Group 6

[Saraj Fanatico]

Group 6:

Croatia
England
Ukraine
Belarus
Kazakhstan
Andorra


Thoughts? Are you happy with the draw your nation got? What will be the exciting match up in this one? What are your teams chances of making it? Share your thoughts!

[COMEGATOS]

Hahhaha Cratia England again on the same group....must be Karma!!!

I wish I could say Croatia Ukraine...but dont think so

[Andygers]

LOL Croatia and Ukraine will take the top spots

[shevafan]

***k we got a hard group again! im so pissed....

[Italianduke]

Yeah Ukraine is very unlucky, but if England will have Capello as manager there shouldn't be many problems for them to qualify

[Andygers]

Yeah Ukraine is very unlucky, but if England will have Capello as manager there shouldn't be many problems for them to qualify I hope not!!!!!

[Luka Modric]

group 6 draw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3mYmxjXgFA

check out the reaction when croatia is drawn

[Andygers]

Lool I saw that!!!

Its great that England get Croatia again because it means that England will not finish top :)

[wales]

Lool I saw that!!!

Its great that England get Croatia again because it means that England will not finish top :)


Im not sure about that.

[Pape]

HAHAHA 1. Croatia 2. Ukraine 3. England :D:D:D:D

[stuglue]

Hello,or should i say Jagshemash! Why are Kazakhstan even in UEFA? 10 years ago they were playing WC qualifiers against Uzbekistan and Japan in the AFC.
Anyway i hope we can beat Borat and co.
Well well well,Croatia again,i believe someone said if we get Capello then England should be back on track,i think personally its going to take more than just a new manager to overhaul all the problems with the English NT.
Croatia for me are favourites(pains me to say it as well)
As far as Ukraine there is more to them than just Sheva,but i really don't think they are a very good team,despite talent like Holovko and Voronin
Belarus WERE a good team about 4years ago but players such as Bielkavich and Khatskevitch have gone,the only player with any real quality is Hleb.
Andorra to be the whipping boys as usual

[shevafan]

Hello,or should i say Jagshemash! Why are Kazakhstan even in UEFA? 10 years ago they were playing WC qualifiers against Uzbekistan and Japan in the AFC.
Anyway i hope we can beat Borat and co.
Well well well,Croatia again,i believe someone said if we get Capello then England should be back on track,i think personally its going to take more than just a new manager to overhaul all the problems with the English NT.
Croatia for me are favourites(pains me to say it as well)
As far as Ukraine there is more to them than just Sheva,but i really don't think they are a very good team,despite talent like Holovko and Voronin
Belarus WERE a good team about 4years ago but players such as Bielkavich and Khatskevitch have gone,the only player with any real quality is Hleb.
Andorra to be the whipping boys as usual
lol holovko retired like 4 years ago:lol:

[stuglue]

Sorry i meant Husin!:p

[wales]

Well it could have been much worse for England they avoided the real top seeds.

[shevafan]

Sorry i meant Husin!:p
husin retired after the WC 2006 :lol:

[stuglue]

So who does play for Ukraine?,Anyone,or have they all retired?:lol:

[shevafan]

So who does play for Ukraine?,Anyone,or have they all retired?:lol:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_national_football_team

scroll down to the Current Players section:)

[stuglue]

Hey it says on their that Husin is still in the NT

[shevafan]

Hey it says on their that Husin is still in the NT
no it doesnt. you might of mistaken Husyev for Husin. hes a totally different player playing for dynamo kyiv.

[stuglue]

Andriy Husin [1] 1993 - Present 71 9
there ya go,he played for Dynamo Kiev right

[shevafan]

there ya go,he played for Dynamo Kiev right
yeah i guess they forgot to change that part in the player records section.

if you go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andriy_Husin
you can see that in the National Team stats it says (1993-2006)

[BoSaNsKi DiJaMaNt]

Voronin.. wow just wow
he is such an amazing player.. thats all im going to say!

[stuglue]

Yeah,he's alright,a bit off and on at Liverpool.As for Shevchenko,well,he's not the player of 1998 i'm sure Chelsea fans wouldn't miss him

[Saraj Fanatico]

It would be hilarious if England kicks out Croatia this time around. lol I am glad they ended up in the same group. So do the English fans. Revenge is sweet I guess. Its pretty obvious Croatia and England will open up a can of whip ass in this one.

