FIFA WORLD CUP 2018?

[HugoStiglitz]

Denmark, underrated team with a really strong squad...Schmeichel, Eriksen, Sisto, Wass, Christensen, Krohn-Dehli, Delaney, Viktor Fischer. I can definitely see them at least in the QF.

Well, that could be so before Lord Bendtner's injury, but right now all mortals you named have real problems. How could you forget about him?

[Rinsend]

I think Germany is the heavy favourite. But who knows maybe spain can surprise everyone.

I also see the same thing, and now the German players are in the peak of his career and maybe this became one of the favorite country champions, not sure if Spain will be able to penetrate the round of 8, because some players I think is mengenglami internal conflict. especially since the incident of sergio ramos injury to m.salah

[joebrook]

I'll probably go with France. Maybe France to win and Griezmann or Giroud to get the golden boot. I'd like to see a smaller country win it, though. What are everybody's predictions for a wild card to go far? Iceland did pretty well in the Euros but doubt they'll fair as well on the World stage. Maybe Poland or Switzerland to surprise? They're both in the top ten fifa rankings which I was surprised about.

Read an article which states that after a FIFA simulation, France managed to win the World Cup after they faced Germany in the finals and won by penalties which i really doubt considering how great the Germans are from the spot kick.

[JL421]

Uhh what's wrong with ramos , there are rumours that Egypt only hope salah isn't going to be playing world cup because of the injury in ucl finals. There are speculation that he might just take a break from soccer for 5 months but again there isn't any official statement so let's hope he's fine otherwise Egypt doesn't really have any hopes

[tomahawk9]

Denmark, underrated team with a really strong squad...Schmeichel, Eriksen, Sisto, Wass, Christensen, Krohn-Dehli, Delaney, Viktor Fischer. I can definitely see them at least in the QF.

Well, that could be so before Lord Bendtner's injury, but right now all mortals you named have real problems. How could you forget about him?

Oh, I didn't know Bendtner was injured...well, all hope is gone, pretty sad to know that we might not see our Lord and Saviour Nicklas Bendtner 

Uhh what's wrong with ramos , there are rumours that Egypt only hope salah isn't going to be playing world cup because of the injury in ucl finals. There are speculation that he might just take a break from soccer for 5 months but again there isn't any official statement so let's hope he's fine otherwise Egypt doesn't really have any hopes

The Egyptian FA released a statement where they pretty much implied that Salah is going to play in the WC, the latest rumours say that he could miss the first round (group stages), some people say he could be out for 3-4 weeks (starting this week). I think he'll be out of the world cup, unfortunately.

[bering]

I think Germany is the heavy favourite. But who knows maybe spain can surprise everyone.

I also see the same thing, and now the German players are in the peak of his career and maybe this became one of the favorite country champions, not sure if Spain will be able to penetrate the round of 8, because some players I think is mengenglami internal conflict. especially since the incident of sergio ramos injury to m.salah

Germany deserve called the favourite team because they never run out of good players and every generations always be appears good talented players although their competition league not the best in europe such as England or Spain league but germany can utilize their local talents even every clubs in Germany very rare to buy expensive players from other countries because usually they will use young players in this country

[yoseph]

Uhh what's wrong with ramos , there are rumours that Egypt only hope salah isn't going to be playing world cup because of the injury in ucl finals. There are speculation that he might just take a break from soccer for 5 months but again there isn't any official statement so let's hope he's fine otherwise Egypt doesn't really have any hopes

I quite remember Phillip Lahm playing the 2006 World Cup with a cast around his arm just because of an injury but Klinsmann trusted him to the extent that he played and did exceptionally well in the tournament. Maybe Salah can still play with a cast.

[tomahawk9]

Uhh what's wrong with ramos , there are rumours that Egypt only hope salah isn't going to be playing world cup because of the injury in ucl finals. There are speculation that he might just take a break from soccer for 5 months but again there isn't any official statement so let's hope he's fine otherwise Egypt doesn't really have any hopes

I quite remember Phillip Lahm playing the 2006 World Cup with a cast around his arm just because of an injury but Klinsmann trusted him to the extent that he played and did exceptionally well in the tournament. Maybe Salah can still play with a cast.

Phillip Lahm suffered a minor injury in his elbow right before the world cup so it wasn't like he couldn't play. Salah's injury actually needs some recovery time (3-4 weeks, according to the Egyptian FA). Egypt shouldn't rush him back, they should just play without him in the first round, hope for the best, and then see if he can play in the Round of 16.

