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Day 13: Recap
Record—
Spread: 11-25
Straight up: 16-11-9
Hot
Girl Standings
|
Country
|
Tally
|
Games Played
|
|
France
|
32
|
3
|
|
Spain
|
31
|
3
|
|
Switzerland
|
27
|
3
|
|
Germany
|
25
|
3
|
|
Italy
|
25
|
3
|
|
Poland
|
24
|
3
|
|
Turkey
|
24
|
3 (finished)
|
|
Iceland
|
23
|
3
|
|
Albania
|
23
|
3 (finished)
|
|
Wales
|
22
|
3
|
|
Romania
|
21
|
3 (finished)
|
|
Republic of Ireland
|
21
|
3
|
|
Northern Ireland
|
20
|
3
|
|
Austria
|
19
|
3 (finished)
|
|
England
|
19
|
3
|
|
Hungary
|
19
|
3
|
|
Belgium
|
19
|
3
|
|
Slovakia
|
18
|
3
|
|
Sweden
|
18
|
3 (finished)
|
|
Russia
|
16
|
3 (finished)
|
|
Czech Republic
|
16
|
3 (finished)
|
|
Croatia
|
13
|
3
|
|
Portugal
|
12
|
3
|
|
The Ukraine
|
11
|
3 (finished)
|
Amazing day in Europe, brothers. Your friendly bookie looks
forward to setting the “Round of 16” Lines, but we’ve other business to attend
to first. I feel I gave U.S. fans plenty of reasons to remain hopeful about in
last night’s post. Disaffected Tank Bettors have six paragraphs to peruse
should they choose to stop crying in their beer. Let’s “draw it up” for those
looking for some sullen post-mortem.
Here’s my take on the lineups:
LINEUP—USA
(Match One)—4-3-3 |
Clint Dempsey
|
|
Bobby Wood Gyasi Zardes
|
|
Jermaine Jones Alejandro Bedoya
|
|
Michael Bradley
|
|
F. Johnson J.A. Brooks G. Cameron D. Yedlin
|
|
Brad Guzan
|
LINEUP—USA
(Match Two)—4-3-2-1 |
Clint Dempsey
|
|
Bobby Wood Gyasi Zardes
|
|
Michael Bradley
|
|
Jermaine Jones Alejandro
Bedoya
|
|
F. Johnson
J.A. Brooks G. Cameron D.
Yedlin
|
|
Brad Guzan
|
LINEUP—USA
(Match Three)—4-3-3 |
Clint Dempsey
|
|
Bobby Wood Gyasi Zardes
|
|
Jermaine Jones Alejandro Bedoya
|
|
Michael Bradley
|
|
F. Johnson
J.A. Brooks G. Cameron D.
Yedlin
|
|
Brad Guzan
|
LINEUP—USA
(Match Four)—4-4-2 |
Clint Dempsey Bobby Wood
|
|
Gyasi Zardes Alejandro Bedoya
|
|
Michael
Bradley Jermaine Jones
|
|
Matt Besler Fabian Johnson
|
|
J.A. Brooks G. Cameron
|
|
Brad Guzan
|
LINEUP—USA
(Match Five)—4-3-3 |
Clint Dempsey
|
|
Chris Wondolowski Gyasi Zardes
|
|
Graham Zusi Michael Bradley Kyle Beckerman
|
|
Fabian Johnson DeAndre Yedlin
|
|
J.A. Brooks G. Cameron
|
|
Brad Guzan
|
I can tell you how it was SUPPOSED to work. Wondo was
SUPPOSED to be fed by Zusi. Bradley was SUPPOSED keep Beckerman at bay whilst
receiving cross-field “Switch Support” from Yedlin. All plans went to hell
after Messi’s strike in the 32nd. It’s fair to say that Klinsi’s
boys decided to give up after that.
Get ready for the grades. They a’int pretty.
