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On July 10 2018 00:42 LennX wrote:Gogo France - England finals!! And France to win it. Weakest England squad is not yet ready for the big time. If I'm wrong, Gareth Southgate will be knighted. Redemption after 22 years France vs Belgium will come down to the GKs. Whoever that can prevent more wonder goals will win the match. Belgium is the strongest team on paper left and there are still questions with their match temperament. Euros 2020 should be great for them no matter what happens in the semis. Croatia vs England will come down to who having the better set pieces.
that's England, best in world cup... or you meant defending set pieces? either way we're not that dangerous from those situations... so lets hope you're wrong xD
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On July 10 2018 01:27 RvB wrote:Show nested quote +On July 10 2018 00:06 warding wrote:I need a team to root for. Who are the people from the eliminated countries/teams supporting now? Poll: Who do the neutral fans support now to win the whole thing?Croatia (13) 43% France (9) 30% Belgium (6) 20% England (2) 7% 30 total votes Your vote: Who do the neutral fans support now to win the whole thing? (Vote): France (Vote): Belgium (Vote): England (Vote): Croatia
Where's none? I don't really care at all. Yeah, now that Germany is out it doesn’t particularly matter who wins. I’m happy with any result.
Chose France tho cuz they played such a rousing game vs Argentina that I would like to see if they can take it all the way.
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On July 10 2018 01:30 snailz wrote:Show nested quote +On July 10 2018 00:42 LennX wrote:Gogo France - England finals!! And France to win it. Weakest England squad is not yet ready for the big time. If I'm wrong, Gareth Southgate will be knighted. Redemption after 22 years France vs Belgium will come down to the GKs. Whoever that can prevent more wonder goals will win the match. Belgium is the strongest team on paper left and there are still questions with their match temperament. Euros 2020 should be great for them no matter what happens in the semis. Croatia vs England will come down to who having the better set pieces. that's England, best in world cup... or you meant defending set pieces? either way we're not that dangerous from those situations... so lets hope you're wrong xD
Both Croatia and England set pieces (offensive and defensive) are good. I rate both higher than France or Belgium. If it's a draw after 120mins, PKs are going to be fun. Croatia have the slight advantage in a shootout. No weight of history there. I can always be wrong. Stats shows I'm wrong 40% of the time for this world
I meant to say "weakest England squad in a generation" but I forgot. England performed way above my expectations. I'm rooting for a France - England finals all because of my troll bet on said finals before the WC started. It is still live unlike my other bet on the defending champion to defend their cup.
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Whenever a World Cup is held in year 1958 + positive multiple of 20, a new country has won it.
1958 = Brazil wins it for the 1st time. 1978 = Argentina wins it for the 1st time. 1998 = France wins it for the 1st time. 2018 = Belgium or Croatia wins it for the 1st time?
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I like all teams, but in order, england > belgium > croatia > france. so hoping for a group stage rematch as final. (for the first time since 1962, and the third time ever in a WC!)
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England winning it all with Sterling scoring the World Cup winning goal. Maybe the media would leave the poor guy alone if he does that.
hope whoever wins England/Croatia gets the cup though, i do really love to see Modric and this Croatian with WC.
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On July 10 2018 04:55 Liquid`Drone wrote: I like all teams, but in order, england > belgium > croatia > france. so hoping for a group stage rematch as final. (for the first time since 1962, and the third time ever in a WC!)
That's the complete reversal of what I am hoping drone. :D
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Gimme an English vs France final!
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The entire 23-man squad will be knighted if they win this World Cup I swear.
I mean they've done more for their country than... says Theresa May?
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On July 10 2018 05:04 sharkie wrote:Show nested quote +On July 10 2018 04:55 Liquid`Drone wrote: I like all teams, but in order, england > belgium > croatia > france. so hoping for a group stage rematch as final. (for the first time since 1962, and the third time ever in a WC!) That's the complete reversal of what I am hoping drone. :D
For me it's anyone but Belgium. I'd love for them to reach the finals, but I don't think I could deal with them winning the world cup before we did. They have to feel the same sorrow we did, at least once.
Very petty I know
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On July 10 2018 07:53 nayumi wrote: The entire 23-man squad will be knighted if they win this World Cup I swear.
I mean they've done more for their country than... says Theresa May? I've done more for the country in the last 3 years than Theresa May and I haven't been back to England in any of that time.
Anyway, off topic. Come on England!
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On July 10 2018 02:52 don_kyuhote wrote: Whenever a World Cup is held in year 1958 + positive multiple of 20, a new country has won it.
1958 = Brazil wins it for the 1st time. 1978 = Argentina wins it for the 1st time. 1998 = France wins it for the 1st time. 2018 = Belgium or Croatia wins it for the 1st time? Nah, this means nothing. Germany never went out of the world cup in group stages but they did on this one.
