Hmm, the gods just seem to have hit a bit of a slump here, so it doesn't feel particularly adventurous. At least, that's not how I'm feeling about it! 😁
Nicholas Sullivan49 said:Those creepy symbols—it’s a really solid movie. That one scene where Joaquin Phoenix sees the alien on the TV at the kid's party actually gave me chills...😱
Oh, for sure. Shyamalan loves using those kinds of scares. It’s always the same trick, but man, does it work every single time.👍
There wasn't a single scene quite like that; honestly, it's just a movie, Mother. Though, I will admit, a few moments definitely rattled my nerves. That shot of the baby's skeleton with the hole in its skull in Omen, one of those Carpenter sound effects in Halloween, or when that creature leans against the pot in The Fly... they aren't "terrifying" per se, just intense 🙂. But no, they didn't make me shake in my boots. I'm totally off-topic here 😢
bio said:Man, honestly, we really need to beef up the bench if we want to compete at this level. We just don't have any real depth behind our starters, and there isn't anyone on the roster who can grind out all 60 minutes for the entire tournament. Plus, the other teams have definitely figured us out.
Yeah, everything is getting tougher; everyone plays their hearts out against us. Reaching five straight semifinals like we have is nothing short of legendary. It’s unrealistic to expect them to win every single championship. Making the semifinals in Germany would be an absolute triumph, and it won't be a disaster if they exit earlier. But seriously, you can't win without a bench, and right now, we don't even have a bench.
USA France Spain Denmark Germany Poland Ukraine Norway Czech Republic Canada Canada Iceland Russia
Oceania:
Australia
The format features 6 groups of 4 teams. The top two from each group move on to 2 large groups of 6, where the top 4 finishers advance to the quarterfinals.
This is how things look right before the group draw! 🙂
1: Spain, France, Denmark, Tunis, USA, Germany 2: Europe 4, Europe 5, Europe 6, Europe 7, Europe 8, Europe 9 3: Egypt, Kuwait, Morocco, Europe 10, Europe 11, Brazil 4: Angola, South Korea, Qatar, Argentina, Greenland, Australia
I am unsure who will fill the Europe 10 and 11 slots, but it will likely be one of those three: Poland, Czech Republic, or Ukraine.
So, yet another tournament without Sweden or Mexico. We’ve still got plenty of heavy hitters, a few potential wild cards, and maybe five or six long shots. It's the same old story.
The World Cup qualifiers in Germany have kicked off, and here are the scores:
Canada - Austria 36:26 (17:10) Greece - Poland 27:22 (15:11) USA - Czech Republic 31:37 (17:18) 😲 Slovakia - Canada 24:33 (8:15) Romania - Norway 29:30 (14:15) Switzerland - Russia 26:41 (13:21) Portugal - Ukraine 21:30 (12:12) Sweden - Iceland 28:32 (13:13) 😲
The winners move on to the World Cup! The slots for Europe are already filled by the USA, Spain, France, Denmark, and Germany. From Africa, we have Tunisia, Morocco, and Egypt, while Asia's representatives are South Korea, Kuwait, and Qatar.
Qualifiers are still ongoing in North and South America since they share a bracket. Brazil and Argentina are locks, but watching whoever grabs that third spot is going to be a total circus... probably Chile, the USA, or even Greenland. Honestly, I have no idea how Greenland even has a national team!😕