GRADES—USA
(Match One) |
Michael Bradley
|
A
|
|
Alejandro Bedoya
|
A
|
|
Gyasi Zardes
|
A
|
|
Bobby Wood
|
A-
|
|
Fabian Johnson
|
B+
|
|
John Anthony Brooks
|
B-
|
|
Graham Zusi
|
B-
|
|
Darlington Nagbe
|
B-
|
|
Brad Guzan
|
C+
|
|
Clint Dempsey
|
C
|
|
DeAndre Yedlin
|
C-
|
|
Jermaine Jones
|
D
|
|
Christian Pulisic
|
F
|
GRADES—USA
(Match Two) |
Jermaine Jones
|
A+
|
|
Clint Dempsey
|
A+
|
|
Bobby Wood
|
A+
|
|
Chris Wondolowski
|
A
|
|
Graham Zusi
|
A
|
|
Michael Bradley
|
A
|
|
Brad Guzan
|
B+
|
|
DeAndre Yedlin
|
B
|
|
John Anthony Brooks
|
B
|
|
Geoff Cameron
|
B-
|
|
Alejandro Bedoya
|
C+
|
|
Fabian Johnson
|
C+
|
|
Gyasi Zardes
|
C+
|
|
Kyle Beckerman
|
C+
|
GRADES—USA
(Match Three) |
John Anthony Brooks
|
A+
|
|
Clint Dempsey
|
A
|
|
Brad Guzan
|
A
|
|
Fabian Johnson
|
A-
|
|
Geoff Cameron
|
B
|
|
Graham Zusi
|
B
|
|
Alejandro Bedoya
|
B
|
|
Michael Bradley
|
B
|
|
Bobby Wood
|
B
|
|
Gyasi
|
B-
|
|
Jermaine Jones
|
C+
|
|
Michael Orozco
|
D
|
|
DeAndre Yedlin
|
F
|
GRADES—USA
(Match Four) |
Clint Dempsey
|
A+
|
|
Brad Guzan
|
A
|
|
Gyasi Zardes
|
A
|
|
Kyle Beckerman
|
A
|
|
Bobby Wood
|
A-
|
|
Fabian Johnson
|
A-
|
|
Jermaine Jones
|
B+
|
|
Michael Bradley
|
B
|
|
Matt Besler
|
B
|
|
Graham Zusi
|
C+
|
|
John Anthony Brooks
|
C+
|
|
Alejandro Bedoya
|
C
|
|
Geoff Cameron
|
D
|
GRADES—USA
(Match Five) |
Christian Pulisic
|
A
|
|
DeAndre Yedlin
|
A-
|
|
Graham Zusi
|
A-
|
|
Fabian Johnson
|
B+
|
|
Gyasi Zardes
|
B
|
|
John Anthony Brooks
|
B-
|
|
Geoff Cameron
|
C
|
|
Clint Dempsey
|
C
|
|
Geoff Cameron
|
C-
|
|
Kyle Beckerman
|
D
|
|
Brad Guzan
|
D-
|
|
Chris Wondolowski
|
F
|
|
Michael Bradley
|
F
|
|
Steve Birnbaum
|
F
|
|
Darlington Nagbe
|
F
|
Pray for Guzan…and Klinsi’s dumbass substitutions. Time to
declare yourself “Arbeitsmüde” and resign.
Fatherland time. Let’s “draw it up” for my Jungs.
LINEUP—Deutschland
(Match One)—4-2-3-1 |
Mario Götze
|
|
Julian Draxler Meshut Özil Thomas Müller
|
|
Toni Kroos Sami Khedira
|
|
Jonas Hector Benedikt Höwedes
|
|
Shkodran Mustafi Jerome Boateng
|
|
Manuel Neuer
|
LINEUP—Deutschland
(Match Two)—4-2-3-1 |
Mario Götze
|
|
Julian Draxler Meshut Özil Thomas Müller
|
|
Sami Khedira Toni Kroos
|
|
Jonas Hector Benedikt Höwedes
|
|
Matt Hummels Jerome Boateng
|
|
Manuel Neuer
|
LINEUP—Deutschland
(Match Three)—4-2-3-1 |
Mario Gomez
|
|
Mario Götze Thomas Müller Meshut
Özil
|
|
Toni Kroos Sami Khedira
|
|
Jonas Hector Joshua Kimmich
|
|
Matt Hummels Jerome Boateng
|
|
Manuel Neuer
|
Was not expecting this at all. Jögi Löw’s persistent use of
a “false #9” left me convinced that he would never deploy a true big-target
forward ever again. The shocking selection of Mario Gomez for this year’s squad
left me scratching my head. Didn’t expect to see him start; let alone score a
game-winning goal. Keep a close eye on “Super Mario” as the tournament
progresses. Should he provide us with some heroics..it’ll make for a great
story.
