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Re: Link to World Cup Draw information
USA , Italy, Ghana, Czech
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OK, perhaps it's now time to change the title of this thread to "Goodbye, US, Nice Knowing You". Italy? Loss. Czech Republic? Loss. Ghana? Winnable, but Ghana is talented and have won multiple Youth World Cups. Ouch. This could have gone a LOT better for Sam's Army. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]
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Remember when we were supposed to lose to Portugal? Right.
Terrible draw, but it's not like it's over. |
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What makes it real tough is that Italy/Czech play their last match against each other. If Italy beats US and Ghana, they will be resting many of their stars. We need a draw with Italy.
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What makes it real tough is that Italy/Czech play their last match against each other. If Italy beats US and Ghana, they will be resting many of their stars. We need a draw with Italy. [/ QUOTE ] Wow. That's a good point and it sucks. |
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Well my dear Yankee friends...
Your draw is no better than Australia's. And my Ukraine is in a wonderful group - Tunisia and Saudi Arabia! Bwahahahahahahaha------------------ |
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Yuck.
USA draws Italy, Czech Republic, and Ghana. This will not be an easy group to get out of. It's nice to know that our reward for winning the CONCACAF hexagonal qualifying round and the Gold Cup (i.e. the championship of the CONCACAF confederation this year) is to see the Mexicans draw one of the softest groups, with Angola, Portugal, and Iran. If we hadn't finished in last place in the 98 World Cup because of that moron ex-coach Steve Sampson, then maybe we could have been seeded instead of the Mexicans. France and Spain made off pretty easy as well. Group C with Argentina, Ivory Coast, Netherlands, and Serbia is disgusting. I'm going to go tease my Croatian buddy now because they get to deal with Brazil, Australia, and Japan. |
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OK, perhaps it's now time to change the title of this thread to "Goodbye, US, Nice Knowing You". Italy? Loss. Czech Republic? Loss. Ghana? Winnable, but Ghana is talented and have won multiple Youth World Cups. Ouch. This could have gone a LOT better for Sam's Army. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] --Scott [/ QUOTE ] not a great draw. USA will have to pull of the upset of the Czech's. Czech's will be a sizable favorite, but not a gigantic one |
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Very tough draw for the U.S.
Interesting that the three seeds that seemed most vulnerable (France, Spain, and Mexico) got relatively easy draws. -McGee |
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[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ] OK, perhaps it's now time to change the title of this thread to "Goodbye, US, Nice Knowing You". Italy? Loss. Czech Republic? Loss. Ghana? Winnable, but Ghana is talented and have won multiple Youth World Cups. Ouch. This could have gone a LOT better for Sam's Army. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] --Scott [/ QUOTE ] not a great draw. USA will have to pull of the upset of the Czech's. Czech's will be a sizable favorite, but not a gigantic one [/ QUOTE ] I'm actually much more worried about the czech republic then Italy. Italy has not done well in recent big tournaments and to be honest, they aren't as strong as they were in Euro 2000. Cassano is erratic, and much of the team that lost to Wales a couple of years back(in wales, and they did kill wales in the return leg) is still in place. This is a team that can either be great or average right now, so we just need to hope to catch them on an avg day the key to the czechs is taking out Pavel Nedved. Look at how Greece stymied the czechs at Euro 2004, so while we have a bad group, it isn't dire |
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