The official World Cup 2006 Thread

[Alphamale]

"Football" - the greatest game on earth.

(soccer if you're American)

Kicks of in 21 days -> 9th June.

This forum is home to a number of IDN-ers around the world, so I hope this thread will be interesting and even sometimes confrontational.

Update: Mulligan has been appointed as club secretary and is running a sweepstake - read the thread for more details.

Feel free to post your football relates domains for discussion between games.

Qualifiying Teams:



Group A

GER Germany
CRC Costa Rica
POL Poland
ECU Ecuador

Group B

ENG England
PAR Paraguay
TRI Trinidad And Tobago
SWE Sweden

Group C

ARG Argentina
CIV Cote D'Ivoire
SCG Serbia & Montenegro
NED Netherlands

Group D

MEX Mexico
IRN Iran
ANG Angola
POR Portugal

Group E

ITA Italy
GHA Ghana
USA United States
CZE Czech Republic

Group F

BRA Brazil
CRO Croatia
AUS Australia
JPN Japan

Group G

FRA France
SUI Switzerland
KOR South Korea
TOG Togo

Group H

ESP Spain
UKR Ukraine
TUN Tunisia
KSA Saudi Arabia

Fixture list coming soon...

"COME ON ENGLAND" !!

[Neptune]

good work. Go USA (tough group though)

[Alphamale]

Originally Posted by Neptune

good work. Go USA (tough group though)

yes it is. I think the Brits are quite happy with their group, it could have been a lot worse.

[Rubber Duck]

Originally Posted by Neptune

good work. Go USA (tough group though)

Not a chance, Czech Republic will kill them. They are on a roll after beating Russia at Ice Hockey, with all their key players absent, who apparently refused to play because they thought the coach was an idiot!

[Alphamale]

Originally Posted by Rubber Duck

Not a chance, Czech Republic will kill them. They are on a roll after beating Russia at Ice Hockey, with all there key players absent, who apparently refused to play because they thought the coach was an idiot!

is that really what you think? I think you are biased towards Czech Republic...

.. but you're right, the Americans are going to get their Arse kicked big time. (Sorry Nepture)

[Neptune]

haha, no hard feelings

i am fully aware of how good czech is , but i think our team is a little better than people realize also. none of our guys have been playing either

[blastfromthepast]

!!!

[Rubber Duck]

Originally Posted by Neptune

haha, no hard feelings

i am fully aware of how good czech is , but i think our team is a little better than people realize also. none of our guys have been playing either

Frankly, I would put money on Ghana in bare feet!

[Alphamale]

Originally Posted by Rubber Duck

Frankly, I would put money on Ghana in bare feet!

well maybe America will be the surprise nation we seem to get every 4 years... I remember the Cameroon team a while back..

[bramiozo]

The US is one of the upcoming countries in soccer, they have excellent sport programmes for their youth and their mentality is well urrr fanatic, they need the dutch to sort out their strategy though :=) .

[Rubber Duck]

Originally Posted by bramiozo

The US is one of the upcoming countries in soccer, they have excellent sport programmes for their youth and their mentality is well urrr fanatic, they need the dutch to sort out their strategy though :=) .

If you want fanatisism you need to go the African countries. Their stars are earning a fortune in Europe, whilst they can barely afford to watch it on telly.

The other problem is that there are an awful lot of countries out there that just want to beat the US for the shear hell of it!

[bramiozo]

Originally Posted by Rubber Duck

If you want fanatisism you need to go the African countries. Their stars are earning a fortune in Europe, whilst they can barely afford to watch it on telly.

The other problem is that there are an awful lot of countries out there that just want to beat the US for the shear hell of it!

The african countries always deliver physically strong teams and their stamina is unsurpassed, I don't see any reason why an african nation can't win the world cup.

I can't really give an expected result for the dutch group except that Argentina would be nr. 1 .

[mulligan]

If there is interest in it I will organise the

'IDNForums World Cup Pool 2006'

Rules are simple, there are 32 teams in the 2006 World Cup. Each entrant picks a number between 1 and 32 (First come first served) Each team will be assigned a random number between 1 and 32 and it is the luck of the draw which team you get.
Entry is $20 per number and the winner takes all! ($640 if all numbers sell)
As I will be running it I will refrain from picking a team so it is fair. All money is to be paid before a number is issued and I will be responsible for it and for paying out the winnings to the winner.
Money is to go to my paypal and the winner takes all apart from the paypal fees.

To keep it fair and to give everyone a shot at getting a number everyone gets to pick one number and if after 2 weeks there are still numbers available then you can pick another number.

I will assign the number to each team and my partner will pick the numbers.

What do you think?

[Rubber Duck]

Originally Posted by bramiozo

The african countries always deliver physically strong teams and their stamina is unsurpassed, I don't see any reason why an african nation can't win the world cup.

I can't really give an expected result for the dutch group except that Argentina would be nr. 1 .

Yes, and you forgot skillful and talented!

[Alphamale]

Originally Posted by mulligan

If there is interest in it I will organise the

'IDNForums World Cup Pool 2006'

Rules are simple, there are 32 teams in the 2006 World Cup. Each entrant picks a number between 1 and 32 (First come first served) Each team will be assigned a random number between 1 and 32 and it is the luck of the draw which team you get.
Entry is $20 per number and the winner takes all! ($640 if all numbers sell)
As I will be running it I will refrain from picking a team so it is fair. All money is to be paid before a number is issued and I will be responsible for it and for paying out the winnings to the winner.
Money is to go to my paypal and the winner takes all apart from the paypal fees.

To keep it fair and to give everyone a shot at getting a number everyone gets to pick one number and if after 2 weeks there are still numbers available then you can pick another number.

I will assign the number to each team and my partner will pick the numbers.

What do you think?

Yes. sign me up.

Do you do a 7 day money back guarantee? becuase if I get America..

[Rubber Duck]

Originally Posted by Alphamale

Yes. sign me up.

Do you do a 7 day money back guarantee? becuase if I get America..

Common be a little charitable, they will have a very impressive line up, even if it is only the Cheer Leaders!

[mulligan]

Refunds only issued for incorrect translations....

Originally Posted by Alphamale

Yes. sign me up.

Do you do a 7 day money back guarantee? becuase if I get America..

[Neptune]

pool sounds good to me.

looks to be a quite a few disrespecting america, thats fine im quite used to it by now.

[Alphamale]

Originally Posted by Neptune

pool sounds good to me.

looks to be a quite a few disrespecting america, thats fine im quite used to it by now.

Neptune... it's all pantomine disrespect. you may yet have the last laugh.

If I remember last time, America was way better than the joke people expected - I would expect them to have improved again on this...

.. lets see shall we.

[Rubber Duck]

Originally Posted by Alphamale

Neptune... it's all pantomine disrespect. you may yet have the last laugh.

If I remember last time, America was way better than the joke people expected - I would expect them to have improved again on this...

.. lets see shall we.

Yes, it just a laugh. As long as you don't start asking to change the size of goals again!