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World Cup 2014 Post-Round of 16 Sabbath, Day 1
Argentina brush aside der Schweiz after another boring let down of a display from their trillion pound forward line. Angel Di Maria has the most annoying voice in the world, based on his post-match interview.
Bookies' favourites Belgium beat USA in an extra time thriller with missed chances galore and a career best performance from Tim Howard.
Please rank the remaining teams in order of who you would prefer to win the cup. Go!
Colombia
Costa Rica (lol they are still in the world cup)
Holland/Belgium (equal)
France
Germany
Argentina
Brazil
QUARTERS
Brazil (Jordan_229_2) v Colombia (Royter-Hatfood)
Netherlands (Foley) v Costa Rica (SenorDingDong)
France (harru) v Germany (Severed799)
Argentina (wilykit) v Belgium (imaperv)
Harru
you're going down mate AT HELL IN A CELL
BOLD PREDICTION
whoever wins out of France and Germany will win the whole thing.
also my company is Franco German and we're all watching it together
in the relaxation room. Shit will definitely not be relaxed.
You predict one of the semi-finalists will win the competition?
That IS bold
quarter finalists
IDIOT DICKHEAD
(also the caps indicated that it wasn't that bold a prediction..)
Yeah, the winning quarter-finalists Royter, you dickhead!!
a winner of a quarter final is a semi finalist
Don't help him
I need an irony filter
and also:
Brazil (Matt_was_taken) v Colombia (sharp_yet_blunt)
Netherlands (roastthemonapsit) v Costa Rica (keith)
France (japes) v Germany (Yesiamaduck)
Argentina (h_y_g) v Belgium (midnightpunk)
wth is this
http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/social/4448660#r8130115
not acknowledging this
sorry
fu I hope germany get pumped
whatever mate
At least I'm their OFFICIAL DiS rep
World Cup best*
from Howard
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-28122254
everyone loves him
oh and
Colombia
Germany/France
Brazil
Costa Rica
Belgium
Argentina
Holland
Tim Howard's throat beard is magnificent
even it means he looks like he should be playing bass for System of a Down
.
http://worldsoccertalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/tim-howard-tattoos-face1-600x600.jpg
He looks like Common
incredible shout
Belgium
Costa Rica
Colombia
France
Brazil
Argentina
Germany
Holland
they're all ok though
Costa Rica
Colombia
Brazil
Argentina
Netherlands
France
Germany
Belgium
Colombia (I liked them before they were cool, got them in the work sweep, best goal celebrations)
costa rica (underdog)
brazil (home nation)
france (entertaining)
germany (hard to pick between these and the dutch)
holland (as above)
belgium (boring 'dark horse')
argentina (been shit to watch)
Costa Rica are just a bit too shit to be World Cup winners
Would feel like a bit of a joke if they won the whole thing. Would still be top bants if they knocked out the Dutch though.
all of the teams are a bit shit tbh
in different ways
True
but I always want one of the established power houses to win because I fear change.
^ this.
Gary said on the programme last night that "no one" will win the world cup. he was joking, obviously.
classic Gary
thats why itd be so funny
oh youve got Neymar have you? Messi?
cant even beat costa bloody rica can they! shit bastards.
certainly
Rooney, Balotelli and Cavani anyway
And D
:(
And Samaras
:(
costa rica = giant killers
Germany
Colombia
Argentina (solely for monetary reasons)
Don't really care after that, want WORLD CUP to be the winner
Don't mind who wins now really
No obvious villains left.
My rubbish QF predictions:
France 1 Germany 2
Brazil 3 Colombia 1
Argentina 1 Belgium 1 (Argentina win on penalties)
Netherlands 2 Costa Rica 0
I'd agree with those
although Brazil Colombia will be closer
idk Argentina are fairly villainous
with their somehow ineffective and boring use of a 4-1-5 system.
loved mascherano complaining about being fouled yesterday :D
they really are the most annoying, petulant, cheaty team every single time.
it's a shame messi plays for them. he's probably crap on purpose.
feel sorry for USA. Belgium are crap.
Really like Tim Howard.
Costa Rica (plucky underdogs, lovely place, great bunch of lads)
Belgium (fun to watch, Fellaini's the only disklikable one, manager looks like drunk dad at wedding)
Netherlands (likeable mix of world class players and Ron Vlaars, good fans)
Colombia (been the actual best team so far but a bit cocainey)
France/Germany (good to watch but a bit familiar)
Argentina (so very dull)
Brazil (divey, boring and generally hateful.)
