| greaserkat 24.05.2006 14:42 |
Awhile back a posted a topic similar to this but since were 16 days away from the world cup I thought I should post it again. So Who do you think is going to win the world cup? I would like the US to win it since their my favorite team, my parents are from mexico but I hate the mexican soccer team, but anyways, the USA has really improoved since the 90's in its national team so hopefully theyll make it farther than the quarter finals as they did last world cup, but to be more realistic, I would say Italy, Germany, and Holland, I dont want Brazil to win, and it sucks cause all the good teams are in easy ass groups. |
| Dances With Freddie 24.05.2006 14:48 |
again, I have to say that I'm reeeally cheering for Germany. Football can be so much fun if you just have a favourite team :) |
| deleted user 24.05.2006 16:01 |
Ireland will xD |
| Nathan 24.05.2006 16:02 |
England for sure. |
| deleted user 24.05.2006 16:07 |
Nathan wrote: England for sure.the english say this EVERY time a big competion comes around and always end up not winnin it! |
| Nathan 24.05.2006 16:09 |
I can't turn traitor now. (OK then, come on Brazil!) |
| Mr.Jingles 24.05.2006 16:38 |
greaserkat wrote: Awhile back a posted a topic similar to this but since were 16 days away from the world cup I thought I should post it again. So Who do you think is going to win the world cup? I would like the US to win it since their my favorite team.Keep dreaming, dude. The only reason why the US is placed 5th on the FIFA ranking is because all the CONCACAF teams are weak, and the only rival the US has on the CONCACAF is Mexico, which is 4th. |
| brENsKi 24.05.2006 17:16 |
Portugal (managed by ex-brazil world cup winning manager) or spain |
| Penetration_Guru 24.05.2006 17:54 |
Brazil or Italy. Spain? Holland have more chance, and they self-destruct EVERY time. England? Don't get me started. |
| Adolfo and the spiders from Mercury 24.05.2006 17:58 |
Costa Rica!! hahahaha that first game against germany will be a piece of cake!!! Im a Costarican and Im being sarcastic! |
| M a t i a s M a y 24.05.2006 23:28 |
Brazil Germany perhaps... |
| Maruga 24.05.2006 23:50 |
<font color=red><b><i>M a t i a s M a y wrote: Brazil Germany perhaps...Don't you believe on your own country?... damn... if Messi and Román are inspirated, Argentina will win, but if they won't, Brasil will win, one more time. |
| Omgorma 25.05.2006 05:04 |
Argentina or Italy, I like it see'Em in Final and I'll bet for The Squadra Azzurra!!! |
| M a t i a s M a y 25.05.2006 05:12 |
<b><font color="blue">Mr. Farenheit wrote:I do believe that we could make it till semifinals, IF WE HAVE THE LUCK OF OUR LIVES.<font color=red><b><i>M a t i a s M a y wrote: Brazil Germany perhaps...Don't you believe on your own country?... damn... if Messi and Román are inspirated, Argentina will win, but if they won't, Brasil will win, one more time. Messi's great, but he's just a kid... he doesn't knows how it's like to play a World Cup. and Riquelme is fantastic, but just for the first 20 or 30 minutes... then he gets tired and does not play so well... But look at Brazil... they just kick ass... I wish they win, so maybe we could watch Ronaldinho do some magic, it's worth it. I don't really care about who wins, I just want to enjoy watching it. |
| MDNA 25.05.2006 06:27 |
GO PORTUGAL !!!!!!!! Now realy, beig realistic. I think our tean can do a good worlcup, we do have the current world champion as our coach. But if Brazil is at thir best, they will probably take the cup once again. But anything can happen realy. |
| Munchsack 25.05.2006 06:29 |
Come on anyone except England!
The main reason I don't want England to win the world cup is that I live in a place where there are lots of English people and we'd never hear the end of it. Hell, they're still going on about the last time they won it...FORTY YEARS AGO! Seriously, you can't watch an England game without the commentators mentioning '66. Try it, they always do. Loads of English people say to me "Why not? Why won't you support us?" Well, why should we? If Germany didn't make it in, they wouldn't support France, would they? It's a Scotsman's duty not to support England. Scots tend to adopt a team and support them. I'll be rooting for Sweden and Trinidad and Tobago. Although Brazil will probably win again. My dad usually bets on about six or seven teams, and he works it out so that he makes lots of money whoever wins (unless it's a team he didn't bet on). In Euro 2004, he had three of his teams in the quarters, and Greece won it. He didn't bet on Greece. So I tend to support them coz if my dad wins money, he can take me to Parkhead or something.
