World cup 2006 favourite ?

sizzler_chetan

Jun 7th 2006, 2:00 pm

BRAZIL :)

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JRJR

Jun 7th 2006, 2:12 pm

Portugal...absolutely! :D

Emperor

Jun 7th 2006, 2:15 pm

Portugal will win this year…I just know it… :D

Roman

Jun 7th 2006, 2:22 pm

World cup odds (http://thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com/odds13.html).

sizzler_chetan

Jun 7th 2006, 2:27 pm

Brazil Top Out there and portugal at no. 9 :D

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mate_pl

Jun 7th 2006, 2:29 pm

I can't wait for 13th when Croatia beats Brazil :)

sizzler_chetan

Jun 7th 2006, 2:33 pm

I can't wait for 13th when Croatia beats Brazil :)

That Would Never Happen:cool: :cool: :cool:

JRJR

Jun 7th 2006, 2:34 pm

Brazil Top Out there and portugal at no. 9 :D

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Did anyone gess that Greece would win the Euro'04, beating Portugal (the host) in final match?! Never forget that. :)

sizzler_chetan

Jun 7th 2006, 2:40 pm

Did anyone gess that Greece would win the Euro'04, beating Portugal (the host) in final match?! Never forget that. :)

That was EURO and This is world Cup :)
Brazil won the world cup 2003 :D

anusha

Jun 7th 2006, 8:03 pm

Pl go to the following link to vote: http://freizeit.us/modules.php?name=Surveys&pollID=6

Zany_Jim

Jun 7th 2006, 8:04 pm

Easy it will be England.... :D

nickr

Jun 7th 2006, 8:21 pm

I agree! England all the way!

P.S. How come Germany and Italy aren't in that poll, Anusha? Bit of an oversight, don't you think?

webmasterlabor.com

Jun 7th 2006, 8:34 pm

Brasil!!!!!!! :)

anusha

Jun 7th 2006, 9:31 pm

I agree! England all the way!

P.S. How come Germany and Italy aren't in that poll, Anusha? Bit of an oversight, don't you think?

Nope. My poll supports only 12 options, so I had to pick the top ten teams from FIFA rankings

Mohit

Jun 7th 2006, 9:44 pm

Again France will make upset on world cup.

Hon Daddy Dad

Jun 7th 2006, 10:31 pm

I say brazil or germany.

DomainMaster

Jun 7th 2006, 10:36 pm

Brazil will win or maybe England or Italy.

gr8liverpoolfan

Jun 8th 2006, 12:34 am

support England all the way. But wonder whether they will underachieve or again have the trauma of missing it out penalties

moq

Jun 8th 2006, 12:52 am

Brazil.. Baraaraa raa raa zaaaeel, ba ra ra ra ra ra ra brazeeel, Brazeeeel........... all the way!

Blogmaster

Jun 8th 2006, 12:58 am

gr8liverpoolfan

Jun 8th 2006, 12:58 am

few people here are going for argentina or even the Talented dutch . the czechs too have a very good side.

The Webmaster

Jun 8th 2006, 2:14 am

England...England.....England....

Ohhh I should have controlled my emotions.

JRJR

Jun 8th 2006, 6:19 am

we'll see. ;)

anusha

Jun 8th 2006, 7:36 am

I agree! England all the way!

P.S. How come Germany and Italy aren't in that poll, Anusha? Bit of an oversight, don't you think?

Germany & Italy added on demand :D

Blogmaster

Jun 8th 2006, 7:37 am

I hear a lot of people talking about the Czech Republic right now, seems they have a very strong team this time.

maldives

Jun 8th 2006, 7:37 am

Either Brazil or England. I am sorry I support more than one team ;)

