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smackababy

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It really doesn't make sense to have a 3rd place game. Who really cares? Just give them a tie for 3rd and be done with it. And, if the payouts for 3rd place is more than 4th place, give them both the 4th place payout and give the remaining to the winner.
 
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It really doesn't make sense to have a 3rd place game. Who really cares?

It's another 70,000 tickets that can be sold, so I think the answer to your question would be "FIFA." Would you leave millions on the table just because the match is ultimately meaningless?
 

squarecut1

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It's another 70,000 tickets that can be sold, so I think the answer to your question would be "FIFA." Would you leave millions on the table just because the match is ultimately meaningless?

Yes, not unlike a lot of regular season games in NBA etc. Even if they don't sell much tickets, it is all part of the TV contract deal
 

GasX

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Feb 8, 2001
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Nobody I know. You'd be hard pressed to find something so stupid and meaningless in professional sports.

However, it is usually an entertaining game as the two teams will mostly come out to play a very open free flowing game. The cagey strategic defensive posture of the elimination matches will be long gone...
 

squarecut1

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However, it is usually an entertaining game as the two teams will mostly come out to play a very open free flowing game. The cagey strategic defensive posture of the elimination matches will be long gone...

The Dutch will be very much at a disadvantage. Having played extra time and just two days break. That is one of the things that their manager is complaining about.
 

Possessed Freak

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Plus it is not even a 3rd place game anyway.

Let's say Brazil wins against the Dutch and Germany wins against Argentina. So we have Argentina and Brazil with a loss to Germany and they never played each-other.
 
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The Dutch will be very much at a disadvantage. Having played extra time and just two days break. That is one of the things that their manager is complaining about.

But on the flip side, the Brazilians will all be drunk or hungover following the worst semifinal beatdown in World Cup history.
 
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The Argentinian keeper Romero did great.
I find Messi fun to watch, he is just at stand by all the time and then awakens and is away. Messi the sentinel. The dutch had problems with a lot of bad passes. I blame the heavy rain and the wet field. The Argentinian team also had a lot of problems slipping away on the wet field.

I am curious to see how Argentina is going to perform the same style of play on the Germans. I bet they are going to keep the same defensive style to prevent Thomas Müller from breaking away.

Netherlands - Brazil is going to be an interesting game. Will there still be interest in both teams to make it an interesting match ?
 

yuchai

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That is true, but first is generally where they send the weakest penalty kicker. Missing the first shot, especially from the "weak link" isn't so bad as if someone like Messi set's it off with a miss. Obviously, it worked out, because of that brilliant save on Sneijder, but it could have went bad.

I don't think the first is generally the weakest kicker - it is relatively important because it sets the tone being the first kick for the team, and is also 1 of 3 guaranteed kicks (it's possible starting for the 4th kick to not even take place).

I think the 3rd kicker is generally the strongest in most line ups.
 

yuchai

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Regarding the 3rd place match, the realistic side of me agrees completely that they should get rid of it. The math geek side of me wants to keep the total number of games in a World Cup at 64, a nice power of 2 number.
 

Miramonti

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I find Messi fun to watch, he is just at stand by all the time and then awakens and is away. Messi the sentinel.

I love that style of play by him. While he's not handling the ball, he's still the elephant in the room and having a big impact on the game because of his presence and capability to quickly change a game. But from what I saw he plays within the framework of his team, not a diva ball/shooting hog, and that makes him a great teammate and makes his team much stronger. I never would have picked argentina to make it to the finals.
 

Blackjack200

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May 28, 2007
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HAHAHAHAHAHA FUCK YOU ALL! 1 game to go and we be 13k richer!
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To all the haters towards my BF!

When the tall, beautiful Germans begin scoring at will on the weak, impotent Argintines, and as you begin to wonder what exactly you're doing with this penniless, impulsive shrew, I hope you stop and take a moment to appreciate the beautiful game.

When you're darning socks that your destitute boyfriend cannot afford to replace, washing tin foil to use again, or burrowing through the dumpsters to find something to eat on a Friday night, stop, turn on the television (or watch through someone else's window) and appreciate the beautfiul game.

When you've had it with your impecunious, inadequate boyfriend, and you're sifting through the trekkies and furries on match.com, trying to find a goiterless, somewhat socialized manchild that can pass for civilized, I hope you turn on the highlights of the Germany-Argentina match and weep. Not for the result, but for the beautiful, beautiful goals, raining like mana from the heavens, as though the lord himself came down and annointed the German footballers, and each footballer was Jesus. Precrucifixion.

Your boyfriend didn't just bet against Germany, he bet against God.

