lol honduras are out of control
― cajunsunday, Saturday, 7 June 2014 22:03 (ten years ago) link
honduras are going full radge in a friendly & i might have to start supporting them as a result
― Who whom kissed? (imago), Saturday, 7 June 2014 22:04 (ten years ago) link
otm they're like Jackie chan background extras out there
― dn/ac (darraghmac), Saturday, 7 June 2014 22:04 (ten years ago) link
"this is our cup final boys. go out there and give 'em hell" the honduras manager
― cajunsunday, Saturday, 7 June 2014 22:07 (ten years ago) link
but they're...in the actual world cup. that makes it even better tbh
― Who whom kissed? (imago), Saturday, 7 June 2014 22:08 (ten years ago) link
Sounds p standard for Honduras tbh
― dan m, Saturday, 7 June 2014 22:38 (ten years ago) link
hi guys
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/74740000/jpg/_74740369_74738730.jpg
― For bodies we are ready to build pyramids (whatever), Sunday, 8 June 2014 20:34 (ten years ago) link
something's not right with chrissy
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/74740000/jpg/_74740372_624(2).jpg
― For bodies we are ready to build pyramids (whatever), Sunday, 8 June 2014 20:36 (ten years ago) link
brad agrees
― dn/ac (darraghmac), Sunday, 8 June 2014 20:52 (ten years ago) link
is there a channel other than bbc and itv showing this in the uk
― Who whom kissed? (imago), Sunday, 8 June 2014 20:58 (ten years ago) link
you'll have to provide good streams. would probably favour the USA commentators for English-language streaming
― Who whom kissed? (imago), Sunday, 8 June 2014 20:59 (ten years ago) link
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
― Number None, Sunday, 8 June 2014 22:38 (ten years ago) link
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
― dan m, Sunday, 8 June 2014 23:04 (ten years ago) link
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."
― r|t|c, Monday, 9 June 2014 11:35 (ten years ago) link
― 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.
― r|t|c, Monday, 9 June 2014 11:39 (ten years ago) link
idk about u guys but i'm all about a panel of juninho and tony pulis
― r|t|c, Monday, 9 June 2014 11:40 (ten years ago) link
alan green
― Who whom kissed? (imago), Monday, 9 June 2014 11:41 (ten years ago) link
Celtic manager and former Northern Ireland midfielder Neil Lennon
misplaced/missing "former"
― I Miss You(tube embeds) (onimo), Monday, 9 June 2014 11:47 (ten years ago) link
anyone post the Dave Zirin NY Times piece about how murderously corrupt FIFA is?
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Monday, 9 June 2014 11:51 (ten years ago) link
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?
― arid banter (Noodle Vague), Monday, 9 June 2014 12:16 (ten years ago) link
tbf repeating the message is no bad thing
― Who whom kissed? (imago), Monday, 9 June 2014 12:23 (ten years ago) link
i'm sure there will be lots of discussion of FIFA and Brazilian politics during the football coverage
― arid banter (Noodle Vague), Monday, 9 June 2014 12:27 (ten years ago) link
to add to things we already know
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlJEt2KU33I
― dan m, Monday, 9 June 2014 12:34 (ten years ago) link
^ funny tho
― dan m, Monday, 9 June 2014 12:35 (ten years ago) link
― I Miss You(tube embeds) (onimo), Monday, 9 June 2014 12:47 Bookmark
celtic manager neil lennon, thracian manager tony pulis
― r|t|c, Monday, 9 June 2014 12:48 (ten years ago) link
rah
― dn/ac (darraghmac), Monday, 9 June 2014 14:35 (ten years ago) link
hmmm
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/its-brazils-world-cup-to-lose/
http://espnfivethirtyeight.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/silver-feature-wcpreview-1.png
― Number None, Monday, 9 June 2014 19:21 (ten years ago) link
Intrigued as to what that 0.1% is that separates Costa Rica from the complete no-hopers.
