haaaa haaaa haaaa haaaaa

i heard someone say yesterday btw that they thought he had always been too protected by terry and… someone else i can't recall the name.

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ANYWAY

i had the sucka on my lineup yesterday next to thiago silva. i didn't foresee brazil winning but i thought-- hey! at least they'll get to make a lot of saves!

dl scored 4 and thiago 6

not that the fantasy score is truly reflective of real game performance, but DAMN! that was bad in every way. so today i'm benching them and bringing howedes and boateng in.

AND I SOLD HUMMELS because i wasn't sure he'd play. i did it so i could afford two crap brazilians. shit, i should have kept all my defenders dutch or german. o well. at least i got devrij captain for 26 pts yesterday. not touching that today in the face of uncertainty i think.

my final lineup:
neuer
garay boateng devrij © 26(13) howedes vlaar 11
lahm kroos mascherano
messi mueller


here we go!!

LET'S GET IT ON!!! I'm pumped for it now. I really hope it isn't a dullard game *glares in Argentina's direction*

love love love argentina to win

i am divided in that as a south american i want argentina to win but as a bundesliga fan i know germany deserves it and they're the better team and our german friends are cool people (really).

if argentina wins they will be insufferably obnoxious for the next 4 years and brazilians will commit mass suicide.

oooh here we go really!!!

Yup, after that annihilation of Brazil it'd almost be criminal for germany not to win. Me? Ive never been into the "root for your state/continent/conference/league to win once your own team loses cuz frankly those teams are usually your team's rivals. Fuck that shit, im a good sport but I aint rooting for my rivals.


Yup.. for a nation that hasnt won the cup in an entire generation these people are cocky as fuck. They think history entitles them to future accolades.. got to earn it on the pitch, not just the praise of pundits..

Can you just imagine it?? Thatd be the penultimate humiliation

Hahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaa. Word! They've been so dull its shocking!

you should be satisfied with this first half so far though-- no??

First half has been fantastic.

i love it that it's tight tight tight but both teams manage to created chances-- besides that goalpost by howedes, argentina has had the best ones so far.

classic possession vs. counterattack game?

Best world cup ever

a sad day for me

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!

awesome. well well well well well well well deserved victory

the best team of the world cup won the world cup

Absolutely



messi was shit tonight

Great final. Neither team deserved to lose but I think Germany gradually started to edge it. They were probably the best team in the tournament so it's definitely deserved, even if I was hoping Argentina might do it and they actually played far better tonight than I expected. Schweinsteiger was immense though.

YES!!!

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golden ball for messi? okay...

I agree with demo rail. I watched the first half and ten overtime at work. I was really indifferent on winner. Argentina wasn't expected and Germany was playing well...I'm happy. A good match and a fantastic goal to close it.

After everything that's happened with German football this past few years, it does feel right that they finally won it with this crop of players. During the game I always wanted Argentina to win but it would've felt slightly hollow if they'd won the tournament itself.

And more importantly, congratulations to Mike Obiku for thrashing all comers in the FF!

damn, you ended up beating bertrand after all.

do we have to pay obiku tribute now until the next tournament? $100/month or something?

I don't think all the scores are totaled yet so Bertrand could still get second. Mike Obiku's out of sight though.