World Cup 2010

[Scaly piscine]

Awesome. Would really have missed the Argies tbh.

The only good thing about it is the possibility of Maradona et al sobbing like a baby live in my living room when they're dumped out of the competition.

Schadenfreude ftw.

 

[Uppercut]

*shrug*

Got nothing against them.

Would like them a lot more if this guy was still around though.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Right, well, you've grasped the main things...

Brazil 0-0 Venezuela
Chile 1-0 Ecuador
Paraguay 0-2 Colombia (teams will probably be doing cartwheels at the prospect of getting half-fit Paraguay tbh)
Peru 1-0 Bolivia (Bolivia's two wins over Argentina and Brazil keep them ninth)
Uruguay 0-1 Argentina

leading to

Brasil              18  9  7  2  32-10   34
Paraguay            18 10  3  5  24-16   33
Chile               18 10  3  5  32-22   33
Argentina           18  8  4  6  23-20   28
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Uruguay             18  6  6  6  28-20   24
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
Ecuador             18  6  5  7  22-26   23
Colombia            18  6  5  7  14-18   23
Venezuela           18  6  4  8  23-29   22
Bolivia             18  4  3 11  21-35   15
Peru                18  3  4 11  11-34   13

In the Norf, Honduras won 1-0 in El Salvador, forcing Costa Rica to hold on to the 2-0 lead they'd wrested into before half-time. Bizarrely, though, Michael Bradley and Jonathan Bornstein put in goals to send Costa Rica into the play-offs instead. Honduras' largely home-based squad go into the World Cup for the first time since 1986.

El Salvador 0-1 Honduras
United States 2-2 Costa Rica
Trinidad and Tobago 2-2 Mexico

USA                 10  6  2  2  19-13   20
Mexico              10  6  1  3  18-12   19
Honduras            10  5  1  4  17-11   16
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Costa Rica          10  5  1  4  15-15   16
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
El Salvador         10  2  2  6   9-15    8
Trinidad-Tobago     10  1  3  6  10-22    6

Play-off: Costa Rica vs Uruguay.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Team list


Host: South Africa
Asia 1: Australia
Asia 2: Japan
Asia 3: South Korea
Asia 4: North Korea
Africa 4: Ghana
Africa 5: Ivory Coast
Europe 1: Denmark
Europe 2: Switzerland
Europe 3: Slovakia
Europe 4: Germany
Europe 5: Spain
Europe 6: England
Europe 7: Serbia
Europe 8: Italy
Europe 9: Netherlands
South America 1: Brazil
South America 2: Paraguay
South America 3: Chile
South America 4: Argentina
CONMEBOL 1: United States
CONMEBOL 2: Mexico
CONMEBOL 3: Honduras

Africa 1: Cameroon or Gabon
Africa 2: Tunisia or Nigeria
Africa 3: Algeria or Egypt
Europe play-off 1:
Europe play-off 2:
Europe play-off 3:
Europe play-off 4:
CONMEBOL/CONCACAF: Costa Rica vs Uruguay
AFC/OFC: Bahrain vs New Zealand

 

[Johnners]

When do the Euro play-offs take place Mr Mork?

 

[Meridio]

Am exceptionally unimpressed with everyone I know at the moment. Have been desperately trying to get people together to go to the game in Wellington, but have had no luck. Family can't come for various reasons, friends are either overseas or too lazy to come to Wellington, and sent an email around my section at work but have had absolutely no responses. GAGFCs.

 

[Johnners]

Am exceptionally unimpressed with everyone I know at the moment. Have been desperately trying to get people together to go to the game in Wellington, but have had no luck. Family can't come for various reasons, friends are either overseas or too lazy to come to Wellington, and sent an email around my section at work but have had absolutely no responses. GAGFCs.

Hate it when you can't find someone to go the footy with, so frustrating

When's the match btw?

 

[Meridio]

Hate it when you can't find someone to go the footy with, so frustrating

When's the match btw?

November 14.

