The Official Metpage Fifa World Cup 2006 Topic

[Luís]

You guys just need to get the fact that winning against Greece means absolutely nothing. I mean, yes, they are the European Champions, we (Portugal) lost twice against them in the last European Championship (the opening match and the final... how ironic), but not only they didn't qualify: they finished 4th in a group of 7 for qualification, behind teams like Ukraine, Turkey and Denmark. Ukraine is an ok team, Turkey surprised everyone last world cup but stayed out of this after losing against Switzerland (!) in the playoffs, and Denmark... decent, I guess, I really don't know them and that says a lot to me.

I really liked the fact that Australia won against Uruguay, and it's cool to have all the continets represented in the World Cup. But my guess for Australia is also one point, if they do 3 is good, 4 is excellent. Football has lots of surprises and if you do better: hey, it's football, but being realistic, I guess 4th really is your place :-/

[leomet_2000]

o.k.... all opinions are up...

a new game


1ST 4 PLACES????

1- BRAZIL (IF WE DONT WIN THEM)
2- GERMANY (BECAUSE WORLD CUP IS IN GERMANY)
3- ARGENTINA
4- MEXICO (MAY BE?, OR MAY BE SPAIN OR ENGLAND)

[Leighton]

I think a lot of people will get a shock out of Australia's appearance. There's just a thing that happens when Australia is on the world stage in what appears out of their element. Ever since ANZAC Day 1915, Australia has made an impact wherever they're not supposed to. We're a top 5 Olympic nation despite the small population, we were the first to beat the US in the America's Cup (suck shit Conners) and we've even beat Brazil, England and Mexico in the last 4 years in Soccer. Brazil and Mexico in the same tournament... I know you'll say they didn't have their best team, but neither did Australia, so where does that put that arguement? From memory only Australia-based players were there. Australia performs on the world stage when it matters.

Why haven't we been there more often? No question it's the bosses of the sport here in Australia. The Soccer Australia organisation was nothing but a laughing stock for decades until 2 years ago. They switched the domestic comp to Summer to avoid the other football codes here, got serious about the competition, eliminated the ethnic clubs and grew the public support, and look what happened, they're back in the WC despite having to go through the South America grouping. Guus Hiddink's selection probably has a bit to do with it. Venebles got close, but it was a backward step to get Australian Farina last time.

Ronaldinho (the greatest cheat around) has seriously tipped Australia to go through to the second stage and says he fears Hiddink and what he can do. Imagine if Christian Vieri chose Australia (his birthplace) to play International football.

Either way, lets just all hope England loses.

[Arthuro]

Brazil's gonna win

Brazil was also supposed to win in 1998.....


Everything can happen during one game, and the last Euro championship is a good example. Noone would have thought that Greece could win, but they did.
Even the best teams can loose, see how Norway didn't qualify .

We'll sure have some surprise, and I hope France isn't going to be ridiculous this time. There are some good players in the French team, I just hope they'll manage to play all together. If they do, we have good chances.....

[Danallica]

Anyways im just stoked Australia are there...
If we get emilinated early i will be going for England, only to keep my dad happy

[superman321]

Australia's performance will be interesting to watch, to see how they trully do perform after finally earning this chance. personally, I don't think we will make it past the first round, simply since I see both Brazil and Japan beating us however, i still think the team will probably turn a few heads and play better soccer than most expect of them - even though it won't get them into round 2.

[DAMBUSTER]

pppffff! Australia? Don't make me laugh.
If they go further than England in the World Cup, I will announce to all on this forum that Leighton is God and we should all take notice of his/her? wisdom.
"Aussie, Aussie, Aussie - Oi, Oi, Oi". Fucking mugs

[Phantom Lord 1782]

Go Sweden! At least we've got some awesome players, like Freddie Ljungberg, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Henrik Larsson

[Fadingtoblack]

pppffff! Australia? Don't make me laugh.
If they go further than England in the World Cup, I will announce to all on this forum that Leighton is God and we should all take notice of his/her? wisdom.
"Aussie, Aussie, Aussie - Oi, Oi, Oi". Fucking mugs

We should go further than England. I mean you guys come up with a lot of wonderful sports, problem is everyone plays 'em better than you do!

[Leighton]

Hey, Dam, what's the point of being in the WC finals if you're not going to win it? You get the Ashes every 20 years! Know your place, motherland!