The 2010 South Africa World Cup thread

Originally posted by 1251alex:

Originally posted by foreign49er:
North Korea Broadcasts 7-0 Defeat Live

At least they played fairly. I have a lot of respect for that team; no cheap fouls, no diving, no yelling at other players or referees either. They have some very skillful players too, the #10 and the #9 have impressed me a lot. Too bad they got drawn in the group they did or I think they would have had a chance to qualify.

Originally posted by foreign49er:

Originally posted by 1251alex:

Originally posted by foreign49er:
North Korea Broadcasts 7-0 Defeat Live

At least they played fairly. I have a lot of respect for that team; no cheap fouls, no diving, no yelling at other players or referees either. They have some very skillful players too, the #10 and the #9 have impressed me a lot. Too bad they got drawn in the group they did or I think they would have had a chance to qualify.

I heard number 9 and 10 play in Russia. and that one of those two chose NK over Japan and South Korea( he was elgigible to play for all 3)

Originally posted by 1251alex:

Originally posted by foreign49er:

Originally posted by 1251alex:

Originally posted by foreign49er:
North Korea Broadcasts 7-0 Defeat Live

At least they played fairly. I have a lot of respect for that team; no cheap fouls, no diving, no yelling at other players or referees either. They have some very skillful players too, the #10 and the #9 have impressed me a lot. Too bad they got drawn in the group they did or I think they would have had a chance to qualify.

I heard number 9 and 10 play in Russia. and that one of those two chose NK over Japan and South Korea( he was elgigible to play for all 3)

That be #9

Originally posted by Brew:

Originally posted by 1251alex:

Originally posted by foreign49er:

Originally posted by 1251alex:

Originally posted by foreign49er:
North Korea Broadcasts 7-0 Defeat Live

At least they played fairly. I have a lot of respect for that team; no cheap fouls, no diving, no yelling at other players or referees either. They have some very skillful players too, the #10 and the #9 have impressed me a lot. Too bad they got drawn in the group they did or I think they would have had a chance to qualify.

I heard number 9 and 10 play in Russia. and that one of those two chose NK over Japan and South Korea( he was elgigible to play for all 3)

That be #9

Look they scored a goal. That is shoking in itself, and the way they played Brazil garned tons of respect....so good for them.

a few days ago alex link a bleacher report article ranking every team after their first game, I'm taking a shot at ranking them after two:

1. Brasil
2. Argentina
3. Chile
4. Netherlands
5. Mexico
6. Portugal
7. Uruguay
8. Paraguay
9. Germany
10. Spain
11. Ghana
12. Denmark
13. USA
14. Slovenia
15. Switzerland
16. Japan
17. Serbia
18. Italy
19. South Korea
20. New Zealand
21. England
22. Argelia
23. Greece
24. Slovakia
25. Ivory Coast
26. Australia
27. South Africa
28. Cameroon
29. North Korea
30. Nigeria
31. Honduras
32. France


thoughts?

I think its pretty good but Id have Portugal no higher than 10 and Id have both Uruguay and Paraguay ranked ahead of Portugal as well. other than that

Rabbit,
No way Mexico and Chile should be in top 5. Look at who they beat.
Mexico has 1 win vs a France team spiraling out of control.
Chile beat Honduras and a 10 Man Switzerland Squad.

England, Italy and Serbia are ranked too low, these teams win their last game and they are in the final 16. But you have them ranked lower than 16?

My top 5 would be

1. Brazil
2. Argentina
3. Netherlands
4. Spain (Too much talent not to make a deep run)
5. Germany (Lost to Serbia after red card)

Originally posted by Hollywood49er:
Rabbit,
No way Mexico and Chile should be in top 5. Look at who they beat.
Mexico has 1 win vs a France team spiraling out of control.
Chile beat Honduras and a 10 Man Switzerland Squad.

England, Italy and Serbia are ranked too low, these teams win their last game and they are in the final 16. But you have them ranked lower than 16?

My top 5 would be

1. Brazil
2. Argentina
3. Netherlands
4. Spain (Too much talent not to make a deep run)
5. Germany (Lost to Serbia after red card)

im assuming that he is basing this off of what he has seen. Chile and Mexico have demonstrated some great soccer.This is a response to the power ranking, not who is most likely to advance and win the world cup.

Originally posted by 1251alex:

Originally posted by Hollywood49er:
Rabbit,
No way Mexico and Chile should be in top 5. Look at who they beat.
Mexico has 1 win vs a France team spiraling out of control.
Chile beat Honduras and a 10 Man Switzerland Squad.

England, Italy and Serbia are ranked too low, these teams win their last game and they are in the final 16. But you have them ranked lower than 16?

