England are going to win the world cup

nuff said.

whatta win over those long haired playboys

hahahahahahaha nice jass go the irish me feels

i have EQUADOR in the office pool..


i reckon they are gonna KICK ASS!!
*tries to sound convincing*








(i guess i can kiss my $2 goodbye huh?)

imprincess

yip you can

yeah go england, though i think it will be Brazil, hopefully England can make it into at least the quaterfinals

ENG-A-LAND!!!!

but engaland look absolutely shit !!!

They had a bad second half against sweden and looked good against Argentina. Owens is a class act and beckham will hit form soon. Can't see them winning it but could easily get through to last 8.

sweden look the best team in that group

i reckon england are just coming on form. they completely outclassed those hippies on friday nite

I don't think England quite have what it takes to beat some of the other teams.

Engggggglanddddddddd!

Brazil are going all the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Samba pinto Brasil mey gie.

pffft

you england baggers will eat your shoes when they win 3-2 in the finals against Italy

finals? wat of The first round?

Brazil are getting some confidence as their key players hit form. Starting to look real dangerous, definately playing the most attractive soccer of all the teams. At the same time, don't write off teams like Argentina and Italy cos they lose 1 pool match. All that will do is motivate them more. Its a brave man who picks the winner at this stage!

Ronaldo ain't even fit yet and he's scoring goals... Just wait till he's fully fit.

As a side note: What was the score in Spain vs. Paraguay? I know Spain won but by how much? Filling in the wall chart we have at work.

3-1 Jono

i was thinking italy but after their performance on the weekend either brasil or spain.

it will be Italy-Brazil Final, even tho brazil weren't that good supposedly b4 the tournament. They know how to win in the world cup, and thats all that counts. Brazil will win it

the semi's will definatly have Brazil in it, the other teams are harder, probably Spain, maybe france if Zidane can lead his team well and progress past the group stage, hopefully England, or Argentina theres a few more, its like picking the winning lottery number

brazil..ronaldo and rivaldo gettin into form at the rite moment..raoberto carlos does to much at the back with his side line runnins...too good for anyone
mayb italy in the final
spain still havent impressed me yet..

sorry the finals are gonna be england vs korea

www.fifaworldcup.com
is the official site if anyone cares

D-A-N-M-A-R-K!
D-A-N-M-A-R-K!
D-A-N-M-A-R-K!

Danmark skal vaere verdens mester i fodbald!

Spain are going all the way this time.

www.worldcup.com will also redirect you to fifaworldcup.com.

I'd like to see Spain finally put in a strong performance if the unthinkable happen (which it won't) and Brasil are beaten, then I'd like to see someone that hasn't won the World Cup take it out.

since france didnt win any games, they must take a big drop in the world rankings. poor buggers are gonna get ripped at home for sucking ass hard

Yep Its easy to say now but I had a funny feeling about the frogs

It was just all that shit about how they were saying they r a better team now than they were 4 years ago. It smacked of basic arrogance and someone from PR should have slapped them.

Um Jass much as Id like them to, England wont win the cup, but you will be a bloody hero if they do with a call like this
*sticks out his neck but not as far as Jasses*

i doubt england will make the semi's - Brazil for me will go all the way...

england vs nigera(sp) 3-0, easy! Owen with a hat trick

it hasnt happen yet, but will, you just wait

The french have never been a top footballing nation. It isn't their national sport in the same way it is around a lot of europe.

Really? I thought it was, what is there national sport? Frog-throttling? (bastards, I like frogs)

england dont even deserve to be at the world cup! They are the scum on the bottom of my shoes!

ENGLAND! 0-0 with Nigera

thru to the 2nd round!

They got the desired result needed to go thru to the 2nd round, however, England missed a lot of opportunities to score goals during the game which they are gonna have to score if they want to go any further.

all england have to do is change their formation, by having 3 strikers and not 2, and get rid of danny mills

england to bear denmark 2-1

D-A-N-M-A-R-K will beat whingy old England 1-0

haha and Argentina are out!

