maplesyrupnjam said:

was that meant in a sarcastic way?

where are you from?

Australia's got a shitty draw.

Bugger!

We'll be struggling to get past Ghana & Serbia for 2nd spot.

But you never know!

...As long as they've gotten rid of that cheating ref that knocked us out of the last World Cup.

Go, Ghana!

Moonbeam said:

Down with Ghana!

...Nothing personal against Ghana you understand.


GO THE MIGHTY SOCCEROOS!!!!!

TyphoonTip said:

Anything can happen in the group stage mate, anyone can beat anyone, even Germany, I'm still expecting GER and OZ to go thru to the second round, where we might end up facing ENGLAND.

Early predictions -

A- 1:France 2:Uruguay
B- 1:Argentina 2:Nigeria
C- 1:England 2:U.S.A
D- 1:Germany 2:Australia
E- 1:Holland 2:Denmark
F- 1:Italy 2:Cameroon
G- 1:Brazil 2:Portugal
H- 1:Spain 2:Chile

*some of these are wishful thinking, but u gotta figure on a few upsets.

BRAZIL - 5 times (on 4 different continents, been in EVERY WORLD CUP)
ITALY - 4 times (only in Europe)
GERMANY - 3 times (only in Europe)
ARGENTINA 2 times (only in Latin America)
URUGUAY 2 times (only in South America)
ENGLAND 1 time - at home
FRANCE 1 time - at home





I wonder who the continent of AFRICA will favor? The Europeans or The Sth Americans? We'll find out in 7 months, oh, and I don't mean 2 disregard the AFRICAN, ASIAN and OCEANIC nations, their time will come, but not yet.

RONNYRON said:

I would go mental if we faced England in the 2nd round.

...And if we won.

The ashes are one thing, but the World Cup!!

OK, OK, I'm getting a little bit ahead of myself.

Seriously, if we made it to the 2nd round again, I'd be pretty satisfied with that.

Dewrede said:

cristiano is so hot

I'm no expert, but my hubby loves soccer, so I do know a bit, I think there will be a few upsets!

Group A
Uruguay
France

Group B
Argentina
Greece

Group C
England
Slovenia

Group D
Australia
Serbia

Group E
Netherlands
Japan

Group F
Italy
Paraguay

Group G
Brazil
Portugal

Group H
Spain
Chile

chocolatehandles said:

Australia gets in over Germany?

...I like it!

TyphoonTip said:

I think I may have been a bit biased here

chocolatehandles said:

Greece, SLovenia, Serbia, Japan?... hmmm...

that would indeed THE WORLD CUP of upsets, anything is possible.

TyphoonTip said:

Second round, here we come.

Dewrede said:

:nod:
him and drogba must have the lowest pain thresholds in football

muirdo said:

Would love to see him carded out of a World Cup game for diving.

Like the other Scots on here, I'll be supporting anyone who plays England, but I also have the get out of jail free card of Italian ancestry whereby I can actually support a team instead of peddling my wee man syndrome to all and sundry.

But seriously, I hope they get fucked.

sermwanderer said:

it won't be in the group stages. i reckon Wales could qualify from that group.