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World Cup Draw
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Would love for canada to get a win in the group phase, that should be considered a big success. I'd probably be thrilled with a point though. If they somehow made it out of the group phase it'd be a miracle. They could easily lose all 3 games. Anything can happen and I am hopeful. It will be a great learning experience for 2026.
Not sure you have seen other European teams if you think that is top raw talent. Their offensive power looks great but European teams have been trained to handle that kind of shit for more than a decade now which makes them really hard to crack open.
that tie led to england finishing below us, facing germany in the knockouts and getting hammered 4-1
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euro 2020 was the first time there was a widespread positive expectation about England since the 'golden generation' of 2006. It's so boring to see his shit when this is the first world cup in 16 years that this trope is actually true. While people hating the side due to our politics is said I have less problem with people being anti english because its inevitable as the country has behaved like dickheads for the last 10 years (and plenty of time before) or just annoyed about the hooligan element in our fanbase but could you at least get the reason you dislike us/our fans correct plz ta x
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I'd like to hope people don't allow nationalism to push them toward foolishness that would get them banned.
I mean it's not like the mod team isn't going to plan ahead and try to quell the fervor so people keep cool heads.
Lmao you're already calling people dickheads in here and this is the draw thread!
Be surprised to see Ukraine even play Scotland let alone beat them.
If Scotland qualify then that group is isn't bad for us at all. Would expect to qualify for ko stages.
I do hope the mod team does a good job of quelling racially-charged terms that made the last World Cup thread unbearable (i.e. calling South American/African players "savages").
aimed at the english fans that are booing him after scoring an own goal 😎Prepping this
If we're talking about unearned arrogance let's just remember that Scotland have never gotten past the first round of a major tournament in their history 😂
Englands fans are weird. Iceland is their only truly embarrassing exit from a tournament in absolutely ages. Don't think 2014 was that embarrassing as they were in a group with Uruguay and Italy who at the time were much better than them, in 2012 by an Italian side much better than them, 2010 a German side much better than them etc. Then they go wild over World Cup 2018 when they best side they beat was Colombia, and then got knocked out by a Croatian side that they should have been much better than on paper, and Euro 2020 by an Italian side they should have been much better than on paper, possibly shown by Italy not even qualifying for the tournaments before or after it.
So in short, they over-react either way. They're bad tournaments aren't really that bad, and their good tournaments aren't really that good.
So in short, they over-react either way. They're bad tournaments aren't really that bad, and their good tournaments aren't really that good.
Don't forget about the people who will come in just to berate people for watching the WC.
They have the future 🐐 Gabi Martinelli. (it's gross that I need to root for the 3 lions to support my young gunners)
Any self-respecting englishman has both "it's coming home" and "southgate is a football terrorist" takes ready to go at any time
And it's still catching feelings after all these years. Legendary.Always thought this was hilarious
I will say this. Lessons will be learned from the 2018 thread. I'm personally doing a review of it myself just to remind myself of how it started and when the ugliness started to manifest. It was embarrassing to see and I'd rather lock the thread before we see a repeat.
To be fair, there were A LOT of bans handed out for inappropriate comments and many or most of those people aren't members of the forum anymore.
But I definitely feel and hear where you are coming from and I have already brought up the World Cup OT as something the mod leadership needs to discuss in our next meeting, so we are prepared and have a strong message out front so things go well. Feel free to shoot me anything you feel needs to be addressed.
The OT should be about us having fun, rooting for our teams, and celebrating the game. Zero tolerance this year for racism and that other bullshit.
Its a nice thought. There is always a chance it will be different. But history that dates back to our days at Gaf have proven WC/Euro threads can get pretty feisty.
I'm not expecting anything. Canada is already a winner just by making it to the World Cup. Do we get a participation ribbon?
Actually feeling better about the Brazil squad this time around. If we kick Bolsonaro out and win the sixth cup around the same time at the end of the year, maybe we will regain some measure of national pride.
The Iranian crowd will be a sight to behold. Can't count out a team playing with that kind of energy in the stadium.
Greatest troll report ever? People still don't get that the NYP was shitting on the US players for celebrating after the tie lmao.
when have Scotland ever been arrogant about their football team tho? (well maybe except '78 lol)
Indeed and wouldn't get a better opportunity with that group.
I'm not saying this with any animosity (on the contrary) but if you're all serious about modding the World Cup thread this time, I hope you at least realize that some mods should not be exempt of criticism in the mess that was the last thread.
Best opening reply ever.
Mexico has it tough, but it's not too different than previous groups, it's doable. However, and as usual, it is highly improbable it is finishing in 1st place, it's 2nd or getting busted, and as such, it's overwhelmingly likely it'll be playing France in the next round. So yeah, it would be another World Cup, another missed fifth game. Feels bad, man.
While Croatia and Belgium are strong teams, I wouldn't call them "big". Big teams are world cup winners. France, Germany, Brasil, Spain, et. al.