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FIFA WORLD CUP 2018 BETWIN CARLING BETTINGS TOPIC

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RaverDave - 1-7-2018 at 07:10 AM

2018-07-01
Spain 3 -2 Russia
Croatia 1 - 2 Denmark

iWizard - 1-7-2018 at 09:58 AM

RESULTS 2018-06-30
France 4 - 3 Argentina
Uruguay 2 - 1 Portugal

Holy moley goal bazinga! France netted goals from almost every opportunity as Argentina's defense was helpless against France's counter-attacks. Mbappe has some serious speed every defense line should be afraid of. Very afraid of. It should be noted that while the counter-attacks worked tremendously for France, their normal attack was pretty non-existent. Like in group stage.

Uruguay played a strong defense line and Portugal was pretty clueless during the first half how to break it, and actually only in the last 10 minutes Portugal managed to turn that possession/attack into something other than very poor long shots.

I can't see this many goals in their next game between each other. I'd like to see France proceed because Uruguay is more defense oriented, but fearing the worst.

Code:
Sandman 82 6 6 = 94 iWizard 81 6 6 = 93 RaverDave 82 0 0 = 82 Duhr 62 6 2 = 70 Mezzmer 61 0 0 = 61


Coming today Sunday 2018-07-01
Spain - Russia
Croatia - Denmark

iWizard - 1-7-2018 at 10:10 AM

Saturday 2018-07-01
Spain 3 - 0 Russia
Croatia 2 - 1 Denmark

Agreed Duhr, Denmark could make this a very difficult game. They play such a mature football, i.e. very few mistakes and just wait for their opportunity. I fear that even if Croatia gets an early goal, Denmark will play the full 90 minutes just as if they were leading. Suppose you could say the match is all down to Croatia. And then Denmark wins :s

Sandman - 1-7-2018 at 01:52 PM

2018-07-01
Spain 2 - 0 Russia
Croatia 2 - 1 Denmark

Mezzmer - 1-7-2018 at 04:19 PM

Croatia 2 - 1 Denmark

the only match left :(

iWizard - 1-7-2018 at 09:32 PM

RESULTS 2018-07-01
Spain 1 - 1 Russia (penalties 4-5 to Russia)
Croatia 1 - 1 Denmark (penalties 4-3 to Croatia)

Ahahaha Spain didn't actually score a single goal in that match since it was an own goal, despite nearly 80% possession and around 1000 completed passes. They completely deserve to be out; heil Mother Russia! Sorry DIV, Daniel and rest of you heblados but it's true :|

Naturally both goals happen in the first 4 minutes when you miss the first 7 minutes. It really wasn't a very good match for Croatia, which on the other hand is just repeat history since they have a tendency to bottle it in the knock-out stage. I don't know if it was just Denmark's excellence but Croatia's middlefield was a mess for most of the game.

Almost feels like I should drop them from my B-list, but then again, they did sport a convincing group stage form. And they're almost surely in the top 4 since what chances does Russia seriously have? Spain being genuinely pretty dreadful throughout the whole tournament is the only reason why Russia is here. And Putin.

Code:
Sandman 82 6 6 0 2 = 96 iWizard 81 6 6 0 2 = 95 RaverDave 82 0 0 0 2 = 84 Duhr 62 6 2 2 2 = 74 Mezzmer 61 0 0 2 = 63


I'm not sure did you make that mistake again Duhr or some else mistake this time :F

Coming tomorrow Monday 2018-07-02
Brazil - Mexico
Belgium - Japan

iWizard - 1-7-2018 at 09:44 PM

Monday 2018-07-02
Brazil 3 - 1 Mexico
Belgium 4 - 2 Japan

Hm Mexico? I do like a taco but other than that what do they do?

Duhr - 2-7-2018 at 06:08 AM

Not sure what mistake I made iWizard. I think I just write down a theory and possible score, then think... "nah! this can't be right" and change the prediction. Of course, the original one becomes the truth! I guess this applies to many of you though.

Ugh, it's monday.

