The Official World Cup 2010 Thread

[LukeH]

France?

Any opinions on their chances? Finishing position? Group?

What's the odds? They aren't as strong in the centre defensively as they have been in the past... no amount of left backs is going to change that, but they're going to have alot of flair going forward... saying that i've never heard of half there squad, if they get a few injuries they might be in trouble. If they win they play the runner's up of group B? They should make it to at least the Quaters as long as they avoid Argentina in the 2nd round.

[boxingbantz]

Robben out
Mikel out
Rio out.
Drogba probably out too.

[El Kabong]

Robben out
Mikel out
Rio out.
Drogba probably out too.

.....things are looking up for the US, we seem to have gotten all our injuries out of the way well before the Cup started.

I think with the poor pitches and the crazy ball this World Cup is wide open and a team like the US could go a lot deeper in the Cup than had it been played without those equalizing factors. There is also the possibility that skill on the ball with such poor conditions will show up more evidently because of those conditions.

France isn't going to do much, they really shouldn't have even made the trip to SA.

[boxingbantz]

France isn't going to do much, they really shouldn't have even made the trip to SA.

Especially seeing how they cheated against the ROI to get there.

[HattonTheHammer]

Robben out
Mikel out
Rio out.
Drogba probably out too.

.....things are looking up for the US, we seem to have gotten all our injuries out of the way well before the Cup started.

I think with the poor pitches and the crazy ball this World Cup is wide open and a team like the US could go a lot deeper in the Cup than had it been played without those equalizing factors. There is also the possibility that skill on the ball with such poor conditions will show up more evidently because of those conditions.

France isn't going to do much, they really shouldn't have even made the trip to SA.

That ball definitely has the potential to even things up for the littler sides in SA. Especially considering its winter over there now and the indifferent weather conditions could cause complete havoc.

Expecting plenty of upsets at this world cup, massive problems off the pitch in terms of crowd control and 31 sets of disgruntled fans posting on here about how the ref screwed them over

[OumaFan]

Some things are easy to predict. For England fans it might be losing on penalties. For us, we will get at least one red card on a borderline at best challenge. Happens every time. They threw in an awful penalty for good measure last time.

[Master]

Some things are easy to predict. For England fans it might be losing on penalties. For us, we will get at least one red card on a borderline at best challenge. Happens every time. They threw in an awful penalty for good measure last time.

we get our red cards too, Rooney and Becks, disallowed goal Campbell ........

[OumaFan]

how is Drogba supposed to play with a broken arm? Seriously? I know its feetball but still. I could see a midfield playmaker like Riquelme maybe because he's never in the box on free kicks, he just kind of floats around and passes. But Drogba's a physical player, is always in the box on free kicks, is constantly making contact with defenders, etc.

Maybe its not that bad of a broken arm

I mean I don't know if he's playing but they keep acting like its possible.