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***Official*** 2018 World Cup thread (and Drinking Guide) (1 Viewer)

FIFA never disappoints do they :)

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Footy Accumulators‏Verified account @FootyAccums

Fines recently issued out by FIFA...

#ENG - £50k for wearing unauthorised socks.

#MAR - £50k for crowd disturbances.

#SRB - £15k for political and offensive banner.

#MEX - £11.5k fans throwing objects at players.

#RUS - £7.6k for discriminatory banner

 
Croissant!!

I'm late to the game of soccer/football/futbol, etc., and I'm late to embracing my own culture (Mostly French and Welsh, with a splash of fish and chips), but I'm going bridge a few gaps on Sunday morning.

I'll lead off the day with high ABV beer at 10 am, to be consumed concurrently with my ratatouille recipe (currently ranked #1 in the world), with a side of sausage (beef sausage and chicken sausage), sliced and broiled under a thick coat of Mornay sauce. ... and crustini!

However, if M'Bop reflexively pulls that flop ####, I'll be pulling for all the pretty Croatian ladies in the stands, quickly.

 
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NewlyRetired said:
FIFA never disappoints do they :)

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Footy Accumulators‏Verified account @FootyAccums

Fines recently issued out by FIFA...

#ENG - £50k for wearing unauthorised socks.

#MAR - £50k for crowd disturbances.

#SRB - £15k for political and offensive banner.

#MEX - £11.5k fans throwing objects at players.

#RUS - £7.6k for discriminatory banner
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England will earn 22-24 million $ in the tournament.
Not sure who MAR is.
Serbia earned 8 million.
Mexico earned 12 million.
Russia earned 16 million.

So, those fines are really going to make a dent in that.

 
Mjolnirs said:
England will earn 22-24 million $ in the tournament.
Not sure who MAR is.
Serbia earned 8 million.
Mexico earned 12 million.
Russia earned 16 million.

So, those fines are really going to make a dent in that.
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the tiny amount of money is silly, but the really entertaining part is that wearing the wrong socks is 7 times worse than bashing gay people with a banner in FIFA ethics.

MAR is the FIFA  country code for Morocco. (the original French name of the country was Maroc, which is where the code comes from)

 
NewlyRetired said:
Footy Accumulators‏Verified account @FootyAccums

Fines recently issued out by FIFA...

#ENG - £50k for wearing unauthorised socks.
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Can you imagine how much it would have been if the players wore the wrong socks?

 
some of the England stats based on open play are just shocking.  Look at this one

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In ten hours of game time at the World Cup, Southgate’s men had six shots on target from open play (one of which deflected off Harry Kane’s heel). Saudi Arabia managed the same amount in 180 minutes of football.

 
By the way, I got Seven Nation Army removed from a jukebox at a bar back in 2003, before Juventus even recognized its greatness. I think I played it on the jukebox fifty times one night at the local pub. Went back a week later and it was no longer in the machine. 

The owner got busted for coke dealing for years, though, so justice was served. 

Don't #### with Seven Nation Army. 

:football:

Oh oh oh oh oh.  

I'm gonna fight 'em all. 

 
NewlyRetired said:
some of the England stats based on open play are just shocking.  Look at this one

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In ten hours of game time at the World Cup, Southgate’s men had six shots on target from open play (one of which deflected off Harry Kane’s heel). Saudi Arabia managed the same amount in 180 minutes of football.
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They are who we thought they were!

 
There are few "big games" less interesting to watch than a World Cup 3rd place match. 

Virtually zero interest in this outcome and only occasionally putting it on to watch.

I'm still not quite sure why they even play this.

 
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gianmarco said:
There are few "big games" less interesting to watch than a World Cup 3rd place match. 

Virtually zero interest in this outcome and only occasionally putting it on to watch.

I'm still not quite sure why they even play this.
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I am just really irritated that I waited until now to watch the tactical-cam feed - without the announcers...

 
gianmarco said:
There are few "big games" less interesting to watch than a World Cup 3rd place match. 

Virtually zero interest in this outcome and only occasionally putting it on to watch.

I'm still not quite sure why they even play this.
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I agree, but being bored at 8 AM PST, this isn't bad for sports drinking accompaniment.  

 
gianmarco said:
There are few "big games" less interesting to watch than a World Cup 3rd place match. 

Virtually zero interest in this outcome and only occasionally putting it on to watch.

I'm still not quite sure why they even play this.
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After one of the semi final matches someone in the Fox studio asked Guus Hiddink what he said to his team to get them motivated for the 3rd place match and he sat there with a blank look for a bit and finally shrugged like "no one cared". :lol:

 
NewlyRetired said:
some of the England stats based on open play are just shocking.  Look at this one

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In ten hours of game time at the World Cup, Southgate’s men had six shots on target from open play (one of which deflected off Harry Kane’s heel). Saudi Arabia managed the same amount in 180 minutes of football.
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Yeah which is why I haven’t bought into the Southgate hype.  It’s basically West Brom.  

 
Btw, I just realized...

The French squad in the finals is the team that US got a 1-1 draw against a little over one month ago. 

And that French team started Mbappe, Giroud, Griezmann, Matuidi, Pogba, Kante, Mendy, Varane, Umtiti, Mendy, and Sidibe.

Just saying.....

 
gianmarco said:
Btw, I just realized...

The French squad in the finals is the team that US got a 1-1 draw against a little over one month ago. 

And that French team started Mbappe, Giroud, Griezmann, Matuidi, Pogba, Kante, Mendy, Varane, Umtiti, Mendy, and Sidibe.

Just saying.....
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Just saying, the is no way that Bruce Arena would have given most of those players a chance to play...  

#OldSkool

 
gianmarco said:
Btw, I just realized...

The French squad in the finals is the team that US got a 1-1 draw against a little over one month ago. 

And that French team started Mbappe, Giroud, Griezmann, Matuidi, Pogba, Kante, Mendy, Varane, Umtiti, Mendy, and Sidibe.

Just saying.....
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That same US side lost to Trinidad and Tobago with the World Cup on the line iirc

 
NewlyRetired said:
some of the England stats based on open play are just shocking.  Look at this one

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In ten hours of game time at the World Cup, Southgate’s men had six shots on target from open play (one of which deflected off Harry Kane’s heel). Saudi Arabia managed the same amount in 180 minutes of football.
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And it they'll have the Golden Boot winner. 

 
Tom Hagen said:
After one of the semi final matches someone in the Fox studio asked Guus Hiddink what he said to his team to get them motivated for the 3rd place match and he sat there with a blank look for a bit and finally shrugged like "no one cared". :lol:
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This is what I love about soccer coaches and announcers. They actually say stuff of substance. Vermes does this all the time - he never minces words or gives coach speak.

 
gianmarco said:
There are few "big games" less interesting to watch than a World Cup 3rd place match. 

Virtually zero interest in this outcome and only occasionally putting it on to watch.

I'm still not quite sure why they even play this.
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Maybe so, but the stats count towards the post tournament awards, and there is a slight payout difference to the national federation.  Also, historically it looks better to finish 3rd.
I guess it also gives some bench players a chance to say the actually took the pitch in the cup.

 
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