Official World Cup Thread + Fantasy Game

[Ian "Wolfie" Trumps]

For England to win the World Cup we need the following

- To recognize the best choice partner for Rooney is Crouch

- Have faith with Theo on the rightside of midfield

- Accept Gerrard and Lampard cannot play together

- Sort out the man between the sticks

- Stop Terry going to the World Cup and give the nod to Wayne Bridge

[Cory]

For England to win the World Cup we need the following

- To recognize the best choice partner for Rooney is Crouch - Agreed.

- Have faith with Theo on the rightside of midfield - Has terrifying speed, but frustrating technique...Lennon would be better.

- Accept Gerrard and Lampard cannot play together Agreed!

- Sort out the man between the sticks Agreed

- Stop Terry going to the World Cup and give the nod to Wayne Bridge Terry is good in clutch games, wouldn't give him up for Bridge.

[Ian "Wolfie" Trumps]

For moral and the fact he is completely overrated I'd give up Terry in a heartbeat...as for Theo, you got him all wrong.

[Drama Queen]

I have noticed in the predictions you all made that you have winner A v runner-up B and vice versa for the second round and then meeting each other in the quarters.

This seems very unusual, in previous World Cups it was always arranged that the two teams qualifying out of the first round group cannot meet again until the final.

[Adam Wrong]

True.... bollocks

[Adam Wrong]

Can't edit post therefore

Groups placed in order of qualifying

Group A          Group B             Group C                Group D
France            Argentina          ENGLAND               Germany
Mexico           Nigeria                United States      Ghana
South Africa  South Korea       Slovenia              Serbia
Uruguay         Greece                 Algeria               Australia

Group E         Group F              Group G               Group H
Netherlands    Italy                    Brazil                      Spain
Denmark         Slovakia             Ivory Coast             Chile
Japan               Paraguay           Portugal                     Switzerland                   
Cameroon       New Zealand     North Korea            Honduras       

Round 2
France vs Nigeria
England vs Ghana
Netherlands vs Slovakia
Brazil vs Chile
Mexico vs Argentina
United States vs Germany
Italy vs Denmark
Spain vs Ivory Coast   

Quarter Finals
France vs England
Slovakia vs Brazil
Argentina vs Germany
Italy vs Spain

Semi Finals
England vs Brazil
Argentina vs Spain

Final
Spain vs Brazil

3rd Place Playoff
England vs Argentina

I think

[Rob]

You think England have a chance? PFFT!

[Adam Wrong]

against a french team who scraped past ireland? Yes!

[Drama Queen]

against a french team who scraped cheated their way past ireland?  Yes!

Fixed

[Cory]

^ boom.

[Duckman]

I thought we might as well pin this topic seeing as it's not that long to go now.

Time to get the sweep organised at work.  Get my wall chart set up at home and book some days off to enjoy the games.

Man, I fucking LOVE the World Cup!!

Peace

Duckman

[Rob]

I have a wall chart as welll.... Blatantly going to be folded up and put with the rest when England get knocked out in the second round...

[Cory]

Yay for being in school. Ill be watching all of the good games.

[Rob]

Yay for being directly in line with SA, all us British folk will be down the pub

[Duckman]

Michael Ballack is out of the World Cup due to an injury picked up in the FA Cup Final.

Now, I don't like seeing people getting hurt but I had to chuckle at this.  Ballack spent most of the FA Cup Final going around fouling anyone that came near him, elbowing guys, standing on their heels and basically being his usual cheating bastard self.

Again, it's not nice to see someone hurt, but this guy has had this kind of karma coming his way for a long time.  He really does go out to hurt and cheat his opponents out of games.

Am I being too harsh on him?

Peace

Duckman