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Post Post #0 (ISO) » Mon May 28, 2018 6:12 pm

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Now the domestic football season is over in England, and Liverpool got laughed out of Kyiv, it's time to start getting hyped for World Cup 2018 - Corruption's such an old song.

It's being held in Russia after they
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Current odds have Brazil and Germany at 5/1, Spain at 13/2, France at 15/2 and Argentina at 10/1. I would think France are at a good price there, but who knows.

First game is on 14th June, which is Russia v Saudi Arabia.

England's squad is interesting, and hopefully they make the Quarter Finals.
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Post Post #1 (ISO) » Mon May 28, 2018 8:39 pm

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cant wait for the english tears in just over a month lul.

ok memes aside, im beyond excited to fuck my schedule up for this.

naturally rooting for iceland.

peru seems insane value at 200-1
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Post Post #2 (ISO) » Mon May 28, 2018 9:04 pm

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Post Post #3 (ISO) » Tue May 29, 2018 3:08 am

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Don't buy on Messi and Friends. They are not a good team right now, and frankly they're probably the "good" team most likely to flame out in the group stage.

While it sucks not to be there, the US would have been crap this year thanks to the lost generation. At least now we get a bit of a head start playing our kids in friendlies for 2022. US in 2022 has an insane ceiling rn that isn't on the back of a couple untested pieces. It's on the back of a few kids who at 18/19 are already having and impact + a bunch of promising kids.

Peru at 200-1 is an insane buy. Uruguay is also probably a good buy at w/e price they are at (soft group + Portugal R16 gives them an ez path to quarterfinals, and they are a super fucking legit team that people love to overlook)
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Post Post #4 (ISO) » Tue May 29, 2018 3:11 am

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I actually can't stress enough how much Argentina as the 5th best team in this WC is a joke take.
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Post Post #5 (ISO) » Tue May 29, 2018 3:13 am

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France is also at a decent price because they have a relatively soft group, then they're R16 is against the team that gets out of the group of life, so their first real test will be vs Uruguay unless something weird happens or Ronaldo carries Portugal very hard vs Uruguay
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Post Post #6 (ISO) » Tue May 29, 2018 3:14 am

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I mean, Portugal was literally just Ronaldo and friends and they won the Euros.
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Post Post #7 (ISO) » Tue May 29, 2018 3:18 am

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After getting third in their group and Greeceing their way through most of the knockout stage.

They got lucky that they drew relatively soft teams in the third and fourth pools of their group, but I would put them at only a 60-70% chance of getting out. Iran or Morocco could show up for a few games and edge them out on tiebreaks in a 9-4-4-0 group
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Post Post #8 (ISO) » Tue May 29, 2018 3:19 am

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France probably deserves a better position than Spain.
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Post Post #9 (ISO) » Tue May 29, 2018 3:25 am

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Holy shit Uruguay is at 33-1 buy so hard on that
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Post Post #10 (ISO) » Tue May 29, 2018 3:26 am

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Sweden at 200-1 is also a buy
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Post Post #11 (ISO) » Tue May 29, 2018 4:43 am

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In post 4, BROseidon wrote:I actually can't stress enough how much Argentina as the 5th best team in this WC is a joke take.
Icardi not in the squad is hilarious.
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Post Post #12 (ISO) » Tue May 29, 2018 4:45 am

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In post 10, BROseidon wrote:Sweden at 200-1 is also a buy
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Post Post #13 (ISO) » Tue May 29, 2018 4:49 am

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In post 7, BROseidon wrote:They got lucky that they drew relatively soft teams in the third and fourth pools of their group, but I would put them at only a 60-70% chance of getting out. Iran or Morocco could show up for a few games and edge them out on tiebreaks in a 9-4-4-0 group
I agree w this. If they lose to Spain, which I'd expect them to then them trying to break down Morocco and Iran could prove difficult.
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Post Post #14 (ISO) » Tue May 29, 2018 4:56 am

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In post 12, Faraday wrote:
In post 10, BROseidon wrote:Sweden at 200-1 is also a buy
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Sweden is a good dark-horse buy
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Post Post #15 (ISO) » Tue May 29, 2018 5:02 am

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They've a difficult enough group and unless they win it probably play Brazil in the last 16. Don't really see them going very far, despite knockibg out a pretty average Italy side.
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Post Post #16 (ISO) » Tue May 29, 2018 5:03 am

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That group looks like it has some fun matches tho for sure
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Post Post #17 (ISO) » Tue May 29, 2018 5:04 am

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Netherlands are out yet again so I guess I'm rooting for Germany
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Post Post #18 (ISO) » Tue May 29, 2018 5:06 am

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I guess that's fair. Even with the talent they have, they have to hit a number of upsets
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Post Post #19 (ISO) » Tue May 29, 2018 5:19 am

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Post Post #20 (ISO) » Tue May 29, 2018 5:20 am

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England eliminated on group stage again would be funny
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Post Post #21 (ISO) » Tue May 29, 2018 5:22 am

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In post 19, Creature wrote:
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Post Post #22 (ISO) » Tue May 29, 2018 5:24 am

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Yeah, all previous world cup champions will be eliminated during group stage.
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Post Post #23 (ISO) » Wed May 30, 2018 7:33 pm

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Post Post #24 (ISO) » Thu May 31, 2018 12:22 am

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