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  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,131
    PragueAddick said:

    Absurdistan said:

    World Cup groups (world rankings in brackets)

    Group A - Brazil (3), Cameroon (56), Croatia (18), Mexico (20). Total 97.
    Group B - Australia (62), Chile (14), Netherlands (15), Spain (1). Total 92.
    Group C - Colombia (8), Greece (12), Ivory Coast (23), Japan (46). Total 89.
    Group D - Costa Rica (28), England (10), Italy (9), Uruguay (7). Total 54.
    Group E - Ecuador (26), France (17), Honduras (33), Switzerland (6). Total 82.
    Group F - Argentina (5), Bosnia-Herzegovina (21), Iran (43), Nigeria (44). Total 113.
    Group G - Germany (2), Ghana (37), Portugal (4), USA (13). Total 56.
    Group H - Algeria (22), Belgium (11), Russia (19), South Korea (57). Total 109.

    Is that right? The Sixth Best Country in the World at football is Switzerland???? While Italy is 9th and France 17th???

    WTF????

    I understand that Switzerland is the home of FIFA but this is taking things too far

    I think they were second in the world under Hodgson!? Standards have slipped. ;-)
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,973
    Absurdistan said:

    World Cup groups (world rankings in brackets)

    Group A - Brazil (3), Cameroon (56), Croatia (18), Mexico (20). Total 97.
    Group B - Australia (62), Chile (14), Netherlands (15), Spain (1). Total 92.
    Group C - Colombia (8), Greece (12), Ivory Coast (23), Japan (46). Total 89.
    Group D - Costa Rica (28), England (10), Italy (9), Uruguay (7). Total 54.
    Group E - Ecuador (26), France (17), Honduras (33), Switzerland (6). Total 82.
    Group F - Argentina (5), Bosnia-Herzegovina (21), Iran (43), Nigeria (44). Total 113.
    Group G - Germany (2), Ghana (37), Portugal (4), USA (13). Total 56.
    Group H - Algeria (22), Belgium (11), Russia (19), South Korea (57). Total 109.

    Shows how skewed the FIFA Rankings are (though I can't think of a better system.

    No one can agree surely that Group E is harder than Group B, for example.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,876
    Can someone with more time on their hands than me say which are hardest groups if take out the lowest ranked team? As a really low ranked team can really skew the results.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,973
    B, D, and G, at a quick skim read.
  • Bournemouth Addick
    Bournemouth Addick Posts: 16,284
    74 Final on now. Brilliant commentary too, some very funny and un-PC comments.

    Cruyff, Muller, Beckenbauer, Rep, Neeskins...some proper players on show and of course Jack Taylor reffing.
  • A-R-T-H-U-R
    A-R-T-H-U-R Posts: 7,678
    Can I be the first (and only?) to say the FA have picked a disappointing hotel for the team.

    Stayed there for a few nights in 2010 and it is down the end of the beach near Rocina shanty town and a taxi ride to any entertainment.
    The pool is OK though the view is just stunning. Nearest bit of the beach was the dirtiest section. Not swimmable or a place to lie down and unwind.

    I know its been done up but really, there are so many better places they could have selected.
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,059
    Italy v Fluminese live on SS3 right now, I think this is Italy's reserve side. Female lino.
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,059
    2-1 to Italy, Immobile just scored a good header, first two goals were a result of some pretty dire defending from each side
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    2-2 at half-time
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    They are not exactly playing against scintillating opposition - Fluminense finished 15th in the Brazillian league last season.

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  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,131
    Irrelevant in a lot of ways as it's an Italy reserve team.
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,059
    The_President said:

    They are not exactly playing against scintillating opposition - Fluminense finished 15th in the Brazillian league last season.

    From the highlights I've seen of the Brazilian league on BT I'm pretty sure Charlton could better that !

    Has been quite an entertaining game, quality isn't great though.
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,131
    Buffon can sleep easy if that's his nearest competition. Having said that I remember Buffon himself making a similar error at that age.
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    Why do the Flu colours look familiar ? Didnt we have those colours as away strip some time ago?
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,131
    The_President said:

    Why do the Flu colours look familiar ? Didnt we have those colours as away strip some time ago?

    We certainly did! In the late 90s for two seasons. We had the full kit and the half purple and green and half purple and white the next season, not to mention the green and white hoops as a third kit. People moaning about this year's kit don't know how lucky they are!
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,131
    edited June 2014
    Immobile doesn't look so...immobile. Lovely finish for his third.
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,131
    Three goals in less than two minutes for Italy. 5-2 now.
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    Italy have scored 3 goals in a minute !
    2-5
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,059
    Bloody hell, Fluminese are defending like Millwall - what was that back pass all about !
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,131
    se9addick said:

    Bloody hell, Fluminese are defending like Millwall - what was that back pass all about !

    Fix! Calciopoli!

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  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    How about this for a team that WONT be going to the World Cup !
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/worldcup2014/article-2510441/World-Cup-2014-Gareth-Bale-Zlatan-Ibrahimovic-players-going.html
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    Pirlo now on - lets hope Flu give him a bit of a clump !
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    What a goal for Flu !
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,131
    Pirlo is such a top player. No one else like him.

    Great goal from Fluminese. Can't see there being this many on Saturday somehow!
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,131
    The only images I can find of our trend setting away kits.
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    The Red Robin said:

    The only images I can find of our trend setting away kits.


    That was it !!
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,131
    The_President said:

    The Red Robin said:

    The only images I can find of our trend setting away kits.


    That was it !!
    I'll admit it, I the full kit for the firsr one, although I was only about ten at the time. I've got a feeling the second was our promotion year away kit in '98.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,811
    France 8-0 Jamaica

    x1 Cabaye
    x2 Matuidi
    x2 Benzema
    x1 Giroud
    x2 Griezmann
  • Kap10
    Kap10 Posts: 15,579
    The Red Robin said:

    The_President said:

    The Red Robin said:

    The only images I can find of our trend setting away kits.

    That was it !!
    I'll admit it, I the full kit for the firsr one, although I was only about ten at the time. I've got a feeling the second was our promotion year away kit in '98.
    I lived both of those and the green and white with a touch of red hoops. Always been a traditionalist for the home kit but liked something quirky for away
  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,161
    ValleyGary said:

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=footballapps.worldcup

    This is pretty decent, got the groups, news and videos

    Hi Gary, thanks for that, but its Android, and I'm trapped in the Mac eco-system.

    Any other reccos. from anyone?

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