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Post by Woo on Dec 1, 2009 18:51:25 GMT -1
Lol, I just saw this on ESPN.com
"French volleyball team" haha!!
It looks like everyone thinks lucky cheating France will be seeded and Netherlands with their 100% record in qualification won't. Typical slime Fifa.
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Post by Woo on Dec 1, 2009 19:27:57 GMT -1
With a better understanding of the how the draw will work I decided to do another potential draw myself at random. These are the results Group A  South Africa  Slovakia  Honduras  Chile Group B  Germany  Serbia  Japan  Uruguay Group C  Italy  Portugal  New Zealand  Paraguay Group D  France  Denmark  Mexico  Ghana Group E  Brazil  Switzerland  South Korea  Nigeria Group F  England  Greece  USA  Algeria Group G  Argentina  Holland  North Korea  Cameroon Group H  Spain  Slovenia  Australia  Ivory Coast I'd take that. |
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Post by Woo on Dec 2, 2009 17:07:04 GMT -1
So it has been announced today that England will be seeded! Yes! Holland too. Double yes! That means both will be looking to avoid the French and Portugal who are not seeded due to their lower ranks on the Fifa world rankings in October.
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Post by Carter on Dec 2, 2009 21:36:29 GMT -1
Hopefully we somehow get to see an England vs USA match....
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Post by Woo on Dec 2, 2009 22:04:51 GMT -1
If I was in your shoes second to be drawing with South Africa I would like to face England in the group stage rather than the other six seeds. Btw Flyers here are 2 of the worst possible groups for the USA and the best possible group that can come out of the draw. USA Nightmare Groups Brazil France  USA  Ivory Coast Or;  Spain  Portugal USA Ghana But you could also get a really easy group like; South Africa  Slovenia USA North Korea |
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Post by Carter on Dec 2, 2009 23:43:14 GMT -1
yeah, lmao at the last group..... Either way I plan on watching my country getting raped in this tournament :thumbs_down:
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Post by Woo on Dec 3, 2009 17:47:51 GMT -1
I dunno about that, I think you have a fairly good chance of making it out of the group stage. Sadly you've been kinda screwed by being grouped with the Asian and Oceanic countries as bar Mexico and maybe Australia & South Korea you should be able to beat the rest in your pot easily... but won't get to face them. If you get South Africa you should be able to make it and even if you don't so long as you avoid France, Portugal and Ivory Coast you have a great chance and with the way France & Portugal have been playing you can beat those.
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Post by Woo on Dec 4, 2009 16:35:59 GMT -1
So the draw is being done by my favourite woman in the world Charlize Theron.  *Sigh* During the practice draw when she pulled out France she said "Ireland". Haha, awesome. I love her. Just moments to go now! |
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Post by Woo on Dec 4, 2009 17:09:50 GMT -1
We are in group c.... Germany in group D...
England and USA drawn together!!!
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Post by Woo on Dec 4, 2009 17:18:09 GMT -1
YES ALGERIA!
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Post by Woo on Dec 4, 2009 17:41:18 GMT -1
And Slovenia.
Phew. That should be fairly easy for BOTH England and USA.... the trouble is Germany, Ghana, Serbia and Australia will be waiting.
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Post by Woo on Dec 4, 2009 18:12:36 GMT -1
So THIS is the world cup draw!! Group A South Africa Mexico Uruguay France Group B Argentina Nigeria South Korea Greece Group C England USA Algeria Slovenia Group D Germany Australia Serbia Ghana Group E Holland Denmark Japan Cameroon Group F Italy Paraguay New Zealand Slovakia Group G Brazil North Korea Ivory Coast Portugal Group H Spain Switzerland Honduras Chile |
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Post by Carter on Dec 4, 2009 20:29:53 GMT -1
England and USA drawn together!!! I know! I can't wait...... Why isn't June already? |
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Post by Woo on Mar 3, 2010 22:29:17 GMT -1
Okay tonight saw lots of World Cup nations compete in friendly matches. Here are the results of the matches involving them.
