WC draw thread-predictions and analysis.

[Jaison]

Big day today of course.

Here's the Pots...

# Pot #1: Germany, Brazil, Argentina, England, France, Italy, Mexico and Spain.

# Pot #2: Australia, Angola, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo, Tunisia, Ecuador and Paraguay.

# Pot #3: Croatia, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and Ukraine.

# Pot #4: Iran, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Costa Rica, Trinidad & Tobago and the United States.

# Pot #5: Serbia and Montenegro. (We cannot land Serbia in our group)


My dream group:

Germany
Ecuador
Poland
Trinidad & Tobago

My nightmare group:

Germany
Ghana
Netherlands
USA

My prediction: (let's make this a contest!)

Germany
Tunisia
Croatia
South Korea

[Dead Fingers]

other thread if people want to read more
http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=264425

["Eisenfuß" Eilts]

Germany
Angola
Ukraine
South Korea

[Jaison]

Damn, I forgot about the other thread. :o

[Dead Fingers]

Damn, I forgot about the other thread. :o

s'ok. It's Friday and I am feeling good. :)

[IASocFan]

s'ok. It's Friday and I am feeling good. :)

Is that your hand? It looks like my daughter's did several years ago when she broke a bone in her hand.

[Jaison]

s'ok. It's Friday and I am feeling good. :)

It's Friday and I just pulled an all-nighter writing my thesis... :(

Oh well... as long as I can grab a few brewskies tonight, it's all good!

Plus, we get to indulge in nerdy WC speculation all day! :cool: :D

[wolfsburgh]

I did a mock draw yesterday over at the German club over lunch. Here's the results (asterisk is projected group winner; double asterisk is runner-up):

A1 Germany*
A2 Paraguay
A3 Poland**
A4 Costa Rica

B1 France*
B2 Togo
B3 Croatia**
B4 Saudi Arabia

C1 Mexico*
C2 Angola
C3 Switzerland
C4 Japan**

D1 Argentina**
D2 Ghana
D3 Czech Republic*
D4 Serbia

E1 Italy*
E2 Ecuador
E3 Ukraine**
E4 Trinidad

F1 Brazil*
F2 Ivory Coast
F3 Portugal**
F4 Iran

G1 England**
G2 Australia
G3 Holland*
G4 USA

H1 Spain**
H2 Tunisia
H3 Sweden*
H4 Korea

[Jaison]

I wouldn't mind that grouping at all!

[Dead Fingers]

I would

[Mani]

My prediction:
Germany
Tunisia
Sweden
Iran

[Jaison]

Certainly not the "wurst" though...

All 3 would be tough, but we could draw worse from each pot.

All in all though, there isn't going to be many easy groups this year.

[Dead Fingers]

Certainly not the "wurst" though...

All 3 would be tough, but we could draw worse from each pot.

All in all though, there isn't going to be many easy groups this year.

I was actually thinking about Group G
Someone else did a draw and got the same grouping

[Jaison]

I was actually thinking about Group G
Someone else did a draw and got the same grouping

Ahh yes... that would be hella hard for the U.S. :eek:

[bltleo]

my prediction

GERMANY
USA
GHANA
Czech Republic

[wolfsburgh]

In my draw, the Germans did pretty well. Paraguay is a tough draw, but they did well with Costa Rica (who I think is down this year and won't be nearly as competitive as in 2002) and Poland (one of the weaker Euro draws). The US draw is fairly brutal. Just saw an article on Soccernet in which the England coach said that exact pairing would be his nightmare scenario.

[bltleo]

I did a mock draw yesterday over at the German club over lunch. Here's the results (asterisk is projected group winner; double asterisk is runner-up):

A1 Germany*
A2 Paraguay
A3 Poland**
A4 Costa Rica



G1 England**
G2 Australia
G3 Holland*
G4 USA




Germany group looks fine in your forecast.

but USA group hard one, USA-England hm..and Australia


actually it does not play which group we will have..we can make it

bltleo

[Dead Fingers]

The US draw is fairly brutal. Just saw an article on Soccernet in which the England coach said that exact pairing would be his nightmare scenario.


you said it...brutal. :o

Saw that article as well. None of the teams would want this one.

[bltleo]

you said it...brutal. :o

Saw that article as well. None of the teams would want this one.

well England can have brutal group:)
but not USA...they should have softer group

[prymetyme]

Germany
Poland
Tunisia
Trinidad