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Snake5555555555 posted...

I should have been the one to fill your dark soul with LIGHT! (Devil May Cry)

I reckon that's the definitive example
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ChaosTonyV4 posted...

We didn't say V wasn't a superhero, but is V for Vendetta really a Superhero movie?

Explain your argument that it isn't, then
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All three Nolan Batmans. TDK a 10, the other two at least a 9

First Avengers movie might be a 9, I love it
Infinity War
Civil War
Maybe Winter Soldier
Aaand I'm gonna throw out Spiderman 2 as well.
Also Logan

Edit: V is a great call
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Hype for Belg/Fra

So much HYPE
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Not that unusual

MGS typically has three hard difficulties
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Sure, great game
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https://twitter.com/sohlstromt/status/1015626267973115904?s=19

That's the Swedish ambassador to the UK. This encapsulates their reaction.

Such stark contrast between the class of Sweden and Colombia being such c***s.
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Oh, so basically silver goal?
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What does that change exactly?

Also I would be for reducing ET to 20 or 15m. 30 is a long time and I think the extra attrition is a reason why ET is sometimes conservative.
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87.7% share of the TV audience apparently
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https://twitter.com/BBCSport/status/1015889613938978817?s=19

Christ

Total population of UK is 65mil

This also doesn't include fanzones and pubs
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Dark Young Link posted...

guffguy89 posted...

so...would this put custodians out of business?

In a perfect world, there would be no need for them.

Does this perfect world involve everybody carrying around disinfectants, soaps, mops, etc?
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Drakeryn posted...

Ace_Killjoy posted...

trizob posted...

It's pretty hard to take a shit in a place and then leave it nicer than you found it.

It doesn't have to be anything big. Something as simple as lightly wiping off the seat would do it, for instance.

what if the seat is clean

do you go from stall to stall hoping to find an unclean seat so you can wipe it off

Maybe there's some soap on the side of sink or something

There's more than one way of achieving this
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Alright

Time for a few days of torturous limbo
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Alright. Well fuck. Bring it on Croatia.
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Fucking hell
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Yeah rare care of voting for the NFE here

Squirtle is so good
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VintageGin posted...

If you teach in Korea, are they guaranteeing you'd be in Seoul

Misread this as "south" and was like "I bloody hope so"
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All told I think Sterling wasn't that bad. He worried Sweden with his pace. Won the corner we scored from
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Yeah 3/5 chance of a Spurs player winning it. Gonna be 3/4 after tonight too.
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I'll say this about Sweden: they were so much better to play against than Colombia. Just...not c***s. Good spirit.
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Holy fuck
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He's been a threat - getting into position and making those runs is terrific. Some clever movement

But his problem has always been inability to finish
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I just teach in a British curriculum school. All the kids speak English (to varying degrees) so it's like teaching in a British school but with lower ability
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Wish those chances fell to Kane and not fucking Sterling

Kane is playing so, so deep
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I made a post before about how many games, especially in the groups, have been extremely tight and ultimately decided by a goal from the one quality goalscorer on the pitch. I'm hoping the trend continues here.
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Feels like we met expectations getting to the QFs so anything now is a bonus. So I'm not as scared as against Colombia

But what am I saying
It's coming home
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LET'S
DO
THIS
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I dunno, Belgium played were so, so much better in the first half. Then they defended and only really looked in trouble in the final 20m.
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RyoCaliente posted...

Jesus fucking fuck. I'm just fucking fucked man. That fucking game. Fuck.

Yeah this sounds familiar

RyoCaliente posted...

Imagine having De Bruyne, Lukaku and Hazard in one team. Mental.

The amazing thing is I think this is almost the first time you can say this. I know it's always been true but this is the first time I saw all three of them play to their potential. Even exceeding my expectations, really - I've never seen Lukaku play as well as that. He was phenomenal.
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Martinez vs. Deschamps

The world cup semi-final equivalent of a punch in the nuts vs. a kick in the nuts
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Congrats Belgium! Fantastic performance. Brazil had great chances but I think they definitely deserved it.
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Martinez not hedging his bets taking Lukaku off there. They're in trouble if they concede another - if it goes to ET, the lack of Lukaku as an outlet will just mean Brazil put on more and more pressure.
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Fuck

For as much as I said it'd suck if Belgium didn't win, I want another 30m of this
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Superb ball by Coutinho

This great game is getting the finish it deserves
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By far the best I've ever seen them. They're finally maximizing their potential.

