The Football Thread - 17/18 Season

[Scisca]

Slimebeast said:

Scisca said:

Thanks We're also very excited about this team, but surprisingly the expectations in general aren't sky-high (like they usually were). We're focusing on getting out of the group (for the first time ever) and after that - competing on par with Europe's best. Anything more than getting out will be seen as an extra by most, though I believe we deserve to be in the top 8.

 

@ NiKKoM, thanks!

 

By the way, who do you guys predict to win it all? I think this year it's very hard to pick the favourite, as there are many teams capable of taking it all. It's much harder than it was 4 years ago.

Yeah, so hard to say. I just can't pick a winner.

Germany, Belgium, Spain and France all have about equal chance to win. Then comes England really close. After that it's a clear gap, but Croatia, Portugal and Poland all have a decent chance to win and I can't entirely rule out Italy.

I don't believe in Belgium that much, but maybe they'll surprise me today. Also, I absolutely can't agree with England at the fifth spot, I think Poland would be a clear favorite in this matchup. To me the top tier favorites is France, Germany and Spain - obviously. After that it's Poland and Belgium as the two dark horses that can take down every other team with some luck and it won't really be a huge surprise (though I'm not convinced if Belgium actually is a team). After that there's England, Croatia and Portugal - good teams, dangerous, but I can't see them going all the way. Italy is totally unpredictable, it's hard to put a finger on that team - as usual. I can see them failing to advance out of the group stage just as well as winning the whole thing.