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England - The Road To Brazil .. .Or not
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Best player in the world.0
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Sweden now need 3 goals in 10 minutes...0
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Almost Sweden 2-4 Ronaldo.0
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France 3-0 Ukraine. 3-2 on agg.0
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can't believe Ronaldo just missed that.
he is shit.0 -
Portugal qualify.
Only three places left now.
France/Ukraine
Uruguay/Jordan
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FT in Paris too. France qualify.
Two places left: Uruguay are 5-0 up on Jordan while Mexico are 5-1 up on New Zealand. Both second legs are played tomorrow but I think both are safe and we have our 32 countries for 2014.
CONMEBOL: Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador and (probably) Uruguay.
UEFA: Belgium, Italy, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Russia, Bosnia, England, Spain, Greece, Croatia, Portugal and France.
AFC: Japan, Australia, South Korea and Iran.
CONCACAF: United States, Costa Rica, Honduras and (probably) Mexico.
CAF: Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana and Algeria.0 -
The system for the draw is yet to be confirmed, but the likely pots will be:
1 Brazil, Spain, Germany, Argentina, Colombia, Belgium, Switzerland, Uruguay*.
2 Holland, Italy, England, Portugal, Greece, Bosnia, Croatia, Russia.
3 France, Chile, Ecuador, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Algeria, Ghana.
4 Japan, Australia, Iran, S Korea, Costa Rica, United States, Mexico, Honduras.
That means we could see a group containing say Brazil, Italy, France and the United States or Switzerland, Bosnia, Iran and Honduras. The draw in December is clearly going to be very important. I can't see England getting past the quarters, but with a favourable draw that will be achievable.0 -
So it'll be Brazil, England, France and USA then!!!0
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I don't trust FIFA to be honest so expect Brazil will get an easy group! Yes, we will probably get a tough one too.0
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When is the draw?0
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5th December i believe0
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You don't trust a random draw?MuttleyCAFC said:I don't trust FIFA to be honest so expect Brazil will get an easy group! Yes, we will probably get a tough one too.
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the balls are warmed up.
or the paper is warmed up.0 -
There are always ways - not beyond a pretty average magician!Stu_of_Kunming said:
You don't trust a random draw?MuttleyCAFC said:I don't trust FIFA to be honest so expect Brazil will get an easy group! Yes, we will probably get a tough one too.
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Draw is on the 6th.
France will be drawn first into a group with a South American top seed (Brazil/Argentina/Colombia/Uruguay) to avoid having a group of three European teams.
Groups of death:
Brazil, France, USA, England
Spain, Chile, Japan, England
Groups of 'life':
Switzerland, Iran, Algeria, England
Belgium, Costa Rica, Nigeria, England0 -
The Road to Brazil .. was this a Bob Hope/Bing Crosby movie from the 1950s ?0
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Draw on Friday. Pots have just been finalised by FIFA:
Pot 1: Argentina, Brazil, Belgium, Colombia, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Uruguay
Pot 2: Algeria, Cameroon, Chile, Ivory Coast, Ecuador, Ghana, Nigeria
Pot 3: Australia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Iran, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, USA
Pot 4: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, England, France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia
For the World Cup Final Draw, one side from Pot 4 will be drawn as a Pot 2 side.
https://twitter.com/FIFAcom
If FIFA had decided to use the current rankings rather than pre-play-off rankings, Switzerland and Belgium wouldn't be seeded. Portugal and Italy would be in their place.0 -
I thought france were going to be in pot 2 as they are the lowest ranked side?0
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I thought so too (they did it in 2006 with Serbia) but if I understand that right, it looks like it'll be randomly picked this time.
Anyone fancy Brazil, Netherlands, England, South Korea?0 - Sponsored links:
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Best we can hope for is something like: Colombia, Algeria, Iran, England.1
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Switzerland are definitely the seeded team you want. Avoid South American teams at all costs IMO.0
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Seems they are not totally finalised?Callumcafc said:Draw on Friday. Pots have just been finalised by FIFA:
place.
Might be a change or two to the "pots"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/252060400 -
Switzerland , Algeria and Iran would be an ideal draw for England i reckon.1
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I think its the group next door which will show us our demise. I think we'll get to the last 16.1
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One hard team and two 'easier' sides wouldn't be a bad thing. We usually do better against better sides.1
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Thought we weren't allowed a European team in pot 1 and were restricted to Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay or Colombia?Callumcafc said:Switzerland are definitely the seeded team you want. Avoid South American teams at all costs IMO.
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Maximum of two European sides per group makes it possible to be drawn against any of the top seeds.
Here's the Brazuca football that all the kids'll be wanting:
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