The World Cup Thread

[Springsteen]

Firstly, I doubt them being Scottish they would care about England. Secondly if had nothing to do with preperation for the World Cup, he visited several clubs to learn different techniques. The only reason people think it is is because of the scaremongering papers claiming it, it's a load of shit. Remember, there are foreign players in the Premiership too and I would assume they train together.

By your logic Roman Abramovich should be deported for joining the Russian bid team for the 2018 World Cup.

 

[Springsteen]

Fancy a laugh? Here's some predictions from some so called 'experts'

Daniel Amokachi Assistant manager Nigeria
1 Nigeria 2 Brazil 3 Argentina 4 England

Vitor Baia Former Portugal goalkeeper
1 Brazil 2 Spain 3 Portugal 4 Argentina

Guillem Balague Spanish football journalist
1 Argentina 2 Spain 3 Brazil 4 England.

Paul Chapman Journalist covering German football
1 Brazil 2 Argentina 3 Spain 4 England

Ronald de Boer Ex-Netherlands midfielder
1 Spain 2 Brazil 3 England 4 Italy

Papa Bouba Diop Senegal and Portsmouth midfielder
1 Spain 2 Brazil 3 Argentina 4 Ivory Coast

Susy Campanale Calcio Italia magazine
1 Argentina 2 Brazil 3 England 4 Cameroon

Juan Casto Nogales International writer, Marca, Spain
1 Spain 2 Argentina 3 Brazil 4 Germany

Michael Church Asia correspondent, World Soccer magazine
1 Spain 2 Brazil 3 England 4 Argentina

Lee Dixon BBC pundit and former England and Arsenal defender
1 Brazil 2 Spain 3 Argentina 4 Netherlands

Jed Drake Senior vice president, ESPN
1 Netherlands 2 Brazil 3 Argentina 4 England

Piers Edwards BBC African football blogger
1 Brazil 2 Argentina 3 Netherlands 4 England.

Dr Ceri Evans Ex-New Zealand captain & Oxford United defender
1 Argentina 2 Spain 3 Brazil 4 Italy

Josep Fuste 1964 European Championship winner with Spain
1 Spain 2 England 3 Brazil 4 Italy

Giancarlo Galavotti La Gazzetta dello Sport
1 Brazil 2 Argentina 3 Germany 4 England

Neil Greig Kick Off magazine, South Africa
1 Brazil 2 Netherlands 3 Spain 4 England

Alan Hansen BBC pundit and former Scotland defender
1 Spain 2 Brazil 3 England 4 Argentina

Paul Hansford Editor in chief, Four Four Two, Australia
1 Brazil 2 Spain 3 Argentina 4 Netherlands

Brede Hangeland Norway captain and Fulham defender
1 Spain 2 England 3 Brazil 4 Argentina

Hardy Hasselbruch Editor, Kicker magazine, Germany
1 Spain 2 Brazil 3 Argentina 4 Germany

Ray Houghton Former Republic of Ireland midfielder
1 Brazil 2 Argentina 3 Germany 4 Italy

Sir Geoff Hurst England's 1966 World Cup hat-trick hero
1 Brazil 2 Spain 3 Netherlands 4 England

Paul Kennedy Soccer America magazine
1 Spain 2 Brazil 3 Argentina 4 Mexico

Hans Krankl Former Austria striker
1 Spain 2 Brazil 3 Argentina 4 England

Gonzalo Larrea Football journalist, Diario Deportivo, Uruguay
1 Brazil 2 Spain 3 Argentina 4 England

Henrik Larsson Ex-Sweden, Barcelona and Celtic striker
1 Spain 2 England 3 Brazil 4 Netherlands

Grzegorz Lato Poland's 1974 World Cup top scorer
1 Brazil 2 Argentina 3 Spain 4 Germany.

Min Joo Lee Seoul Broadcasting System, South Korea
1 Spain 2 Brazil 3 Argentina 4 England

Patrick Mboma Cameroon's second highest scorer
1 Spain 2 Brazil 3 Argentina 4 Ivory Coast

Vicente Miera Former Spain manager and defender
1 Spain 2 England 3 Brazil 4 Italy

Phil McNulty Chief football writer, BBC Sport website
1 Spain 2 Brazil 3 England 4 Argentina.

Danny Mills Former England defender
1 Argentina 2 Spain 3 Germany 4 Brazil

Phil Minshull European football blogger, BBC
1 Brazil 2 Germany 3 Spain 4 England

Antonio Morales Journalist, Azteca Deportes, Mexico
1 Argentina 2 Brazil 3 Italy 4 Mexico.

