Apart from the group with Spain and Portugal in you mean?
― Matt DC, Friday, 1 December 2017 15:52 (six years ago) link
You need at least three teams in contention for a proper Group of Death.
― Action of Boyle Man Prompts Visitor to Stay (Tom D.), Friday, 1 December 2017 15:53 (six years ago) link
Yes!
― Frederik B, Friday, 1 December 2017 15:53 (six years ago) link
Fred will be happy.
― Action of Boyle Man Prompts Visitor to Stay (Tom D.), Friday, 1 December 2017 15:54 (six years ago) link
lol (xp)
small nation mentality
― Illegal Ethiopian Dance Music (Noodle Vague), Friday, 1 December 2017 15:55 (six years ago) link
ok now Group D is pure hipster
― Illegal Ethiopian Dance Music (Noodle Vague), Friday, 1 December 2017 15:56 (six years ago) link
Russia vs Saudi Arabia as the first game of the tournament. #getthispartystarted
― Matt DC, Friday, 1 December 2017 15:57 (six years ago) link
Overall a pretty good draw, no? Denmark lucky, but apart from Morocco and Iran nobody can be that upset.
― Frederik B, Friday, 1 December 2017 15:58 (six years ago) link
group d not quite a group of death, more a group of sustained peril
― ogmor, Friday, 1 December 2017 15:58 (six years ago) link
great group for england
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Friday, 1 December 2017 15:58 (six years ago) link
Group H could be interesting, all DARK HORSES all the time.
― Matt DC, Friday, 1 December 2017 15:59 (six years ago) link
when did England last get out of a group? they may have a shot
― Illegal Ethiopian Dance Music (Noodle Vague), Friday, 1 December 2017 15:59 (six years ago) link
I think Morocco could frustrate Portugal or Spain
lol russia vs saudi arabia is on my birthday too - gonna be sweet
― nxd, Friday, 1 December 2017 16:00 (six years ago) link
i've decided i'm supporting mo salah's egypt
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Friday, 1 December 2017 16:00 (six years ago) link
Overall a pretty good draw, no?
Dull as ditchwater for the neutrals. Apart from Por v. Spa.
― Action of Boyle Man Prompts Visitor to Stay (Tom D.), Friday, 1 December 2017 16:00 (six years ago) link
PolandSenegalColombiaJapan
^is that the most balanced WC group ever?
― ogmor, Friday, 1 December 2017 16:02 (six years ago) link
Calling Argentina v Croatia as the game of the tournament already. England v Belgium dead rubber probably the worst.
― Matt DC, Friday, 1 December 2017 16:02 (six years ago) link
H is the Group of Life.
― Action of Boyle Man Prompts Visitor to Stay (Tom D.), Friday, 1 December 2017 16:03 (six years ago) link
lol
― ogmor, Friday, 1 December 2017 16:05 (six years ago) link
― Action of Boyle Man Prompts Visitor to Stay (Tom D.), 1. december 2017 17:00 (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Well, yeah. These two things might be connected :)
― Frederik B, Friday, 1 December 2017 16:05 (six years ago) link
Jose Fonte knows more about geography than Shearer.
― Action of Boyle Man Prompts Visitor to Stay (Tom D.), Friday, 1 December 2017 16:10 (six years ago) link
Spain group closest to something of a death group.
I expect Morocco to shine and take second place.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 1 December 2017 16:13 (six years ago) link
PolandSenegalColombiaJapan^is that the most balanced WC group ever?― ogmor, Friday, 1 December 2017 16:02 (forty-eight seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― ogmor, Friday, 1 December 2017 16:02 (forty-eight seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
According to our agreed-on Ogmor Quality scale, yes it is.
The same scale tells us that the easiest group is group A (cumulative quality points 81, where the best team gets 1 point and the worst gets 32) and the most difficult group is F (53).
― Tim, Friday, 1 December 2017 16:15 (six years ago) link
now that's the sort of stats the people need to hear
― ogmor, Friday, 1 December 2017 16:17 (six years ago) link
Three quarters of the Spain group total next-door neighbours also, you could probably get from Portugal to Morocco in a car in an afternoon (NB this estimate is untested).
― Tim, Friday, 1 December 2017 16:20 (six years ago) link
(via Spain obv)
― Tim, Friday, 1 December 2017 16:21 (six years ago) link
My gut feel is that Colombia are comfortably the best team in that group but we'll find out.
