2010 Fifa World Cup South Africa

[ripper]

Hey All :wave:

As You All May Be Aware The 2010 World Cup Is Taking Place Soon In South Africa 67 Days 7Hours And 51Mins To Be Precise, I would Love To Have Been Able To Travel Out There But As You Know Its Not As Easy As It Sounds, Is Anybody Going There?.

Any Predictions Who Will Win?? I Am Hoping For England As It Is My Home Nation, And We Have An Awesome Team This Year.

Hope My Home Team Takes It :D

Come On Englandddddd !!!!! :P

[Pathos]

ripper my new best friend! [builds a tree-house with you equipped with satellite TV]

I'm so blue-balled over this I've installed an app on my itouch to count the days down for me. I know, I know, that's as silly as drinking beer from the holy grail, but this is the World frickin' Cup! You know, the real one.

Anyway, for me it's Argentina all the way, baby! Who didn't see that one coming?! [patriotic cheer] And yes, that's despite the complete ineptitude of Diego "I'm so round now I could come on as a replacement for the ball" Maradona. The man has absolutely no idea how to manage a simple coke habit, much less a football team, so naturally I figure this could only end well! See, we've had a great run of coaches in the recent past, with a consistently great generation of players, all of whom failed miserably with lousy excuses equating to little more than an AYE CARUMBA... so do the math on that, and Diego the nutter could really pull it off this time! Maybe doing everything wrong will actually work!? There's logic there. There has to be! [hysterical cheer]

England have a great thing going, not least of which is their confidence, though I pray Rooney remains healthy or even Capello's considerably savvy may prove insufficient. Much like my beloved Argentina, they somehow manage to always shoot themselves in the foot.

Spain are awesome, and should win, which of course totally means they will not. Such is the fate of the favourites tag.

One of the African teams will hopefully reach the quarters, hell maybe even the semi's, though looking at the draw there's a frighteningly good chance they could all fail at the first hurdle... that would be a real shame.

[ripper]

ohh yes Argentina are always full of suprises, i would never count them out of coming away with something,

and yes it would be nice to see one of the african teams goin far into the competition

[Die Hard]

England will free fall from the competition around the quarter final stage if we are lucky. Wouldn't surprise me if we went out even at group stage. Sounds very pessimistic I know but 40 years of seeing them fail to reach their potential has this affect on me.

Brazil, Spain or Italy will win it :)

[ripper]

Goalkeeper

Joe Hart (http://www.skysports.com/football/world-cup-2010/player/0,27042,12016_84324,00.html)
Robert Green (http://www.skysports.com/football/world-cup-2010/player/0,27042,12016_7313,00.html)
David James (http://www.skysports.com/football/world-cup-2010/player/0,27042,12016_6602,00.html)
Defender

Glen Johnson (http://www.skysports.com/football/world-cup-2010/player/0,27042,12016_78789,00.html)
Stephen Warnock (http://www.skysports.com/football/world-cup-2010/player/0,27042,12016_75608,00.html)
Jamie Carragher (http://www.skysports.com/football/world-cup-2010/player/0,27042,12016_9141,00.html)
Ledley King (http://www.skysports.com/football/world-cup-2010/player/0,27042,12016_9032,00.html)
Rio Ferdinand (http://www.skysports.com/football/world-cup-2010/player/0,27042,12016_8860,00.html)
John Terry (http://www.skysports.com/football/world-cup-2010/player/0,27042,12016_7109,00.html)
Matthew Upson (http://www.skysports.com/football/world-cup-2010/player/0,27042,12016_6551,00.html)
Ashley Cole (http://www.skysports.com/football/world-cup-2010/player/0,27042,12016_6518,00.html)
Midfielder

Aaron Lennon (http://www.skysports.com/football/world-cup-2010/player/0,27042,12016_95034,00.html)
James Milner (http://www.skysports.com/football/world-cup-2010/player/0,27042,12016_80542,00.html)
Shaun Wright-Phillips (http://www.skysports.com/football/world-cup-2010/player/0,27042,12016_9192,00.html)
Steven Gerrard (http://www.skysports.com/football/world-cup-2010/player/0,27042,12016_9135,00.html)
Joe Cole (http://www.skysports.com/football/world-cup-2010/player/0,27042,12016_8867,00.html)
Michael Carrick (http://www.skysports.com/football/world-cup-2010/player/0,27042,12016_8865,00.html)
Frank Lampard (http://www.skysports.com/football/world-cup-2010/player/0,27042,12016_8862,00.html)
Gareth Barry (http://www.skysports.com/football/world-cup-2010/player/0,27042,12016_6570,00.html)
Striker

Wayne Rooney (http://www.skysports.com/football/world-cup-2010/player/0,27042,12016_68918,00.html)
Jermain Defoe (http://www.skysports.com/football/world-cup-2010/player/0,27042,12016_8875,00.html)
Emile Heskey (http://www.skysports.com/football/world-cup-2010/player/0,27042,12016_9126,00.html)
Peter Crouch (http://www.skysports.com/football/world-cup-2010/player/0,27042,12016_8717,00.html)


englands 23man squad, theres a couple here i fort shouldnt be goin, fo 1 idont think garath barry should be goin, YES hes a great player but ligament damage cant be healed this quickly, therefore all it takes is a little knock here and there on the ankle and he'll be out for the rest of the tournament, ledley king also a good player, but with his knee thats a big risk aswel, scott parker should be going hes an awesome player,
what do you all think your chances are?