2018-07-02
Brazil 1 - 1 Mexico
Belgium 3 - 0 Japan

Not sure what to think of either Brazil or Mexico. Brazil looked stronger than Mexico, but it wasn't able to beat Switzerland. Mexico won against Germany but hahaha Germany! :lol:

Still have high hopes for Belgium, but they might be ill-founded because I support them (only) because The Netherlands didn't even make it to the tournament.

Sandman - 2-7-2018 at 07:59 AM

2018-07-02
Favela 2 - 1 Wetbacks
"Belgium" 2 - 0 Rising Sun

Mezzmer - 2-7-2018 at 10:19 AM

Brazil 2 - 0 Mexico
Belgium 3 - 1 Japan

RaverDave - 2-7-2018 at 03:27 PM

Belgium 4 - 0 Japan

Duhr - 3-7-2018 at 03:31 AM

Quite a good round for Mezzmer I think? Looking forward to the betting results and iWizard's analysis. But that LayĂșn-Neymar incident...

2018-07-03
Sweden 1 - 1 Switzerland
Colombia 2 - 1 England

Somehow Switzerland impressed more, but I'm not sure it'll translate in a pre-extra time win.

Could as well toss a coin for Colombia vs. England. Then again, England should up their game or they're out against Colombia.

iWizard - 3-7-2018 at 05:27 AM

RESULTS 2018-07-02
Brazil 2 - 0 Mexico
Belgium 3 - 2 Japan

Gotta run.

Code:
Sandman 82 6 6 0 2 6 6 = 108 iWizard 81 6 6 0 2 6 6 = 107 RaverDave 82 0 0 0 2 6 = 90 Duhr 62 6 2 2 2 0 6 = 80 Mezzmer 61 0 0 2 10 6 = 79


Coming today Tuesday 2018-07-03
Sweden - Switzerland
Colombia - England

Mezzmer - 3-7-2018 at 05:41 AM

I woke at 3am and first thing I did was... post something.

In other words,

Whoops.

[Edited on 3-7-2018 by Mezzmer]

RaverDave - 3-7-2018 at 08:51 AM

Tuesday 2018-07-03
Sweden 2 - 1 Switzerland
Colombia 1 - 2 England

Sandman - 3-7-2018 at 08:58 AM

2018-07-03
Tre Kronor 1 - 1 Switcherland
Team Pablo Escobar 1 - 2 Her Majesty's England

Mezzmer - 3-7-2018 at 09:25 AM

Bah. I deleted my "bets" out of pure shame.

I haven't been in touch with the football, I admit it!

Swedes 1 - 1 Swiss Cheese
Nice hash 0 - 2 Lager Lager

iWizard - 3-7-2018 at 09:59 AM

Duhr whaat I think Colombia has been underperforming and England overperforming, though the meaningless game against Belgium wasn't the greatest.

2018-07-03
Tre Kronor 1 - 3 Switcherland
Team Pablo Escobar 1 - 3 Her Majesty's England

Sweden has ran out of luck, it's cuckooooo time!

iWizard - 4-7-2018 at 05:46 AM

RESULTS 2018-07-03
Sweden 1 - 0 Switzerland
Colombia 1 - 1 England (England wins after penalties 4-5)

Blame yourself Switzerland you cuckoos!


Pretty defensive England and oopsy daisy, you almost lost! Play ball next time please.

Code:
Sandman 82 6 6 0 2 6 6 2 2 = 112 iWizard 81 6 6 0 2 6 6 2 2 = 111 RaverDave 82 0 0 0 2 6 6 2 = 98 Duhr 62 6 2 2 2 0 6 2 2 = 84 Mezzmer 61 0 0 2 10 6 2 0 = 81


Coming NEXT Friday 2018-07-06
Uruguay - France
Brazil - Belgium

Upcoming Saturday 2018-07-07
Sweden - England
Russia - Croatia

Mezzmer - 4-7-2018 at 04:52 PM

Not betting yet.

