World Cup 2018

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  1. The Rhetoric of Life

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    Plus all that Gareth Southgate/Winning the World Cup after London 2012 and Rio 2016 where Team GB came 2nd, Brexit stuff too.
     
  2. Paris

    Paris Well-Known Member

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    Imagine, a semi-final between England and Russia. That'd be a nice way to settle things on the field.
     
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  3. MrFirst

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    Sweden-Switzerland 1:0.
    Goodbye, Albanian team... You were boring. We won't miss you...
     
  4. Talon

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    That was a great game.

    Mbappé was absolutely fantastic.

    I could be wrong, but it looks like Les Bleus are finally starting to play up to their potential. They looked like they were cruising through the Group round but now that they're in the Knockout round they've taken their game to another level.

    Mbappé & Co. made a believer out of me last weekend - France has a legitimate shot at winning the Cup. :beer:
     
  5. wyly

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    yup, sometimes the final championship match actually occurs when the two top sides meet in an earlier knockout match, the final can be anti-climatic coronation
     
  6. wyly

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    if there was VAR back in 1966 would england have won the WC?
     
  7. Talon

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    Barring a major upset in the final it looks like that's what we're going to get this year...
     
  8. The Rhetoric of Life

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    You'd have lost that bet.
     
  9. Bob0627

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    Missed on Portugal and Spain. 75%, it gets tougher. Allez Les Bleus!
     
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  10. Mr_Truth

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    so sad that the USA is nowhere to be seen in this tournament
     
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    What's with all the gurning?
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    I blame Andy Murray . . .
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  12. MrFirst

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    Yeah, thats true. :)
     
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    I'll bet you're devastated? lol But hey, you've still got your World Series. ( whatever that might be. )
     
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    Belgium and France look the most solid in this world cup.
     
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    Picks for the final 8 anyone?

    Right now I'm pickin' France (even though I'd love to see Uruguay win), Belgium and Croatia. I'm gonna have to sleep on Sweden and England...
     
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  16. Bob0627

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    Ok, I'll take a crack since I've been better than 70% so far.

    France vs Uruguay - France (too much talent for Les Bleus)
    Brazil vs Belgium - Brazil (really tough choice here so I'm going with Jogo Bonito)
    Russia vs Croatia - Croatia (same as France, Croatia are loaded with talent but you have to give Russia a lot of credit for heart so anything is possible)
    England vs Sweden - England (I just think the jinx is finally over for the Brits)
     
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    Just one more . . .

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    France vs Uruguay - France
    Brazil vs Belgium - Brazil
    Russia vs Croatia - Russia
    England vs Sweden - England

    I think either Brazil or France will face England in the World Cup Final. Russia will narrowly beat Croatia but England will prevent Russia's further advance in this tournament.
     
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    Okay - I've slept on it, and I'm goin' with my gut and taking Sweden over England. To recap, my winners are:

    France - Uruguay has a a great team and they have a legitimate shot of winning this game but Les Bleus are loaded and appear to be hitting stride. That being said I hope Suarez and Cavani have the games of their lives and Uruguay wins!

    Belgium - This could be the match of the tournament and I'm giving Belgium a slight edge in this one even though Brazil appears to be getting better with each match.

    Croatia - Another great team like Uruguay and I think they'll be a bit too much for Russia. This is one of my underdogs to make the Final - Go Croatia!

    Sweden - As I said earlier, this is a gut pick. I'm just not sold on England. Unlike Sweden they haven't beaten a decent team yet.
     
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    Brazil and Belgium are taking the field.

    I won't be getting anything done for the next two hours...:banana:
     
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    happy to see Belgium through, Neymar's previous diving probably hurt Brazil no ref wants to be made to look a fool and get taken in by divers, as result there were a few fouls on Neymar that could've been called...but then he was diving again so morally canceled out the real fouls...

    France vs Belgium...Belgium please!

    england keeper did very well keeping sweden at bay...

    croatia v russia....pray to the football gods that Russia go down to a MASSIVE DEFEAT!

    hoping for a Belgium v Croatia final...two small countries and a new ninth WC champion!
     
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    I really wanted Russia to win so England could knock them out.
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  24. wyly

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    although that would've been a great story, I'm glad the russkies are gone no matter who does it!
     
  25. MrFirst

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    World cup is a great event fo all fans. Everyone is welcome to Russia today, regardless of political views. I just wonder how much sh!t some people have inside of them, they can't think about anything but only about Russia and Russian team.
     
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