Football World Cup 2010

[hoope]

Hey im Shane i like every team with a Liverpool player but being a Fernando Torres fan i have to say Spain are my team to take the trophy, he has the knack of scoring the winning goal especially during a world cup match. England wont win if David James is chosen as keeper , there is much better .... but England and Argentina are stronger and better than Germany. imo.

I agree too..Spain being the Euro champions.. and since they have the best clubs & best players speaking about Real Madrid & Barcelona - i strongly agree with you .. I am a Real MADRID fan & liverpool too .. as much as i hate Barca , but yet they have good players ..
However, Brazil is a good opponent and can always come with miracle.

[Nightshade]

Has anyone seen the Pepsi world cup advert? I am not sure I like it seems to have negotive sneery connotations... and that is as far as Ive got to thinking about the world cup I inntend to watch the Germany games ( esp if they play england) and the Netherlands (looooooooove watching the dutch fans) the opening game and other than that I am not fussed!
When is the world cup anyway? will I be in egypt Whetre I get to see every match for free or england where sky have the monopoly?

[Niamh]

I voted for Germany -- it's about time they make it, isn't it

West Germany won in 1990...

[Scheherazade]

Night> The kick-off is on June 11th (South Africa v Mexico).

[MarkBastable]

Night> The kick-off is on June 11th (South Africa v Mexico).

England's first game is against the USA. Which'll be an interesting night in our Anglo-American family.

Come on Ennnnnglannnnnd!!!!!!

Paul,


Just to make this unambiguously clear - the poll is 'who do you think will win?' - it's not 'who would you like to win?' If you ask Scheherezade nicely perhaps she can nullify your vote so you have the chance to cast it again, more realistically.

I point this out in a spirit of charitable concern.

Bless.

MB

[kilted exile]

Anyone but England please

On a more serious note I think if rooney isnt there it might actually help england.

I got the USA in niamh's work poll they may make through to the 1/4's in an upset but even that is a lot to ask.

Holland flatter to decieve most of the time. Brazil are not the team they were. Spain winning the Euro was a fluke and they wont even make the semis. I think the Italians will win again.

[Scheherazade]

Holland flatter to decieve most of the time.

Exactly! Why is that? I often cheer for them during the initial games and get hopeful but they cannot seem to able to carry the promise.

Another similar team is Denmark.

[Lulim]

West Germany won in 1990...

yes, already 20 years ago ...

[Niamh]

At least they won! Ireland havent even made it into the world cup the last two times!

Mind you we could have been in it if it wasnt for the hand of frog.

[Lulim]

sometimes they will

I don't really believe that germany makes it, what with all the trouble about the national coach ...

[MarkBastable]

Holland flatter to decieve...

Apart from the slightly pedantic issue of 'i before e except after c', can I ask about this expression?

I've never understood it. It seems to mean, 'they're not as good as they appear to be' - but how does it mean that? To flatter is to stroke the ego of someone else. Who are Holland doing that to? And though you're saying they look better than they are - which may be true - they aren't deliberately pretending to be better than they are, so where's the deception? And even if both of those verbs can be explained, how does the commission of one support the effect of the other?

In other words - how does that idiom work?

[kilted exile]

Exactly! Why is that? I often cheer for them during the initial games and get hopeful but they cannot seem to able to carry the promise.

Another similar team is Denmark.

Probably Aims can answer this better than me, I think they bottle it personally. With Denmark I think it is a quality issue no Laudrups running the show

yes, already 20 years ago ...

you just need every game to go to pen kicks and you'll be fine

[Scheherazade]

In other words - how does that idiom work?

flatter to deceive
to give the appearance of being better than the true situation
I suspect these statistics flatter to deceive.

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dict...ter#flatter__3

However, let's not spoil a perfect football discussion with language issues.

Mark> Maybe you would like to PM Kilted on this issue?

[MarkBastable]

Mark> Maybe you would like to PM Kilted on this issue?

I don't think it's specifically Kilted's problem really.

[kilted exile]

Also enough moaning about not winning the world cup. We havent been there since '98 ah the glory days and tom boyd costing us a draw against brazil in the opener.