[stuglue]

Missing out on the Euro was a disappointment to me but if we fail to qualify for the BIG ONE then the FA will get some serious shit for getting it wrong a 2nd time

[Saraj Fanatico]

They will offer the entire English roster to different parts of the UK if England fails this.

[Andygers]

They will offer the entire English roster to different parts of the UK if England fails this. Lol then we can just use them as our C team :lol:

[Lusitânia Power]

this is insane, I laughed when I saw in wikipedia, the composition of group 6, I hope the Croatians (a team that I like) and the Ukranians get the best of the Proud Island boys eheheheh

[Saraj Fanatico]

hahaha there is so much English dislike its unbelievable. I dunno but I like their team. Except that bastard Crouch.

[FCI]

Throw us England , we want to have fun again.

[Bosnian Unit]

Lool I saw that!!!

Its great that England get Croatia again because it means that England will not finish top :)

I would not agree with you Andygers.

English influence in the world of football means a lot.

This time whole UEFA/FIFA and ref will make sure something like that doesnt happend again.

After all England needs to show Croatia who is daddy, becouse Wednesday was emberasing and they need to win against Croatia by any means in these qualifications so their NT and its supporters can be in peace again.

This is not becouse they lost game, but becouse after 40 or so years England will miss Euro Cup. That is huge !

Do you even know how much money UEFA and England NT/FA will lose just becouse they didnt qualify ?

Football is huge bussines, its all about money these day.

Just like they made exception for Liverpool in UEFA CL couple years ago. They won, but did not qualify....UEFA made excepion so they can defend their title !

Or just the name Champions League... but you have there at least 3 English,Italian or Spanish teams even tough they where not Champions, but they are rich and popular clubs thats what matters.

But Champion of Bosnia,Serbia,Ireland etc... needs to play few rounds to qualify for group stages, and most of the time its impossible since the best will waith for them in 3rd round.

So mark my words, England will crush Croatia this time. And i would not be surprised if Croatia ends up just like England now :smoking: (without WC)!

[SiN]

Just four days after Croatia beat England 3-2 at Wembley to eliminate England from Euro 2008 and cost coach Steve McClaren his job, they were paired together again. Andorra was also in the same group as Croatia and England and lost every match. It is a group that could not have existed 20 years ago. Croatia, Ukraine and Belarus became FIFA members in 1992, Kazakhstan in 1994 and Andorra in 1996.

[FCI]

So Its clear Its business , the reffs tried to push England with a penalty that could be given only to England , but you have to be at least good to take advantage of that. If England scored 5 times , Croatia would do the same at least 6 times.

After England have been swapped 2 times , and in a match that ment nothing to Croatia they should have learned a lesson.

But again after that Owen claims the not a single Croat would have his spot in English team. What a arrogance. Yes , shall we have a test , shell we start compairing Owen and Eduardo or shell we start with the keepers :)


England will try to find a revenge , and I can see them leaving Croatia with a full net.


Im more than convinced that they are at least 15 teams in Europe that would beat England almost every time , and only thing to blame is lack of talent. A 60 million people country cannot even find one coach from their country capable to lead them.

Rooney is scoring every 3 years but he is the best ?

Not a single creative midfielder ...

The defense is so slow , the only thing they are capable is to jump , I think Simunic has more technique in his legs that whole English defense.

Should I mention goalkeepers ?

I think Gary Lineker was probably the last person who know how to play football.

[Vic]

Croatia drawn together with England again. :lol:

1.Croatia
2.Ukraine

[wales]

You think England wont make top 2, omg thats a big statement hope its right.

[Vic]

I think England will "choke" again, they aren't better at the moment.

[wales]

Hope they 'choke' lol.

[Italianduke]

I would not agree with you Andygers.

English influence in the world of football means a lot.

This time whole UEFA/FIFA and ref will make sure something like that doesnt happend again.

After all England needs to show Croatia who is daddy, becouse Wednesday was emberasing and they need to win against Croatia by any means in these qualifications so their NT and its supporters can be in peace again.

This is not becouse they lost game, but becouse after 40 or so years England will miss Euro Cup. That is huge !

Do you even know how much money UEFA and England NT/FA will lose just becouse they didnt qualify ?

Football is huge bussines, its all about money these day.

Just like they made exception for Liverpool in UEFA CL couple years ago. They won, but did not qualify....UEFA made excepion so they can defend their title !

Or just the name Champions League... but you have there at least 3 English,Italian or Spanish teams even tough they where not Champions, but they are rich and popular clubs thats what matters.