iWizard: where do you find the l33t gif? That is LOL

Sandman - 5-7-2018 at 04:19 PM

2018-07-06
Uruguay 1 - 0 France
Brazil 1 - 2 Belgium

Duhr - 6-7-2018 at 06:10 AM

2018-07-06
Uruguay 0 - 0 France
Brazil 0 - 1 Belgium

RaverDave - 6-7-2018 at 10:06 AM

2018-07-06
Uruguay 2 - 1 France
Brazil 2 -1 Belgium

iWizard - 6-7-2018 at 11:25 AM

2018-07-06
Uruguay 2 - 1 France
Brazil 2 - 3 Belgium

Mezzmer - 6-7-2018 at 11:32 AM

Uruguay 2 - 1 France
Brazil 1 - 2 Belgium

iWizard - 7-7-2018 at 10:02 AM

RESULTS 2018-07-06
Uruguay 0 - 2 France
Brazil 1 - 2 Belgium

While watching the game I totally wanted France to win, but that was against my bet! Maybe Cavani's injury and lack of a substitute disarmed Uruguay, because this was a rather dull match. France was convincing for the first time in the tournament, but against a disadvantaged opponent they didn't need to deliver much.

Excellent first half from Belgium but then Brazil got the hang of it. And it didn't look like Belgium started defending their lead, it looked more like Brazil just took the wheel. Belgium lost pretty much every 1-on-1. Well, apart from the last 20 minutes when Belgium definitely went full defense.

Code:
Sandman 82 6 6 0 2 6 6 2 2 0 10 = 122 iWizard 81 6 6 0 2 6 6 2 2 0 6 = 117 RaverDave 82 0 0 0 2 6 6 2 0 0 = 98 Duhr 62 6 2 2 2 0 6 2 2 2 6 = 92 Mezzmer 61 0 0 2 10 6 2 0 0 10 = 91


Holy cow 10 pointers! And oh boy it's tight! Well maybe Sandman could relax a day?

Upcoming TODAY Saturday 2018-07-07
Sweden - England
Russia - Croatia

iWizard - 7-7-2018 at 10:09 AM

2018-07-07
Sweden 1 - 3 England
Russia 0 - 2 Croatia

These pairs should be a no brainers but slightly afraid that England will bottle it. They have the keys.

The referee will probably get a call from Putin at some point but if Putin is busy, Croatia will keep their goal empty.

iWizard - 7-7-2018 at 10:10 AM

OH NO A TYPO OH NO NO NO NO NO NO NO

RaverDave - 7-7-2018 at 11:04 AM

Sweden 2 - 2 England
Russia 2 - 3 Croatia

Duhr - 7-7-2018 at 01:31 PM

2018-07-07
Sweden 0 - 0 England
Russia 1 - 0 Croatia

Sandman - 7-7-2018 at 01:48 PM

2018-07-07
Sweden 1 - 2 England
Russia 0 - 2 Croatia

iWizard - 8-7-2018 at 08:33 AM

RESULTS 2018-07-07
Sweden 0 - 2 England
Russia 1 - 1 Croatia (et 2-2, Croatia wins penalties 4-5)

Did England play this boring during group stage? Because they're starting to be a bit boring, albeit smart and continue winning. Sweden did naturally get a few chances at scoring, but I think Sterling may have lost more chances than all of Sweden's combined.

Russia put completely unexpectedly a very good show, maybe their best. The match could had gone either way and deservedly so. Croats have so much talent in that team and they managed to put that into good use in the start of the tournament, but why do their "game sense" and even ball control look amateurish at times now? Have they lost their nerve? I don't think they have much chances against England if they continue playing like this. The coach has a lot to do.

Code:
Sandman 82 6 6 0 2 6 6 2 2 0 10 6 0 = 128 iWizard 81 6 6 0 2 6 6 2 2 0 6 6 0 = 123 RaverDave 82 0 0 0 2 6 6 2 0 0 2 0 = 100 Duhr 62 6 2 2 2 0 6 2 2 2 6 2 2 = 96 Mezzmer 61 0 0 2 10 6 2 0 0 10 = 91


Only four games left :'(

Upcoming Tuesday 2018-07-10
France - Belgium

Upcoming Wednesday 2018-07-11
Croatia - England

[Edited on 8-7-2018 by iWizard]

Duhr - 8-7-2018 at 05:10 PM

2018-07-10
France 2 - 1 Belgium

Even though France was indeed more convincing against Uruguay than in any other match, Belgium is just going to win the tournament. Because I like them and because they deserve it, right? So, I wanted to bet France 0 - 1 Belgium.

