2014-2015 OFFICIAL FOOTY THREAD (+ Brazil 2014) - Football, Soccer, Calcio, Voetball, Fútbol, Futebo

[Tirailleur1]

All that money for someone who won't play half the year

 

[LA Guy]

i'm having a hard time coming to terms with injuries in this sport. Small poke to the arm, and down on the grass writing in pain. Concussion? Back in action!

take it from a hockey fan, FIFA needs to take concussions and head injuries very seriously.

I read somewhere that soccer players' brains are pretty akin to that of a pro boxer. Heading the ball, not to mention random knocks, really builds up over time. That's much more worrisome than some flesh wound. The brain doesn't recover. A bruise? That's a funny story a few weeks down the line.

In my typically perverse fashion, I think I'm looking forward to the third-place match more than the final

I'm really interested to see if the Brazilian team can prove me wrong. I've been saying from way before the match that the Brazilian side are a group of frontrunners, talented, but with no heart. I'll consider myself wrong if those yobos can rally up a good performance when everyone is down on them, and there is nothing left to win except a bit of dignity. We'll see.

 

[erictheobscure]

^ It would've been even more interesting if it'd been Brazil v. Argentina, of course, but I think a match against the Netherlands is still a good litmus test. Winning against the Dutch would still mean something, even if it doesn't quite salvage the team's dignity. And despite van Gaal's public remarks about the third-place match, one hopes the Dutch players themselves would be out to prove that they can beat up on Brazil too.

 

[Spatlese]

Not sure if posted yet, but Mascherano really busted his ass on that potentially match-saving tackle

 

[HRoi]

What does "tore my anus" actually mean? Did he strain/tear the gluteal muscle? Or does he now have an asshole four times its normal diameter?

 

[DeSense]

This is hilarious. How does one feel compelled to share with the world that one tore his a.hole? For whatever reason? Hell, M. Douglas sharing of the perceived reason for his illness had some value. But this one? Don't tackle and stretch if you don't want a 2nd hole? Ridiculous.

 

[DeSense]

PS: Got a better one:
"See what I did there for my country? I put ****** on the line. Literally."

 

[HRoi]

how about: "the Netherlands/Arjen Robben tore me a new asshole"

 

[lasbar]



PS: Got a better one:
"See what I did there for my country? I put ****** on the line. Literally."

Elton John and George Michael are doing it for decades for Great Britain.

 

[mkarim]



^ It would've been even more interesting if it'd been Brazil v. Argentina, of course, but I think a match against the Netherlands is still a good litmus test. Winning against the Dutch would still mean something, even if it doesn't quite salvage the team's dignity. And despite van Gaal's public remarks about the third-place match, one hopes the Dutch players themselves would be out to prove that they can beat up on Brazil too.

Yes, will be interesting to see how Brazil players have recovered...

 

[lasbar]



Yes, will be interesting to see how Brazil players have recovered...

Or not..

 

[mkarim]



Or not..

...or more interestingly, how many Brazil fans will be at the stadium...

 

[lasbar]



...or more interestingly, how many Brazil fans will be at the stadium...

The Dutch do not really want to play that game ,the Brazilians do...

They have to win that game..

 

[HORNS]

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i'm having a hard time coming to terms with injuries in this sport. Small poke to the arm, and down on the grass writing in pain. Concussion? Back in action!


take it from a hockey fan, FIFA needs to take concussions and head injuries very seriously.

I read somewhere that soccer players' brains are pretty akin to that of a pro boxer.  Heading the ball, not to mention random knocks, really builds up over time.  That's much more worrisome than some flesh wound.  The brain doesn't recover.  A bruise?  That's a funny story a few weeks down the line.

Anyone know what the data on this is? Roughly?

I'm a casual watcher and find the universal camaraderie pretty special, and I hear so much on American Football and then to a much lesser degree on other popular sports.

 

[the shah]

It's not knockouts so RVP can score again. Awesome start for Brazil !