DJHazey

I was wondering if I could run a contest for the World Cup that is a variation of the one where one team gets randomly selected for each person. In that scenario, a group of people just automatically gets killed on selection day if they end up with Cameroon, or Qatar, or Tunisia for example. They have no chance. So instead I would split the 32 teams into four pots of 8 teams each. Rank them all simply by last FIFA Rankings, so 1-8 is Pot A, 9-16 is Pot B, 17-24 is Pot C, and 25-32 is Pot D. Each participant gets one team from each Pot, so yes there can be multiple people with the same team, which is fine, because everyone is bound to have a different set of teams. With everyone having a team from each pot, the odds are more even on who will do best. Until all 8 have been drawn from each pot, it does not get reset and you can't have two teams from the same actual World Cup group so that would be a re-draw. (Otherwise, you'd have two of your teams face each other which is no good) Random Number Generator would be used for drawing the order for participants to gets their teams drawn, plus used to draw the teams themselves. We can use a similar point system to what was used when everyone had one team except this time they'll have a group of teams to root for and everyone will have at least one true contender. Does this sound okay, too confusing? Feedback is welcome. I would make a thread and draw sometime in early November.

Nations League Finals Netherlands hosting Croatia, Spain, and Italy. Relegated from A to B Austria, Czech Republic, England, Wales Promoted from B to A Scotland, Israel, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia Relegated from B to C Armenia, Russia, Romania, Sweden Promoted from C to B Turkey, Greece, Kazakhstan, Georgia Relegation to D Playoffs Lithuania, Cyprus, Belarus, Gibraltar Promoted from D to C Latvia, Estonia

Yes, Nations League was put in to try to reduce regular friendlies and have more competitive matches in their place. Try telling Croatia, Hungary, Portugal, or Netherlands that these don't matter because they're playing them like they are. At the end of the day, if you're on the field and are a competitive person, you compete. Not really here for falling back on a "the matches don't matter anyway" mentality. Granted, I do think Southgate has earned the ability to have this World Cup performance be his real evaluation, not Nations League.

Also, I'd love to see an American go over F1 sometime in the future, my bias says someone like Kyle Busch since he's mentioned it a few times. He could definitely do it as he's always been known as one of the best wheelmen of all-time over here.

Cancel all the Middle East/Russian ones and add more U.S. sites since the popularity of it is growing over here. Watkins Glen, Laguna Seca, or Road America are sitting right there and are amazing circuits.

Another Hungarian Golden Generation? I'm here for it.

Chile lost their appeal and Ecuador keeps their spot.

I'd be pretty pissed off if I was Peru, since they finished 5th in South America, not Chile, whether they played and lost in the intercontinental playoffs or not.

Yeah I get the sense that Perez, the two Ferrari's, and the two Mercedes are all capable of beating one another on any particular day (they are all in a tight group in the points standings), but none of them can touch Max. He is just simply dominating, and it's not simply just his equipment puts him in that position. What you're seeing right now is pretty much unpresidented. What's he going to end up with 15?, 16? wins. Unheard of. Enjoy history.

Best comment about the video where Max revealed he's still a virgin. "There's no way Max is still a virgin, he's been f***ing the entire field all season!"

Oh I am kind of a F1 newbie so I didn't know there were some courses they don't run in rain. Makes sense with a course like Spa though. Happy to see Max charging through the field

Oh my, this will be must-watch TV come Sunday! Especially is there's rain.

I think Celtic and Rangers have a chance to put two Scottish sides into the Top 16 with those draws, also Group B, C, and H are insane.

That was a shocking result to say the least.

I would love to be a fly on the wall during the Ferrari post-race meetings.

Max has been masterclass so far. Things looking for him right now. *knocks on wood* Very entertaining race for Hungary.

Yeah Gillette Stadium is the home of the 6-time world champion New England Patriots and sometimes gets the the nickname "The Razor" because it's tough for visiting teams to win there. The MLS team, New England Revolution also play there. Also they've built a shopping mall, Hall of Fame, restaurants, and other attractions around the stadium and the open-air concept with an open end with a lighthouse as a nod to the oceanside geography of the area. Here's a photo:

The way the groups will look with the new projected FIFA Rankings to be released tomorrow: Group A Netherlands | 8 Senegal | 18 Ecuador | 44 Qatar | 49 Group B England | 5 United States | 14 Wales | 19 Iran | 23 Group C Argentina | 3 Mexico | 12 Poland | 26 Saudi Arabia | 53 Group D France | 4 Denmark | 10 Tunisia | 30 Australia | 39 Group E Spain | 6 Germany | 11 Japan | 24 Costa Rica | 34 Group F Belgium | 2 Croatia | 15 Morocco | 22 Canada | 43 Group G Brazil | 1 Switzerland | 16 Serbia | 25 Cameroon | 38 Group H Portugal | 9 Uruguay | 13 South Korea | 28 Ghana | 61

My home venue is Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts. I hope I am able to get tickets as I certainly plan to!

My opinion on it understandably has less merit, being an American lol, but this would look great: AFC Wimbledon Arsenal Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Chelsea Crystal Palace Everton Leeds United Liecester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Swansea City Tottenham Hotspurs West Ham United I always remember Wimbledon F.C., Sheffield Wednesday, and Blackburn Rovers being in the Premier League in 90s when I watched as kid. There's something cool about Nottingham Forest's name being in it, and I like having a Welsh side in the league (Swansea).

The only way Group B would be more iconic is if somehow Australia had automatically qualified and it was England-Wales-USA-Australia

June 2022 Playoffs 6/1 | vs. | Glasgow 6/5 | vs. Semifinal Winner | Cardiff Winner is in World Cup Group B with 6/7 | vs. | Al Rayyan, Qatar 6/13 | Winner of Asian Playoff vs. | Al Rayyan, Qatar Winner is in World Cup Group D with 6/14 | vs. | Al Rayyan, Qatar Winner is in World Cup Group E with

I'd argue you're not going to have any chance of growing the western audience for the sport if you don't have more 3:30 local time starts and less 8am on Sunday over here. 3:30pm on Sunday is when the biggest NBA, NFL, Golf, NASCAR, NHL, etc. games are usually televised in North America so that's when sports fans are watching TV. TLDR - Expanding your global audience involves "suffering" for the ol' school fans. It's already doing wonders for North America and the Premier League who've had NBC/TBS take on their biggest matches in the past decade and always make sure to have matches in the afternoon local time.

Actually, according to FIFA Rankings. Group B has chance to be Group of Death: England | 5 United States | 15 Wales | 18 Iran | 21

As an American fan I am very happy. All three matches are winnable and I don't usually get to say that.