FIFA World Cup 2010

[Maddog]

Groups:

A- South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay, France
B- Argentina, Nigeria, South Korea, Greece
C- England, USA, Algeria, Slovenia
D- Germany, Australia, Serbia, Greece
E- Netherlands, Denmark, Japan, Cameroon
F- Italy, Paraguay, New Zealand, Slovakia
G- Brazil, North Korea, Cote d'Ivoire, Portugal
H- Spain, Switzerland, Honduras, Chile

Bring it you Brits!

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Easy group for C. '' come on England! ''

Awesome for group G.

[Polish Hill]

Group A - A hand ball gets you a below average group?
Group B - Things could get interesting.
Group C - If we (USA) can't advance through this group we should end the program.
Group D - First of all terrible job MD Greece is not in two groups I'm sure of it. Secondly, this group is surprisingly not a pushover.
Group E - Japan AND Cameroon? Sounds fun
Group F - Bleh kind of a boring group
Group G - Holy shit I'd be pissed if I was from Ivory Coast or Portugal
Group H - The rules of the World Cup should be changed so these games aren't played and only Spain advances. Joke city.

[cpt.mars]

Oh man, I can't wait to once again sing "If you won the war, stand up" to any/all England supporters when we play them.

Group H - The rules of the World Cup should be changed so these games aren't played and only Spain advances. Joke city.

Maybe I'm just crazy but Spain having to play the 17th and 18th best teams in the world is "Joke city"? It's not an incredibly tough draw for them, but I'd call group F the joke group far before Spain's.

[Polish Hill]

Maybe the rankings have improved after the last World Cup where the US was grossly overrated (I believe the formula's been updated) but that doesn't change the fact that Honduras made it largely due to a late USA goal and the fact remains they have a great chance at advancing now. Personally I feel like both groups are terrible. Perhaps my "joke city" comment should be expanded and reduced in harshness.

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England and USA will breeze thru that group with no problems. I'll be very shocked if they do not!

[cpt.mars]

Maybe the rankings have improved after the last World Cup where the US was grossly overrated (I believe the formula's been updated) but that doesn't change the fact that Honduras made it largely due to a late USA goal and the fact remains they have a great chance at advancing now. Personally I feel like both groups are terrible. Perhaps my "joke city" comment should be expanded and reduced in harshness.

http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/lastranking/gender=m/fullranking.html

Best team Italy has to face is 30th ranked Paraguay, lolz. Now if only I didn't fucking loathe the Italian national team...

And I'm predicting groups G (dur) and E to be most competitive.

[Polish Hill]

Way too early for this but I'm going to see how I think the World Cup will turn out. Bold for first in group and italics for second.

GROUP A- South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay, France
GROUP B- Argentina, Nigeria, South Korea, Greece
GROUP C- England, USA, Algeria, Slovenia
GROUP D- Germany, Australia, Serbia, Ghana
GROUP E- Netherlands, Denmark, Japan, Cameroon
GROUP F- Italy, Paraguay, New Zealand, Slovakia
GROUP G- Brazil, North Korea, Ivory Coast, Portugal
GROUP H- Spain, Switzerland, Honduras, Chile

Well now that I've gone this far mine as well keep on going. Round 2:

France v. Nigeria
England v. Serbia

Cameroon v. Slovakia
Brazil v. Switzerland

Argentina v. Mexico
Germany v. USA

Italy v. Netherlands
Spain v. Ivory Coast

Round 3:
Nigeria v. England
Cameroon v. Brazil

Argentina v. Germany
Netherlands v. Ivory Coast

Round 4:
England v. Brazil
Germany v. Ivory Coast

Final:
Brazil v. Germany

Hmm...

[Maddog]

Here's my first crazy uneducated bracket in an espn group I'm in. I'm sure I'll make another one or two before the cup starts and I actually read up on the teams.

Round 2:

Mexico vs South Korea
England vs Ghana
Netherlands vs Paraguay
Brazil vs Chile
Argentina vs Uruguay
Germany vs United States
Italy vs Denmark
Spain vs Ivory Coast

Quarters:
Mexico vs England
Netherlands vs Brazil
Argentina vs Germany
Italy vs Spain

Semis:
England vs Brazil
Germany vs Spain

Finals:
England vs Spain

Winner:
Spain

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I said to my Father that Spain will win the world cup, i'm putting money on it too.

[Modest Genius]

I'm well pleased with that, it'll be fun playing the yanks in our first game. here are my comments, though I'm not going to go through a full tournament guess.

Remind me close to the time and I'll run a prediction ladder like we did for the Stanley Cup.

A- South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay, France
SA should never have been seeded, they're one of the worst teams here, even with home advantage. France and Mexico to advance, but not without both cutting it fine with Uruguay.

B- Argentina, Nigeria, South Korea, Greece
Not the easiest group in the world, especially given how poor the Argies have been in qualifying. All four teams are good enough to go through, but I reckon Argentina and Greece. Should be really tight, though perhaps not as entertaining as some of the other groups.

C- England, USA, Algeria, Slovenia
If England don't win and USA don't come second, there's something wrong with the world. Mind you, England will probably have their traditional wobble and just about do it without looking at all convincing.

D- Germany, Australia, Serbia, Ghana
Easy group for the Germans, though any of the other three might join them. I'm tipping the Aussies, but not by much

E- Netherlands, Denmark, Japan, Cameroon
Holland should find this easy, Cameroon to join them.

F- Italy, Paraguay, New Zealand, Slovakia
Italy should find this easy too. Tight between Paraguay or Slovakia for second. I have the feeling NZ will win one game, and whoever loses that is out with them.

G- Brazil, North Korea, Cote d'Ivoire, Portugal
Holy shit, NK are SO screwed. Obviously two from three, but I reckon Portugal will be the group winners, they're always good under pressure. Tentatively going with Brazil to join them. This should be entertaining.

H- Spain, Switzerland, Honduras, Chile
Spain will win this, but the Swiss are a tidy team, and Chile can be a handful; either of those could make second.

[nojmaster]

I'd tip the Ivory Coast to come out of group G over Portugal. Physically powerful, good footballers and on, if not home ground, then at least the correct continent.

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Never liked Portugal, i rate Ivory coast for the team winners with Brazil.

[Pipes]

With Davies almost dying and DeMerit and Onyewu coming off injuries, I'm afraid we'll have another disappointing showing. It won't be the same team that beat Spain and almost beat Brazil.