FIFA World Cup 2014

[Dazed and Confused]

oh, drool! care to share?

Of course.

na zdorovyeh

 

[thirteen]

Of course.

na zdorovyeh

merci!

na zdorovye

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

I wonder what Ann Coulter thinks of today.

Hahaha, I just looked her up.
Goodness me is she hateful, ignorant and stupid.

"Individual achievement is not a big factor in soccer. In a real sport, players fumble passes, throw bricks and drop fly balls — all in front of a crowd. When baseball players strike out, they're standing alone at the plate. But there's also individual glory in home runs, touchdowns and slam-dunks.

In soccer, the blame is dispersed and almost no one scores anyway. There are no heroes, no losers, no accountability, and no child's fragile self-esteem is bruised. There's a reason perpetually alarmed women are called "soccer moms," not "football moms."

"The prospect of either personal humiliation or major injury is required to count as a sport. Most sports are sublimated warfare. As Lady Thatcher reportedly said after Germany had beaten England in some major soccer game: Don't worry. After all, twice in this century we beat them at their national game.

Baseball and basketball present a constant threat of personal disgrace. In hockey, there are three or four fights a game — and it's not a stroll on beach to be on ice with a puck flying around at 100 miles per hour. After a football game, ambulances carry off the wounded. After a soccer game, every player gets a ribbon and a juice box."

"Soccer is like the metric system, which liberals also adore because it's European. Naturally, the metric system emerged from the French Revolution, during the brief intervals when they weren't committing mass murder by guillotine.

Despite being subjected to Chinese-style brainwashing in the public schools to use centimeters and Celsius, ask any American for the temperature, and he'll say something like "70 degrees." Ask how far Boston is from New York City, he'll say it's about 200 miles.

Liberals get angry and tell us that the metric system is more "rational" than the measurements everyone understands. This is ridiculous. An inch is the width of a man's thumb, a foot the length of his foot, a yard the length of his belt. That's easy to visualize. How do you visualize 147.2 centimeters?"

"If more "Americans" are watching soccer today, it's only because of the demographic switch effected by Teddy Kennedy's 1965 immigration law. I promise you: No American whose great-grandfather was born here is watching soccer. One can only hope that, in addition to learning English, these new Americans will drop their soccer fetish with time."

Someone in the US of A should inform the police, there is something out their eating brains.

 

[purcell]

every time I read something like this from her I think to myself, surely she can't really believe this, it's just click bait, right??

Increasingly, I'm just not so sure about that.

 

[jaylew]

gooner, the name ann coulter makes my blood boil. Literally.

+10000000000000

 

[The Hitch]

Good god, I think that was the worst group in World Cup football history. Algeria go through as 2nd and I think with the possible exception of Honduras, there isn't a team outside of that group worse than them.

 

[roundabout]

"Individual achievement is not a big factor in soccer. In a real sport, players fumble passes, throw bricks and drop fly balls — all in front of a crowd. When baseball players strike out, they're standing alone at the plate. But there's also individual glory in home runs, touchdowns and slam-dunks.

In soccer, the blame is dispersed and almost no one scores anyway. There are no heroes, no losers, no accountability, and no child's fragile self-esteem is bruised. There's a reason perpetually alarmed women are called "soccer moms," not "football moms."

"The prospect of either personal humiliation or major injury is required to count as a sport. Most sports are sublimated warfare. As Lady Thatcher reportedly said after Germany had beaten England in some major soccer game: Don't worry. After all, twice in this century we beat them at their national game.

Baseball and basketball present a constant threat of personal disgrace. In hockey, there are three or four fights a game — and it's not a stroll on beach to be on ice with a puck flying around at 100 miles per hour. After a football game, ambulances carry off the wounded. After a soccer game, every player gets a ribbon and a juice box."

"Soccer is like the metric system, which liberals also adore because it's European. Naturally, the metric system emerged from the French Revolution, during the brief intervals when they weren't committing mass murder by guillotine.

Despite being subjected to Chinese-style brainwashing in the public schools to use centimeters and Celsius, ask any American for the temperature, and he'll say something like "70 degrees." Ask how far Boston is from New York City, he'll say it's about 200 miles.

Liberals get angry and tell us that the metric system is more "rational" than the measurements everyone understands. This is ridiculous. An inch is the width of a man's thumb, a foot the length of his foot, a yard the length of his belt. That's easy to visualize. How do you visualize 147.2 centimeters?"

"If more "Americans" are watching soccer today, it's only because of the demographic switch effected by Teddy Kennedy's 1965 immigration law. I promise you: No American whose great-grandfather was born here is watching soccer. One can only hope that, in addition to learning English, these new Americans will drop their soccer fetish with time."

