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    Russia 2018

    Let's talk about world cup...soccer for change

    Who will be top 4? Top 2? Champion?

    Mine:
    Top 4: France, Argentina, Germany, Brazil
    Top 2: Argentina, Brazil
    Champion: Argentina

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    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
    Let's talk about world cup...soccer for change

    Who will be top 4? Top 2? Champion?

    Mine:
    Top 4: France, Argentina, Germany, Brazil
    Top 2: Argentina, Brazil
    Champion: Argentina
    Thank you!!
    Rule Britannia

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      #3
      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
      Let's talk about world cup...soccer for change

      Who will be top 4? Top 2? Champion?

      Mine:
      Top 4: France, Argentina, Germany, Brazil
      Top 2: Argentina, Brazil
      Champion: Argentina
      IMO Argentina will not be winning the WC championship (even though they have Messi). The team has great players but they are not solid as a team. Spain is better than Argentina (although they just fired the national team coach for taking the Real Madrid job a day before the WC. Hierro has taken charge of the Spanish squad.). I'm surprised Spain is not in your list.

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        #4
        Not OP, but Spain was on my list before the (justified) sacking.
        Don't bet against Germany. They are the Real Madrid of international soccer--they find a way, even if it is a little dirty.

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          #5
          1. Germany
          2. Brazil
          3. France
          4. Portugal

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            #6
            1-Brazil
            2-Germany
            3-France
            4-Spain

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              #7
              Played the entire tournament on XBOX:

              1-Argentina
              2-Belgium
              3-England
              4-Iceland

              (not for nothing but I had Russia losing 3-0 to Saudi Arabia so as of this writing it's already wrong!!!)

              Oops...

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                #8
                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                Not OP, but Spain was on my list before the (justified) sacking.
                Don't bet against Germany. They are the Real Madrid of international soccer--they find a way, even if it is a little dirty.
                I am the OP. I had Spain quoted high but I agree right now it is a mess. They went from having a coach that went undefeated in 20 games to uncertainty. Regularity is huge in this type of competition. They will need a consensus coach capable of uniting RM and FCB...or catalans and madrillenos. Not easy.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                  I am the OP. I had Spain quoted high but I agree right now it is a mess. They went from having a coach that went undefeated in 20 games to uncertainty. Regularity is huge in this type of competition. They will need a consensus coach capable of uniting RM and FCB...or catalans and madrillenos. Not easy.
                  I’d argue that coaches at this level are way overrated.
                  These are international players-they know their roles and how to play.
                  Here’s the ball lads-get it to Ronaldo in the box.

                  Now, if they were raised by t-s parents, they’d all be crying to their mommy about no playing time and do we get trophys, so babysitting skills might be imperative

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                    I’d argue that coaches at this level are way overrated.
                    These are international players-they know their roles and how to play.
                    Here’s the ball lads-get it to Ronaldo in the box.

                    Now, if they were raised by t-s parents, they’d all be crying to their mommy about no playing time and do we get trophys, so babysitting skills might be imperative
                    I agree to a point but having someone that knows how to deal with certain egos and tight game situations make a difference. Joachim Low from Germany is an example. Easy to be carried away with no need coach thing. Ask Germans when Klinsmann was the coach.

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                      #11
                      Russia scores again 3-0!! I guess they should enjoy it while it lasts.

                      1. France
                      2. Germany
                      3. Argentina
                      4. Belguim

                      If De Bruyne plays like he did all season for City, Belgium will be a handful.

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                        #12
                        Leo...

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                          #13
                          They already wrote the script and nobody's beating Russia at home ;)

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                            They already wrote the script and nobody's beating Russia at home ;)
                            Vlad made sure of it. Look to see what kind of cars the refs are driving a few months from now.

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                              #15
                              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                              Vlad made sure of it. Look to see what kind of cars the refs are driving a few months from now.
                              My Sunday kickaround team could make it out of that group. Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Uruguay and Russia? Not exactly a GoD

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