Page 1 of 1

Has an African team ever...

Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 3:43 am
by Heliopolis
Had a terrible build up at a WC and then advanced out of their WC group?

The reason I ask is Egypt is bad. Really bad. This is our worst team since 2013 and worst generation since the early 2000s.

We're winless in 2018 with 3 losses and 2 draws to our name. We have scored twice and conceded 7. None of this matters at the WC but what troubles me is how poor our players are. Outside of Salah we don't have a single goal scoring threat and our midfield is embarrassingly bad. Other than Hegazy, our defense sucks and due to lack of options, grandpa El Hadary might be our starter at the tender age of 45.

Give me some hope CE. Has an African team ever been this bad and then gone on to do damage at the WC?

Realistically we're going to end up with 1-3 points in Russia.

Re: Has an African team ever...

Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2018 10:42 pm
by niyi
Nigeria has advanced 3 out of 5 times and we've always had sloppy build ups.

Re: Has an African team ever...

Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2018 3:49 am
by Undertaker
Heliopolis wrote:Had a terrible build up at a WC and then advanced out of their WC group?

The reason I ask is Egypt is bad. Really bad. This is our worst team since 2013 and worst generation since the early 2000s.

We're winless in 2018 with 3 losses and 2 draws to our name. We have scored twice and conceded 7. None of this matters at the WC but what troubles me is how poor our players are. Outside of Salah we don't have a single goal scoring threat and our midfield is embarrassingly bad. Other than Hegazy, our defense sucks and due to lack of options, grandpa El Hadary might be our starter at the tender age of 45.

Give me some hope CE. Has an African team ever been this bad and then gone on to do damage at the WC?

Realistically we're going to end up with 1-3 points in Russia.
Dude, chill..... Misr will advance. They will beat Russia and Saudia Arabia!

Re: Has an African team ever...

Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 4:11 pm
by kajifu
Son in another way you are saying you are shaking ...

Re: Has an African team ever...

Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 5:57 pm
by wazobia
Really uphill for Egypt now.Saudi 0-5 down, cannot possibly be this bad on Monday. Russia no longer under as much pressure.

Re: Has an African team ever...

Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 6:04 pm
by Bigpokey24
if you lose your first game , forget advancing, winning or drawing the first game, matters

Re: Has an African team ever...

Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 6:13 pm
by Cellular
Heliopolis wrote:Had a terrible build up at a WC and then advanced out of their WC group?

The reason I ask is Egypt is bad. Really bad. This is our worst team since 2013 and worst generation since the early 2000s.

We're winless in 2018 with 3 losses and 2 draws to our name. We have scored twice and conceded 7. None of this matters at the WC but what troubles me is how poor our players are. Outside of Salah we don't have a single goal scoring threat and our midfield is embarrassingly bad. Other than Hegazy, our defense sucks and due to lack of options, grandpa El Hadary might be our starter at the tender age of 45.

Give me some hope CE. Has an African team ever been this bad and then gone on to do damage at the WC?

Realistically we're going to end up with 1-3 points in Russia.
Just pretend you are playing against a West African team.

Your mojo will come back.. :D

Re: Has an African team ever...

Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 9:20 pm
by Robotnik
I think Egypt should be happy to qualify for the WC

The two times Nigeria failed to make it out of the group we lost our opening games to Argentina

Uruguay first is just as tough.

Egypt will have to find a way to beat the hosts and beat Saudi Arabia by 5 or more.

Re: Has an African team ever...

Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2018 12:33 am
by folem
Bigpokey24 wrote:if you lose your first game , forget advancing, winning or drawing the first game, matters
Spain lost its first game in 2010.

Re: Has an African team ever...

Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2018 12:35 am
by folem
niyi wrote:Nigeria has advanced 3 out of 5 times and we've always had sloppy build ups.
1994 & 2014 were arguably not sloppy with the build ups.

Re: Has an African team ever...

Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2018 12:54 am
by bret- hart
Egypt will stuggle in this group. Don Putin will ensure Russia gets out by any means necessary.
.

Re: Has an African team ever...

Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2018 12:56 am
by folem
Heliopolis wrote:Had a terrible build up at a WC and then advanced out of their WC group?

The reason I ask is Egypt is bad. Really bad. This is our worst team since 2013 and worst generation since the early 2000s.

We're winless in 2018 with 3 losses and 2 draws to our name. We have scored twice and conceded 7. None of this matters at the WC but what troubles me is how poor our players are. Outside of Salah we don't have a single goal scoring threat and our midfield is embarrassingly bad. Other than Hegazy, our defense sucks and due to lack of options, grandpa El Hadary might be our starter at the tender age of 45.

Give me some hope CE. Has an African team ever been this bad and then gone on to do damage at the WC?

Realistically we're going to end up with 1-3 points in Russia.
Yes. Cameroon @ Italia 1990, even had a terrible Nations Cup. Ghana @ SA 2010 is close but they had a fair Nations Cup.

Re: Has an African team ever...

Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2018 11:21 pm
by Heliopolis
I called it.

Re: Has an African team ever...

Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 4:42 am
by Undertaker
Heliopolis wrote:I called it.
Egypt can still qualify from the group..... if

Saudi Arabia beat Uruguay 2-0
Russia beat Uruguay 2-0
Egypt then beat Saudi Arabia 5-0

Re: Has an African team ever...

Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 4:58 am
by folem
Undertaker wrote:
Heliopolis wrote:I called it.
Egypt can still qualify from the group..... if

Saudi Arabia beat Uruguay 1-0
Russia beat Uruguay 1-0
Egypt then beat Saudi Arabia 2-0
Corrected.

Re: Has an African team ever...

Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2018 11:36 am
by tfco
:rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:

Re: Has an African team ever...

Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2018 11:08 pm
by Heliopolis
The writing was on the wall long before the WC. Thank God I had the foresight to sell my Saudi game tickets and recoup my money a month before the WC.