RIPPA Posted September 11, 2013 Author Posted September 11, 2013 Too many teams from North America get in. That's fucking unreal. Four teams? Well to be fair - it's only a guaranteed 3 with the 4th being a playoff That is the fewest amount of qualifiers (well again outside of Oceania which no longer has a guaranteed spot). The distribution by confederation for the 2014 World Cup will be: Europe (UEFA): 13 places Africa (CAF): 5 places Asia (AFC): 4 or 5 places South America (CONMEBOL) 4 or 5 places (+ Brazil qualified automatically as host nation for a total of 5 or 6 places) North, Central American and Caribbean (CONCACAF): 3 or 4 places Oceania (OFC): 0 or 1 place UEFA and CAF have a guaranteed number of places, whereas the number of qualifiers from other confederations is dependent on play-offs between AFC's fifth-placed team and CONMEBOL's fifth-placed team, and between CONCACAF's fourth-placed team and OFC's first-placed team. A draw determined the pairings between the four teams involved.
Pete Posted September 11, 2013 Posted September 11, 2013 I love the running theme that within minutes of Dewar complaining - the US scoresCall Clint Dempsey ugly next I'm going to call that fucking bellend ugly, stupid, shitty and every other possible bad word I can think of, or make up. Someone bet over 2.5 goals. That penalty "effort" totally fucked me. That man deserves the hardest kick to the junk you can imagine.There's a theory going around that Clint shanked the PK on purpose to keep the Dos a Cero intact.
odessasteps Posted September 11, 2013 Posted September 11, 2013 Hey where are Canada?Oh yeah. Never mind.God, I would really like to see us in a world cup just once before I die. You wouldn't think that's asking a lot.The women's world cup in canada is the best you will get for a while.
Domino_Not_Deuce Posted September 11, 2013 Posted September 11, 2013 The greatest striker to ever play the game, Shola Ameobi scored his first goal for Nigeria last night. He's coming, Brazil. Rio will never be the same again. 1
Dewar Posted September 11, 2013 Posted September 11, 2013 I love the running theme that within minutes of Dewar complaining - the US scoresCall Clint Dempsey ugly next I'm going to call that fucking bellend ugly, stupid, shitty and every other possible bad word I can think of, or make up. Someone bet over 2.5 goals. That penalty "effort" totally fucked me. That man deserves the hardest kick to the junk you can imagine.There's a theory going around that Clint shanked the PK on purpose to keep the Dos a Cero intact. I still want to punt his marbles so hard they become earrings. Fuck that guy. I take better penalty shots than that one.
RIPPA Posted September 11, 2013 Author Posted September 11, 2013 Giovanni Trapattoni has resigned at the Republic of Ireland's manager (basically he walked out the door before they could throw him out).
RIPPA Posted September 11, 2013 Author Posted September 11, 2013 Also - Egypt, which is currently undefeated in qualifying, is in the "unseeded" pot of the African playoff qualifiers. Seeded: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Algeria, Nigeria, Cape Verde Islands Unseeded: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Egypt, Senegal, Ethiopia God Bless wacky soccer
sabremike Posted September 11, 2013 Posted September 11, 2013 I love the running theme that within minutes of Dewar complaining - the US scoresCall Clint Dempsey ugly next I'm going to call that fucking bellend ugly, stupid, shitty and every other possible bad word I can think of, or make up. Someone bet over 2.5 goals. That penalty "effort" totally fucked me. That man deserves the hardest kick to the junk you can imagine. It's hard to feel sorry for you betting on the over when you knew the final score was going to be 2-0 like it always is in Columbus. 1
Cristobal Posted September 11, 2013 Posted September 11, 2013 In the "cringeworthy American fans" file, one of my co-workers apparently came in to his desk today and said loudly "DEUCE A CERO!" (not dos, deuce.)
Dewar Posted September 11, 2013 Posted September 11, 2013 I love the running theme that within minutes of Dewar complaining - the US scoresCall Clint Dempsey ugly next I'm going to call that fucking bellend ugly, stupid, shitty and every other possible bad word I can think of, or make up. Someone bet over 2.5 goals. That penalty "effort" totally fucked me. That man deserves the hardest kick to the junk you can imagine. It's hard to feel sorry for you betting on the over when you knew the final score was going to be 2-0 like it always is in Columbus. Match fixing!!!! Send that fuckgoof Clint Dempsey to Guantanamo!!!!!! Or worse, to Serie A.
SirFozzie Posted September 12, 2013 Posted September 12, 2013 So, it looks like for the winner take all game with Panama, Mexico will have a new coach, again:Victor Manuel Vucetich to be named 3rd manager of Mexican national team of past week, according to ESPN & media reports.
