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Best world cup ever?

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 3:33 am
by Matty
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I know, I know, a little premature. But it's been raining goals ever since the tournament started and I know out of all the world cups I've watched (02,06,10) this has been by far the most exciting one and its only been 4 days :o

No ties in 11 games so far, unbelievable!

Re: Best world cup ever?

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 3:47 am
by Baphomet
Way, way too early to say, but an entertaining cup so far! It's very hard to gauge just how objectively 'good' a tournament is because there's been so many across different eras of football. My subjective favourite was probably France '98 as it was the first one I really got invested in, because I was probably too young prior to that. It remains to be seen if I'll end up enjoying this one more as a whole, but it's been great thus far.

Re: Best world cup ever?

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 4:47 am
by MaliBrah
I hope it doesn't disappoint later on after a really good start like the nba playoffs did this year. But man it's been fun so far

Re: Best world cup ever?

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 5:43 am
by Man of Steel
It's been great so far, only matches I thought got a little boring were the ones today but even they had their brilliant moments- Swiss winner in the last minute, actual use of the goal-line technology on Benzema's second goal, and Messi finally waking up. Definitely looks like it's shaping up to be a lot more interesting than the last one.

Re: Best world cup ever?

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 6:15 am
by Raps in 4
The only games I've really enjoyed so far were England v. Italy and Spain v. Netherlands. The rest of the tournament has been pretty boring and sloppy.

Re: Best world cup ever?

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 6:43 am
by truth18
Best ever? Maybe it should finish first...?

Re: Best world cup ever?

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 9:47 am
by Andi Obst
It has been great so far, no question.

Re: Best world cup ever?

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 10:52 am
by Andre3822
I've enjoyed pretty much all of the games so far. Very entertaining tournament, hope it continues.

Re: Best world cup ever?

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 5:52 pm
by bbms
The less exciting games until now were Brazil vs Croatia and France vs Honduras, and both combined for 7 goals, which tells you something about this WC.

Re: Best world cup ever?

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 5:56 pm
by britblazerdude
At this point 4 years ago, I was dreading the next match hahaha. 1-0, 0-0, 1-0, 1-1, 0-0.

Re: Best world cup ever?

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 6:28 pm
by Man of Steel
No draws so far, it's been excellent.

All those banter twitter accounts have been using this vine non-stop and it's making me rofl


Re: Best world cup ever?

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2014 1:15 am
by Effercon
1954, 1970, 1982, 1986, 1998, 2002 all have a case.

It's too early to tell with 2014.

Re: Best world cup ever?

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2014 1:45 am
by RIPskaterdude
Smh at this jinx thread

Re: Best world cup ever?

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2014 6:09 pm
by Matty
RIPskaterdude wrote:Smh at this jinx thread


5 goals in the first game so far yankie, zip it.

Re: Best world cup ever?

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2014 9:07 pm
by Point forward
So few games, and already so many jaw dropping goals.

RVP 1-1 vs Spain
Robben 5-1 vs Spain
Robben 1-0 vs Australia
Cahill 1-1 vs Netherlands
Vargas 1-0 vs Spain

And now Spain is out :o

Re: Best world cup ever?

Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2014 12:42 am
by rmfc
Best start to a World Cup, yes.

Re: Best world cup ever?

Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2014 2:28 am
by jasonic
Effercon wrote:1954, 1970, 1982, 1986, 1998, 2002 all have a case.

It's too early to tell with 2014.



2002 was a joke and a disgrace to football.

Re: Best world cup ever?

Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2014 6:36 am
by No_20
Judge the World Cup on the Knock Out Stage. Those are the games that makes the World Cup, not Group Stage games.

Re: Best world cup ever?

Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2014 7:29 am
by RIPskaterdude
Matty wrote:
RIPskaterdude wrote:Smh at this jinx thread


5 goals in the first game so far yankie, zip it.


SHAKING
MY
HEAD

Re: Best world cup ever?

Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2014 11:06 am
by EuroPacer
It's been a good quality tournament so far, shame that there isn't really an African or Asian team that will really achieve anything (as is the norm) it was great fun 4 years ago rooting for Ghana.

Overall though I think we are fortunate that it seems a very open play Cup, the top teams are going for it, rather than playing negative football. It is also interesting to see Spain and England (my adopted home country) struggle the way they are and, as a Dutchman, there is of course the immense pleasure in seeing a Dutch team score 8 goals in two games. Makes a change from the 2012 Euros for sure! (we lost 1-0, 2-1, 2-1...)

I am REALLY hoping that the Netherlands and Germany will meet in the final, although Brazil would be nice as an opponent as well :)

PS I have to say, before the tournament I was very negative, all the bad stories coming from Brazil made me anxious.