World Cup 2022

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[TBoneTX 45,244]

Viva Ecuador.  GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!

(Note:  I don't care, but several in my circle do.)

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1 hour ago, Boiler said:

 

Thanks.  

 

That's the way I like to watch these matches. 

In under 5 minutes.

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Qatar were awful, amateur hour

 

2  big games tomorrow

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[laylalex 7,284]

Very much debating waking up for 5am kickoff tomorrow for England-Iran. I mean, the result is probably a foregone conclusion, but on the other hand, England is always good for a "how did they throw it away" result. Nothing like a little heartbreak before breakfast!! My guess is tomorrow's USA-Cymraeg result will be a draw, 0-0 or 1-1. At most, 2-1 to the US. This may be a controversial stance at home, that's all I'm saying. Group B is rough, 3 teams I normally root for. 

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I would use Cymru in that context.  Presumably him in doors will be supporting Iran.

 

England have an OK team, but a weak manager and I see that being their downfall, not that they should not be able to get out of the Group, but the options further on are going to be tricky.

 

Wales or US should be the choice for second, but I know very little about Iran, tomorrow morning will tell.

 

i have been using the BBC audio coupled to the TV coverage for today, you have to pause the video about 25 seconds to get them to line up.

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1 hour ago, laylalex said:

waking up for 5am

[T-B. shudders at the very thought of awakening this early for ANY reason and falls into dead faint]

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Yes, Tim Cymraeg and Cymru, derp. Yes, he is pulling for Iran tomorrow morning but will not be watching. It's like my friend who went to the University of Tennessee says if you ask him who he's rooting for. Tennessee, and then whoever's playing Alabama.  

 

Yeah, agreed about the manager. Southgate pulls too many punches -- Euro 2020/21 final was a particular disappointment. On the other hand, I do find him kind of sexy for an older fella so... Look, I can't explain it either. Al says he deserves an apology for even knowing that about me, let alone my support for England. 

 

I have all the matches on YouTube TV as far as I know, and since we also have EPSN+ I expect we can watch them there too. But Al agrees with you that the US commentators generally suck. If it is truly awful, we'll go the VPN route as well.

 

Iran will lose, pretty sure of it. I know it's probably an empty gesture, but I did like this from Omid Djalili:

 

 

And some good commentary from the BBC -- the comment about Fox is really more about how the US tends to cover these things. 

 

[Mike E 11,739]

Not a soccer follower. What are Cnd’s (since we are using native names for countries) chances?

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11 minutes ago, Mike E said:

Not a soccer follower. What are Cnd’s (since we are using native names for countries) chances?

Okay I know the CND as the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament so I would guess poor at the World Cup  

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13 minutes ago, laylalex said:

Okay I know the CND as the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament so I would guess poor at the World Cup  

Canada? Well they beat the US.

 

Back to the clips, Gary is a somewhat diversive figure to say the least, he was quite happy to take the money.

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3 hours ago, Boiler said:

Canada? Well they beat the US

Boiler wins the prize. The native name of Canada is indeed Cnd.  When foreigners ask Canadians to spell that, we say:

 

”C eh, N eh, D eh”

 

and so it comes out as Canada in other countries.  

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5 minutes of England playing keep ball, cross into the 6 yd box, 2 Iranians run into each other which results in 15 minutes of stoppage time.

 

Dog has gone back to sleep

Edited November 21, 2022 by Boiler

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That was easy