VidER Posted April 17, 2002 Share Posted April 17, 2002 The World Cup will be starting in weeks .. At the End of May .. Who Will take the Cup this time ? A Usual Champ or a new one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted April 17, 2002 Share Posted April 17, 2002 ...COME oN ENGLAND!!!! :D :D :D I Personally cannot wait for the Finals ... its all a matter of Weeks now! :D NeYo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CloudEngineer Posted April 17, 2002 Share Posted April 17, 2002 Turkey! the competion is gonna be good Turkey is in the same qulifing group as brazil and from what i can remember thats gonna be the groups first match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altezza Veteran Posted April 17, 2002 Veteran Share Posted April 17, 2002 I would say France who would win World Cup 2002. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aco Veteran Posted April 17, 2002 Veteran Share Posted April 17, 2002 From the form they have shown in the qualifiers, I'd say Argentina would be odds on favourites at the moment. However, you can't rule out Brazil - even if they're in shocking form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babis Posted April 17, 2002 Share Posted April 17, 2002 Personally, I would want to see ITALY win, but as aco mentioned Argentina is considered the favourite... oh well .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluggz Posted April 17, 2002 Share Posted April 17, 2002 england - defensive strategy that can't be stopped.. defensive stop.. lob.. break think about it.. =) p.s. i'm american Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_Lightman Posted April 17, 2002 Share Posted April 17, 2002 Nice to see you put the US up there a choice. Prick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aco Veteran Posted April 17, 2002 Veteran Share Posted April 17, 2002 Originally posted by babis Personally, I would want to see ITALY win, but as aco mentioned Argentina is considered the favourite... oh well .. I'd like to see Italy win aswell, just don't think they can do it this year. :ermm: What I'd really really like to see is Australia in the next World Cup - they deserve it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tai Posted April 17, 2002 Share Posted April 17, 2002 VIVA ITALIA :D :D :D :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangesOfCourse Posted April 17, 2002 Share Posted April 17, 2002 India.. lol :D laterz ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h71y6 Posted April 17, 2002 Share Posted April 17, 2002 although how much i like the England squad, it is far fetched that they would win. Their defense is horrible really. France is playing great as of later and so is Argentina. I say Argentina and France have the best chances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babis Posted April 17, 2002 Share Posted April 17, 2002 I have a new respect to the argentinian team.. I mean they always used to be one of the top 10 teams.. but now they really could be #1 france has an excellent team.. but i don't want them to win... sort of bitter from last world cup .. :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wog boy Posted April 17, 2002 Share Posted April 17, 2002 Originally posted by Tai VIVA ITALIA :D :D :D :D yeah..me agrees with you.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aco Veteran Posted April 17, 2002 Veteran Share Posted April 17, 2002 Originally posted by babis ... france has an excellent team.. but i don't want them to win... sort of bitter from last world cup .. :-( Euro 2000 aswell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleeper Veteran Posted April 17, 2002 Veteran Share Posted April 17, 2002 hmmm...... lets all stroke mr beckhams foot to make it better.... lol :D anyway with or without him england is gonna win :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariusu Posted April 17, 2002 Share Posted April 17, 2002 argetina is the favourite!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prasanth Posted April 17, 2002 Share Posted April 17, 2002 Originally posted by Space Guy India.. lol :D laterz ;) lol some day india will for this world cup its england Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenLin Posted April 17, 2002 Share Posted April 17, 2002 Dude, the St. Louis Rams would kick any of their butts! What's that? Not that football? Oh. ... Nevermind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconman Posted April 17, 2002 Share Posted April 17, 2002 I think it will be Brazil..... RONALDO!!!!!!!!!! Brasil governa todos os jogos do soccer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quboid Posted April 17, 2002 Share Posted April 17, 2002 Be realistic people. England probably won't get out of the group stage - and if they do they will get beaten in the second round. I hope I'm wrong - but let's be sensible. After the Germany match, the ITV teletext 488 poll asked if we would win the world cup. 55% of people said yes. They asked again after the Beckham injury. 42% of people said yes. This is why England do so badly! Because people expect so much. The truth is, England don't do badly. They do as well as their talent allows considering how shaken up the team always is. This is because the manager changes every two years, mainly because of the high expectations and the media pressure. The other reason for failure is lack of players playing abroad - particularly defenders. I think this is way the England defense is so bad - Rio Ferdinand is an OK if error prone defender. Sol Campbell is very good. But when they play international teams, they can't adjust to the different pace and style. Playing together more, even if not against other teams in full international friendlies would help the team cohesion too. If England could get a good manager, like SGE, for a few years, get a few more players other than Macca (ie. good players) playing abroad and get the tabloids to lighten up a bit and maybe England could fluke the odd semi final. My guess is France, although Italy are a good bet (thus blowing my lack of players abroad theory). Brazil and Argentina are possibilities too as always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babis Posted April 18, 2002 Share Posted April 18, 2002 I guess there aren't many poeple who enjoy football around here, anyhow since this thread gather us all around my area, we never usually pick brazil as a favourite, mainly cause it's Brazil; one of the greatest soccer dynasties of all time! is it similar for some of you guys/gals? Xain good points.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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