[/QUOTE] grosso cut inside against bresciano, why wouldnt he do the same vs Neil? Also you make it sound like it happened in slow motion. Why dont you count how many seconds there was between neil going down and grosso cutting inside. You cant even count one second. Easy to say in slow motion. You think Grosso can cut inside then jump out of the way all in one second?
Jumping? The highest point, Neils head, he already past between his legs. what do you think about just stepping over the boddy of Neil. He used the boddy of Neil as a hurdle to get down. He was looking to get the penalty with his left leg. Just step over it. Because of that I think it was a farce.
Well it sounds like fun so here goes: Pool A: South Africa Portugal Chile Switzerland Pool B: Brazil New Zealand South Korea Netherlands Pool C: Germany Ivory Coast Mexico Greece Pool D: Spain Honduras Japan Russia Pool E: France Tunisia United States North Korea Pool F: Italy Cameroon Paraguay Denmark Pool G: England Algeria Uruguay Serbia Pool H: Argentina Ghana Australia Slovakia I'm usually pretty far out on these things, but at least it's a draw that could happen.
You need to swap either Portugal or Switzerland with either USA or Nth Korea for this to be a possible draw.
My Mock Draw: South Africa, Serbia, Uruguay, Honduras France, Portugal, Cameroon, Bahrain Germany, Netherlands, Ghana, North Korea Brazil, Switzerland, Ivory Coast, USA Argentina, Denmark, Egypt, Mexico Italy, Slovakia, Paraguay, Australia Spain, Greece, Nigeria, Japan England, Russia, Chile, South Korea Very even group IMHO.
the draw should be like this: A south africa --- B brasil --- C germany --- D england --- E italy --- F spain --- G argentina --- H france ( if they qualify) or netherland --- portugal (if they qualify) --
My scenario: Costa Rica and Bahrain win, making Pots 3 and 4 uneven at 7 and 9. United States, due to having the highest FIFA rating in Pot 4, is placed in Pot 3 with Chile, Paraguay and the 5 African sides. Ireland, Bosnia, Russia and Ukraine win the other playoffs. Cameroon, Tunisia and Algeria win the final African spots. My draw (using the random function on my high school calculator). Group A: South Africa, Slovakia, Paraguay, South Korea Group B: Italy, Ukraine, Ghana, Costa Rica Group C: Germany, Switzerland, Cameroon, Japan Group D: Brazil, Bosnia, Algeria, Honduras Group E: Argentina, Russia, United States, Australia Group F: Netherlands, Ireland, Tunisia, North Korea Group G: England, Denmark, Chile, Bahrain Group H: Spain, Serbia, Ivory Coast, Mexico
I have the following draw, first team is the seeded team: Group A: South Africa, Greece, United States, Chile Group B: Spain, Denmark, Bahrain, Uruguay Group C: Germany, Russia, Japan, Algeria Group D: Italy, Netherlands, Honduras, Ghana Group E: France, Serbia, Korea DPR, Cameroon Group F: Brazil, Portugal, Mexico, Tunisia Group G: England, Switzerland, Korea Rep., Paraguay Group H: Argentina, Slovakia, Australia, Cote d'Ivoire The theme of my picks: African football shall awaken!! Now I have my picks, first team listed is the winner, 2nd team is runner up: A: United States, South Africa B: Spain, Uruguay C: Russia, Germany D: Netherlands, Ghana E: Cameroon, Serbia F: Brazil, Mexico G: England, Paraguay H: Argentina, Cote d'Ivoire Next is the knockout rounds where the bolded team is my predicted winner. Round of 16: 1) USA vs. Uruguay 2) Russia vs. Ghana 3) Cameroon vs. Mexico 4) England vs. Cote d'Ivoire 5) Spain vs. South Africa 6) Netherlands vs. Germany 7) Brazil vs. Serbia 8) Argentina vs. Paraguay Quarters: 1) Russia vs. Uruguay 2) Cameroon vs. Cote d'Ivoire 3) Spain vs. Netherlands 4) Brazil vs. Argentina Semis: 1) Russia vs. Cote d'Ivoire 2) Spain vs. Brazil 3rd Place: Spain vs. Russia Final: Cote d'Ivoire vs. Brazil
hey it's possible...the russian's aren't seeded. also, holy shit nigeria just qualified! this might be a very, very special world cup for africa because there was a question as to whether or not all of their most talented teams will be there but so far it has been the case...now egypt and cameroon need to qualify and it will be quite possibly the deepest world cup field we've seen in a long time...save for north korea and new zealand.
I did not mean that it is impossible. I was commenting because Germany and Russia were together in the qualification group.
true. russia and/or netherlands are going to be two scary propositions for one of the seeded teams. throw in any of the strong african sides or usa/mexico and you have will have an opportunity for multiple groups of death!!
i would hold off on predicting russia will be there period these effin' losers can never hold the lead. instead of a comfortable 3-0, they're taking a weak 2-1 win to the away leg and a 1-0 slovenia win will boot us out so disappointed
slovenia's defense is insane they'll play for the draw all game long with 11 men in the box and then put 4 strikers on the 82nd minute and push for the goal...and with russia's defense they will get it. reminds me of greece 2004 such SH*T football, but it works/wins.
i don't know how you look at a disadvantage, but going home, having one of best defensive records in qualifying and only needing 1 goal from the standards or a penalty kick to qualify....i'd rate those chances 55%russia 45%slovenia hardly a disadvantage, kinda like an ACE-8 against KQ "All In".
slovenia doesn't exactly have an intimidating home field advantage, i'm sure there will be plenty of russians there as well. slovenia can play defense but they will also need to score. putting 4 strikers up front in the 82nd minute will also leave them very vulnerable for a russian counter-attack and they have the speed and skill to make slovenia pay.
Slovenia has to score and Russia is the better team and will make the game even away, so that's a disadvantage for me. Of course it's not impossible to overcome, but Russia shouldn't be to worried as long as they don't just try to defend their lead.
don't overestimate russia. we have this wonderful ability to sh*t our pants when it comes time to defending the leads or playing for the draw, and as history shows.....it usually ends with tears for russia. have you watched the CSKA Moscow - Man United game last week in Manchester? yeah, pretty much just like that. especially when the back line is made up of CSKA Moscow.
My new random selections, with New Zealand, Nigeria and Cameroon in. I'll assume the toughest possible draw this time, so Egypt, Uruguay, France, Portugal, Ukraine and Russia win their playoffs. Group A: South Africa, Portugal, Paraguay, Mexico Group B: England, Denmark, Ivory Coast, Honduras Group C: Germany, Ukraine, Nigeria, United States Group D: Italy, Slovakia, Ghana, New Zealand Group E: Spain, Netherlands, Chile, North Korea Group F: Brazil, Serbia, Cameroon, South Korea Group G: France, Switzerland, Uruguay, Japan Group H: Argentina, Russia, Egypt, Australia This is one of the worst possible draws for South Africa.
1/16th: Mexico(A1) vs Ghana (D2) Portugal(A2) vs Italy (D1) England(B1) vs United States(C2) Ivory Coast(B2) vs Germany (C1) Spain(E1) vs Russia(H2) Holland(E2) vs Argentina(H1) Brazil(F1) vs Uruguay (G2) Serbia(F2)vs France(G1) Quarterfinals: Mexico vs Germany Italy vs England Spain vs Serbia Brazil vs Argentina Semifinals: England vs Germany Spain vs Brazil Finals: Spain vs England 3rd Brazil vs Germany