Faire Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 A tough group for Australia by the way! GROUP A Brazil Croatia Mexico Cameroon GROUP B Spain Netherlands Chile Australia GROUP C Colombia Greece Côte d'Ivoire Japan GROUP D Uruguay Costa Rica England Italy GROUP E Switzerland Ecuador France Honduras GROUP F Argentina Bosnia-Herzegovina Iran Nigeria GROUP G Germany Portugal Ghana USA GROUP H Belgium Algeria Russia Korea Republic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartolomeo Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Forza Azzurri! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khomeinist Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Wow. USA sure got the shaft. Group E.... Eye roll..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiroshiro Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 My teams are together. Should be easy for Japan and Colombia. I'm excited now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainQuintero Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Group F get's the free ride for the Argies! Group G looks like it will be good to watch. Brazil Croatia - Spain Netherlands - Ivory Coast Japan - Italy England - Switzerland France - Argentina Nigeria - Germany USA (Unless Ronaldo can carry the whole team on his back; hasn't been able to yet) - Belgium (Awesome young talent coming through atm just in time) South Korea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smallclub Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiroshiro Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Group F get's the free ride for the Argies! Group G looks like it will be good to watch. Brazil Croatia - Spain Netherlands - Ivory Coast Japan - Italy England - Switzerland France - Argentina Nigeria - Germany USA (Unless Ronaldo can carry the whole team on his back; hasn't been able to yet) - Belgium (Awesome young talent coming through atm just in time) South Korea No Colombia? One of the Best Teams in the World Right now? Ivory Coast I don't see going very far after seeing their Qualifying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainQuintero Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 No Colombia? One of the Best Teams in the World Right now? Ivory Coast I don't see going very far after seeing their Qualifying Columbia to get stopped at the airport with bags of suspicious powder and not make it to Rio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiroshiro Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Columbia to get stopped at the airport with bags of suspicious powder and not make it to Rio Yea I sneak it in thru my Katana's Sheath.... Don't worry Its all planned out LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faire Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 Yep I see Grondona's hand on the draw for Argentina. They have a free pass through Semifinals. I see Colombia making it up to round of 16. It will be very hard for them to beat Italy, England or Uruguay in R16. The unluckiest team of all I think is Chile. They are playing quite well lately but will have to beat the last 2 world cup finalists, and if they have the chance to be 2nd, they likely will play against Brazil in R. of 16. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erm310mce Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Forza Azzurri! Great draw for the Azzurri! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrb5783 Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Wow. USA sure got the shaft. Group E.... Eye roll..... X2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brutusthebuckeye Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Forza Azzurri! X2..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a2vr6 Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 X2..... x3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Gargett Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 did like the way some non aussie sites were all talking group of death. general consensus was that ours, with chile, spain and holland could not be the group of death because we were there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunkenMonkey Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 I'd take Spain Chile and Holland over Germany, Portugal, and Ghana any day. But USA has our best team since forever; if they can overcome this terrible draw we will have something to celebrate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunkenMonkey Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Best quote I've seen so far, from a USA journalist: "if you look around your group and there's no Honduras, then you're the Honduras" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Englad is in tough neighbor hood! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oliverdst Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Any of you going to Brazil? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faire Posted December 7, 2013 Author Share Posted December 7, 2013 did like the way some non aussie sites were all talking group of death. general consensus was that ours, with chile, spain and holland could not be the group of death because we were there. Yeah I dont think its the group of death, but its the 3rd most hard group. Costa Rica maybe its on the group of death, with 3 world champions in the same group.(England, Italy and Uruguay) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlastairE Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Group D has to be the group of death. I can see England missing out quite easily to Uruguay and Italy. USA and Australia both got dead-end groups. It really shows how terrible a system FIFA have going on for the WC draw. France just snuck into the WC, and now have an any easy run to the round of 16. They barely got past Ukraine and now they will cruise out of their group. How Switzerland are a seeded team I have no idea... Belgium got a kind group for their first WC in a long time ('02 was the last I think...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlastairE Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Group F get's the free ride for the Argies! Group G looks like it will be good to watch. Brazil Croatia - Spain Netherlands - Colombia Greece - Italy Uruguay - Switzerland France - Argentina Nigeria - Germany Portugal (Unless Ronaldo can carry the whole team on his back; hasn't been able to yet) He carried them the whole qualification, with 3 goals in the last game vs Sweden..? - Belgium (Awesome young talent coming through atm just in time) Russia Those would be my changes. Ivory Coast are cynical chokers, and I can see Greece pipping them, even with their aging squad. It will be close between them though, but I think Mitroglou will have a good tournament. Colombia are one of the top teams in world football at the moment too. Russia should have enough to get past South Korea for 2nd spot in the group too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khomeinist Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Group G is group of death. Costa Rica is not good. Group D is challenging for England though. I agree that draw system is very weak. Groups E and F make little sense next to G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlastairE Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Group G does have the most equal 4 teams, but a 'big' footballing nation will not miss out on next round. Ghana and USA will be competitive, but I don't see them pushing Germany and Portugal in the race for progression too hard. Group D will mean that either the reigning Copa America champions, a 4 time WC winner and 7th ranked team, or England will miss out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khomeinist Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Lets be honest..... England is not elite..... Portugal, USA, and Ghana are clearly second-tier but all have experience making it to the knock-out stages. Like I said, no Costa Rica in this group... But either way....we agree on the draw system.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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