World Cup 2022 Thread

Discussion in 'Columbus Crew' started by Kyle Crew, Nov 21, 2022.

  1. TKyle

    TKyle Moderator
    Staff Member

    Columbus Crew
    United States
    Dec 28, 2014
    Nordecke’s Porch
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  2. puttputtfc

    puttputtfc Member+

    Sep 7, 1999
    Did your kids play for fun outside of organized sports? We played a ton of pick up games when I was growing up but I don't know many kids who go to the park and play just for the sake of playing.
     
  3. Paul171121

    Paul171121 Member+

    Columbus Crew
    United States
    Dec 14, 2018
  4. TitoTata

    TitoTata Member+

    Jun 26, 2014
    It’s like I predicted after the first couple of games .. the refs are letting too much go .
    The cynical players know they can whack a few even injure them ( Neymar now Jesus ) without even getting a warning !!

    Two of the world’s best forwards are now effectively out of the WC .

    Also Messi and Mitrovic , Foden , Kane plus tigers are all carrying ankle / foot injuries.
     
  5. LaMacchia

    LaMacchia Member+

    Jul 12, 2008
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  6. Kyle Crew

    Kyle Crew Member+

    Feb 23, 2013
    Columbus, Ohio
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Nigel de Jong got a yellow card for karate kicking Xabi Alonso’s chest in the 2010 final. It’s how tournaments are called, no one wants to send someone off unless it’s super obvious.
     
  7. TitoTata

    TitoTata Member+

    Jun 26, 2014
    I recall Nigel De Jong kicking everyone in that final … I presumed he was coked up like Maradona was tbh
     
  8. TitoTata

    TitoTata Member+

    Jun 26, 2014
    Sad to learn that the Aussies have brought in Keanu Baccus just to do a hatchet job on Messi :(

    I hope the ref is strong enough tonight
     
  9. TKyle

    TKyle Moderator
    Staff Member

    Columbus Crew
    United States
    Dec 28, 2014
    Nordecke’s Porch
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    In the neighborhood or at the park, no. In the driveway and in the backyard, yes. We played a lot of 21, whiffleball with “ghost runners,” and backyard soccer with small goals. The kids would go out front and shoot around or out back and kick around.

    We’d go to a nearby elementary school’s soccer fields. One attacker vs one defender and a keeper. There were sometimes a group of 6-8 pre-teenage kids playing pickup soccer but not often. Sometimes I’d see 4-6 kids playing basketball. When we go work on some throwing and fielding, I never see any pickup baseball games. And we live in the burbs.
     
  10. TKyle

    TKyle Moderator
    Staff Member

    Columbus Crew
    United States
    Dec 28, 2014
    Nordecke’s Porch
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Milos Degenek starting at RB for the Aussies.
     
  11. TitoTata

    TitoTata Member+

    Jun 26, 2014
    He’s not Australian is he ?
     
  12. puttputtfc

    puttputtfc Member+

    Sep 7, 1999
    No but don't tell him or FIFA. We'll keep it our little secret.
     
  13. TitoTata

    TitoTata Member+

    Jun 26, 2014
    Messi now has 14 goals + 4 assists in 11 games in 2022 for Argentina.
     
  14. KCbus

    KCbus Moderator
    Staff Member

    United States
    Nov 26, 2000
    Reynoldsburg, OH
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    This Mbappe kid may turn out to be something.
     
  15. KCbus

    KCbus Moderator
    Staff Member

    United States
    Nov 26, 2000
    Reynoldsburg, OH
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Oh my goodness... as I'm tryping it... give him a brace.
     
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  16. kgilbert78

    kgilbert78 Member+

    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    United States
    Dec 28, 2006
    Cowlumbus, OH
    Club:
    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    That's Gerd Mueller level stuff (Mueller had 68 in 62 games total for Germany)
     
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  17. KCbus

    KCbus Moderator
    Staff Member

    United States
    Nov 26, 2000
    Reynoldsburg, OH
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    England are cruising now.

    The quarterfinals are going to give us England vs France, Argentina vs Netherlands, and there's a decent chance we'll also have Spain vs Portugal.

    I hate that the U.S. is out, but because they are, I'm at a point where I can just watch and enjoy.
     
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  18. kgilbert78

    kgilbert78 Member+

    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    United States
    Dec 28, 2006
    Cowlumbus, OH
    Club:
    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Hoping for the Swiss....
     
  19. LaMacchia

    LaMacchia Member+

    Jul 12, 2008
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    This might be the best piece of writing I've read about the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

    https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/dec/05/fox-sports-us-world-cup-coverage-tv-soccer

    To wit:
     
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  20. Timon19

    Timon19 Member+

    Jun 2, 2007
    Akron, OH
    As with almost all Guardian writing, it's a mix of actual good insights aptly put and a thick layer of dickish smarminess, with some straight up unfair, barely-disguised...lying?...willful misrepresentation?...in the service of a "gorillas in the mist, look at these yokels yokeling" political snobbery.

    As an example, the writer acknowledges the sarcasm and straight-man playing of Donovan off of Darke, but because Stoner is a used-car salesman persona at all times, they think his "research" quip was in all sincerity. Anyone who has followed Stone's career knows that he knows more about the game than most and that was delivered in sarcasm

    Now, I admit that my first taste of the Abdo and Ocho Show was last night, and holy ********, not even Kate can save that train wreck.

    But to ding Fox for Lay's and Coke commercials that they are obligated by FIFA to show is some pretty dishonest shit.

    They should be dinged forever for Lalas, though.
     
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  21. ihateyousomuch

    Sunderland
    United States
    Oct 22, 2021
    America just needs to give in and use the Sky Sports feed.
     
  22. ihateyousomuch

    Sunderland
    United States
    Oct 22, 2021
    Holden is such a Twat.
     
  23. Kryptonite

    Kryptonite Fancy Title Here

    Apr 10, 1999
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  24. Timon19

    Timon19 Member+

    Jun 2, 2007
    Akron, OH
    That's how ESPN manages to avoid ********ing up F1.
     
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  25. Kryptonite

    Kryptonite Fancy Title Here

    Apr 10, 1999
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    One of the greatest sports things to come out of COVID was the fact that the tech heads figured out how to use natural audio and stream that via the app.

    I'm not sure they could use Sky Sports due to their partnership with NBC, but there's gotta be a global feed they *could* use for Fox Sports 2 and the app. Heck, put that on FS2 and Fox Sports Deportes since they can't broadcast games in Spanish.

    Primary jabronies on Fox and FS1.
    Natural audio via the app.
    Global feed via FS2, Fox Deportes and the app.

    Make it so you can get natural audio without a TV subscription.
     

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