2018 World Cup

[BDKJMU]

So the Frogs knocked out Uruguay today. If Belgium holds on against Brazil, there will be no Team Brown squads left.

I see 3 white teams left (Russia, Croatia, Sweden) and 3 non white (France, England, Belgium).

[CID1990]

Depending on who I listened to in the military, on the news, or on the street, I'm not sure which of these three things Qatar rhymes with:

We make it easy at DoS and DoD

we just call it Doha


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[Ivytalk]

And England sends Sweden home to their luvli wives, 2-0.

[Vidav]

Russia loses to Croatia in penalties.

[UNI88]

Russia loses to Croatia in penalties.

So what are the odds on the Croats getting out of Russia alive?

[Ivytalk]

Russia loses to Croatia in penalties.

So what are the odds on the Croats getting out of Russia alive?

What are the odds on the Russians getting out of Russia alive?

[BDKJMU]

What happened to the collusion? I thought it was suppose to work?

[Ivytalk]

I'll pick France over Belgium and Croatia over England in the semis. France over Croatia in the final.

[AshevilleApp]

C-R-O-T-I-A!

Balkan, Balkan, Balkan yay!

[BDKJMU]

I watch very little Olympics or World Cup, but here's something I just noticed that makes no sense. During the Olympics the Brits are carrying/wearing/waving the Union jack:


The athletes use it. The medal ceremonies use it. The fans wave & wear it. They don't wear/wave the St George cross. Seems all the royal stuff & govt buildings use the Union Jack. It covers the coffins of Brits killed in combat, not the St George cross. On and on. Just like our Stars and Stripes.

But in the World Cup, all the Brits are wearing & waving the St George Cross. The Union Jack isn't to be found. So why a different flag for the Brits for the World Cup versus the Olympics, and it seems most of everything else..

[Vidav]

I watch very little Olympics or World Cup, but here's something I just noticed that makes no sense. During the Olympics the Brits are carrying/wearing/waving the Union jack:


The athletes use it. The medal ceremonies use it. The fans wave & wear it. They don't wear/wave the St George cross. Seems all the royal stuff & govt buildings use the Union Jack. It covers the coffins of Brits killed in combat, not the St George cross. On and on. Just like our Stars and Stripes.

But in the World Cup, all the Brits are wearing & waving the St George Cross. The Union Jack isn't to be found. So why a different flag for the Brits for the World Cup versus the Olympics, and it seems most of everything else..

In the world cup it is the English national team, not the British national team.

[tribe_pride]

I watch very little Olympics or World Cup, but here's something I just noticed that makes no sense. During the Olympics the Brits are carrying/wearing/waving the Union jack:


The athletes use it. The medal ceremonies use it. The fans wave & wear it. They don't wear/wave the St George cross. Seems all the royal stuff & govt buildings use the Union Jack. It covers the coffins of Brits killed in combat, not the St George cross. On and on. Just like our Stars and Stripes.

But in the World Cup, all the Brits are wearing & waving the St George Cross. The Union Jack isn't to be found. So why a different flag for the Brits for the World Cup versus the Olympics, and it seems most of everything else..

Difference between the Great Britain and England. World Cup is England. Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland have their own teams that attempt to qualify. Olympics is Great Britain which is composed of the UK (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey, Caymans, BVI, and Bermuda.

[BDKJMU]

I watch very little Olympics or World Cup, but here's something I just noticed that makes no sense. During the Olympics the Brits are carrying/wearing/waving the Union jack:


The athletes use it. The medal ceremonies use it. The fans wave & wear it. They don't wear/wave the St George cross. Seems all the royal stuff & govt buildings use the Union Jack. It covers the coffins of Brits killed in combat, not the St George cross. On and on. Just like our Stars and Stripes.

But in the World Cup, all the Brits are wearing & waving the St George Cross. The Union Jack isn't to be found. So why a different flag for the Brits for the World Cup versus the Olympics, and it seems most of everything else..

Difference between the Great Britain and England. World Cup is England. Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland have their own teams that attempt to qualify. Olympics is Great Britain which is composed of the UK (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey, Caymans, BVI, and Bermuda.

