BBC world cup info - IRAN would be an easy group for England

[The Realist]

Every Tom, dick and Harry wants Iran in their group, with Spain allegedly joining the ranks. This is great- being underdogs is fun and would work in our favour.

I expect Iran to be completely unpredictable and unknown quantity to the opposition. Let them takes us at their own perils!

[persiangooner]

The author must hate Iran. He has us 30th, but the comments are just spiteful. Clearly has never watched Iran.

https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/new...-from-1-to-32/

30. Iran
Best case scenario: Not finishing with a -10 goal differential and getting a point
Worst case scenario: Takes an 'L' in all three games
Why ranked here: Iran has made back-to-back World Cups for the first time ever. Only once, out of 12 matches, have they ever recorded a victory. About as good a chance of advancing as Aston Villa winning the Premier League (Spoiler - Aston Villa is currently in the Championship, not the Premier League. Therefore, they have no chance. Get it?)

Wow that’s spiteful.
Which Iranian girl broke his heart [emoji23]


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[teammelli91]

how is saudi dark horse?they are dark horse in letting in 4-5 goals in each game

They mean they are a dark horse IF the referee is on cough medicine.

[inarsenewetrust]

They mean they are a dark horse IF the referee is on cough medicine.

no they mean that saudi arabia as a country has horses of darker pigmentation inside its borders. It cannot actually mean anything more than that.

[Rooyintan]

I like the easy group they mentioned in the article, although I like to replace England with Peru. I hope Team Melli gets the 3 P's Poland, Peru and Panama. This is the easiest we could hope for.

Australia are hoping to get Russia and Peru and don't have a preference for teams from Pot 3.
https://www.foxsports.com.au/footbal...0091bb289739b5

[Rooyintan]

The author must hate Iran. He has us 30th, but the comments are just spiteful. Clearly has never watched Iran.

https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/new...-from-1-to-32/

30. Iran
Best case scenario: Not finishing with a -10 goal differential and getting a point
Worst case scenario: Takes an 'L' in all three games
Why ranked here: Iran has made back-to-back World Cups for the first time ever. Only once, out of 12 matches, have they ever recorded a victory. About as good a chance of advancing as Aston Villa winning the Premier League (Spoiler - Aston Villa is currently in the Championship, not the Premier League. Therefore, they have no chance. Get it?)

This guy does not know anything about Football outside Europe and South America.

He says Australia has too many players past their prime!!! Yes, there are 3 players Tim Cahill, Mark Milligan and Mile Jedinak who are in their 30s and played at Australia's past 3 and 2 world cup appearances but they certainly are not past their prime, in fact they were the reason Socceroos qualified.

He has Panama, South Korea, Australia, Morrocco, Serbia, Peru, Iceland, Russia ranked higher than us!!! Insane!!! OK Egypt, Japan, Costa Rica, Mexico and Denmark perform better in tournaments than us but those others are certainly not better in performance and have equal chance of getting eliminated at the group stage.

[teammelli91]

no they mean that saudi arabia as a country has horses of darker pigmentation inside its borders. It cannot actually mean anything more than that.

It honestly can't mean anything else lol.