Smallen Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Don’t think Rodri’s had to run the entire game Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pukey Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 What kind of scores are the top teams gonna rack up when a bunch of even worse teams qualify? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMLF Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 If everything goes according to plan, Brazil will play against Spain in the quarterfinals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunmaN1905 Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 (edited) Just now, Pukey said: What kind of scores are the top teams gonna rack up when a bunch of even worse teams qualify? Especially if they go with 3 team groups and two good teams draw. Just now, PMLF said: If everything goes according to plan, Brazil will play against Spain in the quarterfinals. You're not going to win tomorrow. Edited November 23, 2022 by GunmaN1905 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMLF Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Just now, GunmaN1905 said: You're not going to win tomorrow. Probably not, too much hype for a team that were barely tested in the last four years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigcwwe Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 1 hour ago, craigcwwe said: Spain could overtake England as top scores of the tournament so far by the end of this game. Total domination. Yep. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oche balboa Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Wow! thats impressive. Costa Rica are a better side then Iran, Australia, Qatar Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Moores Mum Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Dear me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Moores Mum Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 1 minute ago, oche balboa said: Wow! thats impressive. Costa Rica are a better side then Iran, Australia, Qatar Are they though? There's being beaten by a much better team and there's that effort from Costa Rica. They were appalling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Adam Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 How did Bennette do? did he even get the ball? surprised to see him start when he hasn’t really played for us yet other than a few cameos Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMLF Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 If Spain had played against a team of OTF members, we would have lost by a lower score. Spoiler Well, not really, but it feels that way! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigcwwe Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 7 minutes ago, Harryseaess said: Morata only 1 behind Hierro for Spanish goals Tbf that’s more a reflection of what a good goal scoring record that Hierro had for Spain that he scored 29 goals from 89 caps as a defender/DM. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigcwwe Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Just now, Mr Adam said: How did Bennette do? did he even get the ball? surprised to see him start when he hasn’t really played for us yet other than a few cameos He was perhaps their best player but didn’t really do anything. Outnumbered nearly every time he received the ball with no support. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius1998 Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 1056 attempted passes from Spain. 94% completed as well. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOORAY HENRIK Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Costa Rica were a disgrace. Fine to get thumped but they barely even bothered. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Moores Mum Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 2 minutes ago, PMLF said: If Spain had played against a team of OTF members, we would have lost by a lower score. Reveal hidden contents Well, not really, but it feels that way! Well we couldn't do worse in terms of attempts on goal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthCoastRed Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 6 minutes ago, oche balboa said: Wow! thats impressive. Costa Rica are a better side then Iran, Australia, Qatar Australia were far better than that shambles Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icy Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 hace 2 minutos, Darius1998 dijo: 1056 attempted passes from Spain. 94% completed as well. SI patch the ME! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 2 minutes ago, Pukey said: What kind of scores are the top teams gonna rack up when a bunch of even worse teams qualify? I don’t think there will be much of a drop off with the European countries when you look at the likes of Sweden, Italy, Ukraine, Turkey, etc not qualifying who would be fine, the South American sides like Chile, Colombia etc are good enough to hang, even in Africa I think them only getting 5 slots has always been harsh as the likes of Egypt, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Algeria etc not there this year and wouldn’t be any real drop off from the African sides who did qualify. New Zealand having a guaranteed slot could lead to them taking some pastings. Then in Asia and North America the drop off is quite high. The likes of Panama, Jamaica, Honduras etc probably not adding much unless they have a golden generation of talent, but now they’d have to really cock up not to qualify. Asia getting 3 extra slots probably the biggest problem, lot of money in that part of the world so makes sense but not sure what we’re gaining on the pitch when 3 of Qatar, UAE, Uzbekistan or China probably guaranteed to make every World Cup. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigcwwe Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Pathetic from Costa Rica. Take nothing away from Spain who were on it from the off but CRC made it ridiculously easy for them. They never even tried. Worst team we’ve seen so far and it’s not even close. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1981 Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 One for the record WC wins table: 9 GOAL WINS Hungary 10-1 El Salvador (1982 Group Stage) Hungary 9-0 South Korea (1954 Group Stage) Yugoslavia 9-0 Zaire (1974 Group Stage) 8 GOAL WINS Sweden 8-0 Cuba (1938 Quarter Final) Uruguay 8-0 Bolivia (1950 Group Stage) Germany 8-0 Saudi Arabia (2002 Group Stage) 7 GOAL WINS Uruguay 7-0 Scotland (1954 Group Stage) Turkey 7-0 South Korea (1954 Group Stage) Poland 7-0 Haiti (1974 Group Stage) Portugal 7-0 North Korea (2010 Group Stage)Spain 7-0 Costa Rica (2022 Group Stage) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFuller Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 4 minutes ago, craigcwwe said: Tbf that’s more a reflection of what a good goal scoring record that Hierro had for Spain that he scored 29 goals from 89 caps as a defender/DM. Pretty sure I remember a time when Hierro was Spain's all-time record scorer, before Raul came along. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pearcey_90 Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Costa Rica were bad, but Spain moved that ball so well in final third. Upped the tempo and picked the right option multiple times. They’ll go far, just depends if their defence holds up in the knock out games against a good side with pace. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthCoastRed Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 2 minutes ago, Rob1981 said: Portugal 7-0 North Korea (2010 Group Stage) North Korea think they win that 2-1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oche balboa Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 9 minutes ago, ginnybob said: Are they though? There's being beaten by a much better team and there's that effort from Costa Rica. They were appalling. Not on today's evidence Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
