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  1. Brando

    Soccer 2017-2018

    There are plenty of scenarios but the odds certainly favor them meeting now. I think Boateng's been great to be honest, just the way Germany is using him or exposing him has been the issue. Mueller I'm somewhat indifferent on but Kroos if he didn't score that goal, man he was horrible that game.
  2. Brando

    Soccer 2017-2018

    Even with that win I think Germany's midfield is just broken. They're main outlet was Boateng on the right which is ridiculous. The decisions to leave Sane, Weigl and Can at home is going to bite them in the ass. Coming in I thought they were tied as the second best team with Spain but now I...
  3. Brando

    Soccer 2017-2018

    So on top of being a Ronaldo butt pirate Jozu is now a confirmed racist, good to know. In regards to VAR, I'm not going to get into the technical side of it as it gets rather monotonous. You can easily google the IFAB rules for it's usage. The bottom line is the final decision always rests...
  4. Brando

    Soccer 2017-2018

    Hey everybody!!! Ronaldo scored a header in the 4th minute of the game against Morocco! The game then proceeded to be dominated by Morocco who only have themselves to blame for not getting a point at minimum while Ronaldo did nothing for the next 86 minutes of the game! But lets all give...
  5. Brando

    Soccer 2017-2018

    I'm sure there are plenty of places on the internet whether it be an english RM forum or /r or maybe there is a forum just for Ronaldo to where you can incessantly fawn over him. Almost every other post of yours is just that and it's rather tiresome. I have no interest in the Messi vs. Ronaldo...
  6. Brando

    Soccer 2017-2018

    Dybala would play where in midfield and do what? Based on today's evidence anything is possible for Sampaoli as that 3-2-3-2 to start was nuts and then just fucking went crazy from there but I'm pretty sure Dybala is not a midfielder and wouldn't have solved any of their issues. Without...
  7. Brando

    Soccer 2017-2018

    Eh? I thought France looked just as bad as the first game and got lucky Peru were so wasteful. Why protect Kante like that? He’s arguably the best DM in the world and does great in space. Instead they shackle Pogba to the deepest mid and ask Matuidi to be the ball progressor? They need Evra...
  8. Brando

    Soccer 2017-2018

    Not sure which is worse, this Iran/Spain game or the earlier Uruguay/Saudia Arabia game. Both are terrible and I wish I had some sleep to catch up on.
  9. Brando

    Fortnite - Epic Games - Team Survival/Strategy/Crafting/Combat

    The stink bomb is pretty awesome, happy they are adding more grenades. Really like C4 and stickies so adding this I may run with 1 gun some games.
  10. Brando

    Soccer 2017-2018

    Some thoughts: Morocco might have had one of the best performances in a group stage that I can remember resulting in an early exit. Both games they were clearly the better team, they just had nobody that could actually put the ball in the net so it's all for naught. Salah is clearly not 100%...
  11. Brando

    Soccer 2017-2018

    And that's why the decision to leave Sane at home is crazy. If you can get the other team to back off you because they're scared of your pace then your midfield will be given the time and space to function. The first 25 minutes of the CL final showed this as RM backed off LFC and they...
  12. Brando

    Pruning the Politics thread for massive improvements, An experiment. (long read)

    How about you lick my balls you commie prick? Based on this response you know I'm right but you felt good that day flexing your pathetic mod muscle. First, last I checked I'm still banned from the Pol thread Second, D's are stupid in trying to debate and figure out what Trump voters want when...
  13. Brando

    Pruning the Politics thread for massive improvements, An experiment. (long read)

    It took me 2-3 hours to make 5 or 6 posts with nothing but a link? LOLOLOLOL
  14. Brando

    Soccer 2017-2018

    The two-man midfield of Toni Kroos and Sami Khedira combined to not intercept a single pass and to win just one of the 10 tackles they attempted
  15. Brando

    Westworld

    We have no evidence so far that any human has lived for very long in a host body. I guess Ford could have figured it out and kept the secret for himself or it was figured out and William won't let old man Delos come back but it seems a bit far fetched. Meaning I'm sure we'll see it in the...
  16. Brando

    Pruning the Politics thread for massive improvements, An experiment. (long read)

    I'm gloating that the President is a proven liar, adulterer, racist and fraudster while likely being a conduit for money laundering with various people of ill repute? I find no satisfaction in anything this piece of shit does.
  17. Brando

    Pruning the Politics thread for massive improvements, An experiment. (long read)

    Like any actual real person with a life I'm not sitting on FoH waiting for responses. When I have a free moment I'll look at what's new and sometimes when I have more time actually do some responses. So you warn me and then within minutes or hours without a response from me then threadban me...
  18. Brando

