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Italy with 3 goals in 3 minutes go 5-2 up

kfallon wrote: »

Italy with 3 goals in 3 minutes go 5-2 up

5-3 now.

Get your predictions in lads and we'll see who comes closest at the end of the tournament, it'll be something to look back on. My effort is below. Getting the scores correct doesn't really matter to me, it's all about getting the right teams in

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup/10501412/World-Cup-2014-Wallchart-Predictor-Game.html

France setting themselves up for a fall with an 8 - 0 win in their send off match. Wouldn't see Roy do anything daft like that.

Agueroooo wrote: »

Johnson.
Rooney.
Welbeck ..

Need to to dropped if England have any chance. They are passengers out there and a big liability imo.

Literally nonsense.

Johnson is the only right back in the squad, Rooney is England's top competitive goalscorer of all time, scored 20 this season despite playing for a midtable side and scored seven in qualifying to top score yet again).

You must have a weird definition of "passenger".

Brazil to win it on home soil for the first time.

This post is adapted a bit from one I made on the betting forum, but lots of people seem to be writing Croatia completely off on opening night and I'm not so sure that is wise. A look at the last 10 World Cups tells us only Germany (1994), Brazil (1998) and Germany (2006) have won when favoured on opening night:

1974 - Brazil drew 0-0 with Yugoslavia
1978 - West Germany drew 0-0 with Poland
1982 - Argentina lost 1-0 to Belgium
1986 - Italy drew 1-1 with Bulgaria
1990 - Argentina lost 1-0 to Cameroon
1994 - Germany beat Bolivia 1-0
1998 - Brazil beat Scotland 2-1
2002 - France lost 1-0 to Senegal
2006 - Germany beat Costa Rica 4-2
2010 - Mexico drew 1-1 with South Africa

I think Brazilians could be in for a bit of a shock if they think they'll just turn up and blitz Croatia to get things off to a nice start. Croatia are a decent side in any case, and the trend indicates that there's a very big possibility of an upset (i.e., Brazil not winning).

TheTownie wrote: »

Anyone know a shop selling a world cup wall chart poster?

Would love to stick one up on the wall.

I just logged in to post that exact question!

I got one yesterday with the Indo, which is the official one (I think), the blue one, but that's just a fixture list pullout really.

Looking for a big chart where you fill out the tables, scores, and further fixtures etc

Smithwicks Man wrote: »

The possession-based style that Spain play, as boring as it can be sometimes, should also help to conserve energy for the later stages of the tournament as well.

It's a pity Navas isn't with them, think he would've offered more than Torres who I would have behind Costa and Villa in the pecking order for attack.

Actually statisically you run almost as much buy keeping possession. (will try find the link) They only way to conserve energy as mentioned is by sitting deeper and conservsing energy on defensive side by being compact.

Paully D wrote: »

This post is adapted a bit from one I made on the betting forum, but lots of people seem to be writing Croatia completely off on opening night and I'm not so sure that is wise. A look at the last 10 World Cups tells us only Germany (1994), Brazil (1998) and Germany (2006) have won when favoured on opening night:

1974 - Brazil drew 0-0 with Yugoslavia
1978 - West Germany drew 0-0 with Poland
1982 - Argentina lost 1-0 to Belgium
1986 - Italy drew 1-1 with Bulgaria
1990 - Argentina lost 1-0 to Cameroon
1994 - Germany beat Bolivia 1-0
1998 - Brazil beat Scotland 2-1
2002 - France lost 1-0 to Senegal
2006 - Germany beat Costa Rica 4-2
2010 - Mexico drew 1-1 with South Africa

I think Brazilians could be in for a bit of a shock if they think they'll just turn up and blitz Croatia to get things off to a nice start. Croatia are a decent side in any case, and the trend indicates that there's a very big possibility of an upset (i.e., Brazil not winning).

That's just a variation of gamblers fallacy

Anyone watching the Greece-Bolivia friendly on Setanta? I really do have too much free time...

Nice act by Neymar. I'd say it made that kids year.

Morzadec wrote: »

Great article about Bosnia, Dzeko, and what the World Cup means to Bosnia.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/08/edin-dzeko-united-bosnia-world-cup

Apart from the fact it would be an amazing story, I said that this World Cup I would probably have a slight bias towards European teams and small nations. Bosnia fit the bill for both so will probably be the team I'll be getting behind in Brazil.

That country has come through an awful ot since the carnage of the early nineties