World Cup Draw Thread

Have to say I'm happy with that.
I wouldn't call any of them the so called group of death, although groups E and G look the toughest.
Does that make A and B the Groups of Life?
 
No group of death…but a large section of England fans clearly hoping for a pre tournament fatwah to be issued against Maguire
 
Perhaps not a traditional “Gruppo del Morte” with three very strong countries.
But certainly an unpredictable group, which very much depends on those teams being at the top of their form...

IMHO, that’s Group H with Portugal, Uruguay, Ghana and South Korea. All of those countries will fancy their chances.

And the last group game is Ghana vs Uruguay, with the Ghana players still seething with memories of the cheat Suarez denying them a SF in SA. Tasty, I hope.
 
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phill said:
Wow how do we keep getting so lucky with the draw .Can't wait for the delusion it's going to be funny
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Wonder when we're due "football's coming home ",
"this time, more than any other time" etc, etc, blah, blah, blah?
Which'll be the first redtop to suggest our "sons of the desert" will come back with more glory than General Gordon?
When my Dad said to me, over 45 years ago, "Watch this, son. You'll never see anything like it again in in your lifetime ", I thought, "Surely he's wrong. We're kings of the world." I have, over the years, come to the realisation, he'll be proven right (even though I don't feel like drawing my last breath just yet)
Putting the moral issue as to whether we should participate this year to one side, I really don't think we have enough of a strategist off-the-field, or talent and the right mindset thereon, to win the World Cup.
 
In no particular order :

  • good draw for England, although not quite the pushover some seem to think
  • more significantly, they are in the weaker half of the draw
  • no out and out group of death but Group H looks the closest to it
  • Jenas did well, as it wasn't absolutely straightforward
  • it was a bit of a shame about the hour of absolute bollocks beforehand
 
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I cut out the middle man, well actually I forgot about it. So a quick look on the BBC website.
  • Group A: Qatar, Ecuador, Senegal, Netherlands
  • Group B: England, Iran, USA, Wales/Scotland/Ukraine
  • Group C: Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Poland
  • Group D: France, UAE/Australia/Peru, Denmark, Tunisia
  • Group E: Spain, Costa Rica/New Zealand, Germany, Japan
  • Group F: Belgium, Canada, Morocco, Croatia
  • Group G: Brazil, Serbia, Switzerland, Cameroon
  • Group H: Portugal, Ghana, Uruguay, South Korea
 
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Rich T said:
Wonder when we're due "football's coming home ",
"this time, more than any other time" etc, etc, blah, blah, blah?
Which'll be the first redtop to suggest our "sons of the desert" will come back with more glory than General Gordon?
When my Dad said to me, over 45 years ago, "Watch this, son. You'll never see anything like it again in in your lifetime ", I thought, "Surely he's wrong. We're kings of the world." I have, over the years, come to the realisation, he'll be proven right (even though I don't feel like drawing my last breath just yet)
Putting the moral issue as to whether we should participate this year to one side, I really don't think we have enough of a strategist off-the-field, or talent and the right mindset thereon, to win the World Cup.
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45 years ago?…..1977….what did we do then?
 
I think England's got a doddle to qualify out of the group, and realistically should win all three games quite easily.
 
** joke of a tournament which will disrupt the English football season.
Fuck FIFA and Qatar 22
 
Wizaard said:
Scotland didn't beat us, although they think a 0 0 draw is a win.
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I think your memory is playing tricks with you Wiz.

It's probably fairer to say that some English folk thought that they would easily beat a nation with a population of 10% of its own and a "two team pub league" and were surprised and disappointed when they failed to do so on their own midden.
 
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I think your memory is playing tricks with you Wiz.

It's probably fairer to say that some English folk thought that they would easily beat a nation with a population of 10% of its own and a "two team pub league" and were surprised and disappointed when they failed to do so on their own midden.
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Nonsense they celebrated like they'd won whilst England sloped off.
The banter I got from my wife's Scottish family whilst holidaying up there with them about the draw quickly reminding them they lost the other two games.😂
 
poolseasider said:
Nonsense they celebrated like they'd won whilst England sloped off.
The banter I got from my wife's Scottish family whilst holidaying up there with them about the draw quickly reminding them they lost the other two games.😂
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Morning pool

You appear to agree with me, some English folk "sloped off" because they were disappointed that they failed to beat a nation with a two team pub league on their own midden.
 
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