W?reldbeker, World Cup, Weltmeistershaft; its coming, yet we debate colons?

[vogonpoet]

For Sssracht's sake people, the world cup is in two days time, and all the forums seem to care about is whether the semi colon can be used as a super comma as well as to connect related independent clauses?

I mean really?

Who will bow out pathetically in the groups stages? Who will make the last 4? Who will ultimately triumph and be crowned champions of the world? Who will troll this thread with complaints about football being a stupid pointless game where teams play for hours only to draw 0-0?

I can haz some football excitement?

I suspect the winners to be Spain, Brazil, Argentia, or maybe Germany, who knows? I will be hoping for fine performances from Serbia and England, but am not expecting either team to get as far as last 4.

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[moomoo]

I might watch a game or two: football is such a nice game to sit and watch with friends and beverages.

I really have no favourite winner and I usually side with the underdogs. But if I'd have to name a winner I'd guess Argentina; cos Maradona owns and deserves: it somehow.

Too bad Finland is not playing this tournament: we'll make it into the next!

[Silfir]

You bet I am quite aware of what's going down in the near future!

With the expected result of Germany winning its group and England finishing second, that means we can throw them out on penalties as early as the quarter final. Should be easy as cake.

[meh]

I'd say England has a good chance of reaching the semis. Brazil, Spain and Netherlands (IMO the top three teams at the moment) are all on the other side of the bracket, so England won't have to play them before the semi finals.

I'll be watching most matches, but don't really have any favourite team.

[gut]

I'm for whichever team can stay sober the longest, which is
unfortunately none of them.

[Dudley]

The only interest i have in the world cup is that i've got as much chances to win my end of year exams as france has of losing the world cup.

[grobblewobble]

Who will troll this thread with complaints about football being a stupid pointless game where teams play for hours only to draw 0-0?

I agree, football is a stupid pointless game where teams play for hours only to draw 0-0.

But there's an upside. During the previous world cup I went to the movies with my girlfriend while our country was playing a match. We had the whole theater for ourselves.

[fazisi]

No Ecuador this year so I am forced to cheer for Slovakia on behalf of my friend.

[grobblewobble]

*bump*

The world cup is much more fun than global warming.

Some predictions (all utterly unfounded of course)

Ger - Spa 3 - 1
Net - Ur 1 - 0 (I know my national team, they will rarely score more goals than strictly necessary to win )
Ger - Net 4 - 2

[vogonpoet]

*returns late to thread*

Well, first things first - Gyan's second penalty in the Uruguay Ghana match was perhaps the bravest thing I have ever seen on or in a sporting arena, and very well taken it was too, but damn - should have scored the first one... especially seeing as it turns out the rest of his team mates suck at penalties... truly incredible game, Ghana didn't really deserve what happened, Suarez is now a massive hero or villain, crazy shit

Second - the Germany game - missed it, at a wedding, had to settle for reading the live feed on the bbc site on my phone - torture, and subsequent replays... I think this cup is Germany's to loose quite frankly. Both Spain and het Nederlands are clearly capable of beating Germany, but I don't see it happening... a Germany Netherlands final would be awesome though

Bring on the semi's (prediction - the Dutch and the Germans to go through, no extra time required).