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whypick1 posted:I think FIFA ratings might be bullshit y'all... Doesn't look too terrible overall, 10 of the 13 highest-ranked teams are in the knockouts, versus 5 of the bottom 13... Sure it's not a perfect prediction but it seems generally reasonable. Main issues I can see: - Canada should be lower & Japan higher based on their performances -- 7th-ranked Canada are the only team in the 13 highest-ranked to finish the group stage with a negative goal difference -- 11th-ranked Japan crushed their group despite being ranked as second-best behind Spain - Germany and Brazil being knocked out feels like proper upsets not linked to particularly poor performance on their behalf... -- Germany goes out with the fifth highest goal difference, and not off the back of spanking a minnow or already eliminated team, but one of the teams that qualified ahead of them. They were beaten by Colombia and drew South Korea in tight games that any team will have during a WC (England v Haiti, Norway v New Zealand, Australia v Nigeria, USA v Portugal, ...) -- Brazil weren't favourites in their group according to the ranking, and it's more of a testament to Jamaica's strength that they're eliminated than any failure on their behalf - CAF (Africa) countries are severely under-rated by the ranking, with all four being in the eight worst-ranked (including the three lowest-ranked)... But not only did none finish last in their group, three of the four are in three knockout round - AFC (Asia) and CONCACAF (North America) seem to have many weak qualified teams, with six of the eight groups having a team from these confederations in last place, as well as sending all four of the teams that lost all of their matches. In absolute it's not a big issue (someone has to be last, after all!), But it would be interesting to see if FIFA can balance out the qualifiers to give more room to CAF (Africa) and CONMEBOL (South America) even if the additional spots results are also teams that lose all 3 games -- [and FIFA should probably also remove one spot from UEFA (Europe) who already send 12 teams, despite two thirds qualifying for the knockout rounds and half of the eliminated teams being behind another UEFA team in their group but... this is the WC, not the Euros]
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Don't know where else to put this but the 2023 world cup is losing me friends! Had a guy I've known for over a decade go off about how much he's enjoying the US women looking like they're less than shoo-ins for the cup after they demanded more pay. "If they wanted more money they should generate more revenue," he says to me. Maybe it's a good point. While they're out there kicking balls around, maybe I should ask the US women's team to control their marketing and somehow control how heavily a channel pushes their games. Sucks to find out someone sucks!
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Well this match certainly isn't boring!
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The Swiss defense is so full of holes like...something...dammit, I had something for this.
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Case in point, that. (Lovely footwork from the Spaniard though)
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whypick1 posted:The Swiss defense is so full of holes like...something...dammit, I had something for this. as holey as a cuckoo clock
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whypick1 posted:...so how exactly did Switzerland win their group? Norway (Snoreway, Boreway), New Zealand, Philippines.
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That was a pretty neat sequence from the Swiss...so of course it's shot right at the keeper.
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whypick1 posted:...so how exactly did Switzerland win their group? Norway took time to figure things out, New Zealand and Philippines were the others... look I thought this was nailed on to be a boring match, but it sounds like Spain got a wake-up call 
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Hegerberg starts on the bench against Japan. Norway (4-3-3): Mikalsen - Bjelde, Mjelde, Harviken, Hansen - Syrstad Engen, Bøe Risa, Reiten - Graham Hansen, Román Haug, Haavi. Japan (3-4-3): Ayaka Yamashita - Hana Takahashi, Moeka Minami, Saki Kumagai - Risa Shimizu, Yui Hasegawa, Fuka Nagano, Jun Endo - Hinata Miyazava, Aoba Fujin, Mina Tanaka.
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loving hell, just saw that incredible own goal hell of a backpass to play (and receive), literally 10 minutes into your senior debut
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Dang the store is out of Japan scarves
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Grimson posted:Jesus christ. I don't think he really cares about the Japanese team tbh
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It is going to be a pummeling.
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Japan are the absolute nemesis of Australia’s men’s team so this feels weird, but let’s go glorious Nippon
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