***Official 2022 World Cup Thread*** (2 Viewers)

[Jayrod]

Nope - Spain vs Morocco.

I'd love to travel to Cueta and watch this game there.

 

[AAABatteries]

From what I've seen Japan has a very, very fast team

They absolutely smothered the US in a pre-WC friendly. Utterly dominated the US.

Doesn't count - Long and Vines started that match.

 

[Dickies]

Sadly, the Netherlands -- Argentina -- Brazil -- France path to lifting the Cup is still on for the US.

We also have to get through Holland.

 

[QuizGuy66]

USA half of the bracket...

NED-USA-ARG-AUS-JPN-CRO and as things stand BRA and our old friends GHA

England half of the bracket....
SEN-ENG-POL-FRA-ESP-MAR and as things stand SUI and POR

So if chalk happens you have one bracket with 2 CONMEBOL 2 UEFA 2 AFC 1 CAF 1 USA

and the other bracket with 6 UEFA and 2 CAF

-QG

 

[Ted Lange as your Bartender]

So Spain avoided a Croatia/Brazil path and will get a Morocco/Portugal path instead?

Shocked they didn’t go for the equalizer. Shocked I say.

 

[Zow]

Sadly, the Netherlands -- Argentina -- Brazil -- France path to lifting the Cup is still on for the US.

We also have to get through Holland.

I thought we played the Dutch??

 

[NewlyRetired]

Germany becoming just a nation that used to win World Cups.

it could be worse. You could be Italy, a nation that used to win World Cups and qualify for them too

 

[AAABatteries]

I mean the US doesn't make it, I'm sad but it's not really our national sport. I can't imagine being a German, Italian, Belgian, Mexican, Ecuadorian, or Dane. They literally have nothing else. No cricket. No basketball. Heck, almost no ping pong. Nothing. Their sports existence exists every 4 years or maybe for the bobsled for 1 day. And they can't even crack into bracket play.

I hear that Mexican bobsled team is one to watch out for in Milan.

 

[The Gator]

Alright, all you people who were saying you weren't pumped for this WC show your hands. I know you are out there.

I wasn’t, still haven’t commented to watching games like before, but these results are fun.

 

[Rocky Dennis]

I mean the US doesn't make it, I'm sad but it's not really our national sport. I can't imagine being a German, Italian, Belgian, Mexican, Ecuadorian, or Dane. They literally have nothing else. No cricket. No basketball. Heck, almost no ping pong. Nothing. Their sports existence exists every 4 years or maybe for the bobsled for 1 day. And they can't even crack into bracket play.

Best check yourself. Denmark is considered the best handball team in the world.

 

[QuizGuy66]

Pot round up:
Pot 1: Advanced: Brazil, France, Argentina, England, Portugal, Spain

Eliminated : Qatar, Belgium

Pot 2: Advanced : Netherlands, Holland, Dutch, USA, Croatia
Eliminated : Mexico, Denmark, Germany
TBD Uruguay, Switzerland

Pot 3 Advanced : Senegal, Morocco, Poland, Japan
Eliminated : Iran, Tunisia

TBD Serbia, South Korea

Pot 4 Advanced : Australia

Eliminated : Canada, Ecuador, Saudi Arabia, Wales, Costa Rica

TBD :Cameroon, Ghana

-QG

 

[Zow]

So Spain avoided a Croatia/Brazil path and will get a Morocco/Portugal path instead?

Shocked they didn’t go for the equalizer. Shocked I say.

Yeah this worked out particular for Spain. Obviously there was too much variance to try to do this, but they gotta be happy.

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Alright, all you people who were saying you weren't pumped for this WC show your hands. I know you are out there.

I have the moral backbone of an inchworm.

 

[AAABatteries]

Alright, all you people who were saying you weren't pumped for this WC show your hands. I know you are out there.

I wasn’t, still haven’t commented to watching games like before, but these results are fun.

I'd like to request you put me on ignore so you don't reap the benefits of my fantastic cocktail posts. TIA.

 

[gianmarco]

Poor Morocco get Spain now, too

Who could ask for anything Moor?

 

[Steve Tasker]

I mean the US doesn't make it, I'm sad but it's not really our national sport. I can't imagine being a German, Italian, Belgian, Mexican, Ecuadorian, or Dane. They literally have nothing else. No cricket. No basketball. Heck, almost no ping pong. Nothing. Their sports existence exists every 4 years or maybe for the bobsled for 1 day. And they can't even crack into bracket play.

I mean I get it, but I certainly don't feel bad for Germany or Italy (and I say this as an Italy fan). They'll always be relevant, they'll always be in the mix in World Cups and Euros, and they've won 2 of the last 4 World Cups between em.

The other countries though, I agree.

 

[Spartans Rule]

Spain's most likely path is to play its 3 closest neighbors - Morocco, Portugal, France.

