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Fuck the Russians! (Original Post)
Moral Compass
Jul 2018
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Initech
(100,038 posts)1. +10000000000000000
Only time I've ever booed a country during their national anthem! Fuck Russia!
Chickensoup
(650 posts)2. And who support them.
aikoaiko
(34,162 posts)3. I'm kind of impressed with their play
They are not Putin
Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)4. I agree with this.
Politics aside their football has impressed me. Theyre obviously outmanned but have done everything they have needed to do to give themselves a chance.
Chickensoup
(650 posts)5. Who is talking about football ?
Fuck the Russians any way.
aikoaiko
(34,162 posts)8. Not an elegant bunch. Some of them even lumber around.
But as you say, they dig deep when needed.
Down to PKs now. The team who makes the fewest PK mistakes wins.
JackintheGreen
(2,036 posts)6. Weren't over 40 Russian Olympians banned this year for doping this year?
Why should we believe their football program is any cleaner? I'm all for sportsmanship, but Russian international level athletics has been dirty my entire life. I agree with the OP.
rzemanfl
(29,554 posts)7. Dibs on the women. n/t
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)9. I know a few GOP Senators who are rooting for Russia.
Gothmog
(144,919 posts)10. trump will be upset