Yay England in the second round, boring game but desired result. Owens going to find his top form against Denmark and kick arse

Brasil and Spain have both had easier draws than england and such.

find out if spain makes it tonite.

im still sticking with germany even though almost half the teams have yellow cards.

Spain has already qualified after their two wins so they are sweet.

I wish england where in form enough to win, but nah. im currently thinking denmark.
as for germany pfftt....

England were very unimpressive last night. They'll have to improve out of site if they're to take out Denmark, who have been one of the best European teams so far. Neither Owens or Beckham have really shown form yet, they better find it real fast.

As for the Argies, Batistuta's past it, they should have brought on Crespo heaps earlier. But at the same time, Sweden's defensive performance was outstanding, kudos to them, they'll stop Senegal's fairytale dead.

France don't have a national sport as such. A lot of sports are played but none have the importance of soccer in countries like England, or like rugby in NZ.

0-0 was such an obvious result for england-nigeria game. Case of "a draw is good enough for us" vs "we're out already". there will be a few results like that in the next few days most likely.

owens brilliance is neva seen cos ther is no other quailty striker up there with him
even tho sheringham misses lots..he also scores alot to..at least sumthing happens whens hes on the park
take danny mills off, pick sum one from the crowd next time

good call on danny mills there mikey, you dont know shit about soccer though :p

Dump Heskey... He's slow and is basically nothing more than a big head to aim crosses at... Except he's too fucking slow to get there when they actuaaly do put the cross in... Darius Vassell is what they need... Bare in mind Enlgand are yet to score an open play goal... Just a corner and a penalty.

Besides Liverpool are shite.

wtf! Jono I think you forgot to put the word "the" in between are and shite there

beackham is still getting fit from his injury, so be patience. hes gonna hit form in the finals

does anyone else think david beckham is the most overrated player in the history of football?

he has never scored a goal in open play for england

when was the last time you saw him do more than run the sideline and put in a average cross

when was the last time you saw him head the ball

when was the last time you saw him use his left foot with good effect.

90% hype, 10% player

I don't rate Beckham, largely because I think free kick goals are overrated...

Free Kick- Stationary ball, no pressure as all the opponents are at least 6 yards away, and the balls are designed to dip and swerve anyway.

Denmark will definitley get rid of england, thank god, i can't bear any more of their boring can't get near the goal so i'll shoot from 40 yards bollocks....

durrrr dpt, he cant head balls cause it might flick upwards and alter this harido, gezzz man!

Yes i agree with whoever said Beckham is over-rated.
And it's not a case of "tall poppy syndrome".
Watching this world cup there have just been so many better players emerging. Granted England had a tough group, but even at Man U, he's nothing special, and you cant help but think that half of the hype comes from the fact that he's a good looking young man, and he's married to a spice girl.
Oh well. I hate England.
I felt sorry for Batistuta when I saw him crying last night.

poo

do you hate enough to kill? hate is such a strong word mate

It is, and its an ugly word but I too use it to describe sports teams I dont like

"I hate Man United!!"

"I hate the Brisbane Broncos!!"

"I hate the Australian whatever team!!"

Feels good actually mwah ha ha

guess your 1 of those fans that go mental at the players and stalk there families if they dont preform

Ummmmm, nup

dont go saying beckham is crap, if he was he wouldnt be one of the higest paid players in the world, what u expect when a guy has just been recovering from a broken foot?

ooweeeoo handbags...i hate handbags

...and plays for Man U and the team thats gonna win the 2002 World Cup, England!

