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Hoops posted:This came up a few weeks ago, it's just that stupid ugly logo drawing he's trademarking, not the actual gesture. Hearts are going into administration though? How is Bale going to play for them?!!!
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El Hefe posted:This World Cup is gonna be Messi alright. South Africa was one of the best organized world cups ever, like on par with germany and better than france.
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They had those loving vuvuzelas though and the football was mostly really bad. It was a bit boring tbh.
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euroboy posted:They had those loving vuvuzelas though and the football was mostly really bad. All big tournaments have been real bad lately though I can only think of that Italy/Germany game in recent memory that was a good match between 2 good teams. serious gaylord fucked around with this message at 22:10 on Jun 17, 2013 |
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3peat posted:South Africa was one of the best organized world cups ever, like on par with germany and better than france. And Brazil, Russia and Qatar might be too who knows, doesn't mean it's safe to go there or that people would want to go there.
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Seltzer posted:Actually on the whole, police/government action has helped a lot. Favelas have been recognized and normalized slowly whereas before they were dealt with as non-entities. The percentage of favelas run by gangs has dropped by a large percentage, I don't have the numbers off the top of my head, but I have been following this story pretty closely. The HDI's of Sao Paulo and Rio are 0.851 and 0.842 respectively. The United Kingdom is 0.875 and Russia is 0.788 for reference. That picture is kind of really dumb. Every country hosting the WC and or Olympics always deals with out of control spending, big stadiums, infrastructure issues, and hotel capacity problems. Sao Paulo and Rio are quite safe in the downtown areas when there aren't a million police and BOPE patrolling the streets so I wouldn't worry about when the WC is on. The image looks like someone is fed up with the money being spent/inconveniences and threw on top "DRUG GANGS" to make their point seem more forceful. I am rambling now, but as someone else said, if South Africa pulled it off, don't worry about Brazil.  Yeah, I think you may have missed the protests thread in GBS. That is a picture from some protests outside the Maracana. Apparently not all is well in paradise right now.
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Wildlife Analysis posted:
I am well aware of the protests. Similar poo poo happened in London awhile ago, a protest doesn't automatically derail all progress.
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3peat posted:South Africa was one of the best organized world cups ever, like on par with germany and better than france. ^citation needed
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Chiming in to say USA '94 was the most profitable and best organized World Cup ever. We wouldn't even have to build anything, could host tomorrow, and it would be even more money for FIFA than they could dream of. But nope, a couple $2m villas in Spain later and we have a World Cup in a country with 1 city and no stadiums in 120 degree heat.
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Wildlife Analysis posted:
Wait, riot police? At a South American football game? That's pretty amazing, right there.
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Seltzer posted:I am well aware of the protests. Similar poo poo happened in London awhile ago, a protest doesn't automatically derail all progress. Being Brazilian at least payed off during those protests today:  I can only dream of Brave English Lion John Terry jumping face first into that tear gas grenade 
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B.B. Rodriguez posted:Chiming in to say USA '94 was the most profitable and best organized World Cup ever. We wouldn't even have to build anything, could host tomorrow, and it would be even more money for FIFA than they could dream of. But nope, a couple $2m villas in Spain later and we have a World Cup in a country with 1 city and no stadiums in 120 degree heat. I think USA '94 and Atlanta '96 conclusively proved that America can never again be allowed to host a global sporting event
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the sex ghost posted:I think USA '94 and Atlanta '96 conclusively proved that America can never again be allowed to host a global sporting event Because we were too good at it and everyone had fun? If you were going the corruption route, you should have said Salt Lake.
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the sex ghost posted:I think USA '94 and Atlanta '96 conclusively proved that America can never again be allowed to host a global sporting event What does this even mean?
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ayb posted:What does this even mean? Atlanta 96 was ruined by terrorism and usa 94 gave us Alexi Lalas, football pundit, which possibly is an even worse breach of human rights.
