World Cup Draw

iainment

Today, at 6pm!

Who do you want in ingerlands group?

http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournam ... 021209.pdf

My prediction - Group B, Ingerland, Mexico, Cameroon, Denmark.

northernneil

I want the French ........ they will cr@p themselves knowing we will be out to get revenge for our Irish brothers

Anonymous

iainment wrote:

Today, at 6pm!

Who do you want in ingerlands group?

http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournam ... 021209.pdf

My prediction - Group B, Ingerland, Mexico, Cameroon, Denmark.

SNP.

Chip \'oyler

In the three rehearsals so far today we've drawn Australia each time.

After working with a load of Aussies in London, any opportunity to wipe the chip shops off their shoulders is great by me

Roscobob

I'm hoping you get France, Ivory Coast and the USA.

Chip \'oyler

Roscobob wrote:

I'm hoping you get France, Ivory Coast and the USA.

And which one of them will you be supporting?

stfc1

Roscobob wrote:

I'm hoping you get France, Ivory Coast and the USA.

Whatever. There's no reason we couldn't qualify from that group.

Frank the tank

World cup "draws" are a farce, by the time theve seeded the teams then come up with the various excuses why this nation has to be in a different pot to that nation and another country must be kept apart from someone else; they'd may aswell do away with any pretence of a free draw and let septic Blatter and co just place the teams where they want them.

brucey72

Frank the tank wrote:

World cup "draws" are a farce, by the time theve seeded the teams then come up with the various excuses why this nation has to be in a different pot to that nation and another country must be kept apart from someone else; they'd may aswell do away with any pretence of a free draw and let septic Blatter and co just place the teams where they want them.

They are also a fix as they put a couple of the balls in a freezer beforehand to prevent some teams being drawn together...........................or so a bloke down the pub told me anyway

finchy

Slightly off-topic, I'd love to see a group with Argentina, Australia, Ivory Coast and Serbia. That would be an absolute blinder of a contest, and fiery too.

Stewie Griffin

We got Peterborough at home, oh the world Cup .

Pross

Don't care who are in the group as long as they beat England

iainment

Pross wrote:

Don't care who are in the group as long as they beat England

You sad sack

Pross

I know, I'm just bitter as the last time Wales made the finals was the best part of 20 years before I was born

fletch8928

Quarter finals here we come. Its not like it matters in comparison to your team

iainment

Pross wrote:

I know, I'm just bitter as the last time Wales made the finals was the best part of 20 years before I was born

Pick someone to support, don't give in to bitterness, be positive. There's a large Welsh community in Argentina, follow them.

finchy

Groups D & H look good, the others I can't see being particularly interesting.

Apart from Italy, England have been handed the kindest draw of any of the seeded nations.

fungus_the_muffin_man

Did anyone else notice that you heard the name of the team drawn as he opened the ball and before he said what team was inside it?

ITS A FIX

deptfordmarmoset

Fungus The Muffin Man wrote:

Did anyone else notice that you heard the name of the team drawn as he opened the ball and before he said what team was inside it?

ITS A FIX

I couldn't be bothered to watch how the draw was going to be organised - but, me too, I noticed people shouting out the country before the number was visible. But apart from the 2 easiest groups for teams with Italian managers, the draw didn't seem to do anybody else any favours.

Chip \'oyler

I just sat there drooling over Charlize and wasn't really concentrating on the football

So could somebody type out all the groups and fixtures for me please

Aggieboy

Chip \'oyler wrote:

I just sat there drooling over Charlize and wasn't really concentrating on the football

So could somebody type out all the groups and fixtures for me please

Nobody else knows them either

deptfordmarmoset

Right, you've got 6 months to write these out longhand.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8395228.stm

spen666

I missed the draw last night- seen in papers today who England got.

Can anyone tell me who Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland & Republic of Ireland drew in their groups please?

STEFANOS4784

spen666 wrote:

I missed the draw last night- seen in papers today who England got.

Can anyone tell me who Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland & Republic of Ireland drew in their groups please?

:roll: :arrow:

STEFANOS4784

PS think they may be in the same group as Botswana, Hawaii, Canada and Ghana

Smokin Joe

According to the tabloids we've won it already.

When will they ever learn to be wary of overconfidence? It's bound to rub off on the players, fortunately Fab is the one guy to keep their feet on the ground.

The USA game could prove tricky.

Roscobob

spen666 wrote:

I missed the draw last night- seen in papers today who England got.

Can anyone tell me who Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland & Republic of Ireland drew in their groups please?

Oh the banter I think the reason Scottish and Welsh folk get p1ssed off with the hype of the English teams.

I think England will do quite well. They have a lot of good players and now a good manager but as usual the English media will start a frenzy and put the players under far too much pressure. Also, the lack of a decent goalkeeper might cause a problem too.

Spain or Brazil to win it for me. I think it will take one of these nations to knock England out.

P.S. What are the odds for a commentator mentioning 1966 within the first minute of Englands first group game? Decent money to be made as surely it's a stick on!

tailwindhome

Hmmmm

I think a lot of the English media are confusing a draw which could have been worse with one that is easy.

Being seeded has helped a lot.

Key match will be against the USA, fail to win that and the complexion of the group changes enormously.

Don't forget Slovenia have already eliminated the Czech Republic, Northern Ireland, Poland and most notably Russia in the playoffs.

Algeria knocked out the reigning African champions

I still fancy England to emerge from the group however

tailwindhome

spen666 wrote:

I missed the draw last night- seen in papers today who England got.

Can anyone tell me who Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland & Republic of Ireland drew in their groups please?

The teams you mention are all in the group who won't win the world cup.

England join that group on the 2nd of July 2010

iainment

Roscobob wrote:

spen666 wrote:

I missed the draw last night- seen in papers today who England got.

Can anyone tell me who Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland & Republic of Ireland drew in their groups please?

Oh the banter I think the reason Scottish and Welsh folk get p1ssed off with the hype of the English teams.

I think England will do quite well. They have a lot of good players and now a good manager but as usual the English media will start a frenzy and put the players under far too much pressure. Also, the lack of a decent goalkeeper might cause a problem too.

Spain or Brazil to win it for me. I think it will take one of these nations to knock England out.

P.S. What are the odds for a commentator mentioning 1966 within the first minute of Englands first group game? Decent money to be made as surely it's a stick on!

Of course Scottish commentators would never refer to games/tourneys Scotland did well in, personally I'm fed up with the guff about Scotland beating England after the 66 WC.

jc4lab

We are in Group C amd winners will play runners up of group D in next round..Could be old friends Germany if they are slow off the Mark as usuall..