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2022 World Cup Thread
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I get what you are saying and I do want the refs to get the call right. if the players are time wasting and there are injuries the ref should absolutely add time. In the wc games that I've watched the VAR reviews have been quick, but I haven't seen every match.
MigratingOsprey
Thank You Paul!
I wonder if it's easier with offside as the computers are modeling the position of a pair of fully dimensional objects
Boundary plays you have a sphere and that is really it.
Tennis technology is good, but it's a smaller ball and is at the impact point
Wonder if they could arrange the goal post or another fixed object to be aligned with the line and then compare the positioning similar to offsides or put in a camera on the post and by the flag similar to the pylon cameras in the NFL
Boundary plays you have a sphere and that is really it.
Tennis technology is good, but it's a smaller ball and is at the impact point
Wonder if they could arrange the goal post or another fixed object to be aligned with the line and then compare the positioning similar to offsides or put in a camera on the post and by the flag similar to the pylon cameras in the NFL
Stout
Hold onto the ball, Murray!
Blah, sorry, I meant groups of 3 teams, not 3 group games. So lowering it to TWO group games won't raise the number of overall games.I don't get it. There was already 3 group games, each team playing each other once?
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Ouch. Not sure I like only 2 group games unless there are quite a few at large spots.
Stout
Hold onto the ball, Murray!
Yeah. They're saying it will be easier for the big teams to get through, squeezing out the minnows. Plus we'll lack the tenseness of those third games, like when Mexico and Germany went out.
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The 3rd game tenseness was the best part of the WC so far. Sigh. It made me yearn for the days when Picture in Picture was still available on TVs.
I kind of like the 16-3 team grouping, it makes for these games being more important and wins more important instead of playing for draws. The problem with it is one of the teams playing the first game gets more time off between games than the other two teams do. That is an inherent advantage to the team that gets more off days before playing their second game.
The 12/4 team format keeps time off even for all four teams. The problem here is you have 24 advance, then you need to have 8 at of the 12 third place teams fill the brackets to get to 32 teams so you can have even numbers to get to two finalist. This to me ends up being like the NBA playoffs, you play 3 games and yet you only eliminate 16 or a third of the field after group play.
The US, Mexico and Canada will get automatic bids because they are host countries.
The 12/4 team format keeps time off even for all four teams. The problem here is you have 24 advance, then you need to have 8 at of the 12 third place teams fill the brackets to get to 32 teams so you can have even numbers to get to two finalist. This to me ends up being like the NBA playoffs, you play 3 games and yet you only eliminate 16 or a third of the field after group play.
The US, Mexico and Canada will get automatic bids because they are host countries.
gmabel830
It's football season!!
My son has a soccer scrimmage (tournament next weekend though)... they tried to change the time with no success, and I am pretty emphatic that I'm staying home and watching the game.
gmabel830
It's football season!!
1000%.. I've been rocking one game on the TV and another on my phone through Hulu
Stout
Hold onto the ball, Murray!
Problem is, there will be a lot more draws. Teams with 1 point can conceivably advance. No bueno for the quality.
Can you imagine the chaos if all three teams played to draws with the same score in each game. No goal differential, no most goals scored and no head to head advantage.
AsUpRoDiGy
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Cameroon hanging tough with Brasil.
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Round of 16 starts tomorrow
Saturday, Dec. 3:
Saturday, Dec. 3:
- Match 49: Netherlands vs. United States (10 a.m. EST, Khalifa International Stadium)
- Match 50: Argentina vs. Australia (2 p.m. EST, Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium)
- Match 52: France vs. Poland (10 a.m. EST, Al Thumama Stadium)
- Match 51: England vs. Senegal (2 p.m. EST, Al Bayt Stadium)
- Match 53: Japan vs. Croatia (10 a.m. EST, Al Janoub Stadium)
- Match 54: Brazil vs. South Korea (2 p.m. EST, Stadium 974)
- Match 55: Morocco vs. Spain (10 a.m. EST Education City Stadium)
- Match 56: Portugal vs. Switzerland (2 p.m. EST, Lusail Stadium)
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The US has possession, has had some solid chances but finds themselves down 2-0. It’s the difference between making your chances count and not. The next cycle this team really needs to find a solid striker.
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US still sucks at set pieces.
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Why bring off Weah?
AsUpRoDiGy
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Wow that was an incredible back heel goal
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Crazy goal, not sure how we scored but it’s about time!
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Well that is all she wrote. Unmarked man at the far post buries it
AsUpRoDiGy
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Oof. That's game :/
Chaplin
Better off silent
All I want for Christmas is a striker that isn’t afraid to actually shoot the ball.
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Hopefully Dike, who is only 22, develops between now and 2026 to a striker we can count on.
he's a player I enjoy to watch. Pepi and Pefok are others. We also have a young player at FC Rangers who is not really known, Malik Tillman who is scoring big goals there. Dike had injuries that I think killed his chances of making this team. I still look at the Jordan Morris selection and wonder if one of the other young players who were left off could have had an impact, but I just wonder if Berhalter was trying to get some experience into this team where he could.
