2014 World Cup

[Agelastus]

Apparently my Jinx "England sides lose when I watch them" was stronger than my Jinx "sides in the World Cup lose when I predict them to win".

[FunkMonk]

ENG 1 - 2 PIRLO

[Pedrito]

ENG 1 - 2 PIRLO

Candreva had a great game, and Darmian too. England was unable to close the right wingers.

L.

[HVC]

I'm gonna cheer for Costa Rica in this group.

[Liep]

I just got home, is ELF-JPN live? This is why all WC's should be held within GMT +/- 2.

[Liep]

Speaking of which, what a goal by Honda. :O

[Liep]

The African teams so far has turned up with the usual disorganized and disinterested defense.

[mongers]

Nice to see decent refereeing in the England-Italy game.

[jimmy olsen]

Japan is falling apart

[Eddie Teach]

Japan is falling apart

You had me worried 'til I remembered this was the WC thread.

[FunkMonk]

The Drogba Effect

[alfred russel]

Last world cup there were a zillion ties in the 1st games of the group stage. I decided to bank on that trend continuing, and picked most competitive games to be a draw in the languish pool. This seems to have been a flawed strategy.

[dps]

Last world cup there were a zillion ties in the 1st games of the group stage. I decided to bank on that trend continuing, and picked most competitive games to be a draw in the languish pool. This seems to have been a flawed strategy.

Yeah, I picked a lot of draws, too.  And the increased scoring means I have almost no chance of winning the tie-breaker (not that I'm going to tie for the top spot anyway).

[Viking]

Last world cup there were a zillion ties in the 1st games of the group stage. I decided to bank on that trend continuing, and picked most competitive games to be a draw in the languish pool. This seems to have been a flawed strategy.

Yeah, I picked a lot of draws, too.  And the increased scoring means I have almost no chance of winning the tie-breaker (not that I'm going to tie for the top spot anyway).

I ran on the assumption that all games would end 2-1 or 3-0 with the "better" team winning. So far Costa Rica (go Gamboa!) and Netherlands have screwed with me. But I don't think anybody else go those right though.

Edit: and I'm leading the pool..

[alfred russel]

Last world cup there were a zillion ties in the 1st games of the group stage. I decided to bank on that trend continuing, and picked most competitive games to be a draw in the languish pool. This seems to have been a flawed strategy.

Yeah, I picked a lot of draws, too.  And the increased scoring means I have almost no chance of winning the tie-breaker (not that I'm going to tie for the top spot anyway).

I hate this fucking sport.* Just when you think you can safely predict a boring result and wager expecting that, it becomes exciting.

*This post will become invalid if the US gets out of the group stage in which case I will have been a long time fan.