M a t i a s M a y wrote: I don't really care about who wins, I just want to enjoy watching it.I also am just going to enjoy watching it, mainly, as Scotland aren't there. |
| eggy 25.05.2006 07:10 |
Well it's better to qualify then fail against Norway, Belarus and other such shite. I think we've a great chance. Hopefully us, if I had to have a bet it would be Brazil though. |
| YourValentine 25.05.2006 08:42 |
Holland has a great team but somehow they always fight against themselves. Brazil can win anytime but there could be a surprise winner. |
| Mr.Jingles 25.05.2006 10:42 |
Part of me feels like Brazil will get jinxed with the overly big favoritism they're getting. On the past World Cups there's always a team(s) that comes with praise and is expected to give a great performance, but ends up dissapointing everyone. That's what happened to Holland in 1990, Colombia in 1994, Spain in 1998, and France, Portugal and Argentina in 2002. |
| flash! 28068 25.05.2006 13:07 |
I don't care who wins as long as they're a good team that deserve it and don't play dirty/cheat. "Ouch...olink... oh 'he pushed me'. Oh, i think i 'broke my leg!' Send him off! Penalty kick!" |
| wstüssyb 25.05.2006 16:09 |
Argentina or USA :) on side note...who is going? |
| S@turn 25.05.2006 17:54 |
Holland will win It is time that for once the best team in the world will win and wash away the blame that still rests on the shoulders from 1074 :) |
| Slap the P 25.05.2006 19:54 |
Adolfo wrote: Costa Rica!! hahahaha that first game against germany will be a piece of cake!!! Im a Costarican and Im being sarcastic!Well, I've only been to one World cup game in my life and that game was Sweden - Costa Rica 1990. The result was 1-2 and in Sweden that's still a classic defeat. It meant the end of Sweden's world cup adventure and our team had lost all it's games with the result 1 - 2. So there is a lot of respect for Costa Rica in Sweden should they face each other in this tournament... I want Sweden to play well. I'm afraid our team is too weak in defence, though. I want Ronaldinho to smile and I would love to see great games. |
| Slap the P 25.05.2006 19:57 |
Munchsack <h6>The Paranoid QueenZoner wrote: . I'll be rooting for Sweden and Trinidad and Tobago.Interesting... Is it because of Henrik Larsson? |
| Munchsack 26.05.2006 05:19 |
Pretty much, yeah. But also because I have visited Sweden and it is a beautiful country, very much like Scotland in some ways. But better at football! |
| Munchsack 26.05.2006 05:20 |
eggy wrote: Well it's better to qualify then fail against Norway, Belarus and other such shite. I think we've a great chance. Hopefully us, if I had to have a bet it would be Brazil though.Belarus are shite, are they? What'll you be saying now that they've beaten England? And, by the way, I wasn't having a go at England when I said I wasn't supporting them. I think they're a good team, but I don't think they'll win. And, once again, why should I support them? There's no logic there at all. |
| The Mir@cle 26.05.2006 05:45 |
Brazil is the big favorite of course! If I had to put my money on a team, it definitely would be Brazil. Good outsiders are Portugal, England, Spain and Argentina. Holland has a good team, but their defence is going to be a huge problem. But IF we survive the strongest group (Argentina, Ivory Coast and Yugoslavia) we might come far though. I wonder how Germany is going to perform. They play like shit, but they always play good at big tournaments. And Ivory Coast might become the big surprise this year. They have a excellent squad with players like Touré, Kaou, Koné, Dindane and Drogba. And what about Czech Republic? They might have had their glory days, but still it's a team to be aware of. |
| Mr.Jingles 26.05.2006 10:47 |
Argentina will possibly give a good performance as they play good when their team is not so overhyped. Germany has the crowd on their side, but they're a boring team to watch play. The last time Germany had a superb team was in 1990. I really hope an African team could make it at least to the semi-finals, as they always come across as the surprise team of underdogs but succumb to the big traditional teams. |
| Nathan 26.05.2006 11:33 |
How do you think the new England lad Theo Walcott will do? |
| Slap the P 26.05.2006 11:55 |
Munchsack <h6>The Paranoid QueenZoner wrote: Pretty much, yeah. But also because I have visited Sweden and it is a beautiful country, very much like Scotland in some ways. But better at football!I don't know... Those other teams beating Sweden 1-2 were actually Brazil and Scotland... I've been to Edinburg twice. Like it very much, and would love to visit again soon. You're right, there are a lot of similarities between our countries. Sweden has never before had three internationally respected stars in the team (Fredrik Ljungberg, Henrik Larsson, Zlatan Ibrahimovic) and when Zlatan said:"we can win the World Cup" it was like the biggest news and hedlines everywhere. That's so unswedish to proclaim something like that and experts where called in upon the subject and media was like:"is it really true? Can we win?" But the last games have been terrible and if they play like that I'd rather they loose quickly - why not to Trinidad Tobago - because it's to painful seeing really boring football. Joga bonito. |
| Slap the P 26.05.2006 12:09 |
Sir Nathan wrote: How do you think the new England lad Theo Walcott will do?I think Sven-Göran Eriksson is gambling. But he has a lot to win if this young guy succeeds. And isn't it a kind of tradition to have a young english player becoming a world superstar during the tournament? It'll be interesting to see if they let him play. And ofcourse it's something for journalists to write about. |