Unofficial Pre FIFA World Cup 2010 Thread

[Aberlour10]

Let's talk about, its not so far away from now uffffffff ;)

[gwnn]

Up until now I've always loled at England winning the world cup (I was not alive in 1966). But now I will stop lol ing so I think they will go all the way. I will be rooting for New Zealand and North Korea mostly. Then after these two have been kicked out I will root for most European teams but in particular Germany and Serbia.

[Aberlour10]

I have voted every time for Netherlands since I got my first football shoes....will I ever get this bet right? ;)

[gwnn]

lol at Aberlour.

[Aberlour10]

but in particular Germany and Serbia.

Ballack is out of the tournament (injured)

[jjbrr]

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/7383/usasoccerfans.jpg

 

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[Cascade]

I can't believe that NZ is included in other.

[jjbrr]

Also, I can't wait for the Official Pre FIFA World Cup 2010 Thread. Rates to be pretty interesting!

[Rossoneri]

For purely practical reasons, I don't want England to win.

 

But then again, I can't imagine the mayhem around me when they lose...

 

...although I was on the bus a few months ago and overheard an Englishman telling his friend that he thinks this current batch of footballers are ***** and he's on the lookout for an Algerian flag so he can hang it outside his house when England lose to Algeria.

[Hanoi5]

I think this is Spain's Cup. Either that or they should consider demolishing all those stadiums and soccer fanatism.

 

How can someone root for the US?

[gwnn]

huh? are you a racist? why can't anyone root for US? I am also rooting for US.

 

US

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go America!!

 

yay!

http://alllayedout.com/Comments/4th_of_July/graphics/i_love_the_usa.gif

[Hanoi5]

Racist? What race is the US? Those guys can't handle soccer yet. They even had to come up with a different name for it than anyone else.

[blackshoe]

Yeah, well "football" was already taken.

 

Nationalist, I think, rather than racist. :)

[mike777]

hmm ....BRAZIL win..........

 

 

 

 

 

 

????

 

 

 

what is discussion....

[hotShot]

Where is the "Home" team?

[nickf]

I can't believe that NZ is included in other.

you're so parochial wayne. Not only that Australia was grouped alongside NZ, among "others". How insulting - particulary after we were robbed of the cup last time.

 

nickf

sydney

[gwnn]

Racist? What race is the US? Those guys can't handle soccer yet. They even had to come up with a different name for it than anyone else.

So what? If you watch a football game between Venezuela and Brazil, do you root for Brazil because Venezuela are not as good as Brazil? I don't get it.

 

The 'soccer' issue also I don't get. Almost every country has a different name for football. American English is not really the same language as British English. Even though the British word seems more descriptive than the American word and most non-native speakers choose to use the British word, why can't Americans use their own?

 

I used racist in a figurative sense, I assumed it would be easy to understand as US really do have a lot of races. I apologize, I see it wasn't.

[dicklont]

I think Spain will win. But I've never predicted the winner of any football tournament.

 

I can't help myself on the soccer/football thing, so here it goes.

Originaly the name football was for sports that were played with a ball on foot, as opposed to sports on horseback.

Both rugby and soccer were football.

In England the football association had rules for what now is known as soccer.

Association was shortened to "soc" and extended with "er" in popular youth-language.

So when you played by the rules of the FA it was called soccer.

[pooltuna]

I can't believe that NZ is included in other.

Not to worry "other" included different planets. WAIT! NZ is from .... :lol:

[Aberlour10]

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/7383/usasoccerfans.jpg

 

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hmmm USA seems to lead exactly 4-0 in this imaginary match :lol:

[vuroth]

Voted Spain, but honestly, this is the deepest field of any team sport in the world - certainly deeper and probably better balanced than ice hockey, for example.

 

I like the Netherlands as a dark horse - they have some fragile game changers - a bit of health, and they can beat anybody out there.

 

I'll be cheering for England, though. And USA - as much as I don't like Donovan most of the time, he was flat out brilliant for Everton this year.

[Hanoi5]

I guess I meant 'How can someone not from the US root for the US?'. But this is an American board, so I'm the odd one out.

 

Thanks for reminding me that my country is not even playing. That's why they say in Venezuela that people with hay rears should not go near a fire.

[655321]

Lord Triesman thinks Spain will win!

[dicklont]

I like the Netherlands as a dark horse - they have some fragile game changers - a bit of health, and they can beat anybody out there.

They can, but I'm afraid they won't beat four of them in row after the groupe fase.

[el mister]

Spain have the best team, their squad's a mile deep and they've straightened out their psychological frailties by winning Euro 08. Rightly starting as favourites - their midfield is supreme. Concede possession and you'd be waiting 15 mins to get the ball back.

 

There's loads of other good teams though, should be a great tournament - I quite fancy France as a pseudo-dark horse. Obviously they're a force in the game, but they looked terrible in qualifying and their play-off game against Ireland was an embarrassment. They still have excellent quality though, particularly going forward, and could get it together.

 

Looking forward to watching Argentina. If The Catalan can put that circus on his back and carry them to the WC final then he truly will be the greatest player of all time. Looks a step too far even for him.