CJohn Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Brazil and Spain will face off in the first Knock-Out round since Croatia will beat Brazil's ass in the opening match And then lose to Netherlands I only checked the possible opponents for Portugal honestly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichWS Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Soccer is great. Don't encourage them. The fans are the best part about it, though. I'll give them that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 (edited) People, please watch Out in the Dark. It's an incredible story about two Israeli and Palestinian men that fall in love with each other. Damn, the ending was gut-wrenching. I heard about this last year. The critics spoken very well about it when it premiered here in a Film Festival in late September. Edited May 20, 2014 by CJohn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkelf Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 I only checked the possible opponents for Portugal honestly. I was stating a dream scenario anyway, I fully expect us to spend all our energy on Brazil and win 2 points max like in Germany 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Don't encourage them. The fans are the best part about it, though. I'll give them that. The fans suck sometimes. Over here Benfica won the Portuguese Cup last Sunday and when they were going to their stadium the fans were waiting and made the bus stop and it was there for like an hour with the players trying to calm the fans and let them pass 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orestes Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 At least the ball is moving rather than the time being spent on setting up 2-second plays I don't care for football, either. Or baseball. Only sport I really like is basketball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPink Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Soccer is great. The only sports (video) game I can play more than Baseball is Soccer. Soccer is great! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomboom234 Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 (edited) I only checked the possible opponents for Portugal honestly. If Turkey had gotten through my dad and I were making plans to go. Regarding Portugal I have Belgium beating them in the first round TBH Edited May 20, 2014 by The Sun's Son Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 I was stating a dream scenario anyway, I fully expect us to spend all our energy on Brazil and win 2 points max like in Germany 2006 Netherlands is also in your group? That is fucked up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichWS Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 The fans suck sometimes. Over here Benfica won the Portuguese Cup last Sunday and when they were going to their stadium the fans were waiting and made the bus stop and it was there for like an hour with the players trying to calm the fans and let them pass Yeah, the European fans seem to be a special breed of crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 If Turkey had gotten through my dad and I were making plans to go. I have Belgium beating Portugal in the first round TBH Possible. I don't say otherwise. Our team is very weak right now and our coach didn't chose a very important player to take to the World Cup, and instead went with dudes that didn't played almost any game during the whole fucking season and are complete turds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkelf Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 I don't care for football, either. Or baseball. Only sport I really like is basketball. I like both footballs to be honest. And basketball, handball, tennis, water polo... Netherlands is also in your group? That is fucked up. No, we have Brazil, Mexico and Cameroon but after that we go on Spain/Netherlands so yeah... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Yeah, the European fans seem to be a special breed of crazy. Yeah, soccer is the king in Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomboom234 Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Yeah, soccer is the king in Europe. The final gets a billion views it is more than just Europe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 I like both footballs to be honest. And basketball, handball, tennis, water polo... No, we have Brazil, Mexico and Cameroon but after that we go on Spain/Netherlands so yeah... At least you guys will pass the Group Phase. Spain will be fuuuuuuuuuuuucked. I think there is a chance you guys pass against Netherlands. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 The final gets a billion views it is more than just Europe Well, it is a World Cup after all... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkelf Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 At least you guys will pass the Group Phase. Spain will be fuuuuuuuuuuuucked. I think there is a chance you guys pass against Netherlands. We almost kicked out Spain from the Euro so we do have a chance but I always like to go in pessimistic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samsha22 Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Soccer isn't a big thing in the US. We have several other sports that outrank it in popularity. Football, Baseball, and Basketball are all quite a bit more popular. all of those games are made in tune to the TV broadcasters with infinite time outs and other breaks for them to fill in with their boring Ads. Soccer is a non stop game (in 2 halves), so the scope of that revenue is pretty less. That is why the broadcasters are not promoting that sport of league here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeCee Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 It has solid ratings but not Super Bowl level. Anyway who do you have winning, I think Germany should be the favorite but Brazil has home field Since it's the same time zone the TV ratings for USA games will probably only be exceeded by NFL games. Here's an interesting graph of the MLB World Series vs the NBA finals. Some World Cup games will probably top both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctis Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Omg, you motherfuckers, go and watch this film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