10/10, top quality trolling

 

[red_flanders]

Belgium. That is all.

 

[purcell]

So ..............

France v Argentina in the final??

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Damn, Putin's boys leaves for Copacabana (or Siberia) early.

 

[gooner]

Three highest paid managers(Hodgson, Prandelli and Capello) all knocked out in the group stages.

 

[Merckx index]

Hahaha, I just looked her up.
Goodness me is she hateful, ignorant and stupid.

If you want to appreciate just how ignorant Coulter is, google “flatulent raccoon theory”. If you want to know how hateful she is, she criticized the widows of men who perished in the 911 attacks as enjoying the fame and attention they got from the tragedy:

I've never seen people enjoying their husbands' deaths so much.

 

[Samson777]

Good god, I think that was the worst group in World Cup football history. Algeria go through as 2nd and I think with the possible exception of Honduras, there isn't a team outside of that group worse than them.

England.. But otherwise agree..

 

[movingtarget]

Good god, I think that was the worst group in World Cup football history. Algeria go through as 2nd and I think with the possible exception of Honduras, there isn't a team outside of that group worse than them.

How did Honduras even qualify ? Also can't believe how ordinary South Korea and Japan have been, compared to recent World Cups.

 

[Eshnar]

How did Honduras even qualify ?

3rd place in Concacaf, in front of Mexico...

 

[sniper]

germany lucky as always.
freewheeling into the quarters.

 

[The Hitch]

germany lucky as always.
freewheeling into the quarters.

Nah. Germany is the team I am cheering most against, but I have to acknowledge they have had it quite hard. They had by far the hardest group, even though they didn't have to work too hard against Portugal. They had to play their games in the tropics, they get one easy game - Algeria, but most of the favourites will be expected to get through the first knockout stage.

Potentially though they face France in the quarters (more difficult than what any of the other favourites have), Colombia or the hosts Brazil in the semis and then obviously the best team from the other half (Argentina? Holland?) in the final.

On paper, even with the Algeria walkthrough, that's the hardest any team in the competition has faced.

 

[the asian]

i love the Nigerian goalkeeper -- he's such a character! luckily for Les Bleus, he seems to let in every other goal

Eneyema is a great Goal Keeper. Plays his club football in France too.

Should be an interesting match, though I fully expect France to win.

 

[the asian]

germany lucky as always.
freewheeling into the quarters.

Wonder whether the Algerians are still smarting for the injustice in 1982 and may have enough fire to teach the Germans a lesson just like in 1982.

 

[the asian]

Gooner, the name Ann Coulter makes my blood boil. Literally.

Definitely. One of the most bigoted right wingers ever.

 

[theyoungest]

Nah. Germany is the team I am cheering most against, but I have to acknowledge they have had it quite hard. They had by far the hardest group, even though they didn't have to work too hard against Portugal. They had to play their games in the tropics, they get one easy game - Algeria, but most of the favourites will be expected to get through the first knockout stage.

Potentially though they face France in the quarters (more difficult than what any of the other favourites have), Colombia or the hosts Brazil in the semis and then obviously the best team from the other half (Argentina? Holland?) in the final.

On paper, even with the Algeria walkthrough, that's the hardest any team in the competition has faced.

Portugal, Ghana, and the US, is that really harder than England, Uruguay, and Italy? Or Spain, the Netherlands, and Australia?

The only game where they really had to go full gas was against Ghana. I agree with you that Belgium had a joke of a group (and still only managed to win their three games by a hair).

 

[movingtarget]

Portugal, Ghana, and the US, is that really harder than England, Uruguay, and Italy? Or Spain, the Netherlands, and Australia?

The only game where they really had to go full gas was against Ghana. I agree with you that Belgium had a joke of a group (and still only managed to win their three games by a hair).

Belgium has a lot of improvement left in them. See if they can display some. But you are right, not convincing so far. I thought Argentina showed some improvement in their last game but their defence is a worry.

 

[The Hitch]

Portugal, Ghana, and the US, is that really harder than England, Uruguay, and Italy? Or Spain, the Netherlands, and Australia?

The only game where they really had to go full gas was against Ghana. I agree with you that Belgium had a joke of a group (and still only managed to win their three games by a hair).

From all the top seeds I meant. Obviously the other teams in the group had it harder since they had to play Germany rather than themselves.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Eneyema is a great Goal Keeper. Plays his club football in France too.

Should be an interesting match, though I fully expect France to win.

He was sensational against Argentina at the South Africa world cup 2010

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5WWscqh2T0

But playing club football in France doesn't make them great, i suppose.

 

[ILovecycling]

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