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Who are we fancying then? My outside bets are Poland and Sweden, but I feel the Germans will come through again. Are the Muricans showing any interest with their team being too shit to make the finals? England are shit too, will probably make the second round and that's it.

We live in hope.
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Umm this is mens soccer right? I might watch some. The last time the US team was fun to watch. But I tend to lose interest due to all the flopping and over acting (women dont seem to do this nearly as much).

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Aren’t Italy and the Netherlands out too? I’ll root for my boy Suarez and maybe Iceland or any other underdog doing better than they should.
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I fancy Argentina. Every team that wins the WC has a player that stands out and Messi is the best player in the world. Although I am not as confident as I was before Romero got injured.
Brazil now have a goalie but like Spain defence is suspect.
France and Germany obviously favourites with plenty of world class players.
Belgium should be there as well with Hazard and De Bruyne in midfield but like England in the past they have never got all their stars to click.
As for England, probably the weakest squad they have had at a WC so who knows the lack of expectation may help them???

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Heston wrote:
11 Jun 2018, 7:15pm
Who are we fancying then? My outside bets are Poland and Sweden, but I feel the Germans will come through again. Are the Muricans showing any interest with their team being too shit to make the finals? England are shit too, will probably make the second round and that's it.

We live in hope.
I haven’t taken much notice of it yet, but expect the usual suspects to do well. Belgium have a good squad too. No expectations for England, I just hope they play decent football.

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I wish you all plenty of scoreless ties!
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
12 Jun 2018, 6:05am
I wish you all plenty of scoreless ties!
That means more penalty shootouts!!

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101Walterton wrote:
12 Jun 2018, 6:42am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
12 Jun 2018, 6:05am
I wish you all plenty of scoreless ties!
That means more penalty shootouts!!
If that's a good thing, I endorse no goals scored ever and eternal bliss for you all.
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I'll watch. Will probably pull for Iceland and, generally, underdogs who surprise.
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I bet on Russia. They should be able to build shittier arenas and slaughter more stray dogs than Brasil.
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BostonBeaneater wrote:
12 Jun 2018, 11:56am
I bet on Russia. They should be able to build shittier arenas and slaughter more stray dogs than Brasil.
True but sadly all in vain the team is rubbish at football.

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Is Uruguay in it?
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JennyB wrote:
13 Jun 2018, 10:35am
Is Uruguay in it?
They play Egypt on Friday night.
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I'm going to root for Nigeria on account of their fantastic travel suits.

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