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Codeine

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30. They're international footballers, and one of the fittest teams on Earth.

Fri Dec 6, 2013, 10:47 PM

Dec 2013

A bit of luxury air travel shouldn't be that serious a concern for a group of men who already travel all over for a living.

Frankly, as a talking point the "travel between venues" issue seems a bit weak to me.

And yeah, it was a sucky draw, but somebody had to get it. I think it gives us a chance to actually shine on the international stage. If the team can advance from this group then they'll gain another notch of respect. If not -- built-in excuse!

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USA in a group of death... yikes! JCMach1 Dec 2013 #1

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Maybe, I'm skeptical of both. geek tragedy Dec 2013 #12

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Portugal is more vulnerable than they appear. Codeine Dec 2013 #28

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Oh trust me, the green mice will not fail to disappoint nadinbrzezinski Dec 2013 #10

I was surprised how poorly they were playing earlier this year. Ouch. Common Sense Party Dec 2013 #17

Our youngest son will be there rooting for us SoCalDem Dec 2013 #5

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not he uk, just england. dark horse could be croatia, depends what team turns up loli phabay Dec 2013 #31

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Na musiclawyer Dec 2013 #14

Nate Silver really said that? DanTex Dec 2013 #15

Don't think so. All they have really is an aging Ronaldo TransitJohn Dec 2013 #25

Portugal isn't the powerhouse some people think. Codeine Dec 2013 #29

Nate is nowhere near as good at predicting sports as he is with politics Upton Dec 2013 #18

We were supposedly better four years ago than four years before then brentspeak Dec 2013 #24

"Bring em on" nevergiveup Dec 2013 #16

I call for an end to Groups of Death KamaAina Dec 2013 #19

because there are no tear in baseball or logic in soccer dembotoz Dec 2013 #20

Because they work to spread continents around the groups muriel_volestrangler Dec 2013 #22

In other words, they work hard to screw us because we're on a shitty continent KamaAina Dec 2013 #35

Nicely done! KamaAina Dec 2013 #36

Team USA will also be forced to travel 9,000 miles brentspeak Dec 2013 #23

They're international footballers, and one of the fittest teams on Earth. Codeine Dec 2013 #30

confused, where you getting nine thousand miles of travel from. loli phabay Dec 2013 #32

9178 miles, to be more accurate brentspeak Dec 2013 #33

okay thanks, long distances as long as tbey dont go by coach they will be fine. loli phabay Dec 2013 #34

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You're rooting against the USA KamaAina Dec 2013 #37

With Cameroon in Group A, and USA Group G, they can't meet before a semi-final muriel_volestrangler Dec 2013 #40

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Ghana are the Black Stars brentspeak Dec 2013 #42

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