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Post by mypcsarabbtintwat on Dec 9, 2005 23:04:35 GMT 1
Yes, we could play France but not before the semi-finals. yayyyyyyyyyy like heare thanks dude ;D woofyyyyy roofyyyyyyyyyyy mooooooo yoooooooooooooooooo wwwaazuupppppp
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Post by Panda on Dec 9, 2005 23:13:53 GMT 1
England's possible route to the final?
Round 2: Poland or Germany? Quarter-finals: Argentina? Holland? Mexico? Portugal? Semi-finals: Italy? Czech Republic? Brazil? France? Spain? Final: Anyone
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Post by Panda on Dec 9, 2005 23:22:07 GMT 1
If all the results went according to the Elo world rankings, this is how the knockout stages would pan out:
Round 2: Germany v Sweden Holland v Mexico Czech Republic v Croatia France v Ukraine England v Poland Portugal v Argentina Brazil v Italy Spain v Switzerland
Quarter-finals: Sweden v Holland Czech Republic v France England v Argentina Brazil v Spain
Semi-finals: Holland v France England v Brazil
Final: Holland v Brazil
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Post by Panda on Dec 9, 2005 23:29:00 GMT 1
And this is how it would work out according to FIFA's official world rankings:
Round 2: Germany v Sweden Holland v Portugal Czech Republic v Japan France v Tunisia England v Costa Rica Mexico v Argentina Brazil v USA Spain v South Korea
Quarter-finals: Sweden v Holland Czech Republic v France England v Argentina Brazil v Spain
Semi-finals: Holland v Czech Republic Argentina v Brazil
Final: Czech Republic v Brazil
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Post by Zodiac on Dec 10, 2005 0:39:20 GMT 1
Groups C and E are rather tough. Decent enough draw for England though.
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Post by Crazy Don on Dec 10, 2005 0:47:14 GMT 1
I'm pretty sure the Americans will have a rough time with the Italians…
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Post by Panda on Dec 10, 2005 0:47:35 GMT 1
Looking at Group H, Spain could be in a spot of bother if they lose their first game against Ukraine. Their second is against Tunisia, who are arguably the strongest of the African teams and with a bit of World Cup experience under their belts, they could cause a surprise.
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Post by Panda on Dec 10, 2005 0:50:05 GMT 1
I'm pretty sure the Americans will have a rough time with the Italians… They will but their first game is against the Czechs, who aren't as good as they were a year ago. The USA have a chance of qualifying from that group.
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Post by frag on Dec 10, 2005 0:57:30 GMT 1
Hopefully they (USA) won't qualify, though, so FIFA can see some of their folly...
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Post by frag on Dec 10, 2005 1:00:58 GMT 1
Quite pleased with our group. Group D is shockingly poor.
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Post by Zodiac on Dec 10, 2005 1:04:18 GMT 1
The Czechs should be able to overpower the US I would have though. Group D is a bit rubbish, it's true.
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Post by Panda on Dec 10, 2005 1:10:16 GMT 1
Hopefully they (USA) won't qualify, though, so FIFA can see some of their folly... I don't see your point...
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Post by greendemon on Dec 10, 2005 2:39:15 GMT 1
gah, switzerland and france again! *knows which flag she's waving, and it's not blue*
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Post by rubcale on Dec 10, 2005 12:26:11 GMT 1
I'm glad I didn't put any money on England drawing Australia - wrong again.
I'm glad they avoided them though. Sweden will be touigh but then so would 4 or 5 of the other teams they could have got in their place.
Paraguay will have to be treated with caution but surely England will qualify for the second round.
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Post by Admin on Dec 10, 2005 13:25:12 GMT 1
Iran are in Group D with Mexico, Portugal and Angola. What a weak group!
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Post by Admin on Dec 10, 2005 13:27:40 GMT 1
Ivory Coast are in Group C with Argentina. Paraguay are in England's group. They will be England's first opponents. I didn't understand why Ivory Coast went into group C and not group B?
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Post by Maximo Mark on Dec 10, 2005 15:34:47 GMT 1
Is it just me that thinks it's a tough group. Paraguay and Trinidad were 2 of the 3 teams from those two pools i wanted to avoid. I wanted to avoid all the one;s from the Europe pool apart from Croatia so i wasn't actually too bothered who we got.
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Post by Panda on Dec 10, 2005 16:27:38 GMT 1
Is it just me that thinks it's a tough group. Paraguay and Trinidad were 2 of the 3 teams from those two pools i wanted to avoid. I wanted to avoid all the one;s from the Europe pool apart from Croatia so i wasn't actually too bothered who we got. Yes. It's just you. Paraguay are possibly the weakest of the South American teams and Trinidad are the weakest team in the whole tournament.
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Post by Maximo Mark on Dec 10, 2005 18:28:12 GMT 1
Well i didn't want Trinidad as yes, they may be the worst but that means they're not going to be expected to do anything, i reckon it'll be a close game and Paraguay will do well. They beat and drew with Argentina and got a point with Brazil. They raise their game against big teams......Call me mad, but i think they'll go through.
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Post by Earl Purple on Dec 10, 2005 18:54:18 GMT 1
Problem is, England will probably qualify 2nd behind Sweden because we always do and then we'll meet the Germans in the next round. Although they're not as strong as they used to be, they are the host nation and I don't think they'll be as bad as they were in 2001 when we won there 5-1. Probably will finish drawn and England lose on penalties again.
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