Heres for all the World Cup draw talk happening this evening in Germany, ESPN2 will be carrying the draw live at 3pm est.
Sven worries about Australia and the United States suggesting they will be desperate to beat england, myself I look to our last meeting with Oz that was quite a shocker that dont need repeating any time soon shock
This is my pick for Englands best group (Like that ever happens)
1. England
2. Angola
2. Ukraine
3. Trinidad & Tobago
Here could be the possable group of death (Brazil exempt as they never get it)
1. Italy
2. Paraguay
3. Netherlands
4. US
For those that are interested, ESPN 2 are covering it at 3pm EST.
Ive never really thought about the draw itself until now, but I'll go for
England
Australia (Sven doesnt want it but you know our luck!!)
Sweden
Costa Rica
Group of death nominee......
Italy
Ivory Coast
Portugal
United States
probably way off but you never know eh? wink
Hey??
Pick your own group of death!!
(fun for all the family!!)
POT ONE
Germany (hosts)
Brazil (holders)
Argentina
England
France
Italy
Mexico
Spain
POT TWO
Australia
Angola
Ghana
Ivory Coast
Togo
Tunisia
Ecuador
Paraguay
POT THREE
Croatia
Czech Republic
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
POT FOUR
Iran
Japan
Saudi Arabia
South Korea
Costa Rica
Trinidad & Tobago
US
Special pot Serbia & Montenegro
From the Beeb
GROUP A
Germany
Costa Rica
Poland
Ecuador
GROUP B
England
Paraguay
Trinidad & Tobago
Sweden
GROUP C
Argentina
Ivory Coast
Serbia & Montenegro
Holland
GROUP D
Mexico
Iran
Angola
Portugal
GROUP E
Italy
Ghana
USA
Czech Republic
GROUP F
Brazil
Croatia
Australia
Japan
GROUP G
France
Switzerland
South Korea
Togo
GROUP H
Spain
Ukraine
Tunisia
Saudi Arabia
I just hot footed it back here after watching the draw!!
I was right about the swedes in England's group and the USA playing in Italy's group
That's about all I was right about!! grin
The Argentina group C looks to me to be as close to a group of death as any!! I don't think England's group will be a picnic either!! If it is then we'll do something to make it difficult!! roll
Portugal and Spain.....what an easy group roll Although dad is half Portuguese, it's still England all the way. Heidi Klum looked really HOT, that SEAL is a lucky bugger, must have been that batman song that clinched it for him wink
Can we sack Sven now as a conflict of interest?
What do you know, we got Paraguay one of my group of death picks and Sweden I should have bloody known! At least i got 50% right with England and Trinidad wink
I wanted a team to work us out before the knock out stages and I think we got in Sweden, but now we have to beat Paraguay or Sweden to progress so hopefully we dont have the team that turned up Vs NI. Interesting groups E&C for the group of death picks, the first results will tell on that one.
So who is Fav for Germany Vs Costa Rica in the opener, fancy a shocker there. Cool it's world cup time again just cant wait 8)
So who is Fav for Germany Vs Costa Rica in the opener, fancy a shocker there. Cool it's world cup time again just cant wait 8)
naaah cos if Germany finish second in their group and we win ours then it's v Germany in the next round.
A big if is if Germany DO finish second in the group, and england v Sweden could be wanting to lose the game against each other in order to face Poland.
Pretty good draw much like I was expecting ..
Yeah, not a bad draw for England. The problem might be avoiding Germany in the second round.
I think the USA were a bit hard done by. I'm looking forward to the USA - Italy game. That should be a cracker. Australia - Brazil should be a corker too.
I reckon it was a pretty good draw for us. Avoiding the US and Holland is a result.
Paraguay are struggling with aging players and they haven't been able to replace their keeper with a consistent player. Sweden were steady but nothing special in qualifications. Trinidad should be a stroll.
Getting Portugal in the next round wouldn't be too scary either. Problem is, there is a very real chance of getting the Argies in the quarters. Still it's a long way off and I can't wait. First England game on a Saturday as well. Sweet.
Spain got a real result. Tunisia and Saudi; jammy bastards.
Let’s hope the Czechs and Italians humiliate the yanks. I don' think Ghana will be easy either.
I like our draw, if we can't beat these teams then we don't deserve the Cup.
Here's a nice little predictor to help you work out the scenarios.
http//news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/shared/spl/hi/predictor/html/football/world_cup_06/default.stm
I get Germany to beat Brazil in the final everytime, and England winning the third place play off.
I got Brazil beating Holland in the final with England coming in 3rd.