Good day, folks.
I hope it's been a good weekend for all.
Another oldie; the filename IDs the camera I used and from that I can deduce that I took this shot in 2016 or 2017.
Taken at a small local park, it shows a gathering of 5 White Pelicans in different poses, 3 or 4 American Coots, and 9 American Wigeons.
In the World Cup today's single game marks the start of the Round of 32; from here through the Final match it's win or go home. Over the 16 games in this round, there will be some upsets:
Croatia (world ranked #11) has a good chance of beating Portugal (#5) because Portugal isn't playing well as a team. IMO that's because Ronaldo (Portugal's star scorer) is all about himself, not the team.
Similarly, I think Ivory Coast (#33) could upset Norway (#31). Norway's unstoppable scorer Erling Haaland recently said that France will win it all, and that he's OK that it won't be his nation's team. Inexcusable!
I also give Japan (#18) maybe a 25% chance of upsetting Brazil (#6).
Other than these possible upsets I see the favorites winning in this round; including my USA team and MFI's Australia.
On to the Round of 16:
I see USA (#17) with only a slim chance of beating Belgium (#9). In other games I go with France (#3) over Germany (#10), Morocco (#7) over Canada (#30), Spain (#2) over Croatia (#11), Brazil (#6) or Japan (#18) over Ivory Coast (#33), England (#4) over Mexico (#13) if England starts playing up to their ranking, Argentina (#1) easily over Australia (#27), and Colombia (#14) over Switzerland (#19) in a close match.
Quarterfinals:
France (#3) over Morocco (#7), Spain (#2) over Belgium (#9), Brazil (#6) to upset England (#4), and Argentina (#1) to end Colombia's fine World Cup.
So that leaves us with the 3rd/4th match and the Finals.
For 3rd place I go with England (#4) over Belgium (#9)
And in the Championship match I have France (#3) beating Brazil (#6) in a high-scoring match. If I were to bet on this match, I'd go with the OVER number of goals scored.
I hope it's been a good weekend for all.
Another oldie; the filename IDs the camera I used and from that I can deduce that I took this shot in 2016 or 2017.
Taken at a small local park, it shows a gathering of 5 White Pelicans in different poses, 3 or 4 American Coots, and 9 American Wigeons.
In the World Cup today's single game marks the start of the Round of 32; from here through the Final match it's win or go home. Over the 16 games in this round, there will be some upsets:
Croatia (world ranked #11) has a good chance of beating Portugal (#5) because Portugal isn't playing well as a team. IMO that's because Ronaldo (Portugal's star scorer) is all about himself, not the team.
Similarly, I think Ivory Coast (#33) could upset Norway (#31). Norway's unstoppable scorer Erling Haaland recently said that France will win it all, and that he's OK that it won't be his nation's team. Inexcusable!
I also give Japan (#18) maybe a 25% chance of upsetting Brazil (#6).
Other than these possible upsets I see the favorites winning in this round; including my USA team and MFI's Australia.
On to the Round of 16:
I see USA (#17) with only a slim chance of beating Belgium (#9). In other games I go with France (#3) over Germany (#10), Morocco (#7) over Canada (#30), Spain (#2) over Croatia (#11), Brazil (#6) or Japan (#18) over Ivory Coast (#33), England (#4) over Mexico (#13) if England starts playing up to their ranking, Argentina (#1) easily over Australia (#27), and Colombia (#14) over Switzerland (#19) in a close match.
Quarterfinals:
France (#3) over Morocco (#7), Spain (#2) over Belgium (#9), Brazil (#6) to upset England (#4), and Argentina (#1) to end Colombia's fine World Cup.
So that leaves us with the 3rd/4th match and the Finals.
For 3rd place I go with England (#4) over Belgium (#9)
And in the Championship match I have France (#3) beating Brazil (#6) in a high-scoring match. If I were to bet on this match, I'd go with the OVER number of goals scored.
Don't blame me - I didn't vote for him!
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