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3 #154 Impressions of the 2018 World Cup Final

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3 World Cup 2018 Who Will Win the Final

​Weekly English Premier League Opinion - World Cup Edition - Who Will Win the Final and Why?Final PredictionFrance vs. CroatiaBoth semi-finals were excellent games, some varied in quality at times, but both were very entertaining in their own unique way. France were excellent in dispatching a very good Belgium team and Croatia’s endurance to stick

0 World Cup 2018 Day 20 - Semi Final Predictions

​Weekly English Premier League Opinion - World Cup Edition Quarter Finals PredictionsSemi-Finals PredictionsFrance vs. BelgiumThis should be the final really, and whichever team goes through I think will end up winning the final. The circumstances of this difficult side of the bracket have left a few nations behind, while some other nations have used the

3 World Cup 2018 Quarter Final England v Sweden

​Weekly English Premier League Opinion - World Cup Edition Quarter Finals England v SwedenQuarter Final Sweden vs. EnglandI’ve been very critical of England during every game this tournament, I don’t think they are very impressive, and yet I always pick them as my choice to advance. Good things are happening for England that far outweigh their

0 World Cup 2018 Quarter Final Uruguay v France

​Weekly English Premier League Opinion - World Cup Edition Quarter Finals Uruguay v FranceQuarter Final Uruguay v’s FranceFrance were boring, unexciting, they lacked creativity and were not impressive.Uruguay were pragmatic, defensive and they were tedious.Nothing exciting about this game but given the result, one team goes home, and one team goes through. France goes through.Pogba was

0 World Cup 2018 Day 20 - Quarter Final Predictions

​Weekly English Premier League Opinion - World Cup Edition Quarter Finals PredictionsQuarter Final PredictionsThe quarter finals are massively unbalanced, with all four teams on one half of the bracket stronger than all four of the teams on the other side. However, it has played out this way and these are the games. There are some

1 World Cup 2018 Day 20 - Why Englands Possession Isn't a Threat

​Weekly English Premier League Opinion - World Cup Edition Day 20Colombia v’s EnglandAll things were equal coming into this match up. Colombia were without the services of James Rodríguez, that omission was certainly a problem for Colombia. But equally England were robbed of the serves of Fabian Delph, so the balance worked itself out equally,

1 World Cup 2018 Day 19 - The Tactic That Could Take Brazil All The Way

​Weekly English Premier League Opinion - World Cup Edition Day 19Brazil vs. MexicoAs is the nature of these high profile international tournaments, the teams that are growing in form tend to advance. So far, France and Brazil have been the best two teams that I have seen, and their dominance is really pushing them towards

3 World Cup 2018 Day 18 - Why Spain Lost

​Weekly English Premier League Opinion - World Cup Edition Day 18Spain vs. RussiaThe romantic Russian story continues. I think the predictable end should have been today but that didn’t happen. Russia have played well for the vast majority of the tournament and that home town interest carried this outstanding World Cup a little further again

4 World Cup 2018 Round of 16 Predictions

​Weekly English Premier League Opinion - World Cup Edition Round of 16 PredictionsFrance vs. ArgentinaFrance have got just about the most difficult draw or at least the most difficult draw based on reputation, if perhaps not based on performances so far. And even after this tough encounter the ties don’t get much easier. France have

3 World Cup 2018 Day 15 - England v Belgium-What Did We Learn?

​Weekly English Premier League Opinion - World Cup Edition Day 9 Belgium vs. TunisiaBelgium look slick. Everyone is aware of the talent that Belgium have. And everyone is aware of their continuous routine of failing to live up to high expectations. This is probably the best time for this current group of Belgians’, they are

1 World Cup 2018 Day 11 - Why Englands Win Wasn't as Good as You Think

​Weekly English Premier League Opinion - World Cup Edition Day 11England vs. PanamaProblems ahead for England. Building on an early lead the possession statistics were crazy and the goals scored were even crazier. But did England play well? No, not really. The defending from Panama was so poor that football was embarrassed for them, basic

0 World Cup 2018 Day 10 - Can Belgium Win It All?

​Weekly English Premier League Opinion - World Cup Edition Day 10Belgium vs. TunisiaBelgium look slick. Everyone is aware of the talent that Belgium have. And everyone is aware of their continuous routine of failing to live up to high expectations. This is probably the best time for this current group of Belgians’, they are in

0 World Cup 2018 Day 9 - What Is Wrong With Brazil?

​Weekly English Premier League Opinion - World Cup Edition Day 9Brazil vs. Costa RicaWhere has samba soccer gone? Boring Brazil versus tournament savvy Brazil, which one will win out. All the emotion, support and inevitable pressure was massively evident at their home World Cup last time. Perhaps that euphoria was a bit too much to

0 World Cup 2018 Day 8 - France and Pogba Are Improving

​Weekly English Premier League Opinion - World Cup Edition Day 8France vs. PeruFrance weren’t great in their first game and yet got the win. Peru were entertaining, they met expectations but unfortunately lost. Pogba was poor in France’s opening encounter and the continued questions about his true capabilities were repeated.This high tempo game started off

1 World Cup 2018 Day 7 - Portugal Were Poor Yet Still Won

​Weekly English Premier League Opinion - World Cup Edition Day 5 Tunisia vs. EnglandPlenty to discuss, lets start with VAR and get that out of the way. I just don’t understand this system at all, or at least I don’t understand the utilization of the system. So back in the dark ages, prior to technology,

9 World Cup 2018 Day 5 - England Overrated?

​Weekly English Premier League Opinion - World Cup Edition Day 5Tunisia vs. EnglandPlenty to discuss, lets start with VAR and get that out of the way. I just don’t understand this system at all, or at least I don’t understand the utilization of the system. So back in the dark ages, prior to technology, there

0 World Cup 2018 Day 4 - Germany v Mexico

​Weekly English Premier League Opinion - World Cup Edition Day 3 France vs. AustraliaI was expecting better than that. France were, and still are, my predicted winners of this World Cup 2018, but based on that performance my prediction looks in jeopardy. The performance of Paul Pogba was nothing like world class. There are many

3 World Cup 2018 Day 3 - Is Pogba World Class?

​Weekly English Premier League Opinion - World Cup Edition Day 3France vs. AustraliaI was expecting better than that. France were, and still are, my predicted winners of this World Cup 2018, but based on that performance my prediction looks in jeopardy. The performance of Paul Pogba was nothing like world class. There are many exceptional

0 World Cup 2018 Day 2 - Egypt Uruguay Spain Portugal

​Weekly English Premier League Opinion - World Cup Edition Day 2Egypt vs. UruguayNobody is giving Egypt a chance. Uruguay have two world class strikers, two seasoned central defenders and a host of talent in and around them. Egypt’s talisman Mo Salah was deemed fit enough only for the bench and that decision seems to put

0 World Cup 2018 Day 1 - Russia vs. Saudi Arabia

​Weekly English Premier League Opinion - World Cup Edition Day 1Few could wish for a more enthralling opening to a World Cup than a couple of Goliath teams battling it out with the eyes of the entire globe staring in. The soccer scheduling gods did well with this one. The two lowest ranking teams in

4 World Cup 2018 Russia Predictions & Expectations

​Weekly English Premier League Opinion - World Cup EditionFor a change of pace, while the EPL is in their off-season and we have the World Cup to look forward to and enjoy, the Weekly EPL Opinion blog, will become the "World Cup Edition".  Jonny Carter will continue to give his opinions on the teams, players

0 Why Bruce Arena is to Blame for the U.S. Not Qualifying For the World Cup

0 Are Englands Tactics Good Enough to Win the World Cup?