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Manc Hill: Jul 19, 2001; ^^this is u ^^this is me

the trophy is large potato

# ? Sep 9, 2016 12:49

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# ? Jun 1, 2024 07:06

jyrka: Jan 21, 2005; Potato Count: 2 small potatoes

There probably isn't a trophy as it wouldn't be given out for 25 years.

# ? Sep 9, 2016 12:52

Insanely Sikh: Aug 26, 2009; Winner, SA's Sikh Of the Year, 2013

The trophy is the shadow of a long degraded potato

# ? Sep 9, 2016 13:24

jyrka: Jan 21, 2005; Potato Count: 2 small potatoes

Insanely Sikh posted:

The trophy is the shadow of a long degraded potato

Very meta, very abstract. I like it.

# ? Sep 9, 2016 14:40

B.B. Rodriguez: Aug 8, 2005; Bender: "I was God once." God: "Yes, I saw. You were doing well until everyone died."

Jeffrey Webb, ex-Head of CONCACAF was banned for life today from football by FIFA. Him being the Head of CONCACAF was still one of the dumbest and shortest appointments ever. He was a Warner crony from the Caymans who specialized in banking. He was also elected by the Caribbean bloc because they thought he would enact 'revenge' against the US for this whole clusterfuck.

# ? Sep 9, 2016 17:43

Malachite_Dragon: Mar 31, 2010; Weaving Merry Christmas magic

... How exactly was he supposed to enact this supposed revenge? :confused:

# ? Sep 9, 2016 23:58

B.B. Rodriguez: Aug 8, 2005; Bender: "I was God once." God: "Yes, I saw. You were doing well until everyone died."

Malachite_Dragon posted:

... How exactly was he supposed to enact this supposed revenge?

Who knows? CONCACAF is weird. Everything is run through tiny, poor Caribbean islands who barely even have national teams. Most likely, they would black any proposals USSoccer would put forth, but other than that, I don't know. We're by far the biggest money maker for them as the only country who hosts anything of significance.

# ? Sep 10, 2016 00:35

Blue Star Error: Jun 11, 2001; For this recipie you will need:
Football match (Halftime of), Celebrity Owner (Motivational speaking of), Sherry (Bottle of)

B.B. Rodriguez posted:

Most likely, they would black any proposals USSoccer would put forth

Mods!

# ? Sep 10, 2016 00:54

Simone Poodoin: Jun 26, 2003; Che storia figata, ragazzo!

Blue Star Error posted:

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lol

# ? Sep 10, 2016 01:39

Gigi Galli: Sep 19, 2003; and then the car turned in to fire

Blue Star Error posted:

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Lmao

# ? Sep 10, 2016 01:53

B.B. Rodriguez: Aug 8, 2005; Bender: "I was God once." God: "Yes, I saw. You were doing well until everyone died."

Blue Star Error posted:

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loving phone posting...

# ? Sep 10, 2016 02:20

ephex: Nov 4, 2007; PHWOAR CRIMINAL

Blue Star Error posted:

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Ahahaha

# ? Sep 13, 2016 08:18

vyelkin: Jan 2, 2011

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lmao

# ? Sep 14, 2016 01:04

peanut-: Feb 17, 2004; Fun Shoe

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/a62fc6212cf94badaea129d608b4ac1f/fifa-disbands-racism-task-force-ahead-world-cup-russia

FIFA disbands its anti-racism task force before the Russian World Cup, saying its mission is "completely fulfilled".

FIFA is amazing

# ? Sep 25, 2016 22:37

Pissflaps: Oct 20, 2002; by VideoGames

Racism is over. Thank you FIFA.

# ? Sep 25, 2016 22:38

peanut-: Feb 17, 2004; Fun Shoe

Racism never stood a chance once FIFA got on the case.

# ? Sep 25, 2016 22:43

Dunban: Jul 4, 2012; OH MY GOD GLOVER

Too bad it's just too little too late for Sol Campbell, who was killed by racism in Poland & Ukraine in 2012

# ? Sep 25, 2016 22:45

blue footed boobie: Sep 14, 2012; UEFA SUPREMACY

peanut- posted:

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/a62fc6212cf94badaea129d608b4ac1f/fifa-disbands-racism-task-force-ahead-world-cup-russia

FIFA disbands its anti-racism task force before the Russian World Cup, saying its mission is "completely fulfilled".

