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My gut instincts tell me our group will look like this

Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2017 11:39 am
by Ayo Akinfe
Russia
Spain
Costa Rica
Nigeria

Is there any reason why we cannot top this group?

Re: My gut instincts tell me our group will look like this

Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2017 12:28 pm
by The YeyeMan
How big is your gut these days? :D

Re: My gut instincts tell me our group will look like this

Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2017 12:49 pm
by TheHitman47
I would actually take that group. We can for sure beat Russia and Costa Rica. Spain would be a tough task.

Re: My gut instincts tell me our group will look like this

Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2017 12:57 pm
by Scipio Africanus
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

Re: My gut instincts tell me our group will look like this

Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2017 1:05 pm
by Robbynice
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

Re: My gut instincts tell me our group will look like this

Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2017 1:08 pm
by Ayo Akinfe
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.

Re: My gut instincts tell me our group will look like this

Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2017 1:21 pm
by Robbynice
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:

Re: My gut instincts tell me our group will look like this

Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2017 1:24 pm
by Sir V
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?

Re: My gut instincts tell me our group will look like this

Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2017 1:36 pm
by Ayo Akinfe
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.

Re: My gut instincts tell me our group will look like this

Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2017 1:36 pm
by cic old boy
The YeyeMan wrote:How big is your gut these days? :D
:lol: :lol: His gut has a mind and body of its own.

Re: My gut instincts tell me our group will look like this

Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2017 1:37 pm
by Ayo Akinfe
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.

Re: My gut instincts tell me our group will look like this

Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2017 1:50 pm
by Cito
The YeyeMan wrote:How big is your gut these days? :D
I knew that would be one of the first comments... :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:

Re: My gut instincts tell me our group will look like this

Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2017 2:02 pm
by pajimoh
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

Re: My gut instincts tell me our group will look like this

Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2017 2:15 pm
by TheHitman47
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?

Re: My gut instincts tell me our group will look like this

Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2017 2:27 pm
by pajimoh
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

Re: My gut instincts tell me our group will look like this

Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2017 2:33 pm
by Scipio Africanus
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.

Re: My gut instincts tell me our group will look like this

Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2017 2:40 pm
by Ayo Akinfe
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.

Re: My gut instincts tell me our group will look like this

Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2017 2:41 pm
by ElHadary
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...

Re: My gut instincts tell me our group will look like this

Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2017 2:44 pm
by Tbite
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.

Re: My gut instincts tell me our group will look like this

Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2017 9:31 pm
by vancity eagle
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.

Re: My gut instincts tell me our group will look like this

Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2017 9:35 pm
by smartbrother
imho people in the football prophecy business are inherently stupid

Re: My gut instincts tell me our group will look like this

Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2017 9:45 pm
by Ayo Akinfe
For me, Spain is the key to this World Cup. Whichever group they are will be the group of death!

Re: My gut instincts tell me our group will look like this

Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2017 9:49 pm
by paj
The YeyeMan wrote:How big is your gut these days? :D
E get him own zipcode :|