georginho_juventusygr Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 This is b*******. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
georginho_juventusygr Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Reminds me of that 8-0 in 2002. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Moores Mum Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Based on that Germany are in serious trouble and likely need to beat Spain. Would fully expect Japan to turn Costa Rica over. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybluedave Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Yeah. Germany in proper trouble. But it depends how good Spain really are. Costa Rica are proper bad so Sunday is set up nicely Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butts Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 16 minutes ago, ginnybob said: Are they though? There's being beaten by a much better team and there's that effort from Costa Rica. They were appalling. Yeah Costa Rica were by far and away the worst team so far. Utterly awful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1981 Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 2 minutes ago, ginnybob said: Based on that Germany are in serious trouble and likely need to beat Spain. Would fully expect Japan to turn Costa Rica over. I could still see Germany grinding out a win over Spain, will be a totally different kind of game to the two today obviously. Then you have a decent chance of Spain, Germany and Japan all finishing on six points. They all pump Costa Rica, then Japan beat Germany, Germany beat Spain, Spain beat Japan. Still never had a WC group finish 6-6-6-0 and someone winning two out of three matches but still going home. Could happen here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigcwwe Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 (edited) Yeah think Germany are going out. Based on those two games today from this group you’d expect Japan to beat Costa Rica. Germany could beat Spain of course but less likely than a Spain win/draw. Germany have probably FK’d it today. Edited November 23, 2022 by craigcwwe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1981 Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Can’t believe I’m doing permutations already on Day 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
georginho_juventusygr Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Costa Rica probably never play on a Wednesday night in the middle of a desert. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinji Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 take it with a pinch of salt but I like checking out the fivethirtyeight predictions, they now have Germany at 33% chance of qualifying for the knockouts. Japan 75%. https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2022-world-cup-predictions/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Moores Mum Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 1 minute ago, Rob1981 said: I could still see Germany grinding out a win over Spain, will be a totally different kind of game to the two today obviously. Then you have a decent chance of Spain, Germany and Japan all finishing on six points. They all pump Costa Rica, then Japan beat Germany, Germany beat Spain, Spain beat Japan. Still never had a WC group finish 6-6-6-0 and someone winning two out of three matches but still going home. Could happen here. Never write Germany off. They do have quality. Even last WC they looked like they were screwed in the 2nd game and still pulled it out. Obviously blew it in the 3rd game, mind. That said, I'm not sure Germany showed they could beat Spain. Reckon a draw. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constantine Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 4 minutes ago, Rob1981 said: I could still see Germany grinding out a win over Spain, will be a totally different kind of game to the two today obviously. Then you have a decent chance of Spain, Germany and Japan all finishing on six points. They all pump Costa Rica, then Japan beat Germany, Germany beat Spain, Spain beat Japan. Still never had a WC group finish 6-6-6-0 and someone winning two out of three matches but still going home. Could happen here. I don't know about Spain beating Japan that easily... As we saw today, they're lethal on the counter and Spain has some slow ass defenders... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astafjevs Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Yeh I think Germany can get through with a draw against Spain. They'll be relying on Japan getting a result against Spain in the final round - unlikely but not impossible. It's difficult to judge some of these teams that have played bad opposition at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Moores Mum Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 1 minute ago, Astafjevs said: Yeh I think Germany can get through with a draw against Spain. They'll be relying on Japan getting a result against Spain in the final round - unlikely but not impossible. It's difficult to judge some of these teams that have played bad opposition at the moment. Would need a hefty swing of GD as well though. Possible but are Germany topping the 7 Spain got? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weezer Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Quite a bit of support for Costa Rica in the stadium but very poor on the pitch. None of the heart they showed in 2014, they just gave up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen Sandman Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 5 hours ago, Rob1981 said: Can’t believe I’m doing permutations already on Day 4 Good word though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bflaff Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 7 hours ago, ginnybob said: Dear me Y the stats from this game are mind boggling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smallen Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 I think Germany could do spain to be honest. Put a striker in instead of Havertz though, good lord. Spain’s back 4 is weak af. Just punt passes in behind 90 year old Azpilicueta and the midfielder playing at CB and you’re golden. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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