[Pathos]

Well thank goodness Rio and King are injured! I was getting worried for a moment there. I mean, what's an England World Cup team/dream without a major injury crisis or two? What on earth would the papers gabber on about? (Well, besides Maradona promising to run naked around national monuments.) If England ever took a fully fit squad, the nation would basically lose its football identity.

I for one am still haunted by images of 2002, and Beckham's stunted toe plastered over the front page of every newspaper known to man. Not everything about that guy is beautiful! Of course, this has now been replaced by images of Becks pouting on the sidelines and looking extra broody... and the man's not even playing!

Pity Heskey never seems to be injured.

Oh, for those new to the World Cup, here is an important link (http://www.offthepost.info/2010/06/top-10-naughty-world-cup-names/). Also, if you're a fellow podcaster, i'd highly recommend you look up "The Football Ramble" on itunes. Very funny and fun buncha fellows!

Anyway, having watched every damn game thus far, here's to hoping the second round of matches picks up the pace somewhat.

Vamos Argentina carajo! [celebratory belly slide]

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/5126/bellyr.jpg

[Sauron]

I don't care who wins the cup as long as it isn't Brazil ( imho too arrogant) and Netherlands ....

From what i saw so far there weren't many games worth watching....

[FUS1ON]

We (USA) had a good comeback today and that @#$%& ref blew the call on a 3rd goal costing us the win. :/

[Sauron]

Noone really understands why your 3rd goal didn't count. If he had to blow his whistle he had to give you guys at least 3 or 4 penalties in that scene.

And England doesn't seem to find their game. Omg was that a bad game yesterday. And i won't even comment on the ref in the german game........

[FUS1ON]

That ref's screw up may end up being a good thing in disguise, hopefully it will fire up the guys to whip some ass. Things are really tight in Group C, I hate that our cousins from across the pond are in our group, maybe we can both transfer.

[Pathos]

Outrageous. The US were indeed hard done by. The mystery of the disallowed goal will henceforth be featured right alongside blurry pictures of the Loch Ness monster.

On the plus side, both the US goals were rather tasty, and Bradley Jnr. himself is really looking a bit special; absolutely one of the standout players of the opening rounds. If he keeps this level of performance up, I'm going to be forced to make a bid for him on my game of Football Manager 2010 (perhaps trade-in the disappointing Gourcuff).

I can think of no higher praise for a footballer.

Now if only we could do something about those bloody Vuvuzelas (http://i.imgur.com/m9rLj.gif).

[FUS1ON]

LOL nice .gif ... I hate those @#$%& horns

[FUS1ON]

USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!

UnStoppAble

[Sauron]

Germany played really well today and won against England with 4:1 (which should've been 4:2). I say now we're even as each country has their "wembley-goal".

[Pure_Evil]

USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!

UnStoppAble
wow, ouch, that game was an embarrassment

[FUS1ON]

That's the truth! Way too many turnovers, It's like the US guys forgot about ball control.

[Wiper]

I think the play overall ain't that good this tournament...all playing way too safe :(

Anywayz, tomorrow Netherlands vs Brasil, hope it's gonna be a sensational game :cool:

[Sauron]

I'm not sure who to support tomorrow in the game Brazil vs Netherlands .... i for one would love to see Brazil go .. but supporting Holland is just a bit awkward for me beeing german and all :P

[Wiper]

I'm not sure who to support tomorrow in the game Brazil vs Netherlands .... i for one would love to see Brazil go .. but supporting Holland is just a bit awkward for me beeing german and all :P

Hehe, we made it :P Nice match of the Germans also btw :thumbs:

Final Netherlands vs Germany would be awesome :cool:

[Sauron]

Yup would be a great game ... and what i saw in all the quarter final games so far i think both teams can march thru to the final. And of course WE will win the final! Can't have that Holland wins against Germany for the first time during a WC. ;)

[Wiper]

Yup would be a great game ... and what i saw in all the quarter final games so far i think both teams can march thru to the final. And of course WE will win the final! Can't have that Holland wins against Germany for the first time during a WC. ;)

Exactly, but we shouldn't think to lightly about it. On EM we lost from Russia cuz we were already looking to the next match...first things first and in the final we'll meet :P And sorry to dissapoint you...but I think we'll win, you Germans already shiver by the name of Robben ^^


Edit:

If he's not injured again of course :D

[Sauron]

Gratz Oranjes! Now let's hope Germany follows tomorrow for the epic final. :P

[Wiper]

FINAL!!!!

Good luck Germany, we need an epic win on Sunday. Only one possibillity for that ;P

[FUS1ON]

Well CRAP, it looks like none of our teams made it

[Sauron]

Ah well ... dunno what germany played today but they definitely haven't found their game today...


Edit: So yeah either Spain or Netherland will get their first star.

[Wiper]

Ah well ... dunno what germany played today but they definitely haven't found their game today...


Edit: So yeah either Spain or Netherland will get their first star.

Too bad but was a deserved victory of Spain if you ask me (saw 2nd half). Anywayz 3rd place ain't bad ;P


And of course I hope it's the Netherlands who get its first start ^^

[ripper]

all in all i think it was a pretty borin world cup :-/