    Soccer 2017-2018

    Where did I say Kroos was shit? Do you even read what you post and then take a second to think if it makes sense? Mexico has pace you say so then my pointing out that Kroos and Khedira are immobile means what for their individual quality? I mean give me a fucking break. Boeteng had probably...
  19. Brando

    Soccer 2017-2018

    Have you seen who is managing them and what they are trying to do? I guess stranger things have happened so far already but I'll be amazed if they play to par as I think flaming train wreck is highly possible.
  20. Brando

    Pruning the Politics thread for massive improvements, An experiment. (long read)

    Wow, I'm fucking rolling here. There's a problem in that the majority of the Politics thread is just white nationalist bordering on straight out nazi's circle jerking to whatever tilts people that don't agree with them? The answer then is to fucking ban people that don't agree with the circle...
  21. Brando

    Soccer 2017-2018

    Just some overall thoughts so far: -VAR has been surprisingly good so far which is surprising considering most of the refs haven't used it before. It's been relatively quick and all the decisions were seemingly correct. -It's easy to forget this isn't club soccer which I do myself. Aside from...
  22. Brando

    Westworld

    The good in today's episode was that it was again pretty linear and the flashbacks were just used to flesh out the character. In this case specifically for William/MiB. Ford's talk with Maeve was great and him fucking with William was part of his plan as he clearly states there's one more game...
  23. Brando

    Westworld

    Nolan and Joy are the showrunners. Maybe JJ does send them notes, who fucking cares. Production for S1 has to be shut down for a while as the show was a fucking mess. They were able to fix it though. Guess we shouldn’t have been surprised s2 was a mess especially as they weren’t going to...
  24. Brando

    Soccer 2017-2018

    With the expansion to 48 teams this really doesn’t matter if the answer is yes. What id like to know is how Qatar or Russia will be able to bribe their way to another host win with the amount of stadiums that will be needed in going forward. It’s basically restricted to Germany, England and...
  25. Brando

    Soccer 2017-2018

    Both teams are advancing. Just happy we got a good game.
  26. Brando

    Soccer 2017-2018

    Wow, DdG
  27. Brando

    Soccer 2017-2018

    Any striker would be proud of that header.
  28. Brando

    Soccer 2017-2018

    I think they have a plan in place and when your starting Kane, Sterling and Alli you're going to have a chance in any game. Maybe something will fuck it up but I think they should be able to make the quarterfinals considering who they have to play to get there. Speaking of things getting...
  29. Brando

    Soccer 2017-2018

    Here's my pics: A Uruguay Egypt B Spain Portugal C France Peru D Argentina Nigeria E Brazil Serbia F Germany Mexico G England Belgium H Columbia Senegal R16 - Winners in bold Uruguay v Portugal Spain v Egypt France v Nigeria Peru v Argentina Brazil v Mexico Serbia v Germany England v...
  30. Brando

    Soccer 2017-2018

    Supposedly he'll be playing. Won't know for sure until the game though.
  31. Brando

    Soccer 2017-2018

    Is there a way to setup picks here and then have a contest?
  32. Brando

    Soccer 2017-2018

    Should we do a separate thread for the World Cup or just keep it in this thread?
  33. Brando

    Westworld

    It's funny in that Nolan did a better job with "love" than Nolan did. Granted the medium's are completely different but still....
  34. Brando

    Westworld

    There's an interesting discussion on Reddit that Dolores did never fully awaken but at least so far in the show that wasn't how it was presented. She was forced to kill Arnold though, that is correct.
  35. Brando

    Westworld

    That actually wouldn't be correct as Dolores awakening is what leads Arnold to make his choice. It would be the first instance where they did it on their own without Arnold guiding them to it though Akecheta again references the voice he heard. Based on what Ford told him we can hope he is the...
  36. Brando

    Soccer 2017-2018

    My only point where I disagree with you is that in all my years of watching this sport I don't agree that a defender hitting a GK has regularly happened. Again can you actually think of one? Usually you will have a defender try to impede the GK by standing near them but I honestly can't recall...
  37. Brando

    Soccer 2017-2018

    I don't really get what your saying. One the one hand of course it's ludicrous to think Ramos intended anything but on the other the worst we can think of fall short of what he really is. So which is it? I've already said my opinion on previous pages. Just don't really care for anybody...
  38. Brando

    Westworld

    Might have been the best episode of the series as while it did move around in the time lines it was linear and a single story but done really fucking well. At the end with it being clear he was talking to Maeve the whole time it just fucking hits you. Really well done.
  39. Brando

    Soccer 2017-2018

    LOL /jlawgif Yep. Shoves and grabs happen in almost every professional game in the world on corner kicks yet can you recall one time you saw a game where the shoved player then elbowed the GK in the head? Or just hit them at all? You know why that is? Because any hindrance to the GK should...
  40. Brando

    RIP Bourdain

    This is terrible and a bad way to start the weekend