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Spain's most likely path is to play its 3 closest neighbors - Morocco, Portugal, France.

The "Crusader Kings" scenario.

 

[Brunell4MVP]

I mean the US doesn't make it, I'm sad but it's not really our national sport. I can't imagine being a German, Italian, Belgian, Mexican, Ecuadorian, or Dane. They literally have nothing else. No cricket. No basketball. Heck, almost no ping pong. Nothing. Their sports existence exists every 4 years or maybe for the bobsled for 1 day. And they can't even crack into bracket play.

Best check yourself. Denmark is considered the best handball team in the world.

I stand corrected

This has been a great WC. Tomorrow not gonna be as crazy. But Spain today ... within 25 minutes they were in easily, barely in, out and trying to score, barely in, solidly in. Wild, wild stuff.

 

[Zigg]

Alright, all you people who were saying you weren't pumped for this WC show your hands. I know you are out there.

I have the moral backbone of an inchworm.

What’s a moral??

 

[NewlyRetired]

this crude drawing shows that while the bottom of the ball may have been out, that the rounded edge of the ball was still hovering over the line in that Japan goal, making it still in play

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[Dinsy Ejotuz]

The "Crusader Kings" scenario.

La Reconquista

 

[AAABatteries]

this crude drawing shows that while the bottom of the ball may have been out, that the rounded edge of the ball was still hovering over the line in that Japan goal, making it still in play

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I was hoping for one our signature FFA CAD drawings.

 

[ChiefD]

Alright, all you people who were saying you weren't pumped for this WC show your hands. I know you are out there.

I have the moral backbone of an inchworm.

What’s a moral??

A mushroom. They are delicious.

 

[B Maverick]

this crude drawing shows that while the bottom of the ball may have been out, that the rounded edge of the ball was still hovering over the line in that Japan goal, making it still in play

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And while you are correct, the curve could still be over the line, the angle the picture is taken does not show what he thinks it shows.

 

[chet]

this crude drawing shows that while the bottom of the ball may have been out, that the rounded edge of the ball was still hovering over the line in that Japan goal, making it still in play

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I agree--how are the idiots on Fox unable to understand that? A plane extends up from the end of the line and all of the ball must be through the plane.

 

[NewlyRetired]

this crude drawing shows that while the bottom of the ball may have been out, that the rounded edge of the ball was still hovering over the line in that Japan goal, making it still in play

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twitter.com

And while you are correct, the curve could still be over the line, the angle the picture is taken does not show what he thinks it shows.

looks clear to me on the top

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fi6-J09WIBUNU-7?format=jpg&name=large

 

[AAABatteries]

Not a prediction but right now the quarters could look like this (and I'm giving the victory to higher ranking in the world rankings):

Netherland v Argentina
Croatia v Brazil
England v France
Spain v Portugal

That's pretty, pretty, pretty good.

 

[NewlyRetired]

this crude drawing shows that while the bottom of the ball may have been out, that the rounded edge of the ball was still hovering over the line in that Japan goal, making it still in play

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twitter.com

I agree--how are the idiots on Fox unable to understand that? A plane extends up from the end of the line and all of the ball must be through the plane.

Here is a much better version of the crude drawing

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[ChiefD]

this crude drawing shows that while the bottom of the ball may have been out, that the rounded edge of the ball was still hovering over the line in that Japan goal, making it still in play

x.com

twitter.com

And while you are correct, the curve could still be over the line, the angle the picture is taken does not show what he thinks it shows.

looks clear to me on the top

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fi6-J09WIBUNU-7?format=jpg&name=large

That ball looks out to me.

 

[B Maverick]

this crude drawing shows that while the bottom of the ball may have been out, that the rounded edge of the ball was still hovering over the line in that Japan goal, making it still in play

x.com

twitter.com

And while you are correct, the curve could still be over the line, the angle the picture is taken does not show what he thinks it shows.

looks clear to me on the top

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fi6-J09WIBUNU-7?format=jpg&name=large

Yes this is much better

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

No idea if this was covered in one of the other 53 pages today, but CP's answer here is perfect in all possible ways.

~Q: how does it feel to have your Landon Donovan v Algeria moment?

 

[chet]

this crude drawing shows that while the bottom of the ball may have been out, that the rounded edge of the ball was still hovering over the line in that Japan goal, making it still in play

x.com

twitter.com

And while you are correct, the curve could still be over the line, the angle the picture is taken does not show what he thinks it shows.

looks clear to me on the top

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fi6-J09WIBUNU-7?format=jpg&name=large

That ball looks out to me.

It's close but it looks in to me.

 

[Sammy3469]

I mean the US doesn't make it, I'm sad but it's not really our national sport. I can't imagine being a German, Italian, Belgian, Mexican, Ecuadorian, or Dane. They literally have nothing else. No cricket. No basketball. Heck, almost no ping pong. Nothing. Their sports existence exists every 4 years or maybe for the bobsled for 1 day. And they can't even crack into bracket play.

