11-16-2018, 03:03 PM
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#841
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GirlySports
This has nicely set up England-Croatia on Sunday for all the marbles.
Winner moves onto the semis, a draw and Spain advances.
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And the loser gets relegated too.
A draw will see Croatia drop with a much worse goal difference.
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11-17-2018, 09:15 PM
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#842
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
While true, what has he said now?
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On someones Instagram video, said about ramos that he "elbowed him good"
Then added
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‘Haha! 3-2! Go ahead and talk now buddy. Buddy! They are a bunch of p******.’ Covering the Spain flag stitched into his shirt, he continued: ‘Only this side [Croatia] is worthy. Now to beat England and walk out like a boss!’
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https://metro.co.uk/2018/11/16/dejan...ctory-8145791/
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11-18-2018, 08:38 AM
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#843
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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England-Croatia are 1-1 with 10 minutes left (Lingard with the equalizer).
Should be wild as both need to win.
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Last edited by GirlySports; 11-18-2018 at 08:40 AM.
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11-18-2018, 08:45 AM
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#844
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Austria, NOT Australia
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there it is!!! Awesome. Now please close shop ...
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11-18-2018, 08:53 AM
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#845
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Spartanville
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Quote:
Originally Posted by d_phaneuf
Lovren is a quote machine
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Just quoted his way into the refs book.
Croatia relegated.
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11-18-2018, 08:58 AM
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#846
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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This also ensures that England will at least be in the playoffs for Euro2020 qualifying.
It's confusing.
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11-19-2018, 02:45 PM
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#847
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Maryland State House, Annapolis
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Netherlands score two in the last five minutes to win their group. Nations League final four will be England, Portugal, Netherlands and Switzerland.
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11-19-2018, 02:48 PM
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#848
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First Line Centre
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Wow, Germany is really NG
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11-21-2018, 12:52 PM
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#849
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Spartanville
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Martin O'Neill and Keane gone from the Ireland job.
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12-03-2018, 03:54 PM
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#850
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Franchise Player
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Luka with a clean sweep of personal awards for this year, winning theBallon d'Or.
Man, what a year it's been. I ghosted in the WC thread because I couldn't take the excitement anymore and I packed up my little family and we went to Zagreb to take it all in. What an insane experience it was watching the WC Final with 550,000 other Croatians and the homecoming was just as crazy.
I haven't had the heart to re-watch the Final, but I will at some point soon. It's so heartbreaking, yet such a proud moment. Many times I still can't believe I was part of that.
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12-03-2018, 06:10 PM
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#851
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Franchise Player
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The female ballon d'or winner being asked if she could twerk was so embarrassing
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12-03-2018, 07:15 PM
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#852
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Maryland State House, Annapolis
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One of these times I hope one of the female athletes actually claps back when they get put in embarrassing situations by sexist losers. I know that probably will end up hurting her more because that's society, but it'd be nice for once to see these losers put in their place.
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12-04-2018, 07:53 AM
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#853
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by d_phaneuf
The female ballon d'or winner being asked if she could twerk was so embarrassing
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I just read about that....what...an...idiot.
Where did they find this clown?
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12-04-2018, 10:51 AM
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#854
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Franchise Player
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Modric winning the Ballon D’or doesn’t sit well with me. He was great during the World Cup but his team had an easy path and he didn’t win it and he didn’t do much in the final. He was key to Real Madrid winning the CL but so was Varane and Varane was also key to France winning the World Cup. The Ballon D’or has zero critea, because if you want to argue that Modric deserved the Ballon D’or this year then how the hell don’t you give it to Iniesta in 2010. Modric is a tremendous player but there’s no way in hell you can convince me that he was the best player in the world last season. I even think Mbappe would’ve made a better choice, he’s been tremendous all year and won the World Cup while scoring in the final and 2 vs Argentina.
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12-05-2018, 11:55 AM
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#855
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Beninho
Modric winning the Ballon D’or doesn’t sit well with me. He was great during the World Cup but his team had an easy path and he didn’t win it and he didn’t do much in the final. He was key to Real Madrid winning the CL but so was Varane and Varane was also key to France winning the World Cup. The Ballon D’or has zero critea, because if you want to argue that Modric deserved the Ballon D’or this year then how the hell don’t you give it to Iniesta in 2010. Modric is a tremendous player but there’s no way in hell you can convince me that he was the best player in the world last season. I even think Mbappe would’ve made a better choice, he’s been tremendous all year and won the World Cup while scoring in the final and 2 vs Argentina.
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So who do you think deserved it? Varane or Mbappe? You don't really make arguments.
Frankly I think if it wasn't Modric it should have been Griezmann (gross) or Ronaldo who had a great year also.
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12-05-2018, 12:45 PM
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#856
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CroFlames
So who do you think deserved it? Varane or Mbappe? You don't really make arguments.
Frankly I think if it wasn't Modric it should have been Griezmann (gross) or Ronaldo who had a great year also.
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I’m not sure but the best player in the world last year was not Modric. I would’ve given it to Ronaldo, Messi, Varane, Mbappe over him. His stats also aren’t that amazing, and I mean he didn’t even win the World Cup. You haven’t really explained why he should’ve won it.
Last edited by Beninho; 12-05-2018 at 12:53 PM.
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12-05-2018, 12:47 PM
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#857
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Austria, NOT Australia
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Modric was the right call. Happy they looked beyond goals/stats for a change.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Beninho
he didn’t even win the World Cup.
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... you're joking, right? It's freaking Croatia. Nobody expected them to get nearly as far as they did.
Last edited by devo22; 12-05-2018 at 12:54 PM.
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12-05-2018, 01:09 PM
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#858
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Beninho
I’m not sure but the best player in the world last year was not Modric. I would’ve given it to Ronaldo, Messi, Varane, Mbappe over him. His stats also aren’t that amazing, and I mean he didn’t even win the World Cup. You haven’t really explained why he should’ve won it.
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I wasn't arguing he should have or shouldn't have, you were. Then you proceeded to basically say it should have been someone, you don't know who, but definitely not Modric. Kind of a weird argument.
His accolades from 2018 speak for themselves, so it's not a surprise he won the Ballon d'Or. Varane came close to Modric's accolades, but still didn't have as many, nor was he as instrumental in France's WC campaign as Modric was for Croatia.
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12-05-2018, 01:40 PM
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#859
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CroFlames
I wasn't arguing he should have or shouldn't have, you were. Then you proceeded to basically say it should have been someone, you don't know who, but definitely not Modric. Kind of a weird argument.
His accolades from 2018 speak for themselves, so it's not a surprise he won the Ballon d'Or. Varane came close to Modric's accolades, but still didn't have as many, nor was he as instrumental in France's WC campaign as Modric was for Croatia.
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Modrics stats don’t speak for themselves.He was very good in the World Cup but I didn’t think it warranted winning a Ballon D’or. His season so far this year has been pretty uneventful while Madrid continues to struggle. If accolades are all that matter than many players of past year have gotten robbed of the award. Many had a much better case than Modric.
Last edited by Beninho; 12-05-2018 at 01:49 PM.
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12-05-2018, 01:53 PM
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#860
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Austria, NOT Australia
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which "stats" are you talking about? Because goals and assists mean nothing when it comes to a midfielder.
he was a key player in another CL victory and took Croatia to a WC final. I really don't know what else he could have done. I think you could argue that Varane would have deserved it as well, but I think Modrics impact was a lot bigger.
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