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 insaniak wrote:

I hear that the World Cup was actually filmed on a sound stage by Stanley Kubrik.

North Korea played very well.


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 Ensis Ferrae wrote:
Also, one of the things that is different from US sports to European, is the priority placed on Scholastic athletics.... Kids growing up playing soccer or rugby, or curling, etc. don't play for "Winston Churchill Senior Highschool", or when they do there isn't nearly as much emphasis placed on them through the school. Instead they sign up for their local clubs and, especially as 16-19 year olds, they'll play for "Arsenal U-19s" or "Harlequins U-19s" etc.

The closest thing I can think of in the US to this, would be the American Legion Baseball leagues in the summers for High Schoolers (even though they quite often have to be an all-star on their school team to make a Legion team)

That is really a huge difference. School and sports is completely separate for the most part in Germany. If there is a sports team it is more of an "intra-mural" type setting than an actual league.

You go to school for school (although there was still a PE class) and to a sports club for sports.

SV Eintracht Penzendorf for life!


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 Sigvatr wrote:

 d-usa wrote:
Four stars!

Update your avatar, goddamn it!

And done

 Piston Honda wrote:
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Cardiff has this awesome Dragon logo and their nickname is the blue birds, granted their is a blue bird on their logo... coat of arms? Crest? Sigil? what do you call it over there?

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The correct term is "heraldic achievement".

The most basic heraldic achievement consists of a shield, also known as a coat of arms because in mediaeval times the knights often wore a coat over their arms (i.e. armour) with the same colours as their shield. In heraldry it is always depicted as a shield with the other elements arranged around it.

Other elements that can be added to the full achievement include a mantling, helmet, wreath, crest, coronet, orders, supporters and motto.

Although people commonly call the shield a crest, the crest actually is the ornament attached on top of the helmet.

not got much to weigh in on the whole american vs european sports thing seeing as I know sod all about American sports, but:

Ensis Ferrae wrote:Saw this on my FB feed... thought it definitely applies here, in preparation for our dominance in 4 years time

I think Germany would have something to say about that, Kroos, Muller, Ozil, Gotze, Neuer (still relatively young by goalkeeper's standards, got another 1-2 more WCs), Hummels, Mustafi, Schurrle, Boateng, Draxler, Kramer, Grosskreutz, all (but Neuer) 25 or under and playing in the top leagues of football.

Though America will also improve too, I suppose

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:
Saw this on my FB feed... thought it definitely applies here, in preparation for our dominance in 4 years time

Let's not forget that it was German scientists that got you there.

 shrike wrote:

Though America will also improve too, I suppose

That is one thing I try to tell people. The German Team that won yesterday is the result of the work that was put in starting with the preparation for the 2006 World Cup. The changes Klinsmann made to the Mannschaft that year shook the team to the core. He changed the tactics completely, he got rid of a lot of the old guard and got new blood involved, he changed the style of the team. Those are all things that continued and were improved even more under Loew and look at what the results have been.

I always hear some people complain about what Klinsmann has done to the US team so far and it sounds pretty familiar: "He got rid of Donavan. We should be bunkering instead of attacking so much. Who are all these new people?" But I see a lot of the same moves that I saw in 2006, and I already saw some impressive results. I can see the US team making a good run if he is allowed to do his thing for 2018.

 d-usa wrote:

 shrike wrote:

Though America will also improve too, I suppose

That is one thing I try to tell people. The German Team that won yesterday is the result of the work that was put in starting with the preparation for the 2006 World Cup. The changes Klinsmann made to the Mannschaft that year shook the team to the core. He changed the tactics completely, he got rid of a lot of the old guard and got new blood involved, he changed the style of the team. Those are all things that continued and were improved even more under Loew and look at what the results have been.

I always hear some people complain about what Klinsmann has done to the US team so far and it sounds pretty familiar: "He got rid of Donavan. We should be bunkering instead of attacking so much. Who are all these new people?" But I see a lot of the same moves that I saw in 2006, and I already saw some impressive results. I can see the US team making a good run if he is allowed to do his thing for 2018.

Same with Hodgson, people are giving him a bit of stick for playing too many youths, but they played pretty well; all that needs improvement is their teamwork/communication skills, really.
Only three things he did wrong in the games; playing rooney on the right instead of Sturridge or Welbeck, both faster and neither as good a target man, leaving Ashley Cole at home, because his expertise would do wonders for the defense, and playing Ben Foster in the Costa Rica game instead of Fraser Forster. Forster is equal to or better than him at every aspect of goalkeeping, has had a far better season, and as a 26 year old with two caps (one for a 15-minute appearance), he needs the experience far more than the 31 year old with 8 caps, who, let's be honest, is never going to be first-choice.

Over the games, as individuals the only guys messing up were the older elements of the team- Rooney with just not being able to score, Gerrard with his back-header and Hart with his poor attempt at saving Suarez's second goal.
For me, Belgium, Germany, USA and England are gonna improve massively over the next four years, whilst Italy and Spain are gonna see a downward decline. Brazil could go either way, depending on whether they're gonna be crushed by the WC humiliations, or force a massive improvement in their approach to playing.

 shrike wrote:
Brazil could go either way, depending on whether they're gonna be crushed by the WC humiliations, or force a massive improvement in their approach to playing.

I hope it pushes them towards improvement, for the good of the game, but it could go either way.

Germany sucked it up big time in the Euro 2004, and that stomping gave us the willingness to shake things up in the next 2 years. So I hope that Brazil will go the same way.

Would I love Germany to win it again in 2018? Sure do! But having more teams playing at a higher level is only going to make the World Cup better.

 insaniak wrote:

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:
Saw this on my FB feed... thought it definitely applies here, in preparation for our dominance in 4 years time

I hear that the World Cup was actually filmed on a sound stage by Stanley Kubrik.

Yes the north Koreans did win.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/football-fans-north-korea-told-3849292

http://www.themediablog.co.uk/the-media-blog/2014/07/is-north-korea-faking-a-world-cup-victory-.html

Hah, turns out Neuer completed more passes this WC than Messi, at 244 and 242 respectively

I was entertained. I would have preferred more goals, but I'm glad it wasn't settled by penalty kicks.

 kronk wrote:
I was entertained. I would have preferred more goals, but I'm glad it wasn't settled by penalty kicks.

The Krauts would've won that, anyway

I think Germany really did deserve becoming Weltmeister. They played splendidly for most of the tournament. Argentina on the other hand... Their playstyle was really boring most of the time. I am glad Germany won. Yay for good football.