** 2014 World Cup Thread **

[|Zach|]

Final: Germany vs Argentina

3rd Place: Brazil vs Netherlands




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/standings/

[Rudy tossed tigger's salad]

I'm about to watch the home run derby. This would replace extra innings if FIFA was in charge of baseball.

[LoneWolf]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

The MLB All Star Game will be lucky snag half of that audience.

You're shitting me! The world championship game for "the most popular sport in the world" would have more viewers than a baseball game that has no bearing on the standings. Color me surprised.

Your posting skills are on par with your thread starting skills.

[Pants]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Messi is an art form for the spectacular potential in the average. He's a short dude, slight of frame, but has developed a skill set that drives everyone else nuts. Actually his small frame works in his favor as he's a compact ball of dribbling that never lets the ball out of his feet, with finishing finesse and power.

A fairly good cross section of his skills on the pitch. Note how close to his feet the ball always is, how quickly he can cut and change direction [particularly how often he cuts the ball between the defenders strides], and how compactly his shots are launched.

Messi is a demigod. He is probably the best player of all time as far as I am concerned.

Yeah, we had Cruyffs, Zidanes, Platinis, Beckenbauers and Maradonas but Messi is just on a different level.

People who've never played soccer just have no idea how difficult it is to do things Messi does with no one around you, much less against the best defenders in the world. He's so ridiculous that when he is on, it almost looks like his opponents are just actors there to pretend like their job is to stop him.

[Anyong Bluth]

For all the complaints about fútbol being boring, lots of people outside the US see football as boring because they stop and start play constantly, and roughly 90% of the official time of the game is between snaps- as in deadball time.

Not liking x or y sport often comes down to lack of familiarity or appreciation for the majority- that's why most sports fans have a modicum of interest in the major sports across the board. Of course, there will always be a segment of general sports fans that don't care for a particular sport, but there's a reason why these sports in general gain a following and have an value from an entertainment perspective.

[eDave]

Die thread. Die, die, die!

Sick of assholes bashing it.

[LoneWolf]

Originally Posted by eDave

Die thread. Die! Sick of assholes bashing it.

I hope you never work at a battered woman's shelter.

[|Zach|]

Originally Posted by Anyong Bluth

For all the complaints about fútbol being boring, lots of people outside the US see football as boring because they stop and start play constantly, and roughly 90% of the official time of the game is between snaps- as in deadball time.

Not liking x or y smart often comes down to lack of familiarity or appreciation for the majority- that's why most sports fans have a modicum of interest in the major sports across the board. Of course, there will always be a segment of general sports fans that don't care for a particular sport, but there's a reason why these sports in general gain a following and have an value from an entertainment perspective.

I ****ing love football.

I would love it so much more if it was not primarily a vehicle for ad revenue.

[LoneWolf]

Originally Posted by |Zach|

I ****ing love football.

I would love it so much more if it was not primarily a vehicle for ad revenue.

Primarily?

[Anyong Bluth]

Originally Posted by |Zach|

I ****ing love football.

I would love it so much more if it was not primarily a vehicle for ad revenue.

So do I, it's just that no sport is above criticism- justified or stupid the reason may be.

[|Zach|]

Originally Posted by LoneWolf

Primarily?

Yes, it is prioritized over the actual game. All the ****ing delays in playing the sport. It is insane.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

A fairly good cross section of his skills on the pitch.

EDIT: didn't notice that, although they gave out embed code for this, and the clip window shows up, La Liga blocks embed playback. Go here for the clip on youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOuy...layer_embedded

[tk13]

Originally Posted by |Zach|

I ****ing love football.

I would love it so much more if it was not primarily a vehicle for ad revenue.

Don't worry, soon enough we can Americanize soccer and put in TV timeouts every 10 minutes. Or run side-by-side ads like they do in auto racing.

[|Zach|]

Originally Posted by tk13

Don't worry, soon enough we can Americanize soccer and put in TV timeouts every 10 minutes. Or run side-by-side ads like they do in auto racing.

*throws self off bridge*

Haha

[aturnis]

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

He was so exciting he went scoreless the last 3 games of the tournament. Imagine if Joe Montana flopped in 3 straight playoff games. It'd never happen of course.

Get this through your skull. Throwing touchdowns is exponentially easier than scoring goals.

[aturnis]

Originally Posted by |Zach|

Yes, it is prioritized over the actual game. All the ****ing delays in playing the sport. It is insane.

TV timeout...