FIFA is amazing

Wow. FIFA has killed racism. What heroes. What a time to be alive.

# ? Sep 25, 2016 22:52

trem_two: Oct 22, 2002; it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals; Fun Shoe

Maybe President Trump can hire them as consultants to undo all the damage Obama has done regarding racism in America.

# ? Sep 25, 2016 22:57

advanced statsman: Dec 26, 2012; ISLAM FC

Dunban posted:

Too bad it's just too little too late for Sol Campbell, who was killed by racism in Poland & Ukraine in 2012

he was

# ? Sep 25, 2016 23:04

Weaponized Cum: Aug 31, 2004; This post brought to you by the finest Miami cocaine money can buy ----->

FIFA killed racism! wow!

# ? Sep 25, 2016 23:41

nutri_void: Apr 18, 2015; I shall devour your soul.; Grimey Drawer

In two years, there may be some necromancy involved.

# ? Sep 25, 2016 23:58

advanced statsman: Dec 26, 2012; ISLAM FC

the secret racist thread in the football forum where you can say ni**a has no raison d'�tre anymore after the demise of racism

# ? Sep 25, 2016 23:59

nutri_void: Apr 18, 2015; I shall devour your soul.; Grimey Drawer

A comment from a Russian football website:

moron posted:

Racism is an American invention. They should be the ones fighting it. We have no historical roots to have it. [sic]

Note that the last sentence is just as senseless in Russian, he probably meant historical context, as in lack of African colonies/slaves in Russia being Russian.

another one posted:

People just need to pay less attention. Especially you, African fellas, who, apparently, have some kind of an inferiority complex formed on a genetic level. Trust me, nobody gives a poo poo about you and your skin-related complexes. You and you alone are the ones who need it.

nutri_void fucked around with this message at 00:11 on Sep 26, 2016

# ? Sep 26, 2016 00:07

vyelkin: Jan 2, 2011

Wow I'm glad we put FIFA on the case, already I can feel a weight lifted from all our shoulders as the scourge of world racism is completely eradicated.

# ? Sep 26, 2016 01:57

jyrka: Jan 21, 2005; Potato Count: 2 small potatoes

It's embarrassing for FIFA that they had an anti-racism task force in the first place.

# ? Sep 26, 2016 02:46

Bogan Krkic: Oct 31, 2010; Swedish style? No.
Yugoslavian style? Of course not.
It has to be Zlatan-style.

jyrka posted:

It's embarrassing for FIFA that they had an anti-racism task force in the first place.

Racism was a big problem, but thanks to FIFA, it's no longer an issue.

# ? Sep 26, 2016 06:11

blue footed boobie: Sep 14, 2012; UEFA SUPREMACY

Does anyone remember a couple days ago when there was still racism in the world? Boy I'm glad that's over.

# ? Sep 26, 2016 14:43

Tayter Swift: Nov 18, 2002; Pillbug

Let's Kick "Let's Kick Racism out of Football" out of Football

# ? Sep 26, 2016 16:09

Suqit: Apr 25, 2005; Stars Stripes Freedom Jozy
(Jozy not pictured here)

Tayter Swift posted:

Let's Kick "Let's Kick Racism out of Football" out of Football

lol

# ? Sep 26, 2016 16:14

atomic gog: Apr 11, 2005; Winner June 2013 POTM

Tayter Swift posted:

Let's Kick "Let's Kick Racism out of Football" out of Football

# ? Sep 26, 2016 16:50

advanced statsman: Dec 26, 2012; ISLAM FC

what about the transphobia task-force?

# ? Sep 26, 2016 16:51

Shrapnig: Jan 21, 2005

advanced statsman posted:

what about the transphobia task-force?

They've all gone and lost their marbles.

# ? Sep 26, 2016 18:28

jre: Sep 2, 2011; To the cloud ?

