World Cup 2006, Which group is the hardest? Options

[jonathan83]

I'm surprised there aren't any threads yet on the World Cup. Anyway, the question speaks for itself. I say F is the hardest, followed closely by E. We're in a pretty tough group with Italy and the Czech Rep. Here are the groups:

Group A:
Costa Rica
Ecuador
Germany
Poland

Group B:
England
Paraguay
Sweden
Trinibad & Tobago

Group C:
Argentina
Ivory Coast
Netherlands
Serbia & Montenegro

Group D:
Angola
Iran
Mexico
Portugal

Group E:
Czech Republic
Ghana
Italy
United States

Group F:
Australia
Brazil
Croatia
Japan

Group G:
France
South Korea
Switzerland
Togo

Group H:
Saudi Arabia
Spain
Tunisia
Ukraine

Also, who do you think or want to win each group?

I'd like: Germany, England, Argentina, Mexico, USA, Brazil, South Korea, Spain

but think this will happen: Poland, England, Argentina, Mexico, Italy, Brazil, France, Spain.

championship prediction: Brazil, of course. Runner-up: Italy

This post has been edited by jonathan83: Jun 1 2006, 10:42 AM

[celebritygooner]

shut up we won. you lost haha ^^

and an idea which still fosters you that a well-known country will play better in football sickens me considering that there are so many african country players who play in a REAL MAJOR FOOTBALL LEAGUES (dont be confused with MLS, lol).

Oh, I am sorry. I forgot you are prone to make such a comment since you are a red neck hick who thinks you know everything about sports and your comment alone should be solely respected in this forum.

You don't know me or anything about how "redneck hick" I may or may not be, but I will reiterate.

South Corea beat Togo.

Togo.

The challenge to name two players on the Togo team still stands.

I didn't say anything derogatory about African football in general. Anybody who knows anything about football (hint: I know more than just a little bit) can name a dozen great African footballers -- N'Kono, Milla, Oliseh, Kanu, Okocha, Eboue, Toure, Kuffour, etc etc -- but if you'd come down off that self-righteous horse and look at the Togo team for what it is, you'd realize that I'm right.

Here is a list of clubs of the Togo players:

Two play for Metz, in the French first division. The French league is not on par with the English Premiership, Spanish La Liga, Italian Serie A or German Bundesliga, but it's not terrible. One defender is a bit-player for a good German club called Bayer Leverkusen, a fourth is a deep reserve who's never actually been in a game for English powerhouse Arsenal.

The rest of the clubs represented by the Togo national team are:

Djoliba (in Africa somewhere?), Mons, Apoel Nicosia, Benevento, Young Boys Berne, Brest, Beveren, Valenciennes, Brest, Admira Wacker, Poire sur Vie, Al-Sailiya (Qatar?), Louhans-Cuiseaux, Guingamp, YF Juventus (not the real Juventus, this is a Swiss team), Ciudad Murcia, Moulins, Etoile Filante (I think this is in Togo).

Sure, this doesn't address the actual talent of the players, but let's analyze critically.

1-These guys play for an African minnow.
2-Only one of them plays professionally for a big club.
3-Nobody has ever heard of any of them.

Is it POSSIBLE that these guys are really World Class? ... I guess, but come on. It's alot more likely that they aren't.

Stop pretending South Corea's win is more than it is -- a layup against a team lucky just to be here.