Let’s give the markers their marks.
GRADES—Deutschland
(Match One) |
Bastian
Schweinsteiger
|
A+
|
|
Sami Khedira
|
A+
|
|
Toni Kroos
|
A
|
|
Manuel Neuer
|
A
|
|
Mario Götze
|
A
|
|
Shkrodan Mustafi
|
A
|
|
Juilan Draxler
|
B+
|
|
Benedict Höwedes
|
B
|
|
Jonas Hector
|
B
|
|
Jerome Boateng
|
B
|
|
Thomas Müller
|
B-
|
|
Meshut Özil
|
C+
|
GRADES—Deutschland (Match Two) |
Manuel Neuer
|
A
|
|
Toni Kroos
|
A
|
|
Meshut Özil
|
A
|
|
Mats Hummels
|
A
|
|
Andre Schürrle
|
A
|
|
Thomas Müller
|
B
|
|
Sami Khedira
|
B-
|
|
Jonas Hector
|
B-
|
|
Julian Draxler
|
B-
|
|
Benedikt Höwedes
|
C+
|
|
Mario Götze
|
C
|
|
Jerome Boateng
|
C-
|
|
Mario Gomez
|
F
|
GRADES—Deutschland
(Match Three) |
Mario Gomez
|
A
|
|
Thomas Müller
|
A
|
|
Meshut Özil
|
A-
|
|
Toni Kroos
|
A-
|
|
Manuel Neuer
|
A-
|
|
Joshua Kimmich
|
B+
|
|
Jonas Hector
|
B
|
|
Jerome Boateng
|
B
|
|
Andre Schürrle
|
B
|
|
Sami Khedira
|
C+
|
|
Benedikt Höwedes
|
C+
|
|
Mats Hummels
|
C
|
|
Bastian
Schweinsteiger
|
C
|
|
Mario Götze
|
C
|
The Euros now take a couple of days off. Let’s delve into
some quality riffs.
“Riffs
of the Day”—Day Thirteen
Reader:
Luck o’ the Irish?
Vicey:
Gimle ; )
Reader:
I bet on Iceland and want a perfect platinum blonde bitch
Vicey:
you should be looking for a Finnish “bitch”. Time for a classic:
From FEM 2013--Quaterfinals
“Storia della bellaza – With Umberto Eco Peter Weis”
(Part IX)
Tuija Hyyryen affords us an opportunity to explore the once
again explore the indefinable concept of the “Perfect Girl Next Door”.
(Sometimes referred to as “The Pristine Farmer’s Daughter” in certain circles.)
What do guys mean by this? I’ve tried to
tackle this in previous installments and honestly haven’t done all that great
of a job at all : (
From Part VII:
“Ask
a dude what precisely it is that merits “girl next door” status and you won’t
receive anything close to a coherent answer. As articulate a man as I consider
myself, I cannot compose something that supercedes American Football Player
Interview Speak:
“Uh….yeah…you
know….uh….the ‘girl next door’…she’s…like….uh….the girl who be….all
bashful….and stuff.”
Yes. The eloquent writer finds himself reduced to sounding
like “Miss Teen South Carolina”. As one fumble for some sort of useable
definition, all that comes to mind concerns her proclivity towards reticence.
But the “girl next door” need not be quiet and reserved”
I’m still fumbling for answers.
All one can truly say concerns the fact that there is a certain kind of
adorable cuteness that makes even the most foulmouthed of sinners want to
foreswear drinking, cursing, and gambling….forever. One look at Tuija Hyyryen leaves
one feeling as if its time to move to the country, buy a tractor, and start a
small ministry. Don’t take my word for it, now. See for yourself:
