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View Poll Results: Who wins??

Brazil

5 6.49%

Germany

26 33.77%

France

10 12.99%

Spain

7 9.09%

Argentina

12 15.58%

Belgium

0 0%

England

7 9.09%

Portugal

2 2.60%

Uruguay

0 0%

USA/Mexico/Zlatan/Field

8 10.39%

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07-09-2018 , 02:58 PM

#1276

KansasCT

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https://en.as.com/en/2018/07/09/foot...93_021671.html

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07-09-2018 , 02:59 PM

#1277

estefaniocurry

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Originally Posted by JudgeHoldem

what does premier league have to do with champions league?

It's been a long time hasn't it.

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07-09-2018 , 03:26 PM

#1278

KDawg

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Originally Posted by JudgeHoldem

what does premier league have to do with champions league?

because many of us idiot yanks watch that as well (which was my point on the French team) and can easily be applied to the France/Belgium match. So, it's not just the EPL that idiot yanks watch at a good clip. Which kinda goes against the wanting Belgium to win just because of the EPL theory that you're coming up with.

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07-09-2018 , 04:06 PM

#1279

Fatal Checkraise

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Originally Posted by Cinarocket

so who's doing a proper OP for tomorrow's game?

https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/4.../#post54029185

Unless you don't consider this a proper OP, of course.

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07-09-2018 , 04:26 PM

#1280

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Ticket prices plummeted for France Belgium in St Pete with Brazil out. Going for 60% of face value right now. England/Croatia a touch below face, buoyed by being in Moscow so tons of neutrals still there.

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07-09-2018 , 04:26 PM

#1281

andre006

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Originally Posted by Fatal Checkraise

https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/4.../#post54029185

Unless you don't consider this a proper OP, of course.

Let it be known that i offered our resident belgian the OP on a platter since Belgium in a semi-final and all but he wanted it less, after that it was just my duty as a proud coq to muster all the condescending that i felt was appropriate for such a situation.

Now he made

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07-09-2018 , 04:40 PM

#1282

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Cina is always made, though. That just seems to be his natural state. Maybe his mum diluted his milk with water when he was a kid. I hear they do that sort of weird **** in LÖLgium.

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07-09-2018 , 04:49 PM

#1283

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I don't understand the whole yanks only being fans of the Premier League, I thought soccer fans in every country in the world only followed their domestic league and the Premier League

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07-09-2018 , 04:58 PM

#1284

ClarkNasty

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Champions League definitely a big follow in the US.

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07-09-2018 , 05:40 PM

#1285

O.A.F.K.1.1

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I for one am really missing the YNST top 10 team in the world discussion with Yank casual fans this year.

Clark, could you post "But we won a friendly" just one time, for the feels.

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07-09-2018 , 06:17 PM

#1286

Sugar Nut

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It's the Y *M* NST. They do add that signifier in YANKland. Apparently they don't LÖL at women's football over there. Think about that for a second.

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07-09-2018 , 06:27 PM

#1287

JudgeHoldem

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Originally Posted by ClarkNasty

Champions League definitely a big follow in the US.

Is it really tho outside of English teams

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07-09-2018 , 06:41 PM

#1288

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Originally Posted by JudgeHoldem

Is it really tho outside of English teams

Good lord, you’re being obtuse

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07-09-2018 , 07:25 PM

#1289

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Originally Posted by JudgeHoldem

what does premier league have to do with champions league?

Very little most seasons

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07-09-2018 , 07:34 PM

#1290

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Dumb Yank here that follows the Champions League and not the EPL because I enjoy watching quality football.

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07-09-2018 , 07:51 PM

#1291

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In the US, while La Liga, Bundesliga, Ligue 1 are on TV, it's much easier to watch EPL (there are a large number of games covered--typically most of the games on Saturday morning and games on other game nights) and Champions League (especially the top teams and the EPL teams are always on TV). I'll assume the demand for EPL is much higher than the other leagues--like they show El Clasico on multiple channels but not many other games.

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07-10-2018 , 01:38 AM

#1292

Jabonator

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Originally Posted by Sugar Nut

Cina is always made, though. That just seems to be his natural state. Maybe his mum diluted his milk with water when he was a kid. I hear they do that sort of weird **** in LÖLgium.

Yeah, just don't.

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07-10-2018 , 04:02 AM

#1293

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It's the Y *M* NST. They do add that signifier in YANKland. Apparently they don't LÖL at women's football over there. Think about that for a second.

They need to.be more Germanic, Die Nationalmannschaft! Nothing similar about that.

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07-10-2018 , 04:21 AM

#1294

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Haha! Never thought about that.

But then, the word "Frauschaft" doesn't exist in German. We call the women's NT "Frauen Nationalmannschaft" and we WOULD call the normal NT "Männer Nationalmannschaft". If we were to add the YANK signifier, that is.

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07-10-2018 , 04:41 AM

#1295

KansasCT

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I mean, 50% ain't laugh worthy but it was still fun looking back.

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07-10-2018 , 09:35 AM

#1296

andre006

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Spoiler:

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07-10-2018 , 09:42 AM

#1297

bigt2k4

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Originally Posted by KansasCT

I mean, 50% ain't laugh worthy but it was still fun looking back.

Im going to brag that I already have clinched my 12 person work pool by having correctly predicted England France and Belgium all coming out of the correct quarters. Should France beat England in the final (highly unlikely) and Belgium win 3rd (likely) I will have correctly gotten 1st-3rd all correct from before the tourney started