Dave Morgan Executive Editor, Yahoo, North America
1 Brazil 2 Argentina 3 Spain 4 Netherlands

John Motson BBC TV commentator
1 Argentina 2 England 3 Italy 4 Brazil

John Murray BBC 5 live commentator
1 Brazil 2 Spain 3 Argentina 4 England

Jan Olsson Former Sweden full-back
1 England 2 Germany 3 Ivory Coast 4 Brazil

Gary Parkinson Editor Four Four Two website
1 Brazil 2 Argentina 3 Spain 4 England

Ary Pereira Jr Sports Editor, Radio Eldorado, Brazil
1 Argentina 2 Brazil 3 Netherlands 4 England

Toni Polster Austria's all-time leading scorer
1 Spain 2 Brazil 3 England 4 Argentina

Tony Pulis Stoke City manager
1 Brazil 2 Spain 3 England 4 Germany

Ronald Reng German sports journalist, author
1 Spain 2 Brazil 3 Chile 4 England

Roberto Rivelino Former Brazil playmaker
1 Brazil 2 Italy 3 Argentina 4 Germany

Xavier Rivoire France Football magazine
1 Spain 2 Netherlands 3 Ghana 4 New Zealand

Mark Schwimmer Broadcaster ARD, Germany
1 Spain 2 Brazil 3 England 4 Germany

Bojan Sec Contributor, Sport Den za Dnem, Russia
1 Spain 2 Brazil 3 England 4 Netherlands

Alan Shearer BBC TV pundit and former England striker
1 Spain 2 Brazil 3 Argentina 4 England

Martin Skrtel Slovakia and Liverpool defender
1 Spain 2 England 3 Germany 4 France

Socrates Former Brazil midfielder
1 England 2 Spain 3 Brazil 4 Netherlands

Edwin Struis Nu Sport, Dutch soccer magazine
1 Spain 2 Brazil 3 Germany 4 England

Edward Stuk TSR TV, Switzerland
1 England 2 Spain 3 Ivory Coast 4 Uruguay

Geoff Thomas Former England midfielder
1 England 2 Brazil 3 Portugal 4 Argentina

Tim Vickery South American reporter, BBC
1 Brazil 2 Spain 3 Argentina 4 England

Chris Waddle Former England winger
1 Spain 2 Brazil 3 Serbia 4 Netherlands

George Weah Former Liberia striker
1 Brazil 2 Ivory Coast 3 Ghana 4 USA

Vladimir Weiss Manchester City's Slovakia winger
1 Spain 2 Brazil 3 Argentina 4 England

Mario Zagallo Brazil World Cup winner
1 Brazil 2 Italy 3 Argentina 4 Spain

 

[skyblue]

i honestly cant see the argies or brazil winning it

 

[Springsteen]

Brazil can win it I think, but I think Spain will. Don't think Argentina will, even with Messi/Higuain.

Decent game thus far between South Africa/Mexico.

 

[skyblue]

south africa 1 mexico 0......africa just went into party mode

 

[Springsteen]

I was really hoping his first name was boom....

 

[TGLucario475]

What a match and South Africa were REALLY unlucky at the end, off the post!

 

[retro]

wow, I really didn't see that coming... I figured Mexico would have a pretty easy victory

 

[itsmeJonB]

wow, I really didn't see that coming... I figured Mexico would have a pretty easy victory

i had a feeling the host team wasnt going to 'lose'

 

[skyblue]

i had a feeling the host team wasnt going to 'lose'

it wasn't the south korea factor....south africa actually deserved they're point

uruguay v france now.....come on uruguay

i wonder who the irish are supporting

 

[Springsteen]

Suarez will destroy them. And Forlan.

 

[itsmeJonB]

prediction shows Uruguay favored

 

[itsmeJonB]

anyone else's syndication have the sound fading in and out?

 

[Springsteen]

France trying to claim handball, god there's irony there.

 

[skyblue]

i've seen nothing to fear so far

 

[toomuchwit]

saint george's cross against old glory. i'll be taking in the match at an english pub state-side surrounded by a bunch of crusty englishmen, tanned from a california sun but at the ready to sing god save the queen with each world cup goal.

 

[JanieDough]

most Americans aren't into this which makes me sad because I was really into it the one summer I spent in France - you couldn't help but get into it!!!

Unfortunately I just have to wait til American Football season starts again... Go SAINTS!

 

[Springsteen]

South Korea beat Greece 2-0. Greece looked poor defensively and not that much better attacking wise, South Korea looked very organised.

Argentina next, hopefully means an upturn in quality.

Then England tonight, should be an England win.

 

[Accountable]

It's understandable. Greece are upset that they had to leave their serving staff behind due to budget cuts.

 

[itsmeJonB]

Usa usa!