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On July 10 2018 11:42 Ysellian wrote:Show nested quote +On July 10 2018 05:04 sharkie wrote:On July 10 2018 04:55 Liquid`Drone wrote: I like all teams, but in order, england > belgium > croatia > france. so hoping for a group stage rematch as final. (for the first time since 1962, and the third time ever in a WC!) That's the complete reversal of what I am hoping drone. :D For me it's anyone but Belgium. I'd love for them to reach the finals, but I don't think I could deal with them winning the world cup before we did. They have to feel the same sorrow we did, at least once. Very petty I know
Nah that's totally understandable, as a Belgian I always root against the Dutchies too, we would never hear the end of it if you win.
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The last beautiful team remaining against Belgium France.
If I look at facts, I'm confident : -Lukaku and Hazard are no big game players, they barely were decisive against Brazil and Japan -Witsel Chadli and Fellaini against Kanté Pogba and Matuidi, the midfield battle is won already -conceded goals to pretty much everyone except Panama and England B (did they even want to score?) -our defence is rock solid, Umtiti had a brain fart against Australia and Argentina was very succesful -French players are just more accustomed to play big games
But not so much : -Umtiti has been average at best for months -Pavard who? Against Hazard who's in the form of his life and Pavard is guilty from half the goals we conceded -we need Giroud because he gels the team but damn, he never scores when it matters
It's football, we never know, they finally ditched that awful 343 which was ruining KDB, he's the actual best player in the world.
On July 10 2018 11:42 Ysellian wrote:Show nested quote +On July 10 2018 05:04 sharkie wrote:On July 10 2018 04:55 Liquid`Drone wrote: I like all teams, but in order, england > belgium > croatia > france. so hoping for a group stage rematch as final. (for the first time since 1962, and the third time ever in a WC!) That's the complete reversal of what I am hoping drone. :D For me it's anyone but Belgium. I'd love for them to reach the finals, but I don't think I could deal with them winning the world cup before we did. They have to feel the same sorrow we did, at least once. Very petty I know That would feel so unfair for you, you had many golden generations and Belgium could win the big trophy with their first one.
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On July 10 2018 20:02 nojok wrote:
-Pavard who? Against Hazard who's in the form of his life and Pavard is guilty from half the goals we conceded
This right here is (one of) our key(s) to victory imo. Hazard had a field day vs Fagner, Pavard should be just as easy to pass.
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On July 10 2018 17:52 -Archangel- wrote:Show nested quote +On July 10 2018 02:52 don_kyuhote wrote: Whenever a World Cup is held in year 1958 + positive multiple of 20, a new country has won it.
1958 = Brazil wins it for the 1st time. 1978 = Argentina wins it for the 1st time. 1998 = France wins it for the 1st time. 2018 = Belgium or Croatia wins it for the 1st time? Nah, this means nothing. Germany never went out of the world cup in group stages but they did on this one. It's because the champion's curse overrode it.
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On July 10 2018 20:41 don_kyuhote wrote:Show nested quote +On July 10 2018 17:52 -Archangel- wrote:On July 10 2018 02:52 don_kyuhote wrote: Whenever a World Cup is held in year 1958 + positive multiple of 20, a new country has won it.
1958 = Brazil wins it for the 1st time. 1978 = Argentina wins it for the 1st time. 1998 = France wins it for the 1st time. 2018 = Belgium or Croatia wins it for the 1st time? Nah, this means nothing. Germany never went out of the world cup in group stages but they did on this one. It's because the champion's curse overrode it. Germany has been a champion more than once and it never overrode it before. Actually the champion curse is a fairly recent thing and it skipped one WC since it appeared. Germany never before failing to get out of its WC group (while being part of almost every WC in the past) is way stronger proof that these statistics mean zero.
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On July 10 2018 20:12 Laurens wrote:Show nested quote +On July 10 2018 20:02 nojok wrote:
-Pavard who? Against Hazard who's in the form of his life and Pavard is guilty from half the goals we conceded
This right here is (one of) our key(s) to victory imo. Hazard had a field day vs Fagner, Pavard should be just as easy to pass. Well he might be our weak point but he's no Fagner, he's a part of the second best BuLi's defence and he's a central defender, which is very far from a Brazilian fullback who are more deep lying wingers.
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On July 10 2018 21:00 nojok wrote:Show nested quote +On July 10 2018 20:12 Laurens wrote:On July 10 2018 20:02 nojok wrote:
-Pavard who? Against Hazard who's in the form of his life and Pavard is guilty from half the goals we conceded
This right here is (one of) our key(s) to victory imo. Hazard had a field day vs Fagner, Pavard should be just as easy to pass. Well he might be our weak point but he's no Fagner, he's a part of the second best BuLi's defence and he's a central defender, which is very far from a Brazilian fullback who are more deep lying wingers. deep lying wingers...you mean wingbacks? lol
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