Blogmaster

Jun 8th 2006, 7:38 am

Don't let the Brits win ... too many Hooligans ;)

maldives

Jun 8th 2006, 7:39 am

I hear a lot of people talking about the Czech Republic right now, seems they have a very strong team this time.
Yes they have a good team but, weaker than Brazil and England :D :D

kpr

Jun 8th 2006, 7:41 am

Germany i just got a bet on there for them to win at 8-1

gr8liverpoolfan

Jun 8th 2006, 7:59 am

I hope Holland wins. I'd normally say US (are they in it this time :confused: ), but if they win, no one in America will really care (or know about it ;) ) If Holland wins, the country will go crazy. That I'd like to see ;)
THE USA are there mate
in a group with the Italians,Czechs and Ghana:D
I like Holland but am quite upset about not seeing people like Seedorf play.Plus the Dutch are in the "group of Death"

Peanut

Jun 8th 2006, 8:18 am

Don't let the Brits win ... too many Hooligans ;)
We are not that bad, there are a select few but a lot of them are barred, i think there is more concern with the polish,germans and serbs (from what i have read)
And blogmaster, i think czech are rated second in the world at the moment. I doubt they will win though.

poseidon

Jun 8th 2006, 8:26 am

brazil, shud be able to make it till final. Not sure about other finalist :)

MattUK

Jun 8th 2006, 8:34 am

Nope. My poll supports only 12 options, so I had to pick the top ten teams from FIFA rankings

The FIFA rankings don't mean anything. The Alexa rankings are closer to reality than those are!

Blogmaster

Jun 8th 2006, 8:36 am

We are not that bad, there are a select few but a lot of them are barred, i think there is more concern with the polish,germans and serbs (from what i have read)
And blogmaster, i think czech are rated second in the world at the moment. I doubt they will win though.
I think the British fans to soccer are what the Oakland Raider fans are to football ;)

MattUK

Jun 8th 2006, 8:36 am

Don't let the Brits win ... too many Hooligans ;)

English fans are some of the best behaved now. The English FA over the last 10 years have takled the problem very well. The Italians and Turkish fans are by far the worst at the moment and the Spanish because of the racism. It'll stay that way because FIFA and the countries FA bury their head in the sand and ignore the problem.

Blogmaster

Jun 8th 2006, 8:39 am

the Spanish
I have heard they're getting really bad.

MattUK

Jun 8th 2006, 8:48 am

JustinL

Jun 8th 2006, 8:48 am

Gotta love the long shot - GO AUSTRALIA!

LemuriaHost

Jun 8th 2006, 10:11 am

Brasil...or Argentina if we have luck..which I don't think :(

maldives

Jun 8th 2006, 10:40 am

I think the British fans to soccer are what the Oakland Raider fans are to football ;)
It is one language "football" :D :D :D

Dammie

Jun 8th 2006, 11:01 am

Everybody things Brazil...........but a team is a team when it works like a team........i hope Brazil will act like Real Madrid dis World Cup :) Else Holland wont win :)

keikor

Jun 8th 2006, 5:34 pm

brazil or england.

avik

Jun 8th 2006, 6:56 pm

Brazil, Argentina, and England. :)

avik

Jun 8th 2006, 6:59 pm

Either Brazil or England. This year England will be a tough contender. And dont under-estimate Argentina. :)

kpr

Jun 8th 2006, 7:01 pm

Well im going in for another bet tommorrow wayne rooney for top goal scorer the odds are exellent depending if he gets to play but worth a couple of pound

elcash

Jun 8th 2006, 7:56 pm

The European teams play with too much finesse and too little power. Portugal, Spain, Italy, even France (England is something of an exception) can't keep up in higher scoring games...

Now, South American footballers (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay) they have powerful strikers who bash at the goal (midfielders often take many more shots) and an agile fleet up front who can clean up the mess. The power teams can play some finesse points, but the finesse teams don't use the same format and thus often fail to score as much in games where there're a lot of goals.

My vote goes to Brazil or Argentina.

Blogmaster

Jun 8th 2006, 11:41 pm

Lots of European countries are, there's just nothing done about it.

England played Spain last year and every time a black player touched the ball it sounded like the majority of the crowed booed them. There were also things chucked at them. The Spanish coach also made racist remarks about Theirry Henry being a n****r.

In Italy various incidents have invloved players being hit by coins, lighters and mobile phones during European cup games. PLayers (Di Canio) giving Fascist salutes to the crowd and unbelieveably a moped being chucked off the top teir of a stadium onto rival fans below.

