World Cup

[rain_gryphon]

So, it looks like our World Cup pool is Germany, Ghana, and Portugal. Portugal we can beat. Ghana we should be able to beat, not that we ever manage to do so, of course. And then there's Germany. If we're going to draw an everwhelmingly powerful opponent, then I suppose Germany is the best of a bad lot, given that Klinsmann is our coach now. We're not totally doomed, at least.

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We should find that Ghana harbours terrorists, declare war, have a quick conquest, install an occupation government, and make them field a really shitty team. That would work.

Comments

[loganberrybunny.livejournal.com]

A little surprised you're so confident about Portugal. They've been very inconsistent for a few years (draws against Israel and Cyprus, for example) but on their day they're tremendous, which explains their world ranking (5th). I wouldn't put it past them to reach the semi-finals. You might thrash them, but I'm not at all sure.

Still, England's group is probably worse: Costa Rica are decent but not terrifying, but both Italy and Uruguay are clearly better than us. Playing in Manaus isn't going to help either, as we have a poor record in hot and humid conditions. We usually end up going out in the quarter-finals, but it's going to be tough even at the group stage next year.

[xolo.livejournal.com]

I do think we can beat Portugal, yes. Their team is essentially Ronaldo, and then they have some other guys whose job it is to help him. A team that relies on one man is never in that secure of a position, and as you note, they blow hot and cold because of that. They may well beat us, but I think we have a better chance than the numbers would suggest. Our guys looked really good when we were beating up on Mexico.