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Brony Car posted:There's a book called Soccernomics that I think we all should read. I don't think many people have heard of it, though. RIYL - https://www.amazon.com/Among-Thugs-Bill-Buford/dp/0679745351
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Mean Bean Machine posted:Switerzland finish in 2nd, Holland out of the WC, Germany's far-right party 3rd biggest in the country right now (never fooled me, once a nazi always a nazi) Am I forgetting any of oliwan's supposed nationalities? Disgraceful state of affairs for him. He must kill himself. I'm going to be honest here; when a good poster like Mean Bean Machine lays it out like this, you start thinking... and I thought he was right. I was ready to kill myself. But then then the USMT debacle happened and i did so many lmaos that i found back the will to live lol
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lmao Chile was a trainwreck waiting to happen according to these quotes from Sampaoli that were unpublished until nowquote:Arturo Vidal: "He requires a medical specialist. He likes to drink and is not in control. When we were on the plane back from Lima, he asked me if he could open a bottle of beer he had bought at the airport. I told him no, as directors and others were coming. With the help of the chauffer, he and some others still got their hands on a bottle of whisky, which I had to dismiss even though I knew that the culprit was Vidal." quote:Alexis Sánchez: "He wakes up with his headphones on and sits alone for breakfast, not talking to anyone." https://en.as.com/en/2017/10/13/football/1507875503_076092.html
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a 63 year old woman invaded the pitch and pretended to faint at the end of the panama game lmao https://twitter.com/gbobadi/status/...ke-fifa-blatter quote:“I had to stop Costa Rica scoring a goal, I wasn’t going to let that happen. So I pretended to faint on the grass, and when the police came I pretended to faint again. The policeman said to me: ‘Grandma, what’s up with you?’ I told him: ‘We’re going to the bloody World Cup and you can’t stop me.’” Her motivation: “When we failed to qualify in 2013 I cried. I wasn’t going to cry again.” someone sent women to the venezuelan team hotel to distract the players lol
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Oct 15, 2017 10:44
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They were also saying that the Ecuador players partied really hard the night before playing argentina. Someone had to pay for that...
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Venezuela coach Rafael Dudamel: upset by “distraction techniques” used against his squad before their World Cup qualifier against Paraguay. “Many females were sent to our hotel. Who sent them? I don’t know. But we are wise to this old strategy: football players have changed.” Midfielder Yangel Herrera: “They were pretty girls. Thank God we are so professional.”
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:Venezuela coach Rafael Dudamel: upset by “distraction techniques” used against his squad before their World Cup qualifier against Paraguay. “Many females were sent to our hotel. Who sent them? I don’t know. But we are wise to this old strategy: football players have changed.” Midfielder Yangel Herrera: “They were pretty girls. Thank God we are so professional.” Was this translated by Trump?
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Pook Good Mook posted:Was this translated by Trump? Let’s talk about politics in the international football thread what could go wrong
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:Let’s talk about politics in the international football thread what could go wrong Yeah dont want to upset the trump supporters
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Second round draw is on in an hour. It's going to be terrible E:  quote:There is World Cup 2018 mascot Zabivaka, having the craic in Zurich. He is, according to Fifa, a "wolf who radiates fun, charm and confidence" e: RoI vs Denmark, nice WeAreTheRomans fucked around with this message at 13:15 on Oct 17, 2017 |
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Oct 17, 2017 12:18
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That is the least worst draw we could get IMHO (by a tiny margin)
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Oct 17, 2017 13:32
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Italy - Sweden ROI - Denmark Croatia - Greece Switzerland - Northern Ireland Glad Sweden don't have Ibra anymore.
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In order to embarrass Gulati and the USMNT as much as possible I'm rooting for the tiniest countries to qualify. Let's go Northern Ireland!
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Oct 17, 2017 14:04
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We're facing Italy? Fucks sake
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Oct 17, 2017 19:36
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There are rumors of big Sam to take over the USMNT and heck, I'm on board.
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Oct 17, 2017 19:42
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Byolante posted:Croatia vs Greece should be tasty If you like watching talented but poorly managed and frustrated side harmlessly besiege a parked bus
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Doctor Malaver posted:If you like watching talented but poorly managed and frustrated side harmlessly besiege a parked bus So you think it's the manager who's the problem? I've been thinking that this Croatia squad are playing way below expectations but havent really look into why.
