hugely excited for the water polo
it's been a long time

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>canada - bosnia
One day into the group stages and the shitters fatigue is already starting to set in

banger of a fixture lads

well i dont have anything better to do
bosnia 2-0 canada

>>155156144
You aren't looking forward to Uzbekistan vs DR Congo?
That's literally the type of fixture the Simpsons writers were thinking of when they paired Mexico vs Portugal as the clash to decide who's the greatest nation on earth.

>>155156872
It may not be a big deal to you but it is to those nations to be featured in an international tournament.

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>>155157087

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>DREAM BIG
>DREAM BIH
Cringekino

>>155157087
>using dynamite for bait

I don’t want to be disparaging anyone but what has Canada ever done for soccer that they get to play World Cup matches at home. It’s a rhetorical question. In saying that I really like Canada as a country and wish them well

>>155157487
>I don’t want to be disparaging anyone but what has Canada ever done for soccer that they get to play World Cup matches at home.
Qatar helped set the bar low, all hosts like Canada have to do now is not finish bottom of their group.

>visit spee becasue WC
>remember comfy threads
>search for comfy
>1 thread 0 posts
>remember /yfmoc/

long time no see frens
also wtf are these captchas

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>thanks to fifa extending the cup to 48 teams we will never again see a comfy single euro nation host it

>>155158070
It's not special if it's in Europe. 2018 was stale as bread. No culture. No vibes.

canada kinda dominating this so far

>>155157550
Makes sense and it’s ok, I just found it momentarily jarring. To see Canada in the World Cup itself isn’t regular.

Needed a better finish there

>>155158203
yeah i'm surprised. i assumed bosnia would have this.

>>155158150
It wasn't that bad, imo slightly behind 2014 overall, but better than 2002, 2010 and 2022
>>155158237
Why? I've seen multiple anons rate them, but they barely made it to the WC

Bear in mind these lads have probably never seen a Canadian before so it isn’t surprising they are slightly overwhelmed by such a crowd

hello once again, lads

>>155158402
>but they barely made it to the WC
my judgement mainly on the weakness of Canada tbg.
and they scored.

>>155158402
dont quite rate them just canada is a big nothing right

well well well

Is the clock supposed to keep running during the ad-break?

>>155158497
>>155158561
Awful defending that, but I still think Canada will turn it around

>>155158841
ye, we just have +2 by default

lads i don't want to alarm you but there's two other threads aping yfmoc's culture

>>155158402
2018 was the worst world cup of the last 30 years

WC POWER RANKINGS:
1. 2006
POWER GAP
2. 1998
3. 2002
4. 2014
POWER GAP
4. 2010
POWER GAP
5.2018

drink breaks are so fucking whack

Sprinklers? What’s going on

>>155158950
i can't rewatch anything from 2010 over than that goal by Van Bronckhorst and goals by Forlan, even then it has to be muted.

>>155158927
Don’t worry about it. Everything is just so

>>155158927
the first big game always shows that there's nothing /yfmoc/ about those threads

>>155158950
>3. 2002
Opinion discarded

zzzzz

Ah finally done work for the day. Maybe Canada is doin we-
>0-1
Fuck me Canada sucks again

I wish teams would go back to 3 subs again. 5 subs has absolutely ruined this sport, now we have water breaks too. Already beginning to sound like an old man with the "Back in my day" but the 5 subs thing really irks me, and it wouldn't have happened if not for the scamdemic.

how is that a yellow lmao

>>155157487
Canada does have an Olympic gold. In Uruguayan standards that means Canada has won a world cup.

Ok so real talk about the drinks breaks and what they mean tactically. There’s two things worth paying attention to; they can break momentum if a team is really pressing the attack or holding the possession it gives the opposition an opportunity to reset and possibly make some tactical adjustments similar to what can occur at halftime, and secondly it will give the sides with more fitness less of an advantage.
I’m not sure about watering the grass during the game, depends on relative humidity and sunlight but it could potentially alter the flow of the match

>>155160368
It could put more pressure on managers.
>why have we lost the past five games
>th-the players aren't bedding to my tactics yet
>don't you get three half-time talks in a single game

>>155158950
>2002 not the utter last
Great example of >tf;tt

>>155160364
I’m not looking for a fight about this but when Uruguay won it the Olympics was the World Championships, not an under 23’s plus a couple of old lads. I also appreciate that at 48 teams and being in CONCACAF that Canada should be strong enough, by dint of not being a tiny island or literal banana republic, and having an actual sporting culture (in the martial tradition not the other one for gays) to easily qualify for every World Cup ever going forward and occasionally pull off some upsets until they possibly get very good. It was just kinda surreal to be here seeing Canada hosting a match in the tournament, I’m not exactly a young man now and hadn’t thought about this eventuality so I’m surprised I suppose

>>155160472
That’s true, because with the extra team talks it gives managers more influence during the match. It will favour some managers more than others, very good point

>>155160696
Don't worry I'm not looking for a fight either. I just love making light of the fact that Canada has an Olympic gold in soccer like how Great Britain has a gold in ice hockey. Only reason we're getting matches is thanks to the US agreeing to let us and Mexico tag along on the bid for some reason.

