still think Lloris is one of the greats, but not based on what he's displayed at this WC (although no fault of his own).
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Monday, 14 July 2014 14:09 (nine years ago) link
congratulations to germany on their first world cup win, big moment for any country
agree that messi doesn't feel right for best player. for a tournament with a lot of goals it is interesting that a lot of goalkeepers really stood out. neuer was exceptional, shout out to navas too. i thought khedira (autocorrect suggestion in chrome: dickhead. why is that even in its dictionary?) who i have had doubts about in the past was really good when he played, but i am sure he'd have been miles away from winning even if he had played the final and scored. of the teams that reached the semis, and really you can only pick from them, i do think robben was as visibly impressive as anyone and have a better shout than messi. i saw that di maria is getting widely mixed reviews for his tournament but i think he was the guy that provided a spark for arg more than messi a lot of the time. i think losing the ball a lot can be a product of being the only guy on a team who is consistently, energetically trying to make something happen.
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 14 July 2014 15:18 (nine years ago) link
sure this has been covered before but is the "Golden Ball" - best player of the World Cup - actually a different thing from the the "FIFA Ballon d'Or" - best player of the previous year? if so that's fucking stupid
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 14 July 2014 15:33 (nine years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BsdOq3PIYAEh_Fn.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BsdZ3VRCIAM6M13.jpg
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 14 July 2014 15:37 (nine years ago) link
I don't ever remember a Golden Ball being a thing before, except dimly remember Zidane getting some award in 2006. In any event it doesn't matter, nobody's memory is going to be shaped by Fifa approval however much Blatter'd like it that way.
Best player this time was definitely James Rodriguez fwiw. Loads of honourable mentions but he stood out.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 14 July 2014 15:54 (nine years ago) link
Mods, the World Cup is over, please lock this thread. Thanks in advance!
― Immediate Follower (NA), Monday, 14 July 2014 15:56 (nine years ago) link
Messi winning that trophy was a classic Borgesian "inversion" (cf. Stanislaw Lem article in Microworlds) and underneath the thousand yard stare with which he accepted it one might interpret the stoic, world-weary fatalism that is his birthright. Perhaps a tango lyric or two was going through his mind at the time, but who can say.
― Albiceleste Square Mall (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 14 July 2014 16:04 (nine years ago) link
Eh?
― ewar woowar (or something), Monday, 14 July 2014 16:42 (nine years ago) link
Germany != W. Germany, apparently
― Albiceleste Square Mall (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 14 July 2014 16:43 (nine years ago) link
Messi had a good World Cup, goals at the start to carry Arg, then that pass from the moon for ADM, pretty good final, marked out the game in the Semi. He doesn't look athletically like he once did. Don't know why. But a good tourn. Didn't act like a moron in the final, diving everywhere like some Germans.
― Raccoon Tanuki, Monday, 14 July 2014 16:59 (nine years ago) link
Götze boner all over my feed atm
― 龜, Monday, 14 July 2014 17:04 (nine years ago) link
But you didn't have to cuuut me ouuut...
― Mark G, Monday, 14 July 2014 17:27 (nine years ago) link
http://m.fifa.com/ballondor/news/newsid=2261052/index.html
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 14 July 2014 17:34 (nine years ago) link
Messi's been injured all season on and off, vomited on the pitch during the final (admittedly not unusual for him, apparently), and his friend died a few days before the final.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 14 July 2014 17:38 (nine years ago) link
The Castrol index (on the official FIFA website) says Toni Kroos was the best player of the tournament, followed by Robben and De Vrij. Messi's not even in the top ten. http://fifa.to/1sTLV4p
― In the airplane over the .CSS (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 14 July 2014 17:49 (nine years ago) link
http://grantland.com/the-triangle/full-time-fading-images-of-the-world-cup/
^^ this is a lovely way to cap it off
― Plasmon, Monday, 14 July 2014 18:43 (nine years ago) link
It is, thanks for the link. Great photos, too.
― In the airplane over the .CSS (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 14 July 2014 18:51 (nine years ago) link
so which club side had the most scorers at the world cup?