England!!!!!! and Manchester!!!!!! and Man City!!!!!!! and the Kingz!!!!!! and Three kings united!!!!!

hardhouse007 - as i said

90% hype

10% player

as everyone knows..he wins games

10% of his salary could feed 3rd world countries

david beckham only sets up every goal for the manx and basically controls any england game
with one pass the opposing defence are fuked..

anyone get touchy over paying these players the amoutn they get?

dpt - 99.9% ass, 0.1% brain

with one pass the opposing defence are fucked?

man - do you even watch soccer?

david beckhams game plan - get the ball, put through a hail mary long ball, or run the sidelines and put in a cross.

never seen him dribble through a midfield defence and put through a ball on the players feet, ever.

dpt that is the truth, he wuold prolly make more money doing that in grid iron. the only timme beckham dribbles is when he has had too much g at a hh night

Beckham has become one of those love em or hate em type figures. He may not be the greatest player ever, but he is a shitload better than a lot of you are giving him credit for. If he wasn't why do all the experts in Endland rate him so highly. I hate the way armchair fans think they know more than the experts. If you are so good at knowing who the good players are, why is Sven goran Ericson picking the england team and not you.

Maybe its accurate to say hes one of those overrated types, but 10% the player hes rated as?

Dont think so

A players true worth in alot of team sports goes over the head of all of us because we relax and enjoy. Full on analyis is done by experts and they do know whos got the goods, they are pros and thats their job.

"If he wasn't why do all the experts in Endland rate him so highly. I hate the way armchair fans think they know more than the experts."

Cause he's English...

He's a good player I'll give you that but he's not great. If he wasn't a free kick taker the experts wouldn't rate him so highly at all.

Oh that reminds me, Poo saying you hate England was a bit silly my wee friend

Most of us support the Poms in World Cups if nothing else. (not sure why really, I dont particually like any of their other sports teams)

mainly because we have been brought up on english soccer, our ancestors came from there and for some of us we have lived over there.

Beckham is rated the best of the english players Jono, that was what I was getting at.

did i say he could dribble..he splits defences open with his passes..(eg - crosses) u proved my point
cheers

i dont like england..-im scottish

come on then..skinz contest..id SKOOOL U

passes do not = crosses

hes the man, your all just jelous! fagz!

japan are through....


they wont win of course.
but theyllstill be an interesting team to watch.

u just know id skin u...when u cross the ball u usually try to pick out one ur players.. dont u???
exactly.
had to bring that up cos ur argument died...hehe

Denmark are eating pie tonite definitely!!!

Beckhams gonna step it up a level and crack in a free kick

Owens gonna start looking interested and smack in a hat-trick.

And the two centre backs are gonna keep doing what they've been doing so far, KICK ASS!!!!


GO ENGLAND!!!!!!!!!

finally a person who knows what hes talking about

(above)

that game last nite was absolutley unbelievable. england were fucking awesome. as for you beckham baggers the guy was brilliant. lookout everyone else. on our current form we'll fuckin áve ya
ENGALAND ENGALAND ENGALAND

If England win the World cup Beckham should become king.

England play a boring brand of football, it's so typical of the poms, even that 3-0 win lastnight was boring. I hope they have to play Brazil, and Brazil's offensive attack rips the shit out of their English defense.
I'm not saying this WILL happen, I'm saying I really, really, really hope it happens.

i agree with poo

beckham played well last night, good to see him finally run at the defence, even if the 3/4 times he did it, the ball was taken off him fairly easily.

oh geez dpt, thats a bit harsh, the poor guy.

beckham it seems is just as shit as us!!

haha. let it go.
thank god heskey finnalllly got a goal, owen had been unlucky on a few previous games..looks good shape now

brazil v england....i think carlos will rip shit out of the left wing...

again, england are going to win the 2002 world cup

bring on Brazil!
footballs coming home!

your exactly right jewels, back home to england

England are gonna beat Braaazil i say

Nope Japan all the way...

Jass had the faith in En-ger-land from the beginning - onya son. Dunno bout whipping brazil tho'. i'm guessing their might be a few oscar nominations from owen for another penalty shot by becks.

brazil has a weak defence (my thoughts) and when they play ENG, beckhams just gonna hammer long balls and crosses from a far and have owens keep attacking like a dog to a bone.