Tickets are selling really quickly. If I can't find anyone to go with, I might just have to sellotape an L to my forehead and go by myself. Could be a once in a lifetime opportunity.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

When do the Euro play-offs take place Mr Mork?

14 and 18 November.

Same dates for the Costa Rica/Uruguay match.

Africa's final matches are on 14 November, too.

 

[Smudge]

November 14.

Tickets are selling really quickly. If I can't find anyone to go with, I might just have to sellotape an L to my forehead and go by myself. Could be a once in a lifetime opportunity.

Still weighing up whether to go, but won't be able to buy a ticket for a couple of weeks. If you're feeling particularly desperate and there are still tickets available in a fortnight, let me know.

 

[Meridio]

Still weighing up whether to go, but won't be able to buy a ticket for a couple of weeks. If you're feeling particularly desperate and there are still tickets available in a fortnight, let me know.

Cheers for the offer, but I'd say tickets will be long gone by then. They've sold another 10,000 since Monday, so there's only around 5000 left. Have decided that if noone gets back to me by tomorrow night then I'm just going to buy one myself.

 

[Uppercut]

In the Norf, Honduras won 1-0 in El Salvador, forcing Costa Rica to hold on to the 2-0 lead they'd wrested into before half-time. Bizarrely, though, Michael Bradley and Jonathan Bornstein put in goals to send Costa Rica into the play-offs instead. Honduras' largely home-based squad go into the World Cup for the first time since 1986.

El Salvador 0-1 Honduras
United States 2-2 Costa Rica
Trinidad and Tobago 2-2 Mexico

USA                 10  6  2  2  19-13   20
Mexico              10  6  1  3  18-12   19
Honduras            10  5  1  4  17-11   16
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Costa Rica          10  5  1  4  15-15   16
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
El Salvador         10  2  2  6   9-15    8
Trinidad-Tobago     10  1  3  6  10-22    6

Play-off: Costa Rica vs Uruguay.

How the hell does that association get three and a half places at the World Cup.

 

[Uppercut]

November 14.

Tickets are selling really quickly. If I can't find anyone to go with, I might just have to sellotape an L to my forehead and go by myself. Could be a once in a lifetime opportunity.

Going to the footy alone is completely socially acceptable IMO.

I'd go for sure if i wasn't on the other side of the world.

 

[sledger]

Going to the footy alone is completely socially acceptable IMO.

I'd go for sure if i wasn't on the other side of the world.

Yeah agreed, effectively you aren't really "going alone" even if you do go along by yourself tbh. As usually you strike up some sort of rapport with the fans around you for the 90 minutes if the atmosphere is any good. I often find myself talking to randoms at football matches if I go along by myself.

 

[Nate]

Am exceptionally unimpressed with everyone I know at the moment. Have been desperately trying to get people together to go to the game in Wellington, but have had no luck. Family can't come for various reasons, friends are either overseas or too lazy to come to Wellington, and sent an email around my section at work but have had absolutely no responses. GAGFCs.

Would not miss out mate. Get a ticket asap.

 

[aussie]

Watching Argentina last night, they where almost unrecognisable in personnel & style. I wont be too afraid if they keep that up going into the WC.

Keeping my eye on France though, still look the best team on the world on paper behind Spain & Brazil.

 

[Matteh]

On paper, it's between Spain's 10 wins out of 10 and Holland's 8 wins out of 8.

 

[BoyBrumby]

On paper, it's between Spain's 10 wins out of 10 and Holland's 8 wins out of 8.

In all fairness, Holland had a piss easy group and their defence looked very ordinary against us.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

How the hell does that association get three and a half places at the World Cup.

Nfi. Just merge the thing with CONMEBOL already and give the lot seven spots. (Though tbf, Costa Rica haven't been quite as useless as Saudi Arabia at the Cup.)

Then again, FIFA has never been big on awarding World Cup places on merit.

 

[Pup Clarke]

Keeping my eye on France though, still look the best team on the world on paper behind Spain & Brazil.