Lord Snooty Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Belgium won't win it. All fur coat and no knickers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willie adie Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 belgium. the perennial under achievers. the Jimmy White of world football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsr Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 8 hours ago, GordonS said: Guys... I think Spain might be good at taking PEDs. FTFY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Of the teams who have won it before, I'd like to see Germany do it again. France/Argentina/Uruguay I wouldn't mind. I have irrational and varying amounts of hatred for Brazil, Spain and England so none of them please. Ideally I'd like to see someone new win it: Belgium, Croatia or Colombia for example. Hatred of England is not irrational but pure football rivalry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marten Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 8 hours ago, Lord Snooty said: Belgium won't win it. All fur coat and no knickers. They're good in midfield & strong up front, but their defence is going to let them down tbh. Also, they've more or less taken over the role the Dutch used to play by eventually self-destructing after internal issues every single tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merkie84 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Belgium remind me a lot of England. Because so many of their players play in England and therefore are familiar to us , they are hyped up and their players are assumed to be better than players who play in different leagues that we rarely see playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Snooty Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 I may risk 50 pence on Uruguay. They don't have much strength in depth though. Or a meringue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Ferguson's Hat Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Doubt the bookies accept meringues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney Rubble Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Germany will win this - no contest. Preferably in a Germany - Croatia final to give us something different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peppino Impastato Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Barcelona Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blootoon87 Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 Well then, who needs to revise their choice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 Getting slightly more hopeful about an Argentina Uruguay final, both will have to improve though. My wild card of Mexico took a bit of a dip today. P.S. Haven't checked if they would meet before the Final which would be annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YassinMoutaouakil Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 37 minutes ago, Blootoon87 said: Well then, who needs to revise their choice? I still have high hopes for South Korea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YassinMoutaouakil Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 13 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Getting slightly more hopeful about an Argentina Uruguay final, both will have to improve though. My wild card of Mexico took a bit of a dip today. P.S. Haven't checked if they would meet before the Final which would be annoying. They can only meet in the quarters now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue_e'hm_A_Dee Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 12 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Getting slightly more hopeful about an Argentina Uruguay final, both will have to improve though. My wild card of Mexico took a bit of a dip today. P.S. Haven't checked if they would meet before the Final which would be annoying. Yeah they would meet in the quarters unfortunately if Argentina beat France and Uruguay beat Portugal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 6 minutes ago, YassinMoutaouakil said: They can only meet in the quarters now. 6 minutes ago, Blue_e'hm_A_Dee said: Yeah they would meet in the quarters unfortunately if Argentina beat France and Uruguay beat Portugal. Shite. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 The World Cup is hotting up now. The games yesterday were both excellent with lots of good performances.Uruguay and France both look the part. If it’s going to be a European team then France or Spain look the most likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kebab Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 On 26/06/2018 at 06:46, Willie adie said: belgium. the perennial under achievers. the Jimmy White of world football. I don't really understand this thing about Belgium being underachievers. As a football nation they're about the same size as us. Similar numbers of players, clubs, similar incomes and attendances. But working backwards from the most recent tournament their World Cup record is QF, DNQ, DNQ, R16, G32, R16, R16, SF, G12, Ours is DNQ, DNQ, DNQ, DNQ, G32, DNQ, G24, G24, G24 Their Euro record is QF, DNQ, DNQ, DNQ, G16, DNQ, DNQ, DNQ, G8, RU. Ours is DNQ, DNQ, DNQ, DNQ, DNQ, G16, G8, DNQ, DNQ, DNQ. Surely we're the underachievers? Let's not get started on England, who are by a distance the biggest underachievers of the major footballing nations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 5 minutes ago, GordonS said: I don't really understand this thing about Belgium being underachievers. As a football nation they're about the same size as us. Similar numbers of players, clubs, similar incomes and attendances. It's probably to do with them having players all across top European clubs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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