themanupstairs Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 http://s2.glbimg.com/jyeM-YdaCehgh2SsGOc1hOcnDro=/0x0:1999x1260/690x435/s.glbimg.com/es/ge/f/original/2014/06/12/jhendelynnunes_chile_cuiaba1_amandakestelman.jpg Howay then. Off to the Lush Lasses of football thread. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 http://s2.glbimg.com/jyeM-YdaCehgh2SsGOc1hOcnDro=/0x0:1999x1260/690x435/s.glbimg.com/es/ge/f/original/2014/06/12/jhendelynnunes_chile_cuiaba1_amandakestelman.jpg Top ones nice, the bottom one looks like a comic relief poster. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themanupstairs Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Seems that Chicharito isn't starting for Mexico Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 It'll be that Peralta chap. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 They all sound like food. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Seems that Chicharito isn't starting for Mexico No surprise really. He's been off his game for a while and Herrera has adapted the team to play better without him. It'll probably be Peralta as a lone striker with Gio dos Santos given relatively free reign behind him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Pinkman Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Pretty sure he was dropped for the back end of the qualifiers as well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 he's no Cuauhtémoc Blanco Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Carlos Fierro Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Threat of lightning at the Mexico game Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 http://i.imgur.com/fnnR0RE.gif Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themanupstairs Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Mark Halsey, Andy Gray, Kevin Keegan, Michel Salgado, Andy Cole ...all indirectly discussing the possibility of "Brazil needing to win", after Keys had asked them if they thought the refs from last night "were given a wink that Brazil needed to win". They must also all be deluded to question the integrity of FIFA organized tournaments. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Teams Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 No Aboubakar Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trumpet Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Not sure if posted before, but christ :dowiespin . 'Murica strikes again http://time.com/2864483/world-cup-2014-soccer-brazil-america/ The "Beautiful Game" can expand its reach beyond fringe support in the United States — but it'll need to change the rules first As the FIFA World Cup begins in Brazil, pundits are already dusting off their explanations on why Americans don’t care for soccer. But only the most daring will offer proposals to change the game to make it more appealing to the American public. First, the problem. Far and away the most common reason cited for the sport’s unpopularity in the United States is that you can spend 90 minutes watching and never see a goal. “Americans love to see scoring,” says Stephen Clark, a news anchor at WXYZ news in Detroit, who wrote a post on the subject ahead of the last World Cup in South Africa. “In soccer it’s too usual to see a game end at 1-0.” Football — the one with the helmets and pads — may not always have a lot of scoring, but at least each touchdown delivers six points and an opportunity for a couple more. And then, between them, there’s the relentless to-and-fro across the field. “It’s almost military,” says Clark. “We like to march down the field and get rewarded for every victory. You’re rewarded every ten yards. It’s like conquering territory.” Compare that to soccer, where it’s not unusual to see a team reset the play by kicking the ball back towards their own goal. The play never stops, but nobody gains lasting advantage. “When do you go the bathroom?” says Clark. “When do you get a beer?” More crucially, he points out: When does the broadcaster get a commercial break? The problem isn’t just infrequent scoring, says Michael Mandelbaum, director of the American Foreign Policy program at John Hopkins University and author of The Meaning of Sports: Why Americans Watch Baseball, Football, and Basketball and What They See If They Do. It’s the frequency with which games end in a “draw” — or a tie, in American parlance. Ties are impossible in baseball and basketball, he points out, and “as rare as eclipses” in American football. And when they do happen they aren’t settled by something as capricious and peripheral to the game as penalty kick shoot-outs. “This seems absurd to Americans, like deciding the Super Bowl through a field goal kicking contest,” he says. Mandelbaum also offers a proposal to make the game more popular in the United States. He’d alter the rules to favor the offense, eliminating the offside rule, which forbids players from passing to teammates standing behind enemy lines. Alternatively, he’d use the number of corner kicks awarded to each team as a way to break ties, a method that would reward aggressive play. “For this to happen in the US, however, the rest of the world would have to do the same, which it won’t,” he says. The close-mindedness of the sport’s establishment shouldn’t stand in the way of a good idea. And so, in that spirit, here’s a modest proposal: soccer should take its cue from boxing and install three field-side judges to secretly score every 15-minute interval. Goals would be like knock-outs. Points would only come into play in the case of a tie. The scorecards would put greater importance on each moment of the game (Sorry Clark, still no bathroom breaks). Teams would be motivated to play spectacularly or risk losing on points. Squads that felt they had slipped behind would be doubly pressed to get that last minute goal. Best of all, the change would bring an entirely new aspect to the game, one not unfamiliar to fans of boxing (or for that matter figure stating): judges. After all, it’s one thing to argue about a referee’s call on a set of objective, verifiable rules. Think of all the fun that can be had arguing about the secret decisions of the judges. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 It is being defined as "satire" by the looks of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Although I missed the point when we decided satire didn't have to be remotely funny. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 bah Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jtm_92 Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 The number of corner kicks to decide who wins if the scores are level, :lol: ridiculous statement to say the least. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smith1__ Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 @McLoven is liar or live in his own imaginare world. Now 99,9 % Croatians support national team because Kovac is apointed as a manager. We have problems with ex manager Stimac who choose every time bad Dinamo Zagreb players and we lost twice against Scotland recently, but he is sacked and Kovac now sending call-ups only to players who deserve it. Only Brozovic is Dinamo player in the current team, Schalke will buy him i think. We still have problems in national league only. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 The chip in the window behind Cannavaro Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEEJ Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 I thought Marquez retired ages ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 The chip in the window behind Cannavaro Should have brought Gavin from Autoglass Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Where's Vela? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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