world cup 2006

• numby

  9 Oct 05, 12:37

  ghana, congo, ivory coast, angola
  these four teams r representing africa in the world cup including tunisia...
  
• BillyBong

  10 Oct 05, 09:28

  Pity.
  
  This world cup's africa line up will be the least glamourous yet.
  
  Save Tunisia, none of the rest made it, including gaints Cameroon and Nigeria.
  
  Morocco and Senegal lost out too, allowing unfancied Ivory coast, Angola, Togo, and Ghana to qualify.
  
  Ghana might be a world cup tournament dark horse though.
• hjxfabio

  10 Oct 05, 12:39

  Togo, Angola, Ivory Coast and Ghana deserve to go through. Because they top their group. As simple as that.
  
  They don't have many players playing in Europe's top leagues doesnt mean that they shouldnt be fancied.
• BillyBong

  10 Oct 05, 13:44

  Actually, Ghana has a fair number of players plying their trade in european soccer.
  
  And they have a large number of exciting youths in their ranks. Watch out for their upcoming world youth cup team.
  
  
• Cristiano@Red_Devils.com

  12 Oct 05, 04:55

  Originally posted by BillyBong:

  Pity.
  
  This world cup's africa line up will be the least glamourous yet.
  
  Save Tunisia, none of the rest made it, including gaints Cameroon and Nigeria.
  
  Morocco and Senegal lost out too, allowing unfancied Ivory coast, Angola, Togo, and Ghana to qualify.
  
  Ghana might be a world cup tournament dark horse though.

  Would like to add on to the list of fancied teams that will not be in the world cup next yr, or on the verge of going out..
  
  1. Czech Republic - Need full points in their last game away to finland to gain a playoff spot. Anything less than 3 points means they would be out and Romania goes to playoff instead.
  
  2. Greece - Euro2004 champs' hopes of clinching second spot in their grp hangs by a thread as they trail 2 other teams vying for the playoff spot, Denmark and Turkey. Need to win their final game and hope both rivals falter in theirs.
  
  3. Russia - World cup regulars Russia may miss out playoff spot to rivals Slovakia.
  
  4. France - In the tightest european grp, the once invincible bleus, winner of WC98 and EC2000, could either top the grp or face elimination, depending on results from other games.
  
  5. Spain - Would be grateful for a playoff spot this time round, after too many slip ups.
  
  
• HafizulKMS

  12 Oct 05, 09:00

  Originally posted by Cristiano@Red_Devils.com:

  1. Czech Republic - Need full points in their last game away to finland to gain a playoff spot. Anything less than 3 points means they would be out and Romania goes to playoff instead.
  

  Very tough for them, their inconsistency is the problem. At some point, they are extremely good, beaten Holland 6 times in a row (before end of Euro 04), after that, start going down.
  
  

  Originally posted by Cristiano@Red_Devils.com:

  2. Greece - Euro2004 champs' hopes of clinching second spot in their grp hangs by a thread as they trail 2 other teams vying for the playoff spot, Denmark and Turkey. Need to win their final game and hope both rivals falter in theirs.
  

  They don't deserve to qualify. Well, I don't want to watch another boring match in World Cup 06 where another team keep attacking, but another team keep defending. Greece strategy sux, they play 11 defenders, boring! Should be out. No, I should say "MUST" be out.
  
  

  Originally posted by Cristiano@Red_Devils.com:

  3. Russia - World cup regulars Russia may miss out playoff spot to rivals Slovakia.
  

  No comment.
  
  

  Originally posted by Cristiano@Red_Devils.com:

  4. France - In the tightest european grp, the once invincible bleus, winner of WC98 and EC2000, could either top the grp or face elimination, depending on results from other games.
  

  Old folks team.
  
  

  Originally posted by Cristiano@Red_Devils.com:

  5. Spain - Would be grateful for a playoff spot this time round, after too many slip ups.
  

  Problem, full of talented players, but every time show dissapointed results. Maybe their players are having too much luxury life, so to win or not to win doesn't make much differences. Unlike Brazil and Argentina, most of their players came from poor background, so, the will to win is strong.
• BillyBong

  12 Oct 05, 16:32

  Originally posted by Cristiano@Red_Devils.com:

  Would like to add on to the list of fancied teams that will not be in the world cup next yr, or on the verge of going out..
  
  1. Czech Republic - Need full points in their last game away to finland to gain a playoff spot. Anything less than 3 points means they would be out and Romania goes to playoff instead.
  
  2. Greece - Euro2004 champs' hopes of clinching second spot in their grp hangs by a thread as they trail 2 other teams vying for the playoff spot, Denmark and Turkey. Need to win their final game and hope both rivals falter in theirs.
  
  3. Russia - World cup regulars Russia may miss out playoff spot to rivals Slovakia.
  
  4. France - In the tightest european grp, the once invincible bleus, winner of WC98 and EC2000, could either top the grp or face elimination, depending on results from other games.
  
  5. Spain - Would be grateful for a playoff spot this time round, after too many slip ups.
  

  Czech republic should qualify in the playoffs as their fate is in their hands. All they need is a win to secure a play-off spot ahead of Romania.
  
  For both Slovakia and Russia, the play-off is in their hands too. Whoever wins will be fine.
  
  France should get at least a play-off spot. As for greece, they left it too little too late. Goes to show their Euro 2004 was a fluke, and their team needs more creative players. Defensive-minded teams never make it far.
  
  Spain i feel is condemned team, always failing at the final hurdle. I wouldn't be feeling sorry if they missed out.
• numby

  13 Oct 05, 00:11

  spain always played badly despite boasting one of the toughest league in the world and so mani world class players playing in the primera liga or overseas...
  
  mayb something to do with team unity...the players dun look united...
• hjxfabio

  13 Oct 05, 09:52

  Barca players dislike Real players so much?
  
  To me, I feel that most of the stars in La Liga are foreigners. The likes of Ronaldinho, Zidane, Riquelme, Ronaldo, Aimar, etc.. Sure they have good players. But true players who make a difference in the likes of Real, Barca or Valencia are foreigners. Maybe Spain NT should split into Catalunya, Spain and Basque. Might be better in terms of team unity.
• BillyBong

  13 Oct 05, 14:12

  Latest:
  
  Turkey, Czech republic, Switzerland, Slovakia, Norway, Spain made it to the play-offs.
  
  Seeded teams are Turkey, Czech Republic and Spain to play the other 3 teams.
  
  Favourites to go through are the 3 seeded teams.
  
  And in the south American group, Uruguay clinched their play-off with Australia in a re-match of the 2002 world cup qualifer.