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55 minutes ago, BritBill said:
I think Brazil and Germany are on the same side of the draw so can't play each other in the final. If they both keep progressing the latest they can meet is in the semi-finals.
Brazil & Germany can meet in the final. Depends on how they do in their groups. If they each win their group (as expected), they will be E1 and F1 and will be on opposite sides of the knockout bracket and would meet in the final. If one wins their group and the other finishes second in their group, they will be on the same side of the draw (and would in fact meet in the first round of knockout play). In the unlikely event both Brazil and Germany finish second in their groups, they will be on opposite sides of the knockout bracket.
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5 minutes ago, Commonsense said:
I took Portugal at 22-1. Odds seemed about right.
I think that's a decent bet. Portugal is capable of winning it. After Germany and Brazil, I think Portugal has as good a chance as anyone. Spain may have slipped a bit because of their coaching situation and France did not look spectacular in their final warm up against the U.S.
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5 minutes ago, eball said:
Holy crap, you mean Italy didn't qualify? I really had no idea.
I wasn't sure if you were kidding or not.
I know, it's hard to believe.
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19 minutes ago, eball said:
Damn, where are the Azzurri?
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Man, I just love the World Cup. I already have a few games circled in the first few days that I have to watch:
6/15 at 2pm ET - Portugal vs Spain
6/16 at 10am - Argentina vs Iceland
6/17 at 11am - Germany vs Mexico
6/17 at 2pm - Brazil vs Switzerland
4 minutes ago, Canadian Bills Fan said:Power rankings for the World Cup from thescore.com
Top 10
1.Brazil
2. Germany
3. Spain
4. France
5. Argentina
6. Belgium
7. England
8. Portugal
9. Uruguay
10. Columbia
How they have England above Portugal is a headscratcher. Also, Belgium has been getting hype for a few years now. Yes, they have a very strong team, but they keep pooping out early in big tournaments. They need to earn the right to be counted with the heavyweights.
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6 minutes ago, plenzmd1 said:
Gotcha, I did not know that. One last question ...why is that?
I am am assuming that most players that participate in the World Cup are on Club teams somewhere ... so can there be practices and matches in both simultaneously?
i just assumed it was like hockey or basketball, apparently I was wrong!
row_33 is right. Basically, just too time consuming. Tons of administrative / organizational stuff on top of the actual playing schedule. Soccer is a grueling year-long sport, for players and for coaches. And yes, often international duty overlaps with the club schedules. Sometimes club coaches will refuse to release certain players for international duty. The national teams in soccer are much more active throughout the year than for other sports.
I often wonder how top players don't fall apart physically. They play full seasons of league games for their club, plus the handful of tournaments that take place concurrently (example: In England, there is the FA Cup plus the league cup tournaments). Then, if you're on a top team, you also play tournament games against other European club teams (Champions League or UEFA League). And if you're on your National team too, that's another bunch of games plus training camp type stuff. It's pretty grueling.
I was curious so I looked about coaches pulling double duty. There are some examples, most notably Sir Alex Ferguson coached the club team Aberdeen and Scotland leading up to the 1986 WC. I doubt we'll see something like that again at a top level. The expectations are just too high for these coaches.
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27 minutes ago, Canadian Bills Fan said:
I'm just hoping my Portuguese don't embarrass themselves
I think they will do well. Portugal is one of the teams I like to root for, along with Iceland, Mexico, Costa Rica and a couple others.
Anyway, Portugal can't embarrass themselves any worse than USA (oh my heart!), Italy and Netherlands already have.
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7 minutes ago, plenzmd1 said:
Can one person not coach both teams? I mean, clubs and the national team can’t play and practice at the same time can they?
No. At that level, you can't do both. I can't think of an example where a national team coach was simultaneously involved with a club team too. Maybe it has happened, but definitely not for top teams like these.
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3 hours ago, plenzmd1 said:
Why is accepting the Madrid job a fireable offence for this trny? Is this a "Michigan Man will lead Michigan " deal? I mean Spain does not compete against Madrid..any one with better soccer would welcome your explanation!
Well, he had just signed a contract extension to coach the national team into 2020. Then he went out and made this other deal with Real Madrid without letting anyone know. It was an a-hole move and firing him was the right thing to do in my opinion.
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funny thread.
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54 minutes ago, thebug said:
Threads like these downgrade the entire conversation.
