2018 Football World Cup

[Billy Tell]

On the other hand

Swedish ladies > English

Not close there

[Chester Draws]

@mikethesnow said in 2018 Football World Cup:

@chester-draws said in 2018 Football World Cup:

Sweden's path to the finals saw them dispose of The Netherlands and Italy. Since then they've seen off Germany and a decent Swiss team.

I refuse to believe they're rubbish suddenly.

England worked them out

But I was told that the Swedes would be the ones working out a lacklustre England.

It will be interesting to see whether pundits backtrack on them or double down and just go for "they were lucky".

[Crucial]

I wish I had followed this thread from the start and bet on the opposite to everyone's expert knowledge.

[ACT Crusader]

@act-crusader said in 2018 Football World Cup:

@crazy-horse England's cup to lose in my opinion. The draw looks good for them and they are playing well.

Bump

[Victor Meldrew]

Really know bugger-all about soccer, but a pleasure to watch England and Sweden playing tonight after the Columbia game.

Hard-fought, respect for the ref, great spirit on the field and both teams and managers mingling after the game. Credit to both teams.

[canefan]

England win in spite of Raheem Sterling. He really is a wasteful greedy fluffybunny

[Victor Meldrew]

@chester-draws said in 2018 Football World Cup:

@billy-tell said in 2018 Football World Cup:

Sweden are basically defence + send long balls up field with nothing more than a faint hope.

And yet all the pundits were of the opinion that Sweden were far better.

England looked better against Belguim than Brazil did. Yet they get zero love.

You get the sense that Southgate is more than happy with the pundits' views.

[Rapido]

I ended up watching Eng v Swe at x6 speed, I only lasted 20 mins watching it properly before my patience ran out , slow it back to normal for set pieces or any runs towards the box. First half was particularly poor.

[Billy Tell]

Can subbed players take penalties? I think no.

[Rancid Schnitzel]

@billy-tell said in 2018 Football World Cup:

On the other hand

Swedish ladies > English

Not close there

That's like comparing the All Blacks to a 10th division pub team.

[booboo]

Vlad to send those who missed penalties to Siberia?

Glad Rooskies have goorne.

Felt sorry for their keeper though doing everything but saving Modric's shot.

So ...

France v Belgium
England v Croatia

Still picking Belgium, but wanting England.

Will therefore definitely be France v Croatia final ...

[jegga]

Still keeping my seat on the English bandwagon , wc success would draw plenty of kids away from playing rugby for a generation and in a few years their team will resemble Woodward’s final year in charge again,

[MiketheSnow]

@chester-draws said in 2018 Football World Cup:

@mikethesnow said in 2018 Football World Cup:

@chester-draws said in 2018 Football World Cup:

Sweden's path to the finals saw them dispose of The Netherlands and Italy. Since then they've seen off Germany and a decent Swiss team.

I refuse to believe they're rubbish suddenly.

England worked them out

But I was told that the Swedes would be the ones working out a lacklustre England.

It will be interesting to see whether pundits backtrack on them or double down and just go for "they were lucky".

Even me with my shit forecasting punditry had England to win this one

[antipodean]

@rancid-schnitzel said in 2018 Football World Cup:

@billy-tell said in 2018 Football World Cup:

On the other hand

Swedish ladies > English

Not close there

That's like comparing the All Blacks to a 10th division pub team.

Big difference in depth.

I'm happy with my predictive abilities thus far. Not quite seer, but astute enough to know Brazil weren't progressing.

[booboo]

Commentator predicts result of 4th QF ...

At 7mins50s

http://120.138.20.16/WeekOnDemand/radiosport/2018.07.08-12.00.00-S.mp3

[Bovidae]

If you believe in the FIFA rankings:

Belgium - 4
France - 7
England - 12
Croatia - 20

So England have yet to play a team ranked above them in the knocokout stages.

[Chester Draws]

@bovidae said in 2018 Football World Cup:

If you believe in the FIFA rankings:

Belgium - 4
France - 7
England - 12
Croatia - 20

So England have yet to play a team ranked above them in the knocokout stages.

FIFA rankings are so useless that no serious argument can be raised from them. It's not like the "difficult" side of the draw wasn't full of lowly ranked sides.

[ACT Crusader]

@jegga said in 2018 Football World Cup:

Still keeping my seat on the English bandwagon , wc success would draw plenty of kids away from playing rugby for a generation and in a few years their team will resemble Woodward’s final year in charge again,

Don’t underestimate the ability to find an English grandmother even in generations to come....

[kiwiinmelb]

[Crucial]

I hope we never ever get to the stage where we celebrate an All Blacks win in a quarterfinal well into the night and crowd the streets to sing moronic songs.