But Champion of Bosnia,Serbia,Ireland etc... needs to play few rounds to qualify for group stages, and most of the time its impossible since the best will waith for them in 3rd round.

So mark my words, England will crush Croatia this time. And i would not be surprised if Croatia ends up just like England now :smoking: (without WC)!

Remember that every competition keeps increasing the number of partecipating teams.

If it wasn't that way, now that Jugoslavia isn't a country anymore, no way Bosnia,Serbia,Montenegro and Croatia might have a chance to play a final phase tournament.

So be glad that this football about money is giving you a little chance to qualify.

[wales]

lol.

[stuglue]

I wonder if we offer mighty Premier Nazarbamshev 20 gallons of insecticide and let him make sexytime with the PM's wife Kazakhstan might let us win

[Fenerliyim]

haha croatia and england again, i had high hopes for ukraine after thier WC 06 qualifications but they dissapointed me, if Beckham plays i think england'll make it

[Jadhu]

I hope to see Ukraine and England...Croatia doesn't deserve to be in top 2 cause they won england in last round of euro2008 qualifying ;D I hoped England would have gotten there

[Gunner]

to the guy that said rooney scores like 3 in a year for a starts he always scores in big games. Also he isnt a striker, he CAN play striker, attacking midfield, defensive mid.. he will be up the top scoring and then back in his own goal defending. its what he brings to the team, hes hungry for the ball and hell hunt u down for it. Maradona said himself he thinks rooney is a better player than kaka.

[Gunner]

anyways coming back to the draw i cudnt have asked for anything better, we should really beat all those teams and to draw croatia was a blessing from god. we have time now to sort the team out get a new coach and arrange a few friendlies and get the team morales up again. Croatia better be ready because its not going to be like before.

[stuglue]

I like your confidence ut only until we get a new manager can we really assess how the team will develop.I still think we can qualify out of this group,Croatia are a very good team but i think Ukraine is very over-rated.

[emode]

^well i hope England will improve with the new manager.

I was going to say Ukraine and England to top this group but after the terrible Euro08 qualifying for England i think it should be Ukraine and Croatia now.

[Pr0s]

^You are actually choosing Ukraine over Croatia? :lol:

[shevafan]

ukraine's coach oleg blokhin resigned resigned today.

[emode]

^Ukraine coach resigned ... well hope they will get a better manager!


^You are actually choosing Ukraine over Croatia? :lol:
Why tell hell not??? I have the right to choose which team i want lol regardless of wht everyone think. Yeh Croatia probably a better team than Ukraine right now but i kinda like Ukraine better that's why i choose Ukraine..hope thats okay with u :lol:

[wales]

So if you liked Andorra better than Croatia does that mean Andorra tops the group.

[shevafan]

FIXTURES

2008-08-20
Kazakhstan v Andorra

2008-09-06
Andorra v England

2008-09-06
Croatia v Kazakhstan

2008-09-06
Ukraine v Belarus

2008-09-10
Croatia v England

2008-09-10
Andorra v Belarus

2008-09-10
Kazakhstan v Ukraine

2008-10-11
England v Kazakhstan

2008-10-11
Ukraine v Croatia

2008-10-15
Belarus v England

2008-10-15
Croatia v Andorra

2009-04-01
England v Ukraine

2009-04-01
Andorra v Croatia

2009-04-01
Kazakhstan v Belarus

2009-06-06
Kazakhstan v England

2009-06-06
Croatia v Ukraine

2009-06-06
Belarus v Andorra

2009-06-10
England v Andorra

2009-06-10
Ukraine v Kazakhstan

2009-08-19
Belarus v Croatia

2009-09-05
Ukraine v Andorra

2009-09-05
Croatia v Belarus

2009-09-09
England v Croatia

2009-09-09
Belarus v Ukraine

2009-09-09
Andorra v Kazakhstan

2009-10-10
Ukraine v England

2009-10-10
Belarus v Kazakhstan

2009-10-14
England v Belarus

2009-10-14
Kazakhstan v Croatia

2009-10-14
Andorra v Ukraine

[Blaz3]

The only problems in this group are Croatia and Ukraine, I really want to get revenge on Croatia, come on England!!

[Blaz3]

Only 1 more friendly which is against Czech republic, then 100% concentration on the World cup qualifiers. ive got a good feeling about this WC.

