Originally Posted by Shoeless Joe:
I was trying be funny
"Please stop" - everyone
Before this thread get's too derailed I'd like to point out the Vikings have never won a Super Bowl.
The State of Minnesota has had a Super Bowl Winner.
Originally Posted by GBFanForLife:
Everyone should just be happy.
You'll have a gaayyyyyy olllllllddddd tiiiiiiiiiiiiiime!
One could be old and gay or old and happy.
Originally Posted by Boris:
You'll have a gaayyyyyy olllllllddddd tiiiiiiiiiiiiiime!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s13X66BFd8
Originally Posted by SanDiegoPackFan:
Originally Posted by Goalline:
Even soccer fags like me.
I don't think that word is PC anymore. You have to say "homo" or "butt-holer" but not fag.
Nielsen ratings down for USA-Germany game, but WatchESPN viewing up
Meanwhile, in Germany:
27.2 million viewers: USA-Germany scores top rating
There's a chart of the top-rated World Cup games at that link; the percentages in parentheses are I believe roughly equivalent to a Nielsen share, so 84% of all TVs on in Germany during the game were showing the game.
(27 million is, I believe, a few percentage points below the percentage of the population watching in Belgium.)
quote:As would be expected, Thursday’s early start time cut into viewership of ESPN’s coverage of Team USA’s match against Germany in the World Cup, but it helped draw more viewers to the net’s online streaming of the game.
According to Nielsen estimates, Germany’s 1-0 victory averaged a 6.3 overnight household rating from roughly noon to 2 p.m. ET — down from the 9.1 for USA-Portugal on Sunday and the 7.0 for USA-Ghana on Monday, June 16. Still, this makes it the third-highest rating ever for a men’s World Cup match on ESPN.
The rating peaked at a 9.5 from 1:45-2 p.m. ET.
WatchESPN set a platform record with 1.7 million peak concurrent viewers, as the match was likely a big draw at offices across the country, including the West Coast where the contest began at the start of the workday. This more than doubled the previous high for WatchESPN of 750,000 concurrent streams for last week’s Brazil-Mexico tussle.
Meanwhile, in Germany:
27.2 million viewers: USA-Germany scores top rating
quote:Although Jogi's boys aren't in top form, the TV viewership was at a record high! With an average of 27.25 million, this is the current leader for the 2014 World Cup.
[...]
At its peak, the game reached a total of 30.3 million people watching, which doesn't include the people at public viewings and in bars
There's a chart of the top-rated World Cup games at that link; the percentages in parentheses are I believe roughly equivalent to a Nielsen share, so 84% of all TVs on in Germany during the game were showing the game.
(27 million is, I believe, a few percentage points below the percentage of the population watching in Belgium.)Originally Posted by Hungry5:
I consider that horse-and-buggy thinking.
Aww c'mon Coach....Don't post a picture of me
Vanden Borre to miss US game
Actually, he's going to miss the rest of the World Cup, even if the Belgians advance, with a broken fibula.
Actually, he's going to miss the rest of the World Cup, even if the Belgians advance, with a broken fibula.
He's lucky. He can just sit back and drink some beer.
Originally Posted by Boris:
Originally Posted by Goalline:
Even soccer fags like me.
You're just happy 
Or a bundle of sticks.
Vincent Kompany has bad taste in movies:
<script async="async" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
saw “Any Given Sunday” last night, what a great movie: feeling inspired today ..
— Vincent Kompany (@VincentKompany) June 28, 2014
<script async="async" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
I'm surprised the haters haven't shown up to bitch about penalty kicks.
Fun game Chile vs Brazel
The 2nd goal by Columbia might be the prettiest play you'll ever see in succor
Kind of like being "hottest girl in Wisconsin"
Originally Posted by Iowacheese:
Kind of like being "hottest girl in Wisconsin".
Originally Posted by Boris:
Aww c'mon Coach....Don't post a picture of me
You don't have any gray hair.That I know about.
Kind of like being "best QB in Iowa"
Columbia goal was impressive.
So it's Carmen Miranda against Juan Valdez.
