Aberlour10 Posted July 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 Added a quick poll for the last days of the WC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 I see Brazil is still a 60-65% fav to win today even without 2 of their stars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 I see Brazil is still a 60-65% fav to win today even without 2 of their stars. If the game is well refereed, Brazil are odds against, if the ref is as weak as the one against Colombia, then Brazil have a good chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 If the game is well refereed, Brazil are odds against, if the ref is as weak as the one against Colombia, then Brazil have a good chance.Great! This means either I can celebrate a German win today, or Bayes' formula tells me I can probably complain about bad refereering! Win-win! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 Could we stop it with the referee bashing already? The guy who almost killed Neymar should have been sent off, but sure, let's pretend it's 2002 all over again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 Could we stop it with the referee bashing already? The guy who almost killed Neymar should have been sent off, but sure, let's pretend it's 2002 all over again. Caveat, I've not seen endless replays, I've only seen the incident once. I felt the Colombian thought Neymar was going to carry on moving away from him and jump, in fact Neymar stopped and stayed on the ground, I don't think it was intentional. The previous game could have had the same problem, Fernandinho committed a borderline yellow/red card challenge in the first couple of minutes and didn't get a card, so Chile clobbered Neymar in the same way and nearly put him out at that stage. Brazil should have had so many players booked in the first half v Colombia, the fouling would have had to stop, and Colombia might have had a chance to win the game. That's without talking about the Croatia game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 If you just write a list of all the injustices for one team while ignoring or shrugging off the corresponding ones against them, the list will be very long and impressive. I don't know. I liked the football Brazil produced against Colombia, especially the second first half (edit). I guess others were watching it with a notebook, writing up all the mistakes the evil conspiracy made to push the evil hosts through. I guess that is also a way of enjoying the game but it's not really for me. When it is blatant, I will notice it too but I prefer to watch the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 Could we stop it with the referee bashing already? The guy who almost killed Neymar should have been sent off, but sure, let's pretend it's 2002 all over again.My problem is not so much with the referees, but with FIFA. The number of yellow cards at this world cup is down by a big amount (2.89 per game versus 5.39 in 2006). That's clearly due to FIFA refereeing guidelines. I just can't wrap my head around experimenting with such a delicate balance at the most important event in world. It's mind-boggingly stupid. P.S.: I am not claiming any conspiracy theories, and I didn't keep track of whether Brazil or Columbia got disadvantaged overall. But a number of times I thought "This used to be a yellow card!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 If you just write a list of all the injustices for one team while ignoring or shrugging off the corresponding ones against them, the list will be very long and impressive. I don't know. I liked the football Brazil produced against Colombia, especially the second half. I guess others were watching it with a notebook, writing up all the mistakes the evil conspiracy made to push the evil hosts through. I guess that is also a way of enjoying the game but it's not really for me. When it is blatant, I will notice it too but I prefer to watch the game. Even the Brazilian journalists working temporarily with the BBC said that the referee was terrible and had to clamp down on what they did against Colombia. Apparently it's a very well known phenomenon with the Brazilian team, and you just have to show that you're the boss early as a ref or they keep doing it. Another thing I didn't know that I got from those Brazilian journalists, you know the Brazilian commentary style where you get 20 seconds + of GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL, that apparently originated because the commentary positions were so far from the pitch that it gave the commentators a chance to work out who the hell had scored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 To be fair, in 2006 Portugal-Netherlands alone had about 50 bookings :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 10 minute...Early German goal btw I noticed just at game time.....the house lost all power :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberlour10 Posted July 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 10 minute...Early German goal btw I noticed just at game time.....the house lost all power :) standard situation as usual. they stay cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 Articles at the start of the World Cup stated that the refs are picked on the basis of equality and diversity NOT merit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 Articles at the start of the World Cup stated that the refs are picked on the basis of equality and diversity NOT merit. Of course, Blatter's constituency is the developing football world. The word schadenfreude is coming to mind at 4-0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberlour10 Posted July 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 that is what I meant with running into the open knife. unbelivable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 I wanted to sell my bet on Brazil for the Cup after 8 minutes but I wanted to finish my nacho's first. When the nacho's were up, the score was 4-0 :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 And after I finished the post, it was 5-0 :( 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 I agree with CY, this was a clear penalty! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAce Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 LOL @ Brasil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickyB Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 double post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickyB Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 http://en.gorilla-24.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/image40.jpg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberlour10 Posted July 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 Notice that Germans have one day more for recreation and can manage the play now on low level. A huge advantage to them vs NL/ARG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 It's been that way all along. Plus there are some experts who say that too much rest is not good. 4 days vs 5 days is not a huge advantage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAce Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 Notice that Germans have one day more for recreation and can manage the play now on low level. A huge advantage to them vs NL/ARG I have a feeling that they will prove you wrong in 2nd half about the low level picnic walk game. Let's see http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif Don;t get me wrong, I am Turk and we always support Germany in Football, and I am so damn happy right now as oppose to my buddy Csaba http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 Nah, I'm also supporting Germany, I don't care about the 5 euros I lost :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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