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Post by Woo on Nov 18, 2009 20:21:53 GMT -1
Damien Duff had a one-on-one chance saved and then straight down the other end Dunn let Henry through and the Gillette spokesman almost gave the French another one, but Given was up to it.
Great stuff!
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Post by Woo on Nov 18, 2009 20:30:54 GMT -1
Still 1-1 on aggerate in Paris, but things look even worse for Bosnia now as they too are down to 10 men and need three goals in 10 minutes.
It's all France at the moment. Nervous times.
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Post by Woo on Nov 18, 2009 20:59:17 GMT -1
And as soon as I posted that Sloevnia get a crucial away goal! Rather undeserved, but now all they need to do is win 1-0 at home Wednesday and Russia will be out! Well that was just what happened. Russia dominated the first leg completely, but let their guard down with eight minutes to go and paid the price! Russia are out! Russia are out!! Portugal and Slovenia are to the world cup.... *prays that Portugal are completely at the either side of the draw to England*.... 30 nations have made it- two more spots remain. Costa Rica vs the two time world cup winners Uruguay kicks off later, but all eyes are on the final European playoff as Ireland and France is now going to extra time. |
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Post by Woo on Nov 18, 2009 21:13:45 GMT -1
So it's half time in extra time and France have scored- BUT Henry got an assist with his fucking hand! Outrageous!
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Post by Woo on Nov 18, 2009 21:33:31 GMT -1
Awful, awful result for Ireland and football in general. Fuck you France and fuck you Henry. Disgusting. Utterly disgusting.
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Post by Woo on Nov 18, 2009 21:56:42 GMT -1
Lol, I just saw this on a wesbite:
"List of qualifiers/finalists for the 2010 World Cup - South Africa (hosts), Japan, Australia, South Korea, Holland, North Korea, Brazil, Ghana, ENGLAND, Spain, Paraguay, Ivory Coast, Germany, Denmark, Serbia, Italy, Chile, USA, Mexico, Switzerland, Slovakia, Argentina, Honduras, New Zealand, Cameroon, Nigeria, Algeria, Greece, Slovenia, Portugal, The Cheating French"
"The Cheating French" haha, love it. I hope they crash out in round 1 again like they did in 02.
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Post by Woo on Nov 18, 2009 22:03:36 GMT -1
So anyway I need to update this:
1. South Africa
2. Japan
3. Australia
4. South Korea
5. Holland
6. North Korea
7. Brazil
8. Ghana
9. England
10. Spain
11. Paraguay
12. Ivory Coast
13. Germany
14. Denmark
15. Serbia
16. Italy
17. Chile
18. Mexico
19. USA
20. Switzerland
21. Slovakia
22. Argentina
23. Honduras
24. New Zealand
25. Nigeria
26. Cameroon
27. Algeria
28. Greece
29. Slovenia
30. Portugal
31. The Cheating French
32. Uraguay/Costa Rica
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Post by Woo on Nov 18, 2009 23:48:47 GMT -1
In the battle for the final spot Uruguay scored first in the 69th minute taking their lead to 2-0, which meant that Costa Rica need to score twice.... however they got one back in the 72nd minute! This could be a grandstand end to a remarkable qualifying series.
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Post by Woo on Nov 19, 2009 0:05:57 GMT -1
Uruguay hold on meaning that all 7 previous winners of the tournament make the world cup.
1. South Africa
2. Japan
3. Australia
4. South Korea
5. Holland
6. North Korea
7. Brazil
8. Ghana
9. England
10. Spain
11. Paraguay
12. Ivory Coast
13. Germany
14. Denmark
15. Serbia
16. Italy
17. Chile
18. Mexico
19. USA
20. Switzerland
21. Slovakia
22. Argentina
23. Honduras
24. New Zealand
25. Nigeria
26. Cameroon
27. Algeria
28. Greece
29. Slovenia
30. Portugal
31. The Cheating French
32. Uruguay
On the fourth we find out the draw...... please not Portugal.... or Germany.... or Argentina..... or....
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Post by Carter on Nov 19, 2009 14:43:00 GMT -1
I cannot wait for the world cup. I just remember last world cup being excited to watch USA play and was hoping they'd go deep in the tournament but then it started and well yeah. But, I started cheering for England until they blew it lol.
Anyway, looking at those 32 teams you posted, this is going to be a pretty interesting world cup. United States should finally do really well as they have been playing above average "soccer" recently but the past tells me not to be to excited for them.
Also, again I will be rooting for England but I haven't been following their qualifying to know if they could be contenders.
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Post by Steala on Nov 19, 2009 17:52:40 GMT -1
Carter, you're not supposed to root for other countries in international tournaments. That's decidedly un-American.
I bet you also cheered for the Soviets in the movie 'Miracle' and probably don't participate in "USA! USA!" chants at wrestling events. You poseur.
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Post by Carter on Nov 19, 2009 23:17:26 GMT -1
I need to root for another team when the United States gets eliminated early....
