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Josephus

#91
June 10, 2014, 06:40:10 PM
Quote from: derspiess on June 10, 2014, 11:36:22 AM
That would be pretty hilarious. 

I'm tempted to place a few bets on the outright winner.  I see 6/1 payouts for Germany winning.  Ditto for Spain.  Iran is at 2500/1, so a $100 bet on them would pay off my house if they win :w00t:


Yi will probably correct my betting terminology-- I usually screw it up.

I'll give you 3000/1 on Iran. But minimum bet is $1000
Civis Romanus Sum<br /><br />"My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world." Jack Layton 1950-2011

Admiral Yi

#92
June 10, 2014, 06:51:15 PM
Who holds the pot?

Razgovory

#93
June 10, 2014, 06:59:05 PM
I will!  It's about time I get some use of these things


I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Josephus

#94
June 10, 2014, 07:02:29 PM
 :lol:
Civis Romanus Sum<br /><br />"My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world." Jack Layton 1950-2011

derspiess

#95
June 10, 2014, 10:20:48 PM
So after some polling, the Spiess household is 50% Team USA, 50% Argentina.  I presented all the teams to both kids & asked them to pick their favorites.  Tommy, who apparently has gone hyper-patriotic, went with USA.  He briefly considered Brazil but decided they were "too Brazilian".  Lola only went with Argentina after the wife whispered it into her ear 20 times.

Non-issue since the teams aren't likely to play each other.   But fun dinner conversation nonetheless. 
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

PDH

#96
June 10, 2014, 10:35:30 PM
Quote from: derspiess on June 10, 2014, 10:20:48 PM
He briefly considered Brazil but decided they were "too Brazilian".

See, that is going to be the downfall of Brazil this WC.
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
-Umberto Eco

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derspiess

#97
June 10, 2014, 10:47:36 PM
Quote from: PDH on June 10, 2014, 10:35:30 PM
Quote from: derspiess on June 10, 2014, 10:20:48 PM
He briefly considered Brazil but decided they were "too Brazilian".

See, that is going to be the downfall of Brazil this WC.

I asked him to explain what that meant and he mumbled something about the bad guys in the movie Rio :lol:
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Maladict

#98
June 11, 2014, 06:49:23 AM
I'm really dreading the Dutch group games.  :(
Just hoping it will be a dignified exit.

Warspite

#99
June 11, 2014, 06:54:45 AM
Zonal Marking has a great tactical roundup of each team at the World Cup:

http://www.zonalmarking.net/

And for those of you on Twitter, @HipsterManager is well worth a follow...

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Can't wait until the first game of the World Cup because Croatia have a triple pivot of Modric-Rakitic-Kovacic

I need to change my trousers
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Pedrito

#100
June 11, 2014, 07:34:29 AM
Remember your pool predictions!

L.
b / h = h / b+h


27 Zoupa Points, redeemable at the nearest liquor store! :woot:

Barrister

#101
June 11, 2014, 09:26:55 AM
With no Canada (as if!), not even a Ukraine, I guess after my trip there (and last weekend's reciprocal visit by a couple of nationals) my loyalties lie with... Brazil?

Feels funny pulling for a huge favourite, I almost always pull for the underdog. :mellow:
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derspiess

#102
June 11, 2014, 09:42:40 AM
Quote from: Barrister on June 11, 2014, 09:26:55 AM
With no Canada (as if!), not even a Ukraine, I guess after my trip there (and last weekend's reciprocal visit by a couple of nationals) my loyalties lie with... Brazil?

Feels funny pulling for a huge favourite, I almost always pull for the underdog. :mellow:

Hmmm, if there were only an underdog team from a country that you were close to...  :hmm:
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Liep

#103
June 11, 2014, 09:54:20 AM Last Edit: June 11, 2014, 09:56:06 AM by Liep
Are the non favourites always underdogs? Or don't you need at least a shimmer of a chance to win to get that title?

EDIT: Not targeted at USA as such. :P
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derspiess

#104
June 11, 2014, 09:57:11 AM
To me an underdog is just anyone not favored to win. 
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall
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