RUSSIA 2018 - THE WORLD CUP THREAD.

[Text]

Ok,
Straightup, in the wake of them being beaten by Uruguay & thrashed by Russia, someone has just asked me if Saudi Arabia will beheading home now.


What??

[Punk]

Ok,
Straightup, in the wake of them being beaten by Uruguay & thrashed by Russia, someone has just asked me if Saudi Arabia will beheading home now.


What??

I love the old jokes. Hiya Text.

[Text]

Hiya pet!


Random footy trivia. Selected these from a list . (Citation, etc …… )
https://www.fourfourtwo.com/gallery/ran ... ments-ever

1. 1986 Madonna infamous The Hand of God!

2. 1994 Andres Escobar shot by Humberto Munoz, a drug lord, after his 'own goal' led to a 1st round exit of Colombia.

3. 1982 Harald Schumacher collided with Patrick Battiston in the semi-final. Battiston had lost two teeth.

4. 2006 Zidane headbutts Materazzi and Italy go on to win the showpiece on spot-kicks.

5. 1998 Brazil lost 3-0 to hosts France. Ronaldo nearly missed the final, played badly, but his time would come.

6. 2014 Luis Suarez bites Italy's Chiellini. 3rd bite of his career after saying he wanted to improve his image. Banned, fined.

7. 2002 14. 1966 Italy vs NK. Italy sent out by a goal from Pak Doo-ik who was promptly fired form Italy's domestic league.

8. 2002 Captain Roy Keane leaves the Ireland squad accusing the manager Mick McCarthy of unprofessionalism.

9. 2006 In just one game,16 yellows, 4 reds. Holland's van Bommel booked @ 2 mins! Portugal's Figo headbutted Bommel for good measure.

10. 1966 Jules Rimet Trophy stolen. 1 week later, found under a bush by Londoner David Corbett's dog, Pickle.

[.SF.]

Anyone know how the groups are drawn for the first stage? There's usually two strong and two weaker sides per group so it doesn't look like a random draw.

[Dean]

Anyone know how the groups are drawn for the first stage? There's usually two strong and two weaker sides per group so it doesn't look like a random draw.

Its a seeded draw...

[.SF.]

Anyone know how the groups are drawn for the first stage? There's usually two strong and two weaker sides per group so it doesn't look like a random draw.

Its a seeded draw...

How does that work then?

[Dean]

Anyone know how the groups are drawn for the first stage? There's usually two strong and two weaker sides per group so it doesn't look like a random draw.

Its a seeded draw...

How does that work then?

It’s a bit complicated but basically the top 8 teams go in separate groups. Then there’s a pot 2 with the next best 8 teams. They are drawn out and placed into a group. Then the next best 8 are in a pot and drawn into a group and so on. They try to keep teams from the same continent apart as much as possible so sometimes teams are redrawn if theres too many from Europe for example...

[.SF.]

Anyone know how the groups are drawn for the first stage? There's usually two strong and two weaker sides per group so it doesn't look like a random draw.

Its a seeded draw...

How does that work then?

It’s a bit complicated but basically the top 8 teams go in separate groups. Then there’s a pot 2 with the next best 8 teams. They are drawn out and placed into a group. Then the next best 8 are in a pot and drawn into a group and so on. They try to keep teams from the same continent apart as much as possible so sometimes teams are redrawn if theres too many from Europe for example...

Got it. Thanks for that.

[Ray of Sunshine]

So you've got two Turks in the German team who met the Turkish President, one of whom said he was "his President".

And you've got two Kosovans in the Swiss team, one with the Kosovo flag on one of his boots, taunting the Serbian crowd yesterday.

So they question is, if they're so patriotic, why are they playing for Turkey/ Kosovo instead of Germany/ Switzerland?

Not because they're bigger, better teams surely?

[Guest]

Anyone know how the groups are drawn for the first stage? There's usually two strong and two weaker sides per group so it doesn't look like a random draw.

Its a seeded draw...

How does that work then?

It’s a bit complicated but basically the top 8 teams go in separate groups. Then there’s a pot 2 with the next best 8 teams. They are drawn out and placed into a group. Then the next best 8 are in a pot and drawn into a group and so on. They try to keep teams from the same continent apart as much as possible so sometimes teams are redrawn if theres too many from Europe for example...

Got it. Thanks for that.

This explains how the teams are seeded in the draw -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_FIFA ... up_seeding

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Rankings shows how the seedings are determined.

[Cobs]

It's going to happen...

[Ray of Sunshine]

Tense for Sweden now.

[dis]

Bloody hell this is some game. I’ve got it as a draw on the predictions thread.

[dis]

Eeeeh

[dis]

Shit. My husband has them on his free bet thing so quite happy actually.