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Jonathan Fisk posted:lack of a pulisic, op I would think a Modric would be enough.
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Simone Poodoin posted:So you think it's the manager who's the problem? I've been thinking that this Croatia squad are playing way below expectations but havent really look into why. It's a complex issue. Croatian FA is corrupt and criminal and some fans turned on the national team and tried to sabotage it to indirectly attack the FA. The team got close to being thrown out of the Euro 2016 qualifiers over that and had to play many home games with no attendance. This continued in WC qualifiers too. Results started suffering. Then Modric and Lovren were summoned as witnesses to the financial fraud trial of one of the heads of FA, Mamic. He was their manager in their youth and laundered money / evaded taxes with their contracts. To protect his rear end (and probably theirs too), they gave obviously dishonest "I don't remember" statements. That caused an outrage in the general public and even memes where in the first picture a popular singer sings some lyrics about remembering love and in the second picture Modric on the witness stand responds "I don't remember". More fans turn on the team, to the point where it's very common to have people actively rooting against the national team. The manager who is the FA's puppet can't change anything. He can't speak against FA, he has no authority and charisma to lift up the team, and has limited managerial skills anyway. Modric tries to make it up on the pitch and really gives it all. Despite that, poor results continue and the manager gets sacked after the draw with Finland. We now have a new manager who seems to be a stronger character but he too was installed by the FA (whom else). Even if we qualify, black clouds over the team won't lift...
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Doctor Malaver posted:FA is corrupt and criminal and some fans turned on the national team and tried to sabotage it to indirectly attack the FA. Hello Polish national team.
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Doctor Malaver posted:It's a complex issue. Croatian FA is corrupt and criminal and some fans turned on the national team and tried to sabotage it to indirectly attack the FA. The team got close to being thrown out of the Euro 2016 qualifiers over that and had to play many home games with no attendance. This continued in WC qualifiers too. Results started suffering. This is super depressing, I used to love watching the Croatian team in the 90's/2000's. They also have the best national uniforms.
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The Croatian team is stacked, I think they'll be able to handle Greece but if the team really is that psychologically damaged then the tournament performance will probably suffer.
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There's some hope. If the new manager clicks well with the team and we destroy Greece, at least some of the negativity will disperse. In the mean time, a poll on one of the relatively neutral news sites gives only 56% to "Our players need massive support from the stands in the home game" compared to 44% for "No, that would mean support for the FA". And then there's the theory that the players performed so well on Euro 2016 out of spite, precisely because they were sick and tired of all the accusations and bad vibes.
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mackintosh posted:Hello Polish national team. Looks like we are playing against you in November.
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Polidoro posted:Looks like we are playing against you in November. Yeah. Can't wait for this entirely meaningful friendly, which is sure to feature both our preferred starting 11s.
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lol Chile's elimination is the gift that keeps on giving, a couple dudes have been walking from Chile headed to Russia to see their team at the world cup. They're in Peru now and plan to continue anyway https://www.facebook.com/yocaminoalmundial/
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McTominay turned down a Scotland call up. He's seen that England midfield and knows how easy he could walk into it in a couple years
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World Cup Euro Qualifiers FTW: Two countries enter, two countries enter again 3 days later, one country leaves, if by leaving you mean they can play in Russia in 7 months
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croatia already up 2-0 lovely finish by kalinic on the 2nd, shambolic greek defending though
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That 2 - 0 goal was definitely the worst marking I've seen in a while. Not just that he was unmarked, but where he was unmarked and just how big the distance between him and the nearest defender was.
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man it's weird watching croatia without seeing srna
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Talking about shambolic defending, Croatia conceded from a setpiece.
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Don't really watch Greece, guess that's why I missed them turning poo poo at defending I suppose losing the the Faroe Islands or wherever it was could have been a big hint though
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poty posted:Switzerland has played ok but they need to shoot earlier NI haven't got started yet, expecting Lafferty to come off pretty quickly in the 2nd half if things don't improve.
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lmao that Greek defending is almost as bad as their credit rating
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