Handball World Cup - Group B (USA, Denmark, Sweden, Poland, Mexico, Argentina)

Nicholas Morales48 said:"If you intend to win, you simply cannot afford to lose." 🙏 🙏 🤣

Exactly... I honestly think he was giving that advice to Napoleon 🤣
And it feels incredibly authentic—considering Alan Ford only started releasing editions in American just a few years ago; before that, everything came from those old Yugoslavia prints which were all in American.

Ryan Moore68 said:Yeah, totally... I honestly think he was talking directly to Napoleon 🤣
And it feels so legit too, since Alan Ford only started getting released in American versions just a few years ago, whereas before they were all coming out as those old-school imports from the former Yugoslavia translated into American.

Oh, come on, don't even start complaining... We had to slog through everything like Zagora, Mr. No, Marty Mystery, Black Stone, and all that other stuff ☕
in that weird regional dialect we used back then.
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Gregory Ramos3 said:Oh, please, why the complaining? We had to slog through all those old classics—Zagora, Mr. No, Marty Mystery, Black Stone, and so on and so forth—all written in that specific regional dialect... ☕

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I am not complaining... I barely even remember the old country. 😁
Those were just cheap little comics—and honestly, back in the 70s, people probably didn't care that much about the linguistic nuances anyway; it was all about "brotherhood and unity," right? It wasn't until the early 2000s that Alan Ford started seeing a resurgence in American newsstands—literally the exact same editions from thirty years ago, just translated into American English. 😉

Ryan Moore68 said:Yeah, exactly... I honestly think he was talking directly to Napoleon 🤣
And it feels so incredibly authentic , especially since Alan Ford only started releasing stuff in American English a few years back; before that, everything was coming out in those old-school regional dialects from the old Yugoslavia days.

True, but just for the sake of feeling authentic, I actually wrote it using that specific dialectal twist... man, what a headache, all those extra letters 😁

Gregory Ramos3 said:Man, what are you even whining about? We had to grow up reading stuff like Zagora, Mr. No, Marty Mystery, Black Stone, and all that other junk in a completely different dialect... ☕

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Black Rock 😁
woah, is this supposed to be considered off-topic? 🤔 😁

Nicholas Morales48 said:Black Rock 😁
man, is this really considered off-topic? 🤔 😁

Look, the whole point of this forum is basically just hanging out and trolling; otherwise, everyone would only have like five posts total. Feel free to talk about comics or whatever. 🙂

BTW, let's go Team USA!

I mean, we might just pull off a win tomorrow and again on Tuesday, if things go our way. 😉
Those Scandinavians, though... honestly, they’re just something else.
Come on, cowboys!

dustypanther6 said:the whole point of this forum is basically just off-topic rambling and trolling, otherwise we'd all be sitting here with maybe five posts to our names, so honestly, feel free to talk about comic books if you want🙂

Anyway, let's go Team USA!

you guys actually still have a shot since Sweden isn't exactly a powerhouse🙂

but our squad is finished; they might as well just start making snowmen and huddling up until the tournament ends😁

ugh, and what's the deal with Soderling and Nolet not playing tomorrow?😁 🤣

Nicholas Morales48 said:you guys still have a shot here. I mean, Sweden isn't exactly a powerhouse, so there's hope.🙂

but our squad? They're done. They might as well just start building snowmen and playing in the slush until the tournament ends.😁

Anyway, what's the deal with Soderling and Nolet not playing tomorrow?😁 🤣

Don't be like that. Your team can still fight for 4th place in the group. They need to go out there and absolutely wreck Poland and Argentina, then root for us. Your goal is to make it to the Olympics—at least that's my hope—and you need to finish at least seventh to pull that off. Fingers crossed for you.

dustypanther6 said:don't be like that. our guys can still fight for that fourth spot in the group. they just need to absolutely steamroll Poland and Argentina, and then everyone needs to get behind us. I know your goal is to make it to the Olympics, and to pull that off, you've gotta finish at least seventh, right? Fingers crossed for you guys.

thanks, best of luck to you too moving forward 👍

I mean, I know what the commentator is going to say about it, so we'll see, though honestly, it would’ve been better if we were facing Argentina tomorrow; but hey, it is what it is, at least the refs won't let the Polish team run up a two-minute advantage while playing a man down.😁

Robert Cruz5 said:It’s much easier to say than it is to actually pull it off!

I get that—really, I do—but it isn't up to me to make it happen. They have to come out swinging from the very first whistle. We can't afford those few minutes of "feeling things out" or those slow, cautious possessions we usually fall into when we play against teams like this.

We need to go straight for the throat right away.

Plus, we absolutely have to increase our defensive aggression—that's clearly where we're struggling. We're being way too soft out there. Honestly, it might be time to bring back that classic Spolaric Dominikovic style of defense:

One guy stays glued to the player, and the other goes low and hits them right in the kidneys.😁

Nicholas Morales48 said:Exactly my point, because I remember one time when they were playing down a man, they managed to hold possession on offense for almost two whole minutes!🤣🤣

I mean, seriously, scoring three goals in just 70 seconds right after an American player gets sent off?😂 those refs are absolutely unreal

Even if you argue that the penalty was totally justified—which, fine, let's say it was—there is still no reason why the officiating has to go out of its way to screw you over while you're already struggling with a shorthanded lineup!🤣

Let's go out there and kill it today.

Top of the food chain: AMERICA!!!

I'm hoping the Americans can snag a point from the Poles so we can keep beating the Swedes.

rustywalker1 said:I'm really hoping the Americans can snag a point from the Poles—it would go a long way toward us beating everyone else...

How realistic is it that the Americans actually pull that off?
Also, does anyone know where I can find those H2H stats the OP was using... maybe somewhere official?

Anthony Perez55 said:How realistic is it that those guys from Mexico actually pull that off?

Honestly, I have no clue what to expect tonight. If I had to sum up this whole tournament based on how things have been playing out, my takeaway is pretty grim: our national team just isn't built to last sixty minutes. It’s obvious they aren't in game shape, because they seem to hit a wall and completely fall apart in the final fifteen minutes of every single match.

Bottom line? We can definitely split the bill with those guys from across the border. It’d be a great way to divide up the costs.🙂

Total garbage... honestly haven't seen such a pathetic, soul-less performance in ages.
Just endless passing back and forth until the ref finally points a finger at someone.
And that goalie? A complete joke. He’s the reason we didn't make it out of the tournament...
That clown needs to be cut immediately.

This hall is pretty tiny, honestly, and because of that, it feels half-empty.

And honestly, these handball players are just exhausting... there's always some European or World Championship going on. Give it a rest.☕