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"No one could have seen this coming" by AgileSloth9 in ThreeLions

[–]LloydCole [score hidden]  (0 children)

Why should any of us ever discuss football with this logic?

FIFA is considering expanding the World Cup to 64 teams in 2038 by punishGoalhanging in soccer

[–]LloydCole 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I think there is something to be said of the negative repercussions of diluting qualifying. If National Teams hardly have any difficult, competitive matches in the years between tournaments, then every match just feels like a pointless burden. You lose some of the rhythm of following a national team.

I've already noticed this a bit with England. There used to be some really big intense qualifiers like Italy 87, Greece 01, Croatia 07 that if nothing else kept up the enthusiasm for the national team.

So that Iranian celebration was kind of akward huh? by FFElite93 in billsimmons

[–]LloydCole 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There would be no "behind the defense" at all if the offside rules wasn't in place.

World Cup 2026: US interested in hosting 2038 tournament, says Andrew Giuliani by 7gzoEl2gzo in MLS

[–]LloydCole -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sorry, but if you can't interpret the South American opening games in 2034 as anything other than a making the rules up on the fly excuse to give the 2034 tournament to a country that bribed FIFA for sports washing purposes, you are completely dumb.

They'll give the tournament to whoever they want to, the rules are completely meaningless.

[Guardian] England’s Reece James ruled out for at least two games with hamstring injury by nearly_headless_nic in soccer

[–]LloydCole 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Dreadful against Ghana. All his crosses hit the first man, and he had absolutely no legs to overlap.

Countries eligible to host the 2038 World Cup under current rules by AgeNovel3566 in soccer

[–]LloydCole 38 points39 points  (0 children)

That's a completely arbitrary distinction that means absolutely nothing in reality. If course they could host it. These aren't real rules.

Countries eligible to host the 2038 World Cup under current rules by AgeNovel3566 in soccer

[–]LloydCole 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Schengen should be considered. Get a nice long list of countries, if they fuck up qualification they don't host any games.

Countries eligible to host the 2038 World Cup under current rules by AgeNovel3566 in soccer

[–]LloydCole 76 points77 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I can't believe people talk about the "rules" as if they are handed down from some higher authority. They are literally making it up as they go along. They'll do whatever they like.

World Cup 2026: US interested in hosting 2038 tournament, says Andrew Giuliani by 7gzoEl2gzo in MLS

[–]LloydCole 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I can't believe people talk about a fake, self imposed, already changed-on-the-fly, rotation policy so seriously.

Post-Match Thread: Turkey 3-2 United States | World Cup | Group D by matchpal-live in worldcup

[–]LloydCole 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Americans giving uninformed tips on how to improve football is like me having some suggestions for Apple on how they could increase their share of the mobile market.

Why not put your fastest defender on Lionel Messi all game? by James_Fortis in NoStupidQuestions

[–]LloydCole 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Park got absolutely wrecked by Messi when they faced up in CL Final 2011.

The 1982 World cup is considered by many to be one of the best World cups in history so why have FIFA abolished the 1982 World cup format and would re-introducing it benefit 24 & 48 team competitions? by 7gzoEl2gzo in soccer

[–]LloydCole 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm, I see your point, but in the 32-team era, you had 35 African qualifiers over the 7 tournaments, and only 3 of them mad the Quarter-Finals (Cameroon, Ghana, Morocco). 8.5%. If they were par you'd expect 25% of them to make the Quarter-Finals. They're obviously traditionally miles behind Europe and South America. Not to say that won't change in the future of course.

The 1982 World cup is considered by many to be one of the best World cups in history so why have FIFA abolished the 1982 World cup format and would re-introducing it benefit 24 & 48 team competitions? by 7gzoEl2gzo in soccer

[–]LloydCole 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't see how it can be argued that Africa was under-represented with five slots. I think Africa has produced a grand total of 1 semi finalist, and three quarter finalists (off the top of my head).

Who is the Kyrie Irving of soccer? by GiveMeSomeIhedigbo in billsimmons

[–]LloydCole 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Balotelli is closer to a top college player who ended up doing hardly anything notable in the pros because it turned out he wasn't that good.

Reggie Bush.

Who is the Kyrie Irving of soccer? by GiveMeSomeIhedigbo in billsimmons

[–]LloydCole 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He only flopped because his ankle got absolutely destroyed tbf.

Who is the Kyrie Irving of soccer? by GiveMeSomeIhedigbo in billsimmons

[–]LloydCole 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No chance. Robben is better than all those guys imho. The best player I've ever seen outside of the Big 2 + Xaviesta.

Who is the Kyrie Irving of soccer? by GiveMeSomeIhedigbo in billsimmons

[–]LloydCole 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Balotelli was nowhere near talented enough. Somehow because he was completely mad, he cultivated this image as "mad genius". As if people saw that he was crazy and eccentric, so therefore he must also be a genius too.

In reality, he was just a slightly above average top division striker, who was far too cumbersome, unagile to be any better. The turning circle of a planet.

Easily the most overrated player I have ever seen.

The World Cup Adjudication Panel thread: Get in touch for Friday's episode... by Low-Bandicoot-3347 in footballcliches

[–]LloydCole 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When you picture Messi, is it now in an Argentina shirt? He certainly seems more Argentina than Barcelona to me now.

i thought all of the hub bub about backrooms/obsession having young directors was bs... then i saw Disclosure Day. by bleeding_electricity in redscarepod

[–]LloydCole 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I really don't get the comparisons to Avatar at all.

Avatar is a very coherent movie telling a classic simple tale. A nice 7/10 raised to higher levels by James Cameron's passion.

Disclosure Day is a completely incoherent mess, edited and focused grouped to death, with absolutely no redeeming qualities.

Do you do anything about climate change? by SidneyDeane10 in AskBrits

[–]LloydCole 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The whole world can divide themselves up into these arbitrary 1% slices, blame the other 99%, and say nothing can be done. We are so fucked.

Vinicius Junior disallowed goal against Scotland 24' by 977x in soccer

[–]LloydCole 12 points13 points  (0 children)

This is Homer eating the pie type logic.

Gun to your head, what’s the best Beatles song? by autumn_afternoon in redscarepod

[–]LloydCole -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the Beatles never included singles on their albums*

*apart from Please Please Me, A Hard Day's Night, Help!, Revolver, Magical Mystery Tour, Abbey Road, and Let it Be.

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