The unofficial World Cup Thread,

[Louis VI the Fat]

Serbia will be this tournaments surprise package. Provided, of course, they do not succumb to complacency about lack of in-fighting.



We need to get our bets in for the in-tournament game!! The pre-tournamnet bracket game decides who is the most knowledgable of all about world football. The in-game game decides who's got the best analytical skills, best intuitive sense of team psychology, best feel for the flow of a tournament.

The winner then gets to brag for two years, and gets to annoy lesser posters with his superior footy knowledge. Needless to say, this person is going to be me, and you will not hear the end of it after my inevitable victory.




First Day predictions:

South Africa
Mexico 1 - 1



Uruguay
France 1 - 1



I still think thios group is the most open of all. It is anybody's for the taking. Odds of a boring and cowarldy nil - nil for Uru - Fra are just as high as the river plate wizards up front putting four past the world's most posh goalkeeper, Hugo Lloris

[Joooray]

Alright, Louis, I see your First Day predictions and I raise you:

South Africa 2 - 1 Mexico


Uruguay 0 - 2 France

I think SA will use the euphoria in the country to at least win the first match. Who knows, maybe Zuma had a tête-à-tête with the SA-captain and they will after all go on to win this thing, for the unity of the country.
Anyway, I dunno much about Uruguay, but I'll give France this one victory.

And two 1-1 on the first day? That'd be lame!

[LittleGrizzly]

The winner then gets to brag for two years, and gets to annoy lesser posters with his superior footy knowledge. Needless to say, this person is going to be me, and you will not hear the end of it after my inevitable victory.

As I see it this person is still me until the final (when it becomes me again) so until then I shall be the Mourinho, Lippi, Ferguson, Hiddink and you can be.... Domenech ?

South Africa 1 - 2 Mexico

Uruguay 2-2 France

South Africa are going to be 0 pointers I feel, France possibly too good for Uruguay even disorganised and shambles, either draw or a france win not sure.

[Louis VI the Fat]

this person is still me until the final (when it becomes me again) so until then I shall be the Mourinho, Lippi, Ferguson, Hiddink and you can be.... Domenech ?

Such indeed is the prerogative of one who has displayed superior football knowledge.


I demand to be henceforth quoted as 'Domenech VI', until such time as somebody has managed to dethrone Grizzly. This winner then gets to decide my new football thread name.

[Afonso I of Portugal]

South Africa 1 - Mexico 2

Mexico is far better and should be not too hard for them as the African side will try perform well...

France 0 - Uruguay 1

Diego Forlan will score...

[InsaneApache]

0 1

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[Ser Clegane]

South Africa - Mexico 1:1
Uruguay - France 1:2

[Jolt]

South Africa - Mexico 1 - 1
Uruguay - France 1 - 1

[Pannonian]

Serbia will be this tournaments surprise package.

Serbia surprised me last time round, especially against Argentina.

[Ibn-Khaldun]

Thank you Louis.

This means I can't watch any of the matches from June 14th to June 18th. Also, I'll miss the first quarterfinals as well. I hope nothing interesting happens during those games.

I was especially waiting those Swiss games.. Oh well..

[Sarmatian]

Serbia surprised me last time round, especially against Argentina.

That was Serbia and Montenegro and it is a general consensus in Serbia that it was in fact Montenegro that conceded 6 goals while Serbia managed to secure a 0:0 draw :D.

Demands of an enormous sex life stopped me from posting yesterday but for today:

Korea - Greece 0:0

Argentina Nigeria 3:1

England - USA 2:0