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Post by Panda on Dec 9, 2013 22:35:41 GMT 1
I'm in the "it's not a terrible draw for England" camp. Uruguay are a one-man team. If you stop Suarez, you stop Uruguay. We were poor against Italy at the Euros but still held them to a 0-0 draw and then beat them in a friendly shortly afterwards. Costa Rica shouldn't be underestimated but the Central American sides are nowhere near as strong away from home. Italy seem to have got the worst deal when it comes to the venues, so as long we can get something in the first game, they could be the ones in trouble and it could end up being winner takes all for a place in the next round between Italy and Uruguay.
Looking to the knockout stages, I'd take anyone from Group C and if we can get past that, we're probably looking at Brazil or Holland in the quarters if we win our group or Spain if we don't. Can't see us beating any of them but we'd have more of a chance against Holland and they knocked out Brazil in 2010...
Once again, FIFA's annoying "geographical separation" system has thrown up some wild variations in the strength of the groups. Group G certainly looks the strongest - I fancied the USA as dark horses to reach the quarter-finals but they'll do incredibly well to get out of that group, though it could be a good chance for Portugal to be dumped out early.
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Post by Panda on Dec 10, 2013 2:14:34 GMT 1
Outcome according to the Elo Ratings:
GROUP A 1. Brazil, 2. Mexico, 3. Croatia, 4. Cameroon
GROUP B 1. Spain, 2. Holland, 3. Chile, 4. Australia
GROUP C 1. Colombia, 2. Greece, 3. Ivory Coast, 4. Japan
GROUP D 1. England, 2. Uruguay, 3. Italy, 4. Costa Rica
GROUP E 1. France, 2. Switzerland, 3. Ecuador, 4. Honduras
GROUP F 1. Argentina, 2. Bosnia, 3. Iran, 4. Nigeria
GROUP G 1. Germany, 2. Portugal, 3. USA, 4. Ghana
GROUP H 1. Russia, 2. Belgium, 3. South Korea, 4. Algeria
ROUND 2 Brazil v Holland Colombia v Uruguay France v Bosnia Germany v Belgium Spain v Mexico England v Greece Argentina v Switzerland Russia v Portugal
QUARTER-FINALS Brazil v Colombia France v Germany Spain v England Argentina v Portugal
SEMI-FINALS Brazil v Germany Spain v Argentina
FINAL Brazil v Spain (Brazil wins)
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Post by Panda on Dec 10, 2013 2:22:36 GMT 1
Outcome according to ESPN's "Soccer Power Index":
GROUP A 1. Brazil, 2. Mexico, 3. Croatia, 4. Cameroon
GROUP B 1. Spain, 2. Chile, 3. Holland, 4. Australia
GROUP C 1. Colombia, 2. Ivory Coast, 3. Greece, 4. Japan
GROUP D 1. Uruguay, 2. England, 3. Italy, 4. Costa Rica
GROUP E 1. France, 2. Ecuador, 3. Switzerland, 4. Honduras
GROUP F 1. Argentina, 2. Bosnia, 3. Nigeria, 4. Iran
GROUP G 1. Germany, 2. Portugal, 3. USA, 4. Ghana
GROUP H 1. Belgium, 2. Russia, 3. South Korea, 4. Argentina
ROUND 2 Brazil v Chile Colombia v England France v Bosnia Germany v Russia Spain v Mexico Uruguay v Ivory Coast Argentina v Ecuador Belgium v Portugal
QUARTER-FINALS Brazil v Colombia France v Germany Spain v Uruguay Argentina v Belgium
SEMI-FINALS Brazil v Germany Spain v Argentina
FINAL Brazil v Argentina (Brazil wins)
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Post by Panda on Dec 10, 2013 2:31:55 GMT 1
Outcome according to rankfootball.com
GROUP A 1. Brazil, 2. Croatia, 3. Mexico, 4. Cameroon
GROUP B 1. Chile, 2. Holland, 3. Spain, 4. Australia
GROUP C 1. Colombia, 2. Greece, 3. Japan, 4. Ivory Coast
GROUP D 1. Uruguay, 2. England, 3. Italy, 4. Costa Rica
GROUP E 1. France, 2. Ecuador, 3. Switzerland, 4. Honduras
GROUP F 1. Argentina, 2. Bosnia, 3. Iran, 4. Nigeria
GROUP G 1. Germany, 2. Portugal, 3. USA, 4. Ghana
GROUP H 1. Belgium, 2. Russia, 3. South Korea, 4. Algeria
ROUND 2 Brazil v Holland Colombia v England France v Bosnia Germany v Russia Chile v Croatia Uruguay v Greece Argentina v Ecuador Belgium v Portugal
QUARTER-FINALS Brazil v Colombia France v Germany Chile v Uruguay Argentina v Portugal
SEMI-FINALS Brazil v Germany Chile v Argentina
FINAL Brazil v Argentina (Brazil wins)
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Post by ligerdog7 on Dec 14, 2013 2:13:35 GMT 1
i bit puzzled change time englands 1st game cuz if england keep prosseing next game levels shorly mo far hav play and shorly be others games play 3am 5am 6am etc hollaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa wuffyyyyyyyyy moo upppppppppppppppp
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Post by frag on Dec 14, 2013 10:22:12 GMT 1
i bit puzzled change time englands 1st game cuz if england keep prosseing next game levels shorly mo far hav play and shorly be others games play 3am 5am 6am etc hollaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa wuffyyyyyyyyy moo upppppppppppppppp There aren't any games at such times (UK time). For the first half of the competition, most games kick off at 5pm, 8pm or 11pm. Then for the last group matches and the knockout stage, they switch to 5pm and 9pm. The exception is one match on the first Saturday, which kicks off at 2am Saturday night/Sunday morning. It was going to be England-Italy, but FIFA changed it and now it's Ivory Coast v Japan instead.
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