I mean I get it, but I certainly don't feel bad for Germany or Italy (and I say this as an Italy fan). They'll always be relevant, they'll always be in the mix in World Cups and Euros, and they've won 2 of the last 4 World Cups between em.

The other countries though, I agree.

The Belgians will always have Cyclocross...

 

[ChiefD]

this crude drawing shows that while the bottom of the ball may have been out, that the rounded edge of the ball was still hovering over the line in that Japan goal, making it still in play

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twitter.com

I agree--how are the idiots on Fox unable to understand that? A plane extends up from the end of the line and all of the ball must be through the plane.

Here is a much more high tech version of the crude drawing

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That was in someone's home. Definitely not part of that game.

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

Halfspaces' grading scores for USA v Iran.

He says he made some tweaks to his scoring system that pushed the scores down a little bit. If so, this is a monster performance -- after watching these for a few years, a team score around 4 usually indicates a strong match. We'd be something like 7-8 as a team here under the old system.

 

[AAABatteries]

Halfspaces' grading scores for USA v Iran.

He says he made some tweaks to his scoring system that pushed the scores down a little bit. If so, this is a monster performance -- after watching these for a few years, a team score around 4 usually indicates a strong match. We'd be something like 7-8 as a team here under the old system.

Backs up what many in here were saying - Sargent had a really good game.

 

[NewlyRetired]

Halfspaces' grading scores for USA v Iran.

He says he made some tweaks to his scoring system that pushed the scores down a little bit. If so, this is a monster performance -- after watching these for a few years, a team score around 4 usually indicates a strong match. We'd be something like 7-8 as a team here under the old system.

some of these never pass the eye test to me. Haji was a more important sub than Zimm according to this. How does he not look at that objectively and say "something is wrong here"

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

Halfspaces' grading scores for USA v Iran.

He says he made some tweaks to his scoring system that pushed the scores down a little bit. If so, this is a monster performance -- after watching these for a few years, a team score around 4 usually indicates a strong match. We'd be something like 7-8 as a team here under the old system.

some of these never pass the eye test to me. Haji was a more important sub than Zimm according to this. How does he not look at that objectively and say "something is wrong here"

Look at the +/- per 90 column. That evens out the minutes played. Not sure what he's grading Haji on, but he rewatches the entire game over several hours and grades every single event so I'm sure his memory is better than mine.

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

Glos' White@GlosWhite
Tyler "N'golo Yanke" Adams was bloody everywhere

I like this!

 

[Dr. Octopus]

I traditionally root for Germany (my dad can trace 100% of his heritage back to there and my last name is VERY German).

But I'm enjoying this utter chaos right now.

Jayrod Von Blitzkreig.

 

[Ted Lange as your Bartender]

Poor Morocco get Spain now, too

Who could ask for anything Moor?

So we got ourselves a Moop Derby?

@the moops

 

[QuizGuy66]

Jumping the gun a little but the US path looks fair for where we'd be as a seed. Kept standings the same for G and H and put Ghana and Switzerland into the bracket. That of course may change

Taking the FIFA ranking and doling out seeds 1 to 16 gives (in order):
BRA-ARG-FRA-ENG-ESP-NED-POR-CRO
SUI-USA-SEN-MAR-JPN-POL-AUS-GHA

So the USA bracket would have ...

1 BRA vs 16 GHA
8 CRO vs 13 JPN
2 ARG vs 15 AUS
6 NED vs 10 USA

The England bracket would have...

4 ENG vs 11 SEN
3 FRA vs 14 POL
5 ESP vs 12 MAR
7 POR vs 9 SUI

Considering that anything was possible that is about as balance a bracket as one could imagine.

And think of it like an NCAA region bracket. The chalk path for a 10-Seed is to beat teams 7, 2, 3 and 1. Or pretty much the USA path.

-QG

 

[Moe.]

Spain's most likely path is to play its 3 closest neighbors - Morocco, Portugal, France.

What has Andorra ever done to you?

 

[The Gator]

Has a South American team won the WC when it was held in Europe/Asia?

 

[QuizGuy66]

Has a South American team won the WC when it was held in Europe/Asia?

Sure - Brazil. Twice.

-QG

 

[nirad3]

Spain's most likely path is to play its 3 closest neighbors - Morocco, Portugal, France.

What has Andorra ever done to you?

Ha - beat me to it.

/Geography nerd

 

[El Floppo]

I had Canada and Belgium advancing

I also had Spain and Japan

 

[NewlyRetired]

This is the first WC ever to have 6 different continents represented in the final 16 teams.

 

[Dickies]

Spain's most likely path is to play its 3 closest neighbors - Morocco, Portugal, France.

What has Andorra ever done to you?

They made me a killer mountain bike.