[WC] World Cup 2010 - General Talk Thread (42 Viewers)

[Ken]

you do but uruguay is really hard to break down, and you re vulnerable on the break, but i really liked how your boys reacted well in the second half of this game. At this point if a european team had to win this WC i d much prefer it to be the oranje

I was rather surprised to see how our boys came out of the dressing room for the second half. They seemed a lot more motivated, went that extra step to put pressure on Brazil.

Uruguay, well, it'll probably be another awkward match from us, but hopefully we can celebrate at the end.

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I can't wait for the games tomorrow.. especially the Germany-Argentina game, obviously. The WC is almost over, but it's also only just begun.

 

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[Dragon]

Like I said, the World cup should be consisted of European and SA teams. The rest are no good anyway. South Korea's semifinal was a fluke. They played one good match against the Azzurri and cheated their way to the semis against Spain. The rest can't even make the semis while random European teams like Bulgaria, Sweden, Croatia, Turkey or SA teams like Uruguay are doing it.

Make a World Cup for the SA and European teams and a serie B world cup for the others. That way they will at least make the semis in a world cup

P.S: And the winner of the serie B world cup can play a qualification match to make it to the real World Cup.

And moronic Blatter wants to take another spot from Conmebol because "5.5 spots are too much for a confederation made of 10 countries". He wants to give yet another one to Concacaf when they already have 3.5! Who else besides the US and Mexico are good enough to get to the knockout stages? ALL Conmebol teams progressed to the knockouts with just ONE lost match (Chile vs Spain)

 

[Delle Alpi]

I dont think you can take seats from Europe or South america cuz they are the ones who actually win the world cups. How can you justfy giving a world cup spot to Oceania .. and despite Ghana's great performance an african team has never made the semi's so u have to reward success. Like the world cup would suck alot more if 2 great teams from europe did not qualify.

14 teams from UEFA is too much, and there are only 4-6 teams that usually do good on a regular basis, and the rest are just there for the picnic. South America deserves atleast one more seat. Also Africa deserves one more because a team like Egypt would do more damage than Denmark, Swiss, and etc. Only 4 teams from UEFA won the cup. It's not like all of them usually compete for the title. 2 or 3 good teams that contend for the title, and you get the odd team once every four years like Sweden, Bulgari, Croatia, and etc. 12 teams should be more than enough for UEFA. It's the world cup, and not the Euro cup.

 

[X Æ A-12]

And moronic Blatter wants to take another spot from Conmebol because "5.5 spots are too much for a confederation made of 10 countries". He wants to give yet another one to Concacaf when they already have 3.5! Who else besides the US and Mexico are good enough to get to the knockout stages? ALL Conmebol teams progressed to the knockouts with just ONE lost match (Chile vs Spain)

Yes the Conmebol teams are to good. That's probably why Blatter wants to get rid of one of them.

 

[GordoDeCentral]

Like I said, the World cup should be consisted of European and SA teams. The rest are no good anyway. South Korea's semifinal was a fluke. They played one good match against the Azzurri and cheated their way to the semis against Spain. The rest can't even make the semis while random European teams like Bulgaria, Sweden, Croatia, Turkey or SA teams like Uruguay are doing it.

Make a World Cup for the SA and European teams and a serie B world cup for the others. That way they will at least make the semis in a world cup

P.S: And the winner of the serie B world cup can play a qualification match to make it to the real World Cup.

Racist!

 

[Dragon]

Yes the Conmebol teams are to good. That's probably why Blatter wants to get rid of one of them.

If he does it I will find him and burn him alive hehe

 

[Dragon]

Racist!

You gotta admit his Serie B WC idea is pretty nice though

 

[X Æ A-12]

Like I said, the World cup should be consisted of European and SA teams. The rest are no good anyway. South Korea's semifinal was a fluke. They played one good match against the Azzurri and cheated their way to the semis against Spain. The rest can't even make the semis while random European teams like Bulgaria, Sweden, Croatia, Turkey or SA teams like Uruguay are doing it.

Make a World Cup for the SA and European teams and a serie B world cup for the others. That way they will at least make the semis in a world cup

P.S: And the winner of the serie B world cup can play a qualification match to make it to the real World Cup.

What would be the point of having a World Cup if only two continents can compete? What you are suggesting would be the South America - Europe cup.

But you're right that it would probably be the best international competition in terms of the football quality.

 

[CalcioJuventus]

14 teams from UEFA is too much, and there are only 4-6 teams that usually do good on a regular basis, and the rest are just there for the picnic. South America deserves atleast one more seat. Also Africa deserves one more because a team like Egypt would do more damage than Denmark, Swiss, and etc. Only 4 teams from UEFA won the cup. It's not like all of them usually compete for the title. 2 or 3 good teams that contend for the title, and you get the odd team once every four years like Sweden, Bulgari, Croatia, and etc. 12 teams should be more than enough for UEFA. It's the world cup, and not the Euro cup.

Egypt had every chance to qualify and should have ... I dont think Egypt are a better team then say Turkey or Sweden are, so i think until say Africa or Concaf or the Asian division start producing the goods they should not be rewarded with additional spots. But I see where you are coming from.