[Andygers]

The only problems in this group are Croatia and Ukraine, I really want to get revenge on Croatia, come on England!! That will be some match! Who would have thought these two would meet again so soon after their last encounter. Those matches will be 50/50 and the Ukraine game at home should be easy but away could go anyway.

[shevafan]

Maybe this time Ukraine can actually beat England. We have lost every match we played against them so far...

[Gunner]

i tell you what england are gonna come out with real fight in them when they see croatia next, the whole nation was seriously pissed off about the euros and the players have a point to prove.

ukrain wont be a problem for us either, with all due respect for them. andorra, belaruz and kazakstahn can all kiss their asses goodbye when they face us too..

[I Am Legend]

Only 1 more friendly which is against Czech republic, then 100% concentration on the World cup qualifiers. ive got a good feeling about this WC.

Me too...Capello is far more tactically astute than that clown McLaren. I just seeing him working Croatia out...Really I Do.

[Crasher323]

I think it will be hard for England in this grp with all the preasure on them and im wondering if they havent developed some kind of complex against Croatia. Anyway it will be very hard for them at Zagreb. I dont know why they took Mclaren in the first place ... i mean with all the budget they have they shoud easily have been able to get Gus Hiding before Russia did for exemple... or any other good coatch. Now with Capello i think England will qualify for WC 2010 but i think they will have not have such an offensive nice looking gameplay style if i may so :). Anyway i hope they qualify along with Croatia.

[Gunner]

definately, i have nothing againstg croatia, we were just made to look poor against them and it was partly down to mclaren and the squad. new squad, new tactics and we should beat them or if not draw.

[vojvoda]

Awesome group! Two quality teams like Croatia and England, sweet, i will enjoy watching these two.

I am pretty sure something like this would happen:

1. Croatia
2. England

or

1. England
2. Croatia

I hate to say it but I missed watching England during Euro. English fans are crazy and they definately add to the soccer atmosphere. I hope England qualify but only after Croatia :D
Ukraine are a threat to the Croats.
Croatia must break them!

[A(Bosancero)]

of course ukraine has no chance

[Sirhail]

england were SO shit last night!!

and 1nce again the press are on the manager....

i think we have to admit that our players are good, but not the best the in the world.

i mean our best players in our team, as good as they are, are not even the best players in their clubs

[Gunner]

We have world class players. But we also play players that are completely shit.

Heskey, Beckham, Defoe, Rooney(the boys lost it).

And Lampard and Gerrard cant play in the centre of Midfield, how many times has it got to be proven!

At the moment, these are our best performing players for our country, and we need to have our performers playing for our country, not the big names.

---------------Hart

Richards---Terry--Ferdinand--A.Cole

----------Barry--Hargreaves

-Gerrard-------------------Downing

--------Walcott--Agbonlahor

Subs:

Lampard
Bentley
SWP
Neville
Beckham
Joe Cole
Defoe

[Sirhail]

We have world class players. But we also play players that are completely shit.

Heskey, Beckham, Defoe, Rooney(the boys lost it).

And Lampard and Gerrard cant play in the centre of Midfield, how many times has it got to be proven!

At the moment, these are our best performing players for our country, and we need to have our performers playing for our country, not the big names.

---------------Hart

Richards---Terry--Ferdinand--A.Cole

----------Barry--Hargreaves

-Gerrard-------------------Downing

--------Walcott--Agbonlahor

Subs:

Lampard
Bentley
SWP
Neville
Beckham
Joe Cole
Defoe

not a fan of downing!!

joe cole on the left NE day!!!
bentley, swp on the right, even walcott, gerrard playin behind the striker

[Gunner]

Rotation, we sub people off if they dont perform, i agree joe cole is better than downing, but he seems to be more effective when he comes on as a sub, and is fresh while the other team is tireing..


Bentley subs on for hargreaves or barry, whoevers player worst and put gerrard in def mid. and bentley on right wing.

rooney could be subbed on for either strikers.

The reason i put that formation with those players is because we need to try something new. We keep putting the same team out all the time and it doesnt work.

[Sirhail]

nooooooo way!! we cant put gerrard in def midfield!!! that just takes 50%of his game!!! i wish scholes was 28 again.....

[Gunner]

We need to try new things though mate. what we keep doing just doesnt work.

