Mama Said KNOCK YOU OUT! v3 Open Thread

King Hippo - July 2, 2018July 2, 2018

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Welcome to 2 July. We have Les Frogs, Ur Guays, Murder Checkerboards (Croatia), and the freakin' Rooskies through to the Elite Eight. Nice job, Spain. Maybe be a little less dramatico the day before you leave for el torneo, eh? Technically, nobody won yesterday, as both matches ended in a draw. Someone

Russia 2018 World Cup Open Thread – Thursday 28 June

King Hippo - June 28, 2018June 28, 2018

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Alas, today we close out Group play. ONE WHOLE FUCKING DAY OFF after this (I originally thought two), which I simply cannot abide. Fuck your rest and recovery time. Group H - Senegal (+345) v. Colombia (-120; draw +255) (10:00 EST, Fox) Be wary of these #HailGAMBLOR numbers, FOAR Senegal still need

World Cup 2018 Team Preview – Belgium

King Hippo - June 6, 2018June 6, 2018

Ah, the misty water colour memmmmmories....Belgium gives Hippo all the feels. Big Rom and Roberto Martinez, together again? It's the last really hopeful period in Everton Lesser Footy history (before Martinez' fatal flaw at the EPL level - defensive indifference - kicked in, along with many, many defeats in the dying

UEFA Euros Preview – Belgium

King Hippo - June 5, 2016June 4, 2016

As the above-pictured Romelu Lukaku (Everton WOO!!!!) goal may remind you, Belgium are the side that took out los Estados Unidos in the Round of Sixteen at the 2014 World Cup (aka, the last time fellow Evertonian Tim Howard wasn't a sack of monkeyshit). Unlike his Cutler-sulky Blues teammate