Football Hooligans poll...US further than England?

Seeing as the world cup draw was announced i would like to get some feedback on who will go further.

Even though the US has a far harder group i think they'll get to the semi's and the brits will go out in the round of 16 (as always!)

Any thoughts on who will win the next one?

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I have to agree with Digital Mike. Unless England get a lot of injuries, I can't see them going out until the last 8 as a minimum (more likely the last four against Brazil).

Time will tell. But if you'd like to tell us about the US squad it will be interesting to see where you believe the quality will come from?

Cheers Jon

I guess it's just that we don't really even care about the game (maybe the 5th most popular game in the states) and yet we still seem to show up the soccer obcessed countries.

I can't see Italy being much trouble, but we could looose to Ghanan. I still think we'll end up in the semi finals. Of course, we'll win the world series and so we can call it even!

matthew doig wrote: I guess it's just that we don't really even care about the game (maybe the 5th most popular game in the states) and yet we still seem to show up the soccer obcessed countries.

I can't see Italy being much trouble, but we could looose to Ghanan. I still think we'll end up in the semi finals. Of course, we'll win the world series and so we can call it even!

Wow, the drugs must be good this morning, I could SWEAR there's a guy up there seriously saying the US are gonna kick ass in the WC.

Need to speak to my doc about these side effects.

S.Campbell:Grudging Engerland supporter (not many other home countries to choose from really)

matthew doig wrote: I guess it's just that we don't really even care about the game (maybe the 5th most popular game in the states) and yet we still seem to show up the soccer obcessed countries.

I can't see Italy being much trouble, but we could looose to Ghanan. I still think we'll end up in the semi finals. Of course, we'll win the world series and so we can call it even!

World Series? You don't even know the name of the fookin' competition you are bragging you are gonna win! Dufus ;)

Actually, it occurred to me he may be making a funny at his own expense there. That the US winning the "world" series of baseball will be considered, within jesusland at least, to be an equal victory to someone else's in the WC.

Nonetheless....Italy, a pushover for the US.

Beers WLL be in that night. Will be most enjoyable seeing just HOW mental his idea turns out to have been.

S. Campbell: gearing up to enjoy football for a month as he does every 4 years.

i thought i had 2 teams that wouldn't go past the first round, germany and australia, but with the draw germany should at least get through the first round.

Er, I think it will be Brazil, Brazil or maybe even Brazil...and if Brazil Reserves were playing they'd be the losing finalists.

As for the US, that stands for U Suck in my book, at least at football. Liverpool's US star, Zak Whitbread, has been loaned out to Millwall and that about says it all...

And by the way the country is called Ghana, where that nice gentleman Mr Essien comes from...

World Cup to Argentina! 20 years after Maradona won it for them, it will be a team effort by argentina to win the world cup, well thats if they can beat the U.S. in the Semi's

'86

'06

Well that guy in the '06 photo has got fa in his hands and thats the way its going to be! Also that S American/Mediterranean whingeing look on his face...

Speaking of this topic...I'm a little worried about Japan. They're in the same group as Brazil(and they're really strong in football)... Well, considering that the national Japanese football league J-League didn't exist until 1992 or 1993, I'm pretty surprised they've come this far, to go to the World Cup in 1998(even though they did horrible back then), co-host the World Cup with South Korea in 2002... I remember back in 2002, every other boy at my school's football team had a hairdo like David Beckham's. We called it the "Beckham" hairdo. I'm not going to say that a certain country has a chance of winning or whatever, but I hope that every country in it does their best!

that guy is Juan Roman Riquelme, and despite what you see in the picture he doesnt play against women, but you will know his name by heart once the world cup is over

Isnt that other guy Sorin? He played against England recently as I recall... Well lets see how they cope in Germany..its a bit different over this side of the pond, unless you're Brazil of course.

thats Sorin with the long hair, he & riquleme both played against england in that friendly in November and they both play for Villareal

Hi all, I am a Reading FC season ticket holder and just want to say that Bobby Convey and Marcus Hahneman are class players and are playing a big part in our potential (likely?) promotion to England's top flight. Both are great although I known there are a couple of keepers in the USA team ahead of Marcus. That said I'm sure England will go further than USA - sorry!

Glen Little's the reason you'll be going up!

Yep, him as well!

last time i went to Reading stadium, i went to queue up for beers about five minutes before half-time. didn't get served until 15 minutes into the second half. then, they wouldn't serve me beer, coz they said they could only sell alcohol at half time!!!!

so i missed a good chunk of the match and didn't get served...... twats!

US in the Semis ????? dream on - this is football - a proper sport - you will not get out of your group - unless they change the rules, pick it up and throw it to a wide receiver !!!

T-H-E Shaun Ryder...?

The very same - and I did not say the F word once - impressed ?

if greece could win euro 2004, anything's possible.

That's what I keep telling myself too, AW...

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The US is gonna win the WC

We paid everyone off...lmao

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matthew doig wrote: Seeing as the world cup draw was announced i would like to get some feedback on who will go further.

Even though the US has a far harder group i think they'll get to the semi's and the brits will go out in the round of 16 (as always!)

Any thoughts on who will win the next one?

the Brits? its England not Britain - Ireland(north or south), wales or scotland(unfortunately) didnt qualify...

oldmonkey wrote: Glen Little's the reason you'll be going up!

Nah, Kevin Doyle - from Cork City for all of €78k - is the reason they will win the Championship this year. Then Doyle can get 2 league winners medals in 1 'season'(our season just finished & he played the 1st dozen games for cork before moving to England for pittance)

Aside: Pat Dolan was the Manager of Cork, booted out only weeks before the start of the 2005 season. He had brought Doyle to Cork from their previous club (St.Pats) & obviously knew the contract details & buy-out clause well. The youth team manager at Doyles latest club? - Dolan's twin brother. Reading offer? EXACTLY the figure in the 'confidential' buy-out clause. I wonder how THAT happened???

Don't the USA have an amazing like 16/17 year old player called Freddy Adu??

I heard he was the hottest young player around at the moment...will he be playing in the world cup? any americans enlighten me on this??