(OT) Yeah!!! the World Cup has started!!

DeadlyKungFu · Post by **DeadlyKungFu** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 2:30 am

Danny Futuro wrote:i wish there was coverage of the WC here in california. Might get a couple games if we're lucky.

ALL the games are shown here in the states. ABC or ESPN2, ESPN classic is re-airing the games as well.
check here: http://msn.foxsports.com/name/public/FS ... cheduleENG

Please refrain from putting spoilers in thread subjects
The games here are on at like 6am, 9:30am and noon, so I'll be watching them recorded.

Please, for the love of the beautiful sport be cool.

FWIW this is a repost of my picks from the thread a month ago.

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GROUP A
Germany <--- gets through easy
Costa Rica
Poland
Ecuador

GROUP B
England <--- gets through
Paraguay
Trinidad Tobago
Sweden

GROUP C
Argentina <--- gets through, vs. Netherlands good game
Cote dIvoire
Serbia Montenegro
Netherlands

GROUP D
Mexico <--- Gets through
Iran
Angola
Portugal

GROUP E
Italy
Ghana
United States <--- gets through, vs. Italy good game
Czech Republic

GROUP F
Brazil <--- gets through easy
Croatia
Australia
Japan

GROUP G
France <--- gets through easy
Switzerland
Korea Republic
Togo

GROUP H
Spain <--- gets through
Ukraine
Tunisia
Saudi Arabia

forge · Post by **forge** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 2:35 am

DeadlyKungFu wrote:
GROUP F
Brazil <--- gets through easy
Croatia
Australia
Japan

Australia qualifies for the first time in 32 years only to get caned by Brazil at the first hurdle...

Digi V · Post by **Digi V** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 2:36 am

i love how ESPN classic will be showing the games later on that were live. however on the bottom of the screen the tracker comes on and shows you scores from other games which ISN"T COOL!

anyways, tomorrow should be an exciting day.

rbmonosylabik · Post by **rbmonosylabik** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 3:43 am

I just wanted to show my appreciatiion for the German midfield, specially Lahm and Frings.

maze23a · Post by **maze23a** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 12:23 pm

Yes Frings is great and he's from my Hometown Team"Werder Bremen"
Let's see what England and Argentina do today!!![/list][/quote]

Mika · Post by **Mika** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 12:32 pm

For those in the US or who have missed some games they really wanna see EZTV is uploading them via Bittorrents.

http://www.eztvefnet.org/

lesterdiamond · Post by **lesterdiamond** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 1:17 pm

I love file sharing

kronk · Post by **kronk** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 1:59 pm

erm... you guys are aware that two teams will qualify per group?

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GROUP A
Germany <--- gets through easy
Costa Rica
Poland
Ecuador

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Digi V · Post by **Digi V** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 2:27 pm

kronk wrote:erm... you guys are aware that two teams will qualify per group?

Code:
GROUP A
Germany <--- gets through easy
Costa Rica
Poland
Ecuador

...

maybe they were just picking the for sure teams since a second seed is hard to predict for each group.

rbmonosylabik · Post by **rbmonosylabik** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 3:06 pm

My original picks:

rbmonosylabik wrote: GROUP A
Germany
Poland
Costa Rica
Ecuador

GROUP B
England
Sweden
Paraguay
Trinidad Tobago

GROUP C
Netherlands
Argentina
Cote dIvoire
Serbia Montenegro

GROUP D
Portugal
Mexico
Iran
Angola

GROUP E <--- hardest group to predict IMO. My bet is on Italy and Czech Rep.
Czech Republic
Italy
United States
Ghana

GROUP F
Brazil
Croatia
Japan
Australia

GROUP G
France
Switzerland
Korea Republic
Togo

GROUP H
Tunisia
Spain
Ukraine
Saudi Arabia

After the 1st games, I'd think Ecuador is moving on instead of Poland. I thought Poland was bringing a better team.

muthafunka · Post by **muthafunka** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 3:19 pm

My imagination or has bus-dancing friend actually pissed himself with delight?

thelike5 · Post by **thelike5** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 6:02 pm

Disapointing first showing by Sweden...

Trinidad & Tabago showed up (at least their keeper did) though on defense.

So far, England really has impressed me with strong defense. Of course Trinidad was the most impressive team by holding Sweden scoreless but in terms of contenders, England out of the gate looks strong.

Angstrom · Post by **Angstrom** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 6:36 pm

I was impressed by T&T.

but, disapointed with England's performance, losing posession under little pressure, reverting to a long ball game and compressing into their own half. That combined with the usual baffling substitutions, owen off and crouch as a 1-up striker was tactically dumb.

I'm hoping that the England team take this as a wake-up call. They can play much better than that. Yes, I know we won - but the manner of the win showed too many cracks in tactics and teamwork

Paraguay were a better team than I thought, but we gave them way too much encouragement. The referee gave them way, way, way too much encouragement!

thelike5 · Post by **thelike5** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 7:09 pm

Angstrom wrote:I was impressed by T&T.

but, disapointed with England's performance, losing posession under little pressure, reverting to a long ball game and compressing into their own half. That combined with the usual baffling substitutions, owen off and crouch as a 1-up striker was tactically dumb.

I'm hoping that the England team take this as a wake-up call. They can play much better than that. Yes, I know we won - but the manner of the win showed too many cracks in tactics and teamwork

Paraguay were a better team than I thought, but we gave them way too much encouragement. The referee gave them way, way, way too much encouragement!

Yeah, England's defense really didn't crack at all though. Tough defense that was rarely challenged. I wouldn't worry if I were you; not yet at least. Sweden will have a lot to prove after such a disapointing first game, but it should be a breeze into the second group.

Rajah · Post by **Rajah** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 8:26 pm

thelike5 wrote:Disapointing first showing by Sweden...

Trinidad & Tabago showed up (at least their keeper did) though on defense.

So far, England really has impressed me with strong defense. Of course Trinidad was the most impressive team by holding Sweden scoreless but in terms of contenders, England out of the gate looks strong.

BTW, That's Trinidad and Tobago