A1 BRA MEX A2 -----------+ BRA 1:1 +----------- B2 CHI +-----------+ +-----------+ NED B1 -----------+ (3:2 PK) | | +----------- C1 COL +-----------+ +-----------+ GRE C2 -----------+ COL | | | | +----------- D2 URU +-----------+ +----------- | +-----------+ CRC D1 -----------+ 2:0 | | +----------- E1 FRA | | SUI E2 -----------+ | | +----------- F2 NGA +-----------+ | -----------+ +-----------+ ARG F1 -----------+ | | | | +----------- G1 GER +-----------+ +-----------+ USA G2 -----------+ | | +----------- H2 ALG +-----------+ +-----------+ BEL H1 -----------+ +-----------
Headline: Goalline thrilled as Robben dive knocks Mexico out of World Cup
(Heck, I'm a Bayern München fan, and I don't like Robben.)
(Heck, I'm a Bayern München fan, and I don't like Robben.)
He deserves an Academy award for that dive.
Robben admits to diving
I presume they cut off the "**** you Mexico" bit at the end.
Yellow-card the bastard.
quote:After the game Robben admitted diving on one of the first two occasions, when fouls were not given, but claimed the third time was a legitimate foul and said it is a tendency he must curb.
"I must apologise," Robben told Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. "The one [at the end] was a penalty, but the other one was a dive in the first half. I shouldn't be doing that."
I presume they cut off the "**** you Mexico" bit at the end.
Yellow-card the bastard.
Bit of a dive? That was a diva dive! I hope Netherlands doesn't revert back to its style from last year's final -- that was brutal play and set soccer back almost a decade. On the other hand, great save by the CR goalie to survive Greece. Still a great tournament...
Originally Posted by Fandame:
Bit of a dive? That was a diva dive! I hope Netherlands doesn't revert back to its style from last year's final -- that was brutal play and set soccer back almost a decade.
Why a team with that much offensive talent felt the need to play that **** blows my mind. Glad I missed that game to attend my son's soccer tournament. The soccer was much better at the high school game.
Ya gotta wonder about their coach, if he encourages it or just doesn't ask his team to stop diving. It makes Netherlands look like jackarses out there and leaves a poor impression on those who only tune in once every four years. And you're right, Goal, they certainly don't have to do that crap to gain an edge -- they're good in their own right and deserve to be there.
Team Belgium injury update
Fellaini had to cut his practice short with calf soreness, but it shouldn't stop him from playing on Tuesday.
Ciman and Dembélé practiced with the team as a whole; presumably that means they'll be ready to go.
Vermaelen practiced alone with the kinesthesiologist.
Kompany didn't practice at all, and his status remains uncertain.
One of the readers commented on the article, "Yet another injury. Unbelievable." Sounds like a Packer fan.
Monday's practice at the stadium in Salvador was called off for both teams due to torrential rain.
Fellaini had to cut his practice short with calf soreness, but it shouldn't stop him from playing on Tuesday.
Ciman and Dembélé practiced with the team as a whole; presumably that means they'll be ready to go.
Vermaelen practiced alone with the kinesthesiologist.
Kompany didn't practice at all, and his status remains uncertain.
One of the readers commented on the article, "Yet another injury. Unbelievable." Sounds like a Packer fan.
Monday's practice at the stadium in Salvador was called off for both teams due to torrential rain.
quote:I hope Netherlands doesn't revert back to its style from last year's final
On the bright side, Nigel de Jong, who karate-kicked Xabi Alonso in the 2010 final, left today's game with a groin injury.
quote:Ya gotta wonder about their coach, if he encourages it or just doesn't ask his team to stop diving.
The coaches telling their players to play like gentlemen and give up something that's working for them?
Mexico's coach Herrera ripped the referees a new one, and said that the one that refereed the Mexico-Netherlands game ought to be going home just like the Mexican team.
As far as I know, Lance Easley has not been seen at the World Cup.
Ya gotta love a guy who, after kicking another player in the chest and knows he deserves a red card, holds up his hands seeming to proclaim, "I'm innocent!" Right. And so was Al Capone...
Fedya, that was an interesting click about the Belgian injuries:
"Ciman had been there a few days infiltration because he suffers from some time a groin pain. For its part, Dembele had not led Saturday due to muscle stiffness while Vermaelen is still recovering from a pulled hamstring contracted against Russia.
Furthermore Anthony Vanden Borre - hors de combat due to a crack in the left fibula - Vincent Kompany already plan Thursday in South Korea (1-0) is the only Red Devil to not be mounted on the ground drive Sunday. "
Nothing yet about de Jong's "some time a groin pain"! 