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World Cup Draw; Just happened
Topic Started: Dec 4 2009, 10:35 AM (334 Views)
Phlebas
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I realize there are only about 3 other people sho care about soccer, but the draw for next June's World Cup just happened. So-called "Group of Death" is G (Brazil, Ivory Coast, Portugal, N. Korea). US and England are in the same group. Germany (for Klaus' benefit) is with Ghana, Australia, and Serbia - another tough group.

I would say England wins their group with US second, which means US should play Germany in the second round, while England would get Ghana, or Serbia. Here are the results:

Group A)
1)South Africa
2) Mexico (WTF!)
3) Uruguay
4) France


group B)
1)Argentina
2) Nigeria
3)South Korea
4) Greece

Group C)
1) England
2) USA
3) Algeria
4) Slovenia!

Group D)
1) Germany
2) Australia
3) Serbia
4) Ghana

Group E)
1) Netherlands
2) Denmark
3) Japan
4) Cameroon

Group F)
1) Italy
2) Paraguay
3) New Zealand
4) Slovakia


Group G)
1) Brazil
2) North Korea
3) Ivory Coast
4) Portugal

Group H)
1) Spain
2) Switzerland
3) Honduras
4) Chile
Random FML: Today, I was fired by my boss in front of my coworkers. It would have been nice if I could have left the building before they started celebrating. FML

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Looks like Italy has it the easiest thusfar, no?

I'm getting more and more into international football each year. For example, my friends and I watch EPL games all the time (go Arsenal!).
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I care deeply about soccer. I just never watch it.
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There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it".


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Dec 4 2009, 10:38 AM
Looks like Italy has it the easiest thusfar, no?

I'm getting more and more into international football each year. For example, my friends and I watch EPL games all the time (go Arsenal!).
Italy is not as strong this time - they are getting old. One exception is Giuseppe Rossi (who is actually from New Jersey, but wanted to play for Italy - who wouldn't), and he will score some goals. Paraguay is a pretty good team, and Slovakia is ok. I would say you're right, though. that looks to be the easiest group.
Edited by Phlebas, Dec 4 2009, 10:46 AM.
Random FML: Today, I was fired by my boss in front of my coworkers. It would have been nice if I could have left the building before they started celebrating. FML

The founding of the bulk of the world's nation states post 1914 is based on self-defined nationalisms. The bulk of those national movements involve territory that was ethnically mixed. The foundation of many of those nation states involved population movements in the aftermath. When the only one that is repeatedly held up as unjust and unjustifiable is the Zionist project, the term anti-semitism may very well be appropriate. - P*D


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sue
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HOLY CARP!!!
cool, thanks for posting this.

Group G will be fun, eh!

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Random note...I may be going to Italy with my friend in June to watch some World Cup matches with the locals. Figured it would be a cool supplement to a European vacation.
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Dec 4 2009, 10:52 AM


Group G will be fun, eh!

In terms of star power - Drogba, C. Ronaldo, and too many Brazilians to mention.
I almost feel bad for N. Korea.
Random FML: Today, I was fired by my boss in front of my coworkers. It would have been nice if I could have left the building before they started celebrating. FML

The founding of the bulk of the world's nation states post 1914 is based on self-defined nationalisms. The bulk of those national movements involve territory that was ethnically mixed. The foundation of many of those nation states involved population movements in the aftermath. When the only one that is repeatedly held up as unjust and unjustifiable is the Zionist project, the term anti-semitism may very well be appropriate. - P*D


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JBryan
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Too many brazillians would be a lot.
"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne


There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it".


Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody.

Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore.

From The Lion in Winter.
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JBryan
Dec 4 2009, 11:16 AM
Too many brazillians would be a lot.
It's how much our national debt is.
I cite irreconcilable differences.
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John D'Oh
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Does Slovenia! always have an exclamation mark after it as a way of trying to make it sound less East-European and more the kind of place you could spend a saucy weekend?

If so, it isn't working.
What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?
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Phlebas
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Dec 4 2009, 12:28 PM
Does Slovenia! always have an exclamation mark after it as a way of trying to make it sound less East-European and more the kind of place you could spend a saucy weekend?

If so, it isn't working.
Sorry, I added that as the draw was progressing (exclamation was for getting the easiest unseeded team from Europe), and forgot to edit it out. There's no such place as "Mexico (WTF!)," either.
Random FML: Today, I was fired by my boss in front of my coworkers. It would have been nice if I could have left the building before they started celebrating. FML

The founding of the bulk of the world's nation states post 1914 is based on self-defined nationalisms. The bulk of those national movements involve territory that was ethnically mixed. The foundation of many of those nation states involved population movements in the aftermath. When the only one that is repeatedly held up as unjust and unjustifiable is the Zionist project, the term anti-semitism may very well be appropriate. - P*D


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sue
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HOLY CARP!!!
I predict both England and the US will fail dramatically, and Slovenia! will show them how it's done.
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Phlebas
Dec 4 2009, 12:50 PM
There's no such place as "Mexico (WTF!)," either.
I think you'll find there is. A couple of people from our office have been there on business.
What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?
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D'Oh - $100 says US beats England.
In my defense, I was left unsupervised.
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JBryan
Dec 4 2009, 10:39 AM
I care deeply about soccer. I just never watch it.
it's the way i feel too, also in these days of sports and balls,
bouncing on the heads and knees too, of those who would play facing the horizons of hopes but can't.
it behooves me to behold
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Dec 4 2009, 02:42 PM
D'Oh - $100 says US beats England.
A fool and his money are soon parted, which is why you need to find an even bigger fool than me.

Even for someone who has abandoned his country such as myself, a loss to the US would be extremely annoying. US football fans are how NY Yankee fans would be if the Yankees were really crap.

Edit - this is the other D'Oh, not the delightful but scary one.
Pfft.
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sue
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HOLY CARP!!!
apple
Dec 4 2009, 02:55 PM
JBryan
Dec 4 2009, 10:39 AM
I care deeply about soccer. I just never watch it.
it's the way i feel too, also in these days of sports and balls,
bouncing on the heads and knees too, of those who would play facing the horizons of hopes but can't.
I give money to this organisation
Right to Play
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Dec 4 2009, 02:42 PM
D'Oh - $100 says US beats England.
$200 says English fans burn down the US embassy.
What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?
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John D'Oh
Dec 4 2009, 03:59 PM
jon-nyc
Dec 4 2009, 02:42 PM
D'Oh - $100 says US beats England.
$200 says English fans burn down the US embassy.
We have an embassy in England?

Who knew?
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