2018 FIFA World Cup Megathread
Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 12:55 pm
Neu Leonstein has started an unofficial NSG World Cup Fantasy Football league:
https://fantasy.fifa.com/en/leagues?code=4E657 (Code: XM9FDTEO)
Join him; becauseit's your best chance of seeing a German lose something World Cup-related this summer. you'll have fun (post-group stage strike-through edit).
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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 forHerr Love's man shaft Herr Löw's Mannschaft, where Blaatschapen will offer witty and amusing comments from the perspective of an interested neutral while secretly crying silent orange tears of rage over the Netherlands' absence, where Shofercia will help explain to us why Russia's victory over / draw with / loss to [delete as appropriate] Saudi Arabia demonstrates why Transnistria should be recognised as a legitimate sovereign nation state, and where at least one poster from the United States will either express concern over the sport's growing popularity in the US or relief that the US hasn't qualified.
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.
Deutschland 30% Group stage
Brasil 12% Quarterfinals
Belgie/Belgique 9% Third
Portugal 5% Second round
Argentina 2% Second round
Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera/Svizra 1% Second round
France 13%
España 5% Second round
England 9% Fourth
Other (explain) 14% Croatia second
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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%
https://fantasy.fifa.com/en/leagues?code=4E657 (Code: XM9FDTEO)
Join him; because
-----------------------
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%