@PPA2323@VikingStats@Underdog@lequipe Its the smart thing to do. You really gain nothing winning today other than expending more energy. Plus 2nd plays indoors next match not outdoors in heat of New York. Norway are playing this the correct way.
If anyone is to blame its FIFA for this nonsense 3rd place shit.
@tDailyDose@PolymarketSport It makes total sense if you look at who both would play next. Being 1st or 2nd isn't that different. Its not like Norway lose tonight they are going to face Spain or Argentina it's Ivory Coast. Sure anything can happen vs anyone but rest is probably more important than opponent.
@Allfour1@dervart_@PolymarketSport Not really 2nd place will play indoors in Dallas. Nice 72 degree dome. 1st has to play in New York in and its calling for temps near 100 degrees next week.
@dervart_@PolymarketSport 2nd plays Ivory Coast. 1st plays Sweden or Iran or Egypt.
Not really much of a difference. Why should Norway who wasted a ton of energy just 3 nights ago in the heat risk it. Not like topping group you avoid Spain or England. Its Ivory Coast.
@PatMcAfeeShow So dumb. The puck belongs in the HOF.
1. He doesn't own it.
2. Its part of hockey history.
3. He's got his stick which is his property, unlike said puck which is property of the IIHF.
4. Fuck him.
I hate bid stealing teams. Having some ass team that goes 10-21 get in the tournament because they play good over 3 days is so fucking stupid.
Regular season champs should be in & best of the rest.
Conference tournaments are such a waste of time and energy.
@971theticketxyt One would expect the US be always be at or around the top of most sports when you have 350m people to pull from, you'd expect the US to find a handful of high level players in each sport. While most countries don't even have 25% of that to pull from.