World Cup 2014

Yeah and tbh there was (unusual when it comes to these things) consensus that he was right not picking him

Does it vary significantly from place to place?

Manaus will be the toughest one. Very hot and potentially very humid.

which is why i did the headinhands.jpg when Scholes was all "we shd totally go and play like Liverpool"

p much everything about the italy game looks like a big wet juicy banana skin on a freshly mopped floor

what the fuck would you be at dropping a banana skin on a fresh mopped floor for? unconvinced

Pirlo being downplayed on 5 Live as we speak

Alan Green didn't think we shd "waste" Rooney on marking him

England game suspended by lightning, Belgium game suspended by giant hailstones. Going with rain of frogs for USA vs Nigeria.

this is great TV the Mrs is roaring laughing at these fucktosses

^

you have how the English pundits will handle the heat out there eamon

hoddles on about immaterial positives where's ray parlour quick

comedy villain tackling again wtf

this is great

what's going on

just really violent

lol honduras are out of control

honduras are going full radge in a friendly & i might have to start supporting them as a result

otm they're like Jackie chan background extras out there

"this is our cup final boys. go out there and give 'em hell" the honduras manager

but they're...in the actual world cup. that makes it even better tbh

Sounds p standard for Honduras tbh

hi guys

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/74740000/jpg/_74740369_74738730.jpg

something's not right with chrissy

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/74740000/jpg/_74740372_624(2).jpg

brad agrees

is there a channel other than bbc and itv showing this in the uk

you'll have to provide good streams. would probably favour the USA commentators for English-language streaming

BBC usually provide a 5 Live commentary option. Dunno if that's any better

or you always use a proxy and try the RTE player, although the actual match commentators are as bad if not worse

WatchESPN and ESPN3 will have everything, I know of ppl who are not in the USA using it over VPNs or proxies but idk how that works exactly

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/08/luis-suarez-world-cup-uruguay-fitness-knee-surgery-liverpool-england

"I could have really cried [in pain] because of this injury but I didn’t because I knew. I knew. When the doctor first spoke to me three little tears fell but no more."

BBC usually provide a 5 Live commentary option. Dunno if that's any better

― Number None, Sunday, 8 June 2014 23:38 Bookmark

Former Brazil and Middlesbrough midfielder Juninho is another addition. Crystal Palace manager Tony Pulis and Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper and former USA international Brad Friedel are new signings for the Radio 5 live punditry team along with Celtic manager and former Northern Ireland midfielder Neil Lennon, who will have a combined role across TV and radio.

idk about u guys but i'm all about a panel of juninho and tony pulis

alan green

Celtic manager and former Northern Ireland midfielder Neil Lennon

misplaced/missing "former"

anyone post the Dave Zirin NY Times piece about how murderously corrupt FIFA is?

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/08/opinion/sunday/throw-fifa-out-of-the-game.html?_r=0

quick glance says there's little here we don't already know about but hey why not?

tbf repeating the message is no bad thing

i'm sure there will be lots of discussion of FIFA and Brazilian politics during the football coverage

to add to things we already know

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlJEt2KU33I

^ funny tho

Celtic manager and former Northern Ireland midfielder Neil Lennon

misplaced/missing "former"

― I Miss You(tube embeds) (onimo), Monday, 9 June 2014 12:47 Bookmark

celtic manager neil lennon, thracian manager tony pulis

rah

hmmm

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/its-brazils-world-cup-to-lose/

http://espnfivethirtyeight.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/silver-feature-wcpreview-1.png

Intrigued as to what that 0.1% is that separates Costa Rica from the complete no-hopers.

pura vida

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27762435

hard to fathom how the fifa advisors came up with this retort

Sepp is a long-standing anti-racist

there's a blog about it but unfortunately it's kinda racist

and pro-brown envelopist