2018 Running World Cup Thread

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MetalDog

Quote from: bayonetbrant on June 28, 2018, 07:47:15 PM
Don't mind then MD. I might even give you a break from puns for a few days to allow you to concentrate :)

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Pete Dero


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For those who watched the game.

 

bayonetbrant

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MetalDog

Just watched that real time.  I also noticed that the overwhelmingly male England section didn't get as much screen time celebrating as the forlorn young Swedish women mourning.  Totally not complaining.  :smitten:
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I read a study that explained the homeliness of the brits was due to 1000 years of selective Viking raiding. Only the ugly were left while the Vikings became Norse supermodels

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bayonetbrant

Most of the Croatian team look like their hobbies include chewing aluminum cans and ethnic cleansing.
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ComradeP

Some of them certainly are rough, and Modric and Lovren may in the near future be accused of perjury in a case against some criminal and club owner who fled to Bosnia to avoid imprisonment.

However, the game from the weekend probably wore them out, the field looked like a sponge even though there was no water on the grass. Some of them took a blow or two, it was fairly rough. All in all, the English team plays and wins in very unimaginative but highly effective ways, just like the French. For all the talk about the French superstar generation and the nice actions by individuals, the teamplay isn't pretty to look at.

Highlights in today's game include that 5-3-2 defensive wall on the English half and yet another goal from a set piece situation with Kane failing spectacularly when attempting to score a goal during normal play.
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bayonetbrant

So far, England are playing their gameplay better than the Croatians are.

The biggest difference with the England team compared to almost any other (especially the 90s-era teams) is that these guys seem to genuinely enjoy representing England and really believe in the shirt.
So many of their predecessors treated playing for the national team like it was a chore to be endured instead of an honor to be earned and enjoyed.
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ComradeP

The English attempts to turn it into a masonry match have ended after the 1-1, that's something.

It makes the sport much less appealing if a team just defends and then starts running when there's a chance to counter.

I do hope it won't be another extra time+penalties game.
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Pete Dero

Quote from: ComradeP on July 11, 2018, 02:48:39 PM
It makes the sport much less appealing if a team just defends and then starts running when there's a chance to counter.

Even more when you lose from such a team (as we did yesterday playing against France)  :pullhair:  :tickedoff:
And probably such a team will become World Champion.

bayonetbrant

There's limited comfort in looking good while losing
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