this.

 

[The Gator]

How was that not called on that free kick?

Someone who knows the nuances of the rules better can jump in here. But the first player moved the ball before the second player kicked it. Once the first player moves it, they no longer have to stay back, right?

Can't expect the commentators to actually pay attention to this stuff: http://gfycat.com/IndolentGiganticAgama#

Dumb from Colombia there...kick it or move it a few yards to try to get around the wall. That touch was pointless