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NFT: 2018 World Cup Final - France vs Croatia

Big Rick in FL : 7/15/2018 9:30 am
David vs Goliath. France is the far superior team talent wise, but Croatia has the bigger heart. Three straight extra time games for Croatia. It hasn't taken a toll on them yet. They don't seem to get tired, but their injury report this week has been pretty rough.

Who you guys got today? How about the Golden Ball & Golden Glove?

My head says France. My heart wants Croatia. I don't see how they pull it off though. With the way the French defense has played Croatia might be lucky to score 1 goal.

Golden Ball I'm going with Luka. I think he's been by far the best player of the tournament. If not him I think N'Golo Kante should win it, but I can't see FIFA allowing a DM to win it. So if it isn't Modric I'm going with Mbappe.

Golden Glove is a little bit tougher. Courtois has been the best GK of the tournament, but his team came in 3rd place. Hugo Lloris has played very well, but due to the defense in front of him he's had a lot easier tournament then Courtois, Pickford & Subasic. If France win I think Lloris wins the award. If Croatia win I think Courtois will win it.

Final predictions
France 2 Croatia 0
Golden Ball - Modric
Golden Glove - Lloris
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Start with the Gold Cup next yer  
Bobby Humphrey's Earpad : 7/17/2018 8:39 am : link
Show progress there, then worry about the World Cup. Playing in the 2019 Copa America would've been nice.

Liverpool making world record bid for Alisson  
Bobby Humphrey's Earpad : 7/17/2018 10:56 am : link
62 million pounds / 70 million Euro.
RE: Liverpool making world record bid for Alisson  
Jon in NYC : 7/17/2018 10:56 am : link
In comment 14014785 Bobby Humphrey's Earpad said:
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62 million pounds / 70 million Euro.


Is that the record for a goalkeeper?
That's..  
FatMan in Charlotte : 7/17/2018 10:59 am : link
ridiculous. I would never throw that much money at a GK, especially one that isn't what I would say is in the top 10
I think he's absolutely top 10  
Kyle in NY : 7/17/2018 11:14 am : link
starts for Brazil over Ederson, who was one of the best in the Premier League.

Goal keeping cost Liverpool the Champions League Final and is a major factor impacting their chase of the Premier League this season. It is crazy money, but I get it.
One could..  
FatMan in Charlotte : 7/17/2018 11:23 am : link
question if he should start over Ederson though.
Regardless  
Kyle in NY : 7/17/2018 1:19 pm : link
he's an enormous upgrade over what they've got
Off the wall question  
mrbiswas : 7/17/2018 1:33 pm : link
but since this is a World Cup thread, I am curious if people remember Belgium's first goal against Japan. That was the knockout game where Japan scored 2 quick goals in the second half and Belgium came back to win, 3-2, in injury time. Belgium scored its first goal on a header from the side of the goal that looked like a pop fly. It slowly looped into the far corner while the goalie desparately leaped to try to make the save. I was wondering if the Belgian forward even intended to shoot. What do people think? It had to be the craziest goal of the tournament.
RE: Off the wall question  
Gmen1982 : 7/17/2018 1:45 pm : link
In comment 14014944 mrbiswas said:
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but since this is a World Cup thread, I am curious if people remember Belgium's first goal against Japan. That was the knockout game where Japan scored 2 quick goals in the second half and Belgium came back to win, 3-2, in injury time. Belgium scored its first goal on a header from the side of the goal that looked like a pop fly. It slowly looped into the far corner while the goalie desparately leaped to try to make the save. I was wondering if the Belgian forward even intended to shoot. What do people think? It had to be the craziest goal of the tournament.


Most likely was just trying to serve it back into the box. Sometimes the best hots are mis-hit crosses/services into he box
RE: RE: Liverpool making world record bid for Alisson  
Bobby Humphrey's Earpad : 7/18/2018 8:08 am : link
In comment 14014787 Jon in NYC said:
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In comment 14014785 Bobby Humphrey's Earpad said:


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62 million pounds / 70 million Euro.



Is that the record for a goalkeeper?


According to the Guardian, the bid - now improved to around 75M EUR, is the record. Roma will make something like a 67M EUR profit. I didn't even realize until last week that they sold Naingolaan to Inter. That's going to be 110M Euros in transfer money.
RE: RE: RE: Liverpool making world record bid for Alisson  
dpinzow : 7/18/2018 10:05 am : link
In comment 14015252 Bobby Humphrey's Earpad said:
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In comment 14014787 Jon in NYC said:


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In comment 14014785 Bobby Humphrey's Earpad said:


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62 million pounds / 70 million Euro.



Is that the record for a goalkeeper?



According to the Guardian, the bid - now improved to around 75M EUR, is the record. Roma will make something like a 67M EUR profit. I didn't even realize until last week that they sold Naingolaan to Inter. That's going to be 110M Euros in transfer money.


The amazing thing is Liverpool is still spending within their means. All these transfers (Keita, Fabinho, Shaqiri, now Alisson) are basically financed by Coutinho + Sakho + CL prize money. They could also sell Origi or Sturridge and have enough to get Fekir from Lyon while still largely balancing their books
Alisson isn't worth that much  
Go Terps : 7/18/2018 11:52 am : link
Roma is a team worth keeping an eye on. They've got Monchi making the decisions over there now, and he's as good as there is at understanding value and assembling teams. They've already made very interesting acquisitions this summer.
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