Official World Cup Discussion Thread (No Spoilers)

10spro · Post by **10spro** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 3:57 pm

There's only one guy that can equal those amazing moves by Ronaldinho.

Lionel Messi.

RobVarak · Post by **RobVarak** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 5:52 pm

10spro wrote:There's only one guy that can equal those amazing moves by Ronaldinho.

Lionel Messi.

Look I like what I've seen from the kid too, but let's not go electing him world footballer of the year just yet, eh?

Naples39 · Post by **Naples39** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 6:09 pm

pk500 wrote:Absolutely SICK Ronaldinho video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsO6D1rwrKc

Take care,
PK

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REbkU_su ... ch=ronaldo

Post by **Jared** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 6:17 pm

Decent world cup predictor here. They're pretty good at beating the oddsmakers.

http://www.dectech.org/WorldCup/PWC.html
http://www.dectech.org/Links/WorldCupForecasts.pdf

(And in about 2+ days, I'll be off to Europe. Though I'll likely be watching the opener in the Manchester (UK) airport...)

10spro · Post by **10spro** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 7:05 pm

RobVarak wrote:
10spro wrote:There's only one guy that can equal those amazing moves by Ronaldinho.

Lionel Messi.

Look I like what I've seen from the kid too, but let's not go electing him world footballer of the year just yet, eh?

Matching Ronaldinho's foot skills with the ball is far from being footballer of the year. And you're right, he's only 18? We are talking skills here, not footballer of the year.

Zlax45 · Post by **Zlax45** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 11:34 pm

How is South Africa?? Maybe I will go to that World Cup but depends on the situation down there. Anyone know?

Feanor · Post by **Feanor** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 9:37 am

pk500 wrote:
rubba19 wrote:Sorry, WC noob with a question.

Who is the worst team here? The one that it would be an upset if they drew or maybe even scored?

Thanks.
Angola or Togo, probably. Saudi Arabia isn't that good, either.

Take care,
PK

I think Africa, Asia and CONCACAF all get one team too many in the World Cup.

Feanor · Post by **Feanor** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 9:40 am

10spro wrote:There's only one guy that can equal those amazing moves by Ronaldinho.

Lionel Messi.

There are lots of players who could make a video like that. Robinho, Henry, Rooney, etc.

NoJoke · Post by **NoJoke** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 11:28 am

Sort of off topic, but its like Reeses Peanut Butter cups, two great things brought together. I know you guys are fans of Keeley Hazell. She had a World Cup soccer spread posted over at Gorillamask.net. Probably NSFW, but definitely got me interested in the World Cup.

Joe

nyisles16 · Post by **nyisles16** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 5:21 pm

the hooligans have entered the arena !!!http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/5673556

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 5:42 pm

nyisles16 wrote:the hooligans have entered the arena !!!http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/5673556

The neo-Nazis in Germany and fascists in Italy should be of bigger concern than the English hooligans ...

Take care,
PK

sfz_T-car · Post by **sfz_T-car** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 7:58 pm

Are we having a DSP pick'em pool this time around? Slovenia's not around this time to screw up my bracket.

Naples39 · Post by **Naples39** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 8:19 pm

I was gonna post some picks tomorrow I think. Should be scary given how unpredictable the WC can be. In case anyone forgot here are the results from last time, in order of group finish;

A
Denmark
Senegal
Uruguay
France

B
Spain
Paraguay
South Africa
Slovenia

C
Brazil
Turkey
Costa Rica
China

D
S. Korea
USA
Portugal
Poland

E
Germany
Ireland
Cameroon
Saudi Arabia

F
Sweden
England
Argentina
Nigeria

G
Mexico
Italy
Croatia
Ecuador

H
Japan
Belguim
Russia
Tunisia

10spro · Post by **10spro** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 8:23 pm

Naples39 wrote:I was gonna post some picks tomorrow I think. Should be scary given how unpredictable the WC can be. In case anyone forgot here are the results from last time, in order of group finish;

Thanks for reviving my pain.

Naples39 · Post by **Naples39** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 9:29 pm

10spro wrote:
Naples39 wrote:I was gonna post some picks tomorrow I think. Should be scary given how unpredictable the WC can be. In case anyone forgot here are the results from last time, in order of group finish;
Thanks for reviving my pain.

Haha. No problem.

RobVarak · Post by **RobVarak** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 10:17 pm

Just asking: Does anyone other than DirectTV get freaking ESPN2HD??? I've got friends with Cox, Time Warner, Comcast, and damn near every other cable company and nobody has this mythical channel

Zlax45 · Post by **Zlax45** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 11:37 pm

I have a group for WC predictions on Fox Soccer.

The Code to join is: 6472-764

10spro · Post by **10spro** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 12:03 am

This is the wife of Dutch Superstar R. Van der Vaart, Sylvie.

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 2:47 am

Nice lazy eye.

devilsjaw · Post by **devilsjaw** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 6:09 am

10spro wrote:This is the wife of Dutch Superstar R. Van der Vaart, Sylvie.

I'd take Ashley Cole's girl over her.

Cheryl Tweedy:

Feanor · Post by **Feanor** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 9:31 am

They showed Ronaldo and Buffon's girlfeinds on the catwalk on Fox Sports World last night.

RobVarak · Post by **RobVarak** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 11:47 am

Complete US television schedule, including Spanish broadcasts for those times when you just can't' stomach another minute of Marcelo Balboa

http://www.soccertv.com/wc-us.cfm

And a bunch of surprisingly good material from the NY Times "Play" Magazine:

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/pla ... index.html

10spro · Post by **10spro** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 1:23 pm

In lieu of the latest scandals in Germany, Brazil and recently Italy, for the first time, players, referees and coaches are being required to sign pledges that neither they nor their immediate families will wager on the sport's global championship. One online sportsbook estimated as much as $1.89 billion would be bet with British bookmakers alone during the World Cup. That's a lot of mula.

Bribes are common and in the center of it all the refs always have something to do with it. Few details of the system have been made public, but FIFA officials have said they were concerned about the proliferation of internet gambling and the influence of Asian bettings. If any suspicious betting patterns were detected, officials have said they might take pre-emptive action, such as switching a referee before a match.

vanburen · Post by **vanburen** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 2:35 pm

RobVarak wrote:Just asking: Does anyone other than DirectTV get freaking ESPN2HD??? I've got friends with Cox, Time Warner, Comcast, and damn near every other cable company and nobody has this mythical channel

I asked my timewarner last week if they'd add it, and they said they were looking into it. thanks for nothing.

sucks all games are in HD but w/o espn2hd, only half are.

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 2:39 pm

vanburen wrote:
RobVarak wrote:Just asking: Does anyone other than DirectTV get freaking ESPN2HD??? I've got friends with Cox, Time Warner, Comcast, and damn near every other cable company and nobody has this mythical channel
I asked my timewarner last week if they'd add it, and they said they were looking into it. thanks for nothing.

sucks all games are in HD but w/o espn2hd, only half are.

Ahhh, the beauty of being a DirecTV subscriber. NFL Sunday Ticket and ESPN 2 HD. Gotta love it.