My top 5 would be

1. Brazil
2. Argentina
3. Netherlands
4. Spain (Too much talent not to make a deep run)
5. Germany (Lost to Serbia after red card)

im assuming that he is basing this off of what he has seen. Chile and Mexico have demonstrated some great soccer.This is a response to the power ranking, not who is most likely to advance and win the world cup.

Ok, I understand now. But Japan over Italy & England?

Its funny that you should mention who Chile and Mexico beat yet you have Germany and Spain there when Germany lost to Serbia by missing a penalty, not the red card and Spain lost their first match to Switzerland and beat a fairly weak Honduras. nice try. and like I said, its a response to the power rankings based on what the teams have shown, not who is most likely to win the world cup.

That North Korea game was pretty good... up until the 2nd half... I feel kinda bad for them.

Originally posted by Hollywood49er:

Originally posted by 1251alex:

Originally posted by Hollywood49er:
Rabbit,
No way Mexico and Chile should be in top 5. Look at who they beat.
Mexico has 1 win vs a France team spiraling out of control.
Chile beat Honduras and a 10 Man Switzerland Squad.

England, Italy and Serbia are ranked too low, these teams win their last game and they are in the final 16. But you have them ranked lower than 16?

My top 5 would be

1. Brazil
2. Argentina
3. Netherlands
4. Spain (Too much talent not to make a deep run)
5. Germany (Lost to Serbia after red card)

im assuming that he is basing this off of what he has seen. Chile and Mexico have demonstrated some great soccer.This is a response to the power ranking, not who is most likely to advance and win the world cup.

Ok, I understand now. But Japan over Italy & England?

have Italy and England done? enlighten me please, you keep talking about European teams like you're just giving them the respect just because of who they are. You may not even think France is the worst team in this tournament the way your comments come out.

Japan = beat Cameroon with a really nice goal and played smart enough to win, gave Netherlands a run for their money in a 0-1 loss.

Italy = has started down 0-1 in both games and should have lost to New Zealand, to the Kiwis for crying out loud

England = has all the talent in the world but can't put it together, really look like they have little chemestry. Argelia outplayed them in their last game as far as I'm concerned, have given up the dumbest goal in the tournament by far!

Originally posted by 1251alex:
Its funny that you should mention who Chile and Mexico beat yet you have Germany and Spain there when Germany lost to Serbia by missing a penalty, not the red card and Spain lost their first match to Switzerland and beat a fairly weak Honduras. nice try. and like I said, its a response to the power rankings based on what the teams have shown, not who is most likely to win the world cup.

A full strength German team would beat Serbia. Ref handed out 9 cards that game.

Chile beat Honduras 1-0 and it was a close game, and struggled to beat a weak Swiss team down 1-man. Spain will probably crush them the last game.

Mexico, tied a very weak SA team, and beat a suspect France team, who has yet to score a goal.

Spain Dominated Honduras.

Originally posted by vrabbit:

Originally posted by 1251alex:
Mexico vs Uruguay tomorrow...lets go Mexico!

Y'all better win, I wanna see Argentina Uruguay in the round of 16

lol, me too

Originally posted by vrabbit:

Originally posted by Hollywood49er:

Originally posted by 1251alex:

Originally posted by Hollywood49er:
Rabbit,
No way Mexico and Chile should be in top 5. Look at who they beat.
Mexico has 1 win vs a France team spiraling out of control.
Chile beat Honduras and a 10 Man Switzerland Squad.

England, Italy and Serbia are ranked too low, these teams win their last game and they are in the final 16. But you have them ranked lower than 16?

My top 5 would be

1. Brazil
2. Argentina
3. Netherlands
4. Spain (Too much talent not to make a deep run)
5. Germany (Lost to Serbia after red card)

im assuming that he is basing this off of what he has seen. Chile and Mexico have demonstrated some great soccer.This is a response to the power ranking, not who is most likely to advance and win the world cup.

Ok, I understand now. But Japan over Italy & England?

have Italy and England done? enlighten me please, you keep talking about European teams like you're just giving them the respect just because of who they are. You may not even think France is the worst team in this tournament the way your comments come out.

Japan = beat Cameroon with a really nice goal and played smart enough to win, gave Netherlands a run for their money in a 0-1 loss.

Italy = has started down 0-1 in both games and should have lost to New Zealand, to the Kiwis for crying out loud

England = has all the talent in the world but can't put it together, really look like they have little chemestry. Argelia outplayed them in their last game as far as I'm concerned, have given up the dumbest goal in the tournament by far!

Honduras is the weakest team in this tourney.
If Mexicos only win came vs the team you call the weakest. They shouldn't be top 5.