FOG's World Cup Pool

[lorcand1990]

Pot 1
Brazil
France

Pot 2
Netherlands
Germany

Pot 3
Poland
Serbia

Pot 4
Wales
Ecuador

Bonus
Brazil
Mbappe
Mbappe
Netherlands
Saudi Arabia

[aaronjennings]

Not looking very good for the six people (myself included) who picked Saudi to conceded the most goals

[ShaneU]

Not looking very good for the six people (myself included) who picked Saudi to conceded the most goals

Looking pretty sweet for me

[JagsMickuar]

Any bonus points for player who scores the most offside goals.

That's worth both parachutes imo

[Necro]

Well done to @nothing @Sephiroth_Dude and @Declan A Walsh who all have Japan who just beat ze Germans!!

We won't mention that ye all had Germany too

[nothing]

typical, when I do pick the winner, I've also chosen the loser!

[E.N.]

For most goals conceded, only @ShaneU has Iran and only I have Costa Rica. Good starts...

[Necro]

For most goals conceded, only @ShaneU has Iran and only I have Costa Rica. Good starts...

And not one person picked Spain

[Necro]

Unique match-up next, @ShaneU is the only person to pick Belgium. They take on Canada who have only been picked by @JagsMickuar!

[JagsMickuar]

Easy game the Candians are a great bunch of lads 8 - 0

[ShaneU]

Mmmmm Belgium, the tastiest country 

[E.N.]

Mmmmm Belgium, the tastiest country 

Wouldn't you rather some lovely Poutine?!

[E.N.]

I did pick Lukaku for top scorer, not knowing he was injured 🙈

[JagsMickuar]

Easy game the Candians are a great bunch of lads 8 - 0

5 nil might have been fairer but somehow we lose... Eh,

[lorcand1990]

Did I say Germany? I meant.... eh... Not Germany

[nothing]

The only scores I'll know live during this are Brazils. Family below me (and I assume some friends) just screamed the place down twice.

[Necro]

Round 1 Results:

Sunday, 20 November

Qatar 0 - 2 Ecuador (group A)


Monday, 21 November


England 6 - 2 Iran (group B)

Senegal 0 - 2 Netherlands (group A)

USA 1 - 1 Wales (group B)



Tuesday, 22 November

Argentina 1 - 2 Saudi Arabia (group C)

Denmark 0 - 0 Tunisia (group D)

Mexico 0 - 0 Poland (group C)

France  4 - 1 Australia (group D)



Wednesday, 23 November

Morocco 0 - 0 Croatia (group F)

Germany 1 - 2 Japan (group E)

Spain 7 - 0 Costa Rica (group E)

Belgium 1 - 0 Canada (group F)



Thursday, 24 November

Switzerland 1 - 0 Cameroon (group G)

Uruguay  0 - 0 South Korea (group H)

Portugal 3 - 2 Ghana (group H)

Brazil 2 - 0 Serbia (group G)


Player Scores:

Necro - 11 points ( 4 wins - Brazil, England, Netherlands, Ecuador. 3 draws - Mexico, Poland, Tunisia)
lorcand - 10 points ( 4 wins - Brazil, France, Netherlands, Ecuador. 2 draws - Poland, Wales)
ari - 10 points ( 4 wins - Brazil, France, Netherlands, Ecuador. 2 draws - Poland, Wales)
Sawduck - 10 points ( 4 wins - Brazil, France, Netherlands, Ecuador. 2 draws - Poland, Wales)
Liz - 9 points ( 3 wins - Brazil, France, Netherlands. 3 draws - Poland, South Korea, Wales)
Sephers - 9 points ( 4 wins - Brazil, France, Netherlands, Japan. 1 draw - Poland)
nothing - 8 points ( 3 wins - Brazil, Japan, Saudi Arabia. 2 draws - Uruguay, Wales)
Edser - 8 points ( 3 wins - Brazil, France, Netherlands. 2 draws - Poland, Wales)
Mick - 8 points ( 3 wins - Brazil, Portugal, Ecuador. 2 draws - Denmark, Poland)
aaron - 8 points ( 3 wins - Brazil, France, Netherlands. 2 draws - Poland, Wales)
Shane - 8 points ( 3 wins - Brazil, Belgium, Netherlands. 2 draws - Uruguay, Wales)
Declan - 8 points ( 3 wins - Brazil, Portugal, Japan. 2 draws - Croatia, Poland)
EN - 8 points ( 3 wins - Brazil, Netherlands, Ecuador. 2 draws - Poland, Wales)
Kol - 6 points - ( 2 wins - Brazil, France. 2 draws - Croatia, Wales)


I have a slender one point lead over lorcand, ari and Sawduck while Sephers and Liz scored 9 points from the first round. Half of y'all ended up with 8 points which is a decent tally for round 1 as well... Kol only has 6 points but still loads of time for that to change!


