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fabiano
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Brazil4644 Posts
December 01 2017 16:03 GMT
#2681
If England does not get past the group stage this time...
"When the geyser died, a probe came out" - SirJolt
sneirac
Profile Joined July 2012
Germany3464 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-12-01 16:05:22
December 01 2017 16:04 GMT
#2682
Opening matchup fits this world cup perfectly.

Which is group of death, E over D?
possession wins games, kante is washed up and shit - pande
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
December 01 2017 16:05 GMT
#2683
On December 02 2017 01:03 aseq wrote:
Group A and H are weak but hard to predict.

Group B and G are the most clear groups.

Groups C, D, E, F have a clear #1 but 2nd place is up for grabs


Nothing is ever clear in England and World Cup groups :D
ModeratorTeam Liquid Football Thread Guru! - Chelsea FC ♥
Topin
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Peru10122 Posts
December 01 2017 16:05 GMT
#2684
well... people here are kinda optimistic. France will get #1 but all of my friends think we could do something vs Denmark and Australia. We need Guerrero to have a chance
i would define my style between a mix of ByuN, Maru and MKP
sharkie
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Austria18713 Posts
December 01 2017 16:05 GMT
#2685
Group D is clearly group of death. All 4 teams could advance from there
fabiano
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Brazil4644 Posts
December 01 2017 16:06 GMT
#2686
Last 5 World Cups Argentina got matched with Nigeria in 4 of them lol
"When the geyser died, a probe came out" - SirJolt
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
December 01 2017 16:07 GMT
#2687
On December 02 2017 01:06 fabiano wrote:
Last 5 World Cups Argentina got matched with Nigeria in 4 of them lol

To add to that
The last 6 times Nigeria made the world cup, drawn Argentina 5 times in group ^_^
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Mafe
Profile Joined February 2011
Germany5966 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-12-01 16:11:01
December 01 2017 16:09 GMT
#2688
Shitty draw. Second game against sweden, which we will lose because the we always suck in the second game of groupstage, and sweden is good enough to not let us escape with a draw. Then sweden will win their other games, we will probably face brazil in the ro16, or even worse, serbia if we win our group nevertheless. And these southeastern european teams are always our kryptonite, because we never give them any credit.
Compared to that, I would put down a quarterfinal against poland/belgium/england and a semifinal against argentina/spain/portugal as realative freewins.
Based on the draw, I estimate the likely outcomes for germany are:
groupstage elimination: 1%; ro16: 49%, ro8: 10%, ro4: 10%; second place: 15%; winner: 15%.
Makro
Profile Joined March 2011
France16890 Posts
December 01 2017 16:12 GMT
#2689
On December 02 2017 01:05 sharkie wrote:
Group D is clearly group of death. All 4 teams could advance from there

what about group H ?
Matthew 5:10 "Blessed are those who are persecuted because of shitposting, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven".
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sharkie
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Austria18713 Posts
December 01 2017 16:13 GMT
#2690
On December 02 2017 01:12 Makro wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 02 2017 01:05 sharkie wrote:
Group D is clearly group of death. All 4 teams could advance from there

what about group H ?


Same but it has no powerhouse teams.
H is like a lesser version of a group of death heh
fabiano
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Brazil4644 Posts
December 01 2017 16:13 GMT
#2691
On December 02 2017 01:09 Mafe wrote:
Shitty draw. Second game against sweden, which we will lose because the we always suck in the second game of groupstage, and sweden is good enough to not let us escape with a draw. Then sweden will win their other games, we will probably face brazil in the ro16, or even worse, serbia if we win our group nevertheless. And these southeastern european teams are always our kryptonite, because we never give them any credit.
Compared to that, I would put down a quarterfinal against poland/belgium/england and a semifinal against argentina/spain/portugal as realative freewins.
Based on the draw, I estimate the likely outcomes for germany are:
groupstage elimination: 1%; ro16: 49%, ro8: 10%, ro4: 10%; second place: 15%; winner: 15%.


