World Cup Countdown Thread

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Originally Posted by Corel

I said this for years. I wish I were born to a country like Andorra or NZ. I would have fighting chance of some sort to get into the team!

Wasn't there a team in the 1970's who were absolutely rubbish but were hilarious? They just appeared for the hell of it.

As for bets? To be honest I have not been following the World Cup at all this year. Would anyone care to fill me in on what are the haps?

You from the US? You could join their Rugby or cricket teams. You might even make the rugby world cup- the second largest watched sporting event in the world (depending on how you count the Olympics).


As for the World Cup, Spain are massive favourites after winning the last Euro competition and for playing a very attractive form of football built on short passes and lots of possession.
No other major stories apart from the usual rampant corruption of Fifa, with South Africa basically getting screwed by the world cup, locals getting kicked out of their homes, local vendors being cracked down upon to make way for official sponsers, the money that is going to African causes is a small fraction of the massive profits, locals priced out of games, unsold tickets, some teams nervous after the Togo team got shot at during hte African cup. Same old same old.