Round 2 Fixtures:



Friday, 25 November

Wales - Iran (group B): 10am

Qatar - Senegal (group A): 1pm

Netherlands - Ecuador (group A): 4pm

England - USA (group B): 7pm



Saturday, 26 November

Tunisia - Australia (group D): 10am

Poland - Saudi Arabia (group C): 1pm

France - Denmark (group D): 4pm

Argentina - Mexico (group C): 7pm



Sunday, 27 November

Japan - Costa Rica (group E): 10am

Belgium - Morocco (group F): 1pm

Croatia - Canada (group F): 4pm

Spain - Germany (group E): 7pm



Monday, 28 November

Cameroon - Serbia (group G): 10am

South Korea - Ghana (group H): 1pm

Brazil - Switzerland (group G): 4pm

Portugal - Uruguay (group H): 7pm

[E.N.]

Group b looking tasty already for 2nd spot

Could go down to goal difference as in 'who beats up Iran more'

...or not

[Necro]

Iran were miles the better team there. Wales remind me of... well... Ireland. Lacking that killer instinct and with this likely being Bale's last tourney it could be a long wait for them to qualify again.

Madness by Hennessy too

[Edser]

For some reason I completely missed the fact there would be points for the group games 

Hopefully the qualifying and bonus points will make things up

[Necro]

Feckin Aussies choose today to get their first win since 2010 at the WC of course. Stupid Tunisia.

[lorcand1990]

Some big tackles in the mexico v Argentina game. Wouldn't have it any other way!

[E.N.]

For most goals conceded, only @ShaneU has Iran and only I have Costa Rica. Good starts...

Shouldn't have said anything, Iran clean sheet next match and Costa Rica look like they're about to get one too 🙈

[ShaneU]

Belgium have been so bad

[Necro]

Round 2 Results:


Group A

Fri, Nov. 25 Qatar 1, Senegal 3
Fri, Nov. 25 Netherlands 1, Ecuador 1

Group B

Fri, Nov. 25 Wales 0, Iran 2
Fri, Nov. 25 England 0, USA 0


Group C

Sat, Nov. 26 Poland 2, S. Arabia 0
Sat, Nov. 26 Argentina 2, Mexico 0


Group D

Sat, Nov. 26 Tunisia 0, Australia 1
Sat, Nov. 26 France 2, Denmark 1


Group E

Sun, Nov. 27 Japan 0, Costa Rica 1
Sun, Nov. 27 Spain 1, Germany 1


Group F

Sun, Nov. 27 Belgium 0, Morocco 2
Sun, Nov. 27 Croatia 4, Canada 1


Group G

Mon, Nov. 28 Cameroon 3, Serbia 3
Mon, Nov. 28 Brazil 1, Switzerland 0


Qualified For Last 16: France, Brazil, Portugal
Eliminated: Qatar, Canada

Congrats to all the Brazil (everyone), Portugal (two players), and France (eight players) selectors, all three are through to the last 16 with a game to spare which means bonus points have been applied in these cases! These will be applied to the total scores.


Let's see our round scores.....

Quite a few players had seven of their 8 teams bag them at least a point this round with 4 of you having FIVE wins each!! EN, Sawduck and lorcan both have more draws than wins this round also....

Declan - 12 points - (5 wins - Brazil, Portugal, Croatia, Poland, Costa Rica. 2 draws - Germany, Cameroon)
Kol - 12 points - (5 wins - Brazil, France, Croatia, Senegal, Ghana. 2 draws - Germany, Serbia)
aaron - 12 points - (5 wins - Brazil, France, Senegal, Poland, Ghana. 2 draws - Germany, Netherlands)
Edser - 12 points - (5 wins - Brazil, France, Poland, Senegal, Costa Rica. 2 draws - Germany, Netherlands)
Sephers - 11 points - (4 wins - Brazil, France, Poland, Australia. 2 draws - Germany, Netherlands)
ari101 - 11 points - (4 wins - Brazil, France, Poland, Senegal. 3 draws - Germany, Netherlands, Ecuador)
EN - 10 points - (3 wins - Brazil, Argentina, Poland. 4 draws - Germany, Netherlands, Serbia, Ecuador)
lorcan - 10 points - (3 wins - Brazil, France, Poland. 4 draws - Germany, Netherlands, Serbia, Ecuador)
Sawduck - 10 points - (3 wins - Brazil, France, Poland. 4 draws - Germany, Netherlands, Serbia, Ecuador)
Liz - 10 points - (4 wins - Brazil, France, Poland, Australia. 2 draws - Germany, Netherlands)
Mick - 9 points - (3 wins - Brazil, Portugal, Poland. 3 draws - Germany, Serbia, Ecuador)
Necro - 9 points - (3 wins - Brazil, Poland, Ghana. 3 draws - England, Netherlands, Ecuador)
Shane - 7 points - (2 wins - Brazil, Senegal. 3 draws - Netherlands, Serbia, Cameroon)
nothing - 6 points - (2 wins - Brazil, Argentina. 2 draws - Germany, Serbia)