Was reading this interview with Tim Howard on his Tourette's this morning
Impressive stuff: http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/us-soccer-goalie-tim-howard-speaks-about-tourette-syndrome-a-902729.html
http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/social/4450397#r8173343
Everyone saying Costa Rica are the plucky underdogs
(while this obviously true) should remember/realise that economically/politically speaking they are the richest country in the region thanks to unwavering geo-political support for the CIA's 20th Century agenda in Latin America and their role in helping to keep down populist and grassroots movements in neighbouring countries, protecting American interests and playing a key role in keeping poor people poor.
They're basically the bad guys man, and don't forget it.
I think we need ohgood to tell who we're allowed to support.
hmmm
swap them with Colombia on my order of preference
actually swap them back
Also worth bearing in mind that much of Colombia
is governed by people who make a profit in trading cocaine and killing people.
Basically I'm afraid we all have to support the Netherlands
right
cuz Holland have never butchered anyone in their history...
It's a tough call, Norway aren't even in the finals ffs
to busy ploughing their money into their own countries interests.
Garth, I think that was a haiku
stop blaming the governments, maaan.
all the european countries that remain
are also a bunch of shitheads, they're just rich and powerful enough to hide their countless white collar/"victimless" crimes. moral grandstanding is forbidden on the world cup sabbath
true
at least football's world governing body and all the national associations are free from corruption and exploitation so we can just enjoy the pure pure sport.
do you go to kids' birthday parties and pop all the balloons?
only after telling them all how much their parents lie to them about their good looks
he does.
Nah
They have negative annual deforestation and no army. Their wealth is more to do with the amount of bananas and coffee they export, which is *checks wikipedia* loads.
fuck off mate
Don't equate the ruling elites with rest of the country.
Yeah, but sloths.
ok
colombia (20 years on from escobar, joy of the people)
costa rica (why not)
germany (seem nice a nice bunch of lads
argentina (i like a lot of their players most of the time)
belgium (too many chelsea connections)
brazil (really miserable team)
holland (diving for a last minute penalty is bad)
france (only won because matuidi broke onazi's leg)
This:
Holland>>>>>>>>>>Colombia>Belgium>France>Brazil>Argentina>Costa Rica>>>>>>>>>>Germany
Hang on, I thought you were German?!
you dont want Holland to win all that much more than Colombia huh
It's so obvious that Germany are going to win it, guys.
Nah
The stage is perfectly set for them to royally shit themselves in the semi-final again.
sadly this^
No way
Italy are out
haha good point
really hope so
can't wait to sponge the joy at their victory parties
Is the reason there are so many goals and such attacking teams,
that the overall standard of players is...a bit shit? Lost count of how many Everton players were playing in the USA game last night. MOTM in the Switzerland game was someone who was too shit to play for West Ham. I seem to remember seeing Gary Medel in the team of the tournament. Who is Portugals second best player? Nani?
Can't wait for some of the these shit-houses to get big money moves to Juve, Monaco and Spurs until everyone discovers they are useless.
I am enjoying it all, obviously.
I think it's mostly that
most of the teams in the tournament have forgotten how to defend. Much more enjoyable, probably not for Alan Hansen though.
Are you saying Gary Medel knew how to defend in the first place?
nah but
Neymar, Big Jim Rod, Muller, Robben (diving/worstcuntness aside) have all been top
I think it’s partly that club sides now are drilled relentlessly week-in week-out to play to a certain system. That’s not possible to replicate at international level due to limited time with the players, so factors like team spirit or one or two form players become a lot more important.
Less formulaic teams also tend towards more attacking football I think. Basically, it’s all Mourinho’s fault.
^ I AGREE WITH THIS A LOT
forget about the tactics, think of the players.
what I'm saying is, the defenders are generally a bit shitter than, say, the chaaaaaampioooons league. Makes it easier for Alexis Sanchez to look good.
You've been brainwashed to think Oilball is normaility meths
Countries can't use their wealth to stockpile the best players. As soon as Qatar are allowed to buy in Kompany and Godin, they'll have the best defence in the world.
America can.
they just can't be bothered to yet.