And ten Jesuses (Jesei?).
 
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dank69

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When the tall, beautiful Germans begin scoring at will on the weak, impotent Argintines, and as you begin to wornder what exactly you're doing with this penniless, impulsive shrew, I hope you stop and take a moment to appreciate the beautiful game.

When you're darning socks that your destitute boyfriend cannot afford to replace, washing tin foil to use again, or burrowing through the dumpsters to find something to eat on a Friday night, stop, turn on the television (or watch through someone else's window) and appreciate the beautfiul game.

When you've had it with your impecunious, inadequate boyfriend, and you're sifting through the trekkies and furries on match.com, trying to find a goiterless, somewhat socialized manchild that can pass for civilized, I hope you turn on the highlights of the Germany-Argentina match and weep. Not for the result, but for the beautiful, beautiful goals, raining like mana from the heavens, as though the lord himself came down and annointed the German footballers, and each footballer was Jesus. Precrucifixion.

Your boyfriend didn't just bet against Germany, he bet against God.

And ten Jesuses (Jesei?).
Jesi
 

Miramonti

Lifer
Aug 26, 2000
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When the tall, beautiful Germans begin scoring at will on the weak, impotent Argintines, and as you begin to wonder what exactly you're doing with this penniless, impulsive shrew, I hope you stop and take a moment to appreciate the beautiful game.

When you're darning socks that your destitute boyfriend cannot afford to replace, washing tin foil to use again, or burrowing through the dumpsters to find something to eat on a Friday night, stop, turn on the television (or watch through someone else's window) and appreciate the beautfiul game.

When you've had it with your impecunious, inadequate boyfriend, and you're sifting through the trekkies and furries on match.com, trying to find a goiterless, somewhat socialized manchild that can pass for civilized, I hope you turn on the highlights of the Germany-Argentina match and weep. Not for the result, but for the beautiful, beautiful goals, raining like mana from the heavens, as though the lord himself came down and annointed the German footballers, and each footballer was Jesus. Precrucifixion.

Your boyfriend didn't just bet against Germany, he bet against God.

And ten Jesuses (Jesei?).

lol
 

Jodell88

Diamond Member
Jan 29, 2007
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When the tall, beautiful Germans begin scoring at will on the weak, impotent Argintines, and as you begin to wonder what exactly you're doing with this penniless, impulsive shrew, I hope you stop and take a moment to appreciate the beautiful game.

When you're darning socks that your destitute boyfriend cannot afford to replace, washing tin foil to use again, or burrowing through the dumpsters to find something to eat on a Friday night, stop, turn on the television (or watch through someone else's window) and appreciate the beautfiul game.

When you've had it with your impecunious, inadequate boyfriend, and you're sifting through the trekkies and furries on match.com, trying to find a goiterless, somewhat socialized manchild that can pass for civilized, I hope you turn on the highlights of the Germany-Argentina match and weep. Not for the result, but for the beautiful, beautiful goals, raining like mana from the heavens, as though the lord himself came down and annointed the German footballers, and each footballer was Jesus. Precrucifixion.

Your boyfriend didn't just bet against Germany, he bet against God.

And ten Jesuses (Jesei?).
If only I could have put this as my sig. :biggrin:
 

tHa ShIzNiT

Platinum Member
Feb 15, 2000
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When the tall, beautiful Germans begin scoring at will on the weak, impotent Argintines, and as you begin to wonder what exactly you're doing with this penniless, impulsive shrew, I hope you stop and take a moment to appreciate the beautiful game.

When you're darning socks that your destitute boyfriend cannot afford to replace, washing tin foil to use again, or burrowing through the dumpsters to find something to eat on a Friday night, stop, turn on the television (or watch through someone else's window) and appreciate the beautfiul game.

When you've had it with your impecunious, inadequate boyfriend, and you're sifting through the trekkies and furries on match.com, trying to find a goiterless, somewhat socialized manchild that can pass for civilized, I hope you turn on the highlights of the Germany-Argentina match and weep. Not for the result, but for the beautiful, beautiful goals, raining like mana from the heavens, as though the lord himself came down and annointed the German footballers, and each footballer was Jesus. Precrucifixion.

Your boyfriend didn't just bet against Germany, he bet against God.

And ten Jesuses (Jesei?).

Well said. She'll be turning tricks by Monday night.
 

Artorias

Platinum Member
Feb 8, 2014
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Argentina will get destroyed in the final, they played mediocre against average teams and couldn't score with a supposedly stacked offensive team.

The Germans are going to stifle their offense along with Messi and completely dominate the midfield.
 
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