https://fantasy.fifa.com/en/leagues?code=4E657 (Code: XM9FDTEO)
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Well, you know, there's less than a month to go now until the Чемпионат мира по футболу 2018, and teams are announcing their squads, so we might as well get the megathread started.
This is the thread for discussing the 2018 football/soccer World Cup, the thread where Nazis in Space will signal his appreciation for
And some other things might happen too.
The current poll's been set to stop around the first game; I'm more interested in seeing the poll results before matches get underway properly.
And the options? Strictly FIFA rankings only for 1-8; blame FIFA, not me. Option 9 (with apologies to the higher-ranked Poland, Peru, and Denmark) is for the laughs.
First point of discussion...
All of the announced squads can be found here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44083365
Any thoughts on the squads so far?
Surely Panama have called up Adalberto Carrasquilla too soon?
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First Poll Result:
Who will win the 2018 FIFA World Cup?
As the tournament advances, eliminated teams will be listed with the round they were eliminated in.
France 13%
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Second poll result:
VAR... Good thing or bad thing?
Good thing! 56%
Bad thing! 14%
My view is far more nuanced than this false dichotomy permits! 29%
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Third poll result:
Which of the following surprised you the most (negatively or positively) in the group stage?
Germany's failure to qualify out of the group stage 64%
Argentina's struggle to qualify out of the group stage 5%
England getting out of the group stage 6%
The failure of any African team to get out of the group stage 5%
How VAR was used 2%
France-Denmark and/or the last 15 minutes of Japan-Poland 2%
The lack of hooliganism/racism/homophobia 15%
Arch's laughably poor first round predictions (see page 1 of thread) 2%
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Fourth poll result:
Which team were you most pleased to see knocked out in the second round?
Portugal 16%
Argentina 31%
Mexico 6%
Japan 3%
Spain 14%
Denmark 3%
Switzerland 5%
Colombia 21%