Now that the football season is over, thoughts turn to the World Cup..!
Struggling to get excited about this. Thankfully I’m not English as I’d be struggling to get excited about this squad.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44138600
What’s people’s thoughts on it? Whose your tip to win it? Which team will disappoint? Whose your dark horses that will probably go out in the first round?
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Thread: The World Cup
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16-05-2018 06:26 PM #1
The World Cup
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16-05-2018 06:34 PM #2
I have said for a while I think Nigeria will do well. No real reasoning behind it just a hunch. Then they drew probably the worst group in Argentina, Iceland and Croatia so could easily be over by group stages for me.
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16-05-2018 06:37 PM #4
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I don’t know who’ll win it but I’d wager Germany won’t be far away.
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16-05-2018 06:40 PM #5
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I think the action off the pitch will be more exciting than the action on it.
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16-05-2018 06:42 PM #6
I see the England squad is being slated by many already. Squads of yesteryear went with great expectations and failed miserably, this one has no chance apparently and will probably fail miserably. No difference really, I hope we do well, we probably won't. I love the WC though and hope Brazil live up to expectations.
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16-05-2018 06:44 PM #7This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
So that puts paid to that then
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16-05-2018 06:48 PM #8This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Brazil need to make up for the embarrassment of the last one where they stumbled around until they got hammered off Germany. Was it Fred who touched the ball three times and two of them were from kick offs in one match?
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16-05-2018 06:48 PM #9This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
As it is, Brazil, Germany, Spain, France and Argentina all wipe the floor with them in knockout football imo
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16-05-2018 06:49 PM #10
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16-05-2018 06:50 PM #11
Fancy Egypt as the dark horses.
I don’t think they’ll win it but think they might sneak into the latter stages, they’ve got a goal scorer in Salah so anything is possible.
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16-05-2018 06:54 PM #12This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
They should be home by the second round. Quarters at best.
Anyone know what their “route to the final” could be?
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16-05-2018 06:56 PM #13This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
They are light on international caps but the outfield squad is massively weighted with players from top-six clubs with plenty European experience.
Alexander-Arnold is maybe the biggest surprise but he's going to be a Champions League finalist and shown up for Liverpool in the big games. Lallana would have been a certainty with a few more games this season, Southgate is a big admirer but not reckless, hence him being on stand-by. Wilshere is probably the most talented English midfielder as it stands but simply hasn't played enough games, pure and simple and I say that as an Arsenal fan.
Some scary-looking squads in the tournament - Germany and Brazil in particular and the Argentinian attack is formidable.There's only one thing better than a Hibs calendar and that's two Hibs calendars
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16-05-2018 07:04 PM #14
Fancy France to win it this year. Got the best squad around.
Less talk, more gifs. 21.05.16
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16-05-2018 07:06 PM #15
I don't know much about the England squad, but I did see Danny Welbeck live twice last season and thought he was very poor. Maybe just a bad 2 European games?
Anyway, come on Sweden!!!
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16-05-2018 07:14 PM #17
I'm out for this one. They should just let the sponsors play off for the best adverts then let the best bribes play off for 3rd and 4th.
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16-05-2018 07:18 PM #18This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
He averages a goal every two and a half caps or so, and he's scored against a real mix of decent teams and some cannon fodder but a lot of his caps have been from the bench so his goals per minute ratio is better than the 15 goals in 37 caps suggests.
Regardless, he seems to score more regularly at international level than at club level and you can't really argue with that - he gets goals in an England shirt and that's what Southgate needs.There's only one thing better than a Hibs calendar and that's two Hibs calendars
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16-05-2018 07:23 PM #19
but the winner shall come from either one of
Spain
Germany
Brazil
Belgium the dark horse
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i thought i had actually deleted that before posting
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16-05-2018 07:33 PM #23
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Germany for me, they're just so good collectively.
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16-05-2018 07:35 PM #24
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16-05-2018 07:35 PM #25
Winner for me will come from either Spain (my favourites) Germany or France, perhaps Brazil.
As for England, they will emerge from the group stage and will lose in either first or second knockout match. England will have done ok to get to the quarter finals, wouldnt expect anymore.
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16-05-2018 07:39 PM #26
I was flicking through the Bollah family Panini sticker album today, and I was struck by what good players Colombia have. They had a good run last time with basically the same squad so they have tournament nous now, i think they could surprise and get to the semis.
Spain will win it.
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16-05-2018 07:40 PM #27
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I’ve a sneaky feeling Roberto Martinez could get the Arsenal job. Has Thierry Henry on his coaching staff with Belgium too. if they do well at World Cup, he may be in demand and given his age, would imagine he’d look at getting back into a club management job. Although that would mean Arsenal waiting until after WC to appoint a manager and imagine they would have someone in place before that.
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16-05-2018 07:41 PM #28This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
They've done what they've needed to do for decades - ditched the players hanging around on reputation alone rather than form or ability.
The defence looks too suspect to win the thing, but they have loads of pace, a goal scorer in Kane and a decent amount of big game experience.
Watching this Europa League final is getting me in the mood for it.
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