The unofficial World Cup Thread,

[Louis VI the Fat]

Come on England!

Sorry for the late predictions but:

Germany 1-2 Serbia

Oh, come on now. You predict Germany will lose by one goal after the game had finished?

[drone]

I guess an England-Algeria draw was the best the US could hope for. If they beat Algeria, they are onto the round of 16, regardless of the Slovenia-England game. England are in the same boat, win and they are through. Tight group, if the US screw it up badly enough Algeria can still get through.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

These stupid 0-0 ties...I think we can even tie and get in, if england loses to slovenia. But if we both win, goal differential from those two games will decide seeding yeah?

[drone]

These stupid 0-0 ties...I think we can even tie and get in, if england loses to slovenia. But if we both win, goal differential from those two games will decide seeding yeah?

We can get through if we draw and England loses or draws without scoring 2 more goals than the US. For seeding I believe it's goal diff, then goals scored, the US has a 2 goal advantage on England so far. But at least we know a win will put us through, if England had won it would have been a lot dicier.

[gaelic cowboy]

These stupid 0-0 ties...I think we can even tie and get in, if england loses to slovenia. But if we both win, goal differential from those two games will decide seeding yeah?

USA have three goals for and three against ENG only have one for and one against so Eng need to beat Slovenia.

Put another way America has there destiny in there own hands which is good for ye but not for Eng.

[gaelic cowboy]

After that display it would be an injustice if england qualify now USA/Slovenia have played better so far.

That was shocking tonight

[Secura]

That was woeful.

I've never seen Rooney so out-of-sorts. :S

[gaelic cowboy]

That was woeful.

I've never seen Rooney so out-of-sorts. :S

They look dead on there feet, I think there overtrained and also they were not aggressive enough.

[Knight of Ne]

That was the worst England game i have ever seen. There were so many bad moments but worst of all was Rooney. He never did anything with the ball and should of gone off half time.
Also, why did Capello bring off Heskey and Barry, they were the few good players in the side. I think Capello has to play Defoe and J.Cole next game because we need players like them ata the moment.

Very Angry ne

[gaelic cowboy]

That was the worst England game i have ever seen. There were so many bad moments but worst of all was Rooney. He never did anything with the ball and should of gone off half time.
Also, why did Capello bring off Heskey and Barry, they were the few good players in the side. I think Capello has to play Defoe and J.Cole next game because we need players like them ata the moment.

Very Angry ne

Telling moment there five minutes before end when Algerian lad robbed ball of Rooner's

[Andres]

Also, why did Capello bring off Heskey

I thought it was a good decision; Heskey had an off day. He was trying very hard, but nothing worked.

Kudos to Algeria, they played well.

[Knight of Ne]

I thought it was a good decision; Heskey had an off day. He was trying very hard, but nothing worked.

Kudos to Algeria, they played well.

Yeh Algeria deserved more than a point. However although Heskey didn't do much up front (no surprise) he was constantly winning the ball back in Englands half and trying set something up. It would of been nice to see him play alongside Defoe.

On another note, it would be a shame if Slovenia don't make it out of the group.

Ne

[Crazed Rabbit]

So apparently the ref won't say what foul the US committed.

He needs to be yanked from the Cup and thrown into the under-10 leagues.

At least we can advance if we beat Algeria.

CR

[LeftEyeNine]

Come on England!

Oh, come on now. You predict Germany will lose by one goal after the game had finished?

Sorry to be reviving this unintentionally. I wanted to look back so as to know where I had left and irritatingly, I have seen the comment above.

3 days ago, after 17 months of seamless working, I flew off to my hometown (where I currently am right now) for vacation and all that duration, as my 2 days of absence could imply, I happened to have irregular free time or access to/for internet.

Now what I'm proposing is that I like it predicting matches around here and commenting over them but I seriously have no motivation or whatsoever like Louis VI the Fat seems to pursue. Please deliver all my points to him for being such a great inspector with eyes like David Villa has for goals. I find it utterly tasteless to doubt over the timing of my predictions. Yes, I know football better than him or any other to be able to predict Serbia's narrow win over Germany, and yes, I fail at it so miserably than anybody else such that I could think Algeria matches would be joyful to watch.

I have made all of these predictions the night before the tournament was to begin but I don't know how rational or mature it would be to take photos of the pages I wrote down my guesses of results. I will, if you want, but I personally find such act quite "gah!"ly.

johnhughthom, please take my suggestion serious and deliver all my points so far to Louis or divide them among other lads equally. I will keep on making my predictions here but ask of you not to deem them available for rating from now on.

Anyway, sorry for the rattle. Here are my predictions for the matches 2 days back that Louis would love to doubt, and also, ones for tomorrow.

Slovakia 0-0 Paraguay
Italy 1-0 New Zealand
Brazil 0-0 Ivory Coast

Portugal 3-0 N. Korea
Chile 2-2 Switzerland
Spain 1-1 Honduras

Mexico 0-0 Uruguay
France 1-1 South Africa
Nigeria 2-1 S. Korea
Greece 0-2 Argentina

[Louis VI the Fat]

*stuff*

Too much drama! Please, just play the game and post your vaticinia ex eventu...erm....predictions.

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1 - 0
1 - 1
0 - 1
1 - 1

God forbid South Africa really loses.

[CENTER]~~o~~o~~<<oOo>>~~o~~o~~

The question is in which new and novel way France will further make itself the laughing stock of the world this time. Will the players even show up? Will they fight each other on the pitch? Fight with the staff? Will they publicly tell Domenech to 'va te faire *******, sale fils de ****'

As far as I'm concerned, they don't need to bother showing up.

Today marks the exact anniversary of one the greatest matches of one of the greatest world cups, France - Brazil in 1986. Two phenomenal sides, so much talent and beautiful football gathered on one single pitch. 1982 and 1986, in strangely parallel ways both Brazil and France mesmerised their fans with a mix of beauty and tragedy, both countries fielding some of their most beloved teams ever.
ESPN put it on their list of ten greatest World Cup matches of all time.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-c...739&ver=global

O tempora, o mores!! What has become of the Bleus, of France! To think this was once her face:

[InsaneApache]

France 2 - 0 South Africa
Mexico 0 - 1 Uruguay
Greece 0 - 4 Argentina
Nigeria 1 - 1 South Korea

[LeftEyeNine]

-says "no caps when we lose, s'il vous plait "monger. PJ and Fragony, no matter what they advocate, have far better profiles when it comes to reliability and stability. Heh.

[Rhyfelwyr]

Huzzah! I finally got 3 pts for a correct prediction! Now for tomorrow...

0 - 0
2 - 1
0 - 2
2 - 1

It's funny how Nigeria could progress with just one win and two defeats, whereas in Spain's group, it's quite likely that Spain/Chile/Swissland may each end up on 6 pts, leaving one of them behind.

[LeftEyeNine]

By the by, did any of you come across with a team that in both matches proved to be favorites for the cup ?

I mean, no matter how much they score, none of the participants have yet to play like definite competitors for the cup so far, if you ask me.