In Turkey after the national team was knocked out of the tornament by the Swiss the crowd rioted and attacked the Swiss team, team bus and rival fans.

But the English are still the problem right? :rolleyes:

I remember watching what was supposed to be the game in 1986 where British fans killed 40 Italian fans, still remembering the images. That's something that sticks. I didn't know about the other European fans getting out of control like that, but I believe it. Sad. Soccer is supposed to be a fun game. Too many people use it as a substitute for their personal failures in life and take being a fan to a whole new level.

Emperor

Jun 9th 2006, 12:06 am

Now, South American footballers (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay) they have powerful strikers who bash at the goal (midfielders often take many more shots) and an agile fleet up front who can clean up the mess. The power teams can play some finesse points, but the finesse teams don't use the same format and thus often fail to score as much in games where there're a lot of goals.

Don’t forget that a lot of these players play for European teams. Portuguese teams are full of Brazilian players. This helps us understand and learn their style of playing soccer.

relixx

Jun 9th 2006, 12:13 am

Me, Im supporting Japan and Korea. I dont expect them to get far (Japan has Brazil and Croatia in their group) but they suprised me last time and I want to see how far they get :) Also, I'm supporting anyone who plays against France :p

relixx

Jun 9th 2006, 12:17 am

I didn't know about the other European fans getting out of control like that, but I believe it. Sad.

Well, I think it's also because in Europe they take soccer FAR to seriously, and its been allowed to get out of hand.

Lucky Bastard

Jun 9th 2006, 12:25 am

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! ;)

Blogmaster

Jun 9th 2006, 12:32 am

Well, I think it's also because in Europe they take soccer FAR to seriously, and its been allowed to get out of hand.

I agree, I'm in Holland right now, and they are going nuts over the World Cup. And it hasn't even started yet ...

MattUK

Jun 9th 2006, 1:11 am

I remember watching what was supposed to be the game in 1986 where British fans killed 40 Italian fans

Exactly, that 20 years ago!
English football has dealt with it's unsavoury elements fairly well, there are still problems, though these are isolated and not on the same scale. There are at least 5-6 other nations who bury their heads in the sand and deny their being any problems at all.

Emperor

Jun 9th 2006, 1:24 am

That doesn’t happen in every European nation. Portugal is fanatic about soccer and you never hear people fighting each other over soccer. The main problem comes from countries like England and Germany. When we hosted the Euro 2004 there was no problems because they knew from the very beginning that we would not allow that sort of behaviour.

Peanut

Jun 9th 2006, 1:46 am

Gotta love the long shot - GO AUSTRALIA!

i have 25 quid on them bad boys qualifying

Ok they are not gonna beat brazil but they should beat japan and then croatia will be the main obstacle

sizzler_chetan

Jun 9th 2006, 8:11 am

i have 25 quid on them bad boys qualifying

Ok they are not gonna beat brazil but they should beat japan and then croatia will be the main obstacle

Agree with ur point with brazil :)

I think croatia are a tough fight for them :)

LemuriaHost

Jun 10th 2006, 4:03 pm

at least we have won 2-1 today :P

Blogmaster

Jun 10th 2006, 11:30 pm

at least we have won 2-1 today :P

Are you a hooligan? Don't they always use we? ;)

Dammie

Jun 11th 2006, 1:10 am

Are you a hooligan? Don't they always use we? ;)

Only when they win :) Because......"They loose" :D

funlounge

Jun 11th 2006, 1:26 am

Argentina made a short victory yesterday - I wasn't really impressed

maldives

Jun 11th 2006, 1:33 am

Argentina made a short victory yesterday - I wasn't really impressed

With that kind of performance they are not going to reach the semis either ;) So poor but so lucky :D

Blogmaster

Jun 11th 2006, 6:02 am

Go HOlland :cool:

daboss

Jun 11th 2006, 6:08 am

i don't know who'll win but i'm rooting for england :) - they didn't play very well in their opening match though... :(

poseidon

Jun 11th 2006, 6:14 am

well not sure about there groups but I think germany,brazil,france(my fav.) and italy can be in semis. If they clash in quearters than count England/portugal in.