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vaginal culture posted:He is so incredibly juiced up, if that yacht dumps his piss into the ocean you'll start seeing sharks with six pack abs He looks amazing though, like a real life Ken doll.
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B.B. Rodriguez posted:We wouldn't even have to build anything, could host tomorrow, and it would be even more money for FIFA than they could dream of. But nope, a couple $2m villas in Spain later and we have a World Cup in a country with 1 city and no stadiums in 120 degree heat. This is true of about a million European countries that actually give a poo poo about football, have proper football specific stadia, and aren't a logistical nightmare for visiting fans.
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This past Saturday evening, I attended a match between my hometown club, the Pittsburgh Riverhounds, and the Charleston Battery. The match ended in a 1-1 draw, but was pretty exciting overall, and everyone had a good time. The cheap huge beers didn't hurt. Enjoy this small glimpse into the doings of a mid-table 3rd-tier (USL Professional Division) American professional soccer team. Some of these I took myself (the lovely ones) and some are from the club's website. Midfielder Matthew Dallman  Forward Jose Angulo, who is probably our best player. He has 7 goals in 11 appearances so far this season.  Forward Darren Amoo, who is not as good.  Our keeper, Hunter Gilstrap, who is really pretty decent.  We are shouting at people in this picture.  A couple of shots from the cheap seats.  
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Blue Screen Error posted:This is true of about a million European countries that actually give a poo poo about football, have proper football specific stadia, and aren't a logistical nightmare for visiting fans. "Proper" Football specific stadia? Really?
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El Hefe posted:He looks amazing though, like a real life Ken doll. Yeah he looks great, and I hope more players get loving huge like that, would be awesome
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the sex ghost posted:I think USA '94 and Atlanta '96 conclusively proved that America can never again be allowed to host a global sporting event These events obviously deeply scarred you at ages 3 and 5 respectively. I hope that one day you can recover. We have tons of appropriate soccer specific stadia these days. None cooler than Toyota Field home of the world famous San Antonio Scorpions. 
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relative_q posted:Our keeper, Hunter Gilstrap, who is really pretty decent. That is a manly image/name combination.
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http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=12f_1371475888 Eboue owns.
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B.B. Rodriguez posted:"Proper" Football specific stadia? Really? Yes, proper football stadia. The USA has how many? Three? And they're 4000 miles away from each other? Traveling from Atlanta to Seattle is like flying from London to Mosocw. The infrastructure is all super old. Most cities have loving awful public transportation. China should get a world cup before the USA ever gets one again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPbJLG65iMg
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vickser posted:Yes, proper football stadia. The USA has how many? Three? And they're 4000 miles away from each other? Traveling from Atlanta to Seattle is like flying from London to Mosocw. The infrastructure is all super old. Most cities have loving awful public transportation. China should get a world cup before the USA ever gets one again. I'm not sure that any/all of these things are true.
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bonesquid posted:I'm not sure that any/all of these things are true. I can vouch for this bit: vickser posted:China should get a world cup before the USA ever gets one again.
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vickser posted:China should get a world cup before the USA ever gets one again. China, Australia, India, England, Italy and Spain too imo.
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vickser posted:Yes, proper football stadia. The USA has how many? Three? And they're 4000 miles away from each other? Bad troll dude.
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Does India even have a national team? I suspect they won't give a poo poo about a WC unless it's in cricket.
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If only we had stadiums in 32 cities (way more if you count college stadiums) that housed 80k people. If. only.
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JP Money posted:If only we had stadiums in 32 cities (way more if you count college stadiums) that housed 80k people. If. only. do you understand the difference between a football stadium and a non-football stadium? Ask Italians or anyone who's been to the Olympic if it's the same thing.
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JP Money posted:If only we had stadiums in 32 cities (way more if you count college stadiums) that housed 80k people. If. only. I think only 13 or so have actual grass, but if you add college stadiums we've got that poo poo covered. Hell, you could probably pick Texas alone and we'd have enough stadiums to cover it.
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