NOBODY predicted Morocco....

Beyond abject. No character, no desire. Tactics/formations all wrong. Players look like rabbits in the headlights. Sooner or later we were gonna get caught out & the break has served only to reinforce what’s wrong rather than change it. Troubling, very troubling.

https://www.brfcs.com/magazine/articles/they-played-for-both-rovers-and-the-lilywhites/120

Here's the predictions for tomorrow...3 Eng wins, 4 draws, 6 Fra wins...

What an amazing day of World Cup football...not a single correct scoreline guessed...so the table not dramatically changed.

C’mon #CRO 🙏🏻

For the sake of faithful reproduction @Mike E @arbitro😉

Thanks Tony…our pleasure 💙🤍

Croatia 0 - 2 Brazil Netherlands 1-1 Argentina Morocco 0-1 Portugal England 1-2 France

The league table now looks like this as we move into the QF stage. 3pm & 7pm games on Friday & Saturday so log your predictions before K/O for them to count.

Not altogether surprisingly...no 3 pointer in the Portugal game but the big boys are now beginning to show their class...

Let's look at the degree of difficulty of those runs... 2018 World Cup - Fifa rankings at the time R16 we beat 16th ranked team (par)but only on penalties QF we beat a side ranked 24th (fortunate draw for last eight) SF we lost to a side ranked 20th (fortunate draw for last 4) We also lost twice to a side ranked 3rd. We only beat (in 90 minutes) sides o/s the World top 20. 2021 Euros - Fifa rankings at the time R16 beat team ranked 12th (8th in Europe) - good result QF beat team ranked 24th (16th in Europe - fortunate draw for last eight) SF beat team ranked 10th (7th in Europe - fortunate) Final - lost to 7th ranked team (6th in Europe) We lost to a side ranked a QF, albeit on penalties.

AND THE WINNER IS… Number 3 - @oldjamfan1 - please could you reply to my PM with details requested so that we can advise Carabao accordingly. Many thanks and enjoy your evening !

The draw has been completed Eight entrants…in the style of the Carabao Cup draw each assigned a number from 1 to 8. The Random Number generator app then selected the winner…

ENTRIES CLOSE AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT

Given the interest on here we'll definitely look to do another run...👍

Brilliant...thank you 😃 Just for clarity in case anyone is wondering...the blue is DEFINITELY on the left on the front... 😉

Here's the updated table...

Japan 0 - 1 Croatia Brazil 2 - 0 South Korea Morocco 0 - 2 Spain Portugal 1 - 1 Switzerland

The table is starting to stretch out now with the QF predictions kicking in... Don't forget to log your predictions before k/o for tomorrow's game if you haven't already. 👍

Remaining R16 schedule - please list your guesses before K/O...

Soccer...😉