So our overall table looks like this now (with bonus points for Brazil/France included):

ari101 - 71 points
aaron, Edser, Seph, Sawduck, Declan, Lorcan - 70 points
Liz - 69 points (Ooo-Er!)
Kol - 68 points
Mick - 67 points
Necro - 45 points
EN - 43 points
Shane - 40 points
nothing - 39 points.

The bonuses are a little skewed at the moment with only three teams definitely through ahead of the final round of group games.

ari is one point clear at the top with her bonuses for France and Brazil added to her two rounds of scoring so far. 6 others are on 70 just behind her.

Mick is the only person to have a team eliminated at this stage in Canada, though another TEN may need a minor miracle to see Wales progress....



Round 3 fixtures:

Group A

Tue, Nov. 29 Netherlands vs. Qatar 3 p.m. Al Bayt
Tue, Nov. 29 Ecuador vs. Senegal 3 p.m. Khalifa Int'l


Group B

Tue, Nov. 29 Wales vs. England 7 p.m. Ahmad Bin Ali
Tue, Nov. 29 Iran vs. USA 7 p.m. Al Thumama


Group C


Wed, Nov. 30 Poland vs. Argentina 7 p.m. Stadium 974
Wed, Nov. 30 S. Arabia vs. Mexico 7 p.m. Lusail


Group D

Wed, Nov. 30 Tunisia vs. France   3 p.m. Education City
Wed, Nov. 30 Australia vs. Denmark  3 p.m. Al Janoub


Group E

Thu, Dec. 1 Japan vs. Spain 7 p.m. Khalifa Int'l
Thu, Dec. 1 Costa Rica vs. Germany 7 p.m. Al Bayt


Group F

Thu, Dec. 1 Croatia vs. Belgium 3 p.m. Ahmad Bin Ali
Thu, Dec. 1 Canada vs. Morocco 3 p.m. Al Thumama


Group G

Fri, Dec. 2 Cameroon vs. Brazil 7 p.m. Lusail
Fri, Dec. 2 Serbia vs. Switzerland 7 p.m. Stadium 974


Group H

Fri, Dec. 2 S. Korea vs. Portugal 3 p.m. Education City
Fri, Dec. 2 Ghana vs. Uruguay 3 p.m. Al Janoub

[nothing]

Ah nice cosy bottom of the football table

[ari101]

Nice while it lasts 🤣🥳

[lorcand1990]

Damn I thought Ecuador had a decent chance in that group. Only needed a draw to qualify 

[Necro]

Damn I thought Ecuador had a decent chance in that group. Only needed a draw to qualify 

You and five others (including me)! They were poor against Senegal though.

[ShaneU]

[ari101]

Ah I'd forgotten about Goldie Looking Chain 🤣🤣🤣

[E.N.]

Bloody hell @ShaneU, that's a real earworm. It's going to be stuck in my head for days now 🙈

[ShaneU]

Mwahahahaha

[Necro]

God dammit Mexico, a goal away from qualifying ahead of the Poles who were picked by 11 people

[lorcand1990]

God dammit Mexico, a goal away from qualifying ahead of the Poles who were picked by 11 people

Up until the last few mins of Mexico v Saudi, Poland were only going through because they had less yellow cards in the tournament than Mexico.. Saudi goal gave them a +1 difference vs mexico

[Necro]

God dammit Mexico, a goal away from qualifying ahead of the Poles who were picked by 11 people

Up until the last few mins of Mexico v Saudi, Poland were only going through because they had less yellow cards in the tournament than Mexico.. Saudi goal gave them a +1 difference vs mexico

Yeah Mexico even had a goal disallowed at 2-0 for offside, it just wasn't meant to be!

[ShaneU]

Belgium have been so bad

So bad!

[lorcand1990]

Belgium have been so bad

So bad!

Yeah, looks like they've missed their chance in the last 6 years or so to win a tournament. Aging squad

[ShaneU]

Germany going out as well

[E.N.]

Germany going out as well

And Spain 😳