World Cup Draw

so step up defoe and paul robinson and joe hart

Group A: South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay, France - 1st France 2nd Mexico

Group B: Argentina, South Korea, Nigeria, Greece - 1st Argentina 2nd South Korea

Group C: England, USA, Algeria, Slovenia - 1st England 2nd USA

Group D: Germany, Australia, Ghana, Serbia - 1st Germany 2nd Serbia

Group E: Netherlands, Japan, Cameroon, Denmark - 1st Netherlands 2nd Cameroon

Group F: Italy, New Zealand, Paraguay, Slovakia - 1st Italy 2nd Paraguay

Group G: Brazil, North Korea, Ivory Cost, Portugal - 1st Brazil 2nd Portugal

Group H: Spain, Honduras, Chile, Switzerland - 1st Spain 2nd Chile

France vs South Korea - France
Argentina vs Mexico - Argentina
England vs Serbia - England
Germany vs USA - Germany
Netherlands vs Paraguay - Netherlands
Italy vs Cameroon - Italy
Brazil vs Chile - Brazil
Spain vs Portugal!!! - Spain

France vs Argentina - Argentina
Engalnd vs Germany - England (just 1-0 or something)
Netherlands vs Italy - Netherlands
Brazil vs Spain - Spain (cracking match should be imo)

Argentina vs Engalnd (would be very close imo as they are very close could come down to injuries or penalties)
Netherlands vs Spain (should provide great free flowing football)

Argentina/England vs Spain - Spain

i think England have a brilliant chance of making the final providing no major injuries

hodge13 wrote:

France vs South Korea - France
Argentina vs Mexico - Argentina
England vs Serbia - England
Germany vs USA - Germany
Netherlands vs Paraguay - Netherlands
Italy vs Cameroon - Italy
Brazil vs Chile - Brazil
Spain vs Portugal!!! - Spain

France vs Argentina - Argentina
Engalnd vs Germany - England (just 1-0 or something)
Netherlands vs Italy - Netherlands
Brazil vs Spain - Spain (cracking match should be imo)

Argentina vs Engalnd (would be very close imo as they are very close could come down to injuries or penalties)
Netherlands vs Spain (should provide great free flowing football)

Argentina/England vs Spain - Spain

i think England have a brilliant chance of making the final providing no major injuries

I hate to get technical but if they maintain the layout from the 2006 world cup.
Then Group A winner vs Group B Runner Up would be in section A
and
Then Group B winner vs Group A Runner Up would be in section B

meaning they can only then face each other in the final not the quarters

Sexton Hardcastle wrote:

so step up defoe and paul robinson and joe hart

I do really like Defoe, but I'm just not sure that he's quite at the level needed. Robinson has been overrated for years, but Hart looks like he certainly has potential, he's just not ready yet, maybe by the next World Cup though.

Predictions:
Group A: South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay, France - 1st Mexico 2nd France

Group B: Argentina, South Korea, Nigeria, Greece - 1st Nigeria 2nd Argentina

Group C: England, USA, Algeria, Slovenia - 1st England 2nd USA

Group D: Germany, Australia, Ghana, Serbia - 1st Germany 2nd Serbia

Group E: Netherlands, Japan, Cameroon, Denmark - 1st Netherlands 2nd Japan

Group F: Italy, New Zealand, Paraguay, Slovakia - 1st Italy 2nd Paraguay

Group G: Brazil, North Korea, Ivory Cost, Portugal - 1st Brazil 2nd Ivory Coast

Group H: Spain, Honduras, Chile, Switzerland - 1st Spain 2nd Switzerland

2nd round:
Mexico vs Argentina - Mexico
England vs Serbia - England
Netherlands vs Paraguay - Netherlands
Brazil vs Switzerland - Brazil

Nigeria vs France - Nigeria
Germany vs USA - Germany
Italy vs Japan - Italy
Spain vs Ivory Coast - Spain

Quarter Final:
Mexico vs England - England
Netherlands vs Brazil - Brazil

Nigeria vs Germany - Germany
Spain vs Italy- Spain

Semi Final:
England vs Brazil - Brazil
Germany vs Spain - Spain

Final:
Spain vs Brazil - Spain

I've got a sneaky feeling the Dutch are going to get to the final. Being in South Africa then they're going to have a huge support and will basically be the home team for most games. Add to that they went through the qualifiers with a 100% record and that the climate should suit the teams more used to cooler conditions rather than the mediterranean and S.American teams then my money is on the Orange.

thegunman84 wrote:

Sexton Hardcastle wrote:

so step up defoe and paul robinson and joe hart

I do really like Defoe, but I'm just not sure that he's quite at the level needed. Robinson has been overrated for years, but Hart looks like he certainly has potential, he's just not ready yet, maybe by the next World Cup though.

thats the thing though, he was over rated, found a smaller club and is now playing alot better than foster and them lot.

just think fabio has him in mind, plus he was only shite cos of media hype/media dissing and the genral way the media makes people hate our own players. i hope fabio bans all news media and mobiles for the entire world cup.

