So, considering the Eels season continues to be so shite, I will also be watching a little bit of the World Cup. This RL season has been so f**king depressing so far.
Socceroos had a good win last night vs the Czech Republic. Beat 'em 4-0.
We have another friendly next week against Hungary.
I don't honestly hold high hopes about the Aussies chances to get through the group stage. Being the tier 4 team in the group, we couldn't have drawn a tougher group.
All 3 of our opponents in our group are in the top 12 in the World Rankings. How in the f**k does that work when there are 8 groups? All three are ranked above England, the Netherlands and Italy. The later two didn't even make it.
Anyway, it should be an interesting group stage for us, but I think we'll struggle. If we can limit the damage against France in our first group game, we might just snag a draw against Denmark and a win against Peru. Yep, I know. I'm dreaming.
Anyway, here are the latest top 1-100 rankings. We ain't that bad tbh in the rankings. Way higher than Russia, the hosts.
http://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/index.html
Socceroos had a good win last night vs the Czech Republic. Beat 'em 4-0.
We have another friendly next week against Hungary.
I don't honestly hold high hopes about the Aussies chances to get through the group stage. Being the tier 4 team in the group, we couldn't have drawn a tougher group.
All 3 of our opponents in our group are in the top 12 in the World Rankings. How in the f**k does that work when there are 8 groups? All three are ranked above England, the Netherlands and Italy. The later two didn't even make it.
Anyway, it should be an interesting group stage for us, but I think we'll struggle. If we can limit the damage against France in our first group game, we might just snag a draw against Denmark and a win against Peru. Yep, I know. I'm dreaming.
Anyway, here are the latest top 1-100 rankings. We ain't that bad tbh in the rankings. Way higher than Russia, the hosts.
http://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/index.html