Picking a world cup team

[BLUETIT]

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Helmut Schön was born in 1915 in what was then the 'Deutsches Reich', the German Empire.
His place of birth was Leipzig, which was part of the GDR (East Germany) when he won the World Cup with West Germany.

You’ve been waiting in the wings for years, for that question to crop up :hehe:

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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You’ve been waiting in the wings for years, for that question to crop up :hehe:

Just looked into it this morning, old fruit. Sepp Herberger, who also won the World Cup with West Germany, was also born into the German Reich, albeit in Mannheim.

[splott parker]

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Some facts I have just gleaned about the Curaçao national team:

Managed by Dick Advokaat, they are possibly the first national side to appear at the World Cup where both the team and the manager whose names are associated with alcoholic beverages.

The team captain, who is currently the most-capped player for the national side is a former City player i.e. Leandro Bacuna.

Like Wales, Curaçao is not a sovereign state. It's a constituent part of The Netherlands, Dutch is one of its official languages and the King of The Netherlands is the Head of State.

Curaçao has a smaller population than Newport and represents the smallest country to be present at a World Cup.

Me & the missus nearly got stranded there a few years ago. I could have been in the squad if things hadn’t have worked out:hehe:

[Splott-light...]

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Managed by Dick Advokaat...

long before I knew this fella existed his name was used for a speciality tipple i'd make at Christmas time..

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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long before I knew this fella existed his name was used for a speciality tipple i'd make at Christmas time..

You seem to have caught up with the connection in respect of beverages that I mentioned then :-)

[Tuerto]

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long before I knew this fella existed his name was used for a speciality tipple i'd make at Christmas time..

You must be getting mixed up with Tony Moonshine. Ex Bolton defender and manager of Libya for three weeks in 1978.

[Baloo]

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As long as England don't win it, I'm OK.

There used to be a shop in Cwmbran that sold car flags for all of England’s opponents in the group stage.

[William Treseder]

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long before I knew this fella existed his name was used for a speciality tipple i'd make at Christmas time..

Dick juice ?

[Canton Kev]

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Does the “Dark horse” term imply a team capable of winning the tournament? I always took it as a team that would make it surprisingly far. Wales in 2016, or Morocco in 2022 for example.

Mexico definitely won’t win the tournament, but I think they have the easiest run to the Quarter Finals. For a team that certainly aren’t one of the 8 best in the world, I think they’ve got a good chance of making the final 8.

If we’re talking dark horses purely on winning the tournament, I’ll go with the boring answer of Norway.

[BLUETIT]

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Will one of the African nations step up ?

Will Brazil hit form and mirror their super teams of the 50’s and 70’s ?

Gotta be honest, at the moment it’s not motivating me at all, will that change once it starts, I honestly don’t know !

I’m fed up with skill being coached out of players and the game becoming like a game of chess on a computer, boring, with back 4’s making a zillion passes

[Fatty Foggon]

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“We want Donald Trump walking ‘round the pitch” isn’t it? 😎
Norway for me. 🇳🇴

[bobh]

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I'll support whoever is playing ingurlund.

[NYCBlue]

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Helmut Schön was born in 1915 in what was then the 'Deutsches Reich', the German Empire.
His place of birth was Leipzig, which was part of the GDR (East Germany) when he won the World Cup with West Germany.

German born, with a West German passport foreign?

[Wash DC Blue]

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It’s about as much as I can manage to type how apathetic I am to this tournament.

If Wales had have qualified, I would have probably gone to the games out of a feeling of duty rather than excitement.

I will have the games on in the background no doubt and will probably get some interest if England lose, though I think they might do it this time.

[Jordi Culé]

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The ‘build up’ to the World Cup isn’t doing much for me but I’m putting that down to being an old, miserable, cynical baastard.

I’m hoping I come round when the knockout matches start. I’ve had a nose at the group games and quite honestly they look boring as fuuck.

Fingers crossed something gets the tournament going, a decent assassination attempt on Trump or Vance could do that and not the half arsed efforts we’ve had previously?