A different thread is a good idea but there is not much action now so I will see how many are interested? I was going to do it earlier but Chillumpuffer kept saying he would take care of it. 🤨

http://www.espn.com/soccer/table/_/league/fifa.world Lets see if this works Walter. Above are the groups. OK, if you click above link you will see the groups. We will try and predict who comes out of each group to advance to start. Anyone that wants to participate. Here goes my choices Group A (difficult) I guess I will reluctantly take Russia and Uruguay. But I fear Egypt. Group B Spain and Portugal (easy) Group C France and Denmark Group D Argentina (so over rated) and Croatia ( though I would fear Iceland a bit) Group E Brazil and Switzerland Group F Mexico and Germany Group G England and Belgium Group H Columbia and Poland We will get a point for each correct and in the second round we will have another go

I do not believe Justify can win the triple crown at a mile and a half today. I will take the 3 and the 4 in exactas and trifecta's and try and beat Justify. Great horse, but he was a dead duck if the Preakness was 5 more feet.

Argentina are so overated. They are not winning shit. I am dumbfounded by this Denmark over Mexico score. Unreal. I want to know if Mexico rested their regulars before the start of their big game vs Germany? It was tied until almost the 80 minute mark and Denmark scored twice, firmly planing that game up my ass. First game I have lost in a while. The friendly's have gone well, as if they are playing for real. Not this game. I refuse to believe Denmark are better than Mexico. The USA is up on France right now 1-0 as I type. So I am wondering if starters are being rested?

This is LAME. Every 4 years we have this tremendous event and no contest here? I am picking England. And my second choice is Mexico. There PS, if England can beat Costa Rica by two goals or more I can win $200 today

WORLD CUP. And Angels suck my balls. Two parlays i took those pricks on. Light ones thank the Lord.

Why do you have to be so damn negative Sean! Geez. Besides, the WC gives us a good excuse to drink beer 🍺 in the morning

Well I was hoping we had a small contest and see how many would make their picks? But if no interest fine. I am picking England. I say they have a shot unlike you.

The World Cup to me is the only true World championship event other than the Olympics. (some events). The NFL is only in America. The NBA too even though there is much interest abroad in the NFL in England and in hockey, the NHL, in many countries. And in baseball pretty much the US and Japan. So the World Cup of soccer is the only real World championship of all continents. (excluding Antartica of course). The US did not qualify but that is not because they had no chance to. Its never going to be as big as the "big 4", football, baseball, basketball and hockey. Once every 4 years there is great interest. The premier league has picked up a bit of momentum here but its only the die hard soccer fans that watch. And they are a vast minority. I live outside a city that should have an MLS franchise but they screwed that up. Soccer is pretty big here. Rochester, NY. Had the old Lancers here, and played against Pele and the Cosmos in the title game back in the 70s. They built a for soccer only stadium and the promise of joining the MLS and it fell through, like everything else here. Lied to us So the team that did exist, the Rhino's they were called, were in a different north American league that was pretty big geographically. They lost the team this year with the promise that they would come back next year. Maybe they have fixed it? Not sure. Dont care. I saw them play the Chicago Fire of the MLS here once. The Rhinos beat them, when they were the champions of the league they were in. I look forward to watching the World Cup, will be interesting it being in Russia. I am not convinced the usual favorites are as good as advertised. Like Argentina, way overated. Germany may be also. I expect some surprises.

World Cup is coming!!!! The only soccer most of us Americans really care about.

I had a trifecta 7-6-11. Coming down the stretch I thought I had it. I had seperation and the fucking 11 shit the bed on me. I was talked onto the 6 and 11 by the commentators. I liked the 7 and who wouldn't? I also liked the 5, and I did not figure him to be coming late. The 9 should have done that. Eddie O had himself some day. I mean he picked 3 races in exact order including the Derby. I just did not like putting two speed horses together in my trifecta. Typically in horse racing you have speedy types that burn out near the end of a route or long race like this. Justify had plenty of gas. He might be a triple crown winner? I wont bet against him in the Preakness and I say he destroys the field. The Preakness has always been a chalk players dream race. Because not only does this race typically run to form, with favorites usually setting up the Derby winner for heartbreak in the Belmont three weeks later, but its the most predictable race for seasoned handicappers like myself. No brag, just fact. So to me Justify is the single unless he is ill or sore and I have heard no problem of him coming out of the Derby. So now we have 6 straight Derby's where the favorite won. Last time was 1882, the year my late great grandmother was born. She lived to the ripe age of 97 and passed in 1979. Giacomo was mentioned yesterday. A day I will always remember. I won $1500 and change on the pick 3 leading into the Derby. It cost me $27 to make the bet going 3 deep in each leg. And I felt mighty good about it. The third leg, the Woodword Reserve Turf race was on that day won by America Alive, a horse out of the sire Quiet American. A great Turf sire. He payed $37 to win and I had him that way also. The sickening part is I was going to "buy" the Derby and play the pick 4. If I singled any horse it would have been the second place finisher Afleet Alex who would have won if not for traffic problems that were insane. He weaved in and out but could not make up the ground and 100-1 Giacomo won. A gray that Alex destroyed in the next two legs. So anyway, it would have cost me $27 X 20. To cover every horse in the Derby to hit the pick 4. $540. I was then single and had no chains on me. I should have spent the damn monty. The return was a half a million dollars. The same amount one of those gold bricks in the movie "Black Sea" would fetch you on today's Gold market. I am still sick over it.

Manchester City are no doubt the deserving champions. Some year. I think they could beat Barcelona perhaps. How many on this team will be on the first team of England's World Cup team? And speaking of which, Jamie Vardy is on. No doubt. But Leicester has really fallen into the shit house

Manchester City are the best team easily. I thought they had it wrapped up?

Ha. Ok. Just wanted to see if you had a pulse buddy!!😄

Chillumpuffer. Where the hell are you? Are you doing the World Cup this year? I mean listing the brackets and having a bit of a contest? Where we make our picks all the way through the tournament. The only TRUE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN SPORTS. I am coming in with a possible early upset. Or perhaps a tie. Mexico and Germany. The best first match IMO

Success! Anjnsan is on IGNORE

No World Cup posts yet? Hmmmm. Tomorrow I have a parlay or two. Leicester, Chelsea and Brighton. Leicester, Everton and Chelsea

So I have to look around but are you going to do the World Cup thing?

Yes. I cannot see them beating MC. No way.

Dont forget the World Cup pool pal. The fields and groups are set. Germany vs Mexico is one first match that is very intriguing to me. I believe Mexico could beat them

Thanks. I believe Germany are overated. Mexico is underated. Spain did a number on Argentina. I guess once again Argentina are over rated also

Sorry. 3-0. Bring on Germany. England were robbed blind in that game vs Italy as I watched from my hospital bed. Bullshit penalty shot awarded with 3 minutes left. What an acting job by the guinea diver. Never was touched. Are they blind?

I sure cleaned up with my picks on the World Cup friendly match's topped off with the "gift" of Mexico minus a half vs Iceland. How in the devil does anyone think Iceland can hang with Mexico? 3-0. I am going to take a light shot on Mexico vs Germany in the opener in June

NY State fucking blows