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I.killCommies
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who is gonna win
Apr 13 2010 2:22PM
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ECB
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I live in America, but lived in Germany, and was conceived in Russia /claim

just ordered a Klose jersey today! so stoked for world cup
May 11 2010 4:05PM
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THATS_STREET
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cool story...

May 11 2010 4:09PM
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Mr.Panda
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Sorry, but having family there over rules where I live. Besides... I have been to Japan three times staying for about 1.5 months each time.
May 11 2010 4:11PM
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hellomynameisjef
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cannot wait for the USA/England game. im hoping for argentina to win.


money says messi gets the golden boot
May 11 2010 4:12PM
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THATS_STREET
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you guys dont need to explain your excuses for rooting against the country you live in. it was a general statement.
May 11 2010 4:13PM
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Poon_Handler
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If Poland ever wins a World Cup I'd die from joy so hopefully they lose lol.
May 11 2010 4:26PM
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Mathieu.fr
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SO, today was such an important day since several countries announced the selected players for the World Cup.
As far as France is concern, the coach took some surprising decisions..Benzema isnt on the list, it's true that he didnt play that much this season with the Real Madrid but he's imo still a good player. Nasri isnt selected neither even if i played super well with Arsenal all the season...which kinda upset me. Finally, there is not much well experimented player in the team such a Vieira or Makelele..

Here is the list if you guys wanna check it out :
Goalkeepers: Hugo Lloris (Lyon), Steve Mandanda (Marseille), Cédric Carrasso (Bordeaux), Mickaël Landreau (Lille).

Defence : Bacary Sagna (Arsenal/ANG), Eric Abidal (Barcelone/ESP), William Gallas (Arsenal/ANG), Patrice Evra (Manchester United/ANG), Rod Fanni (Rennes), Adil Rami (Lille), Sébastien Squillaci (Séville/ESP), Gaël Clichy (Arsenal/ANG), Marc Planus (Bordeaux), Anthony Reveillère (Lyon).
Middle : Jérémy Toulalan (Lyon), Lassana Diarra (Real Madrid/ESP), Alou Diarra (Bordeaux), Yoann Gourcuff (Bordeaux), Abou Diaby (Arsenal/ANG), Yann M'Vila (Rennes), Florent Malouda (Chelsea/ANG).
Attack : Sidney Govou (Lyon), Franck Ribéry (Bayern Munich/ALL), Thierry Henry (Barcelone/ESP), Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea/ANG), Djibril Cissé (Panathinaïkos/GRE), André-Pierre Gignac (Toulouse), Mathieu Valbuena (Marseille), Hatem Ben Arfa (Marseille), Jimmy Briand (Rennes).


For the Brazilian team, Ronaldinho and Adriano are not on the list !!
May 11 2010 6:26PM
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Campeador
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Considering they barely qualified for the world cup at all.
May 12 2010 2:54PM
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hellomynameisjef
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it doesnt matter. thats the beauty of the world cup.
May 12 2010 3:07PM
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Bar_Down
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Spain's team is so dirty
May 12 2010 3:09PM
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hellomynameisjef
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but america beat them. they have an incredible team, they need to start playing like it
May 12 2010 3:10PM
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ECB
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First, before World Cup, theres the Bayern Munich vs Inter game, can't wait for that game, then a two or three weeks after that game is World Cup!  So much soccer this summer!
May 12 2010 3:15PM
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SHD
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Spain might have a great team this year, but from what I've seen they don't play good enough together.

3 teams I wouldn't count out
Côte d'Ivoire
Portugal
Greece

There's way to many teams with a shot this year that as soon as my teams (Norway, didn't qualify. America, exchange student there now) goes out, I will cheer for the wild cards!
STOKED for this to kick off!
May 12 2010 4:38PM
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ECB
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Samaras is a nasty player, tearing shit up on Celtic

(Why my font is bold idk, it wont turn off....)

May 12 2010 4:41PM
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JibbaTheHutt
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england got usa first round
May 12 2010 4:42PM
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hellomynameisjef
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ahhh yes i love ivory cost, drogba is one of my favorite players. rooting for them and argentina once USA is out
May 12 2010 4:44PM
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ecjibme
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kinda disappointed that Pato didn't make the Brazilian squad
May 12 2010 4:52PM
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ECB
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or Ronaldinho....he's so fun to watch
May 12 2010 4:53PM
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ecjibme
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seriously. he may be getting older but he is still one of the most entertaining and skilled players of all time, Dunga must have some idea what he's doing to leave them off
May 12 2010 5:02PM
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feihlination
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but he is one of the guys that you cant have on the bench. because he wont sit on the bench and shut up.

so if he is not good enough to be a starter, you better leave him where he is.



selection was also a major issue for the german team. but the head coach does what he wants. i respect that he is not going the easy road. if it goes downhill, he has to go and in the other case he is the best coach in the world.


so we better wait until after the tournament for bashing on a coach.
May 12 2010 5:58PM
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fujarome
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unfortunately benzema and nasri just didn't do enough to prove they deserved the callup. Nasri did play well, but unfortunately that damn injury that cost him half the season just took away too much time where he could be improving.

Hugo Lloris will hopefully be spectacular. He's a great keeper, and i knew he'd come up big vs ireland. About time france has a decent keeper again. We didn't have one in euro08. Barthez was gone, and lloris wasn't here yet.

