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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2017 12:40:27 GMT
Groups? Winners? Fans? Shocks? POT 1 POT 2 POT 3 POT 4
Russia Spain Denmark Serbia
Germany Peru Iceland Nigeria
Brazil Switzerland Costa Rica Australia
Portugal England Sweden Japan
Argentina Colombia Tunisia Morocco
Belgium Mexico Egypt Panama
Poland Uruguay Senegal S. Korea
France Croatia Iran S. Arabia
I hope we get Brazil. Brazil England Sweden S. Korea I fancy Argentina to win it. I fancy the Russia police to beat the shit outta people. |
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Post by sdm3 on Nov 16, 2017 12:57:48 GMT
Winners: France defeating Brazil
Golden Boot: Neymar
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2017 13:07:39 GMT
It's actually quite an interesting WC because there isn't too many stand out teams.
I'm going to be boring though and not make any predictions because I would be merely playing guessing games at this point.
From what I saw of Brazil at Wembley on Tuesday though, they did not impress me one bit, and they were playing with a very strong team against a very inexperienced England team. But it was only a friendly when all is said and done.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Nov 16, 2017 17:17:27 GMT
Groups? Winners? Fans? Shocks? POT 1 POT 2 POT 3 POT 4
Russia Spain Denmark Siberia
Germany Peru Iceland Nigeria
Brazil Switzerland Costa Rica Australia
Portugal England Sweden Japan
Argentina Colombia Tunisia Morocco
Belgium Mexico Egypt Panama
Poland Uruguay Senegal S. Korea
France Croatia Iran S. Arabia
I hope we get Brazil. Brazil England Sweden S. Korea I fancy Argentina to win it. I fancy the Russia police to beat the shit outta people. Siberia? Was that auto-correct, or are you checking if we are paying attention? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2017 17:21:08 GMT
Groups? Winners? Fans? Shocks? POT 1 POT 2 POT 3 POT 4
Russia Spain Denmark Siberia
Germany Peru Iceland Nigeria
Brazil Switzerland Costa Rica Australia
Portugal England Sweden Japan
Argentina Colombia Tunisia Morocco
Belgium Mexico Egypt Panama
Poland Uruguay Senegal S. Korea
France Croatia Iran S. Arabia
I hope we get Brazil. Brazil England Sweden S. Korea I fancy Argentina to win it. I fancy the Russia police to beat the shit outta people. Siberia? Was that auto-correct, or are you checking if we are paying attention? Ahem. Yeah, totally checking. Well done. You spotted it first. Ahem. |
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Post by Carl LaFong on Nov 16, 2017 18:26:57 GMT
My prediction is that 75% of the matches will suck arse.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2017 18:31:58 GMT
My prediction is that 75% of the matches will suck arse. I guess that's why they're expanding it; they presumably think Brazil battering India 8-0 will improve the entertainment value. When in fact, it will simply encourage more bus parking. |
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Post by twothousandonemark on Nov 16, 2017 18:43:43 GMT
With Putin hosting, Italy, Netherlands, & USA out, this has all the makings of a weird one in the history books.
Costa Rica 2 - Iceland 0
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Nov 16, 2017 20:11:09 GMT
Few things in the realm of sports would please me more than seeing a team that is not one of the usual suspects do really well in the World Cup, but ultimately I think it is unlikely that we will see a new winner next year.
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Post by weststigersbob on Nov 16, 2017 22:25:30 GMT
I’m thinking Germany v Belgium in the final. For the first time in a long time, the Europeans on the whole are just better than the South Americans. I’m also predicting that not a single African or Asian team makes the second round.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2017 22:31:44 GMT
I predict that Germany will win it.
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Post by weststigersbob on Nov 16, 2017 22:34:50 GMT
Groups? Winners? Fans? Shocks? POT 1 POT 2 POT 3 POT 4
Russia Spain Denmark Serbia
Germany Peru Iceland Nigeria
Brazil Switzerland Costa Rica Australia
Portugal England Sweden Japan
Argentina Colombia Tunisia Morocco
Belgium Mexico Egypt Panama
Poland Uruguay Senegal S. Korea
France Croatia Iran S. Arabia
I hope we get Brazil. Brazil England Sweden S. Korea I fancy Argentina to win it. I fancy the Russia police to beat the shit outta people. I’ll have a stab at the Pot lottery. Let’s see how many I get right... Group A : Russia, Uruguay, Sweden, Morocco Group B : Poland, Spain, Egypt, Australia Group C : Brazil, Croatia, Denmark, South Korea Group D : France, Switzerland, Senegal, Japan Group E : Germany, Peru, Iceland, South Korea Group F : Portugal, Colombia, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia Group G : Argentina, England, Costa Rica, Serbia Group H : Belgium, Mexico, Iran, Panama |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2017 22:34:55 GMT
I’m thinking Germany v Belgium in the final. For the first time in a long time, the Europeans on the whole are just better than the South Americans. Not really as since 2006 European teams have dominated the world cups European teams have 8 medals ( 3 gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze ) South American teams have 1 medal ( a silver medal ) |
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Post by weststigersbob on Nov 16, 2017 23:16:57 GMT
Last World Cup, The draw hurt the South Americans more than anything. 5 of the 6 made the second round (only Ecuador didn’t) and then Brazil, Chile, Uruguay and Colombia were all in the same bracket whereby only 1 could make the semis. Even then, it was 2 Euros, 2 South Americans. Meanwhile, Spain, England, Italy all crashed out before the knockout games.
In 2010 : All 5 South American Sides made the second round. Sure, Spain were the dominant team. But quite a few of the European sides sucked big time. France, Italy again.
I think that overall, South America this time around aren’t as strong. I can honestly see only Brazil and Argentina qualifying for the second round. Colombia aren’t as strong as 4 years ago. Neither are Argentina. Uruguay can grind out results, but a bad draw could see them struggle. Peru are complete unknowns (especially away from home). And has Brazil’s scars from the infamous 7-1 healed ?.
Meanwhile, aside from Russia, I can’t see a European ‘pretender’. Even Serbia, Iceland and Sweden - the lightweights, can get good results.
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