The Syndicate

Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Mon Jun 18, 2018 9:29 am Wonder how dunya will react once she realizes her happy Sweden win also means

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3 points for me

not staying 1-0, no way

i kinda feel sorry for south korea. their players looked heartbroken tbh

yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

omg penalty

BuckarooBanzai wrote: ↑Mon Jun 18, 2018 8:41 am Pretty much what I expected so far

just wait for the 2nd half

should be a penalty. review the videos silly ref!

berg

offff good chance. no help for Granqvist

sweden rarely win the first game in the WC games.

they always need time to warm up. I expect a much better second half.

lmao. look how big Granqvist is compared to the refs and Korean players

I have mixed feelings about Iceland, sorry

BuckarooBanzai wrote: ↑Mon Jun 18, 2018 6:45 am Wouldn't be shocked by Tunisia winning.

I would love it if they did. This would be an epic WC if all the "big" teams choked and died before Round of 16.

Golden wrote: ↑Mon Jun 18, 2018 6:49 am They couldn’t make it out of pool play in the last cricket or rugby world cups...

no I only asked because this is what he had to say about England and Tunisia when making his pregame predictions

{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)}

so like, the prediction doesn't add up.

[mention]wolbre04[/mention] just wanna make sure you have Tunisia 3-1 England.

so updated 18th June game prdictions

(waiting on predictions from [mention]Choutas[/mention] )

nutella
Sweden 1-1 South Korea
Belgium 2-0 Panama
Tunisia 0-1 England

wolbre
Sweden vs. South Korea (18/6) 1-0
Belgium vs. Panama (18/6) 3-0
Tunisia vs. England (18/6) 3-1

aflickering
sweden 1-0 south korea
belgium 2-0 panama
tunisia 1-2 england

Iai
Sweden 2-0 Korea Rep
Belgium 3-0 Panama
Tunisia 0-1 England

dunya
Sweden 3-0 Korea
Belgium 2-0 Panama
Tunisia 0-3 England

JJJ
Sweden 2-0 South Korea
Belgium 3-0 Panama
Tunisia 0-2 England

Golden
Sweden 3-0 Korea
Belgium 2-0 Panama
Tunisia 0-0 England

Buckaroo
Sweden 0-0 Korea
Belgium 2-0 Panama
Tunisia 1-1 England

DDL
Sweden 1-0 South Korea
Belgium 2-0 Panama
Tunysia 0-2 England

melatonii
Sweden 2-0 Korea
Belguim 3-0 Panama
Tunisia 0-3 England

Sloonei
Sweden 2-1 South Korea
Belgium 3-0 Panama
England 1-1 Tunisia

[mention]wolbre04[/mention] just want to make sure you were intentionally predicting a Tunisia win over England. No judgement, just confirmation.

fuck it, changing my prediction of 2-1 to 3-0 for Sweden. We got this.

let me pay my monthly bills first and then see how I feel about Sweden -_-

I think I'll go 2-0 or 3-0 to Sweden. contemplating.

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/foo ... 03146.html

not exactly fighting words from Son.

[mention]Choutas[/mention] gimme today's predictions!

you guys are so weird.

Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Sun Jun 17, 2018 6:37 pm I don't think there was a single game I rooted so much in 2014 as the final. It was just me and a Mexican dude sitting in an empty pub in England rooting for Argentina to lose.

Fuck yeah I'm rooting for Mexico.

funny how you rooted for the team that hung you out to dry with a 7-1 loss.

Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Sun Jun 17, 2018 6:35 pm But hell no if I'm gonna root for them to win two consecurtive times. That is boring.

ok, I agree there for sure.

I would rather anyone but France win it before Germany. (I fucking loathe most French players dunno why)

Only you would call Germany boring

I fucking hate Germany, especially after stealing the WC from under Messi's nose in 2014 but....they were the better team that day. Even I couldn't argue it. And the game they played against Mexico today was one of the most exciting games so far (almost as exiting than the Portugal x Spain game). Germany are mechanical, and sometimes clumsy, but they aren't boring imo.

I found Portugal and Spain pretty equal in quality. I mean, Spain has wider range of attack, Portugal only has C7 they count on. Portugal had better defence, Spain have shitty defence.

I find that argument of "new blood" fine and all, but if a team is looking good, then they deserve to win over a shittier performing team tbh. This isn't a charity case.

Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Sun Jun 17, 2018 6:19 pm I'm Mexico/Iceland/Portugal all the way. They are much more fun to root for than Brazil.

why portugal and not spain?

Golden wrote: ↑Sun Jun 17, 2018 6:14 pm

Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Sun Jun 17, 2018 6:11 pm Tbh I don't really hate either country, but it's a fan thing. I have to root against them.

