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12 minutes ago, DanTheHorn said:

If two teams are tied they should be flown to a field mid-way between their games for a penalty shoot out.

Or a friendly match of dodgeball within the center circle. 

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Oh well.  Senegal wasn't exactly in a hurry to score before Japan scored either.  I hate the stalling tactics as well, but I'm not sure what Japan is supposed to do about it.  If their coach urged them to press and they gave up a goal, he'd be hung in the middle of Tokyo.

Posted
1 hour ago, LonghornSean said:

Well, at least gives some kind of incentive for England or Belgium to try to win their group to face Japan instead of Colombia. But the second round and overall prestige on that side of the bracket still appears to be much easier.

 

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Posted
1 hour ago, Cameltoe said:

Senegal couldn't catch a break from the referees today, and the crowd in the stadium seemed about 80% Colombian yellow. Looked like freakin Bogota out there.


So CONMEBOL has established that they travel well, especially against African countries.

Argentina, Brazil, and Columbia all filled their stadiums for game 3.

Uruguay doesn't have enough people to travel well and I don't think you have the numbers with $$$$ for Peru to emulate ABC.

Posted
30 minutes ago, Cameltoe said:

Both teams will try to win. Belgium will do a better job of it.

Belgium will rest anyone who needs a rest. They are smarter because they don't have the English press hounding every decision. 

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lol,  fucking Fox, so predictable.   Is there a team that speaks Spanish playing? 

Answer Yes. 

 

PUT IN THE FAKE ANDRES CANTOR!!!!!!!!!!

 

will make damn sure the FS1 channel is muted

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Everyone who is carrying a nick or on a yellow should sit. 

Otherwise, you play to win the game.  You don't play just to play it.  Turning off in the middle of a short tournament right before the knockout rounds seems like a dangerous thing - especially a team as mentally fragile as England.

That being said all defenders will have it beaten into their heads to avoid professional fouls.

Posted (edited)
9 minutes ago, Cameltoe said:

Uh, where is Mertens, Lukaku, and Eden in this lineup??

Lukaku was going to rest anyway, since he got banged up a little against Tunisia. It helps that the match is largely meaningless.

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Posted
1 hour ago, Firemans4Horn said:

Why wouldn’t the tiebreaker based on some kind of attacking statistic (shots on goal, shots attempted, corner kicks, passes in opponents half etc)? Way better than yellow cards or drawing lots. 

Penetrations?

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Was there drama about the Loftus-Cheek and Alexander-Arnold selections? I know they're the future, but they doesn't have THAT much experience.

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Posted
17 minutes ago, TexArcher said:

I'd really like to see these teams in a match they care about.

It would have been great if this game was in game 1 or 2 of the group stage. 

Posted (edited)

I’m watching this at an all inclusive in Mexico.  It is full of English fans who want them to win.  They don’t seem to care about the future, although both teams seems to be only concerned with it.  I’m going back to the pool bar at halftime.

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Posted (edited)
2 hours ago, Cheeseweasel said:

"Those things are hard to manipulate."

-FIFA

Would never happen but I think fewest number of times your goalkeeper touched the ball (other than goal kicks) would be a great tiebreaker. It would also cut down on the number of times teams play the ball all the way backward to the keeper.

Although now that I think about it, that would just create a comical battle of long balls into the box at the end of matches.

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13 minutes ago, IPoopOnWhoop said:

I’m watching this at an all inclusive in Mexico.  It is full of English fans who want them to win.  They don’t seem to care about the future, although both teams seems to be only concerned with it.  I’m going back to the pool bar at halftime.

Look forward to your contributions to the "hot or not" thread

Posted
32 minutes ago, SimonBolivar said:

Was there drama about the Loftus-Cheek and Alexander-Arnold selections? I know they're the future, but they doesn't have THAT much experience.

well, they were both selected over england's best midfielder, so, yeah. drama.

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