[Sirhail]

it is different to svens team, mind u i think sven did really well! our defense is all ova the place. ill put joe cole behind the strikers, hes got the best ability when it cums to 1st touch passin and hes got nippy lil turns. bring in ashley young as well...hopefully we will peak at ryt time...but the press needs to lay off the manager.

i just read yesterday paper and how they were loving chrisine ohurugu winning the gold medal, but last year the same paper were asking the council to ban her from olympics for missin a drugs test.

they just use a slight opinion of the public, and fuel it wid exageration and dramatic lines just to sell the papers. and it just puts atheletes footballers, and managers in more pressure.

if their is one thing we need to change gunner, its the papers negative attitude to every england manager that comes in.

[shevafan]

Just play a 4-5-1 that goes to a 4-3-3 when needed:

Richards---Terry--Ferdinand--A.Cole
------------Hargreaves------------
Walcott--------------------Joe Cole
-------Gerrard-------Lampard-------
--------------Rooney--------------

[Sirhail]

rooney cant play up front on his own. we're giving walcott too much credit early.....he still needs to establish himself in arsenal b4 he starts in england. just watching olympics bmx final, so sad for our shanaze reade!!

[shevafan]

rooney cant play up front on his own. we're giving walcott too much credit early.....he still needs to establish himself in arsenal b4 he starts in england. just watching olympics bmx final, so sad for our shanaze reade!!

Whatever, you have a bunch of right wingers. As for rooney, you can put Crouch in there too lol. But If you're gonna have to play with 2 strikers, you have to give up either lampard or gerrard. You can however go to the traditional 4-4-2, but I just don't see lampard or gerrard covering for each other in defence. They got too much pride to do that. They both want to attack, score goals, go for fame... They're both attacking type midfielders.

[A(Bosancero)]

Well my three choices on the standings are:

Croatia England
England or Croatia
Ukraine Ukraine
Belarus Belarus
Kazakhstan Kaz
Andorra Andorra

my finally choice is Croatia and Ukraine qualifying with england in third and the same teams in the order. :) enjoy!

[shevafan]

Mind that the second team doesn't qualify. They play a playoff round with the other second place finishers (unless they have the worst record as a second place finisher in the 9 groups).

[A(Bosancero)]

Sorry I didn't see my mistake thanks for pointing it out!

[_leonidus_]

I for one am not sure that Croatia will have their way with England again. Sure, great team, a lot of potential and they deserve a lot of respect however I believe that people have been too hyped on Croatia lately and enjoy dissing England for every reason possible. But let us not forget what England has been over the years. I wont predict anything in this group, it could get ugly.

[Andygers]

I have a feeling that Ukraine are going to come out of the blue and win this group and then it will be a battle between Croatia and Belarus for second place :)

[Gunner]

I have no idea how this group will turn out yet. If england play the way they did in euro's we wont qualify. If we play like we played against argentina last time we played, then we should qualify.

[A(Bosancero)]

most likely croatia and england possiably ukraine

[Gunner]

5-1. Got a decent result in the end.

[stuglue]

[England] England 4 4 0 0 14 3 12
[Croatia] Croatia 4 2 1 1 8 4 7
[Ukraine] Ukraine 3 2 1 0 4 1 7
[Belarus] Belarus 3 1 0 2 4 5 3
[Kazakhstan] Kazakhstan 4 1 0 3 5 11 3
[Andorra] Andorra 4 0 0 4 1 12 0

the perfect start.

[Cro_Sensation]

We still have a long way to go. 3 games into quals doesn't mean much.

Ukraine and England have even faced each other yet. After those 2 matches, we'll get a better idea of who can move into the top 2 spots.

I like Ukraine, but personally, I don't see them beating England. I could be wrong though! Upsets do happen.

If we beat Ukraine in Zagreb, I think we'll be in a much better position to qualify though.

[[ENG]Severus]

I think it will be
1. England 2. Croatia
3. Ukraine
For Sure

[vojvoda]

1. Croatia
2. England :lol:

Ukraine beats England twice and Croatia beats them in England (again) Perfect ending! :fish::fish:

[wales]

lol anyone who sees past England here is very optimistic.

[Obama]

I have a feeling that Ukraine are going to come out of the blue and win this group and then it will be a battle between Croatia and Belarus for second place :)

So much for that feeling eh? What a racist you are!

[NB-MVP]

Man Ukraine almost tied them

[Obama]

Man Ukraine almost tied them

Man all you like! England have played 5 and won 5...Hate all you like SA here we come.

[BavarianRed]

:lol: dupont

[Obama]

:lol: dupont

RACISTS...No other english people come here cos of the hatred against them..See you in SA girls!

