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Originally Posted by GirlySports
I'm not sure about that. This has been a magical run but remember we are still World Cup rookies. You've got other long established teams in Pot 4 like a Costa Rica, Saudi Arabia, Cameroon, Ghana that England would be best to avoid.
I don't want to draw one of the three Asians from Pot 3, Japan, Korea or Iran. Those guys are grizzled World Cup veterans. Korea is going to it's 10th consecutive World Cup.
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I would much rather face Costa Rica than Canada considering Canada put up a better record and goal differential against the same qualifying group. My point is that Canada is a better team than their rating suggests, because it includes matches that are irrelevant to the true power level of this group of players. Drawing Canada is like having an extra USA or Mexico in your group, and those are Pot 2 teams.
In NHL terms, would you rather face 2018-2019 St. Louis (the year they found Binnington) or 2003-2004 St. Louis (when they had made the playoffs for 25 consecutive years)?