I was rooting for Brazil coming in to this world cup but after this morning, not so much.

But to be honest I'm really just in it to get a new winner.

it's only 1 game in. it really doesn't mean much. I wouldn't be surprised if Brazil or Germany or France win it all.

Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Sun Jun 17, 2018 6:12 pm

Golden wrote: ↑Sun Jun 17, 2018 6:11 pm Lol have Argentina ever actually just won a world cup?

First one was by bribing Peru.

Second one was with La Mano de Dios (The Hand of God).

So no.

wow, you didn't have to look at your location to tell where you're from.

Belgium are the clear favorites to win tomorrow. Everyone but Buckaroo and nutella predicted a Sweden win, and as for the England game... wolbre was alone in predicting a Tunisia upset, a couple more anticipate draws with the majority expecting England to pull off a win.

Would absolutely be floored if Tunisia manage to win it.

18th June game prdictions

(waiting on predictions from [mention]Sloonei[/mention], [mention]Choutas[/mention] and [mention]melatonii[/mention] )

nutella
Sweden 1-1 South Korea
Belgium 2-0 Panama
Tunisia 0-1 England

wolbre
Sweden vs. South Korea (18/6) 1-0
Belgium vs. Panama (18/6) 3-0
Tunisia vs. England (18/6) 3-1

aflickering
sweden 1-0 south korea
belgium 2-0 panama
tunisia 1-2 england

Iai
Sweden 2-0 Korea Rep
Belgium 3-0 Panama
Tunisia 0-1 England

dunya
Sweden 2-1 Korea
Belgium 2-0 Panama
Tunisia 0-3 England

JJJ
Sweden 2-0 South Korea
Belgium 3-0 Panama
Tunisia 0-2 England

Golden
Sweden 3-0 Korea
Belgium 2-0 Panama
Tunisia 0-0 England

Buckaroo
Sweden 0-0 Korea
Belgium 2-0 Panama
Tunisia 1-1 England

DDL
Sweden 1-0 South Korea
Belgium 2-0 Panama
Tunysia 0-2 England

Golden wrote: ↑Sun Jun 17, 2018 5:43 pm Also for some reason I was influenced by all you who gave Costa Rica some credit and I originally had 1-0 and changed my mind so I should be on 9 points and now I blame everyone for my own failings.

eww your balls of steel turned into balls of sweat.

we won france after all. anything is possible.

BuckarooBanzai wrote: ↑Sun Jun 17, 2018 5:32 pm you can still go through, maybe beating SK and drawing Mexico and Germany could be all it takes.

we're too green to not choke when playing teams like mexico or germany. but if they play badly...maybe.

wow

why do you have such confidence in sweden to be able to beat all the teams at will?

gimme some of that determination and balls of steel kthx

actually, no joke, since Zlatan left our youth have risen up to the challenge. we play a much more unified game. We have weaknesses and won't win this thing, but I genuinely believed we could have advanced the group (before I watched Mexico today lol)

BuckarooBanzai wrote: ↑Sun Jun 17, 2018 5:20 pm You have Forsberg, I guess

shhhh. I am influencing the predictions here. don't give them intel on our squad.

Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Sun Jun 17, 2018 5:09 pm Korea once ended a world cup at 4th place.

Never forget.

yes, and sweden doesn't have Zlatan any more. no one to score goals. Poor Sweden.

Golden wrote: ↑Sun Jun 17, 2018 5:04 pm There is no chance I’m predicting Korea to hold Sweden scoreless.

tru, even australia can beat korea so... oh wait.

Golden wrote: ↑Sun Jun 17, 2018 4:56 pm Ramadan is like a week over now... should be out of the system.

more like 3 days.

I'd love everyone to predict 0-0 for Sweden x Korea pls.

only I am allowed to root for my second boys.

Golden wrote: ↑Sun Jun 17, 2018 4:56 pm Wouldn’t it be funny if England survived while all the other notable nations slipped over.

no, it would be tragic.

at least john terry isn't in the world cup anymore tbf.

[mention]Choutas[/mention] I see you online. Come and predict tomorrow's games

you too [mention]Sloonei[/mention]

you guys can't miss any more games.

unsurprisingly, no one scored any points in the Germany x Mexico and Brazil x Switzerland games. :o

tomorrow's games!

Sweden 2-1 Korea
Belgium 2-0 Panama
Tunisia 0-3 England

Even Lizzy has been glued to the tv



look the other way, silly!

I have to say, I've been really entertained so far this WC. it's been exciting with so many unpredictable draws and upsets.

What are the Brazilians saying, Buckaroo?

I love this.

Time to waste time by pretending to drop and die