2018 World Cup
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2018 World Cup
It has begun.
Tough to pick between Germany and Brazil, with Germany the favorite after winning the last Cup. Spain still might surprise after their coaching change. Belgium as the sleeper.
Tough to pick between Germany and Brazil, with Germany the favorite after winning the last Cup. Spain still might surprise after their coaching change. Belgium as the sleeper.
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Re: 2018 World Cup
What sport?
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Re: 2018 World Cup
Someone needs to recall the US TV ratings from the last few Cups to see how this one compares. Will be interesting to see the effect with no US team in it.
Re: 2018 World Cup
I just flipped by the game between Morocco and Iran on Fox.
The three letter abbreviation for Morocco in their graphic is MAR.
Where are they getting the A?
These are the things that keep me awake at night.
The three letter abbreviation for Morocco in their graphic is MAR.
Where are they getting the A?
These are the things that keep me awake at night.
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Re: 2018 World Cup
Blame Frenchy93henfan wrote:I just flipped by the game between Morocco and Iran on Fox.
The three letter abbreviation for Morocco in their graphic is MAR.
Where are they getting the A?
These are the things that keep me awake at night.
“MAR” comes from the French spelling: MAROC.
The old cohort of the Moroccan intelligentsia is still affected by the French culture. That’s why French is widely used in our country.
That’s one of the traces of the French Protectorate.
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Re: 2018 World Cup
Hard to root for either of these.93henfan wrote:I just flipped by the game between Morocco and Iran on Fox.
The three letter abbreviation for Morocco in their graphic is MAR.
Where are they getting the A?
These are the things that keep me awake at night.
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Maracca (did I get that right, Gil?) is the easy pick here.Ivytalk wrote:Hard to root for either of these.93henfan wrote:I just flipped by the game between Morocco and Iran on Fox.
The three letter abbreviation for Morocco in their graphic is MAR.
Where are they getting the A?
These are the things that keep me awake at night.
Now if you want the hard one, what if Iran played Saudi Arabia?
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Re: 2018 World Cup
Yup, the Mooselimb Super Bowl right there.93henfan wrote:Maracca (did I get that right, Gil?) is the easy pick here.Ivytalk wrote:
Hard to root for either of these.
Now if you want the hard one, what if Iran played Saudi Arabia?
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Oh my. I happened to turn on Fox while looking for the US Open. Portugal's third goal to tie up their game with Spain 3-3 was a thing of beauty. Free kick from Ronaldo that he bent around the wall. He may be an arse, but that was pretty. Hat trick.
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Re: 2018 World Cup
That's been the only game worth watching so far, and certainly a gem at that. Part of the problem of the World Cup, there's a lot of dreg games. Only going to get worse when they move to 48 teams. Good game this weekend, though, as Germany/Mexico is a matchup on Sunday.93henfan wrote:Oh my. I happened to turn on Fox while looking for the US Open. Portugal's third goal to tie up their game with Spain 3-3 was a thing of beauty. Free kick from Ronaldo that he bent around the wall. He may be an arse, but that was pretty. Hat trick.
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A guy on a sports radio station here, didn't know that the USA wasn't in the World Cup this year. I watch golf every weekend, soccer when the World Cup or Olympics come around.89Hen wrote:What sport?
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Gil, no need to mention golf when 89 asks about sports.Gil Dobie wrote:A guy on a sports radio station here, didn't know that the USA wasn't in the World Cup this year. I watch golf every weekend, soccer when the World Cup or Olympics come around.89Hen wrote:What sport?
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So Germany loses to the Mexicans, Brazil is tied by the Swiss, and Argentina is tied by Iceland .
I’m all in for Serbia now!
I’m all in for Serbia now!
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Magnífico Mexico!
Re: 2018 World Cup
Apparently the always well-behaved fans of Mexico have resorted to calling the other team gay slurs. The national federation issued a plea to “STOP SCREAMING FAGGOT”. Mexicans are awesome. Bags of piss. Gay slurs. Who wouldn’t want tens of millions of them in their country illegally?
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I heard they learned it from Philly fans.93henfan wrote:Apparently the always well-behaved fans of Mexico have resorted to calling the other team gay slurs. The national federation issued a plea to “STOP SCREAMING FAGGOT”. Mexicans are awesome. Bags of piss. Gay slurs. Who wouldn’t want tens of millions of them in their country illegally?
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Did you see any bags of piss being thrown at Michael Irvin when he was nearly paralyzed on the Vet Stadium turf?Vidav wrote:I heard they learned it from Philly fans.
I didn't think so.
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Everyone was too busy cheering.93henfan wrote:Did you see any bags of piss being thrown at Michael Irvin when he was nearly paralyzed on the Vet Stadium turf?Vidav wrote:I heard they learned it from Philly fans.
I didn't think so.
Back to the Mexico win, saw a clip where a German paper said Mexico can't get over this wall and showed the German goalie in front of a brickwall in front of a goal. Two things:
1) Germany lost.
2) Kinda ironic considering Germany is being over run by thousands of muslins.
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Germans: Good at engineering; bad with soft skills, particularly humor. Since forever.SDHornet wrote:Everyone was too busy cheering.93henfan wrote:
Did you see any bags of piss being thrown at Michael Irvin when he was nearly paralyzed on the Vet Stadium turf?
I didn't think so.
Back to the Mexico win, saw a clip where a German paper said Mexico can't get over this wall and showed the German goalie in front of a brickwall in front of a goal. Two things:
1) Germany lost.
2) Kinda ironic considering Germany is being over run by thousands of muslins.
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Re: 2018 World Cup
Lily Von Schtup made them laugh.93henfan wrote:Germans: Good at engineering; bad with soft skills, particularly humor. Since forever.SDHornet wrote: Everyone was too busy cheering.
Back to the Mexico win, saw a clip where a German paper said Mexico can't get over this wall and showed the German goalie in front of a brickwall in front of a goal. Two things:
1) Germany lost.
2) Kinda ironic considering Germany is being over run by thousands of muslins.
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But she was well stocked with schnitzengruben.kalm wrote:Lily Von Schtup made them laugh.93henfan wrote:
Germans: Good at engineering; bad with soft skills, particularly humor. Since forever.
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Re: 2018 World Cup
About ready to watch the Polacks take on the Senagalese.
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You're living the dream!Ivytalk wrote:About ready to watch the Polacks take on the Senagalese.
Retirement rocks!
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You have to hand it to the Croatians, no one will ever copy their look.89Hen wrote:
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