ilikenewcastle Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 Disappointing results in a lot of these play offs. Would have been nice to see some new faces at the World Cup but it looks like Qatar will be the only debutants. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 Having Qatar at a World Cup Finals is absolutely fucking grim, mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Linton Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 33 minutes ago, Astroblack said: He had about 400 lasers on his head. ridiculous. Amazed he didn't trip over one of them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Ahmed Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 Some ending to the Algeria-Cameroon game Algeria levelled on the night on 118 mins to go 2-1 ahead on agg, then Cameroon scored on 124 mins to make it 2-2 and go through on away goals Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 Algeria and Italy both going to absolute mince after their monster unbeaten runs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattoon Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 On 28/03/2022 at 14:51, The Bonk said: Mate, this is really unbelievable. Look at this! 120th when he took over and he's taken them to 33rd in 4 years, previous to that he took the women's team from 11th to 4th in 2 years. Very impressive resume. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, Mattoon said: 120th when he took over and he's taken them to 33rd in 4 years, previous to that he took the women's team from 11th to 4th in 2 years. Very impressive resume. If they beat Panama tomorrow (well tonight as I type), then they will likely move up to 30th in the rankings. Edited March 30, 2022 by Stifler Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 Peru gonna play the “Socceroos”or UAE in the playoff. Costa Rica v NZ or Solomon Islands for the other. Could be a antipodean nightmare. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 I desperately want the Solomon Islands to somehow go through. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 World Cup Ball Claxon! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
QatarMag Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 In the draw rehearsal earlier today… England Mexico Iran Ecuador Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 7 hours ago, 54 said: World Cup Ball Claxon! I like it, what was that ball called at the World Cup in South Africa? The Jabulani? Did they ever get to the bottom of why it was so shit? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubaricho Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 USMNT officially going to be around Qatar in November to kick England’s ass. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Congrats to Panama on qualifying for absolutely nothing. They sure seemed stoked at the news. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazzy Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 6 hours ago, QatarMag said: In the draw rehearsal earlier today… England Mexico Iran Ecuador That would be a decent group, the game against Mexico would be a great one I think. Would also be nice not to have any European teams in our group. Will definitely endeavour to watch the draw live tomorrow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Draw on Friday and all the pots more or less done. Teams from same confederation can't be put into the same group except for two UEFA side. Pot 1: Qatar, Argentina, Brazil, Belgium, France, England, Portugal, Spain Pot 2: Mexico, USA, Uruguay, Switzerland, Croatia, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands Pot 3: Iran, Senegal, Morocco, Serbia, Tunisia, Poland, South Korea, Japan Pot 4: Canada, Ghana, Cameroon, Saudi, Ecuador, Australia/UAE/Peru, Wales/Scotland/Ukraine, New Zealand/Costa Rica Potential to be some pretty fun groups and group A could potentially be the worst one ever at a World Cup. As a top seed, do you prefer to be in Group B for a potentially easier match in the knock-out stages or Group C so you get 1A v 2B potentially in the quarter-finals? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 On 29/03/2022 at 20:55, Disco said: What a gyp for the Pharaoh’s. Senegal progress to the joy of everyone who doesn’t have to watch Egypt’s aaaaaful football. I'm glad Egypt's terror-ball hasn't been rewarded It's a shame Algeria faced Cameroon. In terms of strength and likelihood to succeed at a WC Africa would want: Senegal Cameroon Algeria Morocco Ghana/Nigeria Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjohnson Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 On 29/03/2022 at 22:51, toon25 said: Having Qatar at a World Cup Finals is absolutely fucking grim, mind. What's the odds on them pulling a South Korea/Italy kind of result to ensure they don't go immediately out in the group stages? Calling it now, they'll have some spectacularly dubious referee calls go in their favour. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 28 minutes ago, gjohnson said: What's the odds on them pulling a South Korea/Italy kind of result to ensure they don't go immediately out in the group stages? Calling it now, they'll have some spectacularly dubious referee calls go in their favour. Quite difficult with VAR. With that being said, their team has been doing alright as of late and in an easy group they might stand a small chance of going through. Give them a group like USA/Mexico, Tunisia and Ecuador and I can see them not completely embarassing themselves tbf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foluwashola Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Can you have 3 European teams in same group? Group of death would be Germany, all meh, Wales/Scotland. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 28 minutes ago, Foluwashola said: Can you have 3 European teams in same group? Group of death would be Germany, all meh, Wales/Scotland. No. Five groups will have two European teams, three groups will have one European team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjohnson Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Flip said: Quite difficult with VAR. With that being said, their team has been doing alright as of late and in an easy group they might stand a small chance of going through. Give them a group like USA/Mexico, Tunisia and Ecuador and I can see them not completely embarassing themselves tbf. How so, VAR has pulled/ignored some true shockers this season? 2 spectacularly bad ones for us, and no doubt every other team could quote a couple too. FIFA will want Qatar to go through to justify going there in the first place, and we all know what happens when the organisers of a tournament want a certain result. Edited March 31, 2022 by gjohnson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foluwashola Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 1 minute ago, Yorkie said: No. Five groups will have two European teams, three groups will have one European team. Ah whey, group should be EASY again then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Hope we get a couple of toughies and one shite'un. Uruguay, Senegal and Australia for eg. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Have they made up some ridiculously convoluted scheme for this draw ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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