No no Tats.....I'm barely over 30 either.That what Alopecia and watching Aston Villa can do to you.....
You sound like a Brummie friend of mine going through the same shit
Day 19: Brazil vs Mexico and Belgium vs Japan
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You sound like a Brummie friend of mine going through the same shit
No, not necessarily. Every player who experiences contact can flop. Not every contact in football is as heavy as some people believe it to be.
Rivaldo would have been proud, someone steps on the ankle and he rolled around holding his head!Just saw the Neymar flopping. My God
I don’t get the joke.
My prediction was Brazil in the semifinal and losing to France as alwaysLets see if we can stop that Belgium attack.
Lets see if we can stop that Belgium attack.Right
Hope Brazil win the WC and Neymar scores a hattrick in the final, just for the Neymar haters
Brazil don't look brilliant but are very very solid: more so than Belgium and France, imo.
Hope Solo and RTE, what an odd pairing.
You sure kicking the ball that many times won’t hurt his foot?
Are you a child?
They'll be a meltdown here if they beat Belgium
Anyone has a GIF of the Neymar incident, the playacting one
Edge rushers might try to draw a holding call, but it’s hard not to flail your arms a bit when you’re grabbed round the neck by a 300lb man.
It makes it harder for sure but it's really a 50/50 tie.
HIstorically, your government doesn't like the UN, and you scarely pay your dues, so it's amusing that you'd use them as a souce of fact.
Lumping Mexico in with Central America makes it easier to deny our continental relationship and possibly rationalize that wall.
Not saying that specifically pertains to you, mind.
Good riddance Mexico. That was a total waste of time.
Fingers crossed, everything that sends the majority of the caf in meltdown is great
You'll have to be more specific.
Yes, mentally for sure. Some people wishing injury to him must be even younger than me
I appreciate that.
I’m quite pro-UN and just think it pertinent to point out that the UN (and other organizations) have included Mexico in with Central America.
It’s down to it stretching so far south, the same as Russia stretches so far east.
Gold!!Never understood this myself. Always seemed like a misapplied standard. Basketball players dive all the time - I never watch NBA anymore but I remember that Vlade Divac would fall down if you sneezed on him. And baseball has overweight non-athletes pitching and people standing around chewing tobacco and spitting all day long.
Of course I shouldn't be surprised when I first went to school in the States and some kids literally said to me "soccer is a communist sport".
Central America isn't a continent anyway. It's all North America.
What would you call them? Just punters/kickers?
Basketball is definitely the lowest of the 3 in “toughness factor”.
Your idea of baseball is amusing, but yeah, there’s the occasional CC Sabathia, Derek Lowe, and Bartolo Colon on the mound.
Yes, that’s exactly right, actually.
“You’re not a football player, you’re a kicker” is a sentence that could be heard on any football field in America.
Tbh, I think the concept of Central America is dumb. The isthmus of Panama is the separation point between North and South America. Calling some of it Central America is just done to segregate the less economically successful countries from the ones with better GDP to the north and probably a heavy does of racism, too.
I’d say I agree with you there. I’ve never quite understood the point of “Central America” myself, either.
The hate Neymar has been getting has certainly been over the top from some corners. I heard Mexicans all weekend hoping he gets injured, calling him puta constantly, getting called puta myself, etc. Honestly the Mexicans fans lacked the most class this WC.
The problem lies in sports that gain an advantage by feigning injury, football/soccer is 1 of them. Basketball can also, but not to the same extent.
Baseball / American football also has pretty much zero incentive to act hurt, so they'll try their best to do the opposite.
It's a shame but certain countries take it too far, Portugal/Brazil/Spain/Italy all seem the worst for this, but that's probably why they always do well, they push the rules to the extreme.
Yes it is indeed. It gives a damn good sport a bad reputation in a country that, if we put as much into it as we do other sports, could be quite good at it.
Believe me, I wish soccer could get away from the “pansy sport” reputation it has in the US.
It’ll take a massive crackdown on the play-acting that’s prevalent in those countries. Maybe that’s where VAR can end up doing the most good.
I think baseball is the lowest on toughness factor. Also, I had the misfortune of playing baseball a few years so that's where my amusing impression comes from
I played catcher for 16 years. It ain’t.I think baseball is the lowest on toughness factor. Also, I had the misfortune of playing baseball a few years so that's where my amusing impression comes from
I think baseball is the lowest on toughness factor. Also, I had the misfortune of playing baseball a few years so that's where my amusing impression comes from
Baseball routinely has fights though
Is Lukaku back for todays game?
Wouldn't mind him getting a couple and moving ahead of Kane. Be a big boost for him ahead of a Brazil quarter-final.
Wouldn't mind him getting a couple and moving ahead of Kane. Be a big boost for him ahead of a Brazil quarter-final.
Good game today compared to that offered up yesterday.
Hope the next one is a classic.
Hope the next one is a classic.
Routinely? At what level?
I mean every sport has fights especially at youth level, I've seen plenty in football/basketball too