Qatar are busily shipping in talented younglings from all over the globe
who will all take Qatari citizenship and come of age for 2022. They all live in vats in a special facility
They've been doing it with Kenyan runners for about 20 years now
Especially the vats.
is that true?
impressively (slightly) evil
Pretty much
Turns out they have tried it with footballers too: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/jan/31/sport.jeevanvasagar
zere are a number of factors
i think there's loads of players that don't give the slightest fuck about their club football once they leave their home country and they'll subsequently just do enough to earn a living at that level.
also a lot of players only look good because they're playing in a system that suits them. when you play international football you have to be adaptable and it's difficult for a lot of players to cope with the changes. similar to how plenty of players who look good in england have looked shite in italy despite the standard being much lower overall because they need to fit in with rigid tactical systems and aren't up to it or whatever
I remember reading once
that Xavi Alonso when he first came to Liverpool just couldn't handle the fact that he was supposed to know how to tackle because in Spain it was considered a total last resort and he therefore had no idea how to do it.
That tackling quote was going round a lot when Spain were great
Came back to haunt him after his ignominious display of hapless flailing against Chile though.
yep
international coaches are like 'no time to learn this tiki taka stuff, but we can give high pressing a go', so everyone has 4+ forwards and a three-man leaky defence
Fairly gutted about USA going out,
but I didn't have the same enthusiasm for them as 4 years ago (despite them being a better, more entertaining and spirited team this time) - either way I'd have been supporting Argentina in the next round. That last half hour might've been the best of the tournament so far
Found all the second rounds offered at least something. And so many of them offered the same pattern of better team on paper (/group winners) doing the job but not at all looking convincing in doing so (Brazil, France, Germany, Belgium, Argentina, Holland) - which is kinda good cos you wanna see the best/biggest teams still in it, but also it's just so ridiculously open.
Can't remember the last quarters where you could make a decent case for 7 of the last 8 going on to win the thing
Order of preference:
Argentina > Colombia > Brazil > Belgium > Germany > Costa Rica > France > Holland
Have you actually enjoyed any of the Argentina matches?
Nigeria game was pretty swish
Nigeria - Argentina was really great.
Really enjoyed Messi's last minute goal against Iran as a moment, and the second half against Bosnia.
It's a Spain style situation where I attribute at least some of the boringness to how deep the opponents tend to defend (especially when Argentina are potentially vulnerable at the back and sh/could be attacked), but obviously Argentina haven't clicked well so far.
It just seems like unless Colombia go on to do something remarkable, or someone really steps it up a gear for the next 3 matches, we're not gonna be seeing a memorable once-in-a-generation team like Spain, but rather whoever's been least crap. And over that I'd much rather witness a historic Maradona-esque, one man winning on his own, type thing with the greatest player anyone under 35 will likely ever see.
Winning £750 on Argentina / Messi top scorer is a factor too
Could have just put that last line
Aaron Ramsey's not even playing in it mate
sub thread: how far down the league table do you think youd go befor
you hit the team that probably wouldnt win the world cup..?
eg.. Its safe to say that man city, chelsea, real, barca, bayern etc would probably win..
Could Arsenal.. spurs?
DiScuss
Pulis' Crystal Palace would walk it
Jason Puncheon on penalty duty?
Don't think so
Would be a thing of beauty if he did the arsewipe celebration after dispatching Brazil
good sub thread.
I'm going for Juve, Monaco and Spurs.
Reckon a well drilled Championship side could take it
So anyone above Charlton.
Everton, Bilbao, everyone below Juventus and Napoli, Leverkusen, Monaco
No other league Champions would win it.
not fancy PSG?
or porto? (I dont follow south america football.. are boca juniors still good?)
PSG play in the same league as Monaco you big stupid
And no, I don't fancy Porto.
IDIOT DICKHEAD
no fucking way could spurs beat:
germany - bascially bayern munich -robben
brazil - basically 1/3 psg, city and chelsea
france - arsenal
italy - juve
colombia - dunno, sevilla?
uruguay - twats
ghana - ghana
belguim - PL 2nd xi
argentina - messi
probably some more i've forgotten
Moral victors / Peoples Champions
Algeria.
colombia all the way
them goal celebrations
Chile
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_spot/2014/06/13/chilean_miners_world_cup_commercial_this_amazing_banco_de_chile_ad_will.html
Colombia
Costa Rica
Germany
France
Argentina
Brazil
Holland
Belgium
Tim Howard
http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/world_cup/194026/tim-howards-high-school-yearbook-quote-is-suitably-awesome-photo.html
looks like a right Norbert
UPTOWN TOP RANKING
France - because the afterparty will be incroyable.
Colombia - because the bar across the road from my work is Colombian HQ and I'm pretty sure if they win then I'll get a kiss from a Colombian girl if I go there.
