villa4europe Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 brandt keeping him out, its a surprise but its not like he's been left out and they've called up some shit player from nowhere, they've just called up someone that PL fans probably havent heard of they only really have draxler, brandt, ozil, reus, muller and werner that they could use instead of him 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 heights and weights of all the players https://img.fifa.com/image/upload/hzfqyndmnqazczvc5xdb.pdf harry kane is joint heaviest player at the tournament, (with harry maguire) he's 4kg heavier than lukaku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted June 5, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 5, 2018 18 hours ago, villa4europe said: benteke has been dropped from the belgium team batshuayi who missed the last couple of months with injury and thorgan hazard picked instead Always loved Tekkers. Incredible how his career has nose dived the past 3 seasons. Thought he had everything to eventually make it to the Real Madrid/PSG/Bayern level. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 23 hours ago, villa4europe said: brandt keeping him out, its a surprise but its not like he's been left out and they've called up some shit player from nowhere, they've just called up someone that PL fans probably havent heard of they only really have draxler, brandt, ozil, reus, muller and werner that they could use instead of him Yeah but Sane is a key performer for the best side in the history of football so it's an unbelievable shock that no one saw coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 14 hours ago, villa4europe said: heights and weights of all the players https://img.fifa.com/image/upload/hzfqyndmnqazczvc5xdb.pdf harry kane is joint heaviest player at the tournament, (with harry maguire) he's 4kg heavier than lukaku Some of these have to be wrong. John Stones is only 70KG while being over 6 foot? Japan have a bloke who's 59 KG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 So ... who do y'all think the other three semi-finalists will be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 did a predictor, had a final 4 of France, Germany, Spain and Brazil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Germany will be there, because they always are. They could play their under 14's and still get to the semi's because they just seem to "get" tournament football. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 i had portugal and spain drawing and then the group topper coming down to goal difference, i think ronaldo will go nuts vs Morocco or Iran meaning they top the group predictors are hard because there will be more draws and obviously some upsets, my QFs are france vs spain, brazil vs belgium, portugal vs argentina and germany vs england, that would be an amazing line up, spain vs brazil and germany vs argentina semis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 5, 2018 Moderator Share Posted June 5, 2018 My quarters are Portugal v France Brazil v Belgium Spain v Argentina Germany v Poland Semi France v Brazil Spain v Germany Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 43 minutes ago, villa4europe said: i had portugal and spain drawing and then the group topper coming down to goal difference, i think ronaldo will go nuts vs Morocco or Iran meaning they top the group Iran will be fairly negative and well drilled. Cant see many goals when they play 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 14 minutes ago, BOF said: My quarters are Portugal v France Brazil v Belgium Spain v Argentina Germany v Poland Semi France v Brazil Spain v Germany Think i had 7 out of 8, croatia instead of Argentina in quarters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 5, 2018 Moderator Share Posted June 5, 2018 2 minutes ago, Zatman said: Think i had 7 out of 8, croatia instead of Argentina in quarters Yeah I have Messi carrying them through which means Croatia get France in the last 16. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 croatia are one of 2 or 3 teams that i cant work out because i havent followed them closely enough, i could label them as dark horses capable of giving the argies and france a game, or at the same time they could be one of the shocks who get done by a decent nigeria or iceland team group H is the same, on paper it says to me colombia then poland but japan and senegal could get some results Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Croatia can out play the best on there day but also prone to infighting and dickhead fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One For The Road Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 England will definitely get out of the group. Then they may sneak into the last 8. That's about as far as is realistically possible though with the way English football is now set up. I'd be very surprised if England ever reach the last 4 of a tournament again. Just not enough quality coming through with the PL being a 'world league' as opposed to an English League. If you look at the amount of Germans in the Bundesliga or Spaniards in La Liga it's ridiculous how many more there are than English players in the Prem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 5, 2018 Moderator Share Posted June 5, 2018 Just now, One For The Road said: England will definitely get out of the group. Then they may sneak into the last 8. That's about as far as is realistically possible though with the way English football is now set up. I'd be very surprised if England ever reach the last 4 of a tournament again. Just not enough quality coming through with the PL being a 'world league' as opposed to an English League. If you look at the amount of Germans in the Bundesliga or Spaniards in La Liga it's ridiculous how many more there are than English players in the Prem. I think they get out. They may even win the group if Belgium do that thing where they completely flatter to deceive. But they get either Colombia or Poland in the last 16 so it's a bit of a toss-up, although I think the others are more canny in tournament football. It's not an impossible task, but if they do get through to the quarters, they're getting their arse handed to them by either Brazil or Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 23 minutes ago, One For The Road said: Just not enough quality coming through with the PL being a 'world league' as opposed to an English League. If you look at the amount of Germans in the Bundesliga or Spaniards in La Liga it's ridiculous how many more there are than English players in the Prem. to which i think the answer is young english kids need to leave the PL money behind and go play football abroad, which is happening, a fair few moved last summer, hopefully this summer will be the same in the past too many players have been happy to be paid mega money to sit in the reserves and moan and lack of opportunity, the opportunities are out there if they want them, i think there is now so much money in the prem they know they can come back to it at any stage of their career and make a lot of money, it doesn't all have to be upfront, if jadon sancho doesnt make it at dortmund he can sign for palace at 24 and earn £10m before he retires Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 5 hours ago, Zatman said: did a predictor, had a final 4 of France, Germany, Spain and Brazil There seems to be a problem with your predictor algorithm as England aren't mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 My bold prediction is Portugal won't get out of the group. Their defensive options are really old now. Even with winning euros they only drew their three group games, doub that would be enough to get through as would only need Morocco to beat Iran. They could also be 3 points down after first game if they lose to Spain and Morocco beat Iran. Morocco got some good players so wouldn't shock me if they nick second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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