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Russia
Spain
Costa Rica
Nigeria

Is there any reason why we cannot top this group?
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I would actually take that group. We can for sure beat Russia and Costa Rica. Spain would be a tough task.
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TheHitman47 wrote:I would actually take that group. We can for sure beat Russia and Costa Rica. Spain would be a tough task.
I rejoiced like a maniac when the group below was unveiled at the draw:

Argentina
Greece
Nigeria
South Korea

We all know how that turned out

Wha choo looking at?!
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Ayo Akinfe wrote:Russia
Spain
Costa Rica
Nigeria

Is there any reason why we cannot top this group?
Is it possible for Spain and Russia to be in the same group?I am thinking both will be in Pot 1
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TheHitman47 wrote:I would actually take that group. We can for sure beat Russia and Costa Rica. Spain would be a tough task.
Spain, Germany, England and Belgium were the only European teams to qualify without losing any matches. Belgium and Spain drew one game each, England drew two, while Germany had a 100% win record.

Along with Brazil, these are the in-form teams. It is just a shame that Spain is not seeded, they should be.
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Ayo Akinfe wrote:
TheHitman47 wrote:I would actually take that group. We can for sure beat Russia and Costa Rica. Spain would be a tough task.
Spain, Germany, England and Belgium were the only European teams to qualify without losing any matches. Belgium and Spain drew one game each, England drew two, while Germany had a 100% win record.

Along with Brazil, these are the in-form teams. It is just a shame that Spain is not seeded, they should be.
Well Nigeria didn't lose a game either, at least so far. It is a shame that we are not seeded, a damn shame if you ask me... :twisted:
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Ayo Akinfe wrote:
TheHitman47 wrote:I would actually take that group. We can for sure beat Russia and Costa Rica. Spain would be a tough task.
Spain, Germany, England and Belgium were the only European teams to qualify without losing any matches. Belgium and Spain drew one game each, England drew two, while Germany had a 100% win record.

Along with Brazil, these are the in-form teams. It is just a shame that Spain is not seeded, they should be.
Will the ranking not be based on the FIFA ranking before the draw?
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Robbynice wrote:
Ayo Akinfe wrote:Russia
Spain
Costa Rica
Nigeria

Is there any reason why we cannot top this group?
Is it possible for Spain and Russia to be in the same group?I am thinking both will be in Pot 1
Spain will not be seeded. They are only ranked 11 by Fifa.
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Robbynice wrote:
Ayo Akinfe wrote:
TheHitman47 wrote:I would actually take that group. We can for sure beat Russia and Costa Rica. Spain would be a tough task.
Spain, Germany, England and Belgium were the only European teams to qualify without losing any matches. Belgium and Spain drew one game each, England drew two, while Germany had a 100% win record.

Along with Brazil, these are the in-form teams. It is just a shame that Spain is not seeded, they should be.
Well Nigeria didn't lose a game either, at least so far. It is a shame that we are not seeded, a damn shame if you ask me... :twisted:

Nigeria is ranked 44th on the world. We are among the lowest ranked teams in the tournament.
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The YeyeMan wrote:How big is your gut these days? :D
I knew that would be one of the first comments... :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:
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The YeyeMan wrote:How big is your gut these days? :D
:rotf: :rotf: :rotf:
Reading the thread title, I could see the response a mile off
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Scipio Africanus wrote:
TheHitman47 wrote:I would actually take that group. We can for sure beat Russia and Costa Rica. Spain would be a tough task.
I rejoiced like a maniac when the group below was unveiled at the draw:

Argentina
Greece
Nigeria
South Korea

We all know how that turned out

Well what group would you prefer or do you think we aren't good enough to make it out of any group?
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Ayo Akinfe wrote:Russia
Spain
Costa Rica
Nigeria

Is there any reason why we cannot top this group?
Russia, the host will be very difficult. You'll need a suicidal ref if you want legit calls to be made in favour of an African team
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TheHitman47 wrote:
Scipio Africanus wrote:
TheHitman47 wrote:I would actually take that group. We can for sure beat Russia and Costa Rica. Spain would be a tough task.
I rejoiced like a maniac when the group below was unveiled at the draw:

Argentina
Greece
Nigeria
South Korea

We all know how that turned out

Well what group would you prefer or do you think we aren't good enough to make it out of any group?
I would like the group you guys listed. Just saying that expectations should be cautiously optimistic.

Wha choo looking at?!
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We will only really have an uphill task if Spain us in our group as the second seed. Imagine getting Spain as the second seed and then Brazil or Germany as the first seed.
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Ayo Akinfe wrote:We will only really have an uphill task if Spain us in our group as the second seed. Imagine getting Spain as the second seed and then Brazil or Germany as the first seed.
Yes.. that's called the Group of Death...
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Ayo Akinfe wrote:
Robbynice wrote:
Ayo Akinfe wrote:
TheHitman47 wrote:I would actually take that group. We can for sure beat Russia and Costa Rica. Spain would be a tough task.
Spain, Germany, England and Belgium were the only European teams to qualify without losing any matches. Belgium and Spain drew one game each, England drew two, while Germany had a 100% win record.

Along with Brazil, these are the in-form teams. It is just a shame that Spain is not seeded, they should be.
Well Nigeria didn't lose a game either, at least so far. It is a shame that we are not seeded, a damn shame if you ask me... :twisted:

Nigeria is ranked 44th on the world. We are among the lowest ranked teams in the tournament.
We will be 41 not 44th when the October Ranking is released in 3 days time.

We will be ahead of Japan, Panama, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, in the FIFA ranking.

Should Australia, Greece, Morocco, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Cape Verde, Honduras, South Africa or New Zealand qualify, we will also be ahead of them.
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Scipio Africanus wrote:
TheHitman47 wrote:I would actually take that group. We can for sure beat Russia and Costa Rica. Spain would be a tough task.
I rejoiced like a maniac when the group below was unveiled at the draw:

Argentina
Greece
Nigeria
South Korea

We all know how that turned out

yes and we also rejoiced at this

Argentina
Nigeria
Bosnia
Iran

and we know how that turned out.

2010 we were hampered with injuries, Mikel, Ike Uche, and Apam all very key players who were injured.
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imho people in the football prophecy business are inherently stupid
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For me, Spain is the key to this World Cup. Whichever group they are will be the group of death!
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The YeyeMan wrote:How big is your gut these days? :D
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