The Syndicate

For a country rarely on the world stage, Croatia made a name for themselves and should be proud of their work (2nd is nothing to scoff at)

I think TS standings are relatively static after that game. Congrats to France tho (Griezmann for golden boot/Brennan for more points 2018)

France 3-1 Croatia
Belgium 2-1 England

Rip, I guess Griezmann deserves it though. I wish it would've been a tie game at regulation :/

England 2-0 Croatia
Belgium 2-1 France

I spent awhile researching so hopefully this nets me points

I wasn't expecting to actually get the Russia game right :s

France v Uruguay 2-3
Brazil v Belgium 1-2
England v Sweden 2-1 (Sorry dunya ;-; )
Croatia v Russia 2-2 with Croatia win in Kicks from the mark

Croatia deserved to lose against Denmark

I do apologise I forgot to do this so Ignore the ones that are live or have started Games in Chronological Order

Monday 2 July
Brazil vs Mexico - (Match 53) 3-1
Belgium vs Japan - (Match 54) 4-1

Tuesday 3 July
Sweden vs Switzerland - (Match 55) 3-2 I can't believe that I'm predicting Sweden to fucking advance again
Colombia vs England - (Match 56) 2-4

If my newfound faith in Sweden fails me:

dunya wrote: ↑Fri Jun 29, 2018 5:13 pm another fun fact, @wolbre04 was the only one to predict a South Korea upset against Germany

lol I paid the German team to lose :P

I refuse to admit Sweden advanced

Iceland 2, Nigeria 1
Brazil 3 Costa Rica 1
Switzerland 1 Serbia 3

Costa Rica x Serbia 2-3
Germany x Mexico 3-1
Brazil x Switzerland 2-0

dunya wrote: ↑Sun Jun 17, 2018 6:11 am oh wow @Dragon D. Luffy just seen this

Way to go buddy, you ruined the fucking shirt

Tbh Iceland is my new fav

im too busy working to watch or keep track of who is winning but

watch out sistahs

dunya wrote: ↑Wed Jun 13, 2018 5:47 pm naturally, Argentina are struggling atm but I fully believe that if there is a God, he will want Messi to win a World Cup in his career so....Argentina to win it all imo.

Argentina is not a real country and Messi is not a real player

Golden wrote: ↑Wed Jun 13, 2018 6:09 pm

dunya wrote: ↑Wed Jun 13, 2018 5:47 pm naturally, Argentina are struggling atm but I fully believe that if there is a God, he will want Messi to win a World Cup in his career so....Argentina to win it all imo.

God is Polish.

love this

The Group Games
(tbh this is gonna be damn near impossible to predict actual numbers and not just a W/L/T)

dunya wrote: ↑Wed Jun 06, 2018 2:52 pm

wolbre04 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 06, 2018 2:50 pm

dunya wrote: ↑Wed Jun 06, 2018 2:47 pm when's the last time you saw a game with Sweden? I don't anticipate they'll make it beyond the Round of 16, but since Zlatan left, they've become a pretty adaptable team. You just wait and see.

I can't say that I've watched them play a game recently without Zlatan rip
Thats why I don't think they'll even get their socks on

you've not seen them eh? so you're talking out of your ass eh?

so many eggs in your face when they advance. muahahahaha.

I'm not pulling anything out of my ass I've watched the games that are particularly important and I probably figured I would go to a park if I wanted to see children play soccer


Dinner will be served, an entreé of your words with an appetizer of crow (Idk if the same slang is used in Sweden but this means you'll have to admit I'm right)

Also none of this is personal, you guys can't help that your teams won't win :P

dunya wrote: ↑Wed Jun 06, 2018 2:47 pm when's the last time you saw a game with Sweden? I don't anticipate they'll make it beyond the Round of 16, but since Zlatan left, they've become a pretty adaptable team. You just wait and see.

I can't say that I've watched them play a game recently without Zlatan rip
Thats why I don't think they'll even get their socks on

dunya wrote: ↑Wed Jun 06, 2018 2:27 pm also, Russia sucks, but Egypt only has some individual good players---not the whole squad at all. Russia are the hosts, I feel like they are under a lot of pressure. It's historically proven that teams do better than expected when they are the hosts, so yeah, feel confident they're gonna get into Round of 16 but not beyond imo.

I just died


Things Russia has going for them:
1. They aren't the North Korean WC team
2. They have home field advantage
3. Other factors that look good for them

I think Melatonii is Australian and you're Swedish right?

