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Weaponized Cum
Aug 31, 2004


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NTRabbit posted:

I'm ok with group C for Australia, after France it's just Peru, who were an intercontinental playoff winner over the Oceania champs, and Denmark, who were a runner up playoff winner out of a really weak group. We've had so much worse before.

Peru's going to gently caress you up you kangaroo oval office

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NTRabbit
Aug 15, 2012

i wear this armour to protect myself from the histrionics of hysterical women

bitches




Weaponized Cum posted:

Peru's going to gently caress you up you kangaroo oval office

Only France is going to give us that gentle, bordering on lover-like treatment

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire

NTRabbit posted:

I'm ok with group C for Australia, after France it's just Peru, who were an intercontinental playoff winner over the Oceania champs, and Denmark, who were a runner up playoff winner out of a really weak group. We've had so much worse before.

Peru are saying the same thing about Australia I'm sure.

NTRabbit
Aug 15, 2012

i wear this armour to protect myself from the histrionics of hysterical women

bitches




Gigi Galli posted:

Peru are saying the same thing about Australia I'm sure.

No doubt, but after 2014 when we were in group B with the Netherlands, Chile, and Spain, I think it's a pretty fair opinion.

Happy Noodle Boy
Jul 3, 2002


This is Argentina's year. To not choke in the finals.

Again.

nutri_void
Apr 18, 2015

I shall devour your soul.
Grimey Drawer
That's all set up so that Russia can win the opening game and doesn't have to lose miserably to Uruguay or lose miserably to Salah alone

By the way Russia won't reach the round of 16 from that, Uruguay and Egypt will

NothingMatters
Nov 17, 2017

by FactsAreUseless

Weaponized Cum posted:

Peru's going to gently caress you up you kangaroo oval office

If they have Paolo maybe.

They look unimpressive without him but are very fast and play a lot of toque toque.

Weaponized Cum
Aug 31, 2004


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NothingMatters posted:

If they have Paolo maybe.

They look unimpressive without him but are very fast and play a lot of toque toque.

pretty sure they can pass around and score on a bunch of bogans

Al2001
Apr 7, 2007

You've gone through at the back

Alexeythegreat posted:

That's all set up so that Russia can win the opening game and doesn't have to lose miserably to Uruguay or lose miserably to Salah alone

By the way Russia won't reach the round of 16 from that, Uruguay and Egypt will

Are Russia as bad as people say? Sucks to have weak hosts for the 3rd year running

nutri_void
Apr 18, 2015

I shall devour your soul.
Grimey Drawer

Al2001 posted:

Are Russia as bad as people say? Sucks to have weak hosts for the 3rd year running

When the time comes for team threads, I will make one for Russia with the title saying "When no amount of doping can help"

Edit: also lol, it didn't even register at first

nutri_void fucked around with this message at 18:20 on Dec 1, 2017

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire

Al2001 posted:

Are Russia as bad as people say? Sucks to have weak hosts for the 3rd year running

Just wait til the next one if you think this is bad.

Also lol

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

Gigi Galli posted:

Just wait til the next one if you think this is bad.

Also lol

qatar might have a good team full of brazilians by 2022

Monday Bandele
Apr 26, 2008
Booking time off work for the opening game, Russia v Saudi Arabia...phew what a matchup!

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



Weaponized Cum posted:

pretty sure they can pass around and score on a bunch of bogans

What’s he Peruvian équivalent term for bogan

Mr. Mambold
Feb 13, 2011

Aha. Nice post.



Loving Africa Chaps posted:

There's nothing close to a group of death in the draw. Group A is a loving joke of a group, no surprises russia is in it

Russia rigged a sporting draw you say? Well, I neveah.

NTRabbit
Aug 15, 2012

i wear this armour to protect myself from the histrionics of hysterical women

bitches




Mr. Mambold posted:

Russia rigged a sporting draw you say? Well, I neveah.

Pretty biased to accuse Russia of cheating, I mean they've passed all the 2018 drug tests, what more do people want?

Ninpo
Aug 6, 2004

by FactsAreUseless

MalarkeyToboggan posted:

Watching old people struggle with balls is a time honored tradition of FIFA and UEFA draws.

Wazzer isn't that old lol

RideTheSpiral
Sep 18, 2005
College Slice
who else is going to be there? Im the fat bald enlgishman being assaulted on the telly

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



Mr. Mambold posted:

Russia rigged a sporting draw you say? Well, I neveah.

They’ve got the hot and cold balls out again

Mr. Mambold
Feb 13, 2011

Aha. Nice post.



