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Who will win the 2014 FIFA World Cup |
Argentina |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
Brazil |
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25% |
[ 8 ] |
Germany |
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37% |
[ 12 ] |
Italy |
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3% |
[ 1 ] |
the Netherlands |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
Spain |
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9% |
[ 3 ] |
other |
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25% |
[ 8 ] |
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fat_chris
Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 3198 Location: Beijing
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 5:58 am Post subject: |
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Brazil vs. the Netherlands
The Netherlands
Russia, 2018, Comrades.
Warm regards,
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fat_chris
Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 3198 Location: Beijing
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Cool Teacher
Joined: 18 May 2009 Posts: 930 Location: Here, There and Everywhere! :D
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 6:06 am Post subject: |
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I've now voted in the poll and I back Za Churmans
Come on Germanyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!
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Larry Legend
Joined: 12 May 2014 Posts: 172 Location: China
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 6:28 am Post subject: |
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The game itself is obviously flawed when it is sometimes decided by an act that I could potentially get lucky on right now in my street clothes....(penalty kick: Argentina/Netherlands)...and the constant flopping among everybody is beyond embarrassing. |
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Mushkilla
Joined: 17 Apr 2014 Posts: 320 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 8:41 am Post subject: |
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My heart says Argentina, but my head says Germany.!
Like politics, the match will be difficult to predict, and may be there will be unexpected surprises from both sides? |
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Cool Teacher
Joined: 18 May 2009 Posts: 930 Location: Here, There and Everywhere! :D
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 10:07 am Post subject: |
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Larry Legend wrote: |
The game itself is obviously flawed when it is sometimes decided by an act that I could potentially get lucky on right now in my street clothes....(penalty kick: Argentina/Netherlands)...and the constant flopping among everybody is beyond embarrassing. |
Its the best of all the suggested other ideas of finishing the game. Actually I think it might work better if Van Gaal had tried to do what he did lst time. He reaully mucked it up this time I reackong.
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Larry Legend
Joined: 12 May 2014 Posts: 172 Location: China
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 2:14 pm Post subject: |
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I want to like soccer as I just love sports in general (I'm from America) . I really do...but I cannot get past the constant flopping and games decided by penalty kicks...For the record...Tim Howard was on the popular Mike and Mike sports radio show and he said that one of the Mike's (overweight, probably close to 50 years old) would definitely get lucky more than a couple times out of a 100 on a penalty kick. And this is how to the World Cup will eventually be decided? Makes no sense to me.
Penalty kicks are really considered the best way to end a game? Granted , I have no idea what I'm talking about when it comes to soccer...but I know sports and to me...a better outcome would be taking away a couple players from each team/making the field smaller...whatever..something like that...Any semblance of the better team winning.
This is only an idea to appease Americans because obviously, the rest of the world seems to have no problem with it/ tolerates it. |
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Cool Teacher
Joined: 18 May 2009 Posts: 930 Location: Here, There and Everywhere! :D
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Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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Larry Legend wrote: |
I want to like soccer as I just love sports in general (I'm from America) . I really do...but I cannot get past the constant flopping and games decided by penalty kicks...For the record...Tim Howard was on the popular Mike and Mike sports radio show and he said that one of the Mike's (overweight, probably close to 50 years old) would definitely get lucky more than a couple times out of a 100 on a penalty kick. And this is how to the World Cup will eventually be decided? Makes no sense to me.
Penalty kicks are really considered the best way to end a game? Granted , I have no idea what I'm talking about when it comes to soccer...but I know sports and to me...a better outcome would be taking away a couple players from each team/making the field smaller...whatever..something like that...Any semblance of the better team winning.
This is only an idea to appease Americans because obviously, the rest of the world seems to have no problem with it/ tolerates it. |
As winston chruchill said, penalty kciks are the worst way to resolve a drawn game after extra time in the wrodl cup except for all the other alternatives.
Actually I think the two Holland PKs showed that tactics can work in PKs. In the Costa Rica game, Holland had good tactics and in the Argentina game very bad tactics.
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johnslat
Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 13859 Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2014 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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Well, Germany's the World Cup Champ - Deutschland über Alles. But it was closer than I'd thought it'd be: Germany:1 - Argentina: 0
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JoeKing
Joined: 30 Apr 2008 Posts: 519
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Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2014 10:15 pm Post subject: |
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johnslat wrote: |
Well, Germany's the World Cup Champ - Deutschland über Alles. But it was closer than I'd thought it'd be: Germany:1 - Argentina: 0
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John |
In another thread I predicted it would be 1-0 but with Argentina the victors. Anyway, I figured it would be close. |
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fat_chris
Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 3198 Location: Beijing
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2014 1:09 am Post subject: Re: Who will win the 2014 FIFA World Cup? |
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fat_chris wrote: |
I say Germany--they break the hold on South America that South American teams have had and on 13 July 2014 in Rio they win their 4th Cup. |
This. (retroactive to December 2013)
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Shroob
Joined: 02 Aug 2010 Posts: 1339
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2014 6:14 am Post subject: Re: Who will win the 2014 FIFA World Cup? |
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shroob wrote: |
I think Germany will win the 2014 world cup. They'll be in the final against Argentina. It will be close, probably extra time but the Germans will score in the 113th minute. If I had to guess I'd say Gotze. |
From 2008. See, I can do it too!
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Sashadroogie
Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 11061 Location: Moskva, The Workers' Paradise
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2014 6:17 am Post subject: |
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damn_my_eyes
Joined: 13 Jul 2013 Posts: 225
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2014 9:32 am Post subject: |
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scot47 wrote: |
I have made a small investment with Messrs Ladbrokes (bookmaker) that GERMANY will be the outright winner. 5/1 |
What are you going to spend the winnings on? |
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Larry Legend
Joined: 12 May 2014 Posts: 172 Location: China
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2014 12:07 pm Post subject: |
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damn_my_eyes wrote: |
scot47 wrote: |
I have made a small investment with Messrs Ladbrokes (bookmaker) that GERMANY will be the outright winner. 5/1 |
What are you going to spend the winnings on? |
Translation: how much did you win? |
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