[NB-MVP]

lol so we're not going to watch the WC from our TVs? :d

[shevafan]

I was pretty pissed we conceded so late in the game, but I'm use to that this season. Terry's goal was suspiciously offside and Barry brought down Milevskiy in the box at one time which should have been a penalty. Also Rooney almost put Aliev in a wheelchair for life with that tackle. He got the ball, but that's way too dangerous... 1-1 or 2-2 would have been a fair score in my opinion, but we lost. We have to beat Croatia and other teams to have a chance now.

[Gunner]

England putting in another performance to get the win. JT man of the match.

[Cro_Sensation]

We're gonna rip shit up in Belarus. Petric/Dudu in front will be good. Especially both are in top shape at the moment.

[Cro_Sensation]

Looks like we're gonna win 3 - 1 ..

Olic X2
Dudu X1


Olic should have gotten a hattrick...

They make a good partnership though

I kinda laughed when they scored one and felt confident, then we score a minute later and the crowd got quiet lol

[Cro_Sensation]

Modric got injured for Tottenham's match... Apparently' he'll be out for maybe 6 weeks :(

[A(Bosancero)]

ONE WORD ^ DAMn

[stuglue]

Forget what happened under McClaren when England met Croatia last. Even forget what happened when England visited Croatia last year. The game this wednesday will be a test for England as yesterday's friendly against Slovenia exposed weaknesses in the defence.
Terry looked leaden footed whilst Glen Johnson looked troubled when he was attacked.
Still, the pressure is on Croatia as they have played a game more and Ukraine are breathing down there necks. If they lose this Wednesday then England will have qualified and will probably play a weakened squad over in Kiev next month.
Ukraine will win there last game against Andorra.

[wales]

well, you cant get any better than 7/7 for England, who thinks they can win all their games?

[Baby Face Nelson]

Forget what happened under McClaren when England met Croatia last. Even forget what happened when England visited Croatia last year. The game this wednesday will be a test for England as yesterday's friendly against Slovenia exposed weaknesses in the defence.
Terry looked leaden footed whilst Glen Johnson looked troubled when he was attacked.
Still, the pressure is on Croatia as they have played a game more and Ukraine are breathing down there necks. If they lose this Wednesday then England will have qualified and will probably play a weakened squad over in Kiev next month.
Ukraine will win there last game against Andorra.

Friendlies don't expose anything. England will play at a much higher tempo than they did against Slovenia. Croatia needs to start praying that England has an off night.

England 3-1 Croatia. :smoking:

[BRISTOLUK]

Forget what happened under McClaren...

If only I could.

I don't mean to cheapen WW2 but actually we should never forget. ;)

We repeated the mistake of Taylor with Keegan and then repeated it again with McClaren. Hopefully we'll not repeat it again.

[Baby Face Nelson]

A completely comprehensive win for England as they totally destroyed Croatia 5-1 and qualified for the finals in South Africa in the process.

[Salt The Fries]

I'm glad Croatia got a deserved pounding. I hate their cockiness and overconfidence.

[Baby Face Nelson]

England played exceptionally well as a team and looked lethal going forward.

[Nit]

I'm glad Croatia got a deserved pounding. I hate their cockiness and overconfidence.

:thumbsup:

[Cro_Sensation]

I'm glad Croatia got a deserved pounding. I hate their cockiness and overconfidence.

You should hate the whole Balkans then, we're all the same lol.

[BavarianRed]

I'm glad Croatia got a deserved pounding. I hate their cockiness and overconfidence.

Slovenia 3-0 Poland, enough said...

[wales]

fair play to England their my favorites to win the World Cup.

[stuglue]

Even though we've scored the most goals in qualifying and haven't been beaten I don't think we'll win the world cup.

[Baby Face Nelson]

^ Who is your team Stuglue?

[Sema]

I assume it's England.

[Baby Face Nelson]

All I'll say is on current form England have as much of a chance as any other team.

[stuglue]

It is England

[Baby Face Nelson]

Well Stuglue, it will be good to see how England do.

I'm not gonna get my hopes up too high or go running my chops saying they will win it. All i know is they are in as good a shape as they have been for 10 to 15 years and that the manager is a wily campaigner with a burning desire to win the World Cup.

Oh and he handles the OTT english media with ease. :smoking:

[wales]

I agree.

[Gunner]

I'm glad Croatia got a deserved pounding. I hate their cockiness and overconfidence.

yh. revenge has been done.

[wales]

done in style.