***Official*** 2018 World Cup thread (and Drinking Guide) (4 Viewers)

[Sinn Fein]

I love Lloris, but I figured he was going to concede a soft goal to put France out in the knockout stage.

 

[DJackson10]

Check those two warriors for a concussion 

 

[jon_mx]

Hey how was Bastille Day?

Tons of fireworks and a live rock band.   I was down in Lourie Valley for that though 

 

[HellToupee]

Short and totally lost.

The 9 route would be unstoppable imo

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

Eastern Conference Semi Finals

You're right of course thanks.

 

[DJackson10]

France has been getting nutmeg to h*ll by Croatia today

 

[HellToupee]

Those Croatian water polo hats are a great gimmick 

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Mbappe is literally the @Otis argument. 

And Sterling has been the counteratgument. 

 

[El Floppo]

And Sterling has been the counteratgument. 

Tyrannasaurus arms keep him from his athletic limit though

 

[ffldrew]

Center Ref not doing Croatia favors there - in the way and missed the deflection.

 

[El Floppo]

A Croatian goal would be all kinds of nice for the last ten minutes...

 

[HellToupee]

And Sterling has been the counteratgument. 

Donald?

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Nobody says that athleticism doesn’t matter. But Mbappé is 5’10” and 161lbs.  He’s not an ideal athlete for the NFL. Even as a corner or slot receiver. He’s an ideal athlete for a soccer player. 

The NFL type athletes from France play rugby. The NBA type athletes play basketball and volleyball. 

 

[El Floppo]

Not a great first touch pjaca

 

[El Floppo]

Nobody says that athleticism doesn’t matter. But Mbappé is 5’10” and 161lbs.  He’s not an ideal athlete for the NFL. Even as a corner or slot receiver. He’s an ideal athlete for a soccer player. 

The NFL type athletes from France play rugby. The NBA type athletes play basketball and volleyball. 

But just imagine if they played soccer!

 

[HellToupee]

I make that play in fifa 

 

[NewlyRetired]

And Sterling has been the counteratgument. 

The combination of skill and speed is what makes it so incredibly rare.  The skills piece is much rarer than the speed piece.   The world is full of fast players.  Dribbling at that speed is incredibly rare.

 

[HellToupee]

Nobody says that athleticism doesn’t matter. But Mbappé is 5’10” and 161lbs.  He’s not an ideal athlete for the NFL. Even as a corner or slot receiver. He’s an ideal athlete for a soccer player. 

The NFL type athletes from France play rugby. The NBA type athletes play basketball and volleyball. 

Could put 25 pounds on and probably increase speed with the right training regiment 

 

[The General]

Could put 25 pounds on and probably increase speed with the right training regiment 

Probably would have to work on the whole catching thing.

 

[comfortably numb]

I agree, but if yellow cards are handed out for dives, you'd see them a lot less.  Players adjust to how the game is called.  It's like in football, where defenses often figure out early how PI is going to be called that game and adjust accordingly. 

100% agree

Just wouldn't love the idea of reviewing for flopping

 

[El Floppo]

It's a small stupid thing, but I'd love to see refs count to six when gks catch the ball..ala basketball in the back court. I just counted lloris to 12 there

 

[GROOT]

For A World Cup final there's more energy at a Saints game

 

[DJackson10]

100% agree

Just wouldn't love the idea of reviewing for flopping

If a foul was given you review it type thing. If it was a flop and the call is reversed then the RC is handed. Wouldn't be reviewed any other way though. It'd help in Penalty situations though big time as a ton of guys dive in the box to get a call. 

 

[HellToupee]

Probably would have to work on the whole catching thing.

Probably but you could save not one but 2 roster spots by having him handle pk & punting duties. Think of the fakes he could pull off 

Superstar, imo

 

[DJackson10]

Probably but you could save not one but 2 roster spots by having him handle pk & punting duties. Think of the fakes he could pull off 

Superstar, imo

I hate the idea of giving a guy who only does trick plays a spot over a more deserving guy. Plus you already have his skillset in the NFL in Tavon Austin. 

 

[HellToupee]

Pull the goalie

 

[The General]

Probably but you could save not one but 2 roster spots by having him handle pk & punting duties. Think of the fakes he could pull off 

Superstar, imo

Maybe if he played football from childhood. Taking him into the NFL now and he may die

 

[The General]

Been super fun WC, love this event. See ya in 4 years soccer.

 

[DJackson10]

Overall despite the missed calls the ref has been pretty good. only giving a card when it's absolutely needed. Foul wise it's been a fairly solid called game despite the one hiccup

 

[GROOT]

Maybe if he played football from childhood. Taking him into the NFL now and he may die

Especially since he may make a record salary soon

 

[Christo]

Les Bleus sont formidable.

 

[El Floppo]

Aside from a handful of brilliant individual moments and a very well organized D, I don't think this French team every really hit their stride...not in the way Croatia did. Which is scary going forward with all these young guys...

 

[Sinn Fein]

Happy for the French Golden Generation

 

[El Floppo]

Been super fun WC, love this event. See ya in 4 years soccer.

Fantastic WC... See you then!

 

[HellToupee]

Are we sure Mbappe is only 19

 

[encaitar]

Aside from a handful of brilliant individual moments and a very well organized D, I don't think this French team every really hit their stride...not in the way Croatia did. Which is scary going forward with all these young guys...

Yeah.  Very good chance that France will be the favorite for the next 2 WCs as well.  They have a ton of young talent that is only getting spot minutes on this team that are playing for top teams in La Liga and EPL.  They might be better in 4 years.

 

[NewlyRetired]

Been super fun WC, love this event. See ya in 4 years soccer.

4.5 years.  Thanksgiving WC

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

Everybody gets laid tonight in France. Congrats Les Bleus.

 

[Sinn Fein]

For those setting your calendars for 2022 - remember the WC will not be until December...

 

[HellToupee]

The bud light oracle chick

 

[Christo]

For those setting your calendars for 2022 - remember the WC will not be until December...

November 21, I think.

 

[HellToupee]

4.5 years.  Thanksgiving WC

Are they playing the games later at night? 

 

[GROOT]

For those setting your calendars for 2022 - remember the WC will not be until December...

Where

 

[comfortably numb]

For those setting your calendars for 2022 - remember the WC will not be until December...

Its a festivus miracle!

 

[Sinn Fein]

Where

Qatar

 

[Capella]

Happy to see my 42.3% ancestral country win it. 

 

[GROOT]

Qatar

check please

 

[Sinn Fein]

check please

I re-checked.  Its still Qatar

 

[NewlyRetired]

Are they playing the games later at night? 

I think Moscow and Qatar are similar time zones (UTC+3) so the games will likely be similar to the Moscow games.

 

[NewlyRetired]

Fantastic WC... See you then!

When you think that there are 64 games and we had maybe only 5 or 6 dog games, it really has been solid through out.

Scoring was not up (nearly identical to 2014) but it feels like there has been more scoring changes in this tournament.