HOWEVER, mom says it's going to be France 2 - 1 Belgium and moms are always right, right?

iWizard - 9-7-2018 at 03:15 PM

2018-07-10
France 1 - 3 Belgium

Duhr: Such an advantage there man.

Someone from Belgium's middlefield got too many cards, but other than that perfect lineups maybe?

DO IT BELGIUM DO IT

RaverDave - 10-7-2018 at 07:40 AM

France 1 - 2 Belgium




Yeh moms are always right, apart from when their wrong :P

Sandman - 10-7-2018 at 09:21 AM

I'm going against Duhr's mom and bet on what Duhr wanted to bet.

France 0 - 1 Belgium

Duhr - 11-7-2018 at 03:57 AM

2018-07-11
Croatia 1 - 1 England

Sandman - 11-7-2018 at 12:05 PM

2018-07-11
Croatia 1 - 2 England

iWizard - 11-7-2018 at 02:54 PM

RESULTS 2018-07-10
France 1 - 0 Belgium

I don't know what to say. France has totally sailed all the way to the final, and once again they just showed up, defended, got a goal and went home. Fckuing France. Complete bastard moves in the end. So let's shame them: Giroud still hasn't managed to land a single shot at an enemy goal. For a forward that's played in all the matches in a team that's in playing in the final it's an incredible achievement. Fckuing France.

But have to admit, France seem to be very hard to beat and I'm slightly afraid England/Croatia might not find a way.

Code:
Sandman 82 6 6 0 2 6 6 2 2 0 10 6 0 0 = 128 iWizard 81 6 6 0 2 6 6 2 2 0 6 6 0 2 = 125 RaverDave 82 0 0 0 2 6 6 2 0 0 2 0 2 = 102 Duhr 62 6 2 2 2 0 6 2 2 2 6 2 2 6 = 102 Mezzmer 61 0 0 2 10 6 2 0 0 10 = 91


Sandman rebelled against your mom Duhr! Are you telling or am I?

Upcoming TONIGHT Wednesday 2018-07-11
Croatia - England

RaverDave - 11-7-2018 at 02:57 PM

2018-07-11
Croatia 2- 3 England

iWizard - 11-7-2018 at 03:11 PM

2018-07-11
Croatia 1 - 3 England

Mezzmer - 11-7-2018 at 03:33 PM

Croatia 2 - 3 England

iWizard - 12-7-2018 at 03:18 PM

RESULTS 2018-07-10
Croatia 1 - 1 England (Croatia wins after ET 2-1)

Believing in England is masochism and some don't learn. Suppose it even was always there, since after the promising group stage their game got a bit boring and almost lost to Colombia in pretty much the same fashion. I mean England did play more exciting in group stage, didn't it? First half looked good, but then came second half... while there's nothing wrong with defending a lead against a dangerous opponent, by giving up on attacking completely the opponents chances improve vastly. See Belgium - Brazil how it's suppose to be done, sans the last 10 or so minutes.

Suppose France will be a bit like England on steroids with their, I think, more potent (counter)attack and more refined defending. Croatia's three last games have went ET/penalties, and that's quite a lot. It should be easy peasy?

Bronze game better be all fireworks. Then again Belgium hasn't ever got a medal from the WC and England's last medal is from 1966. I hope they still won't resort to playing it safe.

Code:
Sandman 82 6 6 0 2 6 6 2 2 0 10 6 0 0 2 = 130 iWizard 81 6 6 0 2 6 6 2 2 0 6 6 0 2 2 = 127 Duhr 62 6 2 2 2 0 6 2 2 2 6 2 2 6 10 = 112 RaverDave 82 0 0 0 2 6 6 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 = 102 Mezzmer 61 0 0 2 10 6 2 0 0 10 0 = 91


Two matches left. Two more 10 point games while others fail and Duhr takes it all :o

