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I feel as though I've been watching this all day .
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The giant fucking turd that won't flush.
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Countdown to random Greek jobber bundling in worst goal of the tournament
I blame you. You. Forever.
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We're even tighter with money than Greece ffs.
I think you'll find Greece went f***ing mental with theirs.
Now being bailed out by the Chinese now.
The EU bailout should've been contingent on Greece not entering international football competitions. That would be a fair use of tax money.
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Boooo. At least Iran Nigeria had Shola. Greece are the Pardew of countries.
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Come on Costa Rica. Early goal to get this going please.
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Van Nistelrooy defending Robben. Of course.
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Horrible.
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Gutted for them. But still. More football!
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When Alexi Lalas is given as much time and credit as he is, you know things are still a bit f***ed. Thank god someone at ESPN had the wherewithal to get Martinez and Van Nistelrooy.
And no one on Sportscenter, Sports Reporters, PTI, or any of the other shows has a clue.
Just wait until Eric Wynalda, Joe Buck and FOX take over for the 2016 Copa America and 2018 World Cup .
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Blame your marketing, your ambassadors, your hotel accommodations or your old hooligans from old days and other negative steriotypes. Blame your tourism authority. Blame David f***ing Beckham. Don't just use the creation of association football as the reason. Like I said - list the stadiums, commute time, atmosphere and then maybe just post videos of Euro 96 and call it a day.
There's really nothing wrong with accommodations, there's nothing wrong with the marketing or David f***ing Beckham's involvement in the last bid attempt, there haven't been inordinate hooligan problems in over a decade (they hosted a European Championship in Ukraine/Poland in 2012 for f***'s sake) and the negative stereotypes of English football have more or less dissipated in the Premier League/Sky era.
I agree that it has nothing to do with inventing football. It has to do with common sense about where in the world might host a pretty good football tournament. Like the London Olympics, England (or a joint UK bid for that matter) would probably host a friendly, enthusiastic, cost effective, well organized World Cup with a great atmosphere for supporters. It is well overdue another one, seeing as Germany, Italy, France, Spain etc. have all hosted at least once since (plus additional European Championships) and we're seriously entertaining another US bid in the relatively near future.
As Disco says, FIFA won't do it because they won't make enough money. Because their corrupt organizing committee hate the FA and English football in general (see Jack Warner), and because FIFA's own practices (FIFA courts, sponsor focused bullshit, profit) will face more difficult public scrutiny from an active press about the way they operate.
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Colombia just isn't fair.
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Brits criticizing penalties.
Belgium USA is going to penalties now.
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I'd be nipping off for a nervous s*** right now.
Paula Radcliffe it. Psych out the keeper.
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When your goalkeeper is crying before the shoot out begins, it's not a great sign.
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There's no need for it. They've been the better side.
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Pressure is huge on Brazil but you still expect much better than what we're seeing here. Imagine them in a penalty shoot out, I think they'll crumble.
Can't imagine that pressure. If they're winning this, it's in the next 15 minutes.
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Hulk. lol.
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Less exposure for Sports Direct. That's a pretty good reason, imo.
I suppose, but that would take a prolonged period in the Champ or lower to really take effect. More likely he would just spend a little to get us back up.
I don't think Ashley is going anywhere until he gets an offer that he considers a substantial profit on the initial purchase price plus these "interest-free" loans in the club. Relegation would diminish the value of the club to prospective buyers and make it less likely that Ashley would sell. Premier League football hasn't been enjoyable for a while, but relegation would do nothing to make it more likely that he leaves. Until he gets this over-the-odds offer, the club is a marketing platform for a sportswear retailer.
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An all eastern US and Eastern Canada final would be fine by me. I was thinking by co-hosting, Canada would actually qualify (hell it may even help their development for the game). The US is too big as it is for the travel/cost for average fans and adding a massive country like Canada only makes this worse. So why not regionalize it? I would prefer the West Coast or Cascadia because yeah I believe the crowds and the weather are better.
Since the previous two are being held in Brazil and Russia then I imagine stupidly long distances between host cities won't be a problem.
Also, I've just learned that Fox have US broadcast rights to the World Cup in Russia, not ABC/ESPN. Christ.
2014 FIFA World Cup Brasil™ - Europe vs. America
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And they put Greece Costa Rica on the weekend.