World Cup 2018

[LPH]

England & Belgium DEFO 1/4 Finalists being drawn with Group H in Last 16.
Group H is a weak Group, as is Group A.

If Australia get through as 2nd in Group, likely meet Argentina in next round.

[Brodlach]

France, Denmark and Peru for the Socceroos in Group C.Pretty happy with that and reckon we can finish 2nd in the group

Aren’t we always in the Group of Death?

[PatowalongaPirate]

Tony Popovich has lost his last 3 games in Turkey and the board has resigned. Maybe he will put his hand up for the national job?

[mighty hounds]

France, Denmark and Peru for the Socceroos in Group C.Pretty happy with that and reckon we can finish 2nd in the group

Aren’t we always in the Group of Death?

wouldn't exactly call that a group of death. Peru finished 5th and only just got by NZ in the qualifier. No chance against France but get a result against Peru and Denmark and we could sneak through. after all were one of the lowest ranked teams in the cup

[Brodlach]

I was taking the piss mate, I think the other World Cups we have been in the group of death

[mighty hounds]

I was taking the piss mate, I think the other World Cups we have been in the group of death

use a bloody emoji

[RB]

France, Denmark and Peru for the Socceroos in Group C.Pretty happy with that and reckon we can finish 2nd in the group

Yep.

[bennymacca]

I was taking the piss mate, I think the other World Cups we have been in the group of death

not exactly easy given Denmark and Peru are ranked 11th and 12th, but do agree that it shouldnt exactly strike fear into the aussies when you compare it to spain chile and netherlands last time

[Jim05]

I was taking the piss mate, I think the other World Cups we have been in the group of death

not exactly easy given Denmark and Peru are ranked 11th and 12th, but do agree that it shouldnt exactly strike fear into the aussies when you compare it to spain chile and netherlands last time

Don’t get spooked by FIFA rankings, they are a meaningless joke. Peru number 11 just lol. They came 5th in South America and struggled in the playoffs against a crap NZ side. They win a lot of home games due to playing some at altitude and struggle on the road. They will be hopeless in Russian conditions. They are having a laugh with the Danes ranked at 12 also. Pretty much a 1 man team who barely got out of a ordinary European group and then beat Ireland in the playoffs. This is the same FIFA rankings that had Wales in the top 10 and the US in the teens. It’s a farce

[bennymacca]

fair enough, dont see enough of the other teams to really make an assessment

[Jim05]

fair enough, dont see enough of the other teams to really make an assessment

The rankings are based on the amount of games played and doesn’t take into consideration things like strength of opposition.
Saudi Arabia for instance finished ahead of us and yet are ranked below us by about 25 spots and Japan are below us by about 15 places despite automatically qualifying. Teams like Wales, Netherlands and others ranked top 20 whilst not even qualifying and Russia ranked in the 60’s because as hosts they didn’t play any qualifiers

[bennymacca]

fair enough, dont see enough of the other teams to really make an assessment

The rankings are based on the amount of games played and doesn’t take into consideration things like strength of opposition.
Saudi Arabia for instance finished ahead of us and yet are ranked below us by about 25 spots and Japan are below us by about 15 places despite automatically qualifying. Teams like Wales, Netherlands and others ranked top 20 whilst not even qualifying and Russia ranked in the 60’s because as hosts they didn’t play any qualifiers

yeah, i dont think you would find too many people, including Australians, that would agree we are ranked above the Saudis or Japanese at the present time

[RB]

We're easily better than Saudi Arabia who will get cleaned up by Uruguay and Russia and in all likelihood Egypt, terrible away from home usually.

Japan on the other hand are clearly better than us ATM.

Unfortunately there just aren't enough international matches to be able to produce accurate rankings.

[Jim05]

We're easily better than Saudi Arabia who will get cleaned up by Uruguay and Russia and in all likelihood Egypt, terrible away from home usually.

Japan on the other hand are clearly better than us ATM.

Unfortunately there just aren't enough international matches to be able to produce accurate rankings.

I don’t rate the Saudi’s and think we are a better team but at the end of the day they finished higher than us at the end of qualifying which is all that matters

[PatowalongaPirate]

Captain of Peru has been banned for Cocaine use and will miss the World Cup.

[Jim05]

Captain of Peru has been banned for Cocaine use and will miss the World Cup.

Appealing and the way FIFA is run a few $$ exchanges should see it overturned

[carey]

You're most optimistic supporters I've ever seen.

Socceroos won't even get close to winning a game let alone finish top 2!

Why do you think Ange quit? He ain't stupid.

[Jim05]

You're most optimistic supporters I've ever seen.

Socceroos won't even get close to winning a game let alone finish top 2!

Why do you think Ange quit? He ain't stupid.

Ange quit because of $$$
Long time between now and the WC, a new coach and new tactics and who knows. Peru are a worse team than us and whilst Denmark are better they are know for lapses and being reliant on 1 player.

[bennymacca]

Ange appointed as coach of Yokohama.

[carey]

Ange appointed as coach of Yokohama.

He must've been tyred of coaching in Australia.....