The Official 2014 World Cup Thread

[Mulli]

Dude, the travel is extreme, even for WCQ. It's far away from everyone. Where would you even put them where you wouldn't penalize the conference that absorbed them?

Ya, that is pretty far to row!

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[Dback Jon]

European Draw for final four spots:

Portugal vs. Sweden

Greece vs. Romania

Croatia vs. Iceland

Ukraine vs. France

 

[Mulli]

European Draw for final four spots:

Portugal vs. Sweden

Greece vs. Romania

Croatia vs. Iceland

Ukraine vs. France

Mulli's picks. For some reason, Ukes v. Francs is the game to watch for me.

 

[Dback Jon]

Mulli's picks. For some reason, Ukes v. Francs is the game to watch for me.

Rooting for Iceland - they would be by far the small country, population wise to ever qualify for the WC.

At 320K, they have population a 100K smaller than Mesa.

 

[Mulli]

Rooting for Iceland - they would be by far the small country, population wise to ever qualify for the WC.

At 320K, they have population a 100K smaller than Mesa.

They have no shot. (I think based on me not having any idea)

 

[Dback Jon]

They have no shot. (I think based on me not having any idea)

Probably not - Croatia is ranked 18th, Iceland 46th.


But go Bjorks!

 

[Mulli]

Probably not - Croatia is ranked 18th, Iceland 46th.


But go Bjorks!

Boom goes Mulli!

 

[Chaplin]

Mulli's picks. For some reason, Ukes v. Francs is the game to watch for me.

Would be strange for Ronaldo to miss the World Cup. Come to think of it, it's actually strange that Portugal needs to go through a playoff, they SHOULD be better than they are.

 

[Mulli]

Would be strange for Ronaldo to miss the World Cup. Come to think of it, it's actually strange that Portugal needs to go through a playoff, they SHOULD be better than they are.

Agree, but this guy makes for better television:

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[Gaddabout]

They have no shot. (I think based on me not having any idea)

US stole their best player! (Aron Johnnson). Mexico loves US right now. Iceland hates US.

 

[Dback Jon]

US stole their best player! (Aron Johnnson). Mexico loves US right now. Iceland hates US.

You mean Aron Jóhannsson ;

I didn't know that - what a blow to Iceland.

 

[Mulli]

You mean Aron Jóhannsson ;

I didn't know that - what a blow to Iceland.

Ya, it was pretty cold.

 

[Gaddabout]

You mean Aron Jóhannsson ;

I didn't know that - what a blow to Iceland.

Wynalda to Brit: If you guys didn't import your national stars, you wouldn't even have a team. Sorry.

Brit to Wynalda: And how would the Americans fair?

Wynalda: [Silence]

(And I love Wynalda! But the Brit was right!)

 

[Stout]

The OFC only exists because the tiny islands that make it up can't afford to get swept into the AFC. They even have to merge their WCQs and Nations Cup (their Gold Cup) into one event.

Well...

Dude, the travel is extreme, even for WCQ. It's far away from everyone. Where would you even put them where you wouldn't penalize the conference that absorbed them?

...this is an argument I can buy. This makes sense.

Saying other conferences have better teams holds no water to me, or else why not just take only 1 or 2 from CONCACAF and take more from Europe and S. America?

I mean, I still think they should get an auto bid--I'm always for the underdog--but it makes more sense to me now.

 

[SO91]

Agree, but this guy makes for better television:

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Not only that, you also get Swedish girls, and the World Cup needs them.

 

[Dback Jon]

Uruguay smashes Jordan 5-0 in first leg
Mexico rolls New Zealand 5-1 in first leg


Final match on the 20th.


Looks like Uruguay and Mexico will cruise into the WC

 

[Dback Jon]

Africa:

Ivory Coast vs Senegal
Nigeria vs Ethiopia
Tunisia vs Cameroon
Ghana vs Egypt
Burkina Faso vs Algeria

First match winners in bold

Tunisia-Cameroon ended in a 0-0 draw

 

[Chaplin]

Mexico is officially the luckiest damn country in the world. They really have no business being in the world cup and I can't wait to see them get bounced in the group stages.

 

[Stout]

The Uruguay win is no surprise.

 

[Stout]

France is in serious, serious trouble. I'd be okay with them missing--it would keep half of the Newcastle squad fresh and uninjured

 

[Dback Jon]

Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Cameroon have advanced to the World Cup.

 

[Dback Jon]

European Play-ins

Portugal - Sweden
Ukraine - France
Greece - Romania
Iceland - Croatia


Bolded teams won opening leg.
Iceland-Croatia tied 0-0

 

[Stout]

Doesn't France have to effectively win 3-0 to advance outright? 3-1 will lose it for them because of giving up an away goal, and 2-0 just sends it to extras and penalties. Man, they're in a tight spot.

 

[Dback Jon]

Ghana advances, destroying Egypt in total goals.

Egypt won the home half 2-1, but was down 5 goals from first match

 

[Chaplin]

As expected, Mexico cruises past New Zealand. What a travesty.