I agree. Starting a new thread as a personal attack is too much. It’s crap.
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32 minutes ago, 3rdnlng said:
Thank you for your concern. It's not often we find that we have a gum expert in our midst. Ever since Peg on "Married With Children" I've thought we should implement some kind of gum control. Can you help get us started with a 1,500,000 people march in DC?
Can't do it. There aren't that many people left in the world capable of walking and chewing gum at the same time.
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2 minutes ago, TakeYouToTasker said:
So, New Zealand just destroyed it's economy...
What'd they do, give a huge random tax cut to the wealthy?
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4 out of 5 dentists recommend Trident. Only a senseless degenerate maniac would chew Dentyne.
Also, the ad did specifically say, "...for patients who chew gum." So, it's not like chewing gum was offered as an alternative to brushing your teeth. It's just that, if you're going to chew gum, use this one because it won't give you cavities or stick to your weird bridges & caps or anything like that.
Once again, I have set you poor misguided people straight.
You're welcome.
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16 minutes ago, TakeYouToTasker said:
In my mind, the way to differentiate is to ferret out and prosecute malfeasance; and we can't do that by playing "team sports" or looking at legislative achievements that we find positive or admirable in our world views. We must accept the fact that individuals who legislate as political allies to our various moral philosophies and preferred politics, even those who we agree with 100% of the time, may well be corrupt, and need to be removed from office (or even prosecuted and jailed or worse).
This cannot be a political action.
I agree
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3 minutes ago, joesixpack said:
I'm going to posit that ALL of them do, which makes them ALL corrupt, regardless of party.
Memos are expensive (construction paper, glitter, macaroni, cotton balls,...)
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20 minutes ago, joesixpack said:
How many members of congress accept NO lobbyist money?
I don't know. Is it the exact same subset as your [non-mainline Republicans]?
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10 minutes ago, TakeYouToTasker said:
OK, how would you differentiate?
Differentiate what?
Do you mean, between good and bad? Between who's valuable and who needs to go? I already said "based on their own merits / failures."
If you're asking me to be more specific, this conversation is going to turn tiresome very fast.
The point I was making is simply that it's unwise to make blanket assumptions. I don't think it's a controversial position.
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4 minutes ago, TakeYouToTasker said:
Would you agree, even if you don't agree that President Trump is the best man for the job (you may think he's the worst man for the job, and that's OK), that Washington DC is one of the most corrupt cities on Earth, and that nearly all major office holders in the Federal government are either directly corrupt themselves, or swim in the current of corruption "as a go along to get along", and that there is a "swamp to be drained"?
I agree that DC is one of the most corrupt cities on Earth, yes.
I don't like the phrase, "draining the swamp." One, because it's an awkward analogy. Of course, I understand where it's apt, but as a phrase it rubs me the wrong way. More importantly, I just object to the generalization. We have to judge individuals based on their own merits / failures.
I work with a great deal of exceptionally inept morons. I'm often judged based on the group perception and I hate that. It's unfair. It's also a fallacy (Hasty Generalization).
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13 minutes ago, joesixpack said:
Everybody needs to think exactly the same way I do. Anyone who doesn't needs to be purged, so we can, like, save democracy.
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9 minutes ago, DC Tom said:
Personally, I want to suggest it has something to do with Hillary...just because if I don't blame Hillary, garybusey's head will explode.
"Stepping down?" You mean like from a ladder or something?
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10 minutes ago, Tiberius said:
The Blue Wave has him scared!
Could be. If that's the case, I have even less respect for him than before.
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13 minutes ago, TakeYouToTasker said:
Corruption. The same as most DC power players.
Too easy. I hate politicians too, but that's a pretty broad brush. I wasn't aware that Paul Ryan was the subject of any investigation or suspected of foul play. Have I missed something?
I'm no fan of Ryan--I don't like his square-headed approach to policy--but my first thought when I saw this new story of him retiring was that it was due to frustration, that he feels handcuffed, unable to get his job done and tired of being put in a position to have to be an apologist for the erratic behavior of the president and all the chaos going on around him.
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11 minutes ago, TakeYouToTasker said:
What is coming down the pipe cuts across both major parties. Paul Ryan is a swamp creature. He's leaving because he's dirty.
What's Paul Ryan guilty of, other than a generally creepy fetishist obsession with tax cuts?
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