Football

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Sat Oct 06, 2001 1:14 pm

And England's boring, worrying display achieved what was hoped for

Yay! David Beckham

Nippy · Post by **Nippy** » Sat Oct 06, 2001 1:15 pm

YES!!!! YES!!!! YES!!!! YES!!!! YES!!!! YES!!!! YES!!!!

COME ON ENGLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Automatic qualification even though we were once bottom! COME ON!!!!!!!!!!!

Karembeu · Post by **Karembeu** » Wed May 22, 2002 7:12 am

Hey...let's dig this beauty up in time for the World Cup...

So...which team du you all reckon will win?!?
Personally I believe that France may well do it again. Hot contenders would be Spain, Argentina, Brazil and England...

Minerva · Post by **Minerva** » Wed May 22, 2002 9:23 am

England!? Are you serious!?

<I wonder the Swedish media is controlled by English football fans...

>

frogus · Post by **frogus** » Wed May 22, 2002 9:40 am

Wondering when this was gonna come up... Anyway, looks like Group F's gonna be the one everyone's watching... unless Maharlika's a football fan? So...ummmm...now that we're here....ummm....anyone support Argentina?

Seriously folks, it's a **** draw for England...we're just gonna have to hope that England and Nigeria pull something stylish on June 2nd...

France vs senegal should be worth watching next Friday (?)... but I'll only be following England - that is, if we get past the second round...

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Wed May 22, 2002 1:20 pm

Originally posted by Minerva
England!? Are you serious!?

<I wonder the Swedish media is controlled by English football fans... >

LOL

I think Swedish media are hyping England a bit because the coach is Swedish.

Personally, I haven't followed football very well, but I of course plan to watch once it starts. I wouldn't be surprised if Argentina won this time, I heard they have a very strong team now after having gone through a generation change.

I was sooo disappointed in the 1998 final between France and Brazil - it was one of the worst football game I've watched.

Robnark · Post by **Robnark** » Wed May 22, 2002 1:29 pm

Originally posted by Frogus
but I'll only be following England - that is, if we get past the second round...

second round, eh? a tad optimistic, are we?

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Wed May 22, 2002 1:43 pm

Originally posted by Robnark
second round, eh? a tad optimistic, are we?

LOL

From group F, I think it will be an achivement for any 2 teams to get past the 1st round

Robnark · Post by **Robnark** » Wed May 22, 2002 1:52 pm

LOL From group F, I think it will be an achivement for any 2 teams to get past the 1st round

although it would be a turn-up for the books if two didn't get through...

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Wed May 22, 2002 2:11 pm

Originally posted by Robnark
although it would be a turn-up for the books if two didn't get through...

Well, all players in all 4 teams could of course get some acute disease that makes it impossible for them to play...

No, what I meant was of course that it would be an achivement for the 2 teams who go on from group F, whatever teams it will be, since group F is so hard.

Robnark · Post by **Robnark** » Wed May 22, 2002 2:15 pm

@CE: true, and that coould count against them - an injured, tired team from a hard group would end up playing the big teams who walked through into the second round. ah well, what can you do, apart from saying...

GO NIGERIA!

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Wed May 22, 2002 2:56 pm

@Robnark: Group F is meeting group A in the 2nd round, and even if group A is by no means an easy group, I think France would certainly have an easier time than all the group F teams.

Does anyone know the procedure of assigning teams to groups? Is it totally randomised, or was there any preset conditions like different pools to choose from?

Robnark · Post by **Robnark** » Wed May 22, 2002 3:04 pm

i'm pretty sure it's random, most tournaments are, but i'll have to look into that

of course, it's all a conspiracy anyway...

Demis · Post by **Demis** » Wed May 22, 2002 5:12 pm

Originally posted by C Elegans

Does anyone know the procedure of assigning teams to groups? Is it totally randomised, or was there any preset conditions like different pools to choose from?

I believe there is some kind of rank pools, but i might be wrong.

I think the Portygal has a very good chance to reach the finals and i'm planning to bet on it.

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C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Wed May 22, 2002 5:35 pm

I found the draw procedure:

http://www.fifa.com/Service/MR_A/32477_E.html

There are several different pots and conditions based both on geographical conditions and Fifa rank, I'm surprised that two groups can be as different as group F and group H...

@Demis: I've heard Portugal is supposed to have a very good team, unfortunately I know virtually nothing about them.

Demis · Post by **Demis** » Wed May 22, 2002 5:52 pm

Originally posted by C Elegans
I found the draw procedure:

http://www.fifa.com/Service/MR_A/32477_E.html

There are several different pots and conditions based both on geographical conditions and Fifa rank, I'm surprised that two groups can be as different as group F and group H...

@Demis: I've heard Portugal is supposed to have a very good team, unfortunately I know virtually nothing about them.

I knew it had something to do with the ranks

Thanks for the link CE

As for Portygal, they have a very good team, Figo,Xavier,Vitor Baia, Sergio Conceicao to name a few of its stars. Also Portygal does failry well in Euro Cups and also two of the local teams were in the top 16 teams in CL this year. Promising ...

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Wed May 22, 2002 10:51 pm

Ahh - the revival of a dear old thread .... *sob* brings a tear to my eye, ahh - the nostalgia

Well - lets hope we can keep this "alive" through the world cup

Minerva · Post by **Minerva** » Thu May 23, 2002 6:45 am

Roy Keane is out, then. Well, he's behavign like a spoilt kid to me, so I have no complain. It's a shame, though.

Locke Da'averan · Post by **Locke Da'averan** » Thu May 23, 2002 9:09 am

favourite player sami hyypiä
favourite teams liverpool/lazio
favourite football game championship manager 99/00, i still play it, with lazio

i just hope beckham won't be able to play, not that i don't like englands football team, it's just because i hate Man utd. and everyone who plays there...

frogus · Post by **frogus** » Thu May 23, 2002 9:39 am

Originally posted by Minerva
Roy Keane is out, then. Well, he's behavign like a spoilt kid to me, so I have no complain. It's a shame, though.

Yeah. He wasn't being unreasonable though - getting sent home from the football world cup because of an arm injury is a bit harsh. Still, they're gonna lose all their matches anyway

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