For those who follow football (soccer to the Yanks) you may well of seen the draw tonight for the World Cup next year in South Africa - what an amazing group we have got! Couldn't of asked for better. I havent worked out the permutations but I think we could be looking at a England v Spain final.
Roll on 12th June 2010!!
PS - ARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH Just checked my diary and I have a wedding in North Wales on that date....
Group A: South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay, France
Group B: Argentina, South Korea, Nigeria, Greece
Group C: England, USA, Algeria, Slovenia
Group D: Germany, Australia, Ghana, Serbia
Group E: Netherlands, Japan, Cameroon, Denmark
Group F: Italy, New Zealand, Paraguay, Slovakia
Group G: Brazil, North Korea, Ivory Cost, Portugal
Group H: Spain, Honduras, Chile, Switzerland
Holland V Denmark should be quite a match although I reckon Holland & Cameroon will qualify from group E - although Japan could have an good chance of qualifying as well.
Holland V Denmark should be quite a match although I reckon Holland & Cameroon will qualify from group E - although Japan could have an good chance of qualifying as well.
It looks like an interesting Group. I am just a Dutch Canadian, who becomes more dutch for about a month every other year (Euro/World Cups). I would like to see them go far so that I dont have to hear about it from my German coworker :)
Group A - France & South Africa
Group B - Argentina & tough one to call but will go out on a limb and say South Korea.
Group C - England & USA or Slovenia, probably USA
Group D - Germany & Australia
Group E - Holland & Cameroon
Group F - Italy & Paraguay
Group G - DUH!
Group H - Spain & Switzerland
You English disillusion yourselves about your team over, and over :D
Of course, this coming from a Canadian. We haven't had a World Cup contender since what... '86?
If we are ever going to do it, it will be with the current squad - as long as everyone remains fit.
Seriously, since Capello has taken over it is a renewed and envigorated England side. Sometimes when watching them I have to ask myself.. Is that really an England team? - it's miles better than the team back in `96 (Shearer, Gazza, Sheringham etc.) and we dont have to rely on Beckham anymore although he does have talismanic value - he'll probably play then I think that will be it for him both at Club level and International level.
Group A: South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay, France
Group B: Argentina, South Korea, Nigeria, Greece
Group C: England, USA, Algeria, Slovenia
Group D: Germany, Australia, Ghana, Serbia
Group E: Netherlands, Japan, Cameroon, Denmark
Group F: Italy, New Zealand, Paraguay, Slovakia
Group G: Brazil, North Korea, Ivory Cost, Portugal
Group H: Spain, Honduras, Chile, Switzerland
Group A: South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay, France - Tough Group!
Group B: Argentina, South Korea, Nigeria, Greece
Group C: England, USA, Algeria, Slovenia Group D: Germany, Australia, Ghana, Serbia
Group E: Netherlands, Japan, Cameroon, Denmark - Tough Group!
Group F: Italy, New Zealand, Paraguay, Slovakia
Group G: Brazil, North Korea, Ivory Coast, Portugal
Group H: Spain, Honduras, Chile, Switzerland - Tough Group!
I got into soccer i high school, played intramurals in college, and for an adult amateur team for a while, but I must admit I've kind of lost interest in it since everyone seems to have gone to the "all defense play-for-a-tie and hope for a lucky goal" style of play. When I learned the game we played with four or sometimes five forwards (strikers), not one or two like I've seen these days.
I did get to see Pele play in person once when he was still playing for Santos (Brazil), and saw him score an amazing goal which showed why he was considered so great ... :-)
For those who follow football (soccer to the Yanks) you may well of seen the draw tonight for the World Cup next year in South Africa - what an amazing group we have got! Couldn't of asked for better. I havent worked out the permutations but I think we could be looking at a England v Spain final.
Roll on 12th June 2010!!
PS - ARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH Just checked my diary and I have a wedding in North Wales on that date....
No worries. England will be long gone from the tourney by then:)