SirFozzie Posted September 12, 2013 Posted September 12, 2013 Cape Verde thrown out, Tunisia in Africa WCQ (Cape Verde apparently used ineligible players)
RIPPA Posted September 16, 2013 Author Posted September 16, 2013 Said African draw was held Ivory Coast - Senegal Tunisia - Cameroon Egypt - Ghana Nigeria - Ethiopia Burkina Faso - Algeria So yeah - THANKS FOR GOING UNDEFEATED BOB BRADLEY!!! HERE IS GHANA TO HAUNT YOUR DREAMS AGAIN
ReiseReise Posted September 30, 2013 Posted September 30, 2013 I know I know, I´m going to sound strange. But you guys - as footie fans - know that situation, where you have a feeling everything that could go wrong might actually just go wrong? Trap steps down which means Ireland will have a new coach (and possibly a new spirit in their squad, no wrestling-related pun intended), Gomez injured, Klose injured, no attacker Löw likes to use...I´m not liking the sound of that. A "Grand Finale" in Sweden is the last thing anyone should want. Anyone favouring the "Mannschaft" at least.
Tele-Viper Posted September 30, 2013 Posted September 30, 2013 It sucks to hear that Gomez and Klose are down. Is now the time to finally call in Keissling? Or can Kruse handle it? Don't forget that Mueller, Podolski, and Ozil all like to score. Sweden will be a challenge regardless.
ReiseReise Posted October 3, 2013 Posted October 3, 2013 I agree that we have many midfielders who can score, just felt the need to utter concern. Don´t see Kießling happening, him being nominated is long overdue, he´s just not one of the guys Löw wants in the squad (which is weird, considering how many shots Gomez got, who is basically the same player).
Jiji Posted October 3, 2013 Posted October 3, 2013 Didn't Kießling say he'd never play for the national team so long as Löw was in charge just recently?
ReiseReise Posted October 4, 2013 Posted October 4, 2013 He said that, but at the same time stated that he would of course join the team if asked. I guess it was more a conclusion he made than rejecting nominations. Apparently Löw and Kießling talked, but nobody really stated nothing yet. Nominations should be out later today, interesting to see if there will be any major changes from the expected nominees. Edit: No Kießling, Kruse seemingly set to be lone striker to be nominated against Ireland and Sweden. Gündogan, Klose, Gomez and Podolski all out due to injury. Götze and Schweinsteiger return after missing the last qualifiers (both of them were injured).Germany´s squad trying accomplish qualification next week:GK - Neuer, Adler, ZielerDEF - Boateng, Höwedes, Hummels, Janssen, Lahm, MertesackerMID - Lars Bender, Sven Bender, Draxler, Götze, Khedira, Kroos, Thomas Müller, Özil, Reus, Sam, Schürrle, Schweinsteiger ATT - Kruse EVERY player nominated is younger than me. Depressing personal moment. 1
Pete Posted October 4, 2013 Posted October 4, 2013 Said African draw was held Ivory Coast - Senegal Tunisia - Cameroon Egypt - Ghana Nigeria - Ethiopia Burkina Faso - Algeria So yeah - THANKS FOR GOING UNDEFEATED BOB BRADLEY!!! HERE IS GHANA TO HAUNT YOUR DREAMS AGAIN The thought just occurred to me that I now live two blocks away from Little Egypt in Queens. YEAH, GO EGYPT! MAY YOUR RIOTING BE HAPPY!
RIPPA Posted October 11, 2013 Author Posted October 11, 2013 Germany & Switzerland officially in England all but in with their win 1
odessasteps Posted October 11, 2013 Posted October 11, 2013 Russia in. Portugal in the playoffs. (I bet they get Iceland)
SirFozzie Posted October 11, 2013 Posted October 11, 2013 Europe Breakdown: Group A: Settled: Belgium wins the Group, Croatia to the playoffs Group B: Italy wins, one of four teams can finish 2nd (Bulgaria, Denmark, Czech Republic and Armenia). As it stands, second place in this group may not be enough, as Bulgaria is in last in the second placed teams table, and would miss out on playoffs) Group C: Settled: Germany in, Sweden to playoffs Group D: Netherlands wins, Turkey, Romania and Hungary can finish 2nd (Turkey is in the final playoff spot for second placed teams) Group E: Switzerland wins, Iceland or Slovenia for 2nd place Group F: Russia just needs a point to qualify, Portugal (who just dropped two points to Israel) needs Russia to lose to Azerbaijan (not likely), to win against Luxemborg (likely) and to make up seven goals difference Group G: Bosnia and Greece are tied on 22 points entering the final game. Bosnia has the advantage in a +23 goal difference (compared to Greece's +5), so they just have to match the result of Greece to qualify (Greece v Lithuania, Greece v Lichenstein.. expect Greece to go all out there!) Group H: England have guaranteed at least a playoff berth, but if they do not beat Poland, the Ukraine will probably knock them into the playoff (they face minnows San Marino) Group I: Spain (who is just about to beat Belarus). just needs a point in their final qualifying game against Georgia to qualify, France need a Spain loss and to beat Finlkand 1
ReiseReise Posted October 11, 2013 Posted October 11, 2013 Good job on the breakdown. Glad we qualified and never were in REAL danger of messing up. Austria has to be heartbroken. Would love for Iceland to make it to the World Cup. They might have an actual shot, they are uncomfortale, especially when you play at their place in November.
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