AlexLaw76 Posted 1 April, 2022 Share Posted 1 April, 2022 May as well start it now, as the groups are about to be drawn... England in pot 1. There is a decent chance that some horrific groups will get drawn, given the spread of good teams in the various pots. Alongside the footy, we are going to have months of demanding other cultures change to suit Western Values. Not sure why the FA, Southgate the Players feel they need to 'fix it' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiberalCommunist Posted 1 April, 2022 Share Posted 1 April, 2022 I clearly remember the day they voted for this Qatar WC. When All the brown envelopes were delivered, and everyone smiled. Fuck fixing it. I'd rather laugh at its failure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexLaw76 Posted 1 April, 2022 Author Share Posted 1 April, 2022 Just now, LiberalCommunist said: I clearly remember the day they voted for this Qatar WC. When All the brown envelopes were delivered, and everyone smiled. Fuck fixing it. I'd rather laugh at its failure. It will be good. The media will desperately try to find something political to report about and England players will visit something, with their serious faces on. The groups will be drawn shortly, with the fixtures to be decided at a later dates (to suit TV schedules). Good news, in the groups stage there will be 4 games a day @10am 1pm, 4pm and 7pm UK times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 1 April, 2022 Share Posted 1 April, 2022 Pot 2 is an absolute rollercoaster. Uruguay again or Croatia again I reckon. Then a bit of Iran and Canada, lovely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 1 April, 2022 Share Posted 1 April, 2022 3 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said: It will be good. The media will desperately try to find something political to report about and England players will visit something, with their serious faces on. The groups will be drawn shortly, with the fixtures to be decided at a later dates (to suit TV schedules). Good news, in the groups stage there will be 4 games a day @10am 1pm, 4pm and 7pm UK times. I think the same as the last world cup or two - there's only a few days where they do four in a day - typically the first Saturday/Sunday. And then obviously the last round of games, but those are at two set times so you can't see all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 1 April, 2022 Share Posted 1 April, 2022 Group B, so if we fuck up the group stage we'll be home before the advent calendars come out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nta786 Posted 1 April, 2022 Share Posted 1 April, 2022 Group B is the best group to be in, given that Group A is likely to be the weakest. However, as I type the Netherlands in Group A The USA to play England again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexLaw76 Posted 1 April, 2022 Author Share Posted 1 April, 2022 USA, phew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 1 April, 2022 Share Posted 1 April, 2022 Football's coming home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 1 April, 2022 Share Posted 1 April, 2022 England v USA Friday 25th November Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 1 April, 2022 Share Posted 1 April, 2022 Give us Iran. Now that would be a real group of death. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexLaw76 Posted 1 April, 2022 Author Share Posted 1 April, 2022 Spain v Germany - ouch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 1 April, 2022 Share Posted 1 April, 2022 Just now, CB Fry said: Give us Iran. Now that would be a real group of death. 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW5 SAINT Posted 1 April, 2022 Share Posted 1 April, 2022 How Jammy is that…… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 1 April, 2022 Share Posted 1 April, 2022 IT'S WAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexLaw76 Posted 1 April, 2022 Author Share Posted 1 April, 2022 England are spawny as....USA and Iran in the groups. 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 1 April, 2022 Share Posted 1 April, 2022 Priceless! 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 1 April, 2022 Share Posted 1 April, 2022 Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 1 April, 2022 Share Posted 1 April, 2022 (edited) England v Iran Monday 21st November Edited 1 April, 2022 by trousers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 1 April, 2022 Share Posted 1 April, 2022 Quite a few we can't now get in pot four. So Wales/Scotland/Ukraine is a high possibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 1 April, 2022 Share Posted 1 April, 2022 Just now, CB Fry said: Quite a few we can't now get in pot four. So Wales/Scotland/Ukraine is a high possibility. A shame they can’t get Serbia’s group. That’d probably top Usa-Iran for lolz. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexLaw76 Posted 1 April, 2022 Author Share Posted 1 April, 2022 Opening game, Qatar v Ecuador. She's a beaut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloggy saint Posted 1 April, 2022 Share Posted 1 April, 2022 Just now, Lighthouse said: A shame they can’t get Serbia’s group. That’d probably top Usa-Iran for lolz. USA V Iran was massively hyped in '98 but was a bit of an anti climax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 1 April, 2022 Share Posted 1 April, 2022 Qatar vs. Ecuador to open the tournament. Nothing like a couple of Galacticos to start us off with a bang. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 1 April, 2022 Share Posted 1 April, 2022 We're going to get Wales or the Jocks aren't we ? Unless Ukraine do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 1 April, 2022 Share Posted 1 April, 2022 I'm having the draw of my life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 1 April, 2022 Share Posted 1 April, 2022 Can’t ask for a more p*ss easy group than that. We will probably still make a meal of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 1 April, 2022 Share Posted 1 April, 2022 England v Iran: Monday 21st November England v USA: Friday 25th November England v Wales/Scotland/Ukraine: Tuesday 29th November Yep, definitely coming home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 1 April, 2022 Share Posted 1 April, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloggy saint Posted 1 April, 2022 Share Posted 1 April, 2022 Group C is a stinker, the rest look fairly easy to predict assuming there's no shocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nta786 Posted 1 April, 2022 Share Posted 1 April, 2022 1 minute ago, trousers said: England v Iran: Monday 21st November England v USA: Friday 25th November England v Wales/Scotland/Ukraine: Tuesday 29th November Yep, definitely coming home Yep, and then if it goes to according to paper (and we top the group) R16 = Senegal QF = France SF = Belgium or Portugal F = Argentina/Spain/Germany/Brazil Let’s hope for some luck in the path to the final again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee On Solent Saint Posted 1 April, 2022 Share Posted 1 April, 2022 England seem to have the luck of Manchester City and Chelsea in draws lately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 1 April, 2022 Share Posted 1 April, 2022 1 minute ago, Lee On Solent Saint said: England seem to have the luck of Manchester City and Chelsea in draws lately and still win fuck all... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 1 April, 2022 Share Posted 1 April, 2022 No league games between November 14th and Boxing Day when the league will resume. The season starts on 6th August and ends on 28th May. So nothing worth watching through half on November and most of December. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted 1 April, 2022 Share Posted 1 April, 2022 We couldn't have bought a better draw. Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 1 April, 2022 Share Posted 1 April, 2022 10 minutes ago, Whitey Grandad said: No league games between November 14th and Boxing Day when the league will resume. The season starts on 6th August and ends on 28th May. So nothing worth watching through half on November and most of December. Will the lower leagues not be operating in that time ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 1 April, 2022 Share Posted 1 April, 2022 If it works our right, we can win the first two and go into the final game with no pressure and we can send the Jocks/Welsh home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat Posted 1 April, 2022 Share Posted 1 April, 2022 Going by FIFA rankings Group B is the hardest which is a surprise. Iran rank above Morocco, Serbia, Poland and Japan. How many Saints connections can we expect? Current players limited to: England - Maybe JWP or KWP Poland - Bednarek Scotland (?) - Adams & Armstrong Ex-players: England - Shaw Denmark - Vestergaard Senegal - Mane Japan - Yoshida Netherlands - Van Dijk Serbia - Tadic Wales (?) - Bale Portugal - Fonte and Cedric? Not sure if they still get picked Uruguay - Does Ramirez still play? Any others?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 1 April, 2022 Share Posted 1 April, 2022 2 hours ago, Badger said: Will the lower leagues not be operating in that time ? Good question. “The 2022-23 English Football League season will start earlier on 30 July next year because of the World Cup. The Championship will run until 12 November and resume on 10 December, but League One and League Two will continue without a mid-season hiatus. The final round of fixtures in all three divisions will be played on the weekend of 6-7 May 2023, with play-off finals from 27-29 May.” https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59295406 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 1 April, 2022 Share Posted 1 April, 2022 39 minutes ago, The Cat said: Going by FIFA rankings Group B is the hardest which is a surprise Not really. When half your fixtures are against Bahrain or Turks and Caicos Islands, that tends to happen. FIFA rankings are largely nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 1 April, 2022 Share Posted 1 April, 2022 20 minutes ago, Whitey Grandad said: League One and League Two will continue without a mid-season hiatus. Might have to start supporting one of the shite South Coast clubs for a few weeks then.