guru-seo

Jun 11th 2006, 7:23 am

Germany or Argentina

Dammie

Jun 11th 2006, 11:05 am

Go HOlland :cool:

Yeah :D good job :) I saw no sparks........but they won :D

L146705

Jun 11th 2006, 11:57 am

my heart says England my head says france or argies

Emperor

Jun 11th 2006, 2:17 pm

I don’t think Portugal stands a chance. They played horribly today and will never win. They need a drastic change in attitude. :(

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Jun 11th 2006, 2:24 pm

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Jun 11th 2006, 11:10 pm

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Blogmaster

Jun 11th 2006, 11:11 pm

Yeah :D good job :) I saw no sparks........but they won :D

The team was just warming up to which is going to be a long and successful world cup for them ;)

cloudybutnice

Jun 12th 2006, 3:32 am

The 'odds' table is interesting, thanks Roman. I think Trinidad and Tobego are a lot better than their 800-1 showing.
I'd like England to win but they'll have to play a lot better than they did on Saturday.
Watch out for the African nations.

Lucky Bastard

Jun 12th 2006, 8:18 am

Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi!! :)

davcheong

Jun 12th 2006, 8:23 am

Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi!! :)

Looking forward to see the Australian team will shock the world, after missing in the World Cup game for 32 years :)

They play well today.

silencer

Jun 12th 2006, 8:25 am

Looking forward to see the Australian team will shock the world, after missing in the World Cup game for 32 years :)

They play well today.

Damn straight! and shock they did with 3 goals in 8 minutes to thump Japan 3 - 1.

Forget Harry Kewell.... Tim Cahill is a genius!

MattUK

Jun 12th 2006, 8:30 am

How did Kewell get on, is he looking fit yet?

silencer

Jun 12th 2006, 8:45 am

davcheong

Jun 12th 2006, 8:54 am

I think he's fit MattUK, maybe just not match fit. He played ok, but there wasn't really any flashes of brilliance from him. Both he and Viduka looked flat, but that may have been due more to the fact that Huddink had 4 of the team playing out of position for the first half of the match.

Hiddink, :). The magic Gus. He sure looks angry, where he try to watch back the playback from the Officer beside the bench. :( . He also had argue and complaint about the decision made on the 1st goal.

MattUK

Jun 12th 2006, 9:06 am

I think he's fit MattUK, maybe just not match fit. He played ok, but there wasn't really any flashes of brilliance from him. Both he and Viduka looked flat, but that may have been due more to the fact that Huddink had 4 of the team playing out of position for the first half of the match.

Both Kwell and Viduka have had long seasons here in the UK. It seems to be a theme that a lot of the Premiership players are looking tired.

Lucky Bastard

Jun 12th 2006, 4:40 pm

Hiddink, :). The magic Gus. He sure looks angry, where he try to watch back the playback from the Officer beside the bench. :( . He also had argue and complaint about the decision made on the 1st goal.
Haha, true!

funlounge

Jun 13th 2006, 2:25 pm

Brazil just won over Croetia 1-0 !! Samba !

LucasMS

Jun 13th 2006, 2:45 pm

Brazil just won over Croetia 1-0 !! Samba !

they were sambing in the game ... ronaldo must back home, he's so fat for a football player.

Blogmaster

Jun 13th 2006, 10:31 pm

That Brazil game was lame for a Brazil game ;)

mate_pl

Jun 14th 2006, 1:09 am

Brazil just didn't deserve to win... To bad. I hope we'll meet them again and prove them that we really WERE and ARE better!

Go Croatia!

To be real, Brasil is better squad but everyone has to admit that Croats played really good game and proved that Brasilans weren't unbeatable... I am looking forward for next two games, and if Croats played with Japan and Australia like with Brasil, we could make a really good result...

