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Nowadays invalid is seen a quite hurtful. Could disability be used instead? Simply south ...... time, department skies for just 8 years 10:55, 13 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Really? Huh. OK. Probably just people getting the word "invalid" (n) confused with "invalid" (adj); they both mean "powerless", for the record. Serendi ^pod ous 12:12, 13 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Netherlands

Calling them "giant-killers" is kind of silly, as they have a very strong record since their first final appearance in 1974. Although they have never won the cup they are definitely one of the stronger teams. --John (talk) 10:51, 14 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, an explanation. Try making a habit of those; they're really useful. And actually, I kinda see your point, even if I don't 100% agree with it. I mean yes they're a good team but no one expected them to take out the previous winners 5-1. Serendi ^pod ous 11:15, 14 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, they are only placed 15th in the world, not as high as I thought. Even so, if anyone was a giant killer it would be Costa Rica who were 28th before the tournament. The Netherlands (not "Holland" btw) were finalists in 1974, 1978 and 2010. --John (talk) 11:18, 14 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Lombardi quote

More to the point is that that's a misquotation of what Lombardi said—it was actually "Winning isn't a sometime thing; it's an all-the-time thing", a more realistic thing for the coach of a pro sports team to have said. Indeed, the very next sentence in that speech is "I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay, and I do not ever want to finish second again."

In fact, his next sentence "There is a game for third place, but it is a game for losers played by losers" is more or less what one of the Dutch players said about the equivalent match against Brazil Saturday: "Nobody plays for third place." Daniel Case (talk) 18:41, 15 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]