The Official Football/Soccer Thread: 2017-2018 Season
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unclesox:
Away from the World Cup... Barcelona have just unveiled their kits for the upcoming season. anything beats those table cloths (red & white checkered kits)...i forgot which team but they really should have said NO WAY! to those!
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Andrea1:
unclesox:
Away from the World Cup... Barcelona have just unveiled their kits for the upcoming season. anything beats those table cloths (red & white checkered kits)...i forgot which team but they really should have said NO WAY! to those!
I think you're talking about Croatia. I thought that too the first time I saw it, but it is part of their flag. Still, they could've come up with a better design.
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Czech Republic - Italy 2-1 Ghana - USA 1-0 Japan - Brazil 1-2 Croatia - Australia 1-1
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Denny Wingman:
Czech Republic - Italy 2-1 Ghana - USA 1-0
WOW! You've got Italy crashing out of the tournament with those scores!
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unclesox:
Denny Wingman:
Czech Republic - Italy 2-1 Ghana - USA 1-0
WOW! You've got Italy crashing out of the tournament with those scores!
Oh well, I'm still bitter about the low point of this World Cup (I'm talking about the Italy-USA game). Anyway, my predictions aren't that great, so Italy won't mind, I guess...
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SOX PREDICTS Czech Republic 1-1 Italy Ghana 0-2 USA Japan 0-3 Brazil Croatia 1-1 Australia
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Love Sculpture:
I´m making voodoo against Argentina, I hope they lose. Just kidding
hahaha you look a bit like a (very attractive) witch in your new avatar; so I wouldn`t be too surprised if your voodoo would work!
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Germany 3 - Sweden 2 Argentina 2 - Mexico 2 England 2- Ecuador 1 Portugal 1 - Netherlands 3 that is my pick, this is for saturday correct?? and to refresh your memory, here are my picks from earlier Thursday Tsjechië-Italy 1-2 Ghana-USA 1-2 Japan-Brazil 0-3 Croatia-Australia 1-2 Friday Ukraine-Tunesia 2-2 Saudi Arabia-Spain 1-3 Togo-France 0:2 Switzerland-South-Korea 2-1
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unclesox:
Overall Standings (I think ) 37 audrey 36 silver moondog 33 Daniel 30 unclesox 28 Sergeant_Pepper 27 Here&Everywhere 26 Denny Wingman 27 Jackie 24 Andrea1 23 Pawel 23 Lonely Driver 23 Rocío Record 16 marco76
Confirmed! Well, I seem to suck at those predictions lately... : However, there have been some surprising results indeed! But to quote John Lennon: "So Flower Power didn't work, so what? We'll start again!" In that spirit, here are my predictions for today's games: Czech Republic - Italy 1-1 Ghana - USA 1-3 Japan - Brazil 1-3 Croatia - Australia 2-1
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My preds for Friday the 23rd Ukraine-Tunesia 2:1 Saudi Arabia-Spain 0:3 Togo-France 0:2 Switzerland-South-Korea 1:2 ANNOUNCEMENT. Because I'm leaving for almost 2 and a half weeks tomorrow afternoon, and I won't be on-line during that period, I hereby authorise my friend Sergeant_Pepper to post preds for me. I'm gonna tell him my preds on the phone. This arrangement has been approved of by UncleSox
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vlivantje:
Hey Pawel, cool that you're going to Italy! I'll miss you when you're not around I'm going to London for a few days....crossing Abbey Road again
Awww! Lucky you Evelien! I'd like to cross that zebra crossing again one day Take care, I'll miss you too!
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Czech Republic - Italy: 1-2 Ghana - USA: 0-1 Japan - Brazil: 1-2 Croatia - Australia: 1-1
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Pawel:
My preds for Friday the 23rd Ukraine-Tunesia 2:1 Saudi Arabia-Spain 0:3 Togo-France 0:2 Switzerland-South-Korea 1:2 ANNOUNCEMENT. Because I'm leaving for almost 2 and a half weeks tomorrow afternoon, and I won't be on-line during that period, I hereby authorise my friend Sergeant_Pepper to post preds for me. I'm gonna tell him my preds on the phone. This arrangement has been approved of by UncleSox
This is getting serious
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World Cup Predictions Game - Knockout Phase *SLIGHT RULE CHANGES* After giving it some thought, I concluded that I'm going to have to make some slight adjustments on the scoring system once the 2nd Round begins. The reasoning is that we'll likely encounter matches going into extra-time and (Heaven forbid) penalties. I considered tweaking the system to allow for the awarding of more points (5 points for exact scoreline), but it just got too confusing. So I came up with this scenario which I hope is simple enough and mearly an extension of our current format. I've provided examples to help explain how the scoring will go: For predicting outright winners during open play: You predict Team A to beat Team B 2-1... -- If Team A wins 2-1 after 90', you get 4 points. -- If Team A wins 2-1 after 120', you get 3 points. -- If Team A wins by a different scoreline after 90' or 120', or wins on penalty kicks, you receive 1 point. -- If Team B wins by any method, you get 0 points. You can still predict a match to end in a draw, but it's a risky move as you'll be banking on that game going to penalties. If you do predict a drawn scoreline, please include who you believe will win the penalty kck contest as you will receive an added point for a correct prediction. Examples: You predict a 1-1 score... -- If score ends 1-1 after 120', you get 4 points. -- If score ends level -- outside of 1-1 -- after 120' (0-0, 2-2, etc), you get 1 point. -- Further, if you correctly predict the winner of the penalty kick contest, you will receive an additional 1 point -- If score is 1-1 after 90' but a winner is determined during extra-time, you get 1 point. Make sense? Any questions? (I hope I covered all scenarios ops: )
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Btw, I'm sorry about posting this so close to the start of the 2nd Round. This only just entered my mind yesterday and I went through all kinds of methods of how to deal with extra-time / penalties. It would be really cool if NO matches went to penalties, but that's all wishful thinking.
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It's days like today when two televisions come in handy. USA-Ghana on one, Italy-Czech Rep on the other.
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Ghana 1-0 That should make things interesting in Italy-Czech Rep match
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WOO HOO!! Interception by Beasley, feeds Dempsey running into box who slams home!!! Nice goal!!!! Ghana 1-1 USA Italy 1-0 Czech Rep Another goal by US would put them in, assuming Italy holds on.
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Wow, what developments! Czechs had a player sent off while Ghana converted a very controversial penalty. Both games at the half. Ghana 2-1 USA Italy 1-0 Czech (10 men) I thought Mastroeni was sent off justifiably against Italy, but I have no idea why Ghana were awarded a penalty. Play looked legit (push in back by Gooch, I guess). :
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GO USA!!!! COME ON!!!