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Post by g7vikings on Dec 1, 2017 9:14:49 GMT
Fuck Christmas! The draw for the World Cup is today! (3pm)
Argentina, England, Senegal & Japan has a nice feel to it.
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Post by Olivier on Dec 1, 2017 11:37:12 GMT
A magical day indeed. Today we find out the participants of 2018's greatest day, Saturday 16th June. Games at 11am, 2pm, 5pm and 8pm.
Poland or Russia will be everybody's hope from Pot 1 with everyone wanting to avoid Spain in Pot2. How TF are they there with Poland in Pot 1?
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Post by #FreeBTS on Dec 1, 2017 11:44:45 GMT
Because it goes from results, Spain have underachieved massively recently.
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Post by Olivier on Dec 1, 2017 11:55:51 GMT
Yeh I guess it was more a rhetorical question. It's hard to imagine them not being a top seed given their successes but I guess it's really not that recent anymore.
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Post by you give me rrrroad rrrrage on Dec 1, 2017 12:23:42 GMT
Yeh I guess it was more a rhetorical question. It's hard to imagine them not being a top seed given their successes but I guess it's really not that recent anymore. This makes me feel old. In my head 2010 wad three years ago tops.
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Post by #FreeBTS on Dec 1, 2017 13:35:10 GMT
They need to sort out how friendlies are evaluated when it comes to the rankings. You can play a bunch of mid-ranking teams who you should beat fairly comfortably and it benefits your ranking far more than playing a top team and not winning. Though I think that’s why they’ve brought in this UEFA Nations League as well. At least it means we should get a couple of decent group games because looking through the group possibilities, not much stands out. Plenty of people seem to be chuffed when big teams go out but then you get Panama vs Sweden rather than USA vs Italy.
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Post by Stu on Dec 1, 2017 15:58:06 GMT
Belgium, Panama, Tunisia, England
hard not to be happy with that!
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Post by g7vikings on Dec 1, 2017 15:59:37 GMT
Cried a shite group in there!
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Post by #FreeBTS on Dec 1, 2017 16:09:24 GMT
No real group of death there either. And we get group H if we qualify which doesn't look particularly special. Might get my winner's tattoo already.
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Post by Olivier on Dec 1, 2017 17:11:16 GMT
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Post by Olivier on Dec 1, 2017 17:13:29 GMT
Just seen if it went entirely by ranking with the top team winning every (other) game England would play Colombia, Brazil, France then Germany through the knockouts to win it.
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Post by Stu on Dec 1, 2017 17:28:23 GMT
easy #2times
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Post by #FreeBTS on Dec 1, 2017 17:57:25 GMT
You know you're a big country when it's a failure just coming 2nd in your group
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Post by you give me rrrroad rrrrage on Dec 1, 2017 18:59:22 GMT
No real group of death there either. And we get group H if we qualify which doesn't look particularly special. Might get my winner's tattoo already. Some proper poundshop groups this year like.
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Post by The Quito Diet on Dec 1, 2017 20:16:53 GMT
Will fit in with the tinpot grounds too
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