Russia World Cup 2018
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- shapesalad-7
From this moment onwards I will refer to football as 'hoofsphere'.
I'll be campaigning with FIFA (should be FIHA) to change the name of the game that uses a sphere and hoofs.
- Would be fair if "egghand", "stickball" and "bouncityhoop" stayed as well.maquito
- Just invent a new game with that name, and no one else will play that either.MrT
- we used to play a game that was a combo of all the hand / foot ballsports. There were no fixed rules as such but any particular move had to be justifiedFax_Benson
- stylistically. I think it was called Simod or Nodder.Fax_Benson
- maquito4
- I'm sure her father approves of her dress sense.shapesalad
- At every game, as usual with world cups, they cut to a hot girl with a flag on her cheek. Every game, every country. Except, England games LOL. #MuntersHayzilla
- apparently shes a porn star, natalia nemchinovadrgs
- lol muntersMrT
- Ramanisky26
lol
- we over pay for insurance for the frequency and complexity of these ads.hotroddy
- You also pay for shitty ads. So I prefere these.Longcopylover
- Advertising, in it entirety, can eat my cock.ideaist
- The first time my son saw this Ad he said 'What, how is he doing that?!'misterhow
- Continuity1
w00t! Iceland just equalised!
- And they're out. :(Continuity
- :(Krassy
- Dream outOBBTKN
- I don't think we'll see the last of them, though. They've been going from strength to strength start with Euro 2016, and I think they're qualify more and moreContinuity
- ... for the big tournaments.Continuity
- Krassy1
wow! Argentina advance!
- this World Cup is really great!Krassy
- It certainly isMrT
- yeah, compared to previous ones this one is really good. don't like the number of penalties and the var stuff.renderedred
- sofakingback3
Argentina doesn't deserve it, lets be real.
- Hayzilla1
Great drama in the Argentina game. WC at its best. Not football wise but entertainment wise.
- renderedred0
Thoughts on VAR?
- for points of objective fact - was it over the line? - it's good. For subjective decisions like was it a foul?, it simply moved the decision from one fallibleFax_Benson
- human to another. The drama that's created has been fun though.Fax_Benson
- too many penalties for my taste. it seems like an attempt to make football a "higher scoring" game.renderedred
- the main problem with it is that the super-slo-mo replays distort the action so as to not really resemble the original incident.Fax_Benson
- and for all the other imponderables like intent, premeditation...VAR is no real improvement on 1 referee on a pitch.Fax_Benson
- I'm torn like everyone TBH. I actually think that each team should get 4 VAR decisions per game. Like Tennis or cricket.Hayzilla
- If a team feels strongly that they were hard done by in a decision they can use one of their appeals. Would stop the constant crowding of the ref too.Hayzilla
- yah, it puts great pressure on defense players.renderedred
- Until VAR can be seen and integrated with the on-field referee more seamlessly I think it's current form breaks up the flow of the game too muchIanbolton
- And I watch football for the beautiful flow and skill of individual players and teamsIanbolton
- love it, also negates corrupt referees to a degree...which in this Russian world cup is a must lol_niko
- I think that's probably a good way to go with it, Hayzillaset
- Agreed, Hayzilla. Once a team uses up their VAR requests, that's it. Then they have to trust the referee.Continuity
- niko, refs don't have anything to do with Russia, they're assigned by FIFA. Currupt/biased refs such as Felix Brych can still choose to ignore VAR altogetherMilan
- I know but there's nothing stopping the Russians from getting to the refs while they're there. Oh and didn't know it was their call to check it or not_niko
- I like Hayzilla’s idea. But it’s an extension of the ref; you like/dislike its decision depending on your loyalties.MrT
- Continuity0
Right. Here's hoping Germany don't fuck the dog. It's against South Fucking Korea, FFS.
- OMG, Özil is fucking useless. He's a piece of furniture.Continuity
- very poor performance by Germany so fard_gitale
- It's awful. There's nothing to suggest here that we're actually watching world champions.Continuity
- sea_sea1
I need Germany and Korea to tie this game please. Kthxbye
- canoe0
pobre Mexico
- CALLES15
Germany could never get into russia
- Hayzilla0
Oooph GERMANY!
- Continuity0
Germany fucked the dog.
- Maaku4
- Son plays for Korea.
Confusing message here ;-)Hayzilla - lol_niko
- lolMaaku
- lolKrassy
- well, I'm over the Moon Seon-MinFax_Benson
- hehed_gitale
- XDriskunlogic
- Son plays for Korea.
- Fax_Benson3
Megalols
- _niko1
To be fair, Germans should have lost the last one to Sweden if not for that last second miracle free kick
- Continuity4
If Löw keeps his job after this, I'd be very surprised.
And frankly, Özil, Werner, Khedira, and Müller should never be called up for the national team again.
- he has to resignd_gitale
- werner has potential and deserves another chance. the others are way over their peakd_gitale
- I reserve special contempt for Özil. He's useless. He could double as a standing lamp in the corner of your living room.Continuity
- The only time he wakes up is when someone knocks off his boot.Continuity
- yes he was awfuld_gitale