IMO fuck your home life, you are there for one reason, to win the world cup, cope for a few weeks without a phone and any links to england.

jckbluenose12 wrote:

hodge13 wrote:

France vs South Korea - France
Argentina vs Mexico - Argentina
England vs Serbia - England
Germany vs USA - Germany
Netherlands vs Paraguay - Netherlands
Italy vs Cameroon - Italy
Brazil vs Chile - Brazil
Spain vs Portugal!!! - Spain

France vs Argentina - Argentina
Engalnd vs Germany - England (just 1-0 or something)
Netherlands vs Italy - Netherlands
Brazil vs Spain - Spain (cracking match should be imo)

Argentina vs Engalnd (would be very close imo as they are very close could come down to injuries or penalties)
Netherlands vs Spain (should provide great free flowing football)

Argentina/England vs Spain - Spain

i think England have a brilliant chance of making the final providing no major injuries

I hate to get technical but if they maintain the layout from the 2006 world cup.
Then Group A winner vs Group B Runner Up would be in section A
and
Then Group B winner vs Group A Runner Up would be in section B

meaning they can only then face each other in the final not the quarters

why cant they just have a straight knock out and keep it simple for everyone

macclads wrote:

I've got a sneaky feeling the Dutch are going to get to the final. Being in South Africa then they're going to have a huge support and will basically be the home team for most games. Add to that they went through the qualifiers with a 100% record and that the climate should suit the teams more used to cooler conditions rather than the mediterranean and S.American teams then my money is on the Orange.

I would love to see it, but they just have a habit of bottling it. Remember at the Euro's when they were amazing, then came up against Russia and just didn't get going at all. As for their qualification record, they should have had 100% as they had by far the easiest group, Scotland were one of the main challengers for fuck sake, and we're absolutely pathetic.

Sexton Hardcastle wrote:

thegunman84 wrote:

Sexton Hardcastle wrote:

so step up defoe and paul robinson and joe hart

I do really like Defoe, but I'm just not sure that he's quite at the level needed. Robinson has been overrated for years, but Hart looks like he certainly has potential, he's just not ready yet, maybe by the next World Cup though.

thats the thing though, he was over rated, found a smaller club and is now playing alot better than foster and them lot.

just think fabio has him in mind, plus he was only shite cos of media hype/media dissing and the genral way the media makes people hate our own players. i hope fabio bans all news media and mobiles for the entire world cup.

IMO fuck your home life, you are there for one reason, to win the world cup, cope for a few weeks without a phone and any links to england.

He might be playing a bit better now, but he still doesn't seem to be an international class keeper to me, and if it was the pressure causing him to fuck up, then puting him in the World Cup is surely a recipe for disaster.

Not entirely sure why people keep saying the climate won't suit Brazil - most of them play in Europe anyway, so it won't be anything new to them at all!

A good player plays well in any condition, media is full of bullshit

Grecian wrote:

Not entirely sure why people keep saying the climate won't suit Brazil - most of them play in Europe anyway, so it won't be anything new to them at all!

Its not in Europe though, most of the Brazilians playing in Europe are in Spain (I think)

But it's a European style climate, it's going to be cold, not very humid. Previous World Cups have been in the summer, which has knackered a good few countries not used to the heat. African winters tend to get a bit nippy, but as most of the Argies and Brazilians play in Europe, I can't see it being the problem that people think it will be.

At the past world cup in Germany Brazil only made the Quarters though.

As did England. I can see what he is saying though, people are saying England have a better chance because the climate should suite them, buy why should it suite them and not say, Argentina, who mostly have players who play in europe( all be it spain which is almost always hot).

I'm gonna be bold and say England out in the 2nd round and Spain for the win.

macclads wrote:

At the past world cup in Germany Brazil only made the Quarters though.

In a warm climate. I remember England playing in some obscene heat for 1 match (Paraguay, I think), and looking utterly shagged after 10 minutes.

South Africa in winter is going to be easier to play in - Spanish, Italian, German winters are all cold, the likes of Robinho will be used to English winters, Kaka started at Milan in the north of Italy which has a similar climate to the UK, they've all trawled over Europe in the Champions League, and can wear gloves and long sleeves. I'd rather play in the cold than the heat, that's for sure!