EPT2017 - 2018 Football Thread - Page 122
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Topin
Peru10129 Posts
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aseq
Netherlands4025 Posts
On November 16 2017 13:03 DaCruise wrote: Nice. So with Peru likely making it the list of teams is complete. Possible group of death? -Germany -Spain -Senegal -Japan/Serbia Or maybe: -Brasil -Spain -Denmark -Japan/serbia Can’t have serbia in 4th spot there, only 2 euro countries per group allowed. The pots seem quite decent this time around, i don’t think there will be crazy groups of death this time around. Brazil, Spain, Denmark, Japan is the strongest possibility, I think, but even then there are 2 clear favorites. I think teams from pots 1&2 are nearly always favorites vs pots 3&4, something that wasn’t always the case in the past (are fifa rankings improving?). Bookies only have Peru outside top16 to win it. There could be some really weak groups though: Russia, Peru, Iran, Panama is probably one of the weakest. | ||
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Acrofales
Spain18486 Posts
On November 16 2017 12:25 DaCruise wrote: So apparently the US is looking for possibilities to host a "B" World Cup this summer for some of the teams that didnt qualify. Good luck with that. Wouldn't FIFA shut that down pronto? Also, who cares? Who exactly is interested in "the best of the rest"? Even if Netherlands is in the latter cup, I'll still be more interested in the actual world cup. It was our failure to qualify and a losers cup has even less appeal than the match for 3rd place: at least if you win that you're 3rd. If you win the loser's cup you're what? 33rd? :'D | ||
GTR
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sharkie
Austria18767 Posts
On November 16 2017 17:09 Acrofales wrote: Wouldn't FIFA shut that down pronto? Also, who cares? Who exactly is interested in "the best of the rest"? Even if Netherlands is in the latter cup, I'll still be more interested in the actual world cup. It was our failure to qualify and a losers cup has even less appeal than the match for 3rd place: at least if you win that you're 3rd. If you win the loser's cup you're what? 33rd? :'D I have seen many times that the match for 3rd place is "meaningless". But why do people say that in football? There are matches for bronze in other sports too and I never saw them labeled as useless. Also SF finish is not celebrated as much as 3rd place finish. Why is 3rd place meaningless in football? | ||
Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Draw is in 2 weeks Friday, should be another exciting installment :D Also no more internationals now until March 2018! Time to focus on those domestic games <3 wooop | ||
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Acrofales
Spain18486 Posts
On November 16 2017 17:40 sharkie wrote: I have seen many times that the match for 3rd place is "meaningless". But why do people say that in football? There are matches for bronze in other sports too and I never saw them labeled as useless. Also SF finish is not celebrated as much as 3rd place finish. Why is 3rd place meaningless in football? I dunno. Unlike the olympics, nobody ever counts second or third places for football world cups. You're either the winner, or one of the losers. Why is it like that? I don't know. It just is. Same for other football tournaments. Hell, CL doesn't even have a match to decide third place (nor do national cups). | ||
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Sapaio
Denmark2037 Posts
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
 Jorge Mendes is the frontrunner to sign Dele Alli to his agency Gestifute, Sky Sports News understands. So...good old Mendes aka Mourinho's bff. Wonder what that will do! | ||
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Bacillus
Finland2122 Posts
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/nov/16/world-cup-finals-create-your-own-draw-for-russia-2018-interactive Seems a bit clunky, but provides some amusement nevertheless. | ||
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sneirac
Germany3464 Posts
![[image loading]](http://puu.sh/ynfbF/bb046908e8.png) | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
+ Show Spoiler [Groups] + ![[image loading]](https://i.imgur.com/pSp8R5m.jpg) + Show Spoiler [Bracket] + ![[image loading]](https://i.imgur.com/g2Kxxje.jpg) | ||
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sharkie
Austria18767 Posts
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Bacillus
Finland2122 Posts
On November 16 2017 22:37 sneirac wrote: seems legit One of my first draws had England winning the whole thing... | ||
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Ysellian
Netherlands9029 Posts
![[image loading]](https://i.imgur.com/MxlWVh1.jpg) | ||
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Rebs
Pakistan10726 Posts
On November 16 2017 22:37 sneirac wrote: seems legit out of my 5 draw's Portugal won thrice, Poland once and Peru once. | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
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Topin
Peru10129 Posts
On November 16 2017 22:39 Pandemona wrote: Haha thanks for that was good fun, i got some stupid ass bracket results though lol. Group draw makes sense but they predict some right silly crap for the bracket XD + Show Spoiler [Groups] + + Show Spoiler [Bracket] + i dont have any problem with group A  | ||
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Pakistan10726 Posts
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Mafe
Germany5966 Posts
On November 16 2017 15:39 aseq wrote: Can’t have serbia in 4th spot there, only 2 euro countries per group allowed. The pots seem quite decent this time around, i don’t think there will be crazy groups of death this time around. Brazil, Spain, Denmark, Japan is the strongest possibility, I think, but even then there are 2 clear favorites. I think teams from pots 1&2 are nearly always favorites vs pots 3&4, something that wasn’t always the case in the past (are fifa rankings improving?). Bookies only have Peru outside top16 to win it. There could be some really weak groups though: Russia, Peru, Iran, Panama is probably one of the weakest. The world rankings are far from perfect, but until this world cup, the pots only had eight seeded teams (based on world rankings in the recent editions), with the remaining 3 pots only based on geography. I the apparent improvement is due to the rather sensible decision to make more use of the rankings, and not necessarily a sign of the rankings itself improving. | ||
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