 

[GordoDeCentral]

You gotta admit his Serie B WC idea is pretty nice though

i was just being sarcastic i think africa/asia should have 3 teams europe 7 and americas 6. 16 teams and thats it.

BTW id love for the US to play Copa America.

 

[CalcioJuventus]

You gotta admit his Serie B WC idea is pretty nice though

lol defn not. It would take away from the mystic behind they world cup .. where the winner is the best in the whole wide world.

 

[Dragon]

14 teams from UEFA is too much, and there are only 4-6 teams that usually do good on a regular basis, and the rest are just there for the picnic. South America deserves atleast one more seat. Also Africa deserves one more because a team like Egypt would do more damage than Denmark, Swiss, and etc. Only 4 teams from UEFA won the cup. It's not like all of them usually compete for the title. 2 or 3 good teams that contend for the title, and you get the odd team once every four years like Sweden, Bulgari, Croatia, and etc. 12 teams should be more than enough for UEFA. It's the world cup, and not the Euro cup.

Africa had SIX teams this WC (they usually have five but got six because SA qualified as hosts). (And sadly they didn't do much !)

So if Africa didn't get one spot taken away and they had the chance to have six countries in the WC why can't South Americans get the same chance?

Some double standards FIFA has.

 

[Dragon]

i was just being sarcastic i think africa/asia should have 3 teams europe 7 and americas 6. 16 teams and thats it.

BTW id love for the US to play Copa America.

Me too, I don't know why they dont get invited if Mexico does.

 

[GordoDeCentral]

Me too, I don't know why they dont get invited if Mexico does.

that would be good for both, US will play against better opposition and CONMEBOL will get access to a new market.

 

[Alen]

You gotta admit his Serie B WC idea is pretty nice though

Of course it is. The Americans here shouldn't complain about it. They should simply accept it as another serie B adventure, like the one Juve had in 2006.

Plus, it's not like we're taking every chance from them to qualify for the real world cup. All they have to do will be to win the serie B world cup and then be better in two legs than an all-star team consisted of the best SA and European players.

Piece of cake.

 

[X Æ A-12]

Plus, it's not like we're taking every chance from them to qualify for the real world cup. All they have to do will be to win the serie B world cup and then be better in two legs than an all-star team consisted of the best SA and European players.

Piece of cake.

that's terrible

 

[Gabriel]

i was just being sarcastic i think africa/asia should have 3 teams europe 7 and americas 6. 16 teams and thats it.

BTW id love for the US to play Copa America.

Imo they have 32 teams cuz of the money the raise in the group phase, it would be a huge loss without it atleast economically, but football wise i agree.

lol defn not. It would take away from the mystic behind they world cup .. where the winner is the best in the whole wide world.

But the MLB winners are the World Champions

Me too, I don't know why they dont get invited if Mexico does.

I think and as stupid as it might sound that it's due to the fact that they don't share the same language as the rest. (brazil being an exception but their in the middle and you could say they share a lot with the rest culture wise)

 

[Dragon]

Of course it is. The Americans here shouldn't complain about it. They should simply accept it as another serie B adventure, like the one Juve had in 2006.

Plus, it's not like we're taking every chance from them to qualify for the real world cup. All they have to do will be to win the serie B world cup and then be better in two legs than an all-star team consisted of the best SA and European players.

Piece of cake.

I love it.

 

[Dragon]

I think and as stupid as it might sound that it's due to the fact that they don't share the same language as the rest. (brazil being an exception but their in the middle and you could say they share a lot with the rest culture wise)

Yeah I think it's because they speak a language different than english.

Brazil speaks a different language too but they're pentacampeao and can't be uninvited

 

[Delle Alpi]

Africa had SIX teams this WC (they usually have five but got six because SA qualified as hosts). (And sadly they didn't do much !)

So if Africa didn't get one spot taken away and they had the chance to have six countries in the WC why can't South Americans get the same chance?

Some double standards FIFA has.

South America deserves easily 6 seats, I just think Fifa is baby sitting UEFA alot and they are giving them more privilege. Ecuador would have put more afford than plenty of teams around.

Egypt had every chance to qualify and should have ... I dont think Egypt are a better team then say Turkey or Sweden are, so i think until say Africa or Concaf or the Asian division start producing the goods they should not be rewarded with additional spots. But I see where you are coming from.

I knew you were coming back at me with this , but Egypt is a team that excel in tournaments more than qualifiers were players meets for a short time, and there are plenty of time between each game. This WC qualifiers they came against Algeria which is a great rivalry in North Africa and there was too much violance around the games, in 2006 they had Ivory Coast and Cameroon in their group, in 2002 they had Morocco (Big rivalry) and Sengal which had an amazing 2-3 years during that time. I think Egypt would have a problem agianst the likes of Sweden, Scotland, Turkey, and etc. They are way better. The reason they didn't qualify not because they weren't good enough, but because there was plenty of crazy stuff going on in these games off the pitch, and both governments of Egypt and Algeria had to interrupt.