Cpt. Mahatma Gandhi posted:

So I guess Group E could be considered a group of death? Doesn't really look like there is one though tbh

This year there will be a friendly Group of :rip: for Italy, Chile, U.S., and a ttbdl, idk Borat's home

Ninpo posted:

Wazzer isn't that old lol

:drat:

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire

Mr. Mambold posted:

This year there will be a friendly Group of :rip: for Italy, Chile, U.S., and a ttbdl, idk Borat's home


:drat:

The Netherlands

RideTheSpiral
Sep 18, 2005
College Slice

Mr. Mambold posted:

and a ttbdl, idk Borat's home


wtf mods?

Aggro
Apr 24, 2003

STRONG as an OX and TWICE as SMART
Lmao at Group A

The rest of the groups look pretty good.

belgend
Mar 6, 2008

me when The Club do another win

Wazzerphuk posted:

I can't wait to smash up a Belgian restaurant next summer

holla me when u do we can watch The Game together with a mitraillette and vindaloo

cadfael
Nov 7, 2010

So had the US beat Trinidad and Tobago they would have got Panama's spot and big Joze would be shaping up against our brave boys again? Ffs America

NTRabbit
Aug 15, 2012

i wear this armour to protect myself from the histrionics of hysterical women

bitches




Maybe we've been looking at this the wrong way, it's not that Russia got easy teams, it's that they miraculously got teams that weren't full of black players likely to have an entire stadium throwing bananas at them, because racism no longer exists in football

FullLeatherJacket
Dec 30, 2004

Chiunque può essere Luther Blissett, semplicemente adottando il nome Luther Blissett

so if England can get out of their group, they play one of the teams from group H (who are all poo), and then get turned over by Germany or Brazil in the quarters

noice

nutri_void
Apr 18, 2015

I shall devour your soul.
Grimey Drawer

NTRabbit posted:

Maybe we've been looking at this the wrong way, it's not that Russia got easy teams, it's that they miraculously got teams that weren't full of black players likely to have an entire stadium throwing bananas at them, because racism no longer exists in football

You forget that games that don't involve the Russian team will also be played in Russia.

Also I'm pretty sure Saudi Arabia has black players

Syncopated
Oct 21, 2010
What teams are good now anyway, I haven't kept up. Germany and Argentine still I guess? Portugal?

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire
Argentina needs to get it together. Germany and Brazil are good.

Blue Star Error
Jun 11, 2001

For this recipie you will need:
Football match (Halftime of), Celebrity Owner (Motivational speaking of), Sherry (Bottle of)

Alexeythegreat posted:

You forget that games that don't involve the Russian team will also be played in Russia.

Also I'm pretty sure Saudi Arabia has black players

The Saudi police anti-witchcraft division have imprisoned all their black people for sorcery. Sounds like I'm making that up but its real lol

Mr. Mambold
Feb 13, 2011

Aha. Nice post.



Let's all support our boy MeanBeanMachine and the Ronaldos

orange sky
May 7, 2007

Mr. Mambold posted:

Let's all support our boy MeanBeanMachine and the Ronaldos

Yes, this

Reprisal
Jul 20, 2001
France could pull it off. They only lost 1-0 to Germany from an early free kick header in 2014.

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



Mr. Mambold posted:

Let's all support our boy MeanBeanMachine and the Ronaldos

Up the portugays

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire

Mr. Mambold posted:

Let's all support our boy MeanBeanMachine and the Ronaldos

This sounds pretty good OP

Fanatic
Mar 9, 2006

:eyepop:

NTRabbit posted:

No doubt, but after 2014 when we were in group B with the Netherlands, Chile, and Spain, I think it's a pretty fair opinion.

The Sauds are such lucky shits to get group A :argh: but yeah it could've been much worse for us (and it usually is).

EC10
Jan 17, 2005

We like Nin-po-po
We like Nin-po-po
We like Nin-po-po
We like NIN---PO!
there are way too many crap teams in all these groups


Blue Star Error posted:

The Saudi police anti-witchcraft division have imprisoned all their black people for sorcery. Sounds like I'm making that up but its real lol

lmfao

Mean Bean Machine
May 9, 2008

Only when I breathe.

Mr. Mambold posted:

Let's all support our boy MeanBeanMachine and the Ronaldos

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NothingMatters
Nov 17, 2017

by FactsAreUseless

Weaponized Cum posted:

pretty sure they can pass around and score on a bunch of bogans

They couldn't score against New Zealand for 90 minutes away and Russia ain't exactly Lima, Peru.

Also look statistically the easiest group will always be A. And statistically the hardest group will always be later just because of how few choices those groups have between when it comes to those final draws.

When A is drawn it could literally be any team from any of the pots.

By the time you're down to E-H there's only 4 teams or less to pull from and there is usually a couple stronger ones in there.

NothingMatters fucked around with this message at 05:08 on Dec 2, 2017

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