Tayter Swift posted:

Let's Kick "Let's Kick Racism out of Football" out of Football

# ? Sep 26, 2016 19:48

Gumbel2Gumbel: Apr 28, 2010

Shrapnig posted:

They've all gone and lost their marbles.

Hello good post.

# ? Sep 26, 2016 20:56

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

quote:

Not content with expanding the World Cup to 40 teams, the Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, has suggested going even further and opening up the competition to 48 countries from 2026.

The proposal to expand the competition to 40 teams was part of Infantino�s manifesto when he was elected to succeed the disgraced Sepp Blatter this year.

However, the former Uefa general secretary has now gone further still and suggested that the tournament could feature 48 teams, 16 of which would go home after one match.
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The idea would mean almost a quarter of Fifa�s 211 members qualifying for its flagship tournament and further increase the demands on the host nation. But the idea is likely to be popular among confederations outside Europe, who have long felt disadvantaged when it comes to World Cup places.

Infantino, speaking during an event at Bogota�s Sergio Aboleda university, said a final decision on the plan would be taken by the newly expanded Fifa Council in January, according to local Colombian media. �These are ideas to find the best solution. We will debate them this month and we will decide everything by 2017,� said Infantino. �They are ideas which we put forward to see which one is the best.�

The Swiss-Italian, a late entrant to the Fifa presidential race when the Uefa president, Michel Platini, was forced to withdraw over the episode by which he was eventually banned from football for four years, said he would advocate a 48-team tournament.

Infantino suggested a preliminary knockout round involving 32 teams played in the host country, with 16 winners reaching the group stage. Another 16 seeded teams would get a bye into the group stage. A Fifa spokeswoman confirmed on Monday night that the quotes were accurate.

The potential expansion of the World Cup from the current 32 teams is likely to be one of the items for discussion when the Fifa Council, rebranded from the disgraced executive committee that became synonymous with the corruption scandal that brought world football to its knees, meets next week.

Joachim L�w, the Germany coach, said last weekend that he opposed plans to expand the tournament. �I don�t think its a good idea to dilute the sporting value,� the 2014-World Cup-winning coach told the Welt am Sonntag newspaper in an interview on Sunday. L�w added that he had �an absolute understanding for the smaller nations who, thanks to this, could take their place on the big stage�.

However, L�w, who was also against enlarging the European championship from 16 to 24 teams, said that expanded tournaments placed a greater �sporting and mental� burden on the players. �We must be clear that, in the long term, the quality suffers. We must not overdo it.�

The World Cup was expanded from 24 teams to 32 in 1994 but most proposals for further expansion involve convoluted mathematical contortions or leave open the possibility of making the group stages unbalanced. Infantino�s solution would avoid that but would leave 16 teams flying to the host country to play one match before going home again.

All I can really muster in reaction is :stare:

# ? Oct 5, 2016 06:18

jyrka: Jan 21, 2005; Potato Count: 2 small potatoes

Yeah, can't see this not happening if it's put to a vote. Like L�w said, the small countries want at least a decent chance to qualify.

# ? Oct 5, 2016 06:53

ragle: Nov 1, 2009

Crazy Ted posted:

All I can really muster in reaction is

2003 reg date posting massive wall of poo poo without a link or summary :thumbsup:

(USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)

# ? Oct 5, 2016 06:58

ragle: Nov 1, 2009

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/oct/03/world-cup-expand-48-teams-fifa-gianni-infantino-suggests

quote:

Not content with expanding the World Cup to 40 teams, the Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, has suggested going even further and opening up the competition to 48 countries from 2026. [...]

Infantino suggested a preliminary knockout round involving 32 teams played in the host country, with 16 winners reaching the group stage. Another 16 seeded teams would get a bye into the group stage. A Fifa spokeswoman confirmed on Monday night that the quotes were accurate.

# ? Oct 5, 2016 07:06

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# ? Jun 1, 2024 07:06

jeebus bob: Nov 4, 2004; Festina lente

ragle posted:

2003 reg date posting massive wall of poo poo

shut

ragle posted:

without a link

_{_{ok that's a fair point}}

ragle posted:

or summary

# ? Oct 5, 2016 11:46

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