If not for the Sweden game I would have said that a fairly comfortable England win was a myth. It might happen against Croatia if they've had too much taken out of them, but I'm expecting a close fight. Tonight's game has all the hallmarks of one of those eagerly awaited classic goalfests that ends...

C'mon buddy. Stop screaming. You literally said that Croatia would maybe beat Argentina, and you said that the teams on the bottom part of the bracket were "weak as fuck." Yeah, if what you meant was that Argentina would struggle against Croatia, then I did not get that. You can blame my reading sk...

The only way I could make sense of anyone arriving at the conclusion that Croatia could maybe beat Argentina, is if they ignore all of Argentina's bad performances and they ignore all of Croatia's good performances. You do remember that Croatia already beat Argentina 3-0 in a game Croatia dominated...

The way they played against France would have secured them a victory against virtually any team except maybe Croatia on the other side of the bracket. No. You vastly underestimate the quality of the teams in the other bracket. And it seems to me like you underestimate them because you have a strong...

I love these Xorxes Fun Facts ^tm

Belgian got a bit lucky, but their defense was much improved from the Japan game. Eden Hazard was also playing incredibly. The only way Brazil were able to taker the ball from him was by fouling him repeatedly. I, personally, don't think it was a penalty, and I agree with the ref's decision. Kompany...

I just pointed out, using the most blatant example, that your notion of "strength" has nothing to do with team performance in the group stage or qualifiers. It's solely based on which countries you consider to be "strong" for historical reasons. Using the only example. And, as I pointed out, Argent...

That literally isn't what I said at all. Argentina was a disappointment, for sure, but that's exactly the point. They made it to the knockouts as a disappointment, which means that they were expected to play better and have in the past. It is exactly what you said. Argentina almost went out in the ...

Argentina failed to perform completely. Massive disappointment. But they count as a good team on the good side of the bracket because, you know, it's Argentina. Croatia was one of the better teams in the group stage, definitely performed well over expectations. But they count as a bad team on the b...

also, kinda disappointing that one side of the bracket is so stacked. a game like France uruguay is what I want to see in the finals or at least the semis, and then brazil belgium? cmon. It's kinda sad that the best possible finals is croatia. I think this will be a tournament where the "real" fina...

also, kinda disappointing that one side of the bracket is so stacked. a game like France uruguay is what I want to see in the finals or at least the semis, and then brazil belgium? cmon. It's kinda sad that the best possible finals is croatia. I think this will be a tournament where the "real" final...

the england colombia game was a bit embarrassing for both sides imo, but i cant say it didnt end up exciting. but for a majority of the game it was just players falling over at nothing and embellishing constantly. Then PKs were the most entertaining bit lol

Japan almost made this forum look silly lmfao Pah. The Japanese angered whatever spirits look upon the game when they played to lose in their last group game. They are by far and a way the worst team in the world cup, and it's only fitting that they get booted back home despite playing their best g...

Not half as stupid as doing nothing would have made them look if Senegal had got a goal. If your strategy is to not attack the bottom team in your group because you're scared they are better than you then you don't deserve to be there. How pathetic non entities like them are allowed to play when na...

Honestly I feel so bad for Japan. They played really well, really efficiently. Put up way more of a challenge than they had any right to. Their defense was incredible as well. On the note of Belgium: They played really well in the first half, obviously struggled in the start of the second. Chadli wa...

You think so? I think it just confirms how open the tournament is this year. After the first round of the group stage it would be hard to argue against anyone saying Portugal and Spain were favourites to make the final. Now they're out, with their places taken by what was described as the worst Rus...

Idk schmeichel was very entertaining to watch

I haven't really thought too much of Spain this world cup. They got worked by morocco for most of that game, and only came out ahead because morocco absolutely could not finish. Croatia has looked great, tho I'm personally hoping for Belgium to keep showing up. I think Switzerland is also fairly fun...

Good breakdown incrementalist. Identity politics is rampant on the right as well, just not in a seeking equality way. Conservatives seek to divide by splitting ppl up into tiny groups and pitting them against each other

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Wed Jun 27, 2018 6:02 pm

You can always move there you know?

it's actually not very easy to move to another country from America. If it was, I would've left already.