stattointhailand wrote: ↑

December 2, 2017, 2:32 pm

Belgium have no chance DM ...... Martinez has absolutely no experience of a competition like this (keeping players focused for a whole month)

Think that it may go to a "POT 2" team

Spain to win, and I have a hunch that the Argies are going to turn their form round as many of their players will not get another chance so HAVE to perform in Russia

So take away the blurrrrrr Statts AND your predicting SPAIN to win . Got ther in the end .

The Adhoc fiver is going on Spain.

""EXPERT"" PREDICTIONS for the winners of the FIFA 2018 World Cup so far ..... feel free for UMs football gurus to add their choices .

DM .......Belgium
Statts ... Spain
Adhoc ... Spain

Drunk Monkey wrote: ↑

December 3, 2017, 9:09 am

""EXPERT"" PREDICTIONS for the winners of the FIFA 2018 World Cup so far ..... feel free for UMs football gurus to add their choices .

DM .......Belgium
Statts ... Spain
Adhoc ... Spain

expect mats prediction when and only when he knows EXACTLY who is in every squad and what their form is during the pre tourny friendlies

Brazil for me

For the winners you have to look no further than the current world champions,GERMANY,unfortunately.
With the tournament being played in Europe I think you can discount the South American teams.
Belgium have a very strong squad,with around 11 Premiership regulars,and it would be nice to see them win but I think they will fall just short,along with Spain who seem to lack firepower upfront in the main tournaments nowadays.
Just sayin'

I'm a football guru and Germany will prevail.

Germany WILL NOT win 2 WC's on the bounce ..... Sane will probably be injured by then, and Ozil will have already got his move so no need for him to "break sweat" (something he is very good at ) Rudiger will be knackered after a season playing the "Conte way" Neuer is showing plenty of signs that he is not the keeper he once was. Muller, Gotze, Kroos & Hummels are no where near their best, so unless there are half a dozen Wunderkids waiting in the wings it's Quater finals at best I think (unless they get England in last EIGHT)

PS Udon map will not let me type the number 8 in the above

PS Udon map will not let me type the number 8 in the above

It will if you type
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It won't if you type
(8 no space )
because that if BBCode for the smilie!!!

Italy to knock out the Aussies in the semi and play Holland in the final.

marjamlew wrote: ↑

December 3, 2017, 1:59 pm

Italy to knock out the Aussies in the semi and play Holland in the final.

Are you sure the rabbits feet (or was it rabbits toes) won't get to the final marjanlaw :-"

I don't understand the bit about rabbits, but I'm sure it must be a joke.
Anyway, my prediction for the world cup are the current European champions, Portugal.

Nah Statts just having a giggle. The Poms will win the soccer world cup - walk in the park. Surprised none of the wise men on here don't have any confidence in the sporting abilities of their countrymen to go all the way in Putinland. And more to the point - Any you poms watching the cricket in Adelaide? It's only me Barn and Wazza making a contribution over on that thread. You're a lay down misere over there too

marjamlew wrote: ↑

December 3, 2017, 4:02 pm

more to the point - Any you poms watching the cricket in Adelaide? It's only me Barn and Wazza making a contribution over on that thread. You're a lay down misere over there too

Just waiting for James Vince to put the Aussie attack to the sword tomorrow !

I thought that I had put the games schedule up, but I have not..
So here they are - click to expand photo.
Russia is such a large country that the games are played over a couple of different time zones.
Wikipedia have kindly shown the local time the games are being played & then shown how that relates to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Thailand is 7 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.

BobHelm wrote: ↑

December 27, 2017, 9:04 am

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Thailand is 7 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.

I presume by this you mean GMT, Bob.
What the hell is 'Coordinated Universal Time' (CUT) or UTC, or however you want to re-arrange the letters?

Sorry Adhoc the rest of the world no longer use GMT - probably as it implies that London is the centre of the world..
While that was undoubtedly true during Queen Victoria's time it is certainly no longer the case
As the pieces I copied quoted UTC I thought that it might be a little confusing to say GMT...

Apart from that though.....you are correct..

If you look at it Longitudinally GMT = 0 DEG. Anything away from that is either EAST or WEST So I'd say London is STILL Fairly CENTRAL. GMT = UT = Universal Time. UNIVERSAL, MEANS?

Astronomically away from this thread "Heading?"

If they want to play these silly tournaments in out of the way places, they should be reminded that ALL matches must kick off at 15:00 SFT (Standard Footy Time) UK, viz a viz 9pm Udon Thani. If that means a 02:00 hrs local time kick off then so be it. If they want to play OUR game, they play it by OUR rules or else we will take our ball home .... so there