Discussion of everything surrounding the group and the teams. Sweden's squad just dropped.
Sweden Squad. It has been (for the most part rightfully) been criticized for not having big players like Hugo Larsson (regular CM starter and one of Frankfurts better players, they have picked some more random Zeneli that plays in USG instead), Swedberg (striker in Celta Vigo, dropped for a 2. BL striker from Holstein Kiel) and Rooney Bardaji (winger/striker for Barca)
For the neutral I think this one of the most interesting groups, groups where 1 team is clearly worse than the other 3 are not really interesting because there you can suspect the 3 good teams will advance. I think Tunisia just barely have the quality to really compete for advancement.
Who will be the break out star player on the world stage in this group? Some random 20 year old bundesliga Japanese player?
>>154649213Tunisia have some 19 year old Ben Farhat from 2.Bundesliga that has supposedly been doing good and been rumored to Bayer Leverkusen
i think japan will top this group unironically
>>154649235I dont necessarily disagree they do good but Nederlands are masters at taking 9 points in the groups
>>154649102Zeneli played well in the playoffs so makes sense to pick him. If anyone is to be cut for Larsson it would be SvanbergSwedberg deserves to be in the squad more than Ali and especially Sema, don't get how he didn't make the squad.Bardghji is a crybaby benchwarmer, fuck him.
How is Nederlands squad in strength compared to 2022, about the same? Maybe a slight downgrade in total?
>>154649077Funny that the hype around the Japan national team seems to be mostly from the foreign blogosphere and press. most Japanese I know are only slightly optimistic and don't think they can beat the Netherlands
>>154649321they dont need to, a draw will do. Maybe Negerlands will agree to a draw
>>154649339if Mitoma is out of the WC, it's unironically over
>>154649348Is that Freiburg player out, i saw he was injured
Easy /elite/ victory, Netherlands won't drop a point.
>>154649453Not that forced meme again
Wij houden van oranje!t. Lived in the Netherlands for four years
>>154649481I would say its problematic that they are quite non-european ethnically if i was Dutch. Not fully on France levels but still.
>>154649515Well Kluivert and Davies were not exactly white either :)
>>154649520You could then argue that they could have been for some Caribbean NT and have given glory to their nation making them qualify for a World Cup years before
>>154649545Well you'te not wrong. How do you feel about your chances to advance svenbro?
>>15464955380%
>>154649545You could also argue that the half-white mutts like Simons and van Dijk would be just as out of place in a Caribbean team.
>>154649515there is a very big difference between african-french niggers and dutch-caribbean black men anon
>>154649077Japan > Sweden > Tunisia > Netherlands, is what I hope for. <3 japan
blessed group already have my Nippon jersey wornwhen's the start of the first match?
Heres a documentary made into Tunisian football by Swedish media. https://youtu.be/_X73K-QNxxA?si=OOXOmpPLwC7lFbh7&t=2523 You must watch the footage between 42:00 and 49:30, there is no language barrier. First the amazing atmosphere with singing and flares, then a massive internal fight (at 43:30) when they realized they lost the league to their city rival. The tifo (pic rel) for the game was also amazing. What is the state of the Tunisian and fan culture?
Wait, is it unusual to have dropped the 26-man squad this early, are there other noticeable teams that has dropped it?
>>154650095So far Bosnia is the only other country to have dropped a final 26-man squad. Other teams, most notably Brazil and Argentina, have dropped much larger preliminary squads, but most have not released anything yet.
>>154649481:D
>>154649077Cowman still hasn't selected his squad.
>>154651814Isnt it unusual to be so early that we were
>>154649077This looks like a fun group. I wouldn't mind rooting for Sweden, the Dutch, and Japan if they happen to top the group. Tunisia is cool too. Although I hear Japan have a lot of key players recently injured which may make things easier for the rest.
Japan will be one to watch. Every Tunisia match will be dog shit because they're the most timid football nation on earth.(I copy all my football opinions from Jonathan Wilson, so rather than me elaborating on why Tunisia play horrible football, here's a link to Wilson explaining it: https://youtu.be/RgB_fFaLMog?t=2285)
>>154649515not their fault suriname banned dutch born players for the longest time
Why are people overrating Japan?
>>154653602Is she someone or just generic?
>>154654720I believe that is supposed to be Richelieu from Kancolle
>1 EPL>1 UCL>1 WCwho can stop him, unironically?
Hecking bumperino, when does Japan 26-man drop?
>>154654670are we? they seem like b-tier team that could do well and people acknowledge it
Oh so Japan´s 26-man drop is today the 15th
>>154655218Don't think there are many NT's with defences like ours tbqh, at least individually the depth we have at CB is crazy.