They're the world's 2 biggest international competitions. It doesn't make sense why they wouldn't do the same for both.

[Skjellyfetti]

History.

The precursor to the World Cup... when soccer didn't really exist outside of Britain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Home_Championship

[Ibanez]

Difference between the Great Britain and England. World Cup is England. Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland have their own teams that attempt to qualify. Olympics is Great Britain which is composed of the UK (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey, Caymans, BVI, and Bermuda.

They're the world's 2 biggest international competitions. It doesn't make sense why they wouldn't do the same for both.

Again...Great Britain and England aren't the same thing. England is in the WC, not Great Britain nor the UK (see what I did there?.)

St. George's Cross - Flag of England.
Union Jack - Flag of UK

So - the English are waving their flag. Does that make sense?

[93henfan]

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/H ... ifference/

It’s really not that difficult.

[CAA Flagship]

Difference between the Great Britain and England. World Cup is England. Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland have their own teams that attempt to qualify. Olympics is Great Britain which is composed of the UK (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey, Caymans, BVI, and Bermuda.

[93henfan]

Difference between the Great Britain and England. World Cup is England. Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland have their own teams that attempt to qualify. Olympics is Great Britain which is composed of the UK (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey, Caymans, BVI, and Bermuda.

England was very pleasant and had a much lower population density until the greasy Roman descendants who were overflowing and disgruntled in Jersey began moving out and flooding the mainland.

[Ibanez]

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/H ... ifference/

It’s really not that difficult.

Yes..but what about the ENGLISH?!

[Ivytalk]

OK, nice digression on UK geography that’s now resolved.

So I picked the Frogs (les Grenouilles) to win it all. Who you got?

[BDKJMU]

They're the world's 2 biggest international competitions. It doesn't make sense why they wouldn't do the same for both.

Again...Great Britain and England aren't the same thing. England is in the WC, not Great Britain nor the UK (see what I did there?.)

St. George's Cross - Flag of England.
Union Jack - Flag of UK

So - the English are waving their flag. Does that make sense?

I know they aren't the same. But saying they aren't the same doesn't answer why they don't do the same thing for both the Olympics & the World Cup.

[BDKJMU]

History.

The precursor to the World Cup... when soccer didn't really exist outside of Britain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Home_Championship

Ok, but why are they not doing the the same for the Olympics. Give the athletes the opportunity to compete for their 4 respective countries? Would give up to 4x as many athletes the opportunity to compete..

[BDKJMU]

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/H ... ifference/

It’s really not that difficult.

That's a good explanation. It describes Great Britain as England/Scotland/Wales. It says Northern Ireland is not part of Great Britain. Yet during the Olympics Northern Ireland competes with England/Scotland/Wales and you always hear the UK team referred to as Great Britain which doesn't make any sense, since it includes Northern Ireland. It would make sense if it was referred to as the UK team..

[Skjellyfetti]

History.

The precursor to the World Cup... when soccer didn't really exist outside of Britain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Home_Championship

Ok, but why are they not doing the the same for the Olympics. Give the athletes the opportunity to compete for their 4 respective countries? Would give up to 4x as many athletes the opportunity to compete..

Again, read the early history of soccer if you are genuinely interested in this question. No one is going to type it out for you. It's not analogous to the Olympics.

[CID1990]

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/H ... ifference/

It’s really not that difficult.

That's a good explanation. It describes Great Britain as England/Scotland/Wales. It says Northern Ireland is not part of Great Britain. Yet during the Olympics Northern Ireland competes with England/Scotland/Wales and you always hear the UK team referred to as Great Britain which doesn't make any sense, since it includes Northern Ireland. It would make sense if it was referred to as the UK team..

If it says Northern Ireland isn't a part of the UK then that's incorrect - unless we are drawing a distinction between Great Britain and the United Kingdom.

The fact that Northern Ireland is a part of the UK is proving to be the biggest stumbling block to Brexit - how to handle the border between Northern Ireland and the Democratic Socialist Republic of Ireland.


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