The World Cup 2006 Thread.

Ideal world:

italy 0-3 Scotland (Anderson hat-trick, power header, mazy solo effort and a 35 yard screamer)

N. Ireland 7-0 England (a dodgy pen, a coulple of own goals, 1 direct from a corner and the rest crappy, sclaffy, deflected trundlers.)

Wales 1-0 Austria (fellow sheep lovers get a win thanks to the Austrian goalkeeper breaking Bellamy's face with a clearance and the rebound going in.)

Ireand get thumped. Just t annoy Celtic fans everywhere.

back in the real world.

Italy 3-0 Scotland.

Italy score in the early stages and don't play for the rest of the game, Scotland still manage to concede 2 more. The press will still love Walter Smith and will praise his selection of Old-Firm bench warmers over in form players from "diddy clubs." They will say there was never any real chance of winning and that we are in preparing for the next campaign by bringing in 34 year old Davie Weir alongside 30+ Steven Pressley in defence and ignoring the top scoring Scottish player Derek Riordan. 100th in world here we come.

N. Ireland 0-3 England.

Depite a hardworking performance by the Ulstermen, and England's insistance on playing a ridiculously narrow midfield (and Gary Neville), the wee ned that looks uncannily like a monkey holding it's breath (Rooney) will show that he is the best young talent in the world. (the world that the English media live in that is.) Owen'll probably score too.

Wales and the republic will both scrape 1-0 wins.

Originally posted by baracustastic
Ideal world:

italy 0-3 Scotland (Anderson hat-trick, power header, mazy solo effort and a 35 yard screamer)

N. Ireland 7-0 England (a dodgy pen, a coulple of own goals, 1 direct from a corner and the rest crappy, sclaffy, deflected trundlers.)

Wales 1-0 Austria (fellow sheep lovers get a win thanks to the Austrian goalkeeper breaking Bellamy's face with a clearance and the rebound going in.)

Ireand get thumped. Just t annoy Celtic fans everywhere.

back in the real world.

Italy 3-0 Scotland.

Italy score in the early stages and don't play for the rest of the game, Scotland still manage to concede 2 more. The press will still love Walter Smith and will praise his selection of Old-Firm bench warmers over in form players from "diddy clubs." They will say there was never any real chance of winning and that we are in preparing for the next campaign by bringing in 34 year old Davie Weir alongside 30+ Steven Pressley in defence and ignoring the top scoring Scottish player Derek Riordan. 100th in world here we come.

N. Ireland 0-3 England.

Depite a hardworking performance by the Ulstermen, and England's insistance on playing a ridiculously narrow midfield (and Gary Neville), the wee ned that looks uncannily like a monkey holding it's breath (Rooney) will show that he is the best young talent in the world. (the world that the English media live in that is.) Owen'll probably score too.

Wales and the republic will both scrape 1-0 wins.

u dream about that every nite dont ya 😄

Originally posted by baracustastic
Ideal world:

italy 0-3 Scotland (Anderson hat-trick, power header, mazy solo effort and a 35 yard screamer)

N. Ireland 7-0 England (a dodgy pen, a coulple of own goals, 1 direct from a corner and the rest crappy, sclaffy, deflected trundlers.)

Wales 1-0 Austria (fellow sheep lovers get a win thanks to the Austrian goalkeeper breaking Bellamy's face with a clearance and the rebound going in.)

Ireand get thumped. Just t annoy Celtic fans everywhere.

back in the real world.

Italy 3-0 Scotland.

Italy score in the early stages and don't play for the rest of the game, Scotland still manage to concede 2 more. The press will still love Walter Smith and will praise his selection of Old-Firm bench warmers over in form players from "diddy clubs." They will say there was never any real chance of winning and that we are in preparing for the next campaign by bringing in 34 year old Davie Weir alongside 30+ Steven Pressley in defence and ignoring the top scoring Scottish player Derek Riordan. 100th in world here we come.

N. Ireland 0-3 England.

Depite a hardworking performance by the Ulstermen, and England's insistance on playing a ridiculously narrow midfield (and Gary Neville), the wee ned that looks uncannily like a monkey holding it's breath (Rooney) will show that he is the best young talent in the world. (the world that the English media live in that is.) Owen'll probably score too.

Wales and the republic will both scrape 1-0 wins.

you know there are irish people who don't support celtic don't you...

Originally posted by baracustastic
Ideal world:

italy 0-3 Scotland (Anderson hat-trick, power header, mazy solo effort and a 35 yard screamer)

N. Ireland 7-0 England (a dodgy pen, a coulple of own goals, 1 direct from a corner and the rest crappy, sclaffy, deflected trundlers.)

Wales 1-0 Austria (fellow sheep lovers get a win thanks to the Austrian goalkeeper breaking Bellamy's face with a clearance and the rebound going in.)

Ireand get thumped. Just t annoy Celtic fans everywhere.

back in the real world.

Italy 3-0 Scotland.

Italy score in the early stages and don't play for the rest of the game, Scotland still manage to concede 2 more. The press will still love Walter Smith and will praise his selection of Old-Firm bench warmers over in form players from "diddy clubs." They will say there was never any real chance of winning and that we are in preparing for the next campaign by bringing in 34 year old Davie Weir alongside 30+ Steven Pressley in defence and ignoring the top scoring Scottish player Derek Riordan. 100th in world here we come.

N. Ireland 0-3 England.

Depite a hardworking performance by the Ulstermen, and England's insistance on playing a ridiculously narrow midfield (and Gary Neville), the wee ned that looks uncannily like a monkey holding it's breath (Rooney) will show that he is the best young talent in the world. (the world that the English media live in that is.) Owen'll probably score too.

Wales and the republic will both scrape 1-0 wins.