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 1 April, 2022 Share Posted 1 April, 2022 (edited) That's a bonus of a draw if there ever was one! We should finish top, if we don't something has gone horribly wrong somewhere! As it stands, as we don't know about Wales/Ukraine/Scotland, then USA will be the toughest, they've got a younger side these days - couple of ones to watch, Tyler Adams and Reyna who both play in Germany, quality players. Pulisic is a really good player as well, but they don't really have much more beyond that. They were better in the 2000's in my opinion. Iran's rating is massively skewed because of who they play competitively to get to these tournaments. Iraq, Bahrain, Hong Kong, Cambodia....just to name few. That's why one of their goal scorers, the 50 year old Daei 'was' the worlds leading international goal scorer for many years until Ronaldo overtook him recently. He was still banging them in during his 40's! They've got a few well known players like Azmoun, Jananbakch (Was at Brighton), Ghoddos etc - but generally they are very low in quality when compared to anyone half decent. Edited 1 April, 2022 by S-Clarke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat Posted 1 April, 2022 Share Posted 1 April, 2022 19 minutes ago, trousers said: Might have to start supporting one of the shite South Coast clubs for a few weeks then.... Will be a great time for the local non-league clubs to get a few more through their gates. Cheap tickets, a pint by the pitch and no players rolling around on the floor trying to con the ref. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 1 April, 2022 Share Posted 1 April, 2022 I don’t see anyone complaining about the draw being fixed….. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris cooper Posted 2 April, 2022 Share Posted 2 April, 2022 8 hours ago, S-Clarke said: That's a bonus of a draw if there ever was one! We should finish top, if we don't something has gone horribly wrong somewhere! As it stands, as we don't know about Wales/Ukraine/Scotland, then USA will be the toughest, they've got a younger side these days - couple of ones to watch, Tyler Adams and Reyna who both play in Germany, quality players. Pulisic is a really good player as well, but they don't really have much more beyond that. They were better in the 2000's in my opinion. Iran's rating is massively skewed because of who they play competitively to get to these tournaments. Iraq, Bahrain, Hong Kong, Cambodia....just to name few. That's why one of their goal scorers, the 50 year old Daei 'was' the worlds leading international goal scorer for many years until Ronaldo overtook him recently. He was still banging them in during his 40's! They've got a few well known players like Azmoun, Jananbakch (Was at Brighton), Ghoddos etc - but generally they are very low in quality when compared to anyone half decent. Weston mckennie at juve for the yanks in no 6 roll .. get a good look 👀 and maybe long term replacement for Romeu if he’d come here ! I reckon he would as in and out of juve team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 2 April, 2022 Share Posted 2 April, 2022 Venues and kick off times confirmed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarehamSaintJames Posted 2 April, 2022 Share Posted 2 April, 2022 8 hours ago, Turkish said: I don’t see anyone complaining about the draw being fixed….. Probably because it wasn’t 🤨 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 2 April, 2022 Share Posted 2 April, 2022 28 minutes ago, FarehamSaintJames said: Probably because it wasn’t 🤨 I thought when big teams get an easy draw it’s because the draw is rigged? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 2 April, 2022 Share Posted 2 April, 2022 13 hours ago, The Cat said: Ex-players: England - Shaw Denmark - Vestergaard Senegal - Mane Japan - Yoshida Netherlands - Van Dijk Serbia - Tadic Wales (?) - Bale Portugal - Fonte and Cedric? Not sure if they still get picked Uruguay - Does Ramirez still play? Any others?? England - Mings, White Denmark - Hojbjerg Netherlands - Clasie Uruguay - Does Ramirez still play? No, last cap was in 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Kent Saint Posted 2 April, 2022 Share Posted 2 April, 2022 2 hours ago, Turkish said: I thought when big teams get an easy draw it’s because the draw is rigged? Like all big money sports tournaments the draw is rigged by seeding players/teams to make sure the big teams/players get an easier ride to the final. F1 showed how bias can work last race of last season . Remember when Ferrari got all the decisions in their favour ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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