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Post by Dark Mauler on Nov 12, 2022 10:47:29 GMT -5
Who are y’all rooting for, and who’s your prediction to win it all? I’m supporting the US, we’re obviously probably not going to get too far but I’m just hoping we can beat England in the group and at least make the knockouts. As far as my prediction, I’ve got Brazil winning it all, beating Belgium in the final.
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Post by Dyno on Nov 12, 2022 21:04:51 GMT -5
Obviously England.
But as for potential winners, I genuinely have no idea.
I don't like this World Cup. Wrong hosts, wrong time of year, etc.
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Post by Red Pirate Rogers on Nov 15, 2022 16:57:21 GMT -5
Because I am very, very, very cool I have a spreadsheet to make your picks with! I definitely spend a lot of time thinking of picks and then make them in 10 minutes and never reconsider them: this strategy has made me rather bad at making picks, but for what it's worth. Rooting for US & Ghana (due to personal connections), and South Korea (for my favorite player: Son Heung-Min) Pick to win: Argentina Dark Horse: Senegal in the Semi-Finals, Denmark as the best team in the group stage Burn Out picks: France and Portugal out before Round of 16 |
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Post by Papa Chopper on Nov 16, 2022 16:15:38 GMT -5
Hmm....
Pot A (The winner will likely come from this one): Brazil, Argentina, Germany, France
Pot B (Potential Finalist, but likely semi-finalist;i.e. lack something): Spain, England, Belgium, Denmark
Pot C (Could go far if they overcome specific issues): Portugal, Uruguay, Switzerland, Netherlands)
Pot D (worth laying a few quid down just for the odds payoff lol): Poland, Ghana, Denmark, South Korea
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Post by Another 8MWR Tag Champion on Nov 17, 2022 9:18:59 GMT -5
Gotta go for my home country Australia, but there's no way we're winning lol. Maybe we can get into the top 16? My pick to win it all though is Argentina.
Probably won't watch this world cup anyways because of host shenanigans.
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Post by Thumper Moore III on Nov 17, 2022 13:46:55 GMT -5
Just hoping the US can beat Wales in the opening match, opening the door for them to advance to the knockout stage. We lose to Wales, we’re done, because we ain’t beating the Lions, and nobody’s losing to Iran.
EDIT: I pleasantly stand corrected.
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Post by Penguino on Nov 17, 2022 15:50:16 GMT -5
I don’t watch soccer that much so I don’t know a lot of the teams that are in but I’m obviously in team America but I hear Brazil is pretty good so my moneys on them
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Post by Thumper Moore III on Nov 25, 2022 12:50:02 GMT -5
That Wales loss to Iran was brutal for them. A US-England draw basically assures both teams go through (and is probably the best case scenario for the Stars and Stripes), assuming the US can beat Iran.
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Post by Thumper Moore III on Nov 25, 2022 15:55:35 GMT -5
That was a hell of a game. A draw was the right result. England is a very, very good side with the potential to win it all, but the future sure looks bright for the US. We’re not quite up there with the top European sides or Brazil/Argentina, but I’m proud of our boys. 👏🇺🇸
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Post by Red Pirate Rogers on Nov 25, 2022 15:56:38 GMT -5
So proud of myself predicting a nil-nil draw in that USA England game.
Less excited to hear US media whine about games without winners, or points, but such is our lot in life.
As a plus, my father-in-law, a life long gridiron-football player was impressed by athleticism.
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Post by Dyno on Nov 26, 2022 6:05:38 GMT -5
That was a hell of a game. A draw was the right result. England is a very, very good side with the potential to win it all, but the future sure looks bright for the US. We’re not quite up there with the top European sides or Brazil/Argentina, but I’m proud of our boys. 👏🇺🇸 👍🏴 Interesting that the view from the other side of the pond is that it was a great game (Another mate of mine said the same thing). From our perspective it was terrible and a typical "bore draw". Both teams playing backwards and sideways too much until the last 10-15 minutes when we actually brought a couple of players on (Grealish and Rashford) that could make a difference. For us to go out now though, Wales would need to beat us by 4 goals or more, so it's virtually job done so far. |
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Post by Thumper Moore III on Nov 26, 2022 11:41:46 GMT -5
That was a hell of a game. A draw was the right result. England is a very, very good side with the potential to win it all, but the future sure looks bright for the US. We’re not quite up there with the top European sides or Brazil/Argentina, but I’m proud of our boys. 👏🇺🇸 👍🏴 Interesting that the view from the other side of the pond is that it was a great game (Another mate of mine said the same thing). From our perspective it was terrible and a typical "bore draw". Both teams playing backwards and sideways too much until the last 10-15 minutes when we actually brought a couple of players on (Grealish and Rashford) that could make a difference. For us to go out now though, Wales would need to beat us by 4 goals or more, so it's virtually job done so far. You have to understand that what we’re used to seeing from our national team is high athleticism and terrible skill. We’ve tried to play soccer/football like American football for decades, trying to win with speed and strength instead of, you know, skill and positioning. To see our boys have that understanding of how to defend overlapping runs, to create opportunities based on field vision and deft passing rather than simply trying to run past people was a treat. |
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Post by Dyno on Nov 26, 2022 17:06:26 GMT -5
Interesting that the view from the other side of the pond is that it was a great game (Another mate of mine said the same thing). From our perspective it was terrible and a typical "bore draw". Both teams playing backwards and sideways too much until the last 10-15 minutes when we actually brought a couple of players on (Grealish and Rashford) that could make a difference. For us to go out now though, Wales would need to beat us by 4 goals or more, so it's virtually job done so far. You have to understand that what we’re used to seeing from our national team is high athleticism and terrible skill. We’ve tried to play soccer/football like American football for decades, trying to win with speed and strength instead of, you know, skill and positioning. To see our boys have that understanding of how to defend overlapping runs, to create opportunities based on field vision and deft passing rather than simply trying to run past people was a treat. We had one game plan, let USA run out of steam like they did Wales. Problem is, USA played a different and more patient game. Which led to a bore-fest of a match. |
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Post by Dark Mauler on Nov 26, 2022 17:08:13 GMT -5
You have to understand that what we’re used to seeing from our national team is high athleticism and terrible skill. We’ve tried to play soccer/football like American football for decades, trying to win with speed and strength instead of, you know, skill and positioning. To see our boys have that understanding of how to defend overlapping runs, to create opportunities based on field vision and deft passing rather than simply trying to run past people was a treat. We had one game plan, let USA run out of steam like they did Wales. Problem is, USA played a different and more patient game. Which led to a bore-fest of a match. that tends to happen with 2 incompetent managers lol. I’m honestly surprised we didn’t get slaughtered, as bad as Southgate is Berhalter is arguably worse. |
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Post by Magnifico jr. on Nov 27, 2022 9:41:43 GMT -5
I know I’m a bit late but I’ll be rooting for Mexico and we’re finally breaking our round of 16 curse (in the worse way)
My pick to win is Brazil but Argentina, Germany, and Netherlands should also definitely be favorites and as for a dark horse I’ll go with Croatia (I would say Spain but they’re realistic winners)
Portugal and England have bad coaches so even with their talent I don’t see them winning, Belgium’s golden generation is fading and I’m not sure if they’ll even make it pass the quarter finales, Spain and France are great teams but are lacking some key players to help them be favorites (especially France), Denmark, Uruguay, and Croatia are really solid teams so a deep run shouldn’t be crazy
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