Other Sports **Official USA vs Germany World Cup Match Thread** - Page 23

|Zach| · 06-26-2014, 05:44 AM

USA vs Germany | Recife | Group G | 11 CT | ESPN

This is the big one.

If the United States ties or wins they advance to the knock out stage of the World Cup. There are also scenarios that are not that outlandish that let them move on if they lose but **** those scenarios.

GloryDayz · 06-26-2014, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by notorious

Don't make me post the hanging picture again.

No need...

TambaBerry · 06-26-2014, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by notorious

Well, I can see that a potential soccer fan is not welcome in a soccer thread.

I tried, but you guys are assholes when it comes to your sport.

Me personally am just tired of everyone bagging on the sport.

**Baby Lee** · 06-26-2014, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by dingleberry

God you're full of excuses, ties are hard to understand, I point out the nfl has them. Oh uh well they hardly happen

notorious is a Donovan McNabb mult.

GloryDayz · 06-26-2014, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by notorious

Well, I can see that a potential soccer fan is not welcome in a soccer thread.

I tried, but you guys are assholes when it comes to your sport.

Not to worry, you'll still get a participation medal..

aturnis · 06-26-2014, 09:32 PM

The conversation was about losing and advancing until you made it about tying.

You want to talk about sorts that don't make sense? Try baseball. Why does it take so many games to decide who's good enough to enter the playoffs? Why do teams need to play the times in a row? There's a reason it's dying.

**notorious** · 06-26-2014, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Baby Lee

notorious is a Donovan McNabb mult.

Bring me in for a look?

**Baby Lee** · 06-26-2014, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by notorious

Well, I can see that a potential soccer fan is not welcome in a soccer thread.

I tried, but you guys are assholes when it comes to your sport.

Maybe if you didn't start out saying you didn't understand something, then when it's explained to you move the goal posts suggesting you understand it, but just like complaining about it anyway.

**notorious** · 06-26-2014, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by aturnis

The conversation was about losing and advancing until you made it about tying.

You want to talk about sorts that don't make sense? Try baseball. Why does it take so many games to decide who's good enough to enter the playoffs? Why do teams need to play the times in a row? There's a reason it's dying.

Absolutely.

I would love a very short season for baseball. It's hard to give a shit when there is 162 chances to watch.

Basketball has to many regular season games, too. I am a less is more kind of guy.

aturnis · 06-26-2014, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by BigRedChief

The difference is that in football/baseball/basketball when they coast or rest their players before the playoffs is that they have "won" their way into the playoffs by "winning" not by a "Tie/Draw" and or a loss.
I'm okay with the draw/tie system in soccer because that's the way its always been. The system used by the rest of the world.

You can call them reeruned but its the classic feeling that soccer has been trying to overcome in American since Pele. Thats why it would have been so important to not let that late goal happen against Portugal. The USMNT would have "won" their way into the next round. Big difference.

First, your first point is bogus. Plenty of teams start of hot, then lose 4 of their last 6, (and not b/c of resting players) only to advance on tie breakers.

And again, 7-9, 8-8 get you to the dance.

They did win their way in. They won 3 points in their first game, and a forth in their second game. They earned those points.

**notorious** · 06-26-2014, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Maybe if you didn't start out saying you didn't understand something, then when it's explained to you move the goal posts suggesting you understand it, but just like complaining about it anyway.

Quote one complaint about the sport, and I will leave CP for a month.

Quote one post saying I didn't understand something, and I will leave CP for a month.

The ball is in your court.

**Baby Lee** · 06-26-2014, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by notorious

Absolutely.

I would love a very short season for baseball. It's hard to give a shit when there is 162 chances to watch.

Basketball has to many regular season games, too. I am a less is more kind of guy.

That is entirely my boredom with MLB, NBA, NHL. It's just a bunch of scrimmages until a handful of rich teams get 'super cereal' in the fall.

aturnis · 06-26-2014, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by notorious

Absolutely.

I would love a very short season for baseball. It's hard to give a shit when there is 162 chances to watch.

Basketball has to many regular season games, too. I am a less is more kind of guy.

Awesome. Stupid baseball....

:flame:

**Baby Lee** · 06-26-2014, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by notorious

Quote one complaint about the sport, and I will leave CP for a month.

Quote one post saying I didn't understand something, and I will leave CP for a month.

The ball is in your court.

Not in direct word for word quotes, but 'hard to grasp' is, by any fair measure, fungible with 'difficult to understand.' And countering the fact that the NFL allows for ties that it hardly ever happens can fairly be construed as a complaint about the prevalence of ties in soccer.

aturnis · 06-26-2014, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Baby Lee

That is entirely my boredom with MLB, NBA, NHL. It's just a bunch of scrimmages until a handful of rich teams get 'super cereal' in the fall.

That, and I can't see the ****ing puck!!!

Eleazar · 06-26-2014, 09:41 PM

The group stage isn't designed to eliminate one team with every game. It's designed to trim 32 down to 16 by advancing the 16 teams that perform the best over a 3 game span. The three game span is played in groups which are seeded and balanced to try to give the most measured answer to the question of who the best 16 teams are.

This is the opposite of the NCAA tournament, where everyone gets in and flukes abound. that tournament is designed to be "exciting" and unpredictable, this one is designed to settle the question of who is truly the best.

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aturnis MVP Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Iowa Casino cash: $9975811	The conversation was about losing and advancing until you made it about tying. You want to talk about sorts that don't make sense? Try baseball. Why does it take so many games to decide who's good enough to enter the playoffs? Why do teams need to play the times in a row? There's a reason it's dying.
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Eleazar Beyond the Rapids Join Date: May 2003 Location: Langley, VA Casino cash: $-370000	The group stage isn't designed to eliminate one team with every game. It's designed to trim 32 down to 16 by advancing the 16 teams that perform the best over a 3 game span. The three game span is played in groups which are seeded and balanced to try to give the most measured answer to the question of who the best 16 teams are. This is the opposite of the NCAA tournament, where everyone gets in and flukes abound. that tournament is designed to be "exciting" and unpredictable, this one is designed to settle the question of who is truly the best.
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