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Post by Admin on Dec 6, 2013 17:36:58 GMT
I've absolutely no doubt I'll be mocked for my optimism and shot down instantly! I expect it, so let rip guys, I won't cry..........much!
We got Italy, Uruguay and Costa Rica, I'm actually okay with that group, England probably aren't going to win the World Cup anyway and in 2002 we had a horror group and got through and in 2012 we had a horror group and go through, in 2010 we had an easy group and scraped through, it forces us to play football and not expect the win automatically, Italy and Uruguay are both very beatable and of course so are Costa Rica! Could be a lot worse!
I reallt do think we can win that group, I'll be honest!
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Post by hatter_in_macc on Dec 6, 2013 18:09:52 GMT
Looking at Group E, I may have to defer to ancestry on Mother Macc's side and support the French...:-)
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Post by Admin on Dec 6, 2013 18:27:49 GMT
France will manage to balls it up!
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Post by another_ruined_saturday on Dec 6, 2013 22:01:13 GMT
it's a bl*ody tough group though fudge. italy and uruguay will both hope to bother the quarters at least. you're right about the 'easy' groups as well though - 2006 was another where we looked awful.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2013 0:12:33 GMT
Really looking forward to it although I'm not sure about time differences to be able to watch games 'live'.
Uruguay (6th) Costa Rica (31st) and Italy (7th) is a tough group. Can't see us getting to the last 16 but live in hope.
Spain (1st) Netherlands (9th) and Chile (15th) for Australia will probably prove too much for them to even pick up a point.
Bring it on.
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Post by dudleyhatter on Dec 7, 2013 1:04:24 GMT
If we want to get anywhere we have to at least draw with the Italy and Uruguay. Could happen. At least we have to commit fully as players or else we will just disappear without a trace.
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Post by Admin on Dec 7, 2013 3:40:48 GMT
It's tough without a doubt but Italy aren't nearly the power they have been in recent years!
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Post by another_ruined_saturday on Dec 7, 2013 13:04:56 GMT
agreed that they're not the world cup winners of 2006; but they looked like they had plenty spare when they did us in the euros 18 months ago...
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Post by archie on Dec 7, 2013 14:56:57 GMT
If they had plenty to spare then it was a bit cheeky leaving it until penalties.
Not a good draw but far from being a bad draw.
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Post by dudleyhatter on Dec 7, 2013 17:32:50 GMT
The thing most of the pundits have missed is who would like to have England as the third team in their group
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Post by another_ruined_saturday on Dec 7, 2013 21:39:00 GMT
of course archie...but they absolutely bossed the game. it would have been a greater robbery than the spain game in euro '96 had we nicked it on pens.
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Post by another_ruined_saturday on Dec 7, 2013 21:39:41 GMT
while it's a good point duds, being english, it's not the primary one!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2013 18:23:55 GMT
Can't see us getting more than 1 point.
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Post by gazz on Dec 8, 2013 19:01:06 GMT
Can't see us getting more than 1 point. Same here, it's going to be incredibly difficult. I feel sorry for Hodgson. The crazy seeding issue wasn't his doing, and I think he deserves a fairer crack at the World Cup. The ranking system is an utter nonsense. |
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Post by Admin on Dec 8, 2013 22:10:20 GMT
The ranking system is ridiculous but Italy and Uruguay will be just as worried about the prospect of playing us as we are them.
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