The World Cup Thread!

ste · Post by **ste** » Fri May 26, 2006 12:15 pm

Any FOOTBALL (soccer) fans? What's everyone's thoughts on who will lift the World Cup this year?

I'm going for.... ENGLAND! We can hope, probrably Brazil will win it.

Post by **IainMcNeil** » Fri May 26, 2006 1:44 pm

It will be great fun to watch, well the first few games till we get knocked out will be fun!

sum1won · Post by **sum1won** » Fri May 26, 2006 11:24 pm

Go yankees!

Wait, uh, soccer?

Ooooops

taibi · Post by **taibi** » Sat May 27, 2006 1:24 am

sum1won wrote:Go yankees!

Wait, uh, soccer?

Ooooops

Actually... according to the latest released FIFA World Ranking, USA are tied in 5th place together with Spain.

They have dropped from 4th and are now behind Brazil, Czech Republic, Netherlands and Mexico. Compared with above mentioned England who are ranked 10th...

My native Denmark (who are not playing the WC) is ranked 12th. We intend to rule the U21 EC instead because all the other nations have drafted their top youngsters into their WC squads...

You can see the full ranking here: http://www.fifa.com/en/mens/statistics/ ... 06,00.html

If you want to see how this came about click here: http://www.fifa.com/en/mens/statistics/ ... ,3,00.html

I personally will just enjoy the (hopefully) excellent football on display with no emotions involved what so ever...

tora_tora_tora · Post by **tora_tora_tora** » Sat May 27, 2006 11:25 am

Japan is 18th.

Group F is Brazil, Croatia, Australia, and Japan.
It seems a bit too strong opponents to fight against.

Well, though, watching Brazil's team is fun and quite enjoyable.

Redpossum · Post by **Redpossum** » Sat May 27, 2006 4:10 pm

My money is on the dutch

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Mon May 29, 2006 6:42 pm

I support England in this World Cup...even if Rooney is playing for them.

Redpossum · Post by **Redpossum** » Mon May 29, 2006 9:25 pm

I will be happy with any winner that is not Brazil, but I still think the Netherlands have the right stuff this year.

England? Pffft, dream on...

I mean, no offense, but they just have no realistic chance to take the cup.

ste · Post by **ste** » Tue May 30, 2006 2:22 pm

I think the first game is on a Saturday, which means I won't have to ask for the afternoon off :-p

tora_tora_tora · Post by **tora_tora_tora** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 6:22 pm

3 goals in 10 minutes, wow, kind of Midway like situation

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I must admit Japan have no hope for the second round.

I hope your national teams are doing well.

ste · Post by **ste** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 6:24 pm

Japan were unlucky, I had the game on in the background. I was routing for you guys

Ah well, don't give up hope yet, you can still make it through. England won the first game and lead the group by 2 clear points already, so I'm hopefully for 1/4 final qualification

Redpossum · Post by **Redpossum** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 1:49 am

Oh, crap

USA got whipped by the Czechs 3-0 today. We couldn't even score once.

anguille · Post by **anguille** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 6:15 am

And Ghana lost also

BUT...everything is still possible if those teams win their next 2 games....so let's keep our fingers crossed.

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 12:44 pm

anguille wrote:And Ghana lost also

BUT...everything is still possible if those teams win their next 2 games....so let's keep our fingers crossed.

Ghana? I thought you would support Switzerland...one of the most promising/finest teams in this world cup, BTW.

ste · Post by **ste** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 1:19 pm

possum wrote:Oh, crap

USA got whipped by the Czechs 3-0 today. We couldn't even score once.

USA are rated higher than England by FIFA's world rankings... odd huh?

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 2:13 pm

ste wrote:
possum wrote:Oh, crap

USA got whipped by the Czechs 3-0 today. We couldn't even score once.
USA are rated higher than England by FIFA's world rankings... odd huh?

Wait until England meets Czech Republic in some later stage

, you'll see what they (FIFA) mean

Only joking

. England squad is great...

ste · Post by **ste** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 5:56 pm

2-0!!! Awesome goal from Gerrard,

Bring on Sweden.

Redpossum · Post by **Redpossum** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 11:17 pm

Man, there seem to be a lot of shut-outs in this world cup.

Err, to an American, a shut-out is when one team doesn't score at all.

England's game 2-0, USA lost 3-0 the other day, and today the Ecuador vs El Salvador game was also 3-0

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 6:39 am

possum wrote:Ecuador vs El Salvador game was also 3-0

err....Costa Rica, not El Salvador

ste · Post by **ste** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 12:05 am

possum wrote:Man, there seem to be a lot of shut-outs in this world cup.

Err, to an American, a shut-out is when one team doesn't score at all.

England's game 2-0, USA lost 3-0 the other day, and today the Ecuador vs El Salvador game was also 3-0

Yeah, that'll happen when you get a good team playing a crap one

Just kidding USA did absolutely brilliantly against Italy my hat's off to them.