Board 8 > World Cup 2018 Discussion part 3

(+) Yeah! (+)

Whew lads England have a shot
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LOL
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Also of course as always neymar is such a bitch
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Coming home whew

Holy shit Germany fail
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South American teams are the absolute worst for this like why. I love the people but their style of soccer is sad
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Is there a website where it lists the National teams roster and then also shows the players Yearly Salaries from their regular clubs and whatnot?
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LOLIAmAnAlt posted...

Is there a website where it lists the National teams roster and then also shows the players Yearly Salaries from their regular clubs and whatnot?

Probably. There is for many other sports
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Well that's today's games over and done with. Lame.

imagine brazil ties from here lmao (obv they wont)
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Yeah Brazil put this to bed quite efficiently. Serbia could have made it interesting if they'd just made it to half-time.
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https://twitter.com/SiavoushF/status/1012011145660715008?s=19

Mexican fans carrying a Korean guy who is waving a Swedish flag

Hilarious. Love the world cup.
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Borefest.
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Switzerland/Costa Rica was probably more interesting.

Most of the B channel games seem to outshine the A channel games!
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XIII_rocks posted...

https://twitter.com/SiavoushF/status/1012011145660715008?s=19

Mexican fans carrying a Korean guy who is waving a Swedish flag

Hilarious. Love the world cup.

LOL
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XIII_rocks posted...

https://twitter.com/SiavoushF/status/1012011145660715008?s=19

Mexican fans carrying a Korean guy who is waving a Swedish flag

Hilarious. Love the world cup.

Moments like this and the One Piece duet are why football at its bestis an amazing feel-good sport.

Also, add another one to the "lol Germany" wagon.
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Knockout Stage Bracket
[A1] = [Uruguay 3W-0D-0L]
[B2] = [Portugal 1W-2D-0L]

[C1] = [France 2W-1D-0L]
[D2] = [Argentina 1W-1D-1L]

[E1] = [Brazil 2W-1D-0L]
[F2] = [Mexico 2W-0D-1L]

[G1] = [---]
[H2] = [---]

[B1] = [Spain 1W-2D-0L]
[A2] = [Russia 2W-0D-1L]

[D1] = [Croatia 3W-0D-0L]
[C2] = [Denmark 1W-2D-0L]

[F1] = [Sweden 2W-0D-1L]
[E2] = [Switzerland 1W-2D-0L]

[H1] = [---]
[G2] = [---]
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The bracket, with only 4 spots left!

Russia 2018 World Cup Knockout Stage

Knockout Stage Bracket
[A1] = [Uruguay 3W-0D-0L]
[B2] = [Portugal 1W-2D-0L]

[C1] = [France 2W-1D-0L]
[D2] = [Argentina 1W-1D-1L]

[E1] = [Brazil 2W-1D-0L]
[F2] = [Mexico 2W-0D-1L]

[G1] = [---]
[H2] = [---]

[B1] = [Spain 1W-2D-0L]
[A2] = [Russia 2W-0D-1L]

[D1] = [Croatia 3W-0D-0L]
[C2] = [Denmark 1W-2D-0L]

[F1] = [Sweden 2W-0D-1L]
[E2] = [Switzerland 1W-2D-0L]

[H1] = [---]
[G2] = [---]
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Awkward
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It happened.
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[A1] = [Uruguay 3W-0D-0L]
[B2] = [Portugal 1W-2D-0L]

[C1] = [France 2W-1D-0L]
[D2] = [Argentina 1W-1D-1L]

[E1] = [Brazil 2W-1D-0L]
[F2] = [Mexico 2W-0D-1L]

[G1] = [---]
[H2] = [---]

[B1] = [Spain 1W-2D-0L]
[A2] = [Russia 2W-0D-1L]

[D1] = [Croatia 3W-0D-0L]
[C2] = [Denmark 1W-2D-0L]

[F1] = [Sweden 2W-0D-1L]
[E2] = [Switzerland 1W-2D-0L]

[H1] = [---]
[G2] = [---]
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Bottom half has a combined 1/2 previous world cup wins (depending on if England are there or not)

Top half has a combined 10/11

FIFA Rankings of the teams definitely in:

Uruguay - 14
Portugal - 4
France - 7
Argentina - 5
Brazil - 2
Mexico - 15

Avg: 7.8

Spain - 10
Russia - 70
Croatia - 20
Denmark - 12
Sweden - 24
Switzerland - 6

Avg: 23.66
(12 if Russia are removed because they're such an outlier. If Mexico, the lowest-ranked team from the top half, are removed the average rank becomes 6.4)

Rankings of remaining teams:
Eng - 12 (tied with Denmark)
Belgium - 3
Colombia - 16
Senegal - 27
Japan - 61
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I am counting 10 world cup wins for the top half.
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FIFA Rankings are pretty imperfect and past doesn't = future but you can still take something from those stats. Really shows the gap between the two halves of the draw

Edit: yeah I meant to count France's but then forgot. Also forgot Uruguay's second win
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It looks like England and Belgium might actually want to lose :v
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XIII_rocks posted...

