World Cup 2006

[tHuG $TyLe]

Soccer

^haha

I dont expect much from Henry, him and Trezeguet didn't seem to work in Euro 2004, however him and Saha did.

 

[hizzle?]

Soccer

I expect Henry to fuck up like he did in the Ch-Final and all the other important matches/tournaments before

did you just say that Henry was bad in the CL final????

 

[Illuminattile]

Soccer

To give you an idea of what players to look out for, I'll post up the top players in each position according to BBC Match of the Day's World Cup guide:

STRIKERS

12: Andriy Shevchenko, Ukraine and Chelsea
11: Didier Drogba, Ivory Coast and Chelsea
10: Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Sweden and Juventus
09: Ruud van Nistelrooy, Holland and Manchester United

 

[Illuminattile]

Soccer

08: Miroslav Klose, Germany and Werder Bremen
07: Luca Toni, Italy and Fiorentina
06: Wayne Rooney, England and Manchester United
05: Thierry Henry, France and Arsenal

 

[Illuminattile]

Soccer

04: David Trezeguet, France and Juventus
03: Ronaldo, Brazil and Real Madrid
02: Dirk Kuijt, Holland and Feyenoord
01: Ronaldinho, Brazil and Barcelona

 

[Illuminattile]

what are you guys predictions for each group?

Group A
Germany
Poland
Costa Rica
Ecuador

Group B
England
Sweden
Paraguay
Trinidad & Tobago

Group C
Argentina
Holland
Ivory Coast
Serbia & Montenegro

Group D
Portugal
Mexico
Iran
Angola

Group E
Italy
Czech Republic
Ghana
USA

Group F
Brazil
Australia
Croatia
Japan

Group G
France
South Korea
Switzerland
Togo

Group H
Spain
Ukraine
Saudi Arabia
Tunisia

 

[tHuG $TyLe]

Ronaldo hopefully will break the World Cup scoring record

 

[Sebastian]

Illu, you know as good as i know that not all the favourites out of every single group will make it to the next round. There are always some surprises.

Edit: Oh i see, Australia is your surprise

 

[Illuminattile]

Illu, you know as good as i know that not all the favourites out of every single group will make it to the next round. There are always some surprises.

Edit: Oh i see, Australia is your surprise

Yeah, you're probably right. Ivory Coast, Ghana, USA, Paraguay and Switzerland all have a chance of getting through too.

I hope we do have an unpredictable World Cup. I'd love to see Togo qualify, and it's not impossible

 

[marc]

Prinz Poldi will hopefully achieve what most people expect him to be.

Ronaldinho is called "the magician"... and there is a good reason. I really like Adriano as well.

Btw: I hope those.. Oranjes ..will not survive the group round

 

[DutchPac2]

Hahaha, don't put Dirk Kuyt there, he is a typical feyenoord player (no technique, hard worker) and he won't even play.
I prefer Arjen Robben or Robin van Persie, typical Dutch wingers.

Players to watch:
- Ronaldinho, Kaka, Adriano, Zé Roberto (Brazil)
- Henry, Zidane (France)
- V persie, Robben, VD Vaart (Netherlands)
- Raúl (Spain)
- Artem Mylevski, Shevshenko (Ukrain)
- Joe Cole, Gerrard, Lampard (England)
- Zlatan, Wilhelmson (Sweden)
- Riquelme, Messi (Argentina)
- Rosicky, Nedved (Czech)
- Kewell (Australia)

 

[tHuG $TyLe]

You forgot

Joaquin for Spain
Ronaldo for Brazil
Tevez for Argentina

 

[DutchPac2]

Agreed on Joaquin, incredible player. Ronaldo should lose some weight first and ain't nowhere near the form of his first barca season. About Tevez: only know him by name and i know he played for Boca and now Corinthians. Saw him play only once or twice, so i can't say he is a player to watch. Gotta watch him first myself.

 

[Sebastian]

Players to watch:
- Ronaldinho, Kaka, Adriano, Zé Roberto (Brazil)
- Henry, Zidane (France)
- V persie, Robben, VD Vaart (Netherlands)
- Raúl (Spain)
- Artem Mylevski, Shevshenko (Ukrain)
- Joe Cole, Gerrard, Lampard (England)
- Zlatan, Wilhelmson (Sweden)
- Riquelme, Messi (Argentina)
- Rosicky, Nedved (Czech)
- Kewell (Australia)

forget all those players ...and add Ballack

 

[marc]

what about christiano ronaldo (portugal)?

 

[DJ LV]

forget all those players ...and add Ballack

please no germans in this list .

 

[hizzle?]

Who ever said/says that Croatia will not go through is a fucking imbecile...

I swear to God... if Croatia doesnt finish 2nd in their groupe, I'm going to fuck FlipMo in the ass.

Quote me.

 

[tHuG $TyLe]

Agreed on Joaquin, incredible player. Ronaldo should lose some weight first and ain't nowhere near the form of his first barca season. About Tevez: only know him by name and i know he played for Boca and now Corinthians. Saw him play only once or twice, so i can't say he is a player to watch. Gotta watch him first myself.

Of course Ronaldo isn't gonna be that good, dude was phenomonal and i don't think ive seen a player like he was since.
But he will still score goals, he scored 14 goals in 18 games last season for Real Madrid and still has a top 10 strike rate in Europe.

Hes not the same style of player he used to be, but will still score goals and break Gerd Mullers record for most WC goals.

 

[DutchPac2]

Yeah you're right bout that. But I listed players i want to see play. And that doesn't include a player who scores easy goals but got no spectaculair actions.
Same bout Ballack. Like LV said: no Germans in my list

 

[tHuG $TyLe]

Then why did you list Raul?