Malcador Posted December 14, 2022 Posted December 14, 2022 Brace yourself for all the Messi headlines, I guess. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Keyrock Posted December 14, 2022 Posted December 14, 2022 I guess I'll root for Argentina, lesser of 2 evils and all that. *sigh* 1 1 RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks
InsaneCommander Posted December 14, 2022 Posted December 14, 2022 I'm rooting for Argentina too. If we can't have an African Champion and/or a country who never won before, at least let South America have it again after 20 years. I wonder who the English will support.
Hurlshort Posted December 15, 2022 Posted December 15, 2022 (edited) There is a great scene in the movie Timbuktu where they are arguing about French football and one guy claims they bought the World Cup from Brazil for a boatload of rice. I couldn't find it, but here is an excellent scene regardless. edit: We are watching this Friday in my classes. Edited December 15, 2022 by Hurlshort 1
Gorth Posted December 15, 2022 Posted December 15, 2022 7 hours ago, InsaneCommander said: I'm rooting for Argentina too. If we can't have an African Champion and/or a country who never won before, at least let South America have it again after 20 years. I wonder who the English will support. Good question... they have a thing with the French (not forgiving France for winning the 100 year war), but they also hold a grudge against Argentina (not because of the Falklands, but because of Maradona's "Hand of God") 1 “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
BruceVC Posted December 15, 2022 Posted December 15, 2022 Im supporting France in the final I like Argentina but they bad winners and even worse losers. Everyone knows that "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela
BruceVC Posted December 15, 2022 Posted December 15, 2022 (edited) Wrong country Edited December 15, 2022 by BruceVC "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela
Malcador Posted December 15, 2022 Posted December 15, 2022 I'd like France to win, just to enhance Giroud's success and Arsenal fans' bitterness over him 2 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
BruceVC Posted December 18, 2022 Posted December 18, 2022 Right its time to start predicting scores for the game today, I am going with 2-1 to France Its going to be a epic game either way and both teams have done exceptionally well to get to the finals I didnt think Argentina would get to the finals after losing to Saudi Arabia but they persevered and demonstrated there skill. Go Roquefort Team "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela
xzar_monty Posted December 18, 2022 Posted December 18, 2022 Normally I don't care much about the private lives of sportspeople. However, previous WC winner Benjamin Mendy looks to be a rapist and is about to get sentenced soonish. Karim Benzema is a confirmed extortionist. Ousmane Dembele and Antoine Griezmann have enjoyed some fairly nasty racist fun at the expense of innocent Asians -- their club Barcelona had to make a public apology for the whole thing. Kylian Mbappé has engaged in some awfully prissy behaviour (not very serious, but weighs here). Thus, there is no way I could dream of supporting France. 1
BruceVC Posted December 18, 2022 Posted December 18, 2022 32 minutes ago, xzar_monty said: Normally I don't care much about the private lives of sportspeople. However, previous WC winner Benjamin Mendy looks to be a rapist and is about to get sentenced soonish. Karim Benzema is a confirmed extortionist. Ousmane Dembele and Antoine Griezmann have enjoyed some fairly nasty racist fun at the expense of innocent Asians -- their club Barcelona had to make a public apology for the whole thing. Kylian Mbappé has engaged in some awfully prissy behaviour (not very serious, but weighs here). Thus, there is no way I could dream of supporting France. That doesnt seem like a very good reason to not support France? Its like you using bad apples as a reason to not support a fellow EU country? Are you sure thats how you feel? "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela
xzar_monty Posted December 18, 2022 Posted December 18, 2022 48 minutes ago, BruceVC said: That doesnt seem like a very good reason to not support France? Its like you using bad apples as a reason to not support a fellow EU country? Are you sure thats how you feel? A significant proportion of the team behaving in incredibly bad ways, some of them committing serious crimes, is not a very good reason? That's an interesting take. You seem to imply that I should support a fellow EU country instead of Argentina. What's the logic behind that? I can't see any. Why would that one insignificant fact, membership in the EU, determine my support or lack of it? When I was much younger, I used to have sympathies for Holland in big tournaments, but once I had seen them take unsporting behaviour almost to an extreme (in the EC against Portugal and in the WC against Spain), I decided that that was enough: whenever Holland plays, I support their opponent. I have also watched a lot of football live, on various stadiums, and that has led me to support whoever Serbia plays against, because the Serbian team and their supporters have behaved in ways that I really don't enjoy. But my non-support towards Serbia is not as strong as that towards Holland or, these days, France. 1
Keyrock Posted December 18, 2022 Posted December 18, 2022 Them being French is enough reason for me to not support France. BADUM TSHHHHHH I'll show myself out. 1 RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks
xzar_monty Posted December 18, 2022 Posted December 18, 2022 13 minutes ago, Keyrock said: Them being French is enough reason for me to not support France. Do keep in mind that when Sartre said "Hell is other people", he was in France. 1
BruceVC Posted December 18, 2022 Posted December 18, 2022 19 minutes ago, Keyrock said: Them being French is enough reason for me to not support France. BADUM TSHHHHHH I'll show myself out. You see the ref is Polish "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela
InsaneCommander Posted December 18, 2022 Posted December 18, 2022 Well, things are going great for Argentina.
Malcador Posted December 18, 2022 Posted December 18, 2022 Yeah, glad I decided to clean my bedroom instead of wasting time watching this 1 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
HoonDing Posted December 18, 2022 Posted December 18, 2022 Esta volviendo a casa. The ending of the words is ALMSIVI.
BruceVC Posted December 18, 2022 Posted December 18, 2022 I wouldn't want to be the French team in the change rooms "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela
Malcador Posted December 18, 2022 Posted December 18, 2022 Maradonna smiling up at this. 1 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
BruceVC Posted December 18, 2022 Posted December 18, 2022 4 minutes ago, HoonDing said: Esta volviendo a casa. Hoonding please, this is an English forum. We dont understand Argentinian "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela
BruceVC Posted December 18, 2022 Posted December 18, 2022 Its like its not the same French team that beat England and Morocco, they seem fatigued and clumsy "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela
xzar_monty Posted December 18, 2022 Posted December 18, 2022 I'd say the penalty was (almost) never a penalty, but France is in serious trouble now.
Keyrock Posted December 18, 2022 Posted December 18, 2022 We're going to PKs, aren't we? *sigh* 1 RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks
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