The Republic to scrape a 1-0 win? I can safely say there will be more football played in 9 minutes in Tel-Aviv tomorrow evening than in 90 minutes at Old Trafford tomorrow afternoon! 😛

pr1983:

Yes i know there are Irish people that don't support Celtic.

I'd be very surprised if there were Celtic fans who didn't support/have a soft spot for Ireland.

I don't like Celtic, so Ireland getting beat would amuse me.

I'll take any ausement I can get this weekend, looks like my sanity will be sorely tested.

Redeemer:

Aye, scrape a 1-0 win.

I like World Cup because, as an American, I like seeing our team improve over the years as the sport becomes more and more popular over here.

Most of our top level athletes go to basketball, our football, or baseball at a young age....because that's where the money is...

Football (soccer) in the US really didn't become much a fad until 1998...i believe that's when our women won it. or was that the gold?

I don't follow women's sports. 😮

It's do the decent thing Tuesday morning and shake me Dutch work mate's hand! A 2-0 win for him in Bucharest and a slumming 1-1 draw for us in Tel-Aviv. The Tulip Picker'll rub it in me face for a week!!!

I'm from non-footballing country myself, perhaps the only country in South East Asia that isn't football crazy so we football fans here really feel left out. Too bad the Spanish footballing tradition didn't rub off on us, and we instead inherited the American baskteball frenzy. US lost to Mexico (seem no surprise there). Was going to root for Spain in the WC but after I saw the Lions play in the weekend I may just line myself up with Sven's boys...

You think England will be able to come close to the finals?

I'm not that sophisticated in football but my gut just tells me they'd fare better than Spain. No brainer though, considering Spain's record in the World Cup. I thought they played more solidly. There'd been bad reviews about the performance of the Spanish Team (sadly, Star and ESPN Asia only covers England World Cup matches for some reason so I can;t really compare...). The dream for me, of course, is for an Asian country to at least reach the finals. And Japan and the two Koreas losing in their qualifyers won't help that dream much.

Originally posted by Smasandian
You think England will be able to come close to the finals?

They'll qualify alright! And if they get over hicups like Argentina in '98, Brazil in 2002 and Portugal in 2004...games they should've won...then who knows?

they appear to be having lots of hickus there

Call me an optimist, or somethimg less kind, but I have faith in Poland and Austria. There still remains the possibility that the English will not get to Germany. They still have to play Poland and Austria and Wales in Cardiff.

If England make the playoff I think the powers that be will mean that another Scotland Vs England play-off will happen. How sweet that would be. The Scots on an impressive run of results meet a much vaunted but underachieving Ennglish team........

Can anyone else see the headlines?

Originally posted by baracustastic
Call me an optimist, or somethimg less kind, but I have faith in Poland and Austria. There still remains the possibility that the English will not get to Germany. They still have to play Poland and Austria and Wales in Cardiff.

If England make the playoff I think the powers that be will mean that another Scotland Vs England play-off will happen. How sweet that would be. The Scots on an impressive run of results meet a much vaunted but underachieving Ennglish team........

Can anyone else see the headlines?

Is Rodney Steward still giving his country the same support as he always used to? 😱 Unlike that c*nt Sheena Easton he was always proud to be a Scot!!! 😮‍💨

England has a pretty good chance of making the World Cup.

Im a little confused also. How can Scotland get in a playoff with England. One team has 15 pts while the other has 2. That doesnt make much sense to me.

The winner of all the European qualifying groups go directly to the world cup finals in Germany.

The 2nd placed teams in the European groups are drawn against each other in play-offs and the winners progress.

There are still lots of games left in each group and so a team with 2 points (Scotland) can still get enough points to finish 2nd in the group and make the play-offs.

Conversely, there are still enough games left for a team with 15/16 points (England) to drop into 2nd place in their group.

Hence it could be possible for Scotland to be drawn against England in a play-off.

This is all unlikely and wishful thinking on my behalf. But hey, I'm Scottish and to me beating the English is a wonderful thought.

Originally posted by baracustastic
The winner of all the European qualifying groups go directly to the world cup finals in Germany.

The 2nd placed teams in the European groups are drawn against each other in play-offs and the winners progress.

There are still lots of games left in each group and so a team with 2 points (Scotland) can still get enough points to finish 2nd in the group and make the play-offs.

Conversely, there are still enough games left for a team with 15/16 points (England) to drop into 2nd place in their group.

Hence it could be possible for Scotland to be drawn against England in a play-off.

This is all unlikely and wishful thinking on my behalf. But hey, I'm Scottish and to me beating the English is a wonderful thought.

What happened in '78? 😱 Ye were supposed to win The World Cup then! 😂 Great goal by Gemill BTW...pity it was too late!!! 🙄

Yeah, I know about the whole qualifying thing.
It seems highly unlikely because England plays all the games at home aside from Wales. I cant really see them losing but it could happen.
I dont they're undereachieving. They havnt lost a game, drawn one and one the rest. They're first in their division, so how could they underachive?

Originally posted by The Redeemer
What happened in '78? 😱 Ye were supposed to win The World Cup then! 😂 Great goal by Gemill BTW...pity it was too late!!! 🙄

Happier times, pity I wasn't born.

My dad tells me '78 was great because the English didn't qualify, so the Scots got all the attention for once. Bloody Peru, and Iran. Typical Scotland, play dire against the wee teams and then leave a mountain to climb, then get so close against the big teams but never quite manage it.

We really did have an ace team back then. *sigh*

Still, we live in hope.

Thanks baracustatic for the info. This then really puts Spain in major trouble if it takes second to Serbia in their group. It will have to fight for its place in Germany, and the nil nil outcome last time with the group leader doesn't inspire a lot of confidence. Is is true England will send just the second team to Chicago against the friendly with US in May? 😄