Wiep

Jun 14th 2006, 1:25 am

Croatia played a good game, they deserved a draw. The only team who can beat Brasil is Brasil. If they keep playing like this, they won't be able to win the cup. Let's hope this happens and Holland wins it, so I didn't paint my house orange for nothing :D

mate_pl

Jun 14th 2006, 5:12 am

It would be great if we make the same result like in 1998 :)

faisj

Jun 15th 2006, 7:33 am

The Netherlands!!!!!!!! :)

Kite-san

Jun 15th 2006, 9:31 am

KOREAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA all the way
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Kite-san

Jun 15th 2006, 9:37 am

chi-town!!!!!!!!!!

anusha

Jun 15th 2006, 11:20 am

England!!

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moq

Jun 15th 2006, 11:44 am

England...

brunozugay

Jun 15th 2006, 11:57 am

My money's on Deutschland.

Dammie

Jun 15th 2006, 9:45 pm

Today you will see the new Champions again :) 18:00 CET :)

cloudybutnice

Jun 16th 2006, 12:21 am

A lot of the European teams have been disappointing so far. So have Brazil. We could be in for a surprise unless someone gets their act together.
Come on England.

Emperor

Jun 16th 2006, 12:24 am

A lot of the European teams have been disappointing so far. So have Brazil. We could be in for a surprise unless someone gets their act together.
Come on England.

Spain played very well, I think if they continue playing like that they might just win.

MattUK

Jun 16th 2006, 12:55 am

Emperor

Jun 16th 2006, 1:38 am

Just thought I'd point out that out of 1500 fans arrested so far, less than 50 have been British.

I’m not saying that English fans are the worst but you have to understand that local authorities never let the bad apples travel. English hooligans never left England and that’s why so few have been apprehended. ;)

Blogmaster

Jun 16th 2006, 1:50 am

The problem for the US team is that at home not as many people are excited over the sport as in other countries. The motivation factor may not be as high as for others. Everywhere in the world the national soccer players are treated like Gods ... the US players are somewhat known at home, but the average non American knows prolly more about the US soccer team than the average American.

MattUK

Jun 16th 2006, 2:28 am

I’m not saying that English fans are the worst but you have to understand that local authorities never let the bad apples travel. English hooligans never left England and that’s why so few have been apprehended. ;)

Exactly, we actually do something about hooligans, unlike most other countries.

Emperor

Jun 16th 2006, 2:42 am

Exactly, we actually do something about hooligans, unlike most other countries.

I agree 100%, England is very organised in this type of thing. The only problem is that what is accepted or deemed as normal in England is not so in other European countries. That’s why a lot of times other European authorities exaggerate when apprehending English fans.

kangaroo

Jun 29th 2006, 10:40 pm

Its brazil's cup all the way...go go brazil

MattUK

Jun 30th 2006, 12:58 am

Its brazil's cup all the way...go go brazil
I don't think it's going to be as easy as that for them. There's a lot of good teams they'll have to beat. At the moment it's anybodys shout.

kangaroo

Jun 30th 2006, 9:40 am

can't wait any longer for the Germany vs Argentina quarters to begin...its gonna be an amazing match...and yeah even france has the capability to upset brazil

guru-seo

Jun 30th 2006, 9:55 am

What a great game so far! 1-1

kangaroo

Jul 3rd 2006, 5:57 pm

Major upsets on saturday....both england and brazil out of the tourney...unbelieveble!!!

genkied

Jul 3rd 2006, 6:45 pm

brazil loses! feel dissapointed about it and germany will win this world cup.

STILL 100% BRAZIL FAN!

relixx

Jul 3rd 2006, 10:25 pm

Yeah, Germany all the way tonight!
Deutschland über alles!

