Just over a month until the greatest sporting occasion on earth begins, so thought time to begin discussing it.
Who are you favourites? Dark horses? Top Scorer? How do you think England (or Wales) will get on? and CL members heading over?....any all other general discussion regarding the tournament.
I cant wait for it to get under way, the thought of 4 international games a day is heaven to me. Cant see past Brazil and the moment with all the attacking flair they have but this is probably the most open tournament on paper that I can remember, with the timing and many teams in and out of form. Plus, is the Brazil defence all that?
Many can see England getting France in the QF's which would be an awesome spectacle but Denmark are my dark horses and wouldn't be surprised to see them actually win the group with the French and potentially setting up a QF tie with us (if we get there!).
This is a football only discussion, so please leave all the political and human rights stuff for elsewhere.
EDIT: Mods please move to football/other sports section as currently under 'not sports related', thanks.
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Winners - i can't see beyond Brazil or France.
It won't work out like this as there will be upsets along the way but the quarter finals could be very good if all the favourites win their groups and last 16 games.
Holland v Argentina
Spain v Brazil
England v France
Belgium v Portugal
Germany.
But their strength is as always in attack, Neymar, Raphinha, Jesus, Firmino, Vinicius, Antony, Richarlison, Martinelli. So they'll probably be good enough to beat a lot of sides.
Hard to see past Brazil with their squad, France the next best
Think Belgium could also finally do something
Having a world cup mid season feels really weird too.
As for our chances, I don't have very high expectations.......maybe that's a good thing!!
Looks like tickets are fairly easy to come by so I’ll play it by ear and see how we get on
Did Brazil v England in Qatar in 2009 and didn’t like the experience at all so wouldn’t be rushing back
I would put my life on the World Cup returning to South America for the first time in 20 years.
Beer gardens, atmosphere, daylight in the evenings and outside screens. This will be freezing, wet, hard to see or get a seat in front of a screen and overall be a bit shite atmosphere wise.
I reckon it’s going to be a brilliant World Cup from a footballing perspective, with players being at peak fitness for the first time ever.
Not everyone will want to hear it, but there’s a lot to look forward to with this tournament.
However, i still can't wait. There are tonnes of negatives but its the world cup, when push comes to shove we will all get behind the boys and hopefully watch a few games with friends/family. I have a random Tuesday booked off and am going into London with a couple friends just a day of watching footy and England aren't even playing.
Too soon for predictions, but if we can actually let our attacking players play and express themselves we will have a chance, if we sit back we will end up being disappointed and going home QF's.
not cause of the human right records etc, (I don’t really care, like I don’t care the Saudis own Newcastle ) but because I think it should go to proper footballing nations.
However, I am looking forward to it.
Kyle Walker faces a race to be fit and now it looks like Reece James' knee injury is worse than first thought and he could miss the tournament. Add to that TAA being hopelessly out of form (and also currently injured) and suddenly we've got a right back crisis.