Footage of Sweden's assets:



I guess not having the U.S. in the WC hurts but I can still shade your teams a bit :P


Me if Australia makes it to 16


And if either of these teams makes it to 16:


Finally:

Replace Diabetes with Sweden / Australia winning in this gif

I'm gonna be a narcissist and say that I win :P

wolbre04 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 06, 2018 2:15 pm Brennan's Phase 1 Predictions!

Spoiler: show

(I actually buy a magazine thing that is printed each year that heavily analyzes teams with raw numbers and commentary, so hopefully the $15 manual doesn't let me down).

my Round of 16 winner predictions:

Group A: Uruguay, Egypt (Not hard, Russia is garbage and LOL at Saudi Arabia)
Group B: Portugal, Spain (This Group is Pretty Tragic)
Group C: France, Denmark (Kevin is from Denmark, but also Peru hasn't had consistently good years recently, whereas Denmark has)
Group D: Argentina, Croatia (As much as I'd love to have picked Iceland after last UEFA, Croatia has a more cohesive squad and I don't think Iceland had the momentum to survive this group)
Group E: Brazil (Neymar is my homeboy), Serbia (will get cleaned up shortly thereafter)
Group F: Germany (Favorited and a very solid team, as they have had in recent years), Mexico (They have historically been a team full of letdowns in the world cup, but I have some shred of hope for our southern neighbors this year)
Group G: England (Again, not a tough group at all for them), Belgium (Don't like their team but Tunisia's energy will be drier than the Sahara so theres no one else [besides Panama lmfao] to fill in the cracks)
Group H: Poland (Would be historically hilarious if they faced and beat Germany (or the more unlikely to advance, Russia) in the finals, Columbia (Strong team inrecent years, too big a discrepancy gap between them and Senegal to consider anyone else)

quarter finalists:
From Groups A and B: Uruguay, Portugal
From Groups C and D: France, Argentina
From Groups E and F: Brazil, Germany
From Groups G and H: Poland, Belgium

semi finalists:
Portugal, France, Germany, Belgium

finalists:
4th place: Portugal
3rd place: Belgium
2nd place: France
1st place: Germany

Golden Ball winner: Neymar jr. (Brazil)
Golden Boot winner: Griezmann (France)
Golden Glove winner: Becker (Brazil)

Teams I would be surprised if they advanced past 16 (Just for funzies): Iran, Saudi Arabia, Russia, S. Korea, Iceland, Australia. Everyone else I would be less surprised about. But these would be fun upsets to see too

Here are my picks as a visual (for ease):

Brennan's Phase 1 Predictions!
(I actually buy a magazine thing that is printed each year that heavily analyzes teams with raw numbers and commentary, so hopefully the $15 manual doesn't let me down).

my Round of 16 winner predictions:

Group A: Uruguay, Egypt (Not hard, Russia is garbage and LOL at Saudi Arabia)
Group B: Portugal, Spain (This Group is Pretty Tragic)
Group C: France, Denmark (Kevin is from Denmark, but also Peru hasn't had consistently good years recently, whereas Denmark has)
Group D: Argentina, Croatia (As much as I'd love to have picked Iceland after last UEFA, Croatia has a more cohesive squad and I don't think Iceland had the momentum to survive this group)
Group E: Brazil (Neymar is my homeboy), Serbia (will get cleaned up shortly thereafter)
Group F: Germany (Favorited and a very solid team, as they have had in recent years), Mexico (They have historically been a team full of letdowns in the world cup, but I have some shred of hope for our southern neighbors this year)
Group G: England (Again, not a tough group at all for them), Belgium (Don't like their team but Tunisia's energy will be drier than the Sahara so theres no one else [besides Panama lmfao] to fill in the cracks)
Group H: Poland (Would be historically hilarious if they faced and beat Germany (or the more unlikely to advance, Russia) in the finals, Columbia (Strong team inrecent years, too big a discrepancy gap between them and Senegal to consider anyone else)

quarter finalists:
From Groups A and B: Uruguay, Portugal
From Groups C and D: France, Argentina
From Groups E and F: Brazil, Germany
From Groups G and H: Poland, Belgium

semi finalists:
Portugal, France, Germany, Belgium

finalists:
4th place: Portugal
3rd place: Belgium
2nd place: France
1st place: Germany

Golden Ball winner: Neymar jr. (Brazil)
Golden Boot winner: Griezmann (France)
Golden Glove winner: Becker (Brazil)

Teams I would be surprised if they advanced past 16 (Just for funzies): Iran, Saudi Arabia, Russia, S. Korea, Iceland, Australia. Everyone else I would be less surprised about. But these would be fun upsets to see too