World Cup Draw

blurred · Post by **blurred** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 12:38 pm

boltonboris wrote:Him from Villareal? He looks a good 'un he does!

The very same. Cracking little player.

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 4:29 pm

blurred wrote:The FSA no longer exist

Thanks for the link/info. My colleague that regularly visits SA reckons that they're absolutely nowhere near having things sorted out. Course, mention this to any Sitt Iffricin and he takes it that you're insulting his country and everyone in it rather than simply raising a concern.

blurred · Post by **blurred** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 8:55 pm

The stadia will be ready, of that I have no doubt. There's too much invested (economically and by reputation of the key players) for them not to be. The infrastructure will still be non-existent and cause shed-loads of problems.

My particular favourite was the story about having to replace hundreds upon hundreds of seats in one stadium because they'd painted it after they were installed, and the paint had spattered all over a load of new seats. That and the fact that a dutch company installed a load of orange seats because the colour wasn't specced in the design, so they just thought it'd be great to have Dutch orange all over the shop

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 12:01 am

blurred wrote:The stadia will be ready, of that I have no doubt. There's too much invested (economically and by reputation of the key players) for them not to be. The infrastructure will still be non-existent and cause shed-loads of problems.

Sorry, I should've been more specific. Yes, that's his understanding too.

Worthy4England · Post by **Worthy4England** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 9:06 am

I hope France get Siff Iffrikka, Honduras and Ghana, if only to keep Paltini's gob shut with more shouts of "vote rigging" from the wings.

I'd be delighted with New Zealand, Nigeria and probably any of the S's in the European pot. But I think we'll probably get Mexico, Ivory Coast and Portugal, just so the meejah can bang on about "Groups of Death" for the next 6 months.

Prufrock · Post by **Prufrock** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 4:29 pm

blurred wrote:
boltonboris wrote:Will Zamorano and Salas be playing?
Sadly not. Although Humberto Suazo and Mati Fernandez make up for that, in my eyes.

Oh, and they might take Waldo Ponce, who is one of my favourite ever footballers (only because of his name).

And Alexis Sanchez. Decent team Chile.

Prufrock · Post by **Prufrock** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 5:44 pm

Excited now!

jaffka · Post by **jaffka** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 6:02 pm

It is at this time, every 4 years, I remember how complicated the world cup draw is

Prufrock · Post by **Prufrock** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 6:10 pm

HAHA here should get interesting! HP and AT

americantrotter · Post by **americantrotter** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 6:13 pm

Prufrock wrote:HAHA here should get interesting! HP and AT

Always said I'd root for England. I will too, but Jesus will this suck for me.

keveh · Post by **keveh** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 6:28 pm

Get your days booked off now!

game 1 12th june
game 2 18th june
game 3 23th june

12th is a Saturday though

seanworth · Post by **seanworth** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 6:33 pm

Well if you can't get through that group you don't deserve to get through.

americantrotter · Post by **americantrotter** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 6:41 pm

Time for England to back up all the shit that most talk about the US here.

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 7:10 pm

americantrotter wrote:Time for England to back up all the shit that most talk about the US here.

I think that one of the USA's strengths is that other countries take them lightly, pile forward, and then the US pick them off on the break. I just jeard one guy on the radio here saying that our group's barely recognisable as a football competition - exactly the arrogant shite that comes out every four years (or two when we qualify for the Euros). Didn't the US beat Spain recently?

americantrotter · Post by **americantrotter** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 7:18 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:
americantrotter wrote:Time for England to back up all the shit that most talk about the US here.
I think that one of the USA's strengths is that other countries take them lightly, pile forward, and then the US pick them off on the break. I just jeard one guy on the radio here saying that our group's barely recognisable as a football competition - exactly the arrogant shite that comes out every four years (or two when we qualify for the Euros). Didn't the US beat Spain recently?

I'm sure the US loves seeing every website say the same thing. They did beat Spain, and gave Brazil a game. That's no guarantee, but the only thing that would ease the sting of an English loss is the come uppance factor.

Little Green Man · Post by **Little Green Man** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 7:45 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:I just jeard one guy on the radio here saying that our group's barely recognisable as a football competition - exactly the arrogant shite that comes out every four years (or two when we qualify for the Euros). Didn't the US beat Spain recently?

Yup, I've heard similar shite too, some from journos/pundits who aren't even one-eyed Englishmen. I don't think it's that easy a group - though I suspect it helps playing the US first.

Should have had money on France getting into the group of dearth. It was nailed on that they were going to draw Sooth Ifrika. Let's hope they are as spectacularly bad as they were in 2002.

Group G looks tasty.

Tombwfc · Post by **Tombwfc** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 8:16 pm

That'll be fun on here then when we play the US.

Glad we drew them though, it'll make it interesting at least.

Does that mean that it's Germany/Oz/Ghana/Serbia in the second round then? That could've been better. Still, you can't play shit teams all the way through.

The group with Brazil, Portugal and Team Drogba looks pretty tough as far as a 'Group of Death' goes.

Village_Idiot2 · Post by **Village_Idiot2** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 11:18 pm

Tombwfc wrote:That'll be fun on here then when we play the US.

Glad we drew them though, it'll make it interesting at least.

Does that mean that it's Germany/Oz/Ghana/Serbia in the second round then? That could've been better. Still, you can't play shit teams all the way through.

The group with Brazil, Portugal and Team Drogba looks pretty tough as far as a 'Group of Death' goes.

Tough one, and we (Spain) will be playing second placed on that group on R2

Our qualification group is easy on itself though.

FaninOz · Post by **FaninOz** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 4:03 am

Not a bad draw for England and Australia. If England finish 1st and Oz finish second they could be playing each other in the last 16, now that game I would look forward to.

That assumes that England beat the US, now I seem to remnember a 1-0 loss to them in one World Cup!!

bobo the clown · Post by **bobo the clown** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 3:02 pm

boltonboris wrote:I take it it's one team from each pot in the groups?

In which case, I predict:

England
Denmark
Chile
Mexico

.... ooooh, so close. What're your lottery numbers, so I can avoid using any of them ?

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