[joebrook]

Uhh what's wrong with ramos , there are rumours that Egypt only hope salah isn't going to be playing world cup because of the injury in ucl finals. There are speculation that he might just take a break from soccer for 5 months but again there isn't any official statement so let's hope he's fine otherwise Egypt doesn't really have any hopes

I quite remember Phillip Lahm playing the 2006 World Cup with a cast around his arm just because of an injury but Klinsmann trusted him to the extent that he played and did exceptionally well in the tournament. Maybe Salah can still play with a cast.

Phillip Lahm suffered a minor injury in his elbow right before the world cup so it wasn't like he couldn't play. Salah's injury actually needs some recovery time (3-4 weeks, according to the Egyptian FA). Egypt shouldn't rush him back, they should just play without him in the first round, hope for the best, and then see if he can play in the Round of 16.

Well he is the entire hope of the Egyptian FA and the whole country but I am afraid he is going to play cautiously as a result of the injury am sure he wouldn't want to make it more dangerous and miss the beginning of the season as well.

[Rinsend]

I think Germany is the heavy favourite. But who knows maybe spain can surprise everyone.

I also see the same thing, and now the German players are in the peak of his career and maybe this became one of the favorite country champions, not sure if Spain will be able to penetrate the round of 8, because some players I think is mengenglami internal conflict. especially since the incident of sergio ramos injury to m.salah

Germany deserve called the favourite team because they never run out of good players and every generations always be appears good talented players although their competition league not the best in europe such as England or Spain league but germany can utilize their local talents even every clubs in Germany very rare to buy expensive players from other countries because usually they will use young players in this country

even if there is a player crisis in Germany, they can count on talented young players. because they always take advantage of young talents so that in the league not those who seek foreign players, but clubs from other countries who are looking for players Germany

[yoseph]

I think Germany is the heavy favourite. But who knows maybe spain can surprise everyone.

I also see the same thing, and now the German players are in the peak of his career and maybe this became one of the favorite country champions, not sure if Spain will be able to penetrate the round of 8, because some players I think is mengenglami internal conflict. especially since the incident of sergio ramos injury to m.salah

Germany deserve called the favourite team because they never run out of good players and every generations always be appears good talented players although their competition league not the best in europe such as England or Spain league but germany can utilize their local talents even every clubs in Germany very rare to buy expensive players from other countries because usually they will use young players in this country

even if there is a player crisis in Germany, they can count on talented young players. because they always take advantage of young talents so that in the league not those who seek foreign players, but clubs from other countries who are looking for players Germany

Just look at the squad that Germany used to win the FIFA confederation Cup last year, though there was a lot of absentees in the squad and with Draxler being one of the notable players in the squad they went on to beat Chile and won it. The amount of talents in the country alone is just too much.

[geopolisch]

I'll probably go with France. Maybe France to win and Griezmann or Giroud to get the golden boot. I'd like to see a smaller country win it, though. What are everybody's predictions for a wild card to go far? Iceland did pretty well in the Euros but doubt they'll fair as well on the World stage. Maybe Poland or Switzerland to surprise? They're both in the top ten fifa rankings which I was surprised about.

It is too early to say anything regarding that of FIFA cup as all the teams are very much competent and that we can’t say anything until and unless we see this event starting. I think of Germany as the most favorite team and that there are likely chances that this is the team which will lift the cup this year as well. Other than that, we will also be able to see a wonderful event.

[hilariousandco]

The Egyptian FA released a statement where they pretty much implied that Salah is going to play in the WC, the latest rumours say that he could miss the first round (group stages), some people say he could be out for 3-4 weeks (starting this week). I think he'll be out of the world cup, unfortunately.

Salah could have a broken leg and his head dangling off by a thread and the Egyptian FA would release a statement saying they're optimistic he'll be fit for the World Cup. He's their only hope for them to get out the group so they're pretty desperate, but even with him I doubt they'll do much.

[d1ceplayer]

I think Germany is the heavy favourite. But who knows maybe spain can surprise everyone.

If you talk about the top 2 teams who have the greatest chance to lift this edition of the world cup, then it is going to be Germany and Brazil. And in my opinion Germany is having the advantage because their record in Russia is quite good.

The Brazilian players called for this World Cup are top performers on their respective clubs and I believe that other than the Germans, they are the second favorites to win the World Cup

So you are saying that Germany is the favorite to win this world cup and Brazil is behind them in the probability. I would agree with you, although the betting sites may differ. Because historically, we have over-rated teams such as Brazil.