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Post by Woo on Nov 20, 2009 17:59:35 GMT -1
Well you were drawn in one of the two "group of death" four years ago with Italy and Czech, both of whom were capable of winning the tournament- and indeed the Italains did, and Ghana too who are good. Still sad to see the Czech's go out, they are Everyone's 2nd favourite team it seems.
As for the USA they did play rather well in qualifying, but lost both their last two games- a 3-1 defeat in Denmark Wednesday, letting a one nill lead slip, and a 1-0 defeat in Slovakia too.
But still that being said you were away from both games and nobody will get to the home advantage next year bar South Africa and they suck anyway. Btw here are the other games this week invoving nations in the world cup so you can see their form.
Sat
South Africa 0 - 0 Japan
Slovakia 1 - 0 USA
Switzerland 0 - 1 Norway
Brazi 1 - 0 England
Northen Ireland 0 - 1 Serbia
Denmark 0 - 0 South Korea
Spain 2 - 1 Argentina
Italy 0 - 0 Netherlands
Wed
South Korea 0 - 1 Serbia
Angola 0 - 0 Ghana
Denmark 3 - 1 USA
Austria 1 - 5 Spain
Germany 2 - 2 Ivory Coast
Netherlands 0 - 0 Paraguay
Italy 1 - 0 Sweden
Me and my mate were trying to predict the seedings for the groups and we thought it would be something like this;
Top 8 Seeds:
1. South Africa
2. Spain
3. Brazil
4. Holland
5. Argentina
6. Italy
7. Germany
8. England
But then FIFA made new world rankings today which are complete horseshit. Portugal and France despite having an AWFUL qualfying capmgaings jump 5 and two spots pushing Argentina (fair enough) and England out of the top eight. Wtf?!! We were neary flawless, dropping points in just one game, and humilating the 10th best team in the world Croatia who were the seeded team in the group not us.
Complete horse shit. So Fifa change the rules halfway through the competition to allow Portugal and (probably more importantly for them) France by making the play-offs seeded they now go and protect them AGAIN by doing this. Fuck you Fifa.
Anyway due to this the top eight seeds will probably be:
1. South Africa
2. Spain
3. Brazil
4. Holland
5. Italy
6. Portugal
7. Germany
8. France
----- (and then)
9. Argentina
10. England
11. Cameroon
12. Greece
13. USA
14. Mexico
15. Ivory Coast
16. Chile
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17. Switzerland
18. Uruguay
19. Serbia
20. Australia
21. Nigeria
22. Denmark
23. Algeria
24. Paraguay
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25. Slovenia
26. Slovakia
27. Ghana
28. Honduras
29. Japan
30. South Korea
31. New Zealand
32. North Korea
Okay a few more complaints:
- Japan beat Australia in the qualifiers, yet are waaaaaay behind them
- South Korea are also way too low
- Nigeria made it by the skin of their teeth, yet are ahead of Ghana who made it ages ago
- Cameroon ahead of Ivory Coast? Do behave.
Anyway if this is what they will be going by this is the best and worst combinations for England and the USA imo (remember there can only be two European teams in any group and no two teams from any other continent can be drawn together):
England's Dream Group
1. South Africa
2. England
3. Denmark
4. New Zealand
USA's Dream Group
1. South Africa
2. USA
3. Denmark
4. New Zealand
England's Nightmare Group
1. Brazil
2. England
3. Serbia
4. Ghana
USA's Nightmare Group
1. Brazil
2. USA
3. Serbia
4. Ghana
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Post by Woo on Nov 20, 2009 18:23:45 GMT -1
Of course they could decide the seedings on anything really..... Fifa are dicks and anglophobic Michael Platini is one of the ones on the descion pannel. But if they do use the rankings these are possible groups I have generated randomly.
Group A:
South Africa
USA
Uruguay
Japan
Group B:
Germany
Ivory Coast
Switzerland
Hondorus
Group C:
Spain
England
Paraguay
Ghana
Group D:
Portugal
Chile
Australia
Slovakia
Group E:
Italy
Cameroon
Denmark
South Korea
Group F:
France
Argentina
Serbia
North Korea
Group G:
Brazil
Mexico
Algeria
Slovenia
Group H:
Netherlands
Greece
Nigeria
New Zealand
Well if that happens then I'd be pretty happy if I was American and rather nervous about our chances.
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Post by Woo on Dec 1, 2009 18:36:20 GMT -1
So we have a little more information on the seedings!
The four pots will be like this;
Pot A; The 8 Seeds
Pot B; The Remaining 8 European Teams
Pot C; The Rest of Africa and South America
Pot D; North America, Asia and Oceania....(or to put it more accurately- New Zealand)
Now while Pots C and D are already set Pots A and B depend on which teams will get seeded. South Africa, Brazil, Spain, Italy, Germany & Argentina will almost certainly be six of them but it's a toss up between the remaining four- England, Netherlands, France & Portugal. I think England look good to get one of the eight spots and that Portugal look unlikely, so it's just out of France/Holland really.
It means that England could get a group including Portugal, Ivory Coast and Mexico.... or a group with Slovenia, Algeria and North Korea.
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