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Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



Who could have possibly foreseen this

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Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



Aren't they playing it in the "winter", where the average high is only mid 70s F?

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005




And it's scheduled for late November. Max temp in late last November was 30c/86f.

It's hot but it's not going to be anything beyond what's currently played.

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005




Spicy stuff from Lineker, maybe he can get a chip flavor

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



Itt a bunch of guys who are too young to really care about Joao

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



Nostradingus posted:

Yeah the group matches are so boring when 3 of the 4 advance to the second round anyway. I'd be down for a 64 team knockout world cup though

Would you seed it or just a free for all?

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



To make it an even number FIFA can just make one corporate sponsored team, just imagine some spicy fixtures featuring Samoa v Coca Cola International

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



qsvui posted:

Why stop at one corporate team?

What a great suggestion let's round up the trams to a nice number, say, 256

2 team group stages, 4 matches
Winner goes to the 128 winners group stage
Loser goes to the 128 losers group stage, where the winner of that stage goes on to play the loser of the 128 winners 2nd team group stage, in the third group stage

Just imagine!

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



vyelkin posted:

256 teams

no group stages

straight knockout format

no seeding

No you see we need the group stages because

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



Big winner? They either won't qualify or will go bottom of the group

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



Alexeythegreat posted:

Back when there was a team from Vladivostok in the Russian PL, I always wanted them to qualify for UEFA competitions and get drawn with a team from Portugal or Spain, just for shits and grins. And whines.

Even the trips to Moscow were 10 hours IIRC. Imagine the furor.

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



Holy poo poo Vladivostok have an away tie in the 2nd division against a side in Kaliningrad. It's 10k km.

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



porkface posted:

Keep wondering. They might make a match, but those aren't gladiators.

What does this even mean

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



Russia will crack down on crime and the World Cup there will be a succès imo

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



Pook Good Mook posted:

Crime is but one of the dozens of reasons why the Russian world cup will be horrible for spectators.

No you see Russia will be great

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



Kurtofan posted:

they don't get points too, it's only friendlies

it won't impact it until someone's best player gets injured playing in some meaningless friendly

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



They'll try to avoid the bad press and go to a more traditional football nation. It'll still be massively corrupt though.

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



Gigi Galli posted:

Doubtful. Azerbaijan 2026.

It'll be the first 48 (lol) team World Cup so it'll have to be somewhere with significant infrastructure, especially with the delay on finalizing the host

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



I also believe that UEFA and AFC are both off the table from hosting in Russia and Qatar

Montserrat 2026

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



B.B. Rodriguez posted:

Uh, you know US/Mexico/Canada already has a joint bid in that is almost 100% approved already?

Thanks for the Wikipedia update

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



EAT FASTER!!!!!! posted:

Essentially the Spanish government just decides they want more money and so they go after these players for "tax evasion" because it's easy to swallow that millionaires are cheating on their taxes and hard to swallow that the Spanish government are a bunch of crooked thugs.

Lot of uses of the word “swallow” in this post, from forums poster “EAT FASTER!!!!!!”

🤔

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



Gigi Galli posted:

They just lost to Lichtenstein.

Liechtenstein 🇱🇮 is cool. The book where a guy follows the football team around is pretty good.

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



joshtothemaxx posted:

What book is that? I got blackout drunk in Vaduz once and it was a lovely fun time, so I have a soft spot for that tax haven.

Stamping Grounds by Charlie Connelly

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005




I definitely trust Russian immigration control to let you by with a couple eight balls

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



MoPZiG posted:

oh man i missed this forum.

Welcome back to these dead and gay forums

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



blue footed boobie posted:

I was told there would be mechanical clouds.

It’ll just be a bunch of migrant workers strung together to block the sun

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



Pook Good Mook posted:

That's in four years.

4 years and 7 months because it’s in the winter.

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



Manc Hill posted:

caffeine doesn't provide energy you retarded bogan

It pumps blood faster hth

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



USA will host 2022 anyway

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



Jose posted:

Chinese league teams have recently been hunting down players who have Chinese family as far back as great grandparents to naturalise to get around the foreign player limit within the league

Yeah this is how Nico Yennaris is now a Chinese citizen

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



CyberPingu posted:

Is that some back alley hand-job joint?

Shake Shack is the in and out burger of the east

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



That Works posted:

Two places that are only moderately better than a Wendys but cost 2-5x more.

I don’t even understand this post. In and out double double is 3.45?

You’re saying Wendy’s has a double cheeseburger for less than $1.75? Poverty beef

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



CyberPingu posted:

Dont have Wendys here either.


Where is it in relation to something like 5 guys (and no, i dont know what any of their names are)?

Both in an out and shake shack are right around 5 guys level, one notch up in this posters opinion

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



silvergoose posted:

Wendys double stack is 2 bucks.

So is this proof that your 2-5x was incorrect?

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



Imagine claim Wendy’s as better than in and out or shake shack

Just imagine

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



I will agree whataburger supremacy

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



silvergoose posted:

Good reading comprehension.

$2 is less than $1.75 folks

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



https://twitter.com/TSF/status/1105436638291902464?s=20

Seems like a legitimate place to hold a World Cup

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



Breaking: The USA will now hold all World Cups and the final will always be held at the Rose Bowl

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Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



Can’t wait for Jamal Lascelles to hold up a small plaque declaring Newcastle the winners of the Europa Conference League

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