Brazil and Germany are probably many's top two teams to win and they could even meet in the final if they both come top of their group (which is very likely), and would be a great rematch for what happened last tournament when Brazil got a spanking. I think they should both get to the semis fairly easily and they could have a fairly easy run up until that point, but that's when they could come across teams like France and Spain. I usually put a lot of bets on before the start of thew World Cup just to make it more fun and I'll probably go with France, Brazil, Germany, Spain to get to the semis. Not sure I'd bet on the winner because there's not much value in any of those sorts of teams. I'd be tempted to back Belgium again as a dark horse but if they finish first in their group they'll likely have Brazil in the quarters. If they finish second they'll likely have Germany instead (assuming they get that far and the other groups work out as suspected).

Oh, and as tokeweed said above, check out the World Cup pool I'm running. £25 in and adds to the enjoyment: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4130568.0

No doubt that it would be a rivalry match if both Germany and Brazil are opponents to each other in the final of this FIFA world cup. I can bet that people wouldn’t see much more interesting match in the history of football than this fixture and I can also bet upon this that this time would not be like last time as Germany had full advantage because the playmaker of Brazil was injured.

[tokeweed]

I'll probably go with France. Maybe France to win and Griezmann or Giroud to get the golden boot. I'd like to see a smaller country win it, though. What are everybody's predictions for a wild card to go far? Iceland did pretty well in the Euros but doubt they'll fair as well on the World stage. Maybe Poland or Switzerland to surprise? They're both in the top ten fifa rankings which I was surprised about.

Belgium is a bit up there but there's some value (IMO) the last time I looked at the lines.  I think it was at 12.00 a few weeks ago.  It's not really a wild card, but still good value considering how good their squad is.

Edit:  If you really wanna gamble on a wild card, I'd go for Croatia if I were you.

[GoodLuck2]

I think Germany is the heavy favourite. But who knows maybe spain can surprise everyone.

I also see the same thing, and now the German players are in the peak of his career and maybe this became one of the favorite country champions, not sure if Spain will be able to penetrate the round of 8, because some players I think is mengenglami internal conflict. especially since the incident of sergio ramos injury to m.salah

Germany deserve called the favourite team because they never run out of good players and every generations always be appears good talented players although their competition league not the best in europe such as England or Spain league but germany can utilize their local talents even every clubs in Germany very rare to buy expensive players from other countries because usually they will use young players in this country

If this is the reason for which you are the fan of Germany, than I think so you should better go with Spain because almost all the Barca is playing in Spain that’s why they have won the world cup also times in their lives. When you are supporting a team, you shouldn’t not see that this team have a good players that’s why it will win, the thing that matters is practice and the team having will definitely be a strong team.

[pugman]

The Egyptian FA released a statement where they pretty much implied that Salah is going to play in the WC, the latest rumours say that he could miss the first round (group stages), some people say he could be out for 3-4 weeks (starting this week). I think he'll be out of the world cup, unfortunately.

Salah could have a broken leg and his head dangling off by a thread and the Egyptian FA would release a statement saying they're optimistic he'll be fit for the World Cup. He's their only hope for them to get out the group so they're pretty desperate, but even with him I doubt they'll do much.

Salah will apparently will play for final group match against Saudi Arabia on 25th June if not on 15th June against Uruguay. Article: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/may/30/football-mohamed-salah-fit-world-cup-egypt-liverpool-shoulderGermany looks real tough,and maybe this time they could regain the title.

[Sutters Mill]

Salah will apparently will play for final group match against Saudi Arabia on 25th June if not on 15th June against Uruguay. Article: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/may/30/football-mohamed-salah-fit-world-cup-egypt-liverpool-shoulder

I don't see the point in this. All they're doing is likely risking further injury. If he's not fully fit or healed then he should just sit this tournament out.

[Barcode_]

I am getting pretty excited as the first match of the world cup will be play in two weeks time, and I have already decided to put some of my money on Russia to beat Saudi Arabia in full time on this opening match. In my opinion, Saudi Arabia is not a very strong team and I believe Russia will surely want to win this match at home ground to reward the home fans who comes to support them at the stadium.

[pugman]

I don't see the point in this. All they're doing is likely risking further injury. If he's not fully fit or healed then he should just sit this tournament out.

How can you not? Its the FIFA WORLD CUP. It happens once in every 4 years. Obviously Egypt are trying their level best to make sure that  Salah becomes to fit to play,because their entire hopes are sort of relied on him. He had a terrific performance in the Champions League until Ramos decided to fuck up his dreams. He is in form and hence,Egypt wants him to play for the world cup,or chances are that they might get kicked out.