The rest aren't bad, though i'll still complain about it a bit purely out of hatred for domenech. I wish vieira had been picked, but truth be told, he's past it. But he'd be a great influence on the team.

i just hope they do well, and on the plus side....domenech's reign will be over at the end of it anyways.
May 12 2010 7:40PM
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Riser
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I think Henry used his hands to greater effect in that game...
May 13 2010 10:51AM
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AgentOrange11
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umm number one, im dutch so i have to root for my country
second i do know about football and netherlands as a solid chance besides them playing brazil in the quaterfinals
May 13 2010 9:59PM
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Peter.
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totti left off the italian squad, pretty interesting. he is old though so it makes sense.
May 13 2010 10:08PM
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pRETTyLight5
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USA vs. England first group round...all i want is for USA to fuck shit up
May 13 2010 11:47PM
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Austeeze
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Bialo-Czerwoni we are so shite.....

In saying that Slovakia will be my 2nd team this WC after Australia, deserved to come top of our qualifying group

May 14 2010 2:00AM
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mastaj55555
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i just hope that portugal gets FUCKING RAPED IN THE ASSHOLE... that is all
May 14 2010 2:56AM
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hellomynameisjef
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im thinking they will, we have a solid team going.


May 14 2010 7:19AM
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DERS.
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USA USA USA..
May 14 2010 7:38AM
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feihlination
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just a joke, keep it easy.


well its nothing against "your" team, they play great football normally, but they have the same syndrome as england.

whenever quarterfinals approach, they become prone to choke. england in 1966 was the exception (with 2 irregular goals, btw) and netherlands in 1988. but besides that, they just cant make it. idk why, but its like that.

so, even though england and netherlands might be two of the better teams on paper, i cant even see any of them in the semifinals.



i would bet 100 € right now that the trophy goes either to brazil, italy, france or germany.
May 14 2010 8:01AM
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ECB
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I dont have 100 € but if I did I would not bet against this, these are the four teams I think have the best shot too! I feel like Spain is really good, but as stated before, overrated. Depending on how teams do, theres a way it can be Spain Portugal in the final, which would be a crazy game, but not most likely
May 14 2010 8:27AM
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twin-tip-hero
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i like your style sir.
May 14 2010 8:34AM
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.Natty.
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Pretty safe bet considering youve covered 4 out of the 7 teams that have ever won a world cup, and one of those teams in uruguay so essentially its 4 out of the 6.

Speaking of that how many of you guys think a team that hasnt won it before will pull through and win their first? For those of you who dont know the only teams who have won are England(1), Argentina(2), Italy(4), Brazil(5), Uruguay(2), Germany (West Germany at the time)(3), France(1).

May 14 2010 8:35AM
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ECB
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Then if you look at the teams that are the losing teams, its almost the same group of teams with an exception here or there
May 14 2010 8:49AM
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BMS-Productions
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you guys never heard of switzerland, serbia, argentina and south africa!!?? definitely not germany or england
May 14 2010 9:12AM
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ECB
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Not Germany?!?

They got third place in 06 and have basically the same team, with a few extra players, or players that were young and now better. They have a very legitimate chance in most people's minds.
May 14 2010 9:31AM
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woollygangster
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correction, WAS so much fun to watch...


May 14 2010 10:13AM
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ECB
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Haha yea, good catch
May 14 2010 10:14AM
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Bukkakeskitrip
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new zealand ftw
May 14 2010 10:17AM
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fujarome
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ronaldinho was good to watch, except he's not going to the world cup so his days of int'l football may very well be over. Brazil is bringing a surprisingly weakened squad compared to their usual types.
May 14 2010 10:37AM
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Mr_Papageorgio
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anyone know why Totti isn't playing for the Italian national team.  he's having a great year for a Roma team that is playing outstanding
May 14 2010 11:52AM
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ECB
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this is from dec 09, but it plays a part in why he's not playing
http://www.goal.com/en/news/1863/world-cup-2010/2009/12/04/1665332/world-cup-2010-francesco-totti-for-italy-thats-his-choice
May 14 2010 12:04PM
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fujarome
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well good luck to germany. no more ballack. They are having shit luck this year.
May 17 2010 11:32AM
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SHD
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If anyone have an IPhone or IPod touch, x2 football 2010 just came out, and i suggest you buy it!!! Totally worth the money!
May 17 2010 11:35AM
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feihlination
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yeah, this is it.

they needed 100% to make anything happen and without ballack i dont think they get even close to that. i would now predict that germany still wins the group, makes it to the quarter or semi finals and gets eliminated against another top tier team. and this game could get ugly.

he is not just one of the best players at his position in the world, but he is the only real leader this team has or had in this case. the positional void might be filled, but whats with the leadership void? who can step up? it wont be the keeper (neuer will start, regardless of what they say) as it had been for a long time. other long-tenured players are lahm, klose, mertesacker, friedrich and despite their youth podolski and schweinsteiger. they have to show up now and get vocal on the field.

May 17 2010 11:57AM
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fujarome
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make a late call up and bring in torsten frings! Been awhile since he played, and the coach hates him, so i don't see that ever happening.
May 17 2010 1:57PM
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Dex
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no way dude! spain yea but germany are screwed without ballack and france were poor in qualifying.. I think you can never count brazil out and as an outside bet im thinking portugal could do well with nani performing and ronaldos addiction to winning. Id like to see england do well but well probs choke.:(

May 17 2010 2:28PM
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BerkeleyD
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latvia
May 17 2010 3:03PM
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Thenowhereman42
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I keep hearing about Argentina doing well for some reason. I hope England does well too. Last cup we got knocked out by someone fairly embarrassing like Ecuador or something right? At least 2 cups ago we got knocked out by Brazil which is understandable.
May 17 2010 3:06PM
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icrashoften
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I'm pulling for the US. I think we're gonna surprise some people...but of course the odds are we won't win the cup.

Not sure who I'm gonna adopt as my second though. Gotta have someone to root for cause I'm gonna watch the whole tournament regardless...
May 17 2010 3:28PM
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