Brazil's naivety in the first half helped but this might be the best performance I've seen at the tournament. It'd be shitty if Brazil won now tbh.

They're getting no luck centrally at the moment.
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Holy fuck the ref throwing shade at Neymar might be my favourite moment of the tournament. He's such a little shit.
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See look right there. Brazil's move breaks down on the edge with absolutely no danger and suddenly there was an enormous amount of space for Belgium to break into. Brazil tracked back but it was dicey.
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Also - this is why you have games like Colombia/England

When you are facing a team with pace and quality on the counter it is so, so hard to recover. Brazil are just being picked off here and right now Belgium still look more likely to score despite Brazil's attacking. 3 at the back helps too.
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Brazil have learned a few lessons and aren't as overwhelmed by the occasion as the semi last time, but they're still leaving themselves much too open on the counter, which is suicidal against Belgium when they have De Bruyne, Hazard etc.

They're more pragmatic and less absurd than they were 4 years ago but still a bit naive, tbh
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What an unbelievable goal.

Belgium are fucking outclassing them here. I didn't expect that at all. Lukaku looked unstoppable there and then the finish. Perfect
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Belgium are really clicking here. That Hazard first touch before playing in De bruyne was really good.

Kind of game that suits Martinez's football I suppose? This is as good as I've seen them, especially taking into account quality of opposition.
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Also:

Big Boss
Tywin
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There was some rallying for Shad in the discord

I know that it's a happy day for Shad but the rules have to apply

That said, save Shad
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I've really enjoyed it

A few duds but you expect that in modern football with teams often being cagey. Maybe not quite as spectacular as 2014 but leagues better than 2010.

This game, for example, has been really good so far.
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Only 6 games left after this! Hard to believe it's almost over.

Matches remaining after Belgium/Brazil finishes:

QFs (tomorrow):
England/Sweden
Croatia/Russia

SFs (Tuesday/Wednesday at 7pm BST/2pm EST):
France vs. Winner of Belgium/Brazil
England/Sweden vs. Croatia/Russia

Third/Fourth place playoff is Saturday night, final is Sunday night.
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Lucky Belgium - Silva misses a sitter and then an own goal
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I see Belgium have dropped Carrasco. Good, he looked a dodgy WB at times.

Not sure how much better Chadli will be though
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Giggsalot posted...

haha XIII you 've chilled out over the years but you still take things so personally sometimes (Portugal, Nadal, etc)

if France wins the world cup it'll almost certainly be at least partially because of Deschamps - football results are not some kind of divine karmic justice that reward the worthy, he'll have made it happen.

XIII_rocks posted...

That said, he has improved and learned and this France are starting to play at a higher level than in 2016, so if they win I guess he'll deserve it.

My point isn't that he's shit, it's that a) he shouldn't be rewarded for 2016 - FFF should have immediately fired him. Like before Portugal even lifted the trophy. b) France have an absurdly good line-up of talent and the semi-final will be the first game they've played this tournament where there isn't a clear gulf in the comparative ability of the players, so it's not particularly impressive yet. c) god they're boring (apart from against Argentina). This was not a good game. They have incredible pace and ability and we're being robbed of what could be the most exciting team of the century by his tactics.

I'm not being ridiculous for criticising Deschamps - to not criticise him is to be OK with France's failure to entertain. And that's absolutely fine if you value winning and pragmatism that highly. Certainly if I was a France fan and this football won us the WC, I could live with it. But as a neutral, it's shit. So screw him.
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I know that. He's not terrible or anything, but the way he plays with this line-up of players is really disappointing.

And he must shoulder the responsibility for that Portugal debacle. No arguing around that one - he got it horribly wrong at the most important possible moment.
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