Soccer

you shouldnLt understimate croatia ..
they are allways playin good tournaments :nut:

Akitsuki-kun wrote:you shouldnLt understimate croatia ..
they are allways playin good tournaments :nut:

yeah. they were semi finalist in 1998, and got 3rd place. but..

come on japan! ganbatte! :jumpie:

Yus! :victory:

never watched Cóte d'Ivoire played before. hope they will give make some impression, like senegal in 2002. :applaud:

Cote d'Ivoire made some pretty good games during the qualification !

Unfortunately they might have no chance versus Argentina and the Netherlands. But ILm pretty sure that theyLll give them some hard games and get the third place in their group :victory:

who knows. they might beat argentina. senegal beats the reigning champion france on 2002.

i hope something like that will happen. that will double the fun.

2006 Fifa World Cup Germany finals grouping.

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:shocked: just our luck to be in Group C

my predictions:

Group A: Germany will go through with ease, no idea about the other teams. they all seem weak? the draw is rigged!

Group B: England & Sweden

Group C: Argentina & Netherlands - but it won't be easy

Group D: Portugal & Mexico

Group E: Czech Rep. & Italy

Group F: Brazil & Croatia

Group G: France & South Korea

Group H: Spain & Ukraine

Terryb wrote::shocked: just our luck to be in Group C

my predictions:

Group A: Germany will go through with ease, no idea about the other teams. they all seem weak? the draw is rigged!

Group B: England & Sweden

Group C: Argentina & Netherlands - but it won't be easy

Group D: Portugal & Mexico

Group E: Czech Rep. & Italy

Group F: Brazil & Croatia

Group G: France & South Korea

Group H: Spain & Ukraine

holland have a hard group, japan also have a hard group...SHYTE i'm gonna be on an emotional rollercoaster...i jinxed the DRAW!!!

about your prediction of Group F...slap me for saying this but i think Australia have a chance of getting through to the knockout stages...they have Guus Hiddink and he is i have to say one of teh greatest coach in teh world...though i think arsene wenger is better...

teh rest i sorta agree with...

JAPAN ARE SCREWED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Akitsuki-kun wrote:Masashi Nakayama? whoLs that? is he a famous actor? Cause he looks pretty young and shouldnLt be an old football/soccer player.


Anyways pretty cool drawing ^^


Grp C and E are pretty tough. Japan has a very strong group 2 :doh:

nakayama is a japanese footballer...his probably in his late 30's...he is nicknamed "Gon"( because i think he scored a hat trick in 3 minutes)
yeah he looks young i agree with you...but he retired it think and he is going to be a legend!

Hiddink might be one of the best, still I think they won't make it. Even though I like Arsene Wenger, he hasn't achieved anything outside England - these 2 can't be compared.

Terryb wrote:Hiddink might be one of the best, still I think they won't make it. Even though I like Arsene Wenger, he hasn't achieved anything outside England - these 2 can't be compared.

i'm not comparing hiddink and arsene, yeah maybe in a way, but i said l think arsene wenger is better...and arsene wenger did achieve thiings outside of england, he helped J league outfit win titles in the J League... he is respected by japanese football fans...or atm he WAS respected...not sure after the inamoto-arsenal thingo i don't think much japanese like him for that...and if you mean international football yes they can't be compared, but if arsene wenger was to be an international coach i reckon he would do good...but even better Jose Mourinho (if he were to coach a national team)

i heard a rumour that the JFA want Arsene Wenger after Zico goes on leave when teh world cup is over...but i doubt it

I donLt think Australia can do pretty much - Sure theyLve gotten
really better - but the Team is to unexpirienced, well letLs see ^^


And btw. I think Germany will have some bad problems with polen, they have their best team since 1974 where they got the 3rd place !

Akitsuki-kun wrote:I donLt think Australia can do pretty much - Sure theyLve gotten
really better - but the Team is to unexpirienced, well letLs see ^^


And btw. I think Germany will have some bad problams with polen, they have their best team since 1974 where they got the 3rd place !

i think germany would to, i dunno, because they haven't really had a lot of friendlies they haven't really done anything to make them stronger.


australia...being aussie, and hearing the news from lots of aus supporters and the people involved with the NT they are really confident, they don't care about experience or not...guus hiddink is aiming high!!!

haha, of course being a dutchman, we hope Guus will do miracles again. but he's already offered the position of president in South Korea, what can you guys offer him? :naughty:

germans have been sucky because they can't score. let's say for the last decade. even their famed schwalbes (dives) and last minute goals don't do the tricks anymore :hehe: there's just no creativity in the team, feels like watching England somehow. but usually they go through thanks to great mentality.

and damn the matches are being played at really really annoying times: 2 of the Holland matches are being played at 4pm... 4PM!? and the other one at 6pm, god what kinda idiot decides to play those times. Everyone is still at school/work :headscratch:

Akitsuki-kun wrote:I donLt think Australia can do pretty much - Sure theyLve gotten
really better - but the Team is to unexpirienced, well letLs see ^^

i second that. with brazil and croatia in the group, it may be too hard for them. i'm hoping a good performance from japan. they were good 4 years ago, but they suck in olympic :grumble: . i'm not pretty sure how've they done recently.

Terryb wrote:haha, of course being a dutchman, we hope Guus will do miracles again. but he's already offered the position of president in South Korea, what can you guys offer him? :naughty:

hehe that was funny, for president...i was watchign the Uruaguay match and they copied the korean with the president thing...because aus is not a republic, the person put Prime Minister instead od President. i liked the korean banner more coz the abnner looked WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY better

west brom won man city 2-0
fulham lots to Birmingham 1-0

heruiyou wrote:Japan and brazil in F. both my favourite teams. they will go on to the next round :applaud:

you seem confident about that. i think this is the hardest group. i can't see japan surviving this group i'm afraid. :shakehead:
but i hope they put on a good show. :mrgreen:

kenjilina wrote:

you seem confident about that. i think this is the hardest group. i can't see japan surviving this group i'm afraid. :shakehead:
but i hope they put on a good show. :mrgreen:

well, to be honest, i dont think australia is that hard. croatia may be a big threat though.