Upcoming Saturday 2018-07-14
Belgium - England

Upcoming Sunday 2018-07-15
Surrendering Baguette Munchers - Criminals & Croats

iWizard - 12-7-2018 at 03:19 PM

Saturday 2018-07-14
Belgium 3 - 2 England

Sunday 2018-07-15
France 2 - 0 Croatia

Duhr - 14-7-2018 at 08:06 AM

2018-07-14
Belgium 2 - 2 England

RaverDave - 14-7-2018 at 08:18 AM

Belgium 2 -1 England

Sandman - 14-7-2018 at 01:29 PM

Saturday 2018-07-14
Belgium 2 - 0 England

Sunday 2018-07-15
France 1 - 1 Croatia

Duhr - 15-7-2018 at 05:07 AM

2018-07-15
France 1 - 1 Croatia

Wanted to say France 1 - 1 Croatia, then realised Sandman already predicted this. Then I reliased: no chance of me winning, so can as well bet the same as Sandman, no?

iWizard - 15-7-2018 at 10:18 AM

RESULTS 2018-07-14
Belgium 2 - 0 England

Kind of a lackluster match, nothing to write home about. England did have the few opportunities that every team has, but/and overall I feel like England underplayed their hand. I'm looking at you coach Well Dressed. And Sandman knew this - did he get help from Duhr's mom? Maybe he should be disqualified? With that seven point lead he must be partying hard already, with Duhr's mom.

Dave needs a perfect bet as well, but since Sandman and Duhr have the same bets, I think they're getting their bets from the same all-knowing place :crooked: Actually I wouldn't mind the match going extratime because it's over after this match :(

Code:
Sandman 82 6 6 0 2 6 6 2 2 0 10 6 0 0 2 10 = 140 iWizard 81 6 6 0 2 6 6 2 2 0 6 6 0 2 2 6 = 133 Duhr 62 6 2 2 2 0 6 2 2 2 6 2 2 6 10 2 = 114 RaverDave 82 0 0 0 2 6 6 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 6 = 108 Mezzmer 61 0 0 2 10 6 2 0 0 10 0 = 91


Upcoming TODAY Sunday 2018-07-15 GRANDE FINALE
France - Croatia

RaverDave - 15-7-2018 at 11:13 AM

France 1 - 2 Croatia

iWizard - 17-7-2018 at 07:57 PM

Final scores will be up soonish. THE TOPIC MUST LIVE FOREVER!

iWizard - 19-7-2018 at 02:57 PM

RESULTS 2018-07-15
France 4 - 2 Croatia

France won. A couple of easy ones may have decided the match but suppose France deserved the win. Still, kinda lackluster tournament overall, or is that football circa 2018?


BUT POP THE WHISKEY SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANDDDDDMAAAAAAAAANNNNN WINS!!!!!!!111oneoen

The last one is a special one for Mezzmer ;)

Code:
Sandman 82 6 6 0 2 6 6 2 2 0 10 6 0 0 2 10 0 = 140 iWizard 81 6 6 0 2 6 6 2 2 0 6 6 0 2 2 6 6 = 139 Duhr 62 6 2 2 2 0 6 2 2 2 6 2 2 6 10 2 0 = 114 RaverDave 82 0 0 0 2 6 6 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 6 2 = 110 Mezzmer 61 0 0 2 10 6 2 0 0 10 0 = 91


Next match in two years: a real tournament, none of this pleasing eveyrone crap: Euro 2020! It will be hosted all around Europe this time, to please everyone?

But really:
Code:
Group stage: North America 3 9,375% South America 5 15,625% Africa 5 15,625% Asia 5 15,625% Europe 14 43,75% Best of 16: Asia 1 20% North America 1 33,33% South America 4 80% Europe 10 71,43% Bests of 8: South America 2 50% Europe 6 60% Best of 4: Europe 4

First column tells slots and second column how many made it, apart from group stage where the percent tells how many slots is given to that continent of all the slots. In other words Africa is completely useless, only 20% of the Asian countries makes it out of the group stage and North American countries are not doing much better either. You can draw your own conclusions from that but EUROOOOOOO 2020!!!

Sandman - 20-7-2018 at 09:22 AM



Close one! We'll meet again in two years.

iWizard - 21-7-2018 at 08:35 AM

Quote: Originally posted by Sandman  


Close one! We'll meet again in two years.

Now I know why some kids fear Sandman. Including me now.

World cup hangover done. But hwat now?

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