RTHerringbone Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahzun_Savas Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 14 minutes ago, CFuller said: England with the best record in the group stage. Bet we lose to Senegal now. England, Netherlands and Morocco finish the group stage with 7 points. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthrax Dave Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 1 minute ago, RTHerringbone said: France got to be favourites, to be honest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolton1987 Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 With no-one getting full points and only 5 teams left unbeaten, I think it's fair to say there isn't a single outstanding team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunmaN1905 Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 (edited) 4 minutes ago, RTHerringbone said: Argentina, England, France, Brazil should have an easy job. Netherlands, Croatia, Spain and Portugals are favorites, but nothing is guaranteed. I'd say that Argentina and Brazil are clear favorites of their parts of the bracket, Brazil being a tier above I'd say. They couldn't have asked for an easier path to the final, but still, it's the ultimate rival waiting in the semis, most likely. Bottom half will be a mini-Euro, anything could happen. France looked like the best team so far. Spain on the other hand is the best coached team, but with some glaring flaws. England and Portugal feel like teams with overwhelming amount of attacking talent, held back by turgid style of play from their coaches. Edited December 2, 2022 by GunmaN1905 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickybricks14 Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 How many goals have been scored in stoppage time? Maybe they should bring it in to domestic football Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTHerringbone Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 I'm saying the Dutch beat the US and lose to Argentina in the QF. England beat Senegal but lose to France. Croatia beat Japan but lose to Brazil. Spain beat Morocco and then lose to Portugal. Brazil beat Argentina, France beat Portugal and then they win the whole thing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFuller Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 2 minutes ago, Mahzun_Savas said: England, Netherlands and Morocco finish the group stage with 7 points. Goal Difference: England +7, Netherlands +4, Morocco +3. Football's coming... to Morocco. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter G Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 3 minutes ago, Mahzun_Savas said: England, Netherlands and Morocco finish the group stage with 7 points. England had the best GD though, so hence the best record Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMLF Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 For all the hype, Brazil scored only 3 goals in a relatively easy group, and lost a game (with reserves, but still…). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahzun_Savas Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 France the favourite and England perhaps second best. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolton1987 Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 (edited) I wonder if these group defeats will help Spain and Brazil. Brazil seem to think it is destined to be their year. They haven't really been tested, but a loss to Cameroon suggests the depth isn't there. It'll be interesting to see how they fare if they go a goal down in the knockout rounds. I have a sense they will be rather shell-shocked. Spain, similar. Found nothing when they really needed it in adversity against Japan. Perhaps a case of believing their own hype after the 7-0. Edited December 2, 2022 by bolton1987 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 2 minutes ago, PMLF said: For all the hype, Brazil scored only 3 goals in a relatively easy group, and lost a game (with reserves, but still…). I guess you could look at it negatively and say the Brazil bench is apparantly weak. But of course the entire bench were playing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMLF Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 Just now, DJ said: I guess you could look at it negatively and say the Brazil bench is apparantly weak. But of course the entire bench were playing. Given Brazil’s route, Brazil could still win in the end, but the squad do seem a bit overhyped. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunmaN1905 Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 Just now, DJ said: I guess you could look at it negatively and say the Brazil bench is apparantly weak. But of course the entire bench were playing. Fullbacks seem to be the only real weakness, apart from obvious lack of true striker. Danilo already got injured, Dani Alves is there just to potentially get carried to a medala, so Militao has to play fullback. On the left Alex Sandro's best days are long gone, Telles is average and got injured. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthrax Dave Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 Ramon Vega off his nut on 5 live. Genuinely he must be drunk! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shimera Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 9 minutos atrás, GunmaN1905 disse: Fullbacks seem to be the only real weakness, apart from obvious lack of true striker. Danilo already got injured, Dani Alves is there just to potentially get carried to a medala, so Militao has to play fullback. On the left Alex Sandro's best days are long gone, Telles is average and got injured. Brazil could try playing with 3 CBs, I suppose... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMLF Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 (edited) 6 minutes ago, shimera said: Brazil could try playing with 3 CBs, I suppose... Tite doesn’t like it much, though. But he could play Everton Ribeiro as left-back as that was his position back at youth level, and he played as left wingback under Paulo Sousa at Flamengo. Edited December 2, 2022 by PMLF Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constantine Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 Well... At least we played some proper bangers this World Cup. Great, fun games. A step up from "no wins, **** football". This sucks... Why do they always have to give me hope before letting me down... Goddammit... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMLF Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 A hill in Copacabana is on fire after fans(?) set off fireworks after Cameroon scored against Brazil: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
git2thachoppa Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 Me every time there was a substitution: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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