SirBalon Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Every football tournament brings up surprises from the overachieving underdog having a marvellous tournament to the big boy that fails miserably like Spain did in Brazil 2014, Argentina in the past or even Brazil in their own World Cups with the Maracanazo v1.0 and v.2.0. France also had their massive collapse in a World Cup not too long ago. We all know the favourites for this summer's World Cup... Who will fail, who out of those big boys will have an unexpected nightmare and fail massively. I would suspect that after Argentina's result against Spain this week many may be inclined to go for them but one should be wary about these things because no matter the score line, it's only one defeat apart from the one against Nigeria. What do you envisage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Brazil. Still have them losing out in the round of 16/quarter finals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Dan+ Posted March 29, 2018 Subscriber Share Posted March 29, 2018 Probably seems too obvious (the World Cup has a habit of surprising you) but I'll go Argentina. They just look a total shambles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 I fail to see how it can't be anyone but Argentina. Awful qualifying campaign, they look far from convincing, the team doesn't look settled, and I really feel they have a potentially dangerous group that could even see them eliminated. Messi can only do so much. I'd actually back Croatia to top it, Iceland will be difficult to beat and Nigeria are a complete wildcard. I don't even know quite frankly how Argentina can be considered a favourite but I guess that's just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asura Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Have a feeling Brasil will be very bad in the world cup, second pick has to be Argentina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted March 29, 2018 Subscriber Share Posted March 29, 2018 Argentina definitely but I wouldn't be surprised to see another French or Brazilian disaster either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 14 minutes ago, Lucas said: I fail to see how it can't be anyone but Argentina. Awful qualifying campaign, they look far from convincing, the team doesn't look settled, and I really feel they have a potentially dangerous group that could even see them eliminated. Messi can only do so much. I'd actually back Croatia to top it, Iceland will be difficult to beat and Nigeria are a complete wildcard. I don't even know quite frankly how Argentina can be considered a favourite but I guess that's just me. If Argentina are bad, Croatia are worse. Iceland are a better choice to top that group. Croatia will finish dead bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Argentina or France I say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted March 29, 2018 Administrator Share Posted March 29, 2018 2 minutes ago, Ruigol said: If Argentina are bad, Croatia are worse. Iceland are a better choice to top that group. Croatia will finish dead bottom. I don't think Nigeria can be underestimated either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Just now, Stan said: I don't think Nigeria can be underestimated either! Yeah, they look decent this time around. I don't particularly rate their squad but I think they play better for national level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted March 29, 2018 Administrator Share Posted March 29, 2018 Just now, Ruigol said: Yeah, they look decent this time around. I don't particularly rate their squad but I think they play better for national level. I really want Ndidi to do well for them. Going up against stars of Argentina and players like Modric will be a great reward for him considering his age and how well he's done for us domestically too. The only risk if he does do well is that he will become more marketable and the transfer rumour vultures will start circling. I want him to be with us for ages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 England Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 2 minutes ago, Stan said: I really want Ndidi to do well for them. Going up against stars of Argentina and players like Modric will be a great reward for him considering his age and how well he's done for us domestically too. The only risk if he does do well is that he will become more marketable and the transfer rumour vultures will start circling. I want him to be with us for ages. At this point, I can honestly see Iceland and Nigeria go through. Again, I don't rate Nigeria's squad at club level but its a whole different horse at national level and they got out of the toughest qualifying group in Africa quite easily. Not a small feat. And yeah that's what happens in the World Cup. Its kind of why I hope we at least do something respectable in Russia. Get these players to bigger clubs and then prepare for Qatar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Artful Dodger Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Are Argentina even considered as a favourite? I don't see them getting far at all. I think Brazil will have a poor tournament too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bozziovai Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 argentina. they'll progress in their group but after seeing that 6-1 defeat to spain, even if that's only a friendly and minus god-messi, still, to have been thwarted so easily like that i'm not so sure if they're up against a good squad such as Spain or germany in the quarters that they'll advance. brazil. hoping neymar will fail again ................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azeem Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Italy won it in 2006 ------> knocked out in the group stages in 2010 Spain won it in 2010 ------> out in the group stages in 2014 Germany won it in 2014 -----> If you know what i mean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted March 30, 2018 Administrator Share Posted March 30, 2018 14 minutes ago, Devon Von Devon said: Italy won it in 2006 ------> knocked out in the group stages in 2010 Spain won it in 2010 ------> out in the group stages in 2014 Germany won it in 2014 -----> If you know what i mean knowing those pesky Germans they'll win it again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Honey Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 It's about time the world cup was won by a imperfect team like the euros gets every now and then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azeem Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 33 minutes ago, Kitchen Sales said: It's about time the world cup was won by an imperfect team like the euros gets every now and then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azeem Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 1 hour ago, Stan said: knowing those pesky Germans they'll win it again Lun he rahi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bozziovai Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 2 hours ago, Devon Von Devon said: Italy won it in 2006 ------> knocked out in the group stages in 2010 Spain won it in 2010 ------> out in the group stages in 2014 Germany won it in 2014 -----> If you know what i mean you forgot that france started the trend ... won it in 1998 ... in 2002 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Honey Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 1 hour ago, Devon Von Devon said: You're one of those Piers Morgan types then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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