Official World Cup 2018 Draw Thread

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Egypt, Nigeria, Senegal have very good chances to qualify IMO.


Iceland are Euro pretenders, UEFA is a garbage federation. I cant wait till those farmers get knocked down back to earth. Predicting they will finish last in their group.

I don't rate Iceland that highly but I think Croatia has a superior squad to Nigeria IMO. But Argentina seems more vulnerable as ever too so we'll see.

Senegal could be hit or miss. I only have Colombia above them in the group tho. IDK how to rate Poland tbh, Lewa is class and I doubt they're top seed for naught.

Egypt's only inferior to Uruguay in the group tbh, but Russia will be hosting :patrice: If it was a neutral venue, I'd have them easily advance :manny:

Now that I think about it, this draw might not be so bad :manny: I hope at least 2 make it out the groups.
 

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The group of death :huhldup:

And I like Russia w/Saudi Arabia for the purposes of fukkery

Definitely one of the more competive groups, especially when you look at how stacked Croatia is in the midfield (Rakitic, Modric, Perisic and Kovacic). However, Croatia are perennial disappointers on the big stage.
 

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Naija has a great track record of getting out the group: 3/5.

The 2 times they failed, they either had a tough group (group of death in 2002) or sabotaged themselves (in 2010).
 

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One thing a lot of us are overlooking for this world cup are injuriey, especially in the EPL where games get clustered in December.

Pull a hammy in January and you could kiss the WC good by.

African players may have an advantage as they play less games than their counterparts.

E.g. If Messi has to carry Barcelona through out the season in La Liga, Copa del Rey and Champs League then you can bet he'll be crazy tired come world cup.
 

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I'll be in Brazil in a few weeks, gonna grab some gear. Im also about to do that ancestry DNA thing to find out who I really should be rapping from the motherland.
 

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It's all Brazil for me. Tite really turned the team around. I hope everyone is healthy and it's crazy people are under estimating Brazil lol. I like it that way. Hopefully Neymar can explode in the tournament and lead Brazil to be Hexacampeao.
 

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Naija has a great track record of getting out the group: 3/5.

The 2 times they failed, they either had a tough group (group of death in 2002) or sabotaged themselves (in 2010).
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