Algeria 0 - 3 Serbia
This is encouraging for both England and the USA as Algeria could cause an upset. Serbia on the other hand could be real dark horses to make the later stages, though they are in a very tough group.
Austria 2 - 1 Denmark
Austria aren't that bad, but this isn't a good for Danish hopes of making it to Round 2.
Bosnia 2 - 1 Ghana
Wow, what a shocker. Many are pegging Ghana as Africa's best chance. Of course Ghana will be in their home continent.
England 3 - 1 Egypt
Good result here. Egypt are a great team and are equally as good as Algeria.
France 0 - 2 Spain
So the French volleyball team lose again. Spain are on fire at the moment and have to be favourites to win. France on the other hand will struggle to get past the group stage based on current form.
Germany 0 - 1 Argentina
So Argentina won the battle between these two old foes. Both have to be considered favourites, but what a turnaround Maradona has done here?
Greece 0 - 2 Senegal
Wtf? Forget the heroics of 2002, Senegal aren't very good and this is a terrible result for the Greeks. I guess we may get Euro 2008 'Not score a goal' Greece rather than Euro 2004 'Champions'.
Italy 0 - 0 Cameroon
Hmmm, interesting. The champions have an easy group and could easily make it to the later stages, but if Cameroon can hang in with them, away from home, then they could be very dangerous in Africa.
Ivory Coast 0 - 2 South Korea
Well well well. Ivory Coast have been every-bodies favourite African side most likely to win, but here they lost to an underrated South Korean side at home. How will Ivory Coast be able to beat Brazil and Portugal if they lose this? This will surely give North Korea hope of not being humiliated in that group. As for South Korea I think they could make it out of their group and are capable of making the quarter finals.
Nigeria 5 - 2 Congo
However is South Korea are to make it to Round 2 they will need to overcome Nigeria who hammered Congo. However iy was Congo to be fair....
Holland 2 - 1 USA
The Dutch look unstoppable don't they? The USA have proved again though that they can hang in their with the giants of the sport.
Portugal 2 - 0 China
Portugal may be in one of the two groups of death, but I wouldn't bet against them surviving.
Slovakia 1 - Norway
Well Norway aren't bad, but maybe Slovakia flattered to desieve in qualfying?
Slovenia 4 - 1 Quatar
Slovenia prove that they must not be taken lightly by England or the USA again. Just ask Russia for proof on that.
South Africa 1 - 1 Nambia
If South Africa were a wrestler it's fans would be chanting "Please don't die!" right about now ahead of 2010.
Switzerland 1 - 3 Ururguay
I don't rate the Swiss that much and think the best they can do is make the 2nd round. Uruguay on the other hand are a great team. Everyone was saying that France have an easy group, but I just don't get it as it involves the hosts, Mexico and Uruguay. France could easily find themselves gong out in round 1 again and Uruguay, and Mexico to be fair, could cause a few upsets...
Turkey 2 - 0 Honduras
Honduras have no chance in hell and were it not for New Zealand they would be the rank outsiders.
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Post by OlympicHero on Mar 3, 2010 22:47:52 GMT -1
England were a mixed bag tonight.
Wasn't impressed with Upson in the slightest......there must be a better back up to Terry and Ferdinand!??! Walcott had a decent opening 5 minutes and then completely disappeared, this is a man desperately short on form and confidence....which is bad news when Lennon isn't fit and Wright-Phillips blows hot and cold all the time. Thankfully he blew very hot in his bit-part appearance as did Crouch. If it's going to be Rooney plus one then Crouch has as good a chance as any.
Milner has to be a dead cert for the World Cup squad......versatile in several positions and always ultra dependable he's been the best English player in the Premier League this season besides Rooney in my opinion.
Plenty to think about in the coming months for Fabio but he'll be happy with the second half response after such a indifferent first 45 minutes.......roll on June!
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