Official World Cup Thread

Post by **flash gunner** » Wed Jun 02, 2010 6:20 am

mcdowell42 wrote:Has the french squad been announced only i heard nasri didnt make the squad now dont know if thats true

The thing with the World Cup is every game is played away from home so there is no point in taking Nasri

euphoricone · Post by **euphoricone** » Wed Jun 02, 2010 9:49 am

flash gunner wrote:
mcdowell42 wrote:Has the french squad been announced only i heard nasri didnt make the squad now dont know if thats true
The thing with the World Cup is every game is played away from home so there is no point in taking Nasri

I would have left out diaby and taken nasri.

RaM · Post by **RaM** » Wed Jun 02, 2010 12:37 pm

Final Australian squad:

Goalkeepers: Adam Federici, Brad Jones, Mark Schwarzer

Defenders: Michael Beauchamp, David Carney, Scott Chipperfield, Mark Milligan, Craig Moore, Lucas Neill, Luke Wilkshire

Midfielders: Mark Bresciano, Tim Cahill, Jason Culina, Brett Emerton, Richard Garcia, Vincenzo Grella, Brett Holman, Mile Jedinak, Carl Valeri, Dario Vidosic

Forwards: Joshua Kennedy, Harry Kewell, Nikita Rukavytsya

euphoricone · Post by **euphoricone** » Wed Jun 02, 2010 1:35 pm

RaM wrote:Final Australian squad:

Goalkeepers: Adam Federici, Brad Jones, Mark Schwarzer

Defenders: Michael Beauchamp, David Carney, Scott Chipperfield, Mark Milligan, Craig Moore, Lucas Neill, Luke Wilkshire

Midfielders: Mark Bresciano, Tim Cahill, Jason Culina, Brett Emerton, Richard Garcia, Vincenzo Grella, Brett Holman, Mile Jedinak, Carl Valeri, Dario Vidosic

Forwards: Joshua Kennedy, Harry Kewell, Nikita Rukavytsya

Cant wait to watch tim cahill bresciano and kewell play! My three fav players from wc2006

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Bergkamp-Genius · Post by **Bergkamp-Genius** » Wed Jun 02, 2010 6:29 pm

I would love to see the dutch win it (if we don't that is) always had a soft spot for them i love the way they play, but they always seem to falter when it matters and i think they will again in this world cup.
Brazil are obviously always in with a chance but i look at them now and they look as ordinary as i have ever seen them.
I would have backed the Argies as possible winners this year but having Maradonna as manager is a huge handicap for them and although they have enough talent to win the thing i think that crazy bastard will make it very difficuilt for them to do so..but i still think it would be foolish to write them off..
If i had to bet on it i would have to go for Spain as winners..they are very strong and now have the belief they can really win the big tournaments, so barring complacency i think this one should be theirs..unless we can stop them of course...

Vince · Post by **Vince** » Wed Jun 02, 2010 6:52 pm

That's for the caption competition

Post by **I Hate Hleb** » Wed Jun 02, 2010 7:50 pm

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Hey Bac, what number shirt should a right back wear?

Post by **flash gunner** » Wed Jun 02, 2010 8:21 pm

I want one of those cheese strings

safcftm · Post by **safcftm** » Wed Jun 02, 2010 10:20 pm

Vince wrote:

another attempt to be Spiderman fails miserably

RaM · Post by **RaM** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 5:27 am

Vince wrote:That's for the caption competition

Oh shit!

There are snakes on your head!

Post by **DB10GOONER** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 8:01 am

Argentina will win it and win me a couple hundred quid in work. You heard it here first.

Post by **flash gunner** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 8:03 am

DB10GOONER wrote:Argentina will win it and win me a couple hundred quid in work. You heard it here first.

With Maradona in charge? They barely qualified out of the South American section..... Your money is lost mate

Post by **DB10GOONER** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 8:10 am

flash gunner wrote:
DB10GOONER wrote:Argentina will win it and win me a couple hundred quid in work. You heard it here first.
With Maradona in charge? They barely qualified out of the South American section..... Your money is lost mate

Trust me, Flash - they'll win it solely BECAUSE he is in charge! Maradona is too mental to realise he can't win it!!

Never ever mind the qualifiers either, the finals are a whole diferent ball game.

marcengels · Post by **marcengels** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 8:23 am

DB10GOONER wrote:
flash gunner wrote:
DB10GOONER wrote:Argentina will win it and win me a couple hundred quid in work. You heard it here first.
With Maradona in charge? They barely qualified out of the South American section..... Your money is lost mate
Trust me, Flash - they'll win it solely BECAUSE he is in charge! Maradona is too mental to realise he can't win it!!

Never ever mind the qualifiers either, the finals are a whole diferent ball game.

I actually think that Maradona is not as much of a nutcase as he likes to think he is

While on the face of it, he has some very dodgy players in there (Gutierrez, Di Michaelis), what he has done differently to previous managers is try to blend a team, rather than try to squeeze in the abundance of talent that Argentina undoubtedly have.

Defensively, I don't know how they will do when up against good competition in a tournament situation. And that is the big test.

Swale_Gooner1985 · Post by **Swale_Gooner1985** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 10:20 am

marcengels wrote:
DB10GOONER wrote:
flash gunner wrote:
DB10GOONER wrote:Argentina will win it and win me a couple hundred quid in work. You heard it here first.
With Maradona in charge? They barely qualified out of the South American section..... Your money is lost mate
Trust me, Flash - they'll win it solely BECAUSE he is in charge! Maradona is too mental to realise he can't win it!!

Never ever mind the qualifiers either, the finals are a whole diferent ball game.
I actually think that Maradona is not as much of a nutcase as he likes to think he is

While on the face of it, he has some very dodgy players in there (Gutierrez, Di Michaelis), what he has done differently to previous managers is try to blend a team, rather than try to squeeze in the abundance of talent that Argentina undoubtedly have.

Defensively, I don't know how they will do when up against good competition in a tournament situation. And that is the big test.

And their forward line is frightening Tevez, Aguero, Messi and Milito! Has any nation got a better set of forwards than that?