The board's server will undergo upgrade maintenance tonight, Nov 5, 2014, beginning approximately around 10 PM ET. Prepare for some possible down time during this process.
FAQ    Search

Board index » Word on the Street » Sports




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 3420 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1 ... 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127 ... 171  Next
Author Message
 Post subject: Re: The Beautiful Game (The All Inclusive Soccer Thread)
PostPosted: Sun July 15, 2018 4:43 pm 
Offline
User avatar
jeeeesus relax already
 Profile

Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm
Posts: 35383
tragabigzanda wrote:
Little known fact: Mbappé's favorite song is MMMBop.


I made that joke in my office!! Are we best friends??

_________________
BONE FUCKIN´ TOMAHAWK.


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: The Beautiful Game (The All Inclusive Soccer Thread)
PostPosted: Sun July 15, 2018 4:43 pm 
Offline
User avatar
The Master
 Profile

Joined: Tue September 24, 2013 5:56 pm
Posts: 46361
Location: In the oatmeal aisle wearing a Shellac shirt
VinylGuy wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
Little known fact: Mbappé's favorite song is MMMBop.


I made that joke in my office!! Are we best friends??

Sure, let's do it


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: The Beautiful Game (The All Inclusive Soccer Thread)
PostPosted: Sun July 15, 2018 4:45 pm 
Offline
User avatar
The Master
 Profile

Joined: Tue September 24, 2013 5:56 pm
Posts: 46361
Location: In the oatmeal aisle wearing a Shellac shirt
"In Russia, soccer ball kicks you!"

Spoiler: show
Image


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: The Beautiful Game (The All Inclusive Soccer Thread)
PostPosted: Sun July 15, 2018 4:52 pm 
Online
User avatar
NEVER STOP JAMMING!
 Profile

Joined: Fri July 12, 2013 9:11 pm
Posts: 20770
Location: Oslo, Norway
The best team in the World Cup won. Well deserved.


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: The Beautiful Game (The All Inclusive Soccer Thread)
PostPosted: Sun July 15, 2018 5:01 pm 
Offline
User avatar
Legacy of Love
 WWW  Profile

Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 5:33 pm
Posts: 78180
Location: Anarchist Jurisdiction
I was pulling for Croatia. I loved that team. I loved their story and their path to the final. They have every reason to be proud of what they accomplished and I look forward to what they bring in the future.

Congratulations to France. They played an amazing tournament and turned it on big time here. Excellent win. Good work, France!


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: The Beautiful Game (The All Inclusive Soccer Thread)
PostPosted: Sun July 15, 2018 5:02 pm 
Offline
User avatar
The Master
 Profile

Joined: Tue September 24, 2013 5:56 pm
Posts: 46361
Location: In the oatmeal aisle wearing a Shellac shirt
this played less like a win for France and more like a loss for Croatia. They really fell apart as the game went on.


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: The Beautiful Game (The All Inclusive Soccer Thread)
PostPosted: Sun July 15, 2018 5:06 pm 
Offline
User avatar
NEVER STOP JAMMING!
 Profile

Joined: Sun September 15, 2013 5:50 am
Posts: 22182
sometimes it’s just as important not to make mistakes as it is to be ‘the better team’

tough to win the WC when you score an own goal and handball in your own box

then france showed their pedigree on offense with two top-tier strikes

no shame for Croatia tho

_________________
All posts by this account, even those referencing real things, are entirely fictional and are for entertainment purposes only; i.e. very low-quality entertainment. These may contain coarse language and due to their content should not be viewed by anyone


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: The Beautiful Game (The All Inclusive Soccer Thread)
PostPosted: Sun July 15, 2018 5:07 pm 
Offline
User avatar
NEVER STOP JAMMING!
 Profile

Joined: Sun September 15, 2013 5:50 am
Posts: 22182
putin looked sauced up there in that box

_________________
All posts by this account, even those referencing real things, are entirely fictional and are for entertainment purposes only; i.e. very low-quality entertainment. These may contain coarse language and due to their content should not be viewed by anyone


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: The Beautiful Game (The All Inclusive Soccer Thread)
PostPosted: Sun July 15, 2018 5:28 pm 
Offline
User avatar
Legacy of Love
 WWW  Profile

Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 5:33 pm
Posts: 78180
Location: Anarchist Jurisdiction
tragabigzanda wrote:
this played less like a win for France and more like a loss for Croatia. They really fell apart as the game went on.

Young, inexperienced team that played more over-time games than anyone else the entire tournament. Can't really blame them.


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: The Beautiful Game (The All Inclusive Soccer Thread)
PostPosted: Sun July 15, 2018 6:03 pm 
Offline
User avatar
jeeeesus relax already
 Profile

Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm
Posts: 35383
France is a fair winner. They played a very nice even if the finale was weird.

_________________
BONE FUCKIN´ TOMAHAWK.


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: The Beautiful Game (The All Inclusive Soccer Thread)
PostPosted: Sun July 15, 2018 6:39 pm 
Offline
User avatar
Rank This Poster
 Profile

Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 2:23 am
Posts: 3535
Location: The In Between
What happens when you run out on the field in Russia? Holy shit, is that person dead now?