― john wahey (NickB), Monday, 14 July 2014 19:01 (nine years ago) link
Must be one of Utd, Bayern, or Madrid. I know Utd had six
― Number None, Monday, 14 July 2014 19:45 (nine years ago) link
yeah, Bayern had seven
― Number None, Monday, 14 July 2014 19:47 (nine years ago) link
just creeping over the line with that Julian Green goal
― Number None, Monday, 14 July 2014 19:48 (nine years ago) link
I would like imago to present my FF world cup trophy to me plz
I was surprised by how aggressive argentina were yesterday, I expected them to hang back more but they got forward quite a lot. ridiculously fine margins in the end, more than any other final I can remember
― ogmor, Monday, 14 July 2014 20:57 (nine years ago) link
fine margin was higuain being a choke artist
― a hoy hoy, Monday, 14 July 2014 21:13 (nine years ago) link
if ye signed him tomorrow you'd be gargling out of him
― blap setter (darraghmac), Monday, 14 July 2014 21:23 (nine years ago) link
Belgian 15 minutes of fame hunter girl is back, she did the celeb kickoff for a match in the Belgian competition.
http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/949/Belgisch-Voetbal/article/detail/1979320/2014/08/03/WK-babe-Axelle-verzorgt-aftrap-in-Brugge.dhtml
― StanM, Sunday, 3 August 2014 20:08 (nine years ago) link
fittingly, that link took me to an advertisement for the newspaper :D
― Ludo, Monday, 4 August 2014 11:04 (nine years ago) link
Remove your hln.be cookie & try again
― StanM, Monday, 4 August 2014 13:12 (nine years ago) link
Ismael, you're not really worried about LFC are you? They'll be fine.
― pandemic, Thursday, 26 June 2014 14:41 (10 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
thread is a total fucking joy obv
― thoughts you made second posts about (darraghmac), Monday, 25 May 2015 23:30 (eight years ago) link
We hadn't sold Suarez then had we?
― pandemic, Tuesday, 26 May 2015 10:17 (eight years ago) link
I miss IK :(
― pandemic, Tuesday, 26 May 2015 10:23 (eight years ago) link
Darragh got me going thru that thread now.
poor old kuyt y'day, first half patrolled the wing with no shade, then 2nd half LVG had him swap wings so he was doing it again!
― pandemic, Monday, June 30, 2014 9:50 AM (10 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
no point coddling a workhorse
― do u like green ez & jam (darraghmac), Monday, June 30, 2014 9:55 AM (10 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
noticed that, like his whole job was to soak up the u/v
― clockpuncher (Noodle Vague), Monday, June 30, 2014 10:56 AM (10 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
bit of the old u/v, a clockworkhorse oraanje
― do u like green ez & jam (darraghmac), Monday, June 30, 2014 11:01 AM (10 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
our old friend louis van, rvp all nonsense now
― Ismael Klata, Monday, June 30, 2014 11:17 AM (10 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― pandemic, Tuesday, 26 May 2015 10:40 (eight years ago) link
my god what a post by me there
― thoughts you made second posts about (darraghmac), Tuesday, 26 May 2015 12:11 (eight years ago) link
i just spent an hour reading this thread, cheers guys
― gong mad (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 26 May 2015 12:13 (eight years ago) link
feel like a bergkampesque revisitation of what I was thinking as I typed it, my process etc is in order
― thoughts you made second posts about (darraghmac), Tuesday, 26 May 2015 12:13 (eight years ago) link
deems ilx is just an extension of fives for u isn't it
― an absolute feast of hardcore fanboy LOLs surrounding (imago), Tuesday, 26 May 2015 12:18 (eight years ago) link
give me the tools and I'll finish the job
― thoughts you made second posts about (darraghmac), Tuesday, 26 May 2015 12:20 (eight years ago) link
the lads at footy dont believe for a second about the brilliance of my message board posts obv
― thoughts you made second posts about (darraghmac), Tuesday, 26 May 2015 12:21 (eight years ago) link
ha
― an absolute feast of hardcore fanboy LOLs surrounding (imago), Tuesday, 26 May 2015 12:22 (eight years ago) link
https://youtu.be/Yc76VhT2a6U
― The Perks of Being a Wall St R (darraghmac), Saturday, 4 March 2017 17:00 (seven years ago) link
rte2 ran a very fine programme today with every goal from this excellent tournament
― ole uncle tiktok (darraghmac), Monday, 6 April 2020 01:37 (three years ago) link