From Russia With Out U.S. Love- World Cup 2018

[wlu_lax6]

Well the draw is about to go down. Figured we should have a thread for the event...and we can post this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_cont ... rJjr5mLNqw

[brian]

I hope we get a good draw!

[A_B]

I hope we get a good draw!

The group of dearth.

[brian]

For the sake of alternate history, I'm going to assume our draw would be what Panama's draw is.

[brian]

Spain vs. Portugal is gonna be lit!

[brian]

El Tri got drawn with Germany. Ha Ha!

[brian]

Group F looking like a Group of Death so far.

[wlu_lax6]

Russia, Egypt, and Uruguay have to like their pot. Russia getting a friendly draw....color me shocked

[brian]

So pencil in Portugal and Spain into the Round of 16.

[Baloney]

Russia, Egypt, and Uruguay have to like their pot. Russia getting a friendly draw....color me shocked

And Saudi, no fix there then

[brian]

Yeah, Group F is a beast.

[wlu_lax6]

When the U.S. replaces Peru, I like our draw

[brian]

Don't see any CONCACAF teams making the knockout stage. Pretty brutal draw for all three teams.

[Pruitt]

Group D looks like the best one in there.

[Baloney]

Group H is a joke

[Sabo]

Here's the draw (with the Fifa coefficients):

Group A

Russia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Uruguay Ave coefficient: 700.41

Group B

Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Iran Ave coefficient: 1031.105

Group C

France, Australia, Peru, Denmark Ave coefficient: 1039.3975

Group D

Argentina, Iceland, Croatia, Nigeria Ave coefficient: 986.7075

Group E

Brazil, Switzerland, Costa Rica, Serbia Ave coefficient: 744.565

Group F

Germany, Mexico, Sweden, South Korea Ave coefficient: 1048.7625

Group G

Belgium, Panama, Tunisia, England Ave coefficient: 957.88

Group H

Poland, Senegal, Colombia, Japan Ave coefficient: 948.275

[Pruitt]

Wow - I literally have no team to cheer for in Group A.

[govmentchedda]

I don't really see a stand out group of death there. Interesting.

[mister d]

I don't see a group of death?

[Johnny Carwash]

Wow - I literally have no team to cheer for in Group A.

Uruguay is cool if you can ignore Suarez.

[Rex]

More like Uru-getting a sweetheart draw, right?

[Rex]

The hypothetical group of Italy-NED-Chile-USA would be 4th toughest.

[brian]

https://twitter.com/PFTCommenter/status ... 8142577665

[degenerasian]

the seeded the teams properly this time (no geographic shit) so the groups are even except for the host Russia.

It's amazing how Brazil always gets an easy group.

[Pruitt]

Wow - I literally have no team to cheer for in Group A.

Uruguay is cool if you can ignore Suarez.

A nasty bunch of divers.

I may go against 5,000 years of history and cheer for Egypt.

[brian]

Wow - I literally have no team to cheer for in Group A.

Uruguay is cool if you can ignore Suarez.

A nasty bunch of divers.

I may go against 5,000 years of history and cheer for Egypt.

They were the first Arab country to recognize Israel at least. Grasping at straws for you I guess.

[Pruitt]

Wow - I literally have no team to cheer for in Group A.

Uruguay is cool if you can ignore Suarez.

A nasty bunch of divers.

I may go against 5,000 years of history and cheer for Egypt.

They were the first Arab country to recognize Israel at least. Grasping at straws for you I guess.

Good enough for me!

[wlu_lax6]

Wow - I literally have no team to cheer for in Group A.

Uruguay is cool if you can ignore Suarez.

A nasty bunch of divers.

I may go against 5,000 years of history and cheer for Egypt.

They were the first Arab country to recognize Israel at least. Grasping at straws for you I guess.

Good enough for me!

They hired Bob Bradley and his son plays for Toronto?

[mister d]

Can I make an obvious prediction? Russia will be a game away from not advancing and get some amazingly bullshit PK or red card to save them through.

[Pruitt]

Can I make an obvious prediction? Russia will be a game away from not advancing and get some amazingly bullshit PK or red card to save them through.

If I was a betting man - and I am - I would bet the dacha on that.

Call it the South Korea scenario.

[wlu_lax6]

According to Football Manager the French Guy will be very happy this summer. England will do great.....until finding Brazil in the quarters. And no shocker on Golden Ball and Golden Boots.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/ ... d-11627280

[Pruitt]

FIFA Makes The IOC Look Like It's On The Level

Crazy.

[Rex]

Everton out there fucking everything up again. This would be a really big blow for one of the teams that Americans were likely to rally behind:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... -world-cup

[rass]

Russian Soccer Fans Reportedly Chanted Monkey Noises At Black French Players

[Pruitt]

Russian Soccer Fans Reportedly Chanted Monkey Noises At Black French Players

Shocked! Shocked I tell you!



These next two world cups are not going to set any records in regards to foreign tourism.

[sancarlos]

You know, after this World Cup is over, we might look back and say, "It wasn't all bad that the USA didn't participate in the Russian WC."