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World Cup 2018

Postby Lianachan » Thu Jun 07, 2018 12:08 pm

This tournament is almost upon us, starting a week today. Not many of the national teams of our esteemed board members will be participating, but the absence of Scotland is something Heid and I will be well used to by now (and it doesn't dampen my enthusiasm for the competition).

I will instead be supporting:

Iceland - closest cultural match for me from the participating countries, tiny nation and total underdogs.
Brazil - went to see them in the 1998 world cup, and have always liked them.
Germany - solidarity, brother. Also, England hate them.
Argentina - England hate them.
Anybody who plays against England.

Other fixtures will provide a team to root for on a game by game basis through a complicated framework of irrational reasons in a process which all sports fans will be familiar with.
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Re: World Cup 2018

Postby Heid the Ba » Thu Jun 07, 2018 1:56 pm

Sounds fine to me, apart from Brazil. The media love them too much and talk about Samba Fitba’ even when the Brazilians are cynically kicking people and diving.
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Re: World Cup 2018

Postby Arneb » Thu Jun 07, 2018 2:00 pm

Totally with you, although, of course, everything is toatally 'Schland for me. I see a possible Germany-England matchup in the quarterfinals, so we'll probably have some fun together I'd stop hating them if they did, but, alas... This year, there will be goal-line technology, so no 1966, and no 2010, either.

I'll absolutely love Iceland until we meet them. Else, Spain, Brazil, Argentina, France - I see them relatively unemotionally. It's all the same stew of perfect ball control, tactical discipline, high pressing, physical prowess,fast running , well-hidden fouls and theatrical diving (they all play in the CL, don't they) anyway, so they are the teams to beat, period.

No mercy on the DDD though. Of course.
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Re: World Cup 2018

Postby Мастер » Thu Jun 07, 2018 2:06 pm

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Re: World Cup 2018

Postby Lianachan » Thu Jun 07, 2018 2:57 pm

Heid the Ba wrote:Sounds fine to me, apart from Brazil. The media love them too much and talk about Samba Fitba’ even when the Brazilians are cynically kicking people and diving.


I've removed Spain from my list of teams to automatically support, due to their activities relating to Catalonia. Yup, I get what you're saying about Brazil but I've liked them since I was a wee laddie. Back when they were good!
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Re: World Cup 2018

Postby Lianachan » Thu Jun 07, 2018 3:05 pm

Arneb wrote:No mercy on the DDD though. Of course.


Of course, you realise that if they end up playing against England then I'm afraid it's pizza for me.

ETA - I thought DDD was a reference to Italy. No, I don't know why either. So, substitute "pizza" above for.... for.... I dunno. Glasses of port I suppose.
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Re: World Cup 2018

Postby Halcyon Dayz, FCD » Thu Jun 07, 2018 4:52 pm

Lianachan wrote:I've removed Spain from my list of teams to automatically support, due to their activities relating to Catalonia.

They just got a new government, though.
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Re: World Cup 2018

Postby MM_Dandy » Fri Jun 08, 2018 2:43 pm

I'll be rooting for Germany, Mexico, and against any team favored by my wife due to the aesthetic qualities of their jerseys.
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Re: World Cup 2018

Postby Heid the Ba » Tue Jun 12, 2018 10:13 am

I have Tunisia and Nigeria in the office sweepstake. Which is better than I usually get.
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Re: World Cup 2018

Postby Lianachan » Tue Jun 12, 2018 12:18 pm

We don't have a sweepstake here, but a group of us are doing a score prediction compo.
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Re: World Cup 2018

Postby Heid the Ba » Tue Jun 12, 2018 2:59 pm

My luck with these things is such that I'll probably just keep Nigeria and Tunisia for the Grand National as well.
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Re: World Cup 2018

Postby Lianachan » Tue Jun 12, 2018 3:55 pm

Yeah, how no.
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Re: World Cup 2018

Postby Мастер » Thu Jun 14, 2018 10:27 am

Anyone up for watching Russia v Saudi Arabia in Xin Tian Di tonight?
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Re: World Cup 2018

Postby Lianachan » Thu Jun 14, 2018 11:53 am

I'm not sure I could get there in time.
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Re: World Cup 2018

Postby Heid the Ba » Thu Jun 14, 2018 3:28 pm

Normally these games don't matter much but in this case the winner gets to set US foreign policy for the next year.
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Re: World Cup 2018

Postby Lianachan » Thu Jun 14, 2018 3:30 pm

Heid the Ba wrote:Normally these games don't matter much but in this case the winner gets to set US foreign policy for the next year.


Oh, very good!
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Re: World Cup 2018

Postby Heid the Ba » Thu Jun 14, 2018 3:44 pm

Thanks, I stole it from somewhere else!
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Re: World Cup 2018

Postby Lianachan » Thu Jun 14, 2018 4:06 pm

A good joke's a good joke - thanks for sharing!
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Re: World Cup 2018

Postby Arneb » Thu Jun 14, 2018 5:47 pm

Russia 5 - 0 Saudi Arabia

So uncle Volodya it is. Don't worry, he'll do the job fine. He managed Donalds campaign, so he is well-versed in these things.
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Re: World Cup 2018

Postby Мастер » Thu Jun 14, 2018 6:08 pm

Arneb wrote:Russia 5 - 0 Saudi Arabia


Yes, and my bill for the evening was 5-0-0.

Arneb wrote:So uncle Volodya it is.


Your uncle was in the audience, but he wasn't playing.
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Re: World Cup 2018

Postby Arneb » Thu Jun 14, 2018 8:16 pm

Мастер wrote:
Arneb wrote:So uncle Volodya it is.


Your uncle was in the audience, but he wasn't playing.

I meant he'll be the one to set US foreign policy for the next year (see Heid's post)
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Re: World Cup 2018

Postby Lance » Thu Jun 14, 2018 9:25 pm

Is this that "sports ball" stuff you boys like to play again?
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Re: World Cup 2018

Postby Lianachan » Fri Jun 15, 2018 8:45 am

Yup, human fussball it is.
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Re: World Cup 2018

Postby Мастер » Fri Jun 15, 2018 10:28 am

It’s the football played with the feet, or the football played with the hands.
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Re: World Cup 2018

Postby Lianachan » Fri Jun 15, 2018 1:40 pm

Egypt v Uruguay currently still a 0-0 snore-fest. Luis Suarez lacking bite up front today.
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