Costa Rica - Plucky underdog
Belgium - Likeable but not very entertaining
Argentina - dead boring.
Germany - are dicks (apart from Philipp Lahm)
Brazil - are dicks (apart from David Luiz)
Holland - are dicks and wear orange
.
"France - because the afterparty will be incroyable.
Colombia - because the bar across the road from my work is Colombian HQ and I'm pretty sure if they win then I'll get a kiss from a Colombian girl if I go there. "
So LBC
They call me the postman, 'cause I deliver
realised i don't want to live in a world where david luiz
has won pretty much everything there is to win by the age of about 27.
did he win the pl?
Don't think so
But he won the league in Portugal and will be part of the 9 month PSG procession to the title next year.
Colombia (goals, character, talent, social cleansing, the works)
France (Pogba and Valbuena)
The Rest
Wish Greece was still in it trolling everyone up
Today's World Cup transfer rumours
Mario Balotelli (Italy/AC Milan) to Liverpool
Alexis Sanchez (Chile/Barcelona) to Atletico Madrid
Wilfried Bony (Ivory Coast/Swansea) to Spurs
Michel Vorm (Holland/Swansea) to Spurs
Morgan Schneiderlin (France/Southampton) to Spurs
Dejan Lovren (Croatia/Southampton) to Arsenal
Luiz Gustavo (Brazil/Wolfsburg) to Real Madrid
Paulinho (Brazil/Spurs) to Chelsea
Andres Iniesta (Spain/Barcelona) to Man Utd
Eliaquim Mangala (France/Porto) to Man City
Yedlin?
DeAndre Yedlin (USA/Seattle Sounders) to Spurs
I MADE THE YEDLIN JOKE LAST NIGHT FUCKERS
:'D
Just pictured Fred lifting the World Cup
at the after party
http://www2.pictures.zimbio.com/pc/Bradley+Cooper+Amy+Adams+seen+filming+there+cTzcmEwnwIMl.jpg
False promise of Amy Adams in that URL
that's done me
that alex song elbow smash looks well dodgy
it did seem bizarre at the time:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28114493
haha
someone in my office sweepstake got a prize for Cameroon being the 'worst team'. Might take it off him.
two days until moar world cup and now andy murray's fucked the tennis
fuck sake
Can't trust Scots not to fuck up at sports constantly though tbf tbh
mmm
bants
***WORLD CUP INTERLUDE***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EraUPC2Oqt0&t=0m20s
this bit is wonderful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EraUPC2Oqt0#t=216
Ladies and gentleman, your 2014 World champions!
https://twitter.com/Podolski10/status/484355604484349953
great hashtagging
#team #friends
#pants #mates
#training
I'm always doing a search for #training
to see what everyone's talking about re training all over the world
Podolski's so great
Hope he moves to a club where he gets to win more stuff.
like Liverpool?
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/05/18/article-2632074-1DF8AD1700000578-756_634x556.jpg
He could have won that many trophies at Wigan in the same period.
#boom #sshhh
Enjoy finishing above Southampton next season.
What's everyone else up to tonight?
Cos i haven't got a fucking clue
Normally I'd just smoke and drink myself to death
but that's off teh menu jhustnow, so I'm going to do as follows:
5.30- home to put on a washing and change into fit gear
6- quick warm up run
6.30- Bums Legs and Tums class
7.00- PURE fat burn ultimate weight training class
7.30- Ashtanga yoga
8.45- tesco for weekly shopping
9.30- sort out laundry and cook supper and make up lunches
10.00- eat supper and consider half a zopiclone
11- bed
Tomorrow I am out with friends who are visiting from london from 5pm which is brilliantly timed and we will just go for a long dinner somehwere and maybe a band.
I THINK THE KEY IS PLANNING. (Actually i'm not minding a couple of nights off to get teh excitement back for friday.)
plan B
is massive wankfest and use up my soon to expire Papa Johns vouchers.
Totting up my Panini swaps in Excel
and quietly sobbing in the corner
Netherlands - I live here/the support has been great/they never win anything.
Columbia - Most entertaining team.
Costa Rica - Underdogs. Assume they'd have to play out of their skin to win it.
Argentina - Messi winning a World Cup is a thing that should happen.
Brazil - Already have enough World Cups. Also, far enough ahead that we'll never catch them. Hosts.
Germany - Also have a few. Not hosts.
Belgium - Far less than the sum of their parts.
France - Dunno, really. This would just make me angry for some reason.
Just realised Kompany and Zabaleta are going to be on opposing sides :(