OT: World Cup 2010

[cavtroop]

Originally Posted by Fusilier

...to illustrate further.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noOHdTQd6H8

LOL, hadn't seen that, good one

The part with the american announcer becoming bored, while the foreign one gets excited about the action was dead on

[Rainbow Six]

I'm looking forward to it, even although yet again Scotland failed to qualify.

I do think Spain are the favourites, although they could potentially come up against Ivory Coast or Portugal early on (assuming both Spain and Brazil win their groups), which could be quite an interesting match up.

The USA should manage to get past the group stages OK, but assuming they finish second in their group (behind England) they'd then expect to play Germany in the next round, and Germany would be the big favourites in that one, so realistically the last 16 is as far as I'd expect the US to go this time round.

Rae, I'd agree with you about England - whilst they have a number of talented individuals, in my opinion they sometimes seem to struggle to play well together as a team. That said I do think that they have a good draw, and this year is probably their best chance of actually winning the World Cup since 1990 (and as a Scotsman it pained me to type that.... Mind you, looking at it the Dutch also have a good draw.

It will be interesting to see how the South Africans do as well...historically the hosts have usually done quite well, e.g. South Korea getting to the Semi Finals in 2002

Anyways, not long to go now...bring it on...

[Mahatatain]

Originally Posted by Rainbow Six

Rae, I'd agree with you about England - whilst they have a number of talented individuals, in my opinion they sometimes seem to struggle to play well together as a team. That said I do think that they have a good draw, and this year is probably their best chance of actually winning the World Cup since 1990 (and as a Scotsman it pained me to type that.... Mind you, looking at it the Dutch also have a good draw.

As an Englishman (well three quarters English and one quarter Irish) I won't mention 1990, Scotland and Costa Rica.....

I'd say that England's biggest problem is an over reliance on a couple of star players and it is almost inevitable that one of them will get injured or sent off in a crucial game....

[Rainbow Six]

Originally Posted by Mahatatain

As an Englishman (well three quarters English and one quarter Irish) I won't mention 1990, Scotland and Costa Rica.....

LOL...the list of Scottish World Cup disasters is endless...Iran in 1978...Morocco in 1998...Russia in 1982 (sheer class...two of our own players running into one another...)...