― Matt DC, Monday, 9 June 2014 19:45 (ten years ago) link
pura vida
― dan m, Monday, 9 June 2014 19:58 (ten years ago) link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27762435
hard to fathom how the fifa advisors came up with this retort
― For bodies we are ready to build pyramids (whatever), Monday, 9 June 2014 20:01 (ten years ago) link
Sepp is a long-standing anti-racist
― arid banter (Noodle Vague), Monday, 9 June 2014 20:03 (ten years ago) link
there's a blog about it but unfortunately it's kinda racist
― arid banter (Noodle Vague), Monday, 9 June 2014 20:04 (ten years ago) link
and pro-brown envelopist
― For bodies we are ready to build pyramids (whatever), Monday, 9 June 2014 20:05 (ten years ago) link
sorry xp
― For bodies we are ready to build pyramids (whatever), Monday, 9 June 2014 20:06 (ten years ago) link
link?
nah it's not good, search for "sepp blatter black people" if you must
better just reading his history of saying boneheaded shit about racism
basically tho he feels he can say what the fuck he wants because he owns FIFA
― arid banter (Noodle Vague), Monday, 9 June 2014 20:09 (ten years ago) link
He then told the photographers and cameramen following him to leave him alone, with one understood to have tracked the former Manchester United defender for over a mile across the sand.
“Do you speak English? Back off. I just want to walk on the beach,” Neville shouted at one cameraman.
― r|t|c, Monday, 9 June 2014 20:12 (ten years ago) link
Every so often it hits me that this is going to be the last non-shitty World Cup until 2026 and then I just get profoundly depressed.
― Matt DC, Monday, 9 June 2014 20:36 (ten years ago) link
is that still from the neville story
― r|t|c, Monday, 9 June 2014 20:40 (ten years ago) link
All of the people named in the Qatar bribery allegations are men. So these journalists are sexist too!
― StanM, Monday, 9 June 2014 21:52 (ten years ago) link
Every so often it hits me that this is going to be the last non-shitty World Cup until 2026
If anyone had any bollocks they'd just boycott the Qatar one.
I'm strangely unenthused by this World Cup. I'm not anti-it by any means and hopefully I'll get into it once it starts, but I keep forgetting it's even going to happen.
― Turtleneck Work Solutions (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 9 June 2014 22:25 (ten years ago) link
Qatar won't get to actually hold the world cup in 2022. No way.
― Frederik B, Monday, 9 June 2014 22:40 (ten years ago) link
FIFA seem desperate to find some way of taking it away from them without admitting corruption and/or being sued by some extremely expensive Qatari lawyers. I don't really know how they would do that.
― Matt DC, Monday, 9 June 2014 22:51 (ten years ago) link
But the thing is: The sponsors are beginning to demand investigations as well. Which is probably the only thing FIFA fears.
― Frederik B, Monday, 9 June 2014 22:57 (ten years ago) link
i'm ready
― caek, Monday, 9 June 2014 23:46 (ten years ago) link
to host the 2022 world cup?
― mookieproof, Monday, 9 June 2014 23:53 (ten years ago) link
well i started an ilx rolling lol fifa thread so i might be a bit overqualified
― caek, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 00:56 (ten years ago) link
lol u reckon there'll be a non-shitty world cup in 2026?
― Prostitute Farm Online (Bananaman Begins), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 10:14 (ten years ago) link
Why won't Russia be ok as a tournament? They have staged the Olympics and Winter Olympics before.
Of course they will build these huge stadiums that will be used for a couple of matches at most, but that's the problems with most WCs staged outside of Europe and South America.
This issue is multiplied to a grotesque degree in Qatar, plus use of pence-paid/slave labour. Of course nobody cares about that as much as the heat at which the matches will be played (resulting in poor quality matches and poorer viewing figures) when you get to the thing itself.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 11:13 (ten years ago) link
As for the bribery - you don't get anywhere without some form of bribery. Everybody pays - money or blood or worse - to some degree.
We must accept it as part of the human condition.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 11:14 (ten years ago) link