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Ghana dominating possession right now. 60-40
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The one person that couldn't get hurt. Donovan in knockout round?
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And now Altidore is dead....
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Dammit Altidore. Take a little extra time there and it's 2-0
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I'd love to know what you base that on. Edit - wait. No I wouldn't. Carry on. I'm not claiming to be some kind of savant. But we're not better than Germany, I doubt we're better than Portugal and we always lose to Ghana. Counterpoints: Portugal - In the jungle, favors us. Portugal will be without Pepe. If we beat Ghana, a draw is an acceptable result. Germany - Germany might not have anything to play for. We might be in a position (with a win over Ghana and a draw to Portugal, and the assumed German win over Ghana) where all we need to do is not get blown out by 5 goals. Ghana - both games in 06 and 10 were closely contested and could have gone either way, especially 2010. Essien is out. We're better than them.
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Was Essien expected to play? I know he's been injured.
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Pile it on Deutschland
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Thought this deserved its own thread. Very sad, he was a great player and from what I understand a great person. He will be missed. He was one of those guys that I loved growing up even thought he didn't play for the Cubs.
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This deserves its own thread
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The Padres twitter account confirmed. RIP that's very sad. 54 is too young.
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Yesterday, maybe. Let's see how that shakes out today and moving forward. I'm definitely classifying them differently now. I'm just a casual fan and I don't call in to radio shows, though :). I STILL hear people say "man I hate seeing the Spurs win, they are so boring". Funny because they are actually one of the more enjoyable teams to watch in the league these days. They really are. I hate watching NBA games because they tend to be so plodding and one on one, but the way the Spurs move the ball and their offense flows makes them very enjoyable to watch. My guess is that casual fans don't understand any of that and simply want to see the show time stuff. I'm going to try harder. Watching the Spurs this time was a lot of fun. And selfishly I kind of feel like the Bulls will need to follow this sort of model for awhile, and I'd obviously like it to work out. Maybe, maybe not. I think it just shows that the Big 3 model is one of multiple ways to win a title. In the last 4 years of the Big 3 in Miami, they won 2 titles. The other 2 titles were won by teams with 1 or less superstars. Meanwhile, everyone has spent the last 4 years trying to build their own big 3's to replicate the Celtics and Heat and have fallen short.
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So in terms of the early game, in order of preference it's: 1) Germany win 2) Draw 3) Portugal win or do I switch 1 and 2?
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Yesterday, maybe. Let's see how that shakes out today and moving forward. I'm definitely classifying them differently now. I'm just a casual fan and I don't call in to radio shows, though :). I STILL hear people say "man I hate seeing the Spurs win, they are so boring". Funny because they are actually one of the more enjoyable teams to watch in the league these days.
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The Heat were a lucky rebound and Ray Allen 3 away from 1 title in the first (only?) 4 years of the super team
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Where are the Cubs falling short offensively? I haven't been paying close enough attention, but it seems like Rizzo has been a monster, Castro has been pretty good, Valbuena (as a semi-regular) is having a career year, and Lake has had his moments. Is it just everyone else being black holes? -
Not the only people confused about Rizzo today:
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So much for my (and many others) theory that the SA teams would dominate group play. Is Colombia the only one that won convincingly in their first match?
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England completed 91% of their passes
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Geez do they normally call this many PKs? Seems like every game has one.
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Agreed. They were the best team this year, hard as it is to admit. they deserve to win it because they played the best in the most important 2 months, but i don't think they were the best team. they're probably bounced in the first round if not for the vlasic assassination. who do you think was better? I dont put much creedence at all in the regular season for teams that are playing deep into the playoffs every year. I get they were almost bounced in each of the first 3 rounds but that just shows you how good the west was.
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Agreed. They were the best team this year, hard as it is to admit. Yet to do it they needed to be the 5th team ever in NA sports history to overcome a 3-0 series deficit, overcome a 3-2 series deficit in the 2nd round, win a game 7 on the road against the defending champs, and then coast through the Eastern champ (i forgot who already)
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes 6-13-14
UMFan83 replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Baez is like our 9th best prospect now /green Baez 0-2 with a K btw (2 RBIs though) -
Man I'm having flashbacks to ~10 days ago watching the Kings just coming with chance after chance after chance.
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Stupid Kings are probably going to win it with an OT goal too. It will almost certainly look cooler than Kane's too
