Football (Soccer) Thread

[Josephus]

Youtube has live Copa America games?

anyways, saw the Brazil game on TV, pretty boring. Brazil really need to get their act together in three years.

[katmai]

Yep they are broadcasting the whole thing apparently.

[Josephus]

FIFA, the asswipes, are considering three "halves" for the WC in Qatar.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/8621726/World-Cup-in-2022-could-become-a-game-of-three-halves-in-the-40-degree-heat-of-Qatar.html

[Josquius]

:wtf:
That...would be just bizzare as a one off change.

[Norgy]

They should consider moving the World Cup somewhere better. Like Europe.
Fucking Quatar.

[alfred russel]

If FIFA can propose turning the sport into trimesters, then I'm not going to be embarrassed to propose with my fellow americans that the goal size be increased. 

[Valmy]

FIFA, the asswipes, are considering three "halves" for the WC in Qatar.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/8621726/World-Cup-in-2022-could-become-a-game-of-three-halves-in-the-40-degree-heat-of-Qatar.html

What kind of stupid shit is that?  PLay the freaking game.  If your team cannot run up and down for 45 minutes in the heat you will lose.  Period.

[Norgy]

If FIFA can propose turning the sport into trimesters, then I'm not going to be embarrassed to propose with my fellow americans that the goal size be increased. 

And a goal, depending on where it's scored from, should give 1, 2.5, 3 or 4.7 points.

[Valmy]

And a goal, depending on where it's scored from, should give 1, 2.5, 3 or 4.7 points.

That is idiotic.  kicking the ball over the goal should be 1 point, kicking it in the goal should be worth 6 points and punching the goalie in the face and stealing his pants should be worth 20.  Now that I could get behind.

[Agelastus]

FIFA, the asswipes, are considering three "halves" for the WC in Qatar.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/8621726/World-Cup-in-2022-could-become-a-game-of-three-halves-in-the-40-degree-heat-of-Qatar.html

What kind of stupid shit is that?  PLay the freaking game.  If your team cannot run up and down for 45 minutes in the heat you will lose.  Period.

If they're really that worried, it would make more sense to split it into quarters and have a couple of minute long drinks breaks at the quarter and three quarter mark.

If you did split the game into thirds one team could quite easily have an unfair advantage over the other simply because of the direction the wind is blowing.

[Barrister]

There is nothing wrong with dividing a sporting game up into thirds.  And since you can't call them halves or quarters, you might as well call them periods.

[Agelastus]

There is nothing wrong with dividing a sporting game up into thirds.  And since you can't call them halves or quarters, you might as well call them periods.

Are they all going to be indoor venues in Qatar, then? The idea of halves for an outdoor ball game is that neither side suffers a disadvantage due to the wind or other environmental factors - if you split it into thirds one team is going to have an advantage by default.

[Valmy]

There is nothing wrong with dividing a sporting game up into thirds.  And since you can't call them halves or quarters, you might as well call them periods.

And midfielder is a lame name for a position.  We should call them left and right wingers.

[Josquius]

I could maybe see a case for calling for a 5 minute break when there's a dead ball around 30 mins and 65 mins but totally altering the game into thirds...no.

[katmai]

Sweden getting spanked by Japan