6 african teams in pot 3 lol
The 32 teams are complete! Here are the pots accdg to lefty:
Any early predictions? I have Germany winning it all
And no Germany ain't winning
A bunch of mental midgets
A bunch of midgets won in 2010, so what are the chances that they'll have their turn this season.
Mental midgets, I said
Best possible group IMO:
Brazil
Japan
France
Italy
Worst possible group:
Switzerland
Costa Rica
Cameroon
England
I'd bet on a Brazil vs Spain final, with Brazil winning.
3th place, Germany.
...with France self destroying again in the group phase.
Germany or Brazil, I think. And I don't see Spain repeating, repeating the WC is tough enough a mission by itself and Spanish football has been going downhill in recent years it seemed like (Barca falling short in the Champions League two years in a row)
I think FIFA intentionally sorts teams of the same continent in the same pot so the chance of same-continent teams being drawn in the same group is minimized imho.
Did not get the "joke"...
Joke?
It's truth tbh
I know, just wanted to make him/Scarlett feel better...
Top 24 Ranked Teams qualified (per FIFA Rankings) - that's insane. This is a tough World Cup, could easily have multiple groups of death.
I'd put Brazil as favorites simply because of their record in Brazil. I definitely think Germany can win it, but they have so much firepower it may be tough to find a starting XI that fits perfectly because Low has to accommodate other egos.
Best possible group for US: Switzerland, US, Algeria, Bosnia.
Worst possible group for US: Anyone else from Pot 1, US, Ghana, Italy.
lol we won't be easy work this time Scott
I'm thinking Argentina to win - of course i never ever predict anything right, so i guess the argies can blame it on me...
Russia and Croatia are the weakest in pot 4, but things can change by the time the cup rolls around. I haven't payed much attention to other qualifications so i have no idea how good the other teams are, hoping for some pleasant surprises...
We're a lot better than our 2010 team, tbqh
Switzerland being in pot 1 makes me laugh tbh, is it only because they defeated Spain in 10' South Africa? Columbia is also overrated imho, just a South American version of Sweden- one super striker (Falcao) + scrubs, and I'd put Italy or England in pot 1 in place of them any day, maybe they have to split pot 1 between South America and Europe I'm not sure. Belgium is well justified though, they have a band of wonderkids who've lived up to their potentials (Hazard, Lukaku, Kompany, Defour and many others) and they'll be a serious compe or next year, albeit not a championship contender
True tbh.
We have improved too, but substantially
Dark horse in this tournament, IMO
Bosnia and Herzegovina...Wouldn't even count them out totally..Their offense is one of the best in Europe right now.
Colombia just beat Belgium 2-0 at their home.
So what?
Japan just beat Belgium in Brussels...It's just a friendly.
Rogue was saying that Colombia shouldn't be on pot 1 and Belgium should. I see them as teams of the same level, tbh. In fact going by recent results Colombia is a tad better.
Here's a simulator you can play around with...
http://ultra-zone.net/2014-FIFA-Worl...up-Stage-Draws
Argentina, Iran, Cameroon and Russia. With all the strongs teams in lesser pots I like it. Closest thing I got to a "group of death" is Spain, Korea, Ghana and Holland.
I don't think so.
I've tried clicking on virutally every link but I didn't see anywhere where I could simulate the knockout stage.
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