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: The Beautiful Game (The All Inclusive Soccer Thread)
PostPosted: Sun July 15, 2018 6:40 pm 
Online
User avatar
NEVER STOP JAMMING!
 Profile

Joined: Fri July 12, 2013 9:11 pm
Posts: 20770
Location: Oslo, Norway
durdencommatyler wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
this played less like a win for France and more like a loss for Croatia. They really fell apart as the game went on.

Young, inexperienced team that played more over-time games than anyone else the entire tournament. Can't really blame them.

France is young, Croatia not that much.


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: The Beautiful Game (The All Inclusive Soccer Thread)
PostPosted: Sun July 15, 2018 6:42 pm 
Offline
User avatar
Legacy of Love
 WWW  Profile

Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 5:33 pm
Posts: 78180
Location: Anarchist Jurisdiction
Anders wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
this played less like a win for France and more like a loss for Croatia. They really fell apart as the game went on.

Young, inexperienced team that played more over-time games than anyone else the entire tournament. Can't really blame them.

France is young, Croatia not that much.

Fine, I retract that word. My point is still valid.

Inexperienced team that played more over-time games than anyone else in the entire tournament. Cant' really blame them.


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: The Beautiful Game (The All Inclusive Soccer Thread)
PostPosted: Sun July 15, 2018 7:10 pm 
Online
User avatar
NEVER STOP JAMMING!
 Profile

Joined: Fri July 12, 2013 9:11 pm
Posts: 20770
Location: Oslo, Norway
It’s true that they played more over-time games than anyone. That could lead to fatigue. On the other hand it’s also a sign that they haven’t been much better than the competition, despite facing arguably worse competition than France.

Croatia’s starting eleven had an average age of 29,5. Their squad is one the oldest in the World Cup. Their four star players are 29, 30, 32 and 32, all approaching the end of their careers. Those four players alone have played about 400 national team matches put together. They have played together since Euro 2008 (qualifying for all but the WC 2010), and all play regularly for the biggest club teams in the world (Real Madrid, Barcelona, Juventus and Inter).


Last edited by Anders on Sun July 15, 2018 7:13 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Top
 
 Post subject: Re: The Beautiful Game (The All Inclusive Soccer Thread)
PostPosted: Sun July 15, 2018 7:12 pm 
Offline
User avatar
Legacy of Love
 WWW  Profile

Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 5:33 pm
Posts: 78180
Location: Anarchist Jurisdiction
I never said they were better than France. France was rightly the favorite. And they won. I'm not sure what you're arguing.


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: The Beautiful Game (The All Inclusive Soccer Thread)
PostPosted: Sun July 15, 2018 7:16 pm 
Online
User avatar
NEVER STOP JAMMING!
 Profile

Joined: Fri July 12, 2013 9:11 pm
Posts: 20770
Location: Oslo, Norway
I mostly reacted to you calling Croatia young and inexperienced. When that is actually true for France, and not at all for Croatia.


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: The Beautiful Game (The All Inclusive Soccer Thread)
PostPosted: Sun July 15, 2018 7:20 pm 
Offline
User avatar
Legacy of Love
 WWW  Profile

Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 5:33 pm
Posts: 78180
Location: Anarchist Jurisdiction
Anders wrote:
I mostly reacted to you calling Croatia young and inexperienced. When that is actually true for France, and not at all for Croatia.

When I said that, I was specifically referring to their World Cup Final experience. By "young" I meant that they were "new" to the final. I used the wrong word, which is why I took it back. I wan't being clear. I admitted that. My point still stands about their inexperience in the World Cup Finals. That's all I was trying to say.

A team that hasn't ever been on that stage. And being there after such a long road to get there, a road that had them playing more minutes than anyone else.

Is that better? I'm sorry I wasn't as explicit as I should have been.


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: The Beautiful Game (The All Inclusive Soccer Thread)
PostPosted: Sun July 15, 2018 7:38 pm 
Online
User avatar
NEVER STOP JAMMING!
 Profile

Joined: Fri July 12, 2013 9:11 pm
Posts: 20770
Location: Oslo, Norway
Yes, if you think of it more as a nation than a group of players, France now have three finals in a World Cup, while this was the first for Croatia. They also have a bronze from before. Impressive for such a small nation.


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: The Beautiful Game (The All Inclusive Soccer Thread)
PostPosted: Sun July 15, 2018 7:39 pm 
Offline
User avatar
Legacy of Love
 WWW  Profile

Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 5:33 pm
Posts: 78180
Location: Anarchist Jurisdiction
Anders wrote:
Yes, if you think of it more as a nation than a group of players, France now have three finals in a World Cup, while this was the first for Croatia. They also have a bronze from before. Impressive for such a small nation.

:hooray:


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: The Beautiful Game (The All Inclusive Soccer Thread)
PostPosted: Mon August 06, 2018 8:49 pm 
Offline
User avatar
10Club Complaint Department
 Profile

Joined: Wed February 06, 2013 2:47 am
Posts: 17469
Location: Scooby Doo
3-1 away win to start the season.

Image


Top
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 3420 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1 ... 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127 ... 171  Next

Board index » Word on the Street » Sports


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 13 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
It is currently Thu March 28, 2024 1:14 pm