>>155160495
Your post is not comfy. 2002 was legendary, even with the refball.
>R9 haircut
Name something iconic from 2018, that's right you can't. Worst world cup ever.

>>155160185
Agreed, and you get a bonus one for ET and a free one if the player collapses. Utter bullshit that favours larger more stacked teams

>>155160983
Makes every game feel like a pre-season friendly if you can easily replace half the outfield team in one go.

>>155160980
France vs Agentina was insane

>>155160980
2018 had Robbie Williams singing at the opening ceremony if I remember right, and he's shit

Damn he got rocked

>>155160980
>2002 was legendary
brazil were the champions that year - quick, what was brazil's most impressive win that tournament?

>>155161460
You lot lol

>>155161511
exactly, and if you add Germany's (the other finalists) opponents there wasn't really anything stopping either of them getting to the final, they both had easy as piss runs.

What a clearance that!

>>155160980
Russian psychopath Brazil fan

>>155161460
Cheating the Turks in the semi
>>155161645
We beat Germany 1-1 in the groups, they were shit

I was a young kid during the 2002 World Cup and they let us watch it at school (it was near the end of term so they had given up on teaching us)

>>155161645
>they both had easy as piss runs.
I was telling someone the other day that if Spain and Italy didn't get refballed, either one of them could have won, especially Spain who had amazing players that year.

alri lads back with my uk flag i'm assuming. feels like being a tripfag. need sky broadband out of business.
this world cup is not very good so far.

>>155161909
was thinking about how everyone around my age probably has the exact same memory of watching us get knocked out by brazil in the school hall

>>155161883
>We beat Germany 1-1 in the groups, they were shit
They were at their worst ever - and this is Germany so that's still a high bar - in that period from 1998 to 2004. Grouped twice in the Euros, but lucked out with a runners-up in WC anyway.

>>155162005
I feel ya UK anon

nice slide

Canada sucks lol, I had them as a better team
>>155161909
Same here, but it was mostly due to >our first WC. Funny how the two times >we qualified the WC was absolute ass, 2002 and 2010

>>155162054
We also beat them 0-1 that year. Also I just remembered England's banter from 2010
>England
>Algeria
>Slovakia
>Yanks

Only to draw 2, win 1, then get bounced 4-1 by Germany

>>155162005
I have Sky Broadband but I have an England flag

>>155162026
I don't even remember that specifically because I was young and my memory is hazy. I vaguely remember England playing Denmark (I googled it and we did indeed play Denmark in that World Cup)

find it genuinely weird that the first european prime time world cup match we can enjoy is at 8pm on the second day, with only 2 games in the day before, despite there being an extra 12 teams.

>>155162266
They've been crazy out of form for a while now. They looked A LOT better going into 2022 than this year

>>155160980
There was nothing redeemable about 2002 and your blatant gringordo retardness is the opposite of comfyness

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>>155162298
>Slovakia
You bastard

>>155162358
>have Sky Broadband but I have an England flag
i am in surrey, are you in surrey? near kingston.

>>155162440
with 48 teams they could be having a match kick-off every hour of the 24 hour cycle

>>155162440
It’s an organisational issue. We could be getting games at 6pm, 9pm, and midnight, then at 5am. They didn’t even call me

>>155162298
>hen get bounced 4-1 by Germany
2-2*

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Imagine a team is losing 6-0 and they go to the manager for the "hydration break" and he's got to think of something to say.

>>155162651
This but unironically

>>155162536
you'd assume it's for commercial reasons but it's really quite weird from afar. the qatar wc was weird and i don't approve of a winter tournament but there were days where you'd watch 4 games in a row starting at 10am with a half hour gap between each one and most of the teams were good. it was glorious.

>>155162762
People can moan all they like but Qatar was good tv viewing

>>155162762
it should not only be just one host but also one timezone too
i'm pretty sure that the US is not only strong enough to host a tournament on its own but also all of the games on one coast alone.

>>155162508
I am not in Surrey. Geolocating IP addresses doesn't always work very well so I guess that's why you have the UK flag. Also I don't know if Northern Ireland gets shown as the UK flag or the Ulster Banner or something, since Northern Ireland doesn't have an official flag.

>>155162871
NI is Union Flag

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>2022 canada first match
>canada dominating belgium
>canada keeps fucking themselves over
>belgium gets one chance and scores on it
>belgium wins 1-0

>2026 canada first match
>canada dominating bosnia
>canada keeps fucking themselves over
>bosnia gets one chance and scores on it
>bosnia wins 1-0

>nearly half of the bosnian squad was born and raised abroad
This is unironically worse than the likes of France, basically taking advantage of superior foreign academy systems

>>155162950
Maybe 4chan thinks his IP address is from Northern Ireland then

Oh shit Larin actually finished?

good take that. always hit it early.

canada about to score another

>>155162480
I don't care about your opinion any more than you care about mine so shut up already

>>155162988
I'm still mad about that Belgium game, and Canada overall that WC. They were knocking stages material

nice sub

>>155163076
Could be. There’s some other possibilities too. I think he should lean into it, nobody would find it strange for a Nordie to support England at the WC or for an Englishman to be living in Belfast for some reason, maybe he works at the Titanic museum

>>155162861
>i'm pretty sure that the US is not only strong enough to host a tournament on its own but also all of the games on one coast alone.
We already hosted in 1994 zoomie. The number of people who think this is our first ever time hosting astounds me. Even people who were born here in the 80s think this is the first time the world cup is in America.

