***Official*** 2018 World Cup thread (and Drinking Guide) (2 Viewers)

[The Z Machine]

Any talk of the attendance at the group A game his morning?  It looked like butt on TV... and this was that joke stadium that the knocked out the ends and added a bunch of temporary high-rise bleachers to force enough seating in for the WC.  If the attendance was butt, was it a fluke or the start of a russian trend?

Oh you mean they awarded the cup to a country that wasn't going to fill the seats?

 

[Eephus]

Morocco Iran tomorrow doesn’t look like a barn burner either. 

It'll be defensive but both sides are pretty decent.

Ayatollah this game would be OK

 

[The Gator]

Ayatollah this game would be OK

 

[Charlie Steiner]

just checked ESPN's tracker... 16mins in, looks like 1-way traffic for Morocco? Forgot that I was rooting for them.

If that wins a game and you're not rooting for them, you'll regret it. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life.

 

[kupcho1]

Family pool, blind draw, one team from each group. Here's my lineup:

Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Denmark, Argentina, Switzerland, Germany, Tunisia, Poland.

Scoring system?

 

[The Gator]

It amazing how much dribbling is attempted by some of these nations. Holy moly, TAKE ON EVERYONE. 

 

[El Floppo]

Ayatollah this game would be OK

 

 

[lardonastick]

1 point for each goal scored, regardless of round.

1 point for each point earned in group play (Teams get three points for a win, one for a draw, zero for a loss)

8 points for winning a group

4 points for finishing second (and advancing out of the group stage)

12 points for reaching the quarterfinals

24 points for reaching the semifinals

36 points for reaching the final

48 points for winning the final

Scoring system?

 

[Capella]

1 point for each goal scored, regardless of round.

1 point for each point earned in group play (Teams get three points for a win, one for a draw, zero for a loss)

8 points for winning a group

4 points for finishing second (and advancing out of the group stage)

12 points for reaching the quarterfinals

24 points for reaching the semifinals

36 points for reaching the final

48 points for winning the final

Why do any of the other points? Whomever picks the winner is gong to take it. 

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Seems like Rae/Wagner is going to be this tournament's Champion/Robson.  The C-Team announcing crew that I end up liking way better than the A-Team.  

 

[lardonastick]

Why do any of the other points? Whomever picks the winner is gong to take it. 

Everybody gets lots of points. I just copied the first relevant Google hit.

 

[Eephus]

Iran's finishing has been the Shi'ite

 

[El Floppo]

Iran's finishing has been the Shi'ite

Dammit: lol:

 

[The Gator]

Iran's finishing has been the Shi'ite

please don't circumcise the language filter 

 

[Jaysus]

lol @ Morocco with the vuvuzelas!  

 

[The Gator]

lol @ Morocco with the vuvuzelas!  

Big fan, no idea why everyone hated them. I play this in the background while watching the EPL.

 

[Ted Lange as your Bartender]

This game is certified FunBadTM

 

[Eephus]

Not a lot of urgency from either team since the break.  You'd think they'd both be going all out for 3 points to position them for the matches w/ ESP and POR

 

[comfortably numb]

Not a lot of urgency from either team since the break.  You'd think they'd both be going all out for 3 points to position them for the matches w/ ESP and POR

Right?

You have to think a draw is a loss for both teams. If there ia any chance of these teams advancing,  someone needs 3pts today.

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Ayatollah this game would be OK

Iran's finishing has been the Shi'ite

Khomeni goals did you expect?

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Now I really want to cornhole with Eephus.

"Honey, this is the guy who punned off the Ayatollah Khomeni with me in a World Cup thread."

 

[Eephus]

Khomeni goals did you expect?

More than this, that's for Shah

 

[otello]

I was honestly expecting more shahts on goal here.

 

[Eephus]

Now I really want to cornhole with Eephus.

"Honey, this is the guy who punned off the Ayatollah Khomeni with me in a World Cup thread."

True story:  I snuck the term "chador of doubt" into a college term paper about Iran

 

[Eephus]

Man, this game needs a goal

 

[Jaysus]

Dear Fox, 

Stop it with that font.

Sincerely,

Jaysus (from the internet)

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

True story:  I snuck the term "chador of doubt" into a college term paper about Iran

I hope you put this on your resume.

 

[The General]

That Iranian guy was obviously knocked out and the trainers and players are just tugging on him and standing him up. 

 

[Sinn Fein]

That Iranian guy was obviously knocked out and the trainers and players are just tugging on him and standing him up. 

Looks like he got hit by a flock of seagulls 

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Now, that's what I call a like for like switch.

 

[Eephus]

This game is going from Islamabad* to worse

*Yeah, I know it's in Pakistan but both teams are from Islamic nations.

 

[El Floppo]

This game is going from Islamabad* to worse

*Yeah, I know it's in Pakistan but both teams are from Islamic nations.

I'm giving this one a jeer. a tan one.

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Man, this game needs a goal

Just dying to use that "Tehran through the defense" line you have teed up?

 

[Sinn Fein]

Gotta be about 20 minutes of added time.

 

[Eephus]

I'm fascinated by guys like Morocco manager Herve Renard who move from one Third World job to another.  They must have some incredible tales to tell.

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

I'm giving this one a jeer. a tan one.

Allah them can't be winners.

 

[El Floppo]

Allah them can't be winners.

I thought I was going to skip out of line of thinking, but amrabat for more.

 

[Frostillicus]

Quite the whirling dervish, there.

 

[El Floppo]

Quite the whirling dervish, there.

Zip it, you turkey

 

[heckmanm]

That Iranian guy was obviously knocked out and the trainers and players are just tugging on him and standing him up. 

Iran's in white.  That guy was from Morocco.  

Looks like he got hit right in the Fez

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

It's been a bit dour on the pitch, but this is pretty much the game at the end of Victory for punning.  Several entries would make Max Von Sydow rise out his seat in applause.

 

[Eephus]

Wow.  Two games, two late goals.

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

IRAN #1!!!

 

[TLEF316]

What a finish!!!

 

[Sinn Fein]

And, Iran!!!

Iran so far away!

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Finally, this game gets the goal it deserves.

 

[phandango]

 

[Jaysus]

Do they murder people in Morocco over own goals?

 

[otello]

Fez sure 

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Do they murder people in Morocco over own goals?

Hopefully, they have the perspective to realize the problems of their soccer team don't amount to a hill of beans in this world.