World Cup 2018

Van, we were lucky indeed with Colombia today. 

They are such a disorganized mess without a healthy James.  He clearly pulls the strings in the midfield to produce good scoring opportunities.  Without him, they seemed to struggle with crisp passes that could lead to any scoring opportunities.  I don't even think I heard Falcao's name mentioned twice..   It took a corner kick to win it for them, but we will take it ..    However, this team seems done going forward  w/o a healthy James.

Teams are out....

And great job on your record thus far.  It's encouraging to be up,  considering how difficult this tournament has been to this point.

It’s funny to see that you’re up and doing pretty good, and you’ve posted that it hasn’t felt like you had a great World Cup so far. How do you like four of my south American teams in the Sweet 16? I’m pretty happy about that.

If you bet on this England / Belgium game....

what a shame - this could be one of the best qualifying matches if not best match of the tourney - like spain and portugal.  instead, who knows what we get.  if they tie, it will come down to yellows and belguim has 1 more currently.  only possible play is the under but who really knows until it starts

thanks for your efforts on this forum, mr vanzack. I very much appreciate your taking the time to share your knowledge and expertise. Ben away since the tournament began, won 3 small plays in openers - Iceland to score a goal, Denmark, and Croatia- . Looking forward to joining you for the knockout stage. 

VANZACK you killem em bro!!

 

I tailed your over Tunisia/Panama OVER pick good call

Wanted to pop in here and say kudos to your analysis and record.  Nice to find someone on this site that is thoughtful.  I had a very similar read on the Colombia - Senegal match and still cannot believe the final scoreline and the play in general.  I thought that game was going to be a cracker and well, it wasn't. Unfortunately and stupidly, I had the over every which way in that game and now must bow out.  The Serbia and Mexico games followed by today, just destroyed my bankroll.  No discipline but essentially needed a goal from Mexico, Senegal, or Serbia and I'd still be alive but alas, they all got blanked.  (I'm a huge fan of BTTS prop).  Anywho, BOL to ya'll!

Batshuayi celebrating the Belgium goal....

https://streamable.com/9qad1

 

Hey Taurus - good to see you around.

GL

Better luck to you.  Good games coming up!

Ally, Sixgod - 

Right off the top of your head:

Thanks buddy. Really was a question for anyone. Let's get this. 

Agreed on what you said above. That is exactly how I feel when I post and lose:)

Great job today. But I would not call the Columbia win lucky because you were unlucky to have Rodriguez go down early in the match. With him in there, I think Columbia would have gotten that goal earlier. I hope you kill it going forward!

For fun, here is who I see going through and why:

Spain: lots of pressure on them an new coach to get out of group play, that pressure is now off.

Croatia: just a solid team all around.

Switzerland: Swedes must be running out of gas, after the roller coaster ride they have had in group play.

Columbia: bad karma for England trying to win second place to get the Columbia matchup (also, star player out theory, if Rodriguez does not play).

Uruguay: Ronaldo can't keep carrying his team against superior opponents, can he?

Tina: On paper, it is all France but Tina is the team coming into the game with momentum and the belief that comes with overcoming adversity, beating the odds, and having a guy like Messi on your side, while France comes in as the lazy, fat favorite that coasted through group play and mailed in their final game.
 
Brazil: classic big brother vs little brother dynamic. Mexico is an inferior version of Brazil.
 
Belgium: Their opponent is Japan:)

Good luck!

Spain -1 is square but it has to be the best bet of the 16. 

How is Russia going to win? They’re awful. 

Great job Van, it's damned hard to beat the books and you have done it repeatedly. My opinions are worse than worthless but another guy Diamondjack over at the soccer forum is kicking behind just like you are and has done it for multiple world cups. Assessment of a good capper requires a very very large sample size to be accurate and you two have done it. Congrats. 

Note the best cappers don't just make their picks, they articulately explain their picks and by doing so educate the rest of us gambling suckers.