Goku de la Boca

what do you fucking think

Oh my god he's back

Canada has hockey as the big sport and a small population and they've become very good. I do think the comparison is valid. Canada receives a lot of immigrants, where as Dominican Republic has a lot of emigrants. New York has about 1 million Dominicans which is an 8th of it's population, mostly all in the Bronx. Germany, Spain and Italy also has a shit ton of them.

Baseball is massive there and they are also superb at making music, but they have a scout named Elimelec who I'm actually friends with and he has done a superb job. Found so many US/Spanish based Dominicans at youth level in which essentially got them to a U20 World Cup. Football is growing there because I think they learned it's the big international sport. Will it ever overtake baseball like what happened in Venezuela? Probably not, but they have some good players in Europe that will undoubtedly make them a better national team. Firpo, Mariano Diaz, Konrad de la Fuente, Pablo Rosario, Raul de Tomas and Kevin Paredes. I think the only one no longer eligible is De Tomas having played 4 times for Spain.

They just convinced Junior FIrpo and Konrad de la Fuente of Marseille to play for them, also that Mariano Diaz and Pablo Rosario may be convinced. They are doing another scouting job like Jamaica. Fair play, with Mexico, USA and Canada going automatically they will be big candidates to go to the next World Cup.

Weird thing to post about in this specific thread

Appears the war might start today. Maduro is starting to move his troops. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-67635646

Oh don't get me wrong I have empathy, but given the Venezuelan mafias are bribing Peruvians and Chileans on a daily basis and commiting horrible crimes in a place that isn't their home, I can't speak well about them. The ones I have empathy for are the genuine Venezuelans on the end of xenophobia who are left no choice as I said later in that post.

Hahaha I completely forgot about that!

Condolences Batard

Ben & Holly's little Kingdom to oopsie daisey (the word I tried to spell was Mon-g. See it's different now )

In my defence, I said this basing his performances for Peru before the World Cup and the fact that the World Cup's prestige always gives many players a move to a big club if you do super well. And I said exactly that, if he had a good World Cup he would move to those 2. He was concussed and had a very average World Cup. I've said worse comments before.

It really wasn't. De Gea was never an amazing keeper, but he did have potential. He was very, very acrobatic and had some of the best diving reach in the world, but he would make silly mistakes even back then and was a bit insecure in goal. I never rated him that highly but I did get a bit lucky that he stagnated as a player.

That is debatable as I said. He scored way more goals and looked a lot more flashy but it was also easier to score those goals back then. Football has gotten much tougher to stand out in. The other thing you can attribute it to is losing his legs a bit over the years and adapting to a less flashy style. That's why I think it's very debatable. I really liked the playmaking version of Messi we've gotten the last few years but the one that was unstoppable was also very fun.

I just saw this map and needed to share it, places where "socialism and communism" worked. Can the Germans confirm to me if it was actually successful in the east? Also having Cambodia on there is just denying atrocities committed in a regime that wasn't even powerful internationally as Vietnam disposed of them easily. I'm not entirely convinced it worked in Bolivia either to be honest. It helped some of the more rural towns but brought down the rest.

I am just now reading this and I agree entirely that zionism had its own ridiculous rules. Like I said earlier, how the fuck is it OK if I stop paying rent, move into a new home and then tell the next person to move in "I used to pay for this place, get out"? I do agree that zionism needed to be a thing and Israel needed to exist, but I think they shouldn't have gone for "the promised land" as that was a place with a lot of dangerous and powerful allies in a very religious region of the world. Argentina could have been an option in the south, just a shame that most of the nazis went to hide there after the war.

Terrible in the long run but in my opinion I still standby that we were an excellent team back in 2018. Better than Croatia? Probably not, but we could go toe to toe with anyone. I can't say the same about us in 2022, much less today,

Some of the best aged opinions - De Gea was average at best. Said this back in 2014 despite getting shit from Fusion. (from me) - Voice of Reason on Harry Kane - Messi was at his prime in 2017/2018 and not in 2011 (SirBalon) The last one is debatable but seeing it from a more professional standpoint, he was kind of spot on to be honest. Football has become way tougher to play and be flashy in.

Some of the worst football opinions I've heard on here/said myself: - Ospina was the 2nd best keeper in the world. He was outrageously good in his prime but he was never 2nd best (from me). - Chile was an elite football nation (Teso) - Nigeria would make the 2014 WC semi-finals or else we'd be put under black magic (InnocentBoy) - Could Klopp get sacked? Despite having won a title the season before, after having lost 2 in a row and having a shit performance vs Flamengo and Monterrey. (The Artful Dodger) - Messi and Iniesta would play for free (Skarm) - Jelavic was better than Suarez (Halewood) - Czech Republic and Greece would finish above most South American countries (Rucksanfranzose) - VAR would be an instant success (Batard and Stan)

Moaty telling everyone to die in a house fire (DIAHF) back in 2014. Also him calling me a Down syndrome Maggie Smith and then trying to sympathize with me via DM's was a moment. I appreciate he saw my potential but I do wonder how mixed his feelings really were.

Teso saying he'd delete his account if Peru qualified to the 2018 World Cup. Also his confidence we'd get beat by Chile in the 2019 Copa America semi-final only for us to smack em.

Di Maria is a swinger

Venues are ready. I will be very upset if Peru play on the west coast for most of this. I've always wanted to go to a Copa America and this might finally be the chance. (edit: I've actually been to 2004 when it was hosted at home but I was 6 for that ffs )

This is insane. Venezuela has been on the end of a lot of xenophobia by all of South America because all they've done since the humanitarian crisis was export mafias and criminals. They have become a vile nation from their government to their people. I know a lot of great Venezuelan people but every year they are also in the need to become criminals because the reputation has scarred Venezuela so much that it is impossible for them to get work in other countries. This is an instant result of Chavismo. Venezuela is a beautiful, beautiful country and played such an important part in the continents independence as well as being a country that once prospered. These tactics to avoid Guyana is very reminiscent of the Argentine military rule that went to war with the UK in the 80's, all merely a distraction which will surely come back to bite them. Maduro has to be ousted but the damage might be irreversible. It will take decades for Venezuela to get back on it's feet, and that is if we ever see it go anywhere near what it used to be.

This is a great interview and I find it amazing that the son of the founder was able to go against his fathers decisions. Clearly the man has a different heart compared to what the leaders really want.