We're never gonna get another World Cup like 2014, are we?
>>152701927No. Every World Cup will have 48 or 64 teams with as many minnows as possible, they will all be held in at least three countries and preferably oil dictatorships or classic dictatorships or the US. And there will be ad breaksAnd until everyone turns off the TV, this will not change. If anything, it will accelerate so that people in 100 years will say „if only World Cups still had some character like in 2030 when they held it with 64 teams in Morocco, Spain, Portugal, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay“
>>152701927I preferred 2010 honestly. 2014 was the last decent one although I did like Croatia's 2018 run which was unfortunately cut short just to crown the monkey king Mbappe as the "next big thing".
>>152701949<3
>World Cup 2066>Hosted across three nations, England, Scotland and Ireland (Wales is now entirely a reservoir dedicated to providing water for the AI Centres)>192 qualified nations compete in 64 groups of 3, top 2 in each group qualify for the Round of 128>each game has a 30 minute half time and call to prayer, sponsored by London Ltd>tickets will only be available to customers who can show evidence of at least £500k in savings and a Social Credit rating of 0.75 or more (can be increased through donations)>games are available to stream for just £250 per game>Final is played in Saudi Arabia>England lose to a dubious 90(+34)' penalty and Qatar celebrates their third World Cup win in a row in front of a crowd of hundreds of sultans
>>152702897we did some mighty fine murderball in 2010i remember the Octopus Nostramadus as well
>>152690630I already said why this logic doesn't work. 100% kickers are rare and yet they don't contribute more to winning than an average QB
>>152690645based>>152690650cringe
>>152690643you lost :^)
>>152690702>He thinks I'm a Democrat
>>152690557Packers are done
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>>152705239A brutal mogging
Somewhere in Orange County, CA wading in a river with a fly fishing rod and tackle, is an angler named Mike Ballplayer.
>>152705921wrong i just checked the California fishing license registry and there isn't an angler named that anywhere in the US
>>152705921Deboonked
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>1-16IT'S
>>152082002Shame this post got skipped because all the ESLs on spuh don’t speak proper English
>engLEL
We still coping about the snicko bros???
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And Ausbro and me have spammed Emma N. many many times before that so whateverAnd I'm probably going back to her this year
How did blud drop 6 games to a female kwab
Emma Navarro is another crooked billionaire that should be in prison for life after inflicting tremendous damage to this general.The community demands justice.
>>152706028You two weren't nearly on the level of Boris thoubeit. That was something else.
i'm scared that he will come back if you keep mentioning him
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>>152706048My single mixed (haha) partner
>>152705876as nice as a German victory ;3
>>152704895Who knew someone so adorable could be so evil? I don't think even the Shadow knew.
>>152706652The new Jeanne.
New thread:>>152706851>>152706851>>152706851
>>152703563Well yeah, the football was good. And you knew what to expect and never to get your hopes up. It was comfy knowing Arsenal would style on the lower teams and you knew never to tune in when playing the top 4 because we'd get pumped.
>Richarlison with his 10th goal contributionI was right all along, you clowns know nothing about ball
>Portsmouth away in the fa cup their stadium looks mad comfy
>1st in the league table>not a single player in the top goal scorers or top assists not a good feeling this
>>152703563There is more pressure to get results. Every game is a nail biter for me. But i prefer this to being out of every competition by January.
will /sp/ start watching table tennis if it blows up in America thanks to Marty Supreme?
>>152684959Woody did nothing wrong
>LIVE TABLE TENNIS!LIVE!>LIVE TABLE TENNIS!https://www.youtube.com/live/Aqd1UPCCKN4
As the kraut and monkey said, WTT has ruined table tennis for the viewers. Between the unfindable live matches, shitty side view videos, gimmicky courts and tables, and terribly edited match highlight videos on YouTube, they have effectively killed TT kino. Only the Olympics, World Cup, Asian, and European championships, Chinese national games, and the fucking Japanese national championships are worth watching now. 90% of international competition has been ruined by these incompetents, who, by the way, cause the best player in the world to retire at like 31And to the lead in the other thread, my rating is 1900 and I use a darker hinoki blade with Tenergy 05H and Dignics 05 on the BH.
>>152701504darker should release a rubber called NGR
>>152701504>90% of international competition has been ruined by these incompetentsI wonder who benefits from this
>USL will launch a new division in 2028 that will be considered Tier 1 of USA Football>MLS will continue to exist and also be considered Tier 1How will this work? Teams from both leagues qualify for Continental Competition? Champions of both leagues have a play off to decide who the national champion is? Does any other country have two competing top divisions where the split is NOT geographical?
I think it depends which one is recognised by US Soccer in regards to CONCACAF/FIFA berths. It's an absolute fucking shitshow anyway.>>152704092Wouldn't be cricket, that's the IPL. I think you might be on about the Indian Super League which has been delayed for 2025/26 because the money behind it ran out.
i don't know why american soccer doesn't try to split the difference between a franchise model and pro/rel. by this i mean put a hard limit on how many tiers there are -- say, 2 -- this way franchise owners have a cap on how far down they can be relegated.
>>152704131Could work, that's what South Korea did until this season.
>>152704131For the exact same reasons why regular pro/rel will never be a thing for MLS. Jews.
>>152705065They can't keen getting away with it!
Daily reminder that Tottenham Hotspur won the Europa League in 2025
Merry christmas jabroni marks
>>152628484No they didnt. I would have heard about this if it had happened.
bumping day box
Bump dec 27
We won :)
KO 4:30PMCrystal Palace: Henderson; Lerma, Lacroix, Guéhi; Clyne, Wharton, Hughes, Mitchell; Pino, Devenny; Mateta.>Subs: Benitez, Nketiah, Uche, Esse, Canvot, Sosa, Rodney, Benamar, Drakes-Thomas.Tottenham: Vicario; Porro, Danso, Van de Ven, Spence; Gray, Bentancur; Kudus, Bergvall, Kolo Muani; Richarlison.>Subs: Kinsky, Dragusin, Palhinha, Tel, Johnson, Takai, Odobert, Davies, Scarlett.
Yeah I'm thinking we're back
my boy gray's day
We overcame the odds
>>152705448Not sure. But he won't be at Palace next season.
luv ricky
get in here
>>152705114No I'm just in the thread I made because I've made almost every gamethread this year
God damn it. They tried to get cute and it fucked them.
I think I could hear Trevor Lawrence yell "FUCK!" from my house on that one...
Yeah we're choking this game arent we?
actual thread >>152704743
>44 goals left to 1K
>>152704822Portugal scored 4 goals from penalties in 1966.
>>152704888>Pre historic footballIrrelevant in the grand scheme of things.
>>152704914It's still the best campaign your country has ever had in the World Cup.
>>152704968It is.I've said it before, and I'll say it again, as a small nation, the things we manage to do in football are very impressive.But then again, as a small nation, we will get reffballed, as we were before, and the chances of wining it all are small unfortunately, especially because our manager has severe case of lack of hair.
>>152705037Too bad you have the statpadding penalty merchant on your team. Without Penaldo Portugal is a title contender.
BTFO
>>152704524Qrd?
>>152704524#1 women vs #644 man. She has a smaller court and it's only 3 sets. She still gets demolished.
You just know the other WTA players on tour despise Sabalenka for taking part in this farce and making womeme's tennis look like an even bigger joke than it already is. She must've gotten paid a shit ton of money to dunk on her entire gender like this.
Emma would never :)
>Critics had questioned Kyrgios' suitability as the male protagonist in the match, given he admitted assaulting an ex-girlfriend in 2021 and has made a series of comments which have been considered misogynisticBased
J League is massively underrated imo. As a neutral, the games are ridiculously entertaining and the technical quality is crazy good.The technical level of (almost) all the players is way higher than people think. First touch, control, passing, and movement are consistently sharp. Many J league players are also surprisingly very two-footed, teams play proper passing football, and the league is genuinely competitive with no single team dominating, similar to the PL. Players like Mitoma didn’t magically become technical in Europe that foundation was already there.Only real downsides are the lack of physical challenges and the overall pace/tempo is slower compared to the PL or La Liga (naturally), but in terms of pure technique and team play, the J League clears its reputation easily. Think of a more technical version of the scottish league.
>>152703002>MLS at a crazy hour. Why should I watch that when I have MLS at a normal hour
>>152703299The J=League streams like 1 game per week for free on Youtube. Meanwhile for MLelShit you have to buy "Apple TV" to watch any games.
Every time
It's genuinely good, the only problem is that the hours and the fact they start around February are kind of inconvenient but apparently they are switching to regular August-May like Europe soon.
Teams are charismatic and fans are good, technical level is not that good though
