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Post by NJtoTX on Nov 16, 2017 4:09:12 GMT
probably omitting somebody and throwing someone in who's on to Russia, but...
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Post by NJtoTX on Nov 16, 2017 12:43:01 GMT
anyone ?
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Post by sdm3 on Nov 16, 2017 12:53:12 GMT
Put in a token vote just for the Tom_Rocks reference.
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Post by weststigersbob on Nov 17, 2017 22:27:00 GMT
Italy. Only team on the list that has genuine ‘finals experience’ to go along with a certain level of talent. You could say Netherlands and Greece, but they are both terribly crap. I reckon Wales might give it a massive shake......
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Post by bluerisk on Nov 17, 2017 22:30:41 GMT
Would it be called "Alternative World Cup"?
PS: USA
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2017 22:33:17 GMT
Nobody cares. Come on.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2017 22:42:28 GMT
Can't imagine caring.
Hell, there'll be groups at the world cup that don't even interest me.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2017 14:02:22 GMT
I think the winner would be one of the big football powers - Italy, the Netherlands, or Chile.
Italy however looked awful in their 0-1 aggregated loss to Sweden in a deflected goal. Sure, Sweden didn't do much more than that deflected goal, but Italy was uncreative in offense and with the wrong strategy (just crosses over the box while facing tall defenders). If there isn't a change in management I don't see them winning anything.
I haven't followed the Netherlands so no opinion there.
That leaves me with Chile. They fell from grace with a bad stretch in the South American qualifiers that ended up knocking them out of the first five spots. However the CONMEBOL qualifiers were unusually tough this time (even Argentina had trouble qualifying) and Chile has recently destroyed all the competition when they won the Copa America Centenario after winning the regular Copa America the previous year, so maybe they'd recover from their funk and win this tournament, if it happens (I understand that the USSF is indeed trying to organize a tournament with nations that failed to qualify for the WC).
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Post by NewtJorden on Nov 18, 2017 15:19:32 GMT
Netherlands
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