so it's true the german are machines, full of logic and calculations haha
"When the geyser died, a probe came out" - SirJolt
aseq
Profile Joined January 2003
Netherlands4015 Posts
December 01 2017 16:13 GMT
#2692
Group F Germany, Mexico, Sweden, South Korea Ave coefficient: 1048.7625
Group C France, Australia, Peru, Denmark Ave coefficient: 1039.3975
Group B Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Iran Ave coefficient: 1031.105
Group D Argentina, Iceland, Croatia, Nigeria Ave coefficient: 986.7075
Group G Belgium, Panama, Tunisia, England Ave coefficient: 957.88
Group H Poland, Senegal, Colombia, Japan Ave coefficient: 948.275
Group E Brazil, Switzerland, Costa Rica, Serbia Ave coefficient: 744.565
Group A Russia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Uruguay Ave coefficient: 700.41
fabiano
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Brazil4644 Posts
December 01 2017 16:14 GMT
#2693
On December 02 2017 01:13 sharkie wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 02 2017 01:12 Makro wrote:
On December 02 2017 01:05 sharkie wrote:
Group D is clearly group of death. All 4 teams could advance from there

what about group H ?


Same but it has no powerhouse teams.
H is like a lesser version of a group of death heh


I vote for Group D and the Death Group too
"When the geyser died, a probe came out" - SirJolt
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
December 01 2017 16:18 GMT
#2694
left side of bracket

Uruguay vs Portugual
France vs Nigeria
Brazil vs Sweden/Meixco/SouthKorea no idea x D
England vs Colombia

right side of bracket

Spain vs Egypt
Argentina vs Denmark
Germany vs Switzerland/Serbia
Poland vs Belgium

This is my prediction the bracket will look like xd
ModeratorTeam Liquid Football Thread Guru! - Chelsea FC ♥
Rebs
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Pakistan10726 Posts
December 01 2017 16:53 GMT
#2695
On December 02 2017 01:13 fabiano wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 02 2017 01:09 Mafe wrote:
Shitty draw. Second game against sweden, which we will lose because the we always suck in the second game of groupstage, and sweden is good enough to not let us escape with a draw. Then sweden will win their other games, we will probably face brazil in the ro16, or even worse, serbia if we win our group nevertheless. And these southeastern european teams are always our kryptonite, because we never give them any credit.
Compared to that, I would put down a quarterfinal against poland/belgium/england and a semifinal against argentina/spain/portugal as realative freewins.
Based on the draw, I estimate the likely outcomes for germany are:
groupstage elimination: 1%; ro16: 49%, ro8: 10%, ro4: 10%; second place: 15%; winner: 15%.


so it's true the german are machines, full of logic and calculations haha


There is no logic and calculation, just arbitrary numbers plopped off an opinion. Which is fine but has no real statistical basis.

The draw is certainly not as perceptively easy as some of the other groups but Germany should win the group. After that who knows.


Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
December 01 2017 16:56 GMT
#2696
Also Poland bought in a mathematician to calculate how to get into pot 1 of world cup draw. They did this by playing 1 friendly game in last 3 years. Thus securing themselves top pot!

However FIFA were aware of this and are changing the seeding situation now haha
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RowdierBob
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
Australia13430 Posts
December 01 2017 17:20 GMT
#2697
Tough group for USA...
..
.
"Terrans are pretty much space-Australians" - H
mahrgell
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Germany3943 Posts
December 01 2017 17:22 GMT
#2698
On December 02 2017 02:20 RowdierBob wrote:
Tough group for USA...
..
.

USA, Italy, Netherlands, Chile is indeed quite a good looking one.
Mafe
Profile Joined February 2011
Germany5966 Posts
December 01 2017 17:41 GMT
#2699
On December 02 2017 01:56 Pandemona wrote:
Also Poland bought in a mathematician to calculate how to get into pot 1 of world cup draw. They did this by playing 1 friendly game in last 3 years. Thus securing themselves top pot!

However FIFA were aware of this and are changing the seeding situation now haha

If he got paid for that, he's a smart dude. There were articles about this before the 2014 world cup, so I assumed this wouldve been common knowledge to any professional football association. I think romania also did the same.
Faruko
Profile Joined April 2013
Chile34173 Posts
December 01 2017 17:41 GMT
#2700
Oh look argentina got an easy group again, who would have tought

guess Grondona never actually died
Ross was right // "Jesus Christ nahaz is doing shots before my eyes" (Sn0_Man, 2018)
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