Blogmaster

Jul 4th 2006, 9:52 am

LOL you nut :o

Deutschland will lose today. The fans will go nuts and try to kill some Italian fans. The german cops will stand there and laugh ... but the United Nations will come in and rescue everyone. After than Germany will become a British Colony. That is my prediction for today. And oh yeah: 3 - 2 Italy.

kangaroo

Jul 5th 2006, 8:56 am

really disappointing to see germany out of the competition...its gng to be a lame final...Italy Vs France....assuming there are no further upsets and France is able to overcome Portugal in the semis

gr8liverpoolfan

Jul 5th 2006, 8:59 am

Why do you say the final would be lame,my friend??? Two teams can make it as exciting as they want to...;) ;)

Germany vs third placed team will be a good match to watch..Both the teams have nothing to lose and will play attacking football....:D

MattUK

Jul 5th 2006, 9:00 am

To bear fair Italy played fantastically well. If they play like that and France as well as they did against Brazil then it's going to be one of the best finals in living memory.

dcristo

Jul 5th 2006, 9:51 am

really disappointing to see germany out of the competition...its gng to be a lame final...Italy Vs France....assuming there are no further upsets and France is able to overcome Portugal in the semis

I take it from this Italy beating Germany was an upset? :rolleyes: The Italians kicked the Germans butt a few months back aswell.

MattUK

Jul 5th 2006, 10:38 am

Agree, to be honest it was a bit of an upset Germany getting as far as they did. I think home advantage had something to do with that.

kangaroo

Jul 5th 2006, 10:08 pm

It was a great semi btwn France and Portugal...The portugese gave the french a good run for their money...I think its going to be an interesting final if italy can show the performance it did against germany...i am still biased towars france...i gove a 70:30 chance to france

Blogmaster

Jul 6th 2006, 1:52 am

Agree, to be honest it was a bit of an upset Germany getting as far as they did. I think home advantage had something to do with that.

that and a good coach, the players themselves are not that talented IMO.

Italia will win!!!

seoindia

Jul 6th 2006, 1:56 am

Italy certainly are getting most of the votes, and the first goal made by Italy in the semifinals against Germany was simply one of the best ever seen..How many of you agrees with this...

MattUK

Jul 6th 2006, 5:44 am

that and a good coach, the players themselves are not that talented IMO.

Italia will win!!!

Yep, Germany has a lot to thank 'Klinsi' for, though I dead read yesterday that he might not renew his contract as the German FA wants him to live in Germany istead of Florida. You'd think they'd be doing everything they could to keep him!

Blogmaster

Jul 6th 2006, 5:46 am

Yep, Germany has a lot to thank 'Klinsi' for, though I dead read yesterday that he might not renew his contract as the German FA wants him to live in Germany istead of Florida. You'd think they'd be doing everything they could to keep him!

I wouldn't live in Germany either, no matter how much they offer me ... screw that!
I'd love to see him coach the US Team though.
(btw, he lives in Orange County, California :) )

MattUK

Jul 6th 2006, 5:53 am

I know which I'd prefer too, who can balme the poor guy :)

Blogmaster

Jul 6th 2006, 5:59 am

At least he doesn't seem to be one of the many German Nationalists. He seems to love the game of soccer. That excitement shows and goes long ways. Even if you train your team via video conferences and webcams lol

seoindia

Jul 6th 2006, 6:11 am

I guess Germany will take on Purtugal today.....I they they win atleast this one considering home advantage....

MattUK

Jul 6th 2006, 6:14 am

I guess Germany will take on Purtugal today.....I they they win atleast this one considering home advantage....

The Germany Portugal game is on Saturday

Jarodboy

Jul 6th 2006, 6:36 am

I guess Germany will take on Purtugal today.....I they they win atleast this one considering home advantage....
Germany will win for many reasons...
Home team, country pressure cause they failed the final, good players and...
Portugal will play with lots of reserve players. :rolleyes:

The X Files

Jul 6th 2006, 6:43 am

Because All my Favorite team lost Now Only One my favorite AZZURI team:) will win the world cup I sure:)

gr8liverpoolfan

Jul 6th 2006, 6:43 am

Yep, Germany has a lot to thank 'Klinsi' for, though I dead read yesterday that he might not renew his contract as the German FA wants him to live in Germany istead of Florida. You'd think they'd be doing everything they could to keep him!

And to remember that not too long ago,Klinsi was not the most popular personality in Germany.Especially after Germany's friendly results which included a 4-1 drubbing by the Azzuri and a draw with Japan.:eek: and his selection of Lehmann over Kahn.

How times can change;)