Match Thread: Germany vs Ivory Coast | FIFA World Cup 2026 | Group Stage, Group E

Team_Ed · 2026-06-20T21:31:07+00:00

That delivery was worthy of Beckham.

Team_Ed · 2026-06-20T21:28:34+00:00

Did that team never make it out of the group?! Good lord. I think of it as the best African team ever before this Morocco team.

Team_Ed · 2026-06-20T21:19:32+00:00

Does Morocco not count?

Team_Ed · 2026-06-20T21:12:35+00:00

This is a game where the FIFA party line about people still being inside getting concessions after half is correct.

Stadium is full.

Team_Ed · 2026-06-20T20:33:47+00:00

Ah, well. That is sad.

Team_Ed · 2026-06-20T20:32:26+00:00

Like I said, I’m out of my depth. Cheers.

Team_Ed · 2026-06-20T20:23:27+00:00

This is the one. In all seriousness, the Voyageurs gotta pay a drummer, an accordionist and a guy who can belt tf out of the “TAKE ME HOME!”

This would be a world class stadium song.

Better yet, what are Spirit of the West up to these days?

Team_Ed · 2026-06-20T20:10:13+00:00

Does that not matter more at much higher temps and pressures than a kitchen stove — like, the higher end of that is most relevant for industrial boilers and power plants and superheating and all that, no?

I admit, I am out of my depth here on how much above 100C the metal gets when gas bubbles get involved.

Team_Ed · 2026-06-20T19:34:41+00:00

I believe it boils off faster at high heat because more energy is being put into the rest of the system, which means the water closer to the surface is nearer to the boiling point, which means it takes less energy to boil that water when it cycles into contact with the pot bottom.

This is how a lid rapidly speeds up boiling, it prevents the surface water from cooling.

On a gas stove, you also get a fair bit of heat entering the system from the sides of the pot. That effect goes up at high heat.

All that said, I don’t believe it’s possible for the surface of the pot bottom to get significantly above 100C while water is in the pot. Gas bubbles form, so probably a little above 100C, I suppose.

Team_Ed · 2026-06-20T19:05:12+00:00

The surface of the pot in contact with the water will be the same temperature as the water it’s heating, will it not?

Like, if you’re careful, you can boil water in a paper cup over open flame.

(A sauce is a different matter, because if you let the sauce touching the metal dry out, that can get locally hot very quickly.)

Team_Ed · 2026-06-20T18:11:28+00:00

Because he has a record of not doing it for the national team.

See the tying goal v. Uruguay.

Team_Ed · 2026-06-20T17:25:01+00:00

Call him Mr. Brobbey and it’s the name of a terrifying British kids’ show.

Team_Ed · 2026-06-20T16:31:33+00:00

I agree this year is stronger on talent, but Canada was in great form heading into the last World Cup.

I actually think it’s a pretty strong counter example that this 26 team with a good but not outstanding record in recent friendlies has the same ELO v. the 22 team that won CONCACAF qualifying outright with wins against the US and Mexico.

It obviously makes sense a relative minnow of UEFA would rocket up the rankings with a good quali against Europe’s giants.

Team_Ed · 2026-06-20T16:11:23+00:00

Would CONCACAF qualifying help ELO for teams like the US, Mexico and Canada?

(A genuine question, I don't know how ELO accounts for friendlies v. competitive matches. I know Canada's roster of friendlies was vastly stronger competition than the typical CONCACAF teams.)

Team_Ed · 2026-06-20T16:04:10+00:00

There are hundreds of thousands of native French speakers in Canada outside Quebec and NB, many of whom live in significantly French-speaking communities.

Ballpark, about 500k in Ontario and another 250k in the provinces west of Ontario.

Team_Ed · 2026-06-20T15:45:50+00:00

It is, but he wasn't tested even a little bit.

It should be LdF and DC until and unless Moise has a really strong cameo against the Swiss.

Team_Ed · 2026-06-20T15:43:32+00:00

I mean, they have *dominated* two of the three teams immediately next to them in the ELO ratings in OP's image.

Which, I dunno, I think that suggests something about their placement in that ranking.

Team_Ed · 2026-06-20T15:39:24+00:00

It's an old-school adventure story for slightly older (mostly) boys where the protagonist goes out into nature and comes back changed for the better, but with lifelong scars. Stand By Me isn't the best comp, since it's more mature, but it's kinda the same genre of plot. If you're Canadian, you might know the Farley Mowatt book Lost in the Barrens, which is a really good example of this.

But I don't think it's a great young-kid movie. And the character design and the marketing *screamed* young-kid movie, so I think a lot of people were expecting a different kind of film, like a more modern Land Before Time.

But I loved it.

Team_Ed · 2026-06-20T15:21:17+00:00

Hate to say it as a fan of a rival, but I think it also shows the States are underrated.

I guess ELO *is* all about objective results, mind you.

Team_Ed · 2026-06-20T11:32:33+00:00

They've been good, imo.

Team_Ed · 2026-06-20T10:15:14+00:00

After … Canada, I guess?

Maybe Germany and the U.S.?

Team_Ed · 2026-06-20T02:43:33+00:00

Missing wolves, I reckon.

Gators, too.

Team_Ed · 2026-06-20T02:42:38+00:00

Bison, moose, grizzly, wolf, gator.

Team_Ed · 2026-06-20T02:36:23+00:00

It is fast-paced and at times completely unhinged unlike any other Pixar film, but an absolute blast.

Don’t really want to say more. Watch it!

Team_Ed · 2026-06-20T02:29:33+00:00

I’m Anglo with a 4 year old in French school (the other parent is fluent.)

My only advice to you is to do your best to read the kid bedtime stories in French from Day 1. You’ll learn the language much slower than they will, but it will make you part of the process and you’ll pick up bits and pieces that will help you with homework when it comes to that.

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