It's even better than that for Argentina (as I noted above) because their Second Round opponents will come from the second weakest Group (France 74). The Brazilian's worst nightmare has become a lot more likely.
Terribly unfair system. Lucky to have avoided the bigger South American guns I suppose. U R GAY are not good.
Hernandez,Suarez,Cavani and Forlan against Townsend,Rooney,Sturridge and Welbeck I know who I would rather have
Hernandez is Mexican, unless you mean the Serie B player for Palermo.
Of course I mean him and he has scored 7 Goals in the 11 international matches he has played, He may play in Serie B but he is far to good for that 8 goals in 10 league games to this season
Was just checking! All great players but not really sure how Uruguay can start all their strikers together.
4-2-3-1 With Forlan upfront and the other 3 behind him Cavani right Hernandez left and Suarez down the middle
We get the idea, you want England to lose. Now can those of us who would like to see England do well have a natter about it? :-)
I am one of the most Patriotic people you would meet, All my point was Uruguay and Italy are going to be very very tough I would love us to get through but just cant see it.
Your first comment was something like that's us out then, after that all you did was big up the opposition. Realistic? Yes you are probably spot on Paul, but this response is the first positive thing you have had to say, can you blame me for thinking you might be a bit anti mate?
Has anyone seen this? The twitter account is in a different language but its worth translating, they said the draw was a fraude and predicted some outcomes before it happened, look at the time of tweet. A day before draw happened. Nothing about england in the tweets but its very intresting
Any draw as needlessly complicated as the World cup one, is probably a bit dodgy! I could have made a fairer honest one with more even groups in 10 minutes!!!!!
In all honesty, England can beat any of these and also lose to them so they have a chance. If they were playing Germany or Spain they would have a 10% or lower chance of not getting beat. I'd say they have 40% with Italy and Uraguay and 70% with Costa Rica.
Before the draw, I predicted that we'd struggle to get through the group then lose in the first knock-out round. I'd now realise I was being a little optimistic................
Terribly unfair system. Lucky to have avoided the bigger South American guns I suppose. U R GAY are not good.
Hernandez,Suarez,Cavani and Forlan against Townsend,Rooney,Sturridge and Welbeck I know who I would rather have
Hernandez is Mexican, unless you mean the Serie B player for Palermo.
Of course I mean him and he has scored 7 Goals in the 11 international matches he has played, He may play in Serie B but he is far to good for that 8 goals in 10 league games to this season
Was just checking! All great players but not really sure how Uruguay can start all their strikers together.
4-2-3-1 With Forlan upfront and the other 3 behind him Cavani right Hernandez left and Suarez down the middle
We get the idea, you want England to lose. Now can those of us who would like to see England do well have a natter about it? :-)
I am one of the most Patriotic people you would meet, All my point was Uruguay and Italy are going to be very very tough I would love us to get through but just cant see it.
Your first comment was something like that's us out then, after that all you did was big up the opposition. Realistic? Yes you are probably spot on Paul, but this response is the first positive thing you have had to say, can you blame me for thinking you might be a bit anti mate?
I agree Algarve. Read these posts on page two and you have said pretty much what I thought.
Costa Rica came 2nd in the North American Qualifying group just behind the United States (winning all their home matches including a 3-1 win against the USA).
In terms of players they've Bryan Ruiz of Fulham / Bryan Oviedo of Everton and Joel Campbell a young highly rated Striker at Arsenal (who is on loan at Olympiakos because of Work Permit restrictions) - Paulo Wanchope of Man City is probably their most famous Footballer (who has retired now)
They're 31st in the FIFA World Rankings... Between Serbia and Romania... two places ahead of Scotland and this is their 4th time at the World Cup.
In 1990 they reached the Last 16 losing to Czechoslovakia In 2002 they didnt get out of a Group containing Brazil, Turkey and China (1 Win / 1 Draw) In 2006 they didnt get out of a Group containing Germany, Ecuador and Poland (Failed to get a result)
We might beat Italy. They play us in Manaus. Costa Rica in recife where it rains on average 224 days a year and Natal where on average they have 97% humidity in June. it not all bad
Think Italy are being a bit underestimated here, in my opinion only Brazil and Spain are better and they are as good as Germany who they beat at the Euros and drew with in a friendly last month.
Think Italy are being a bit underestimated here, in my opinion only Brazil and Spain are better and they are as good as Germany who they beat at the Euros and drew with in a friendly last month.
Nice to see a totally unbiased view being put forward about one of our opponents. :-)
Nice to see a totally unbiased view being put forward about one of our opponents. :-)
If I was being biased I would have said we were the best and will win it, the fact is that Italian football and Serie A often doesn't get the credit it deserves in England for whatever reason and that's not just my opinion but journalists and other people share this viewpoint.
I think if you're going to be scared of Germany and Argentina then you can be scared of Italy.
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Some pratt in my office made a comment along the lines of "why does it matter? we aren't going to win it anyway!"
Let's not write us off yet. They said Argentina Sweden and a strong Nigerian side was group of death back in 2002 and we were unbeaten.
We need a preparation plan specifically for this game.
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In terms of players they've Bryan Ruiz of Fulham / Bryan Oviedo of Everton and Joel Campbell a young highly rated Striker at Arsenal (who is on loan at Olympiakos because of Work Permit restrictions) - Paulo Wanchope of Man City is probably their most famous Footballer (who has retired now)
They're 31st in the FIFA World Rankings... Between Serbia and Romania... two places ahead of Scotland and this is their 4th time at the World Cup.
In 1990 they reached the Last 16 losing to Czechoslovakia
In 2002 they didnt get out of a Group containing Brazil, Turkey and China (1 Win / 1 Draw)
In 2006 they didnt get out of a Group containing Germany, Ecuador and Poland (Failed to get a result)
30% Top .......40% 2nd ........ 25% 3rd ...... 5% Bottom
I think if you're going to be scared of Germany and Argentina then you can be scared of Italy.