World Football Thread VIII - The beautiful game?

[Imran Siddiqui]

easily? I think prior WC's have shown us that everything is up in the air after Brazil.

[Barnabas]

I only rank Brazil and maybe Italy above england.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

I rank argentina ahead of them. they had them in that friendly in geneva, only a one time monumental collapse prevented them from winning that game.

[reds4ever]

Can't see you holding the CR to a DRAW Imran....

[Imran Siddiqui]

As long as the defense plays solid as it has been recently (Onyewu is, of course, the lynchpin), I think the US can.

[Kropotkin]

"World football thread" is just code for "Englishmen making pipe dreams around their overated team - a proud tradition since 1967".

[reds4ever]

Onyewu? You have black players now? Last time saw the USA play they were all called names like Deusenhaastler and looked like they were on a sabatical from Harvard.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by Kropotkin
"World football thread" is just code for "Englishmen making pipe dreams around their overated team - a proud tradition since 1967".

[Lawrence of Arabia]

keep dreaming about that tie game against the czechs. you have a better chance of squeezing a tie outta the italians who will score a goal and then play defense. bocanegra will go in for a corner, the ball will come out, and before bocanegra can get into gear, youll have three czech strikers and a midfielder already three quarters of the way down the field.

[Imran Siddiqui]

And Gooch will stone 'em all

I think there is a better chance of scoring on the Czechs than on the Italians. The US MNT likes a more free flowing open game.

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by Lawrence of Arabia
I rank argentina ahead of them. they had them in that friendly in geneva, only a one time monumental collapse prevented them from winning that game.

I would agree that Argentina are better than England, but England vs Argentina has a history that makes it hard to choose in a head to head.

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by Kropotkin
"World football thread" is just code for "Englishmen making pipe dreams around their overated team - a proud tradition since 1967".

If England win the WC the press will call for McLaren to be sacked and Sven reinstated.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

I agree, the US has a better chance of scoring on the czechs, but the czechs have a bigger chance of scoring 3 than the italians (I think totti is out for the world cup but im not sure)

1 thing is certain tho, france isnt getting out of the first round.

[Dauphin]

Italy have in recent times screwed up group games by playing too defensively. I wouldn't be surprised if they ended up with three nil-nils. I would expect them to come second in the group, and to not lose a game in the process.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by Lawrence of Arabia
1 thing is certain tho, france isnt getting out of the first round.

Now that is a different topic .

Though I do think that the Americans have an even chance of either making it or not making it out of the first round. I think they'll be close if they don't make it, but I'm hoping for the best.