It's one of the ironies of this tournament that the eventual winner, in theory, could be no-one's actual favourite, just high up enough on every list to get through each round. Once we get to the final vote it would be interesting to hear who would have won for each poster if they had completed the tournament as an individual.
I am doing the same tournament for just my wife, as she is American and has no real feelings towards most clubs outside of Wycombe. She did the group stages last night and only picked about 4 of 16 group winners in common with the actual voted winners (I did not tell her which badges won on here). It will be interesting to see who wins it for her as someone who these don't evoke a sense of history in.
Her only real bias is voting Morecambe because she thinks it is hilarious that a club has a nickname of 'The Shrimps'. After all, American sports teams use more aggressive creatures like the Flying Death Dragons.
I don't vote initially, so that if there is ever a tie, I can be the tiebreaker. Thankfully that has not been needed yet, so I have avoided the need to insert myself into the controversy!
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Abstain. Both horrible.
Interesting history of Liverpool badges here, which really highlights what a dog's dinner that thing is.
agree with the Doc.
How on earth did these two get this far?
Deserves to be a nil nil draw IMHO….
It's one of the ironies of this tournament that the eventual winner, in theory, could be no-one's actual favourite, just high up enough on every list to get through each round. Once we get to the final vote it would be interesting to hear who would have won for each poster if they had completed the tournament as an individual.
I am doing the same tournament for just my wife, as she is American and has no real feelings towards most clubs outside of Wycombe. She did the group stages last night and only picked about 4 of 16 group winners in common with the actual voted winners (I did not tell her which badges won on here). It will be interesting to see who wins it for her as someone who these don't evoke a sense of history in.
Her only real bias is voting Morecambe because she thinks it is hilarious that a club has a nickname of 'The Shrimps'. After all, American sports teams use more aggressive creatures like the Flying Death Dragons.
Both decent badges, but Liverpool edges it
Sheffield Utd for me no contest
Agreed.
Liverpool's was decent before they embellished it imho
How did you do the draw @Shev
I was hoping for a live video from America with you picking balls out of velvet bags
And also a badge draw
Not sure how Sheff Utd got so far, and no idea how they are beating Liverpool.
Random Result - Tournament draw
A bit boring, I know!
For anyone desperately chomping at the bit to know the full round of 16 lineup, here it is:
Liverpool v Sheffield United
Newcastle v Coventry
Ipswich v Everton
Leyton Orient v West Bromwich
Blackburn v Barnsley
Crystal Palace v Brighton
Norwich v Northampton
Wrexham v Middlesbrough
Two ice creams vs two swords, swords the winners for me!
Did everyone go 'ooooh' when Palace v Brighton came out?
Newcastle v Coventry
Ipswich v Everton
Televised games
Wrexham v Middlesbrough will be last game on 'Match of the Day'
I have just been contacted by my referee friend '@peterparrotface ' who would like to know what happens in a draw?
(He didn't phrase it as politely as that but you get the gist,)
I don't vote initially, so that if there is ever a tie, I can be the tiebreaker. Thankfully that has not been needed yet, so I have avoided the need to insert myself into the controversy!
That is the the most wonderful USA political response
Just in case I haven't said it before.
I'm in love with you @Shev
It blows my mind how @oilysailor and James bloke from Italia have not had the intelligence to do this
It's really sad, but please do a live video of the quarter final draw
Like Saint and Greavsie with D@nld tr#mp
https://youtu.be/RRMJ3ftUtnw
Lest we forget
Whilst betting on football (sorry @drcongo), I came across this soccer club
seahorsessoccer.com
A wonderful world we live in @Shev
And Mrs Shev
Wait a minute... Wolves went out?! That's an absolute shocker from the Gasroom.
Easy Two Scimitars,
This could go to Shevalties