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***Official*** 2018 World Cup thread (and Drinking Guide) (5 Viewers)

El Floppo said:
I'll take that as a no.
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At least I didn't make an excuse for him. He likely won't lead in goals and that doesn't bother me. :shrug:

POOR MESSI THOUGH, HAS TO DEAL WITH GUYS KNOWING HE'S GOOD .... WHAAAAAA. Sorry it's not barca where they play in a league that Asapas is one of the top scorers...must be really tough there.

;)  you know I like Messi. I have to bust seabass' chops though 

 
which will happen first in the future

England make a final or Germany don't make at least the quarterfinals....

History:

England has made 1 final in 1966.

Germany missed the quarter finals only once*, in 1938

*1978 had a really strange format with no quarter finals.

 
The Gator said:
At least I didn't make an excuse for him. He likely won't lead in goals and that doesn't bother me. :shrug:

POOR MESSI THOUGH, HAS TO DEAL WITH GUYS KNOWING HE'S GOOD .... WHAAAAAA. Sorry it's not barca where they play in a league that Asapas is one of the top scorers...must be really tough there.

;)  you know I like Messi. I have to bust seabass' chops though 
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:rolleyes:

:rant: :unsure: :fishing:

:hifive: :suds:

 
shader said:
Personally I think the problem with France is that they just aren’t that good in midfield and defense.  I mean, they are good enough to beat most teams, but winning a WC good?  I don’t see it.  You look at all their talent and salivate at the wealth of options but I don’t see anything special behind the front 3-4 players.

Pogba isn’t an enigma to me anymore either.  He’s a classic tweener.  
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Not sure if he fits with Pogba, but personally I love Kante’s game in PL. He can’t control the ball like a Busquets or attack much, but he’s amazing at calmly taking the ball away from an attack right when it gets interesting. 

 
NewlyRetired said:
which will happen first in the future

England make a final or Germany don't make at least the quarterfinals....

History:

England has made 1 final in 1966.

Germany missed the quarter finals only once*, in 1938

*1978 had a really strange format with no quarter finals.
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England will lose on penalties

 
NewlyRetired said:
Are there any German speaking people on here?

why is Thomas Muller's last name also spelled as Mueller?  I see it listed both ways online.
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The Z Machine said:
It's Müller in German.  Anglicized to Mueller.

Don't get me started on ß.
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Yep,as a rule ä=ae, ö=oe, ü=ue, ß=ss

Dinsy Ejotuz said:
Germany and Lewandowski please.
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Same here.
Deutschland and Lewandowski

Poland scored 28 goals in qualifying, Lewandowski scored 16 of those, the other 12 was scattered between 10 other players. (10 matches)
 

 
Jaysus said:
The reply options on this board are stupid - why can't I nest the fn replies?

Gator: "OFFICIALLY on France to win it and Muller for the golden boot."

RHE: "In with Spain and IscoMania running wild."

Jaysus: Russia &Timo Werner

Chuck Steiner: "Give me France to win and Griezmann for the Golden Boot."

(Chuck Steiner's Gut: France & Lewandoski)

Christo: Spain & Messi

Moe: England & Kane (p.s. lol)

Cleatius: Germany & Giroud

Eephus: France & Jesus

Bonzai: Germany & Mueller

Shader: Brazil & Neymar (I always liked you!)

Floppo: Brazil & Suarez

Z Machine: France & Mueller

P4L: Germany & Kane

Ned: Brazil & Suarez
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On the bolded: For real man. I thought maybe because I'm old and dumb that it was a, "me," problem. I'm still both of those, but at least now I know nesting isn't available  :rant:

I'll take Germany and Mueller

:banned:

 
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The Z Machine said:
How many WC games will be broadcast OTA?. Fox and Univision?
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Univision is not the Spanish rights holder.  Telemundo is.

Telemundo is showing every game outside of the simultaneous games (those are on Universo)

Fox is broadcasting 40 games (the rest are on FS1)

 
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Fresh off of watching France yesterday... Is Mbappe their best player?  He looked phenomenal to me. 

 
Ned said:
Fresh off of watching France yesterday... Is Mbappe their best player?  He looked phenomenal to me. 
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I think he'll be in the mix for best player in the world after the current Big 3 have moved on. He was a dangerous sprinting machine on that Monaco team that made the CL semis a couple of years ago.

 
23 and me said I’m equal parts German, England and French so I got a lot of cards on the table here. Also, big fan of Messi. Gonna bandwagon the hell out of this thing. 

 
Can any of you soccer guys recommend a good spot to host a world cup pool?  I have ran one for the past 2 cups on Yahoo, but it does appear that they offer a game this time.  

