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Who to root for in the World Cup?

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NuttinItUp

December 01, 2017, 07:50:54 pm
World Cup draws were announced today.

Since the USA did not qualify, who are you rooting for?


Some possibilities:

England: obvious?
Iceland: smallest country to ever qualify (325,000 residents)
South Korea: to troll North Korea
Germany: they always win, so it would be nice to root for a winner
Russia: they propelled Trump to victory



http://www.espn.com/soccer/fifa-world-cup/story/3291440/2018-world-cup-draw-results-and-full-daily-schedule

Jeff "hogfanintx" Anderson

December 12, 2017, 02:53:16 pm #1
Za Germans
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PorkSoda

December 12, 2017, 06:24:11 pm #2
is soccer even a sport? 
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HiggiePiggy

December 12, 2017, 06:28:52 pm #3
Quote from: PorkSoda on December 12, 2017, 06:24:11 pm
is soccer even a sport? 

lol.  Never seen so many people celebrate a tie. 
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FutureMan

December 13, 2017, 02:47:35 pm #4
1) Germany (heritage)
2) Switzerland (Parents used to live there, took a trip with my buddies after graduating from U of A.  Amazing country.
3) Iceland (hard not to root for the underdog)
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4Lions04

December 14, 2017, 02:29:14 pm #5
Not Mexico or Panama.... I'm a big fan of watching Ronaldo and Messi play, so Portugal and Argentina. Usually I pull for the underdogs, but not here. I want to watch all the heavyweights slug it out.

Kneph13

December 14, 2017, 04:54:25 pm #6
Not rooting for anyone.  It is soccer and soccer sucks. 

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Pig in the Pokey

December 15, 2017, 12:06:52 pm #7
figured y'all for the team russia crowd
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holeinthewall

December 16, 2017, 10:22:02 am #8
Quote from: Kneph13 on December 14, 2017, 04:54:25 pm
Not rooting for anyone.  It is soccer and soccer sucks.

+1000

Inhogswetrust

December 16, 2017, 10:44:50 am #9
I'm rooting for the floppers............no wait that's every team!
If I'm going to cheer players and coaches in victory, I damn sure ought to be man enough to stand with them in defeat.

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Iwastherein1969

December 19, 2017, 11:42:25 am #10
My mother is of 100% German lineage. She was the first in her family to marry a full-blooded non-German man. And Pops was half German. So that makes me 75% Deutschland. The Square Heads will get World Cup #5 easily. The discipline with which they play "the beautiful game" is idyllic to watch. They are a machine and they have superior athletes who see the geometry of the game. Competely opposite of the silly 'one on one' moves that Argentina, Brazil, Italy, Portugal put on. So it's the Germans who win their second WC in a row.
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ArkyFan2626

December 21, 2017, 12:13:09 pm #11
Rooting for the Germans.

holeinthewall

December 21, 2017, 04:50:56 pm #12
 

Inhogswetrust

December 22, 2017, 09:18:36 am #13
I have a cup for my world.........................
If I'm going to cheer players and coaches in victory, I damn sure ought to be man enough to stand with them in defeat.

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Torqued pork

December 22, 2017, 09:35:03 am #14
England. They speak English.

Inhogswetrust

December 22, 2017, 10:32:26 am #15
Quote from: Torqued pork on December 22, 2017, 09:35:03 am
England. They speak English.

Except with their accent I can't understand it.....................
If I'm going to cheer players and coaches in victory, I damn sure ought to be man enough to stand with them in defeat.

"Why some people are so drawn to the irrational is something that has always puzzled me" - James Randi

Murr

December 29, 2017, 11:15:24 pm #16
Iceland is the little engine that could. Plus they won Euro's one summer so that frozen island nation actually has a shot in that tournament

Inhogswetrust

January 02, 2018, 11:52:03 am #17
Quote from: HiggiePiggy on December 12, 2017, 06:28:52 pm
lol.  Never seen so many people celebrate a tie. 

Everywhere else in the world I guess it's OK to kiss your sister............................
If I'm going to cheer players and coaches in victory, I damn sure ought to be man enough to stand with them in defeat.

"Why some people are so drawn to the irrational is something that has always puzzled me" - James Randi

The Boar War

January 06, 2018, 12:09:53 am #18
England

Inhogswetrust

January 06, 2018, 07:46:00 am #19 Last Edit: January 07, 2018, 08:01:35 am by Inhogswetrust
Quote from: The Boar War on January 06, 2018, 12:09:53 am
England

Big mighty England couldn't beat thirteen little bitty colonies. When's the last time they won any battle...........the Falklands I guess.
If I'm going to cheer players and coaches in victory, I damn sure ought to be man enough to stand with them in defeat.

"Why some people are so drawn to the irrational is something that has always puzzled me" - James Randi

The Boar War

January 06, 2018, 09:03:27 am #20
Quote from: Inhogswetrust on January 06, 2018, 07:46:00 am
Big mighty England couldn't beat thirteen little bitty colonies. Whens the last time they won any battle...........the Falklands I guess.

Crap.  Argentina was my second choice.

AirWarren

January 06, 2018, 01:18:51 pm #21
Mexico and Portugal.


Just can't push myself to root for Europe's softies like France....

ErieHog

January 06, 2018, 03:12:59 pm #22
Root for America;  we are the real winners, by not being buried in this darn again

Maybe this will help kill the infestation of soccer.
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Torqued pork

January 06, 2018, 09:47:53 pm #23 Last Edit: January 06, 2018, 10:43:28 pm by Torqued pork
I would rather watch butchy and morbidly obese women playing rugby with Beth Mowins and Bill Walton calling the game.
 

Inhogswetrust

January 07, 2018, 08:02:55 am #24
Quote from: Torqued pork on January 06, 2018, 09:47:53 pm
I would rather watch butchy and morbidly obese women playing rugby with Beth Mowins and Bill Walton calling the game.

In bikinis...........
If I'm going to cheer players and coaches in victory, I damn sure ought to be man enough to stand with them in defeat.

"Why some people are so drawn to the irrational is something that has always puzzled me" - James Randi

The Boar War

January 08, 2018, 07:47:36 pm #25
I understand people not liking soccer.  I don't understand people coming onto a thread that's clearly about soccer just to tell you how much they don't like it

Inhogswetrust

January 10, 2018, 06:40:48 am #26
Quote from: The Boar War on January 08, 2018, 07:47:36 pm
I understand people not liking soccer.  I don't understand people coming onto a thread that's clearly about soccer just to tell you how much they don't like it

That's the problem with soccer............both the players and some of it's fans need to grow a pair.
If I'm going to cheer players and coaches in victory, I damn sure ought to be man enough to stand with them in defeat.

"Why some people are so drawn to the irrational is something that has always puzzled me" - James Randi
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