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Posted on 08-06-2018 15:58
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I agree with roturn. I didnt expect Brandt to be picked over Sane but i can understand it.
To add to the reasons roturn listed:
Reus, Draxler and Sane are more natural on the left side while Müller and Brandt are more natural on the right side. While all of them are versatile this is another argument that could have been a factor.
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| deek12345 |
Posted on 08-06-2018 16:07
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Germany or Spain to win it ,outsider Belgium ,bookies have Brazil then Germany as favourites. |
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| Forever the Best |
Posted on 08-06-2018 17:40
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Avin Wargunnson wrote:
Who will you be supporting?
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What are you hoping your team will achieve?
World Cup title for Brazil and semi-final for Croatia
And how do you think they will do in reality?
World Cup title for Brazil and QFs for Croatia
What are your expectations & predictions for the tournament in general?
I expect great World Cup...nice large stadiums, no clear favourite, some great dark horse teams like Croatia. I expect another England fail and i will be happy to see it, i dont like overhyped English footballers. 
England's results are similar to Switzerland in the last couple of EC/WC's. And with the squad they have atm I cannot see a reason why they will be overhyped yet again. A QF would be a success for England.
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Posted on 11-06-2018 13:01
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Forever the Best wrote:
Avin Wargunnson wrote:
Who will you be supporting?
and
What are you hoping your team will achieve?
World Cup title for Brazil and semi-final for Croatia
And how do you think they will do in reality?
World Cup title for Brazil and QFs for Croatia
What are your expectations & predictions for the tournament in general?
I expect great World Cup...nice large stadiums, no clear favourite, some great dark horse teams like Croatia. I expect another England fail and i will be happy to see it, i dont like overhyped English footballers.
England's results are similar to Switzerland in the last couple of EC/WC's. And with the squad they have atm I cannot see a reason why they will be overhyped yet again. A QF would be a success for England.
I support Spain and Secondly Brazil. I wish any of these team raise the trophy.
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 11-06-2018 13:26
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Who will you be supporting?
 Iceland (I guess  Australia and  Sweden too)
What are you hoping your team will achieve?
Generally be the best.
And how do you think they will do in reality?
Generally be the best.
What are your expectations & predictions for the tournament in general?
Iceland wins.
I think Japan will be the surprise of the tournament and make it to the quarter finals, don't know why I feel that, but I do.
Would love it if Croatia met Avin's expectations though. 
Edited by trekbmc on 11-06-2018 13:33
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Posted on 13-06-2018 13:22
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So Spain kicks out the coach 1 day ahead of the Worlds due to the Real Madrid signing without inform the officials.
Bold move and might become interesting towards their role. |
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Posted on 13-06-2018 13:30
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Anybody see the news that 2026 FIFA World Cup will be heading to North America?
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Posted on 13-06-2018 13:33
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jseadog1 wrote:
Anybody see the news that 2026 FIFA World Cup will be heading to North America?
That's for the FIFA 2026 World Cup thread
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Posted on 13-06-2018 13:39
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roturn wrote:
So Spain kicks out the coach 1 day ahead of the Worlds due to the Real Madrid signing without inform the officials.
Bold move and might become interesting towards their role.
For me it's a stupid decision to sack a coach the day before the World Cup starts, being a coach that has been with the team for the whole Qualification process since last Euro, and that build a team that has the chance to win a World Cup.
There's a new president of the Spanish Football Federation, and he was offended and wanted to show that he's in charge sacking Lopetegui
Now, the new coach will be Fernando Hierro, who was in the staff of Spanish team until now, and former Malaga coach. Now i don't have to much trust that Spain will go past 1/8 round. but we will see. The game vs Portugal on Friday will be key to determine how much this has affected the team
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Posted on 13-06-2018 16:41
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The 48 team format for 2026 is stupid. The 48 teams bit is bad if understandable, but the way they’ve done the format: two teams getting out of a three team group, meaning you need penalty shootouts after a draw in the group stage - is farcical.
Anyway, now I’ve seethed about that, sacking Lopetegui was unbelievable. Especially since the Real players clearly got him the Real job, therefore they have no inclination to work for Hierro because the person they want has gone. Opens up the group for Morocco or Iran, I think.
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Posted on 13-06-2018 16:45
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weirdskyfan64 wrote:
The 48 team format for 2026 is stupid. The 48 teams bit is bad if understandable, but the way they’ve done the format: two teams getting out of a three team group, meaning you need penalty shootouts after a draw in the group stage - is farcical.
Well 3 teams from 1 region have to automatically qualify so it kind of had to be done this way to be fair.
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Posted on 14-06-2018 05:10
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But they only gave the World Cup to Mexico and Canada as well as the US because of the 48 team format. If it was still 32 teams it would probably have been the US on its own.
Anyway, promise I’ll stop myself from mentioning that again.
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Posted on 14-06-2018 05:47
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Are you guys interested in the official fantasy game for the World Cup? I'm already playing. Can setup a league if there's enough interest.
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Posted on 14-06-2018 08:30
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It'd be a nice idea. I'm in already.
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Posted on 14-06-2018 10:02
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Posted on 14-06-2018 11:28
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Posted on 14-06-2018 11:32
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Who will you be supporting?
- Belgium and Germany
What are you hoping your team will achieve?
- Well, we can always hope for the Championship
And how do you think they will do in reality?
- I think semi-finals could be a stretch
What are your expectations & predictions for the tournament in general?
- Me being utterly disappointed
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Posted on 14-06-2018 16:59
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Ohh how naive Saudi are playing. Many wrong passes at completely wrong occasions so many counter attacks from Russia. |
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Posted on 14-06-2018 17:39
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This performance only justify IMHO that Asia can't have 4 teams instead of giving another shot to teams from Europe.
The quality is just shit and most folks like to see the best teams. OK Italy and Holland was fairly beaten by Sweden, but still the quality of the World Cup as a whole will diminish even further if Asian and Central America gets more teams in the future.
If they do get a second qualify game like Peru vs New Zealand then they can justify they are worthy of getting to the World Cup Finals.
The standard of the finals have already sunk with this mass amount of teams.
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Posted on 14-06-2018 17:56
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