Official World Cup Soccer Thread

[Mardeth]

I wonder what it would be in the US. 80%?

 

[HybridSquirrel]

So I ahve a few questions. The final is on 7/11 @ 2:00pm eastern time correct? If correct, does anyone know a bar in either Williamsburg, VA near the governors in....or near the Holiday Inn Downtown in Salisbury, MD?

 

[pyonir]

I wonder what it would be in the US. 80%?

From the article...and I agree with it, LOL:

"I'm absolutely positive that a good third of Americans believed we'd already won the World Cup after we drew with Slovenia."

 

[KMFJD]

Strange Fact: New Zealand could feasibly finish as the only unbeaten side at the 2010 World Cup, should the winner of this clash between Netherlands and Uruguay go on to lose the final.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Germany back to using their old tactics I see: Blitzkrieg!

 

[ShadowOfMyself]

Expecting great things from Holland today... Uruguay just got incredibly lucky with the opposite teams... South Korea and Ghana, seriously? Lol

 

[Zargon]

I hope for NED v ESP final, but my brain says NED V GER

 

[Gooberlx2]

but my brain says NED V GER

That's what I'm hoping for. I'm rooting for Germany to win the cup.

 

[Zargon]

I'm mostly dutch and sweedish, so I feel I must root for my pasty ancestors

 

[KeithTalent]

Ugh, I just heard Fabregas is probably out for tomorrow. He's been great coming off the bench.

Anyway, I picked Uruguay today. We'll see how that goes.

KT

 

[Gooberlx2]

Anyway, I picked Uruguay today. We'll see how that goes.

You think? Like others, I think they've been pretty lucky whereas NED has better talent.

edit: Then again, their luck and willpower has carried them this far...

 

[KeithTalent]

You think? Like others, I think they've been pretty lucky whereas NED has better talent.

I don't feel good about it, it's more just a last ditch effort to win my pool. I'm alone in third in my pool ($25 payout) with 3 games left and 2 points behind first. If I can jump up to second or even first by getting lucky here, it means I'll get $200 to $350 more.

I figure it's worth a shot, since everyone else will be picking the Dutch. Uruguay has looked good in spots, but they are definitely in tough here.

KT

 

[Anubis]

You think? Like others, I think they've been pretty lucky whereas NED has better talent.

pretty lucky is an understatement, i mean FFS Ghana missed a PK in the 120th min and then lost the game on PKs

 

[Zargon]

Ugh, I just heard Fabregas is probably out for tomorrow. He's been great coming off the bench.

Anyway, I picked Uruguay today. We'll see how that goes.

KT

thats not good at all for spain! arent they missing a mid already with a card suspension?

 

[Zargon]

I don't feel good about it, it's more just a last ditch effort to win my pool. I'm alone in third in my pool ($25 payout) with 3 games left and 2 points behind first. If I can jump up to second or even first by getting lucky here, it means I'll get $200 to $350 more.

I figure it's worth a shot, since everyone else will be picking the Dutch. Uruguay has looked good in spots, but they are definitely in tough here.

KT

you could end up not getting any money at all with predicitons like that


I have used 40 hours of comptime to watch games and all my coworkers cant beleive I am watching this much without being in a pool or gambling on it

 

[KeithTalent]

thats not good at all for spain! arent they missing a mid already with a card suspension?

I don't remember if there is someone else missing. I know the Germans will not have Muller, so that's good. Also, Paul just picked Spain: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/06/paul-the-octopus-stuns-ge_n_636118.html so we have that going for us, which is nice.

KT

 

[KeithTalent]

you could end up not getting any money at all with predicitons like that


I have used 40 hours of comptime to watch games and all my coworkers cant beleive I am watching this much without being in a pool or gambling on it

Well I figure it's better to go for it than just playing it safe for $25.

KT

 

[Terzo]

I don't remember if there is someone else missing. I know the Germans will not have Muller, so that's good. Also, Paul just picked Spain: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/06/paul-the-octopus-stuns-ge_n_636118.html so we have that going for us, which is nice.

KT

Maybe not

Correspondents says Paul's plumping for Spain has caused alarm in the country, but some analysts point out that his predictive powers are not perfect.
During Euro 2008 he wrongly picked Germany as the victor against Spain.

 

[KeithTalent]

Maybe not

Yeah, but I'm going with his picks this World Cup. Euro 2008 is ancient history!

KT

 

[paulney]

Come on Holland, 5:0 or bust!

 

[HybridSquirrel]

what the hell was that thing about great white sharks

 

[sunzt]

what the hell was that thing about great white sharks

what about those ostrich looking things on the crotch of those dutch fans?

 

[HybridSquirrel]

what about those ostrich looking things on the crotch of those dutch fans?

i totally missed that

 

[Gooberlx2]

Bah! I forgot I have a meeting at 1:30. I hope it's a super fast meeting or I'm going to have to miss the end of the game.

 

[Gooberlx2]

And we've started! Go Orange!