Denmark - 12

Lmao
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Mexico vs Brazil?

Go my taco peoples
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Christian motherfucking Eriksen brother.

Anyway! They're really imperfect rankings but I like them as a general guide. Where would you put Denmark?
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FlyingForever posted...

South American teams are the absolute worst for this like why. I love the people but their style of soccer is sad

South American games are so much fun though, wut.
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I look forward to Portugal beating all the teams ranked lower than them in the knockout round.

Please
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Alright so I did the ELO Rankings and it's a bit closer - and possibly more realistic? - but there's still a pretty big discrepancy.

Uruguay - 9
Portugal - 5
France - 3
Argentina - 11
Brazil - 1
Mexico - 19

Average: 8
w/o Mexico: 5.8

Spain - 2
Russia - 45
Croatia - 8
Denmark - 15
Sweden - 17
Switzerland - 12

Average: 16.5
w/o Russia: 10.8
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Whats wrong with the south american style of soccer
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paulg235 posted...

XIII_rocks posted...

https://twitter.com/SiavoushF/status/1012011145660715008?s=19

Mexican fans carrying a Korean guy who is waving a Swedish flag

Hilarious. Love the world cup.

Moments like this and the One Piece duet are why football at its bestis an amazing feel-good sport.

Yeah I had some amazing interactions with people from various nations in Brazil. Met a Brazilian girl in Manaus I still talk to occasionally. In Salvador before USA/Belgium I was taken out to dinner by a British family who bought me lobster and beer! Then shared a taxi to the match with a sportswriter from Munich and a South Korean, and after the match went out for drinks with two Nigerians, an American, and a Brazilian. Classic times.
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LOLIAmAnAlt posted...

Whats wrong with the south american style of soccer

Diving a lot

handsomeboy2012 posted...

LOLIAmAnAlt posted...

Whats wrong with the south american style of soccer

Diving a lot

That happens in all of the regions though.
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As someone who was really looking forward to England v Belgium this is kind of upsetting

Part of me wants England out so I can stop feeling so unbearably optimistic

Lose to belgium
Beat japan, sweden, croatia, france.
It's coming home guys.
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England should not lose en route to their World Cup victory, but they should get a couple more yellow cards in their match tomorrow. Hell, I'd be happy to see a rematch with a cool Belgium team in the final. But yes...bottom half is more favourable.
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If Senegal and Japan both tie who gets 1st place?
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I dunno ,losing for an easy route just seems unsporting and is booworthy.
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XIII_rocks posted...

Christian motherfucking Eriksen brother.

Anyway! They're really imperfect rankings but I like them as a general guide. Where would you put Denmark?

Probably around 20th I think, it gets pretty close around there.
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England Belgium hype!
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In the wiki:

Fair play points: Japan 3, Senegal 5.

So if nothing else changes, and both end up with a draw, Japan should have first place based on this.

Fair play points are based on yellow cards and red cards a team gets.
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Belgium is my last "built in" rooting interest but it doesn't seem like the teams need to really care about the game today?
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*plays "Self-Preservation Society" badly on trumpet*
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To make the comedy complete, they just had to have Belgium - England take place AFTER it's clear whether first or second place would be facing Colombia. If Colombia place second, it'll be hilarious watching both trying to lose.
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https://mobile.twitter.com/GaryLineker/status/1012215256209387521?s=19
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It's pretty funny England started thinking they're good after putting a few goals past the worst team in the tournament. Quickly forgot the lucky win over another pretty bad team a few days earlier. If they'd been in Germany's group, they'd have been last, without a win.
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Vlado posted...

It's pretty funny England started thinking they're good after putting a few goals past the worst team in the tournament. Quickly forgot the lucky win over another pretty bad team a few days earlier. If they'd been in Germany's group, they'd have been last, without a win.

If they beat Belgium then it's coming home
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