 
Punxsutawney Phil said:
Can any of you soccer guys recommend a good spot to host a world cup pool?  I have ran one for the past 2 cups on Yahoo, but it does appear that they offer a game this time.  
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My long lost uncle was a businessman in Nigeria before his recent death in a traffic accident on the Sagbama Express Road.  I'm currently arranging transfer of his estate with his executors.  I'll ask them if they know of any reputable off-shore agents in his homeland.

 
In a couple of weeks, we start hosting a male foreign exchange student from Spain. So i guess i have to root for Portugal. 

Actually I'm rooting for ABM. Anybody but Mexico.

 
Since there's no games for three days, here's about 8 minutes of highlights from the game that made me a Nigeria fan.  It's the Super Eagles first group game in France '98 vs Spain.

Nigeria had come within a few minutes of beating Italy in the knockouts four years earlier and had won gold at the Atlanta Olympics but Spain was still favored to win the group of death which also included Paraguay and 1994 semi-finalists Bulgaria.  Looking back, there's some poor goal keeping to blame for the scoreline but there's no questioning Sunday Oliseh's moment of brilliance two decades later.

 
lardonastick said:
I predict Spain to win & Neymar (Jr.) for top scorer.
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Sebowski said:
Argentina and Aguero for me. If Argentina is going to do this they need someone to step up when Messi gets triple teamed. So put me down for that. 
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Dinsy Ejotuz said:
Germany and Lewandowski please.
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comfortably numb said:
Germany and Cavani
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cheese said:
Give me Brazil and Lukaku
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Tom Hagen said:
Spain and Suarez
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Mjolnirs said:
Yep,as a rule ä=ae, ö=oe, ü=ue, ß=ss

Same here.
Deutschland and Lewandowski

Poland scored 28 goals in qualifying, Lewandowski scored 16 of those, the other 12 was scattered between 10 other players. (10 matches)
 
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drunken slob said:
On the bolded: For real man. I thought maybe because I'm old and dumb that it was a, "me," problem. I'm still both of those, but at least now I know nesting isn't available  :rant:

I'll take Germany and Mueller

:banned:
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encaitar said:
I'm in for Germany and Griezmann
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[icon] said:
France or Belgium will win this 
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The reply options on this board are stupid - why can't I nest the fn replies?

Gator: "OFFICIALLY on France to win it and Muller for the golden boot."

RHE: "In with Spain and IscoMania running wild."

Jaysus: Russia &Timo Werner

Chuck Steiner's Gut: France & Lewandoski

Christo: Spain & Messi

Moe: England & Kane (p.s. lol)

Cleatius: Germany & Giroud

Eephus: France & Jesus

Bonzai: Germany & Mueller

Shader: Brazil & Neymar (I always liked you!)

Floppo: Brazil & Suarez

Z Machine: France & Mueller

P4L: Germany & Kane

Ned: Brazil & Suarez

Lard on a stick: Spain & Neymar

Sebowski: Agentina & Aguero

DisneyEjotuz:  Germany and Lewandowski

ComfotablyNumb: Germany and Cavani

Cheese: Give me Brazil and Lukaku

Tom Hagen: Spain and Suarez

Mjolnirs: Deutschland and Lewandowski

Drunken Slob: Germany and Mueller

encaitar: I'm in for Germany and Griezmann

icon: France or Belgium will win this 

 
Buck Bradcanon said:
Germany and Griezmann
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The reply options on this board are stupid - why can't I nest the fn replies?

Gator: France & Muller

RHE: Spain & Isco

Jaysus: Russia & Timo Werner

Chuck Steiner's Gut: France & Lewandoski

Christo: Spain & Messi

Moe: England & Kane (p.s. lol)

Cleatius: Germany & Giroud

Eephus: France & Jesus

Bonzai: Germany & Mueller

Shader: Brazil & Neymar (I always liked you!)

Floppo: Brazil & Suarez

Z Machine: France & Mueller

P4L: Germany & Kane

Ned: Brazil & Suarez

Lard on a stick: Spain & Neymar

Sebowski: Agentina & Aguero

DisneyEjotuz:  Germany & Lewandowski

ComfotablyNumb: Germany & Cavani

Cheese: Give me Brazil & Lukaku

Tom Hagen: Spain & Suarez

Mjolnirs: Deutschland & Lewandowski

Drunken Slob: Germany & Mueller

encaitar:  Germany & Griezmann

icon: France or Belgium will win this 

Buck Bradcanon: Germany & Griezmann

 
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