JS_FFC Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 13 hours ago, Autistisches Nilpferd said: That's an outstanding stat I suppose it’s not hugely surprising when you split the world into confederations (and the World Cup itself) and consider the teams that will nearly always make the last 8 In the euros we have England, Spain, France, Italy and Germany and to a lesser extent Netherlands, Portugal and more recently Croatia and Belgium. Not all of them will make it individually but it would be a shock if any less then 5 or 6 of the QFists at one tournament come from that list. South American Brazil and Argentina (and in any case it’s mathematically impossible for the copa America to have entirely different QFists) Asia has two Far Eastern giants in Japan and South Korea, two Middle Eastern giants Iran and Saudi, then they’ve had Australia for the best part of 20 years now. In general these 5 are miles ahead of the rest of the continent. North America has USA and Mexico. Oceania has New Zealand. The World Cup itself you can take the European teams I listed plus Brazil and Argentina and you’ve likely named 5+ QFists at most tournaments. Africa is probably the only continent that has 15-20 nations that are legitimately capable of being a top 3-5 nation on the continent during a decent run of form. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 23 minutes ago, JS_FFC said: The World Cup itself you can take the European teams I listed plus Brazil and Argentina and you’ve likely named 5+ QFists at most tournaments. There was only one returning quarter-finalist in 1994, and two in 2002. I've gone through the last nine World Cups and none had had more than half the nations making a repeat visit to the quarters. These things aren't as nailed on as they seem. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted January 31 Author Share Posted January 31 What are we down to now, four prior winners? Of those, you wouldn't have listed the DRC or South Africa among the favourites before the tournament. Nothing against them, but hopefully this doesn't come down to Nigeria v Ivory Coast in the final - this tournament could do with a new champion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Nigeria in the semis. Do hope it doesn't end up a boring final after this tournament 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Great equaliser from the Congo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guinness Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Did he mean it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Congo deserved it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 By the way, the Canal+ coverage of the tournament has been excellent. Really makes it feel like the huge event it is. In comparison I'm now in Liberia, and the South African channel they get is woeful. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Where’s the Ivory Coast game? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandmac Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 2 hours ago, lichtie23 said: Where’s the Ivory Coast game? I assume you posted that during the black hole that is the UK football broadcasting blackout between 1430-1715 on Saturdays I'm really starting to dislike ivory coast 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 4 minutes ago, highlandmac said: I assume you posted that during the black hole that is the UK football broadcasting blackout between 1430-1715 on Saturdays I'm really starting to dislike ivory coast Aye. I completely forgot about that daft rule 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandmac Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 1 hour ago, lichtie23 said: Aye. I completely forgot about that daft rule I wouldn't mind so much if sky actually advertised it as "live broadcast from 1715"but instead they advertise the game,you tune in&get confused because you're getting the league scores coming in instead of the game 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Patterson Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 1 hour ago, highlandmac said: I wouldn't mind so much if sky actually advertised it as "live broadcast from 1715"but instead they advertise the game,you tune in&get confused because you're getting the league scores coming in instead of the game The thing is the 3pm blackout shouldn't effect AFCON as it only applies to games within UEFA's countries 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Cape Verde are Dundee United-ing this shoot-out 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Just now, Mark Connolly said: Cape Verde are Dundee United-ing this shoot-out SA shitting it now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 FFS 1/6 penalties saved/missed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Cape Verde are jobby at penalties 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Probably best to say the goalie done great. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Give the keeper some credit 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crawford Bridge Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Bebe's shots at goal were entertainingly bad. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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