― Matt DC, Friday, 1 December 2017 16:22 (six years ago) link
colombia didn't look great getting beaten by SK the other day. that's definitely the most curious, I've not seen senegal play at all
― ogmor, Friday, 1 December 2017 16:26 (six years ago) link
How are Eng fucking thia up? I don't know but I'll enjoy finding out.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 1 December 2017 17:02 (six years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DP-RCM-X4AMgiVV.jpg
Love this pic; so many possible explanations for what might be happening here; most of them are more plausible than "this is the draw for the world cup 2018".
― Tim, Friday, 1 December 2017 17:26 (six years ago) link
why are they in area 51
― infinity (∞), Friday, 1 December 2017 17:30 (six years ago) link
The general lack of legit good teams (four, maybe) should make this pretty even and interesting, I think.
Has anyone got tickets / plans to go?
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Friday, 1 December 2017 17:31 (six years ago) link
I've not seen senegal play at all
Mane, Balde Keita, Sow and Niang up front, Koullibaly at the back - definitely wouldn’t bet on Colombia in their current form.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Friday, 1 December 2017 17:36 (six years ago) link
Russia could well be out of this after the first round; I can see Egypt and Uruguay ending above them.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 1 December 2017 17:50 (six years ago) link
Here's hoping.
― Action of Boyle Man Prompts Visitor to Stay (Tom D.), Friday, 1 December 2017 18:00 (six years ago) link
I'm sure their fans will accept it with passive equanimity
― Illegal Ethiopian Dance Music (Noodle Vague), Friday, 1 December 2017 18:10 (six years ago) link
Russia’s main problem, apart from Igor Akinfeev, is that they are incredibly boring but if they can click I think they should probably finish above Egypt.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Friday, 1 December 2017 18:18 (six years ago) link
Craig Bellamy8/11Tony Pulis3/1Ryan Giggs11/2Osian Roberts8/1Carl Robinson10/1Thierry Henry18/1Kit Symons20/1Rob Page22/1Dean Saunders25/1John Hartson25/1
What a shitty shortlist for next Wales manager, wouldn't want any of these near a league one club.
standard Ryan Giggs hilarity:"Of course I'm interested," 44-year-old Giggs told Sky Sports.
"I've not spoken to anyone at the moment but I'd definitely be interested.
― calzino, Saturday, 9 December 2017 12:24 (six years ago) link
Thierry Henry!!
― imago, Saturday, 9 December 2017 12:44 (six years ago) link
A bit like Giggs in that he wants to be an engine driver with an engine driver hat when he grows up, although obv Giggs is the extreme case,
― calzino, Saturday, 9 December 2017 13:02 (six years ago) link
Giggs very much the Full Kit Wanker of the management world. He carries a sheepskin coat, a pint of wine and a wound-down car window with him everywhere he goes these days.
― Thomas Gabriel Fischer does not endorse (aldo), Sunday, 10 December 2017 12:36 (six years ago) link
and yet strangely never goes towards lower tier clubs where he might have an actual chance of being given an experimental chance
― best display name of 2017 (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 10 December 2017 12:44 (six years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/feb/01/russia-world-cup-locusts-pitch-damage-officials-fear
― alomar lines, Thursday, 1 February 2018 04:41 (six years ago) link
most of the world cup kits are v disappointing, boring and a bit 90s-blocky. I quite like japan & argentina's kits, and belgium's is good:
http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/adidas-new-kit-belgium.png
but the new nigeria kit is an instant classic
https://images.cdn.fourfourtwo.com/sites/fourfourtwo.com/files/styles/image_landscape/public/nike-news-football-soccer-nigeria-national-team-kit-12_original.jpg?itok=OAZj29nj
― ogmor, Friday, 9 February 2018 12:49 (six years ago) link
agree on all 4!
the away kits for portugal, france and croatia too
― nxd, Friday, 9 February 2018 12:53 (six years ago) link
obvs the german 1990 nod too
oh that portugal away kit is nice and seems quite portuguese to me. the german kit is also deutsch as hell, not bad http://www2.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Leroy+Sane+Germany+Adidas+Present+New+Kit+PDmLLEODQtvl.jpg
― ogmor, Friday, 9 February 2018 12:59 (six years ago) link
These are all pretty nice, Nigeria especially. I like the French one too:
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C9nKP5NwspU/Wg3J6dfXvXI/AAAAAAABXPU/BlohnWUwZa00lHmXd-AaG_vFh8vLHVRKACLcBGAs/s550/france-2018-world-cup-kit-2.jpg
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 9 February 2018 13:02 (six years ago) link