The 2014 Fifa World Cup Thread - Progressive Rock Music Forum

Does Peckerman want to lose the game?

What the hell is Guarín doing?

You never change a team that is winning.

Iván

Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Netherlands will probably be too strong for Costa Rica but we've said that before so who knows, I'd love to see Robben gone but I like the rest of their team.

What?

Robben is by far the best player of the cup, without him Netherlands wouldn't had reached this stage

Yes he falls as soon as he's touched, but so all the players in the world, the difference is that the we Latin Americans are better actors, but he's a clean player, you never see him doing criminal fouls as most Uruguayans, Argentineans and overall Neymar (the dirtiest player in the tournament).

My guesses:

1.- Brazil 1 - Colombia 3

2.- France 2 - Germany 2 (Penalties Germany wins)

3.- Netherlands 4 - Costa Rica 1

4.- Argentina 1 - Belgium 1 (Penalties Belgium)

Thanks for defending Robben. I don't understand all the resentment towards him, to be honest.

I hope you're right, as far as Netherlands and Belgium go.

I also think you're right, that Netherlands will win with some distance from Costa Rica, and that Argentina-Belgium will be a close call.

I'm hoping for a Netherlands-Belgium semi-final, but because I'm a Dutchman living in Belgium, that's no wonder.

Icarium wrote:

King of Loss wrote:

Icarium wrote:

^ have you heard the music album on PA

Mogwai?

yea

Sleep-inducing. Quite the opposite from Zidane in the field.

Icarium wrote:

^ have you heard the music album on PA

Mogwai?

tszirmay wrote:

^^^^ France need Zizou now! Big smile

Zidane is my favorite footballer of all time. The way he controls the game, the pace and the possessions... Magical..

^^^^ France need Zizou now! Big smile

Edited by tszirmay - July 04 2014 at 11:30

I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth.

^ the 2nd Ann Coulter 'soccer' piece. The problem that any self-styled polemicist has if they have no inclination to treat their audience as partners in uncovering a truth, is that they just come across as a terminally narcissistic bigot. For the faux polemicist like Coulter, the best game in town is the act of painting her adversary as being hopelessly and utterly 'wrong' - there are never any reasoned objections or counter arguments provided, just plain vanilla ridicule, name-calling, mickey taking and disingenuous contempt.
There are polemicists out there who do use this argumentative approach to positive effect but such are few and very far between in 2014. The last great polemical thinker I can cite was probably the late Bill Hicks.

Edited by ExittheLemming - July 04 2014 at 02:54