2014 FIFA World Cup

Started by tbagrocks, November 08, 2013, 09:47:57 PM

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Nige

Quote from: CrowsFan on December 07, 2013, 12:49:47 PM
Quote from: Jayman on December 07, 2013, 12:19:07 PM
Quote from: NigeyS on December 07, 2013, 12:10:59 PM
Quote from: Jayman on December 07, 2013, 12:09:22 PM
Quote from: NigeyS on December 07, 2013, 12:06:56 PM
Somebody needs to charge their phone.  :P
Its a mates, not mine :P

But these FIFA rankings are actually awful. Dont take goal difference or homefield advantage into account. Hence Switz and Belgium ending up in pot 1 over Chile and France who are both much better teams.
Chile and France... better than Belgium? I'd beg to differ.

Also, hence why I said 'somebody'... didn't wanna say 'your' in case I was wrong.  ;)
I'm just going by this. http://espnfc.com/spi/rankings#rankingsContent?cc=3436
Wouldn't trust anything that has England in the top 10...
Bloody good call haha.

Jay

Quote from: CrowsFan on December 07, 2013, 12:49:47 PM
Quote from: Jayman on December 07, 2013, 12:19:07 PM
Quote from: NigeyS on December 07, 2013, 12:10:59 PM
Quote from: Jayman on December 07, 2013, 12:09:22 PM
Quote from: NigeyS on December 07, 2013, 12:06:56 PM
Somebody needs to charge their phone.  :P
Its a mates, not mine :P

But these FIFA rankings are actually awful. Dont take goal difference or homefield advantage into account. Hence Switz and Belgium ending up in pot 1 over Chile and France who are both much better teams.
Chile and France... better than Belgium? I'd beg to differ.

Also, hence why I said 'somebody'... didn't wanna say 'your' in case I was wrong.  ;)
I'm just going by this. http://espnfc.com/spi/rankings#rankingsContent?cc=3436
Wouldn't trust anything that has England in the top 10...
Going by that link, Aus have 3 top 10 teams in our group  :-[

Noz

We got what we deserved the worst ranked team to make it into the World cup gets the worst draw.

Mailman the 2nd

2010 was a pretty accurate depiction of where we stand in the world.

Jukes

Statistics-driven odds of progressing to the next round. Source: Nate Silver.


Jay

That cant be right, Jukes... It's got the Poms progressing ::)

specky92

So Switzerland, the seeded team in Group E are a big chance to not make it past the group stages?  :o

KoopKicka

Quote from: specky92 on December 09, 2013, 01:37:56 PM
So Switzerland, the seeded team in Group E are a big chance to not make it past the group stages?  :o

and Chile has a better chance of progressing in group B than the Netherlands?

Dont think so.

Jay

Quote from: specky92 on December 09, 2013, 01:37:56 PM
So Switzerland, the seeded team in Group E are a big chance to not make it past the group stages?  :o
Just shows how shower the fifa rankings are... ::)

specky92

Quote from: Jayman on December 09, 2013, 01:44:21 PM
Quote from: specky92 on December 09, 2013, 01:37:56 PM
So Switzerland, the seeded team in Group E are a big chance to not make it past the group stages?  :o
Just shows how shower the fifa rankings are... ::)
^

CrowsFan

Quote from: Jukes on December 09, 2013, 01:36:33 AM
Statistics-driven odds of progressing to the next round. Source: Nate Silver.


Basically the exact same as my predictions except I have Netherlands over Chile and Italy over England...

Jukes


Kellogscrunchynut

I'll believe it when I see it Jukes.

elephants


PowerBug

Quote from: elephants on December 13, 2013, 02:13:46 PM
Hahahaha total BS
Yep, must be, because he has Japan qualifying over Greece. So Greece in effect have got a quarter final set up with Spain all set up. 8)
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