Heartland

Driven wrote:...Germany?

if england don't win, i don't mind. i just want to watch footy for a month.

Badlander wrote:Our (erm) dear President Chirac really wants France to do well at the World Cup, but only because he's so unpopular, that's the only thing that can save his sorry arse.
TBH, I don't care that much.

We must win for economic reasons. Otherwise the whole country will get depressive and nobody wants that again, eh?

So if you all would please....

Holland
(because I stand to win £30 in the office sweepstake if they do, but I won't be taking that into account when I work out my budget for next month )

lazarus corporation wrote:Holland

We'll have a hard time in that group with Argentina and Serbia/Montenegro. Lets hope van Basten will get his tactics right despite the lack of experience.

I was just being sarcastic as Ireland aren't there. I don't really think Germany will win it. I'll hope for one of the outsiders to win it.

england will win and the satellite image from space of an entire country doing the robot dance will be the photo of the century

Karst wrote:We'll have a hard time in that group with Argentina and Serbia/Montenegro. Lets hope van Basten will get his tactics right despite the lack of experience.

If they don't beat countries like Servia and the Ivory Coast they won't deserve it.
Compared to other Dutch national teams the past years this team might have a chance because of the good teamspirit (which hasn't always been the case) and individual qualities. Besides that: Klaas Jan Huntelaar should be added!
Talking about him: Congrats to the national youth team for winning the European championship finals and becoming the champs!

Rafster wrote:england will win and the satellite image from space of an entire country doing the robot dance will be the photo of the century

What an endearing image.

I agree with Norman Hunter - I think Brazil will do it. Would like to see Crouch score a hat trick in the final though.

Failing that let Togo win.

read from great successes on.... Gary Lineker

but I guess Brasil, France or Argentina

Since the shindig is in Europe a european team will probably win. They ususally do. Spain has a great team, but they have a long tradition of... not winning. England has a great team. As do Italy. Well, most teams are great since they're in the world cup, but I predict those three will make it past quarter finals and one of them will then beat Brazil in the finals. Perhaps.

couldn't care less

Delilah wrote:couldn't care less

I guess you do care about Turbonegro performing at Pukkelpop this year...

i have england in the office sweepstake

Kerry has Côte d'Ivoire in hers.

Fat chance

Black Shuck wrote:Trinidad and Tobago.

heheh

and heheh

sorry, am i repeating myself?

Deffo England.
Without a doubt.
I am 110% confident....

I like to build us up and assume that we are guaranteed to win - letting forth such sayings as "we deserve it", "It's our turn now" and "we invented the bloody-game it's our god-given right to win it"
This makes the massive let down and period of national mourning when we get knocked out in a penalty shoot-out (or "robbed") much more depressing and upsetting. Which I like.

How very goff!

However, I really think that England have a very good chance of winning it.

I maintain that we need a World Cup 5-a-side game on a tiny astroturf pitch. who cares if you can boot a ball half a mile, let's see how you do when you only have to pass about 3 metres.

Plus we'd need my old PE teacher, Mr Ilott, as referee. He gives the game extra rules, and "hidden rules" (for example: we played football on a rugby field once, using the rugby posts as a goal, and the ball went over the bar, someone said that in rugby that'd be 3 points. He agreed, blew his whistle and awarded that team 3 goals.)

That'd be a game I'd watch.

England didn't seem too convincing just now. Seemed to sit back a bit.

I don't care. Scotland.

As long as I can lech at the South Korean players at least once, I'll be happy .

rian wrote:

timsinister wrote:The streets of Hull are a no-go zone. For all our sakes, can someone knock England out?

We'll try our best

They can't even beat Trinidad & Tobago.

I hate football. Thankfully I have digital television to get me through the grim months when terrestrial TV broadcasts nothing but football.

Also, I shall have to buy myself a pair of earplugs, so that when all the bulky baldies in their white England T-shirts go marching down the streets of Minehead, drunkenly screaming “ENGLAND. ENGLAND.� I can protect my delicate ears.

I took the boy to the National Railway Museum in York today. I have never seen the place so empty. We had three goes on the trot on the miniture railway

nick the stripper wrote:drunkenly screaming “ENGLAND. ENGLAND.�

You mispronounced "ENGERLAND".