>>155163331
Your opinion about it 2002 is utterly retarded and other people were calling you out on that. That's what you get when you spew retarded takes out

>>155163461
didn't imply any such lack of knowledge of 1994.

>>155163379
The pathetic Belgium showing at least felt better with Croatia and Morocco making the semis. They were never getting out of that group

>>155163475
>Other people
It's just you pendejo

>>155163475
>>155163533
One of you go get me another beer

>>155163624
Let the kiwi do it, he's the one ruining the vibes cause he was still in the womb in 2002

>>155163530
They were, for the lack of a better term... Naive and third worldly. They had massive stage fright. I think they could have had a totally different run with a different schedule

>>155163533
Lmao you had like 3 other posts calling you out, but you have exposed yourself as a literal chicano gringordo so your takes are irrelevant from now on

>>155163703
I’m staying up tonight to watch your team

>>155163533
pipe down lad come on. time and a place.

>>155163794
>still going
just shut up. please. no one cares. your dusty team didn't even qualify.

just got home comfy kings hows it going

Thug

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reminde ofr what was happening while you were watching two shitters that will be knocked out in the round of 32

>>155163984
nice time watching a shit game bit irked by the unfriendly match schedule couple of mongs arguing sky broadband in kingston gives me a union jack flag for some reason think that's you all caught up x

>inb4 mexico win, canada tie and us lose first game

>>155164091
congratulations, I’m actually a bit of an appreciator of this fine sport even played it a little back at school

>>155163709
Completely agree with that assessment. Biggest mistake they made was the last game of qualifying where if they beat Panama, they would have been a Pot 3 team. Instead they played soft and lost 1-0 and ended up in Pot 4.

Like you said, give them a weaker team to start and they might have had that momentum rolling

>>155164129
cheers anon :3

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>>155164217
i ve never even been inside a pool

Canada should be happy with that, Bosnia not so much

>>155164091
Is that a performance troupe, like ballet in water? Never seen that.

Canada getting a result is all I asked for against Bosnia. If they can beat Qatar (which they should), 4 points should be enough to get through as a top eight third place team

>>155164312
Most pools have a lot of chlorine in them and it burns your eyes and makes your hair green

>>155164413
If you don't, you will get the honour of being one of three host nations never qualified out of the group stage, the other two being the absolute shitters of South Africa and Qatar

>>155164326
>>155164413
is bosnia that good? i didnt follow the qualifier, i knew they knocked out italy but it could be a freak result

>>155164475
Allah favors them

>>155164475
All you need to know is anyone from UEFA has an overinflated opinion on the quality of UEFA teams. In saying that, Bosnia look the better team today and will feel they didn’t play to their potential, despite Canada hanging in there

>>155164475
Bosnia sucks, physical team that's good in the air and decent at sitting back but that's about it. You saw just now, lucky goal and just absorbing pressure after that, Canada made them look better than they are

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>4 (FOUR) hours until the next game
>3am kick off

America WILL lose

>>155164753
God I hope so

>>155164753
South America yes but what about North America

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>>155164363
yes

staying yfmoc a few more hours

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how do you lads keep yourselves /yfmoc/ in the downtime between matches

>>155168348
had late dinner after the match and I’m sort of doing some work

>>155168348
drinking

almiron still exists?

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might make a cup of tea

>>155170779
they should have called up roque santa cruz who is also still playing at 44

Paraguay dangerous

>>155170891
kek, i saw him play a couple of times in the 00s, that's pretty mad.

Really think they could’ve gone with blue shorts or socks

>>155168348
Took a nap. Going back to sleep after the match

Dirty goal

the green card is in the post

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pochettino has really assimilated into America

>>155172527
yeah he moved over on that old meme pic which compared how coaches dress in europe vs the US

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what i want to know is why do they even have hydration breaks in water polo
you're in a pool, if you're thirsty just drink that!

this ref cam ain't it

>>155173258
chlorinated water is yucky

>>155173258
there could be girls wee in it

>3-0 at half
I'm going to bed

kneeling to poch during half

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>paraguay doing a phil brown
lel

>>155175189
same, no way paraguay gets back from that
bit of a small 7-1 moment for them

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I'm the least comfy man on Earth

same old 'dacas
always flopping

era penal

Ok so I figured it out, what goes on here

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>>155180120
sh

>>155155749
>>155156023
hey fellas, this weekend im gonna be refereeing a dozen water polo games

>>155155749
>>155156023
FINA world champs coming up or something?

Also, how was the bosnia canada game? I slept through it.